I recently went through this and this was what I found.
I shopped Craigs list in the tri-state area. There are both TC and truck combos for sale on there along with TC only.
I shopped the local Chevy dealer and ran into the same issue on the pricing of the new trucks. They have went out the roof between 55 and 85K for a 2500 or larger. The dealer I went to also had a commercial side of the dealership that was much larger then most. If your looking for a reasonably priced truck with a new warranty and dont need to know the temperature of your ass cheeks at any given moment (while sitting in the seat of course) they sell a commercial line of trucks that have all the amenities necessary to drive(if your other truck is over 10 years old many of them have more then what you now have) I ended up buying a 2500HD with 4wd crew cab and a 8' bed with a 100k 5 year warranty on the drive train for 40K compared to the passenger side of the dealer starting at 55k. Has everything needed to have a comfortable ride, AC, power windows and locks, in addition to the back up camera fully tinted rear windows. onstar, blue tooth connectivity. In my opinion it was the best deal for the money.
I ended up buying an 800.00 TC on craigs list as my test camper to see how we like it. Worst case is we decide its not for us and I sell it for 1500.00(bought new jacks for it)and we will do a full make over as soon as I get it home. Watch the used TCs and I'm sure some on here could give much better pointers then I can as they can have issues but for 800.00 you get 800.00 unless you step in a pile.
Ed
