60k Budget truck and camper

Vinsil wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
I might go to Michigan next time I'll be on the market for dually.
Last year I research whole West Coast fur used dualies and all I could find were beaten up utility bodies, or lifted CC F350 made to limos with price tag over $50k.

Salt kills trucks up there. It's why our coast the trucks cost more and are more desirable. I'm seeing the same thing here, a new truck is the same price as a 3 year old truck with 50k on it...

Ain't that the truth! Not trucks, but looking for a car for my sister who lives in the upper Midwest, looking in the 5-10 year old range budget wise and everything up there seems to be "only a little rust on one fender" type thing. (Yeah right, I grew up there. On a quiet winters night you could hear cars rusting in their driveways!)
Or anything that is pristine garages or a "southern car" was priced at a premium.
Here on the wet side of the PNW I maintain that it is the best environment for vehicle longevity of any climate in the US.
Little to no salt/de icers on the road and what does get put down for idiot drivers on frosty mornings gets undercarriage washed off the next day in the rain.
No extreme hot or cold doing its work on components.
Cloudy most of the time = much reduced UV damage for vehicles out in the weather.
And, the predominantly wet pavement is easier on tires and drive trains because you can't punch it from every stop light without spinning out, thus acceleration and braking efforts are reduced a bit in general.
Sorry for the off topic, but would def look in MI. Not opposed to something that's only seen a couple years of road salt personally, but after living elsewhere I'd be hard pressed to buy a daily driver from the salt belt more than a few years old. Put up with that too long as a kid before the internet and knowledge that all vehicles don't magically rust.

Regarding the prices on late models around here, we all have sticker shock that have bought big diesel trucks new or like new for 30-40k in the past. But the economy up here is also brutal on prices. High wages good economy cheap fuel = carte Blanche to upcharge.