Non-Proprietary Parts for Ease of Repair

deal with rust jaing all right guys before we get too far into this video I've got Mike from Universal Truck Center on Mike how are you hey good Stan how are you I'm doing good Mike I want to clarify this are you paying me to make this video nope I'm not paying you Stan okay so here's the thing you guys I bought a ton of new and used dump trucks over the history of my life there's some things happening inside the system that have completely changed the game since the last truck I've bought um Mike the truck that we're going to be taking a look at in this video what's the profit margins like on a truck like that and how much does this truck go for pretty low so so this is about $190,000 truck yep price varies a little bit by spec axles Etc but the profit margin th000 bucks maybe it low profit on a new truck deal um it's it's a good product for Universal and and for our customer and we believe in it and we think it's the right thing to do for people we're sick of these broken pieces of junk so okay so you're not making any money when you sell the truck and as we're going to dive into the video the thing that has changed is companies like Peterbilt Freightliner Vol Kenworth they have these now proprietary systems which force a person to go to their dealer to fix the truck so really what they're trying to do by creating these proprietary systems is lock a person into doing the upkeep maintenance and repairs of that truck over the life of that truck with one of their very select service centers yeah we're in a very Subs subscription based society and and some of the subtle key Keynotes of a subscription are you have to come to us for repair you have to buy the parts here their proprietary so sell the truck cheap because they know they have you on the hook for life and that is where the real profits of a truck are made not in the initial sale it's in everything that follows through afterward correct yes and so it looks all good and shiny in the beginning but a guy needs to understand what he's getting into when he buys a $190,000 truck he's not buying Freedom he's buying a system that he's locked into for the life of that truck or he can't get it fixed so if he randomly breaks down on a road somewhere not just any Certified mechanic can get him back up and running with the other brands but with auto car anybody that's good with the wrench has the ability to keep that truck going is that correct that's correct yeah every truck has a phone number on the door…