Trucks and Buses for Sale under $5,000

Find trucks and buses for sale under $5,000 on Tradingpost, listed by owner-operators, fleets and licensed dealers.

Whether you need a light rigid for suburban deliveries, a tipper for site work, a prime mover for linehaul or a coach for charter runs, compare what is listed now on GVM, kilometres and service history, and talk to the seller direct.

Start with the ratings rather than the price. GVM and GCM decide what the vehicle can legally carry and tow, and they also decide the licence you need: anything over 4.5 tonne GVM calls for a truck licence, with LR, MR and HR covering rigids and an HC or MC ticket needed for semi-trailers, B-doubles and road trains. Read the odometer against the service history rather than on its own, because a well-maintained linehaul prime mover on high kilometres is often a safer buy than a neglected tipper on low ones. Ask whether the vehicle is ex-fleet, ex-council or ex-rental: those units tend to arrive with complete records and a hard but well-documented life.

Then match the body to the work. Tray, tipper, pantech, curtainsider, refrigerated, crane truck and car carrier all price differently on the same cab chassis, so compare like with like. On buses, check seat count, accessibility, air conditioning and when the next inspection falls due. On anything you are serious about, confirm registration and roadworthy status, tyre and brake condition, and whether the repairs quoted in the ad have already been done. Isuzu, Hino, Fuso, UD, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Scania, DAF, MAN, Kenworth, Mack and Western Star all turn up regularly, alongside the Toyota Coaster and other light buses.

Browse trucks and buses for sale by state: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Keeping the fleet on the road? Tradingpost also lists truck and bus parts and accessories, and trailers for sale when the load needs more than one deck. Selling a truck or a bus instead? Create a listing, set out the GVM, kilometres and service history up front, and reach operators right across Australia.