Newbie here, advice on tow rig?
To preface, sorry for the long first post. I've read about 50 pages of the diesel vs gas thread and it's exhausting, so I thought I'd start my own in hopes of getting some realistic non-biased advice....
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sportsman 500 wrote:The 8.1 truck seems hard to find with reasonable mileage at a reasonable price, and the only ones in my area that have popped up are asking almost diesel prices ($20,000 for a 2006 8.1 w/ 77k miles for example).
Almost diesel price?
I just switched from gas to diesel and found a really clean new to me 2008 Dodge/Cummins. At least in my area (OHIO) you can't touch a used diesel in decent shape for under $30k in my opinion. Diesel trucks in that year range were all well over 100k miles and they were still valued at $25k++ The others I found were beat up, modified work or play trucks. Good luck with your search. I can tell you where a really clean 2004 Avalanche 2500 is sitting on a lot for sale that some shmuck traded in. :B
I guess it's all in the market area, there are several sub 100,000 diesels within 100 mile radius in the mid to upper $20's. A local dealer has a 2007 NBS Crew Cab Long Bed 2500HD w/ about 80k on it for $23,800. I may go look at it this week, but my concern about the nuances of diesels still stands.
