What do I look and listen for when buying a 6.7 F350 Diesel

darsben wrote:
You look for an INDEPENDENT mechanic
You LISTEN to him.
You pay him a fair price for his services

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As this poster emphasizes look for an INDEPENDENT mechanic. Don't listen to brand loyalists.

As your nearly retired, the next step is retired and I'm assuming you will be on a fixed income. So you want the best truck you can get...durability and reliability.

I would also suggest you look at Dodge and GM.
Why restrict yourself to one brand ?

When you're buying used...you're buying unused miles and you want to avoid buying someone else's problem.


Also do your own research on this model Ford with this engine, powertrain. Look for problems that exist with this setup.

Didn't you just buy a 25' trailer?Sure you need an expensive well well used diesel 350,just asking?I have the impression you are fairly new to the bottomless $ pit hobby of rv'ing that we subscribe too..Have fun.

You look for an INDEPENDENT mechanic
You LISTEN to him.
You pay him a fair price for his services

Does it have a GN or 5er hitch installed. With that many miles I would suspect it was possibly used as a hot shot truck and not something I'd be interested in owning.

That is alot of miles for a 3 year old truck! Go and see a new one, see how it sounds, test drive it. Then compare that to the 2011 that your looking at. Stay at 2014 or older because the 2015 are different from the 2011-2014 mechanically. Anyway good luck.