Measure the Time Between Retiring a Truck and Getting Paid

Updated 2026-09-06 · 2 min read · Simple Lend Marketplace

Track the steps between retiring a dump truck and receiving cleared proceeds. That interval is useful for your business, but marketplace record timestamps cannot establish when a sale actually happened.

Start with the decision

Track the steps between retiring a dump truck and receiving cleared proceeds. That interval is useful for your business, but marketplace record timestamps cannot establish when a sale actually happened.

Choose the start and end events before calculating the metric. A decision to retire equipment, a published listing, an accepted offer and a completed payment are distinct events. Record their actual dates and describe which pair your measure uses. Do not compare a listing-to-offer interval with someone else’s retirement-to-cash interval.

Questions to resolve before committing

Break delays into stages: preparing records, photographing the truck, finding qualified interest, arranging a viewing, resolving condition questions and completing paperwork. Track the stage that is waiting and the action needed to move it. A short total interval is not a success if the sale terms were poor or the records incomplete.

Simple Lend Marketplace does not publish a historical days-on-market figure from bulk inventory updates. New observations can show when the marketplace first saw a status change, which is different from the legal sale date. Use your own transaction records for completed-sale timing and keep observed marketplace changes labelled as observations.

Independent inspection, at the provider’s quote

Inspection is offered on request. You pay the shop directly at the price they quote, and Simple Lend Marketplace makes nothing on this service. Ask the provider what their proposed scope includes, whether they can examine the truck’s specific systems, and how they will report limitations. A viewing and a mechanical inspection serve different purposes.

Trucks are sold as-is by their sellers. Simple Lend Marketplace is a marketplace and broker: we relay seller disclosures and help coordinate the process. We do not own, inspect, certify or warranty the trucks. Financing is arranged through outside lending partners, subject to their review and terms.

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