‘95 Chevy turbo diesel, good, bad, who cares?

I’m looking to trade my ‘99 Suburban for a ‘95 Chevy one ton crew cab long bed w/6.5L turbo diesel. I need to move my WD45, loader and Oxnard blade from Crocker MO to Thompson IA. The diesel has 195,000 miles on it.

An aqaintance offered to haul it for $3/a loaded mile.

Opinions on the turbo diesel? Opinions on the trade? Opinions on the truck?

Looking for any feedback.....

Don in Crocker MO

those diesels aren't a good investment in more ways then one!

Just pay someone to haul it. In their day, that diesel engine was pretty second-rate compared to the Fords and Dodges. If something happens to it on this trip, you will ne thousands in the hole, and still stuck with the truck and still may not have gotten your delivery made.

Cant help you much. I think I would sleep on this one!

Dr. Allis, that is exactly why I don’t want to attempt with my Suburban! I’m not going for a 1-2 hr trip. we can normally make this trip in 8 hours in a car. I’ve already hauled the largest enclosed trailer Uhaul has and it was 8-9 hours with the Suburban. I can’t imagine this tractor behind this suburban.

went this afternoon to look at the diesel and was highly disappointed. The topper was toast, leaked like a sieve and was actually coming apart. The guy tells me the first thing he would do is rip it off! I’m thinking why are you waiting?!?

The underside was covered in rust, and the hitch had a lesser weight rating than the 6000lbs on my truck. The diesel started and ran fine. They did do some repairs to it to get the turbo running properly and the PMD was repositioned on the firewall with a good heat sink and supposedly in an airstream to keep cool.

I was thinking about an even trade, but after looking it over and driving it, the only way I would have traded was if he would have paid me money on top of the trade. I got the feeling that wasn’t going to happen so I left it there and came home.

Thanks for the help and insight, I do appreciate it!

I have a '87 burb with the 6.2 diesel, it'
s a 1/2 ton 4x4, it pulled all my grain to town each harvest for many, many years. 300 plus bu. wagons (full). I then bought a '97 GMC 1 ton 4x4 crew cab long box 6.5 turbo diesel. drove it every day to work (70 miles), bought it with 84,000 miles, has over 300,000 miles on it. did replace the tranny (5 spd man) and a clutch, it has pulled my grain wagons for many years too. I love that truck, a nice ride, easy on fuel, and I have pulled a trailer with a IH tractor on it, pulled just fine. no problem of no power. I also have a '98 Chevy ext cab 4x4 with a flatbed, 454 engine with auto. have pulled lots of wagons and trailers with it, but I prefer the GMC for pulling. my old ladys…..ooooops….I mean my loving wifes old burb (1/2 ton) prolly wouldn't pull anything to heavy to long, but have never tried, and i'm real sure she won't let me hook anything up to her new burb! lol

The suburban will do it. Don't try to tow in overdrive because the TCC will never come in and you'll overheat the trans. Just keep it in drive, don't try to go 75 mph, have working trailer brakes and you'll be fine. Even if the truck you were looking at wasn't a rag, about all a 6.5 is good for is making hot water. They're not much more powerful than a R code 350.