There's probably not that much to do if the truck already has a hand valve for the trailer brakes. Basically flop a 5th wheel plate on the frame and run the wires for the trailer lights, install the glad hands for the air and that's about it. Get a set of 1/4 fenders and flaps for the back... Depending on the truck most of that plumbing and wiring may already be mostly in place. That said, you need to be able to buy that pretty cheap to afford doing the work. I don't know about where you're at, but here there's no shortage of decent running, legal or very near legal tractors for sale in the 7500-10000 range. If you're not too fussy you can pick up a fleet truck with a super 10 and an M11 engine in darn good shape for that money, and probably well maintained. If you get fussy on engines and transmissions it may take more looking...
I think I'd just be on the lookout for a tractor if that's what you want. Those DOT truck you're looking at are very likely to have small bore engines, very small power and be plum worn out. The DOT here doesn't cut them loose until the expenses start mounting or they really start to think they're cheating the junk man. Both those trucks will also have steel cabs.... Most tractors will have an aliminum cab that won't rot... Something to think about.
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