RollingsFarms
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2007
- Messages
- 2,301
- Location
- South Carolina
- Tractor
- Few John Deere's and one Ford 3600 diesel.
I have been kicking around the idea that my next truck is going to be a 3/4 ton (or a 1 ton SRW). I'm probably 3 years away from buying but may jump earlier than that if I can find a deal that's just too good to pass up. I don't want a new diesel and the new gas engines in these trucks get gas mileage that you can live with to be honest. The reason I'm seriously debating going away from half ton's is the prices are getting a bit ridiculous for me and for a handful more money you can step into a very well equipped 3/4 truck that is a WHOLE lot more capable. I'm waiting to see what the new F-250's are going to be like and also see what changes GM does to the HD's next year (for the 2017 model year). I'm also considering the current F-250's and 2500 hd's that are already here incase I don't like the new ones. Right now I'm favoring the F-250 but the catch is my local dealers have always been terrible. However, a friend of mind recently became a salesman at one of the local Ford dealership's and I know he wouldn't try to screw me over, so maybe this time I can actually get a decent deal! Ford and GM both have $4,000 off the 3/4 trucks right now plus both are offering a $750 rebate for USAA which I'm a member of. It seems like the Ford dealers option up their XL and XLT trucks more to my liking than what the big GM dealership that does a ton of fleet sales (sells to the state and county and has rows and rows and rows of all types of commercial trucks from 1500's to chassis cab's). I haven't driven either one yet, just stopped to look whenever I passed by after the dealerships were closed.
Another thing I'm debating is going with a 2wd. I've always had 4x4's in all my trucks but like I said, just something I'm debating. I'm also going to drive the regular cabs and extended/crew cabs. It seems that many of the extended cab and crew cabs are long beds and mostly diesels for whatever reason. Also it seems like the only gas trucks I find are regular cab or extended cab. Like I said, I'm going to consider all my options but I'm 90% sure my next truck will be a 3/4 or 1 ton SRW and I'm 99.999% sure it'll be gas. I don't mind the work truck packages to be honest, but I'd want a backup camera and xm radio, and electric windows and locks. That's it. Oh and roof lights. Anyone looked or own a 6.2 or a 6.0?
Another thing I'm debating is going with a 2wd. I've always had 4x4's in all my trucks but like I said, just something I'm debating. I'm also going to drive the regular cabs and extended/crew cabs. It seems that many of the extended cab and crew cabs are long beds and mostly diesels for whatever reason. Also it seems like the only gas trucks I find are regular cab or extended cab. Like I said, I'm going to consider all my options but I'm 90% sure my next truck will be a 3/4 or 1 ton SRW and I'm 99.999% sure it'll be gas. I don't mind the work truck packages to be honest, but I'd want a backup camera and xm radio, and electric windows and locks. That's it. Oh and roof lights. Anyone looked or own a 6.2 or a 6.0?