Hay Dude
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- Aug 28, 2012
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- Challenger MT655E, Massey Ferguson 7495, Challenger MT535B, Krone 4x4 XC baler, Kubota F3680 & ZD331 Ram 5500 Cummins 4x4, IH 7500 4x4 dump truck, Kaufman 35’ tandem 19 ton trailer, John Deere CX-15
That gives me hope.When I bought my truck a few years ago I wanted, very specifically, a single cab 4x4 long bed manual transmission with no rust. So I did a nationwide search with cars.com and by the time I finished applying all the filters it really wasn't an overwhelming number of listings to sort through. Probably not more than 100 at any one time, and a lot of them you can throw out right away. The manual transmission requirement really thinned it down in a way that auto wouldn't, but I didn't have a year or engine in mind. I used mileage as a proxy for rust, I think I said 100k or fewer and skipped past all northeast listings. I ended up with a Chevy from a dealer northern Illinois, and it has surely turned out to be among the best purchases I've ever made.
They do exist. A guy that cuts my neighbors yard has a 3500 4WD reg cab D/A, but it has rust.