Help finding the right "horse"
New here. Quick intro and the situation. Please bare with me. I'm also venting :) I've done plenty of tent and travel trailer camping growing up. Looking to do some with the kids. We have a couple ...
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You are finding it tough to get a clean low mileage unit in your price range for good reason. They are scarce. You are looking at a ten year old especially in diesel and 100,000 miles is simply not realistic unless it was used by a local building /landscape/whatever contractor in which case it was likely rode hard and put up wet.
You won't get a meaningful warranty on a ten year old vehicle so don't get sucked into buying coverage.Put the money in the bank so you can draw on it as needed.
There are a lot of horror stories on all of the big 3. Any Ford 6.0's still on the road should have had issues resolved by now, same with older GM and Ram. IMHO an F-250/2500 is barely enough to safely haul your trailer given the 12k GVW, you are looking at around 2400 lb on the pin plus another couple of hundred for the hitch. You should be looking for an F-350 but good ones are even harder to find. Good luck.
You won't get a meaningful warranty on a ten year old vehicle so don't get sucked into buying coverage.Put the money in the bank so you can draw on it as needed.
There are a lot of horror stories on all of the big 3. Any Ford 6.0's still on the road should have had issues resolved by now, same with older GM and Ram. IMHO an F-250/2500 is barely enough to safely haul your trailer given the 12k GVW, you are looking at around 2400 lb on the pin plus another couple of hundred for the hitch. You should be looking for an F-350 but good ones are even harder to find. Good luck.
