60k Budget truck and camper

Redwoodcamper wrote:
For full time towing and camping I would not buy a gas tow vehicle. For 25-30k there are many, many drw common rail Cummins available that will give you decades of relatively trouble free ownership. It is very doable.

While I agree with this, $25-30k gets you a 10year old truck with 100k miles giver take.
This is nowhere near the end for these trucks and 200kmi I believe is the new 100kmi for vehicles.
What I do know, is that, in general, between 100k and 200k, regardless of brand, one has the large possibility of dropping $5-10k just in parts to keep a big truck 100%. As well, now you're dealing with a 10-20year old vehicle for 10 years compared to a 0-10 year old vehicle. That doesn't bode well for someone full timing, having to crawl under the truck in the dirt with a basic set of tools only EVERY time something goes wrong......oh, then it's rusted on and could use an impact wrench or torch to get it loose because the truck has been sitting out side for the last ___ years in a row.

Point is old trucks are great for some of us, myself included, but if I had the means, I would not want that hassle while "camping."

If I had $60k not a penny more that I had to drop on a full time TC setup, I'd be looking at $45-50k trucks that were either DEF diesels or deleted and low miles, <3 years old and a $10-15k camper. And with my experiences, I'd have a hard time looking past Arctic Fox unless a screamin deal.