Hello everyone,

I'm looking for the following as the elements of a satisfactory
research response:

1. Web sites which provide used truck sales listing and services in
preferably English, but can deal with German.

2. A valuation service to check on the initially selected trucks of
interest and if they're priced at market value or not.

3. Certification service, probably by the manufacturer at an added
cost or a third party, of the cars' condition and authenticity.

4. An export service to process the deal and make sure the truck is
being sold by its real owner and not stolen as well as process the
needed legal requirements & standards of the source and detination
countries to complete its shipping proceedures.

As a plus:

Same as the above by for consumer/passenger vehicles. :-)

Thanks a whole bunch.

/Lizardnation

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Request for Question Clarification by adiloren-ga on 14 May 2002 08:34 PDT

I need to know the following to effectively answer your question:

1) Where are you planning on exporting/ importing the vehicles? Does it matter?
2) Is there any particular type of truck that you are interested in?

Thanks,
Anthony

Hi! Thanks for the well thought of question. I have to admit that
these are indeed necessary if one wants to be in the trucking
business.

For starters the first two websites has almost all of the things you
would need (sales, placements, valuation and servicing) which I did
not find in other trucking sales services.

http://www.ozsites.net.au/sites/TruckFind.html

Trucks and Parts (Florida) even has information on used truck exports.
http://www.trucks.com/services.asp 

The rest I am going to answer your question in piecemeal so as to get
better coverage of your inquiry.

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1. The following are used truck sales listing and services:

A directory related to truck sales companies can be found here:
http://www.soarr.com/

for individual websites of used truck sellers I have made a rundown
here:

Best-Used Trucks
http://www.bestusedtrucks.com/ie4index.html

The Ed Schmidt Truck Store
http://www.edstruckstore.com/inventory/breakout.asp?dealershipid=39&breakout=used_heavy_duty

4A trucks
http://www.4atruck.com/

Used Truck Sellers in Canada
http://www.canada4trucks.com/
http://www.buckshottrucks.com/

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2. The Valuation services you might need to use to determine the
proper value of the trucks you choose:

Edmunds True Market Value Pricing
http://www.edmunds.com/products/tmv/index.html

NADA Online
http://www.nada.org/template.cfm?section=UsedVehicleValues


If you would need a truck or other vehicle damage appraisal

Interstate Appraisal
http://www.interstateappraisal.com/

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3. Truck certification services

Isuzu Gold Star Truck Certification-For Used Isuzu Trucks
http://www.isuzucv.com/service/programs.html

National Truck Equipment Association (Vehicle Valuation Service)
http://www.ntea.com/ProdServ/services_detail.asp?serv_id=4

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4. Truck Export Service you would need.

Trucks Wholesale
http://www.truckswholesale.com/

Brown's Auto and Truck Depot
http://www.brownmarine.com/import-export.htm 
http://www.brownmarine.com/autos.htm (for trucks)

Used Truck Sales
http://www.usedtrucksales.info/export_parts_sales.htm

Export Truck Sales
http://www.exporttrucksales.com/export_parts_sales.htm

All Truck 
http://www.alltruckpartsinc.com/export_truck_sales.htm

Most of the sites here also have services for other types of passenger
vehicles.

Search Terms used:
Used truck sales valuation export service complete

I hope this would be of assistance to your trucking business. Thank
you for using Google Answers.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizardnation-ga on 22 May 2002 11:31 PDT

Hello Adiloren,

1. Exports are towards the middle east, mostly to the Gulf.
2. Biased towards German brands, the more popular the better.

/Lizardnation

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 23 May 2002 05:13 PDT

Hi. Here is the clarification to your question.

The following is a link to a Middle East Used truck importers:
http://www.metrace.com/CompanyName/ 

The next links point you to used German truck vendors: Specifically Mercedes Benz
http://www.auto-truck.net/
http://www.boss-truck.com/
http://www.mccarthytruck.co.za/files/products/usedsales.htm

More used truck sellers:
http://www.workingwheels.com/ 

Hope this would help. Thanks again.

The answer along with clarification made satisfied the scope of the
question.  Thank you Easterangel-ag.

A lot will depend on where you're thinking of exporting from and
shipping to.  Check out http://www.trucks-and-cars.com/ for starters. 
They don't (as far as I know) offer the certification services you're
looking for, but these might be available locally if you wind up using
these guys as a source.

Good luck.

bob davis at Realapplications.com

he specializes in this "esoteric" research data.