sawinredneck
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I have been loooking for a larger truck for a while now. My F-150 five speed v-6 hasn't been enough for a long time, and I am lucky it has held up as long as it has, pulling two cord plus of Oak, skidsteers etc.. Finally got the wife talked into it, then it lost a rod bearing, that has sped up the look a LOT!!!!!!
The wife has her standards, I have mine, I am easy, could be plain, no power anything, with a rubber floormat for all I care, less crap to break!! She wants a Cowboy Cadilac, at least a crewcab with bench seat, power yada yada, so I must apease her.
I really want a deisel, many have tried to talk me out of it, I still want one!! I know when they break they are costly, but how often, realisticly do they break? What breaks? The only two gas motors right now that impress me at all are the 6.6 Chevy, which I cannot afford a truck like that (trying to stay under $10, it's a cash purchase giving me more barganing room around here) And the Dodge 5.9L V-8, and, well more on that in a bit. Right now, gas is running $3.26 a gal. and deisel is $2.63 gal. I believe the efficiancey of the deisel will more than pay for it's repairs over time? I also believe gas is going to do nothing but climb for a long time to come, deisel may not be any different?
I really want the Cummins, I would settle for a powerstroke, 95-99 ONLY, but none of the older Chevy's!!!!
I have found an odd anomaly, the Dodge V-10!! They can't hardly give them away around here!!! I found a '97 2500 4x4 club cab, 85k for $5,500!! Then I found, what I may end up buying, wife LOVES this truck, I'm not sure yet. 2000 3500 club cab, 4x4 dually SLT, pretty loaded, 130k, highway miles, one owner with the V-10 auto.
Don't care about the 4x4 really, it's not a selling factor to me right now, not a deal killer either. They are asking just under $10k, cash, I can STEAL this thing!!! I figure 10-12mpg, sound about right? What are you getting out of deisels?
Anything I am not looking at? Any other suggestions/thoughts?
The wife has her standards, I have mine, I am easy, could be plain, no power anything, with a rubber floormat for all I care, less crap to break!! She wants a Cowboy Cadilac, at least a crewcab with bench seat, power yada yada, so I must apease her.
I really want a deisel, many have tried to talk me out of it, I still want one!! I know when they break they are costly, but how often, realisticly do they break? What breaks? The only two gas motors right now that impress me at all are the 6.6 Chevy, which I cannot afford a truck like that (trying to stay under $10, it's a cash purchase giving me more barganing room around here) And the Dodge 5.9L V-8, and, well more on that in a bit. Right now, gas is running $3.26 a gal. and deisel is $2.63 gal. I believe the efficiancey of the deisel will more than pay for it's repairs over time? I also believe gas is going to do nothing but climb for a long time to come, deisel may not be any different?
I really want the Cummins, I would settle for a powerstroke, 95-99 ONLY, but none of the older Chevy's!!!!
I have found an odd anomaly, the Dodge V-10!! They can't hardly give them away around here!!! I found a '97 2500 4x4 club cab, 85k for $5,500!! Then I found, what I may end up buying, wife LOVES this truck, I'm not sure yet. 2000 3500 club cab, 4x4 dually SLT, pretty loaded, 130k, highway miles, one owner with the V-10 auto.
Don't care about the 4x4 really, it's not a selling factor to me right now, not a deal killer either. They are asking just under $10k, cash, I can STEAL this thing!!! I figure 10-12mpg, sound about right? What are you getting out of deisels?
Anything I am not looking at? Any other suggestions/thoughts?
