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 bit, or a small-to-medium 5'er. Have to have more truck before we can start looking for a bigger trailer, so...
For a variety of reasons, a new, or even late model truck ain't in the cards. Period.
When I start looking around in our price range... pretty much everything has 100-200k miles on it. Sometimes more.
Traditionally, I've usually taken the approach that if someone is racking up 30-40k miles per year on a rig, it's likely *all* highway, and probably very little of it towing. Granted there is not really any way to *know* that, unless you are literally buying from your neighbor or friend... but does that sound like a reasonable assumption?
Talking primarily diesel here, and largely (but not exclusively) Ford. 6.0l with 100-150k vs. 6.4l with 150-200k or 6.7l with 200K+
On the one hand, our use would be fairly light... probably <5k miles per year, *maybe* 7k in an exceptional year. On the other hand, we are in the western states (WA/OR/ID/MT) so... mountain passes are the norm, not the exception.
Yes, I know it's not ideal. But its the hand I'm currently dealt.
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 bit, or a small-to-medium 5'er. Have to have more truck before we can start looking for a bigger trailer, so...
For a variety of reasons, a new, or even late model truck ain't in the cards. Period.
When I start looking around in our price range... pretty much everything has 100-200k miles on it. Sometimes more.
Traditionally, I've usually taken the approach that if someone is racking up 30-40k miles per year on a rig, it's likely *all* highway, and probably very little of it towing. Granted there is not really any way to *know* that, unless you are literally buying from your neighbor or friend... but does that sound like a reasonable assumption?
Talking primarily diesel here, and largely (but not exclusively) Ford. 6.0l with 100-150k vs. 6.4l with 150-200k or 6.7l with 200K+
On the one hand, our use would be fairly light... probably <5k miles per year, *maybe* 7k in an exceptional year. On the other hand, we are in the western states (WA/OR/ID/MT) so... mountain passes are the norm, not the exception.
Yes, I know it's not ideal. But its the hand I'm currently dealt.
