mackbulldog64 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Here is a 2015 Mack which was bought used in Nov of 2014 for $122,000 . Why does titan have a very poor resale value? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rymes Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We have heard the same thing, but love our four Titans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Think that was posted about some time ago. Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It seems any make of heavy hauler starts out really high new and then drops. It probably is due to 1. if you need a truck like that you have the money to buy new. 2. you have the money because you are doing well and need the depreciation. 3. you have depreciated it out and will pay taxes on the sale price. 4. A lot of big strappers buy more truck than they can handle and it gets repo'd??just my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 JimmyR you have 4 titans now ? We have to get another to keep up with you . we have 3 and love them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Poor resale?..........my 2015 titan is a rawhide, has most options and I bought it new for $141,000. $19,000 would be depreciation on any vehicle that expensive. Of course you wont ever get your sales tax and f.e.t. back when you sell a truck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I was gonna say a year to year and a half old Titan selling for $122k used don't sound bad, with FET a Titan daycab tractor was probably only $140,000-$150,000. Now a Titan heavy spec log truck vets up round $200,000 but that pic is of a lower priced Titan. The biggest issues with trying to sell a used Titan are the size and weight and the fact that most are purpose built trucks. You have to have a need for a truck that big and heavy especially in a Specialized configuration like a log truck, milk truck etc. To buy it and there just aren't that many people there to buy them. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6368 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This thread has got me wondering what is the weight penalty of going with the titan vs say the granite for a vocational truck. In this area there have always been plenty of RW and CL dump trucks along with the more common RD, CV, GU, but i have yet to see a Titan dump in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 900 lbs heavier and its mostly the engine. You can only get an mp10. Thats if you spec a granite and titan exactly the same. I believe the grille is heavier too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6368 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 900 lbs heavier and its mostly the engine. You can only get an mp10. Thats if you spec a granite and titan exactly the same. I believe the grille is heavier tooThat is not nearly as much as much I thought it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 You can spec a granite ultra light if you want......but you know how that goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm surprised how the titan isn't more popular. I think it would be if the mp 8 was an option. We specced out granites and titans . the granites were less than 1k lbs lighter and about 9k less price . it was a no brainer to go titan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 For a company watching pennies vs. The small business that 1000# and $9000 per truck and the lack of a 13 liter engine option is the killer. It wouldn't be hard for Mack to sell more of them but they would need to make an effort to please their customers, something Volvo seems to know little about. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yeah I agree . there were a lot of RW and CL's with e6 and e7 engines . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Plus the 505 mp8 is more than enough power for most customers. We wanted the better engine brake the mp 10 has and the extra torque for steep off road situations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I wanted the mp8 in my titan, but no luck. But yes the mp10 engine brake is amazing! I never touch the brake pedal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD 713 MAN Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 19500 lightweight for my daycab with the 605 but I got single 3/8 frame with a cabguard. 210 wheelbase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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