Pointed Truck Question, high milage

[Renze]

Its the total shape of the truck that is important.
If there is 1 piece broken, you can fix that.
If everything works, but the engine is using oil, the rear end howls and the clutch is poor, it might sell for the same price as a good truck with 1 broken part. But the last truck will cost a lot more within short time.

 

[hosejockey2002]

JMHO, but it sounds like your F250 is on its last legs. You mentioned tires, transmission, rear ends, etc. That Dodge is likely to be just as wore out or worse. With that kind of mileage it could have been used by a "hotshotter", pulling 20K lbs. or more. Even if it was not used for that the truck is likely to be a nickel and dimer. My BIL has an '03 Dodge with 120K+, and while the motor runs like new, the rest of the truck is starting to nickel and dime him, and he doesn't tow or haul much. I think in this business you're money ahead in the long run to go new or almost new. You write off the depreciation, the interest, and most importantly the truck runs when you turn the key. If the truck's broke, you can't work.

 

[AlanB]

Well, looked at it today, actually looks clean, does not appear to have been a hotshot too me, I think it is as they said the guy liked to travel. Drivers seat is worn, the rest of the truck looked pretty clean all and all.

Brake light on dash is on. Extra squeal out of the front pulley area I did not track down what / where.

325,000 miles.

It is 4 doors, but it is a king cab, not a crew cab (which a Crew cab is what the boss wants)

Not sure if we will go that way or not.

Somewhere you folks must run different numbers then I see. At some point, you can only "write it off" your business so much, our business needs to Make money, and if I am writing too much off it is no longer making money.

These trucks new are $40,000 plus. I looked at an 02 ford full 4 doors, Powerstroke, 100,000 miles $22,500 and that is below book.

Not sure what we will do, but even between those two, $14,000 bucks is a bunch of jack for me. And what is to say that parts wont start failing on the 100K truck.

Trying to weigh them all out, and not sure there ever is a "right" answer, but I certainly value, and weigh everyones input.

I think one of the other factors is I can often get things repaired cheaper then most.

 

[Rara Avis]

Well, looked at it today, actually looks clean, does not appear to have been a hotshot too me, I think it is as they said the guy liked to travel. Drivers seat is worn, the rest of the truck looked pretty clean all and all.

Brake light on dash is on. Extra squeal out of the front pulley area I did not track down what / where.

325,000 miles.

It is 4 doors, but it is a king cab, not a crew cab (which a Crew cab is what the boss wants)

Not sure if we will go that way or not.

Somewhere you folks must run different numbers then I see. At some point, you can only "write it off" your business so much, our business needs to Make money, and if I am writing too much off it is no longer making money.

These trucks new are $40,000 plus. I looked at an 02 ford full 4 doors, Powerstroke, 100,000 miles $22,500 and that is below book.

Not sure what we will do, but even between those two, $14,000 bucks is a bunch of jack for me. And what is to say that parts wont start failing on the 100K truck.

Trying to weigh them all out, and not sure there ever is a "right" answer, but I certainly value, and weigh everyones input.

I think one of the other factors is I can often get things repaired cheaper then most.

Well short of seeing the books...Then you do what you think needs to be done...

You are probably right that it is not a HotShot vehicle, because you are talking about a 41K mile yearly average...which for the MidWest is not out of the ballpark for yearly travel...

As an aside, Most lawn services in Vermont use Extended Cabs and average two man teams per truck/trailer combination...less bucks...

I'd post your Truck question over here...
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