Deisel vs. Gasoline
We bought a new 41 ft Redwood last fall (16,400 GVWR) and plan to start FTing next winter, after retirement. I'm planning to buy a Ram 3500 (or perhaps 4500) crew cab dually chassis, and put a hauler-...
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:
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A ten year old LDT with 200K miles on it may be near the end of it's life.
Even if it's had LOTS of "TLC" (or claims of same) - would you buy it?... or be looking for one of the used trucks with low miles - like previous posters have found?
If it's a ten year old HDT (or an MDT) with 200K miles on it, it's barely broken in..:W
A buyer can usually access maint records on an HDT - can you do that on a used pickup?
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Well as an owner of a LDT bought with over 200,000, actually 234,000 miles. Mine might be the exception, but was in excellent condition. I had looked at several all in the 2000 to 2002 range, many with less miles were in far worse shape. I had been looking for one in the 150,000 range, but after crawling over this truck and seeing the condition it was in we bought it on the spot.
I was concerned about the Alpine tape player in the dash, until the salesman pointed out the 10 CD changer under the drivers seat!!
Buying a HDT or MDT who knows how it was driven, the drivers aren't owners so they tend to abuse the truck they are driving.
