Yes, a truck with accident damage can be sold through truckoo – from dented bodywork on the cab to an economic write-off. Verified dealers, exporters and dismantlers place binding bids on the documented condition; the buyer arranges transport. The sales contract, payment and collection all run through truckoo.
Buyers distinguish between bodywork and structure. A dented cab door, a smashed mirror or a damaged body are sheet metal and labour. A distorted frame, damaged axle mountings or rollover damage with spilled fluids are something else – and are bought by different buyers.
Repaired previous damage is no blemish if it is documented: an invoice from a specialist workshop is an argument for a higher price. Undisclosed previous damage, on the other hand, comes to light during inspection – and then costs more than the damage itself.
The sale consists of four steps: list, receive bids, accept a bid, hand over. Until you accept a bid you can cancel at any time at no cost – and even after that you pay nothing.
Photograph the registration certificate, enter the mileage, take six mandatory photos. The listing process guides you through each photo. Around ten minutes.
Every bid is binding and valid for a fixed period. You see all bids side by side, not just the highest.
If none suits, you don’t sell – at no cost. Once accepted, there is no renegotiation.
Handover at a partner workshop or collection from your premises. Then payout by instant bank transfer. Deregistration can be added as an optional service (from 49 €).
Special feature with an accident-damaged truck: upload the expert report, the repair estimate and photos of the damage directly with the vehicle details. If the vehicle is not driveable, it will be collected by low-loader – the buyer clarifies this before bidding.
The residual value of an accident-damaged truck is the difference between market value and repair costs as a dealer sees them – and those are well below what an expert report based on end-customer prices shows. That is why accident-damaged vehicles regularly achieve more through several competing bids than through the insurer's residual value exchange.
As long as the frame, axle mountings and steering are undamaged, the truck is a repair job with a clear price for dealers. A distorted frame makes it a case for dismantlers or for exporters with a straightening bench – there are bids for that too, just different ones.
Cabs are readily available and are replaced complete. A box body or a curtain is a supplier part. It becomes more expensive with special bodies – a refrigeration unit, a loader crane, a tank – and here what matters is whether the body itself is affected.
An expert report documents the damage and defines its limits; that lowers the risk for the buyer and raises the bid. Without a report, a repair estimate from a workshop and good photos help – dealers then assess it themselves, but calculate more cautiously.
With an insurance claim you usually receive a residual value offer from a residual value exchange. You are not obliged to accept it – you can put a higher bid obtained through truckoo to the insurer.
Residual value exchanges collect a small number of bids in a short time from buyers who trade on volume. The price serves the insurer for settling the claim, not your sale proceeds. Between the residual value offer and the market value lie:
On truckoo, dealers, exporters and dismantlers bid at the same time – on the basis of the same photos and documents. You can accept the higher bid or put it forward as a counter-offer in the claim settlement.
On truckoo, 1500+ verified dealers and exporters from 35+ countries place bids. For accident-damaged vehicles these are above all dealers with their own bodywork and frame workshops, exporters with repair facilities in the destination country, and dismantlers who sell the drivetrain and body separately.
An accident-damaged truck is a different kind of business for each of these groups. The body shop sees a cab it can replace in three days. The exporter sees a vehicle that will be put right in their own workshop for a third of German costs. The dismantler sees an engine, a gearbox and axles that are worth more individually than the vehicle as a whole. Which of them bids the most depends on your damage – and you do not have to know that in advance.
Yes. Even in the case of an economic write-off there are buyers – dismantlers for the engine, gearbox and axles, and exporters with their own repair facilities. List the vehicle with the expert report and photos; the bids show you what the market pays for it.
Not necessarily, but it helps. An expert report documents the extent and nature of the damage and lowers the risk for the buyer – which is reflected in the bid. Without a report, a repair estimate and meaningful photos of all the damaged areas are enough.
That depends on the individual case and on your insurer. Check with the claims department whether a residual value offer is binding and until when. A higher bid through truckoo can be submitted in the settlement as evidence of the residual value.
No. Dealers repair at trade prices and factor that in. A repair before the sale almost never pays off – least of all on the cab or the body, which dealers replace completely.
The buyer arranges a low-loader; the appointment and the accessibility of the location are clarified before the collection. The buyer bears the cost, and it is already included in the bid. You receive the payment on the day of handover by instant bank transfer.
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Ten minutes to enter the details, attach the expert report and photos, compare the bids. Free of charge for sellers – even when you sell.
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