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3_dog_nights's avatar
3_dog_nights
Explorer
Apr 27, 2018

replace truck with.......?

I'm trying to trade my 5th wheel & Chevy 3500, for a class A, but doesn't look like it's going to happen. Can't find the bells and whistles to keep "her" happy, at a price point that keeps me happy.

Plan B - replace the truck. That's the biggest problem she has, she doesn't trust a 12 year old truck enough to allow me to travel where I want to go, out west, up into mountains etc.

So what do I get as a replacement? I want gas this time. I know I need a duelly. Trailer comes in at 15,000lb's travel weight.
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  • Tyler0215's avatar
    Tyler0215
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2018
    Take the DW truck shopping. When she finds one she likes, that's your new truck.
  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    Apr 27, 2018
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    Take the DW truck shopping. When she finds one she likes, that's your new truck.



    ^^^^ What they said...

    Happy Wife = Happy Life as you know
  • BB_TX's avatar
    BB_TX
    Nomad
    Apr 27, 2018
    Tyler0215 wrote:
    Take the DW truck shopping. When she finds one she likes, that's your new truck.

    BINGO. All of the big three are so close in power, performance, and reliability, gas or diesel, that it comes down to personal preference. Or as noted, the DW’s preference.
  • azrving's avatar
    azrving
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2018
    As far as I know if you want a Chevy it's a 6 liter. I have also wondered what I will do next but I dont picture 15 K and a gas dually. A camp friend has a large converted horse trailer RV which is a beauty and has massive amounts of thick aluminum. I dont remember the weight but it had to be around 13K and he was pulling it with a GM 8.1 dually about 2007. He now has a new dually GM so it has to be a 6L. Problem is that if I were to ask how it pulls he would say it's the greatest thing in the world. :)
  • K_Charles's avatar
    K_Charles
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2018
    Two years ago, 190,000 miles on our Excursion and 12 years old. Our TT was about 9500 lbs, a new pickup is close to $50,000 so we traded the TT in for a gas MH. We should have gone that way years ago.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Apr 27, 2018
    Your joking right?
    Theremis really only one gas motor even remotely capable of working with a 15K fiver. V10 Ford.
    Ram and GM simply do not have any that you will be happy with.
    But expect 6-7 MPG doing it. Diesel would be a much better choice. And frankly I dont understand your distaste for diesels. New diesels are just so good and reliable ots foolish not to give them a serious look.
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Apr 27, 2018
    I’m not a diesel fan but at that weight...you need another diesel.
  • azrving's avatar
    azrving
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2018
    donn0128 wrote:
    Your joking right?
    Theremis really only one gas motor even remotely capable of working with a 15K fiver. V10 Ford.
    Ram and GM simply do not have any that you will be happy with.
    But expect 6-7 MPG doing it. Diesel would be a much better choice. And frankly I dont understand your distaste for diesels. New diesels are just so good and reliable ots foolish not to give them a serious look.


    It's just that $10K price increase. I'm double towing 16,500 and the CTD loves it. Keeps the carbon out. That's also with 3:42 gears" LOL

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