Truck Acquisition Flow¶
The flow, stage by stage¶
- Sourcing — AMP evaluates auction listings (Ritchie Bros, Copart, IAA) against buy-box thresholds and product-line specs. Jose also sources directly on IAA/Copart.
- Acquisition — STE (dealer license) pays the auction. Truck is STE's cost basis, typically financed on the NextGear floor plan.
- Transport — DET hauls the salvage unit from auction yard to the SEQ shop. (DET operational 2026-05-27; previously third-party haulers.)
- Intake & decision — Jose makes the build-vs-part-out judgment.
- Build path — SEQ crew rebuilds into a finished water truck. Parts consumed from CTP (used) and SP (new).
- Part-out path — Non-viable units dismantled; parts flow to CTP (the bad-buy escape valve, recovering value from non-viable acquisitions).
- Listing — AMM/SMM list the finished truck across marketplaces.
- Sale — STE sells, recognizes revenue, handles TPT and NextGear payoff.
Buy-box discipline¶
Documented assumption
Hard rebuild budget cap historically enforced at under $10K/truck (via the TruckBid AI analysis tool). Sourcing biases toward 4,000-gallon candidates given their dramatically higher margin. Buy-box thresholds live in truck-spine policy configuration. Details to be documented by AMP in the roles section.
The DET connection¶
DET's activation (2026-05-27) changes stage 3 from unreliable third-party hauling to captive reliable transport, and creates the deadhead-fill and dead-day-fill economics documented in the DET Operating Model. The moment AMP wins a truck, the DET dispatch capability (in development) can begin matching a backhaul load to the trip.
Living document. Last updated 2026-05-27 by chat-MC1.