FishingBanter - View Single Post - OT- rdean or other oil dudes

**[email protected]** · January 23rd, 2009, 09:18 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:50:04 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 23, 1:22*pm, wrote:

If you simply want my opinion on what truck to buy, it would be a good,
clean, used low-mileage Ford F250 or F350, depending on need, crewcab
(or Excursion) of about 2001-02 vintage with the 7.3 Powerstroke. *There
are a lot of these up for sale, at least from Texas to Florida, as
"urban cowboys" have felt the pain at the pump.

Yeah, new trucks are outrageous. I bought my 97 F250 exactly this way,
though it was harder back then to find a good low-mileage used one.
I'm just up to about 100K miles on it now, hopefully I'll still have
it at 200K. With a heavy stock trailer, 4-low has pulled me through
some nasty stuff...

Jon.

Well, that's not really how I meant it, "outrageous" prices. What I
meant was that from a purely "overall cost per mile" (purchase
amortization, fuel/gasoline, maintenance, the ability to run other than
ULSD, etc.) standpoint, a good used diesel would be cheaper than a new
one. If one prefers to pay more for the latest body style, gizmos,
etc., that's fine, but it affects the "cost per mile" via personal
preferences.

TC,
R