Truck · price guide 2026
Western Star 4800 Price — What It's Really Worth
A used Western Star 4800 is currently listed in Australia at $60,841–$92,500 — typical asking $63,182, from 7 listings. Sold-price ranges publish here the moment enough verified sales clear our data gate — until then, this is the live asking market, labelled plainly.
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The Western Star 4800 sits at the traditional bonneted-conventional end of the Australian heavy-duty market, distributed and supported out of Queensland and favoured by owner-drivers and smaller fleets for tipper-and-dog, vocational and single-trailer highway work. Used examples are mostly tandem-drive prime movers and tippers, day-cab or sleeper, running Detroit or Cummins power through Roadranger manual transmissions; earlier trucks also appear with Caterpillar engines. Because each truck was specced to order, asking prices spread widely even between similar-age examples — driveline spec, diff ratings and body condition matter more than the badge. Supply concentrates in the eastern states, and tidy owner-driver trucks command a clear premium over hard-worked ex-fleet units. On emissions-era engines, documented service history is worth paying for.
Price by Year & Hours
Advertised asking ranges from public Australian listings, verified 5 July 2026. Negotiated sale prices typically land below these figures.
| Model year | Hours | Low | Typical | High | Spread | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All years | All hours | $60,841 | $63,182 | $92,500 | 7 |
What Moves the Price
Body & fitout
The body is half the value: a straight tipper, crane or purpose fitout adds real money, while a bare cab-chassis sells to a narrower market.
Kilometres & history
Genuine kilometres with a service file out-price the same truck with a gap in its story. Interstate-highway kays read easier than stop-start urban work.
Auto vs manual
Automated and automatic transmissions carry the market now. Manuals — especially road rangers — trade at a discount outside specialist buyers.
Rego, rust & tyres
No roadworthy, visible chassis rust or a set of tired tyres all get quoted straight off the price — buyers total the driveway-ready cost first.
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How we price. Current ranges on this page are compiled from genuine on-model asking listings on public Australian marketplaces — attachments and wrong-model results are filtered out by hand. Sold-price ranges are published per model as verified sales clear our data-density gate. Prices are estimates, not valuations or financial advice. Full methodology →