Time to give up my DW, I mean DT (Dear Truck)?

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iawoody2 wrote:
A friend of mine has nearly 600000 miles, original drive train.

Wow!

My preference to keep them and re-build/re-place whatever wears out or
is about to wear out

The bigger view of your question is that for those who say to over load
with no down side, forget that things wear out...wear out faster when
at their limits or over their limits (higher speed of wear)

At some point the nuance (nickel & dime) stuff adds up to over whelm
willingness to continue to chase & fix them

I'm close to that point with my 1980 Silverado at 35 years old and +500K miles

It is not whether can afford a brand new one, I can, but whether I
want to buy new Noodling a 1950's Chevy pickup of some sort.

My TV is my 1996 K3500 Sub and am just like the OP thinking/knowing
the 4L80E is close at +163K miles. Worked VERY hard, but taken care
of VERY well.

It has new steering components, right down to a new steering box. So
the precision of IFS is back.

The 7.4L is also showing it's age. Lost a step or two, but still VERY
fun to tow and drive empty. Fun noodling HOW2 rebuild it. 502? or leave
it 7.4L. Forced fed? No headers...older and that kind of noise no longer
sings to me like it did when in my twenties...though still like to
be that old boy racer at times...many times... :B

Plus with the new trucks and their torque management not allowing
full power mode...doesn't behave like a performance truck like mine
still does

For the 16 years not having monthly payments and the cost of new...can
rebuild for another 18 years and still have lots of $$$ left over vs new

Bottom line for me, is that these TV's are *TRUCKS* and are designed
for much longer service than 'cars'.

Just my thoughts and where I'm possibly headed, as am in a very similar
situation...

jerem0621 wrote:
Sounds like you could stand new bushings and front end parts. That will make it steer like a new one. Add new coil springs and new leaf springs in the back and your good to go.

The modular motors are known for their high milage possibilities... the transmission may need to be replaced eventually. 400 k is not unheard of.

But there is nothing wrong with a new truck. So do what thou wilt.

thanks

Jeremiah

It seems the siren call of a new truck is universal.
Your leaf springs suggestion reminded me that I'm curious about this awkward hop it seems to have when I go over road dots during an intersection turn. I just remember when my leaf spring clamp broke on my 67 Falcon and that felt like a big version of what I feel when I'm talking about this hop. I look into shocks, bushing, leaf springs and coil springs.

A friend of mine has nearly 600000 miles, original drive train.

Sounds like you could stand new bushings and front end parts. That will make it steer like a new one. Add new coil springs and new leaf springs in the back and your good to go.

The modular motors are known for their high milage possibilities... the transmission may need to be replaced eventually. 400 k is not unheard of.

But there is nothing wrong with a new truck. So do what thou wilt.

thanks

Jeremiah

DutchmenSport wrote:
Just the fact you brought up this subject tells me you are ready for a new truck. So ... go for it! If you get a brand new one, you'll get all the free warranty service contracts, repairs, and all that won't have to worry about anything for a while. Once you have the new truck ... and you WILL be getting it ... you'll wonder why you didn't get it sooner! New trucks are NICE! Go for it. You've already made up your mind, you just need to accept that now!

lol So much for a discussion. Hell yes I would love a new truck, but I would be happy with the truck I have if at 250K it wouldn't be irresponsible to keep it. 90% of the miles are freeway commute miles (yeah, it turned into a commuter).

Just the fact you brought up this subject tells me you are ready for a new truck. So ... go for it! If you get a brand new one, you'll get all the free warranty service contracts, repairs, and all that won't have to worry about anything for a while. Once you have the new truck ... and you WILL be getting it ... you'll wonder why you didn't get it sooner! New trucks are NICE! Go for it. You've already made up your mind, you just need to accept that now!