Buying budget/used TV with high mileage...
...how much is too much? I'd like to 'upsize' from our current '06 Sierra 1500 5.3l to something in the 3/4-1 ton range for towing our TT, with an eye towards getting a larger TT down the road a bi...
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rhagfo wrote:memilanuk wrote:
So... no validity to the notion that if a 6.0l Powerstroke was going to eat itself, it would probably have done so by now? What if it's already been 'bulletproofed'?
Do your self a favor and do like I did after 45 of only owing Ford products, when going to a diesel HD PU I went with the Dodge/Cummins I have never looked back!
Bought used with 234,000 miles one owner in very nice shape.
We just turned 307,000 and still pulling our 12,360# GVWR 5er.
And be prepared to spend some major $$$$ fixing them up. And yes your the exception not the rule.
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BTW... after owning GM's for years went with Ford and never looked back. Also Ford being an American brand and not some foreign owned/controlled company is a big bonus.
Also our family farm/ranch we own both Ford Super Duty's and Dodge ram diesels and the Fords just hold up better overall.
