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Revenue Earning Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Revenue Earning Equipment [Abstract]  
REVENUE EARNING EQUIPMENT
REVENUE EARNING EQUIPMENT
 
 
Estimated
Useful
Lives
 
December 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Cost
 
Accumulated
Depreciation
 
Net Book
Value (1)
 
Cost
 
Accumulated
Depreciation
 
Net Book
Value (1)
(In years)
 
(In thousands)
Held for use:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Full service lease
 
3 — 12
 
$
8,839,941

 
(2,723,605
)
 
6,116,336

 
8,008,123

 
(2,598,140
)
 
5,409,983

Commercial rental
 
4.5 — 12
 
2,811,715

 
(907,412
)
 
1,904,303

 
2,570,081

 
(864,543
)
 
1,705,538

Held for sale
 
 
 
496,634

 
(332,538
)
 
164,096

 
312,698

 
(226,333
)
 
86,365

Total
 
 
 
$
12,148,290

 
(3,963,555
)
 
8,184,735

 
10,890,902

 
(3,689,016
)
 
7,201,886

_______________ 
(1)
Revenue earning equipment, net includes vehicles under capital leases of $47 million, less accumulated depreciation of $22 million, at December 31, 2015 and $48 million, less accumulated depreciation of $22 million, at December 31, 2014.
Depreciation expense was $1.06 billion, $979 million and $910 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Revenue earning equipment held for sale is stated at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. Losses on vehicles held for sale for which carrying values exceeded fair value are recognized at the time they arrive at our used truck centers and are presented within "Other operating expenses" in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings. For revenue earning equipment held for sale, we stratify our fleet by vehicle type (trucks, tractors and trailers), weight class, age and other relevant characteristics and create classes of similar assets for analysis purposes. Fair value was determined based upon recent market prices obtained from our own sales experience for sales of each class of similar assets and vehicle condition. Therefore, our revenue earning equipment held for sale was classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. During 2015, 2014, and 2013, we recognized losses to reflect changes in fair value of $18 million, $11 million and $16 million, respectively.
The following table presents our assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and considered a Level 3 fair value measurement:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Losses (2)
 
 
December 31,
 
Year ended December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Assets held for sale:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue earning equipment: (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trucks
 
$
11,469

 
6,135

 
$
7,660

 
6,274

Tractors
 
19,479

 
4,054

 
7,620

 
3,450

Trailers
 
2,475

 
789

 
2,676

 
1,040

Total assets at fair value
 
$
33,423

 
10,978

 
$
17,956

 
10,764

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(1)
Represents the portion of all revenue earning equipment held for sale that is recorded at fair value, less costs to sell.
(2)
Total losses represent fair value adjustments for all vehicles held for sale throughout the period for which fair value less costs to sell was less than carrying value.