Costs and Expenses

[nekkidhillbilly]

Originally Posted by bojak

10'k for presentable daily driver. 15-20k for the one you dream about owning. I'm at 6k for what would be a decent daily driver crew cab.

honestly i can find 2wd crew cab duallys for around 3500 in decent shape

[tucsonjwt]

I just sold my old tailgate to a young fella who showed up with a mid 80s 3 +3 in great shape he said he just bought for $1000 - rust free. So, I always say if you start with a rust free truck you will save a lot of money over patching up a rust bucket.

My truck was $2500 11 years ago (83 C20) and I put about $10K into it - all mechanical/electrical and including about $2K for the dump conversion. I expect to pay about another $1K for a driver quality paint job. Then I hope to be done with it.

Realistically, all of that dough would have been better spent on a new (or at least newer) truck. But, one thing leads to another. I expected to keep this truck for about 2 years and junk it, but it needed a lot of repairs to make it reliable.

Considering that new trucks get 18/25 mpg, it makes more sense to me to put $10K in a $25K truck and have no worries for many years. I only have an old truck because I did not want to trash a new truck.

[Sodell]

Originally Posted by tucsonjwt

I just sold my old tailgate to a young fella who showed up with a mid 80s 3 +3 in great shape he said he just bought for $1000 - rust free. So, I always say if you start with a rust free truck you will save a lot of money over patching up a rust bucket.

My truck was $2500 11 years ago (83 C20) and I put about $10K into it - all mechanical/electrical and including about $2K for the dump conversion. I expect to pay about another $1K for a driver quality paint job. Then I hope to be done with it.

Realistically, all of that dough would have been better spent on a new (or at least newer) truck. But, one thing leads to another. I expected to keep this truck for about 2 years and junk it, but it needed a lot of repairs to make it reliable.

Considering that new trucks get 18/25 mpg, it makes more sense to me to put $10K in a $25K truck and have no worries for many years. I only have an old truck because I did not want to trash a new truck.

What's the fun in that?

[nekkidhillbilly]

Originally Posted by tucsonjwt

I just sold my old tailgate to a young fella who showed up with a mid 80s 3 +3 in great shape he said he just bought for $1000 - rust free. So, I always say if you start with a rust free truck you will save a lot of money over patching up a rust bucket.

My truck was $2500 11 years ago (83 C20) and I put about $10K into it - all mechanical/electrical and including about $2K for the dump conversion. I expect to pay about another $1K for a driver quality paint job. Then I hope to be done with it.

Realistically, all of that dough would have been better spent on a new (or at least newer) truck. But, one thing leads to another. I expected to keep this truck for about 2 years and junk it, but it needed a lot of repairs to make it reliable.

Considering that new trucks get 18/25 mpg, it makes more sense to me to put $10K in a $25K truck and have no worries for many years. I only have an old truck because I did not want to trash a new truck.

you want me to give you horror stories on newer trucks you pay alot more for the trucks and parts for the truck but get the same amount of repairs. ive spent about 1000 bucks in wheel bearings in the 130k miles i put on my 04 and thats just one of the things ive fixed many times. couple that with a 550 dollar a month payment. i could make a long list of stuff i had to replace on it and most of it was before it was payed for. i had a 01 that wasnt much better. oh and i forgot to mention the rockers started rusting about 6 months after its last payment.

[bojak]

Go south young man, or west, or south west. Mine was local in Atlanta with under 100 k for 3 k . Had an crate 350 in it with less than 50 k on it. Was a fulton county fire dept. truck. Fleet maintained, body straight no rust. We'll 2 small spots at weatherstripping flange at bottom of doors (100 bucks). I probably could of got it for 2700 or 2800 but I don't like to BS so 3k and it was done. Interior was shot, needed kingpins,needed tires. So I'm at 6k with a redone by myself interior, buddy done kingpins, and new rubber. OK my wife will probably never see this so 7k. Engine doodads are not things we need to discuss because she's never under there.

[nekkidhillbilly]

why im getting another as soon as my house is done.