Posted by blue924.9 on November 18, 2015 at 11:41:08 from (96.31.30.65):
ok all, in the near future i am going to buy a 4wd, i am currently working and saving as i wont be purchasing anything but maybe a home in the near future with a loan. i am stepping up to a 4wd, and also at least a 3/4 ton, if i find a rocking deal i will go 1 ton but SRW. i have put some thought into this and have come up with a couple of ideas, first is i could buy a 06 ish truck with 150k ish miles on it with my budget which will be roughly 20 grand max. i would not have to do anything and i would have a fairly new truck with fairly low miles and be one of the last pre emissions trucks there are.
my other option is to buy an old idi diesel or cummins (going for mechanical injection), put some money into the motor and truck to fix it up and have a older but still perfectly driveable truck, i would more than likely be fixing rust on the body and coating the frame and maybe body to keep rust away and after that take my available money and stick it into the motor to get some more power, nothing crazy, head studs intercooler upgraded turbo maybe a cam exhaust and a mild pump.
my question is ( and i know what forum this is so answers may be biased lol) is should i spring fora newer diesel that i can jump in an enjoy the luxuries or an older diesel that i can get for way cheaper and put some money into and enjoy the simplicity. i will be using the truck for hauling logs and firewood for myself, my parents and my grandma, i will also haul hay and livestock with it as well as my smaller pulling tractors. it will also be used as a driver when the weather is bad, slippery muddy ect, as i live way out in the country and am getting sick of throwing chains on and off my 92 f150. whatever vehicle i get will be a diesel, not only becuase of the towing i do but also because i work at a John Deere dealer and can get parts, oil, filters ect for at cost of the dealer so roughly 50 percent of what a normal customer would pay, becuase we do not deal with gas engines, much if at all the dealer does not have a connection for gas parts and therefore can not get them at a discount, which makes the gas and diesel parts cost very close to the same. luckily this means i also have the tools and skills to perform most if not all of the work on an older diesel
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