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falconbrother
Explorer II
May 25, 2018

Kids are making buying a used diesel truck a chore..

Kids buying diesel trucks, jacking them way up, fartin around under the hood, hanging a set of huevos off of the bumper, is making finding a nice used diesel truck a real chore. Every dealership that sells trucks has these abominations in the lot. Where does a high schooler find $30,000.00 to drop on a truck?
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  • soren's avatar
    soren
    Explorer
    May 25, 2018
    ShinerBock wrote:
    Around here, the oilfields.

    You can make $75-100k straight out of high school if you are willing to work two weeks on/one week off, bustin' ass work out in the middle of nowhere, twelve hour shifts, and the threat of being laid off every few years when the market goes bust.


    And boy do slightly used toys get real cheap when oil prices collapse. Everything from four wheelers to bro-dozer diesel trucks are for sale everywhere, and stupid cheap. It will happen again, and banks will be choking on $50K one ton diesels, and other needless trinkets.
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    soren
    Explorer
    May 25, 2018
    Jeeps suffer from the same silliness. My kid bought a new one, did a lift and new tire/rims. He then sold the thing 2-3 years later, for seven hundred bucks less than he paid for it new. I guess you can't fix stupid.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    May 25, 2018
    At least you can easily tell what trucks not to buy when they're junked up like that.
  • falconbrother's avatar
    falconbrother
    Explorer II
    May 25, 2018
    Grit dog wrote:
    Get off my lawn.......
    Headed to get some more geritol...


    Just call me Walter.

  • ShinerBock's avatar
    ShinerBock
    Explorer
    May 25, 2018
    Around here, the oilfields.

    You can make $75-100k straight out of high school if you are willing to work two weeks on/one week off, bustin' ass work out in the middle of nowhere, twelve hour shifts, and the threat of being laid off every few years when the market goes bust.

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