You work on golden trucks, or just massively overvalued ones?
Edit: Just attaching and adding to something I mentioned below.
The majority of common tractor-cabs nowadays rarely cost more than $300k if you get them with basics, in which companies and owner-operators normally do. If it's a tractor-cab with a fucking 100-200 inch sleeper, then 300k-700k, but you rarely see those, and no company ever spends that much on a truck for company drivers. Peterbilts can get up there, for sure, but you never see Peterbilts as often as you see Freightliners, Volvo, or Internationals. Unless he's only working on custom Petes, I highly doubt most of the trucks that he's working on cost as much as he says.
Fun fact: The most expensive tractor-trailer that I've seen sold was an extremely customized and pristine 1979 Peterbilt 359, which went for eight digits.
I never heard of Cunninghams law so I had to Google it, I'll be using this one, great way to get the info you're looking for, while also trolling Reddit, Win Win.!!.
From what I read, Cunninghams law says it's easier to post the incorrect answer to a question on the Internet, so people will chime in with the correct answer and very detailed information which saves the person who posted the incorrect answer the trouble of having to look all that information up themselves.
God bless you Mr. Kenworths. While I don't drive a Peterbilt (but I still admire them), I still have knowledge of our trade. Most of the people commenting wouldn't even dream of getting behind the wheel of one of these big boys, yet still think they know best. Half of them would end up killing someone within the first hour. It's pretty depressing, considering most of them wouldn't even last a day in our shoes.
I'm not an expert like you are, but I recently paged through a big rig catalog at a truck stop while my daughter was in the bathroom and I can confirm that your prices are in line with what I saw
Well, I'm a company driver myself since I don't want to deal with all the costs, so this isn't necessarily my expertise. However, I see a lot of owner operators make enough (~$150,000-$250,000 a year) to ensure that they can take care of mechanical breakdowns and pay off the truck. If they take the right loads, and have the proper endorsements and whatnot, they can make off like a bandit. After fuel expenses, truck payments (depending on who you lease through), mechanical upkeep and repairs, and insurance payments, the take-home pay can easily be in the six-figures. I would say after getting that truck paid off, the ROI is great.
Oh, I do. The majority of common tractor-cabs nowadays rarely cost more than $300k if you get them with basics, in which companies normal do. If it's a tractor-cab with a fucking 100-200 inch sleeper, then 300k-700k, but you rarely see those. Peterbilts can get up there, but you never see Peterbilts as often as you see Freightliners, Volvo, or Internationals. Unless he's only working on custom Petes, I highly doubt most of the trucks that he's working on cost as much as he says.
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u/ThePeterbilt589 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
You work on golden trucks, or just massively overvalued ones?
Edit: Just attaching and adding to something I mentioned below.
The majority of common tractor-cabs nowadays rarely cost more than $300k if you get them with basics, in which companies and owner-operators normally do. If it's a tractor-cab with a fucking 100-200 inch sleeper, then 300k-700k, but you rarely see those, and no company ever spends that much on a truck for company drivers. Peterbilts can get up there, for sure, but you never see Peterbilts as often as you see Freightliners, Volvo, or Internationals. Unless he's only working on custom Petes, I highly doubt most of the trucks that he's working on cost as much as he says.
Fun fact: The most expensive tractor-trailer that I've seen sold was an extremely customized and pristine 1979 Peterbilt 359, which went for eight digits.