Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Did you know that the world’s largest heavy dump truck, the Caterpillar 797B, costs a cool $4.6 to 5.7 million? Twenty-five feet tall, thirty-two feet wide, and forty-seven and a half feet long, this heavy dump truck can carry up to 345 tons of waste. It’s so huge, the heavy dump truck has to be shipped in pieces to any buyers with millions to spare and assembled on site.
The world’s largest heavy dump truck, most often used for open pit mining, can hit speeds of up to 42 miles per hour with its 3550 horsepower engine. Any company that can afford the minimum $4.6 million asking price probably knows that maintaining the Caterpillar 797B is no inexpensive matter, either. If you ever need to replace one of the four-ton, thirteen-foot tall tires, be prepared to shell out $40,000 each!
Unless you are the owner of a huge open pit mining operation, the trucks for sale you deal with at your farm or construction, mining, or demolition company are probably smaller and less expensive than that. Still, what’s small and inexpensive next to the giant Caterpillar 797B is not necessarily small and inexpensive on its own. Half a million dollars is not an unheard of asking price for many heavy dump trucks, although there are quite a few in the $50,000-100,000 range.
If the used dump truck is as effective and as functional as the latest new heavy dump truck, why not save yourself thousands by buying the used dump truck online? If you find the right used heavy construction equipment Web site that charges absolutely no buyers’ fees and requires no upfront down payments, you’ll have the freedom to inspect the heavy dump truck firsthand before committing thousands to a used dump truck that might not be as high-quality.
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
As buyers have been disillusioned with higher gas prices, food cost worries and personal housing problems, some of the lenders with these excess inventories have also come up deferred payment programs, As an additional dealer/lender incentive, a down payment is required from the customer but the second payment may be deferred up to 75 days, for a selected inventory group, Check an example below:
Your have access to this great opportunity from a Dealer/Lender on their off lease and repos. Lessees can maximize their earning potential by deferring your first payment after funding for no less than 60 days. Gives the customers an opportunity for even more earning potential in the first months of their lease!
Here’s how it works:
- Lessees choose an asset from the list that is available from the dealer. - Complete all normal documentation for funding and submit it to the lender.
Take advantage of these specials today!
As you see from this example, these concessions could sway the buyer for making a consideration for this program. No payments up to 75 days can be a stimulus to a sagging sales force. Additionally, other lenders are giving away gas cards as well to entice the deals. First Payment Only programs, no payments for 75 days, 60 months to repay regardless of age, favorable buy out clauses, easier credit qualifications, prior bankruptcies waived, additional co-signors ok, and start up businesses welcome are just some of the changes the dealers must consider to get the buyers’ interest.
The type of items we are going to identify as potential deals for the customer are the following:
Dump trucks, flatbed trucks, grapple trucks and landscape trucks, fuel and lube trucks, bucket and boom trucks, over the road and day cabs, water trucks, tow trucks, box vans and straight trucks, dry van and reefer trailers, end and bottom dump trailers, flatbed trailers, backhoes, bulldozers, crawler tractors, forestry equipment, excavators, forklifts, and other type loaders.
In conclusion, this is a buyers market for commercial trucks, trailers, and construction equipment. Check out all the deals in the market and make sure that you have a stable income base to assume whatever debt that you may occur.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Trucks are usually reliable, comfortable, easy to drive and maintain; their interior is often Spartan but purchasing a truck can be the best investment you ever made. A Toyota truck, double cab, for example, is easy to drive, comfortable and you can benefit from leather seats and a roomy interior, not always stylish. Trucks have often a business like interior, but it can carry five adults.
Chevy trucks for sale are really simple. Their enemy is the rust; you must not worry about it because there are parts available on the Internet or in specialized stores. Many Chevy trucks are really used or modified; if you want to buy a Chevy truck, it is wise to find a truck being sold by its first owner. It is not as difficult as it seems to be.
For people looking for a conventional truck for the week-ends or simply to go t their office, and not for cargo hauling the Chevy truck is the best choice. It is a massive American vehicle, reliable and comfortable. Suspension can be improved to make the Chevy truck smoother to drive. A Chevy truck delivers the power, the reliability and the comfort you need; it is also easy to load an unload it. Chevy trucks are recognized as the longest lasting and comfortable trucks. You can buy an old Chevy truck and restore it easily, searching on the Internet Chevy truck restoration parts; you will keep your old Chevy truck on the road and drive it smoothly.
Ford produces trucks from 1908. Fords heavy trucks division become part of Daimler Chrysler and was re-branded as Sterling. Ford still produces light and medium trucks. Now Ford is out of heavy trucks production, but remains in the medium class production; its Ford Cargo, made in Brazil, is close to a heavier truck characteristics. The Ford F is a series of full size pick ups; the most popular is the F-150. It is the best selling vehicle in US for 23 years and the best selling truck for 29 years.
A dump truck for sale is the vehicle used for transporting gravel, sand, and dirt for construction. Almost all dump trucks have a hydraulically operated open box bed hinged at a rear. Its front can be lifted to make possible the content deposit on the ground behind the truck. There are many dump trucks, depending on their specific tasks; a standard dump truck is a full truck chassis with a dump body mounted on the frame. The body is lifted by a hydraulic ram mounted between the truck traction unit and the semi trailer. The off-road dump truck is looking like heavy construction equipment than they do highway dump trucks. Off road dump truck are used only for heavy dirt hauling jobs.
Some specialized firms compare Toyota Tundra, Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-150 and Nisan Titan in a head to head test; the results are recommending the Toyota Tundra as the Chevrolet Silverado as the best truck you can buy if you need a reliable, safe, comfortable and smooth riding truck.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
In today’s economy, start up and seasoned businesses have an unique opportunity to acquire an attractive deal for any type of Peterbilt truck. The first option, for the buyer, is to visit their local dealer and find his truck there. This is great place to start and obtain pertinent information that will be used later in the data gathering process. From there, it is recommended searching the internet and its mass volume of data that is available. The potential buyer can visit such sites as truck paper and truck trader etc to view thousands of listings of trucks available across the United States. He is able to sort and sift through this vast data and should be able to find a truck, in any city and/or state across the U.S, that meets his acquistion requirements. Once he has located a source of trucks available to him, he is able to contact these sellers and negotiate a deal that might be able to meet his needs. Once he is agreed to a price and its particulars, his next hurdle is to find adequate financing in today’s complex lending world of this commodity.
The type of Peterbilt trucks are following:
Dump trucks, Semi trucks, Garbage and refuse trucks, Tow trucks, Cement Trucks, Concrete Trucks, Flatbed Trucks, etc
Today, the financing arena for Peterbilt trucks has become much smaller, especially for over the road trucks.. Lenders, in the past, that use to finance this niche market have either pulled their portfolio funds out of this area or have modified its lending requirements.Other seasoned businesses that don’t meet these credit requirements, may be required to put up 10-20% down or either put up additional collateral as their credit scores fall below 600. Most buyers don’t enjoy these tightening financial requirements, are locked out of this market, and will start looking for alternatives that are available due to market conditions. In addition to the market requirements of substantial monies due upfront, the conventional lender has modified his risk/reward factor for the failure and possible repossession of these trucks. Therefore, the rate and/or interest factor that the lender charges has gone up making it a bigger challenge to complete the financing end once the want to be buyer locates his acquisition.
As the economy has weakened due to market conditions, including diesel gas reaching $5.00 or more per gallon in certain states, the route of conventional financing has changed as we know it. The lender has acquired another problem that makes their equation a little more complicated.This has caused a problem with normal lending practices and trying to balance it with a non producing income portfolio. If these lenders don’t act swiftly and prudently, the combination of these two type of portfolios can be devasating to the lenders’ bottom line. A third factor to consider is the off lease truck. These truck for sale are being returned to the lender and they must act accordingly with this third factor.
Today, some of the lenders in the financial market have advertised personal credit qualifications as low as 575, prior bankruptcy rules amended or ignored, and start up businesses welcome. Additionally, the front money to commence a lease can start as low as first payment only to whatever you might able to negotiate. Some of the lenders have application only programs up to $250,000. There are no financial statements, income tax returns or bank statements required. Additionally, some lenders may defer some of payments to get the semi trucks financed.One should evaluate all the factors relating to this acquisition including gas costs, air emissions,environmental type requirements., buyout clauses acquisition costs and its related financing. Additionally, there are two distinct financing markets out there, one for the normal acquisition from the dealership and the possibility of acquiring a repo and off lease from a lender at favorable market and financing terms. As always it is advisable, if possible, to locate financing prior to truck shopping, it could save a lot of time and stress.
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
There was a time when the word trucks implied one type of vehicle and one type only, but today the word trucks has a much broader implication and covers a wide variety of very different vehicles.
Traditionally speaking, trucks are different from other automobiles in the fact that trucks are build around a frame commonly known as a chassis. As more and more vans have become to make their way onto the market; however, a certain amount of ambiguity has entered the truck scene and while it may be surprising, the SUVs and mini-vans crowding the market today are actually classified as trucks even though they don’t happen to sport a traditional truck bed.
Trucks are primarily classified according to their size. There are four major categories of trucks, classified by size. They are light, medium and heavy trucks as well as off-road new or used trucks. Within each category there are also several sub-categories of trucks.
Light duty trucks are classified as those vehicles that weigh no more than 13,000 pounds. These trucks may be used for personal or commercial purposes and include pickup trucks, full size vans, minivans and SUVs.
Medium trucks fall in the mid-range of vehicles and generally weigh between 13,000 and 33,000 pounds. Examples of medium size trucks are dump trucks as well as the garbage trucks that make their way around your neighborhood every week.
Heavy trucks are the commercial variety of vehicles that you see on the road, and will generally be sporting eighteen wheels. These types of trucks are also frequently known as semi-trailers.
While heavy trucks are often viewed as being monstrously large, especially in comparison to much smaller vehicles, they are not the largest vehicles constructed. Off-road trucks are generally not allowed to use public roads and may represent vehicles that are used for construction purposes.
If you think back to history for a moment, you may recall that some of the first vehicles were already out on the road and wowing wagon and carriage drivers with their horseless engines just before the turn of the 19th century. You might be surprised to discover; however, that trucks actually predate those antiquated gas powered automobiles by several years.
Steam powered trucks were being developed as early as 1850 in order to pull passenger cars around Paris. While these early trucks must have assuredly had a strikingly different appearance than the modern trucks we are accustomed to seeing on the roads today, they did play an important role in the development and evolution of trucks. Work on the forerunners of trucks continued to evolve and change, resulting in the appearance of the first semi-trailer truck in 1881. This first semi-trailer took the form of a trailer that was pulled by a steam tractor.
A man by the name of Daimler, a name you might recognize in connection with one of the biggest auto manufacturers in the world today, developed the first internal combustion engine truck in 1898; an innovation that quickly led to other developments in the introduction of trucks to the world. By 1904, several hundred heavy trucks were in operation in the US alone. A decade later, that number had risen to 25,000.
Following the end of World War I, the world was once again able to concentrate on the advancement of the automobile industry and trucks began to slowly, but surely, take on the shape and form that we know today. Pneumatic tires, power breaks, closed cabs and diesel engines all began to enter the scene. As the acceptance and practicality of trucks grew, traditional touring car manufacturers, such as Ford, began to see the wisdom of getting in on the emerging market of trucks.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
As buyers have been disillusioned by higher gas prices, food cost worries and personal housing problems, some lenders with excess inventories have also come up deferred payment programs, This is where a down payment is required but the second payment may be deferred up to 75 days, for a selected inventory group, Check an example below:
Your have access to this great opportunity from a Dealer/Lender on their off lease and repos. Lessees can maximize their earning potential by deferring their first payment after funding for no less than 60 days. Gives our customers an opportunity for even more earning potential in the first months of their lease!
Here’s how it works:
Lessees choose an asset from the list that is available from the dealer.
Complete all normal documentation for funding and submit it to the lender
Complete a special addendum and submit it as a part of your documentation package. Complete the above steps and you are able to push out their first payment after funding for at least 60 days (up to 75 days, depending on date of funding). Take advantage of this unique opportunity now. To be eligible, the deal must fund by July 31, 2008.
When you pick up your equipment, you will drive off with a $300 fuel card in their pocket!
Program Benefits for All Lessees and Assets Waived processing fee - $0 processing fee means only the first payment is required in advance .
Start-ups and challenged credit commonly approved on all equipment types.
All ages and types of companies are eligible for approvals on the inventory, including start-ups and proprietorships for over-the-road trucks and trailers and forestry equipment First payment in advance only Documentation and up-front payments must be received by July 31, 2008.
60-Month Financing for All Ages of Equipment
Extend the term length for lower monthly payments.
Extend the term length for a lower first payment due in advance.
Take advantage of these specials today!
As you see from this example, these concessions could sway the buyer for making a consideration for this program. No payments up to 75 days can be a stimulus to a sagging sales force. Additionally, other lenders are giving away gas cards as well to entice the deals. First Payment Only programs, no payments for 75 days, 60 months to repay regardless of age, favorable buy out clauses, easier credit qualifications, prior bankruptcies waived, additional co-signors ok, and start up businesses welcome are just some of the changes the dealers must consider to get the buyers’ interest.
The type of items we are going to identify as potential deals for the customer are the following:
Dump trucks, flatbed trucks, grapple and landscape trucks, fuel and lube trucks, bucket and boom trucks, over the road and day cabs, water trucks, tow trucks, box vans and straight trucks, dry van trailer and reefer trailers, end and bottom dump trailers, flatbed trailers, backhoes, bulldozers, crawler tractors, forestry equipment, excavators, forklifts, and other type loaders.
In conclusion, this is a buyers market for commercial trucks, trailers, and construction equipment. Check out all the deals in the market and make sure that you have a stable income base to assume whatever debt that you may occur.
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Stewart was a small regional maker of light and medium-duty trucks. Stewart built good trucks, including the Stewart panel and dump truck. It had the distinction of building its own high quality bodies. Stewart never competed with volume makers like Ford or Chevrolet, or anyother. But it affected some competition to low production builders.By 1935, seeking low end sales in a depressed market,For those who needed more power and speed, the stewart trucks had plenty of power to handle normal highway speeds, and the 1 tonners shared clean lines with their handsome Buddy based little brother.The Ford trucks are the utility versions of one of history’s most important motor vehicles.
A dump truck is very useful. This construction vehicle is used to carry many different things at a construction site and it comes in all shapes and sizes.It is not very compicated. Dump trucks typically have one cylinder or a pair of cylinders that lift the bed. The only unique thing about these cylinders is that they often telescope, giving them a very long range of motion. A dump truck is truck used for transporting loose material for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a operated open-box bed , the front of which can be lifted up to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery. In the UK the term applies to off-road construction plant only, and the road vehicle is known as a tipper or tipper lorry.A standard dump truck is a full truck chassis with a dump body mounted to the frame.
The term ‘Dump’ Truck is not generally used by the mining industry, or by the manufacturers that build these machines. The more appropriate for this strictly off road vehicle is, ‘Haul’ truck and the equivalet European term is ‘Dumper’. The classification bottom and side for example, describes how the loaded material is discharged once loaded. This large capacity truck is used for the transportation of coal from a loading device directly to a power station or bulk storage area.Dump truck drivers who can also operate heavy machinery will find it much easier to find work with any construction company.Dump trucks aren’t really made for speed, they’re more the workhorse of the trucking industry and as such, dump truck drivers usually work within a set area. It’s uncommon for dump trucks to be out on the highway when transporting their loads.
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