Hauling a heavy camper and towing
We are working on leaving the 5th wheel business and entering the truck camper side. We have hit the lower 48 and parts of Canada. We are looking to spend the next 10 years, more in the boonies, plu...
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jaycocreek wrote:
The cost of modern Duallies is astronomical just like the price of used truck campers and in my opinion,going older and rebuilding certain parts is far cheaper than total price of an unknown truck with a larger axle.
New ones certainly are. The MSRP for a F450 when I bought mine was $76K with Lariat and a few other features. The used 4 year old used one was less than half. Sure, it had 95K on it. That’s below the limit to buy a Ford Blue extended warranty for what it’s worth.
My justification for used is that I’ve traded in a lot of perfect vehicles over the years. You have to look, but you can find one owners that well taken care of. In my case, the previous owners went Ram. I suppose they didn’t want to do a DPF delete which is almost required for a 6.4. They showed horses and the vehicele was serviced all over the country. Only kind of significant negative was the smell of horse manure that took a while to eliminate. Worth it for $40K in my mind.
5 yrs later, it’s still my truck, and I still can’t justify a new one.
