BUILT A NEW F350
Three times today, lol. I want a new F350 XL DRW with the 6.2 gaser, super cab,long bed with 4X4 and 4.30 gears. I only added a few extras on and it is still around 40K I guess the 08 F250 Psd will h...
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mabynack wrote:
I just went through that process. I have a 2005 F-250 and it had a blown head gasket. I am three years from retirement and I wanted to figure out if I should get a new truck or fix the one I have. A comparable new F-250 Diesel XLT/GMC 2500 Diesel was running just over $50,000. I would have to get my truck fixed in order to trade it or sell it. The other option was to do a whole $7500 top end upgrade to my old truck and keep it. After much consideration I decided to keep my old truck.
Most of us, if not all will face this issue some day. I didn't go crazy when I purchased my 2012 but I got what I felt I needed to get the job done and be comfortable.
I struggled and paid it off in a year. Being full time I am averaging between 23,000 and 25,000 miles per year. Probably in 8 years or less I will be close to 200,000 miles, most of which will be hard towing.
What if I am not done traveling and full timing. Do I keep fixing my old truck? Heck, 8 years down the road a new diesel will probably cost over $80,000 without all the bells and whistles!
Maybe I shouldn't wait that long, maybe trading every 3 or 4 years is the way to go. I guess no matter how you do it, you are going to pay for those towing miles one way or another.
