Newer truck
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Topic: Newer truck
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Newer truck
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 8:35am
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Jenn wants me to buy a newer truck. I will sell my old work truck and my GMC will become my work truck . I just don’t have time to mess with the old Ford right now. I’ve been looking and first off the adds are full of diesels that all have problems. These don’t have the miles my GMC has and I’m talking about Duramaxes and power strokes. I’m not looking at Dodges. I’m sold on GM and want a 3/4 ton 4x4 with a 6.0. I can’t believe how many miles most 5 year old trucks have these days. People sure drive a lot. And the prices are scary. I’m afraid I’ve lost touch with today’s prices. Somewhere down the line the GM 6.0 trucks started getting much better mpg. Does anybody remember what year? |
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 9:33am
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No wonder Jenn said you could only buy one of them Allis Tractors. Trucks, even used junk these days are outrageously priced. Good luck Quando omni flunkus, moritati ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 9:58am
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Pickups became the next gen cars. The Fords all have issues after the 7.3, some can be fixed others no. Dodge is now using the Mercedes engine lines so Cummins will be soon gone for parts except the aftermarket as well. I am no longer looking for a pickup, all too many are now just junk, IF and emphatically note IF I buy another wagon will be a used class 7, no more getting by with a ton truck as they just won't do without big repair expenses anymore. Light brakes, almost heavy enough drive train, low mileage tires, over glorified station wagons with a load box behind. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 10:32am
I see 7.3 power strokes with 200000 to 250000 miles with the transmission out or need pump or need injectors or need something. They don’t run and asking $7000.00 same with Duramaxes. I believe a gasser will outlast a diesel these days. I believe the cost to keep a gasser going compared to a diesel isn’t even close. I’m way to old and fat to be cool so a gasser it will be. |
DMiller wrote:Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 10:36am
Chask I was lookin more for a hang in there my friend a good deal is headed your way and a pat on the back. Rotflmao |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 1:02pm
Hang in there my good friend a great gasser truck deal is headed your way, the patting of the back will have to wait though.  Quando omni flunkus, moritati or Rotflyao ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 4:39pm
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A few years back I found a 7 year old 1ton dually diesel Chevy, 4 door long bed, had just over 100k miles for 23k. I had to add the gooseneck hitch but no repairs needed. Wasn't paying 50 thousand for one, kept looking, it was on Craigslist, for sale by a Chevy dealership. I had put so many injectors, egr valves, etc., on my old Ford I didn't want to wrench on another one, and haven't. I really wanted a GMC but wasn't willing to risk not finding it when this one popped up. As long as you aren't in a hurry, something will come up. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 4:58pm
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Thad, I have been looking, can buy a Freightliner 10-12 year old Business Class 4 door with Cummins or small Cat for less than $30,000, usually around 100-150,000 miles, will have Auto trans, air brakes, tilt hood and 22.5 rubber, would last any of us forever just NOT 4x4. Would be Pre-Tier 3 and NO DEF as well fuel economy for a Class 7 chassis. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 5:20pm
| look at "dixie horse and mule" for used trucks. they sell a lot of them. |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 5:50pm
| Has to be after 2009 that's when they got the six speed and mileage went up. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 6:08pm
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I know you said you're not looking at Dodge but I'm tickled pink with mine. 2016 2500 Tradesman with the 6.4 hemi. Mine has a 6 speed auto but you can get the 8 speed auto in the new gas burners. Was a diesel only option until this year. And the 6.4 makes 420hp. Truck rides great to. The Tradesman is the work truck trim. Vinyl seats and rubber floor mats. ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 6:20pm
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Duracraps and powerjokes with low miles and problems..... gee who would have tought that was possible. A v-8 is gona be problems no matter what brand it is. Example, v-8s are no longer used in heavy trucks of any brand or engine make for heavy duty trucks. Any used truck with a computer controled engine will be nothing but problems. Why do you think they were traded? ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 6:33pm
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When ever I bitch about prices, wife says I`m still living in the 70s. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 7:55pm
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Ran Dodge Cummins for company, 3/4 2WD dbl. cab short bed and never had any issues. Fords we brought in had many issues, 3/4 and 1 ton duallies 4WD. Mostly a/c issues kept them at the dealers for far too long and we also had plenty of brake issues. When diesels were at their peak, I started looking for a GM 2WD cab & 1/2 short bed 6.0 for a farm truck as service rates on diesels kept climbing. Found a 2007 6.0 GMC with 135K on it in 2015, former company truck and the company had all service records. Picked up from a kid whose brother let him in on his company's blind auction and thought he would make a killin by flipping it. He didn't, I put a CM bed with hidden hitch and LED's on it, grill gaurd and that's it since I've owned it. Does not have the big Allison tranny but so far so good and she just hit 200K. Was hittin 16/17 for mileage empty on the last trip to upstate NY last year and does not do bad with either the cattle or flatbed gooseneck behind her in tow/haul. The Cummins would walk up hills like a striped a$$ monkey pulling 13 round bales and the HEMI was surprisingly stout as well but, that 6.0 has impressed me for sure and I would not hesitate to buy another one if needed.I'm fine doing 65 mph with the 185 or one of the D17's on the gooseneck and smile when a Cummins or Duramax flies by me doing 80 with a loaded trailer. If the truck continues to hold up like she has, she'll get a crate engine as I've come to like that 6.0 that much.
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Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 8:18pm
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Thad, Trucks! Humm. I like my Ford 6.3 diesel, but might buy a Ford 6.0 gas if I need to get another truck someday. The new truck costs are not easy to swallow. I chose to get a used one this time due to the cost of new. Most of it is good on this used Ford. Pulls good with a load! Good luck in your search. Good that the wife is on board too! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 9:32pm
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The last time the dash worked on my GMC it said 312000 miles. It still runs strong. I put a transmission in it at 230000.. I bought it from my dad who bought it new and pulled a 24’ stock trailer. It stayed hooked to that trailer until the day I bought it. It’s always got 12 mpg and always leaked a little antifreeze. It’s been a good truck. Before it I had a 94 GMC with a 4.3 v6 that I sold with 330000 miles on it. I prefer a GMC over a Chevy because I like the grills better. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 12:03am
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Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 12:49am
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I like GMC trucks the best. Might want to look at the Silverado, sierra page on Facebook. The problems are scary! Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: truckerfarmer
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:43am
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GMC have nicer interiors also. Only GMC in our yard. We have 4 of them. ------------- Looking at the past to see the future. '53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:52am
Tracy do you mean with newer ones? Mines a 99. I will look. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:38am
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Well I have been on the fence for several years and just shake my head at the prices of pickups but now that I'm retired it has firmly pushed me in the "I don't care if I ever get a new truck" side of the fence. They do small real nice though. 249k on the clock and runs like a top. Thinking about what my friend said to do and to put a stoker kit in the engine when it's time. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 12:28pm
| My '99 has 340,000 on it, rust is taking over but I almost put 5K on it last year so as a farm truck it is fine. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 12:45pm
| I can drive my '97 GMC 1 ton all day long and it won't hurt my back. it's what I drove to Hutch. I love that truck, and unless it gets wrecked, i'll keep it around! |
Posted By: Harvey/pa
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 2:49pm
| I like the grills better too Thad, my GMC was a 05 and said I'd never have a Chevy with a cat eyes grill. In Feb I found an 07 2500HD Chevy with 83K and a 5 spd manual and I love it! Can't see the grill from behind the steering wheel. GMC had 238K and was trouble free but I never cared for the automatic...Harvey |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 3:14pm
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Thad, pendet in ibi amici mei, sol lucebunt. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:54pm
I don’t know what that means but it sounds neat in Hillbilly. 👍 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 6:56pm
| I thunks Ted has been tipp'in a bottle agin |
Posted By: BrianC
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 7:06pm
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I am reporting that on my 2016 Silverado 2500 the steel rims are showing rust. Could that be a warranty claim?
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Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 7:18pm
I said the same exact thing, guess it proves the old saying, everything has a price.  ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: OldSchoolRecovery
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2019 at 7:36pm
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My 2007 GMC 6.0 is a rocket, but burns fuel like a rocket. Most powerful truck I have had in a long time. I believe it has to do with the gearing, not sure. But is has a big gas tank for a reason. 10 mpg most of the time, 12 at best... From the web site that tracks the best mileage, for GM's, it the 2015 1500 with a 5.3. 22.5 miles per gallon. I just picked up a old GMC truck with a 6.5 turbo. Going to give that a try. My 07 is rusty and going down the road. Soon. Carl |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2019 at 8:10am
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[QUOTE=OldSchoolRecovery] My 2007 GMC 6.0 is a rocket, but burns fuel like a rocket. Most powerful truck I have had in a long time. I believe it has to do with the gearing, not sure. But is has a big gas tank for a reason. 10 mpg most of the time, 12 at best... Some people must be easily impressed. My 79 with the 855(14L) cummins got over 12 mpg the other week going to the pull and had power enough that I never needed low range in the 9 speed. 😻👍 I’ll never go back to overworking a pickup to do the job for a real truck. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |