BUILT A NEW F350

[jayco302fk]

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 have to work a little while longer. Jayco

[Jarlaxle]

Bamaman1 wrote:

C-Bears wrote:

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.

I was talking to my diesel mechanic this week, and he had a customer bring a 6.0 in with a blown engine and a junkyard 6.0 engine. He's tearing down the junkyard engine, studding it and checking all the parts out. And he's doing all the other jobs (EGR) to trouble proof the engine. It's a $3,800 job + the cost of the used engine, and it's ended up being a 1 week job.

Cummins conversion would probably have been cheaper...

[Jarlaxle]

C-Bears wrote:

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.

My friend's father made his decision last winter: because absolutely NOTHING available meets his requirements, he decided that his beloved Ford E350 van was getting a full re-do. And it got one: stripped to bare metal and a full repaint, some rust repair, replacing the 200K mile trans with a Suncoast extreme-duty E4OD and extra-large cooler, the electric lift pump mod, new rear A/C lines, replace the poorly-fitting "universal" aftermarket radiator, some interior work (including having the rear of the van's floor coated with Rhino Lining), replaced the heater core, and swapped to an oversize fuel tank I think came from an E450 shuttle bus. Now over 510,000 miles, the van is ready for another 250,000+.

[Bamaman11]

C-Bears wrote:

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.

I was talking to my diesel mechanic this week, and he had a customer bring a 6.0 in with a blown engine and a junkyard 6.0 engine. He's tearing down the junkyard engine, studding it and checking all the parts out. And he's doing all the other jobs (EGR) to trouble proof the engine. It's a $3,800 job + the cost of the used engine, and it's ended up being a 1 week job.

[8iron]

camp-n-family wrote:

Actually the Ford.ca Build & Price has that truck starting @ $47,600 Cdn. There is currently a $7000 delivery allowance that brings the price to just above $40,000 before taxes...still more but much less than $70,000.

I just went through the build and price on Ford.ca as well. Priced same truck as op and only added a couple of cheap options for towing (mirrors, alternator, 5th wheel prep)and starting price was $54k including any incentives.

The Fords do run cheaper here than others, but I have yet to see anything on a dealer's lot that cheap. They all seem to carry loaded diesel models.

I didn't take the exchange rate into account, but there is still a big discrepency in price.

Weird. I still get under $48,000 even adding the few options you mentioned.

[fly-boy]

Never seen a luggage rack on a hurst.
Just get the best deal you can on what you want and enjoy/use the heck out of it.
Life is to darn short to sweat the little (maybe not little but relatively unimportant) stuff. 🙂

[camp-n-family]

Actually the Ford.ca Build & Price has that truck starting @ $47,600 Cdn. There is currently a $7000 delivery allowance that brings the price to just above $40,000 before taxes...still more but much less than $70,000.

I just went through the build and price on Ford.ca as well. Priced same truck as op and only added a couple of cheap options for towing (mirrors, alternator, 5th wheel prep)and starting price was $54k including any incentives.

The Fords do run cheaper here than others, but I have yet to see anything on a dealer's lot that cheap. They all seem to carry loaded diesel models.

I didn't take the exchange rate into account, but there is still a big discrepency in price.

[buddyIam]

70000 Canadian is just below 62000 U.S.

[ib516]

My truck stickered at $71,000 CDN.

[Lessmore]

camp-n-family wrote:

Here is just an example from my dealership... which I am not associated with in any way shape form or fashion other than being a customer.

2015 Ram Crew Cab 6.4 3500 SRW with over 4000 lbs of payload...nicely equipped but not loaded

Ram 3500

With some more haggling I would be around 40k OTD... with a decent trade and a little cash it would not be hard to finance around 25-30k for this brand new beast.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Is that supposed to make me feel better? You guys probably think that's expensive. It is, for a truck, but that would be really cheap in Canada.

Makes you wonder about the North American Free Trade Act. It was supposed to redress price differentials like that, so trucks bought in Canada should be just awfully expensive, rather than horrendously expensive.

[C-Bears]

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.

[mabynack]

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.

[8iron]

camp-n-family wrote:
You guys kill me. Those prices are a steal. That truck in Canada is $70k+. A 1/2 ton crew cab starts at $50+ around here.

As a comparison, I just bought a '14 Ram 2500 Laramie with a Hemi, USED, with 15k on it for $42k+tx and that was a deal. It was $68K new. Over $80k if you add a diesel.

I was thrilled with the deal but you guys make me feel like I just got bent over.....

Actually the Ford.ca Build & Price has that truck starting @ $47,600 Cdn. There is currently a $7000 delivery allowance that brings the price to just above $40,000 before taxes...still more but much less than $70,000.

[jerem0621]

camp-n-family wrote:

Here is just an example from my dealership... which I am not associated with in any way shape form or fashion other than being a customer.

2015 Ram Crew Cab 6.4 3500 SRW with over 4000 lbs of payload...nicely equipped but not loaded

Ram 3500

With some more haggling I would be around 40k OTD... with a decent trade and a little cash it would not be hard to finance around 25-30k for this brand new beast.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Is that supposed to make me feel better? You guys probably think that's expensive. It is, for a truck, but that would be really cheap in Canada.

Man I am sorry, I wasn't trying to make you feel bad. Please accept my apologies.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

[paulcardoza]

Gotta pay for that National Healthcare system somehow, bud...... 😉

camp-n-family wrote:
You guys kill me. Those prices are a steal. That truck in Canada is $70k+. A 1/2 ton crew cab starts at $50+ around here.

As a comparison, I just bought a '14 Ram 2500 Laramie with a Hemi, USED, with 15k on it for $42k+tx and that was a deal. It was $68K new. Over $80k if you add a diesel.

I was thrilled with the deal but you guys make me feel like I just got bent over.....