My buddy has several of the early 2000's Ford F250 and F350's with the 7.3L. Great trucks, great motors. He runs his own biodiesel in them almost all year round, and they run like swiss watches.....
He bought one of them from Ohio off of ebay for around $12,000.00, it had around 130,000 miles on it. Just gettin' broke in. someday I'll be pulling the trigger on something betwen 1997 and 2004 with the 7.3L motor.
Friend on mine has one of these, frankly i cant stand the sound of the motor,sounds like pots and pans banking together.He buys a new one every few years.Have they cured this in the newer models? Every one since the 90s was way too loud.Im used to my sons duramax which is whisper quiet compared to the fords.My buddy has several of the early 2000's Ford F250 and F350's with the 7.3L. Great trucks, great motors. He runs his own biodiesel in them almost all year round, and they run like swiss watches.....
He bought one of them from Ohio off of ebay for around $12,000.00, it had around 130,000 miles on it. Just gettin' broke in. someday I'll be pulling the trigger on something betwen 1997 and 2004 with the 7.3L motor.
I went for a ride with a friend yesterday in his 2005 Dodge 1500 Hemi 4x4 with 60,000 miles. He was borrowing my 16x6 trailer to bring his Can Am UTV back home after having it serviced. He's building a log home in the mountains south of here, near the Maryland state border. On the way down, about a 50 mile drive, the left front wheel started making a LOUD "clunk! clunk! clunk!" on right hand curves. By the time we dropped off the UTV and started back home, it was so loud and shaking the vehicle that I told him to park it at a store a couple miles from his log home and had my wife bring my Expedition down to pick us and the trailer up. I think it was the CV joint or the left front axle going out. Apparently this is common on the Dodges, but given the year and mileage I'm surprised it went bad this early.
By the way, I talked him into using Woodstock stoves in his new log home. He ordered a Fireview for the great room in the basement and a Keystone for the 1st floor living room. The Keystone alone has been keeping the place heated adequately for his contractors over this past winter, keeping the house in the upper 50s while they're working, just from burning scrap lumber from their construction. It sits at 3000 feet overlooking the Maryland state border so it takes a lot of wind and cold, but its well built and very well insulated.
My son bought a 2003 duramax about 3 years ago for 15K The thing has scary power and it tears through rear tires with all the power. Been pretty dependable except for the allison tranny ,but since that has been serviced the truck has even more power. He claims close to 20 mpg highway which is almost double what i get with my gasser K2500 Silverado with 200 HP and way less power. THat duramax has been a winner ever since its been introduced in 2002 and ford and dodge have been trying to catch it ever since.My son is looking for a used pick up. Probably diesel in the 10k range. Any suggestions on what to look for and what to stay away from?
My son is looking for a used pick up. Probably diesel in the 10k range. Any suggestions on what to look for and what to stay away from?
My buddy has several of the early 2000's Ford F250 and F350's with the 7.3L. Great trucks, great motors. He runs his own biodiesel in them almost all year round, and they run like swiss watches.....
He bought one of them from Ohio off of ebay for around $12,000.00, it had around 130,000 miles on it. Just gettin' broke in. someday I'll be pulling the trigger on something betwen 1997 and 2004 with the 7.3L motor.
Friend on mine has one of these, frankly i cant stand the sound of the motor,sounds like pots and pans banking together.He buys a new one every few years.Have they cured this in the newer models? Every one since the 90s was way too loud.Im used to my sons duramax which is whisper quiet compared to the fords.
Probably diesel in the 10k range.
I wood stay away from duallys also. Most insurance companies will only insure them commercially. BIG bucks.
$10K isn't going to buy much of a diesel pickup.
I'd stay away from any pickup owned by anyone under the age of 25. Every hillbilly kid in these parts is buying diesel pickups and thrashin' the chit out of it. New fad is to run 50% tranny oil in the fuel and smoke out every intersection on a lug start. DOT is watching this. Kid down the road got a $2700 fine for emmisions and another for creating a traffic hazzard. Diesels are HIGH maintenance. Unless you or your kid are mechanics and or you have a mechanic friend that is willing to work cheap I'd stay away from a diesel. Any diesel garage around here worth its salt is getting $100-$140/hr labor rate.
That's not commercial. Thats plated farm insurance ,big difference.I have commercial coverage on my 2002 Dodge 3500DHD dually flatbed. Full coverage, 500k limit, can't remember the deductible, $448 a year.
That's not commercial. Thats plated farm insurance ,big difference.
You can hardly get liability alone for $400/year on a POS beater Chevy S-10 here.
Just payed my premium today and I pulled the policy under Type Policy is says commercial auto. It is a different policy from my other vehicles.
Don't hate the player.
People say stay away from the 6.0 Ford engine, I have not heard anything bad about the 6.4 Ford engine. The 7.3 is a great engine, but it guzzles some fuel. The 5.9 cummins is great on fuel and power. The weak point in the Dodge power train is the transfer case. It will wake you up when you are driving down the interstate and the transfer case dumps into N on its own. It feels and sounds like something blew up under the truck. I am not even thinking about automatic transmissions here. If it is a Dodge 4x4 and has around 150k miles or more ask if the transfer case has been replaced or rebuilt and when. Dodge doors like to rust at the bottom.
I have zero experience with GM.
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