TV what would you choose?

[josten367]

I have been told by DW to upgrade our current tow truck. She has give me $15,000 and trade in of the old TV. I love my chevy gasser but need some leather seats and heated seats for DW. I am looking for something (Chevy, GMC, Ford, Dodge) 2010 or newer with less than 60,000 miles 3/4 ton or 1 ton with goose neck hitch in back for my companion hitch. What would you buy? Need to know about Chevy 6.6L and prefer gas.

[45Ricochet]

LOL
You making a " mistake" :B Nice sales pitch though :W

[itguy08]

sky_free wrote:

itguy08 wrote:

ExxWhy wrote:
Must be the new math, but I come up with a min budget of 24K. Figuring on getting 9 for the current truck plus the 15K. Now if you have a buyer of your truck for 15K, gives you even more flexibility.

Surely one can find a nice truck between 22-28K. Hard to find, but an '07 GM with the 8.1 would be nice, or a Ford with the 3v V-10. If you want gas, you will get a much nicer chassis for the same money.

You should be able to get a decent 2010-2011 F250 with the 6.2 for that kind of money. There were a few around here around $30k advertised so I would think $28k or so would be doable.

Didn't the 6.2 come out in 2011 in the Super Duty?

Yeah - my mistake.

[sky_free]

itguy08 wrote:

ExxWhy wrote:
Must be the new math, but I come up with a min budget of 24K. Figuring on getting 9 for the current truck plus the 15K. Now if you have a buyer of your truck for 15K, gives you even more flexibility.

Surely one can find a nice truck between 22-28K. Hard to find, but an '07 GM with the 8.1 would be nice, or a Ford with the 3v V-10. If you want gas, you will get a much nicer chassis for the same money.

You should be able to get a decent 2010-2011 F250 with the 6.2 for that kind of money. There were a few around here around $30k advertised so I would think $28k or so would be doable.

Didn't the 6.2 come out in 2011 in the Super Duty?

[itguy08]

ExxWhy wrote:
Must be the new math, but I come up with a min budget of 24K. Figuring on getting 9 for the current truck plus the 15K. Now if you have a buyer of your truck for 15K, gives you even more flexibility.

Surely one can find a nice truck between 22-28K. Hard to find, but an '07 GM with the 8.1 would be nice, or a Ford with the 3v V-10. If you want gas, you will get a much nicer chassis for the same money.

You should be able to get a decent 2010-2011 F250 with the 6.2 for that kind of money. There were a few around here around $30k advertised so I would think $28k or so would be doable.

[ExxWhy]

Must be the new math, but I come up with a min budget of 24K. Figuring on getting 9 for the current truck plus the 15K. Now if you have a buyer of your truck for 15K, gives you even more flexibility.

Surely one can find a nice truck between 22-28K. Hard to find, but an '07 GM with the 8.1 would be nice, or a Ford with the 3v V-10. If you want gas, you will get a much nicer chassis for the same money.

[josten367]

Yeah, I think I have someone to buy the truck but it's only going to be $15k so that's $30k to spend for a 2500 Chevy with Leather seats. I do want to get a 6 speed and an Allison Transmission. I would like to stick with a gasser (so I don't confuse DW). Maybe 2008-2011 would the 6.0 or the 6.6 be better choice?

[NJRVer]

Heated leather seats equals LTZ trim in Chevy.
I was offered $20,000 as a trade for my '09 2500 ext cab, long bed, 4x4, LTZ with 80,000 miles. I can only imagine what they would retail it for .

[krobbe]

Look through cars.com, autotrader.com, eBay, and craigslist for the years and mileage you're interested in. This will give you the price perspective you are looking for. For feedback on certain trucks you're interested in, come back here to have them evaluated.

[45Ricochet]

What... they make a 6.7 gasser also :H Who knew :B

[time2roll]

$15 is a good down payment.

If the current TV is running good you should be able to add leather and seat warmers for under $3,000.

I have used this guy but it is a bit of a drive.
http://www.skylineseating.com/cat1.html

[Dandy_Dan]

APT wrote:
You might want to read this comparison test on the vehicles you are interested in. If you like your current truck, you'll love a 2007.5+ GM HD gasser. The 6-spd trans really makes a large difference in how it pulls plus all the other improvements with GMT900 over GMT800.

If looking outside of GM, I recommend Ford's 6.8L V10, skip the 5.4L. 2011 offered the 6.2L which is also great. The Ram I do not like the trans gear ratios compared to Ford/GM 6-spds. But the tests and owner experiences all say it is strong. If you go with gas, find a shorter axle ratio truck. 4.xx instead of 3.73.

I have towed our 5er over 25000 miles with the truck in the signature with 3.73 gears. If money was no object, I would go for the 6.7 Dodge Gasser with the MDS system. Good luck in your venture.

[deltabravo]

fla-gypsy wrote:
Your DW needs to loosen the purse strings to make that happen to get anything worth being seen in.

DITTO.

There's nothing 2010 or newer in my local area that you can find for $15k + the trade value of your current truck.

[45Ricochet]

Me Again wrote:
Rick, I can not get that site to work very well! Chris

:H Just a simple dropdown for a F250 returned a dollar amount for me. Like I said "I never used it " just noticed it most every day. I just go to Dave Smith personally, and I think it's getting close to that time again :B

[kw_00]

Went from an 02 Chevy 6.0hd to my current 09 gmc 2500hd 6.0 with 6 speed trans, got the SLT package. Best truck I have ever owned, world of difference between the old and the newer. Mostly because of the increase in HP and TQ and of course the 6 speed.... I know that it's newer but the 07-5 and up are much more comfortable in my opinion. If I lost this truck tomorrow would I buy another just like it? You betcha....