Looking at used Ford F-350 high miles
I am looking at some used 05-07 Ford F 350 Duals, 6.0 diesel, with around 200,000 miles, just to pull my TT and assorted camping gear. We expect 6-7 trips per year, 100-300 miles trips. I am fully a...
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transamz9 wrote:gsutton wrote:
wow.270000 on my 03 6.0 f350 drw and runs and drives just great.bought it cheap and guess what.if it breaks i've got the remainder of $60000 to fix it.
That's all fine and good but a lot of times it don't come down to the cost to fix it. It comes down to sitting on the side of a busy highway with RV in tow with family in the truck 200 miles from home looking for a shop that can get you in and actually have parts sitting on the shelf to fix it.
Yes all brand trucks especially with high miles can go down but Vegas odds have the 6.0 Powerstroke at the best percentage of going down hard and long.
On a side note to my first post at the beginning of this thread, my BIL came into work this morning and said his 6.0 that I was talking about is sitting on the side of the road a mile from his house. Died on him on the off ramp last night on his way home.he got a whole 5,000 miles out of it between trips to the 6.0 shop.;)
Exactly. The 6.0 is like no other modern day diesel. It's reputation is far from stellar.
Pretending it's just another used vehicle at a bargain price is foolish.
For those that have them good luck. For those looking, stay away there are better options.
What's ironic is people are still buying these things because they believe they are a bargain when cost of ownership is the reason most of these truck end up on the used market.
