Three50freak
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Re: New to traveling
The price isnt bad for either. Im just more curious which would be better. Im a chevy guy but that model f250 is supposed to be quite nice from everything ive read. Just trying to see if anyone here has experience with those year models. Grit dog wrote: Three50freak wrote: So after some research on best years for 3/4 ton trucks I've found a 19 chevy 2500hd duramax and a 2016 f250 6.7 ps. Both are roughly the same price and milage. They are both in the sweet spots of good years. Any suggestions. Ty Either of those trucks will tow twice as much, as easy as what you said you were planning, but don't let the RVet get to you. It's more about what you're doing with the truck overall, than 1 month trip, IMO. A big ole diesel is attractive, but this still isn't the right time $ wise to buy a diesel, IMO, unless its really needed or money is of little concern.468Views0likes0CommentsRe: New to traveling
Ty all for the advise. Yours was extremely helpful. Im going to buy a 2500hd and pull a 5 to 7 k trailer. Unless i find a small 5er. afidel wrote: I did exactly what you're looking to do about 6 years ago. I bought a 181BH that I was planning originally to tow with a minivan (he it was "rated" to pull 3,600 and the trailer was only 3,100), didn't take but driving home to realize I needed a better tow vehicle. Ultimately ended up picking up a very lightly used (18 month, 15k mile) work truck from my signature. The truck was $30k, the trailer $12.5k. Today I could sell that truck for what I bought it for and the same trailer model lists for $20-25k new. What I'm trying to say is that to stay in your budget you're going to have to shop very wisely for both truck and trailer. Oh, and you don't need a palace, we did 5k miles in 3 weeks with 5 of us in an 18' bunkhouse with my niece sleeping on the dinette. If I had to do it over I'd buy a 3500 SRW, but finding just the truck in your price range would be very tough.468Views0likes0CommentsRe: New to traveling
I'd go diesel but all the ones I'm finding in my 30k price range for the truck have 200k miles. Now I know a dmax is ok at that but not wanting to spend 30k to turn around and put a long block or transmission in too soon. That's 4500 a pop if I do the work.226Views0likes0CommentsNew to traveling
Looking to take a trip across the US for about a month with my family of 5 no pets. I need to buy a truck and camper. I'm going to be staying away from diesel for a few reasons and would like to stay around 30 or 40k total before maintenence and upgrades. I'm leaning chevy 1500 gas. Which means I should look towards a 5 to 6k lb trailer. Any suggestions on truck and camper would be great. It will need to pull the rockies fyi. I plan to boondocks a bit and stay on campgrounds for a few days along the trip, day every 2 or 3 days ish. Ty again5.3KViews0likes24Comments
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