So diesels dont like to sit....

I once bought a Chev Pickup (not a diesel) that a guy used only to tow his trailer. I forget the exact details but it was about 10 years old and had something like 20,000 miles on it. He average about 2000 miles a year and let the truck sit all winter long every year without using it. It started up just fine and ran just fine and continued to run just fine for about 30 days. Then the problems started. I can't even remember all of them. Tranny rebuild, brake drums replaced, valve job, rebuild the carb, and these are just a few of the problems. Every single problem the truck had could all be traced back to sitting for long periods of time without being used. I understand others haven't had this same experience, but I did. What I thought was going to be a good deal on a nice used truck was the nightmare truck from you know where.