Putting My Truck to Bed

[Stewart G Griffin]

52K for a 3/4 ton?   Don't think so.   Does it have the duramax?   It does not appear so.   In that case, add $8,000.  So, $60,000 for something to tow a boat around occasionally.  Not a good move.

[Engineer]

I can remember when a fully decked out Peterbilt could be bought for $60,000.00. Hmmmm........

[Stewart G Griffin]

Mercedes is coming out with a pickup next week.  i don't have the link.

So i guess the new trend is higher priced pickups.    Pickups and SUVs have become the full size car?


Think about it----Crown Victoria, Caprice, bonneville, lesabre, electrica, 88,99 etc. all gone.

[DustyRusty]

52K for a 3/4 ton?

Yep.  One of the recent diesel truck mags featured the new 2017 Ford Super Duty crew cab w/ the 6.7 turbo diesel.  All the bells and whistles.  It was $85K!!  Wow.

[philo_beddoe]

52K for a 3/4 ton?

Yep.  One of the recent diesel truck mags featured the new 2017 Ford Super Duty crew cab w/ the 6.7 turbo diesel.  All the bells and whistles.  It was $85K!!  Wow.

Unbelievable! Thats half the cost of my house! I'd sure like to know who's buying these trucks. And no, that truck above did not have the duramax, so yes, add another $8k. Total--$60.  In the mid 90's they were like $28k, fully loaded diesel.  What the heck happened??

[LTZ C20]

The 2002 Chevy body style and front end styling is one of my favorites

Yea it's nice.

[LTZ C20]

welcome to the new club lol. sad about your square, imo i would go to a junkyard and get a 350 and put it in for 300 or so. could possibly get away with keeping your heads/cam. or sell them like you said and pay for the 350. do you plan on keeping the square even as its just a weekend driver?

I don't really want to bother trying to put a 3rd engine in, especially one that doesn't have the muscle mine had. It's not going to be doing any driving, even on weekends. The engine is done and I'm not putting another in. It's just gonna have to sit for a few years until I'm financially able to strip it down and restore it slowly over time.

[LTZ C20]

I'm glad that your going to stick around as a member even though the 73 is going into storage.
I always enjoy your post, and your knowledge of the ins & outs of a GM dealership and you access to part numbers has been a big asset to this forum
Maybe the moderators can can open a section for "long term storage" vehicles. I'm laughing as I type this, but I'm sure some members (like me) have some cool squarebobys that were put into storage and forgotten about.
Hopefully once you follow your family's tradition and get a job in Law enforcement you will have the $$ to put a duramax in the 73.

That's mine plan, probably going to he 6-10 years out tho. I'm probably be married with kids by the time I get around to fixing that truck up. The next engine to go in that truck WILL be a Duramax and nothing else.

[LTZ C20]

The 2002 Chevy body style and front end styling is one of my favorites

That is why I have 2. A 2001, and a 2002. Both HDs.

Yea I didn't want anything that wasn't an HD, I justpersonally prefer having a 3/4 ton with ample hauling abilities, just in case.

[LTZ C20]

Ya know LT, I was picking up a friend at the chevy dealer just yesterday, and while he was talking to the service dept. i took a real dangerous stroll. Yup, out on to the lot to see new birth! Wow, i mean talk about pure luxery. I sat in what was like a cockpit, controls and screens and gadgets everywhere, it was a 2017 2500 HD, fully loaded.  Compared to that my 1977 c10 seemed so ancient! But, of course, i had to know what that little number in the lower right hand corner on the window sticker showed. And the survey says....



$52, 485. Thats like $800 a month for the next 6 years. That brought me back to reality real fast. But boy what a driving machine. You could put 200k miles on that truck and do nothing except change the oil every 15k mi. What a difference since 1977. I think you did well, you have a modern truck and didnt pay $52k, and you still have your classic for a little later down the road. Nice job.

Oh that's nothing, pick the High Country option and it's like an automatic 10-12 grand more and if I'm going to buy brand new, it will be a high country and it will be diesel. Next thing you know your at 70K. And I'm on these new cars and trucks everyday so it's like nothing to be moving 40-80K vehicles around, even higher if it's any type of above basic level corvette. Most expensive Chevy I ever drove was above brand new Z06 vette, all the extra carbon fiber options, track options, like 120-130K car and they let me drive it around off the lot. No biggie...

[LTZ C20]

52K for a 3/4 ton?   Don't think so.   Does it have the duramax?   It does not appear so.   In that case, add $8,000.  So, $60,000 for something to tow a boat around occasionally.  Not a good move.

Try more like 10K+ for diesel, diesel comes with DEF, that crap is stupid expensive. It was 8K like 8 years ago.

[LTZ C20]

52K for a 3/4 ton?

Yep.  One of the recent diesel truck mags featured the new 2017 Ford Super Duty crew cab w/ the 6.7 turbo diesel.  All the bells and whistles.  It was $85K!!  Wow.

And still crappier and more expensive than a Chevy or GMC. And the GMC Denali HD's are even more.

[LTZ C20]

Mercedes is coming out with a pickup next week.  i don't have the link.

So i guess the new trend is higher priced pickups.    Pickups and SUVs have become the full size car?


Think about it----Crown Victoria, Caprice, bonneville, lesabre, electrica, 88,99 etc. all gone.

Mercedes....pfft, GM or get the heck out.

[LTZ C20]

52K for a 3/4 ton?

Yep.  One of the recent diesel truck mags featured the new 2017 Ford Super Duty crew cab w/ the 6.7 turbo diesel.  All the bells and whistles.  It was $85K!!  Wow.

Unbelievable! Thats half the cost of my house! I'd sure like to know who's buying these trucks. And no, that truck above did not have the duramax, so yes, add another $8k. Total--$60.  In the mid 90's they were like $28k, fully loaded diesel.  What the heck happened??

Yea but the diesel was a 6.5 and the D-max is far better. And lots of people are buying these trucks, lots of farmers and stuff out here, cops and firefighters and retired folks.

[LTZ C20]

Speaking of the D-max, I did an oil change on this thing Thursday. 06 AM General H1 Humvee, 6.6L Duramax diesel, Allison trans, (military switched to Duramax when they stopped using the 6.5T) military tcase and axles, military surplus, full custom interior, I'm taking custom dash, power windows, locks, ac, custom sound system, roof mounted drop down tv, DVD player, touchscreen radio, front and rear facing cameras, and all the military stuff worked, had the military wheels with working auto-inlfating on board air system, giant front mounted winch. And shockingly, compared to some vehicles I've worked on, this thing was easy to change the oil and check everything, didn't spill a drop of oil and we even had wiper blades for it haha. The owner was super cool and talked to me the whole time, let other employees look at it. He said he spent like 30K tricking it out after he bought it and he bought it for over 100K , I think around 150K. Thing had no cats, no exhaust filter, no mufflers, just straight pipe 4 inch exhaust, thing sounded BEAST. Those tires are 37's.