2007 GMC 3500 Dually
So after my 2002 2500HD 6.0 gasser was stolen a few weeks back, my uncle stepped up and offered to loan me his dually until I can find another truck. Then he says, "if you like it, you can buy it for ...
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Grit dog wrote:KD4UPL wrote:
Buy it. If nothing else you could likely resell it for about 3 or 4 times that price. Those trucks are really sought after.
With almost 200k and list of broken parts? That's a $10k truck even around here where everyone thinks their trucks are worth gold.
Reading before replying is sometimes a good idea.
Here's my take.
Yes running/driving and not beat to heck, $7k is a good deal.
You could easily add another $7k to that in repairs by tomorrow depending on the life left in some of the major components.
Uncle sounds like he don't take care of his stuff to me. If he can't fix a windshield and some window regulators, how well did he maintain the drivetrain for the last 191kmi?
Even well maintained 200k is the end f the road for a lot of parts and since you don't know much about trucks, I'd get it checked out by someone who does before spending the $.
I, like you have if's about it but we don't know his uncle. I have buddies around here that farm and use their trucks that will go out and buy a brand new truck and drag a log chain right over the side of the bed getting it out. Rip the tailgate right off of it because they forget they unhooked the goose neck cattle trailer and didn't drop the tailgate last night when they got home. They look at it like it's a truck and if it don't have anything to do with the dependability of the truck they don't worry about it. I can hear one of them right now. " Door locks don't work? Oh well, don't need them anyway. Don't lock my truck anyway....."
They will change the fluids and fix anything mechanical right now.
