Purchasing Ford F350 Dually, Need Advice
Hello all, Been some time since we posted here. We live in Everett, WA on board our boat. Which we have loved. Now we are looking at purchasing another Cab Over to do some land cruising in addition t...
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You may want to look for a 450 or 550 with the 7.3 as well.
couple years ago I was looking to replace my 94 F350 Dually with the 7.3 IDI with a powerstroke.
wasn't finding what I wanted so just started to look at F550 on craigslist.
what should appear but a 1999 F550 with 228,000 mikes on it. Had the pickup bed conversion and a 50 Gallon tank. Picked it up for $7K. I knew with 228K on the clock and it had spent it's life hauling livestock a trans was in my future.
A year later that became true. Another $2100.00.
Now trans is under warranty. the 7.3 is bulletproof and I never have to calculate weight either towing or what I put in my 96 Caribou.
Start looking clean 7.3's are out there. If they are in the low 200K range with a rebuilt trans don't be afraid of the mileage.
As I anticipate it to be a 500K motor and I'm putting less than 10K a year on it. No plans to ever sell it.
Oh and what boat are you living on?
couple years ago I was looking to replace my 94 F350 Dually with the 7.3 IDI with a powerstroke.
wasn't finding what I wanted so just started to look at F550 on craigslist.
what should appear but a 1999 F550 with 228,000 mikes on it. Had the pickup bed conversion and a 50 Gallon tank. Picked it up for $7K. I knew with 228K on the clock and it had spent it's life hauling livestock a trans was in my future.
A year later that became true. Another $2100.00.
Now trans is under warranty. the 7.3 is bulletproof and I never have to calculate weight either towing or what I put in my 96 Caribou.
Start looking clean 7.3's are out there. If they are in the low 200K range with a rebuilt trans don't be afraid of the mileage.
As I anticipate it to be a 500K motor and I'm putting less than 10K a year on it. No plans to ever sell it.
Oh and what boat are you living on?
