$7000 to spend on tow vehicle, suggestions?
We bought a 26ft Kingsport trailer. Dry weight is pretty heavy, 6300lbs. I have $7000 to spend for a tow vehicle, so I'm probably looking at about a 8-10yr truck. We have 2 kids to take with us so i...
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jerem0621 wrote:
racedaymechanic, Thats a nice looking rig that you have. I almost bought a 97 6.5 turbodiesel Chevy Crew Cab Dually. It was beautiful. It was $5500.00 I think.
I know that the 6.5 earned a bad rap but from my research a lot of this was maintenance related, i.e. harmonic balancer failures breaking cranks, etc.
I would like to put some new tires on my truck. My local tire guy recommends Firestone Transforce, which I currently have. They are ok, but they are not the best riding tires. Mine are old so that may make some impact.
He also recommended some Duo brand tires as an alternative. (made by cooper?) I'd like to have some nice Michelins, we will see what I can swing, hard for me to swallow nearly $300.00 per tire at this time (I am NOT throwing stones, if I had the coin I would buy a set in a heartbeat.)
Thanks!
Jeremiah
The 6.5s have a few issues that can be easily corrected, Mine has close to 300 hp and 500Ft Pounds of torque, and gets 12mpg towing the 5th wheel, there is a very good Forum that has alot of info on the 6.5s thetruckstop.net There are several threads on my 6.5 on it, and I just bought 6 new Michelin LTX/MS tires on Fleabay for less than 200 bucks apiece with free shipping
