Are Penske's used Trucks any good?

Wow, that was nice of your brother in law.

I wouldn't throw money at an old penske truck, though.


Best bet is to fin an old owner op getting out of the industry.

 

Cool brother in law...don't let him down by getting a Penske truck. I had to drive 4 of them before getting a company truck...worst experience of my driving career so far.

 

What type of trucking are you planning to do?
Schneider has a good selection; about 17 pages of listings running from $19K to $60K. I think the most expensive ones are listed first, then the cheaper ones toward the end, about page 15 or so. Pretty good prices on their mid-roof trucks that were in the tanker fleet. Most are priced below NADA price. Good detailed information on Schneider's website.

Another good place is Cardinal Logistics; they give you $2,000,00 for the down payment if you haul their freight. They also arrange financing & it's a purchase, not a lease.

Farm2Fleet is a good source of freight; most financing companies will want to know where you plan to get the freight to make the payments.

 

Take that cash, and buy a truck for $15k so you don't have payments. Plenty of good trucks out there. Penske and Ryder are simply way over priced. When they sell a truck, they detail it, put new caps on the back, replace broken dash pieces, etc. They might offer a 30 or 60 day warranty, but its not worth the price! Over priced!

 

The news I've been hearing, passively, about SNI trucks is that it's very hit and miss. If you manage to get one of the trucks that were wet-kitted you tend to be better off. Stick with the FLD products and avoid the Profail trucks like the plague. SNI is releasing all of it's '10 stock at the moment, and I've seen maybe 20-30 of the internationals come across the board all year. There's only two on prostars on there right now, and these are the same two units that have been on there for at-least two weeks, and I've yet to see more than one go up with a sale pending sign.

Other than that I'd say some of those columbias/century classes have a lot of good work left in them. Just a ###### shame that they're as ugly as a red light girl in Amsterdam after New years eve.

 

I do not think you can get a truck for 15k that is anything other than a money pit. However, I was wrong once.

 

Hi reddove, I have that deja' vu feeling again. This comes up a lot, and I always say the same thing. Stay away from large fleet trucks. There are so many nice trucks from private owners that are getting out of it, you can get someone's baby for the same money, and a full history, to boot. I had several of my own trucks, and took a lot of pride in them, and I know, the people I sold them to, got a darn nice truck.( like my Pete below) I'm sure there are adequate Penske trucks, and it would be easier to walk in, pick one out, and go trucking, but I'd take a little extra time, pick up a truck paper, and check a few out, and talk with the owners.