With the Ford don't you give up a lot of the fuel economy reason for having one? With a 6.2 you certainly don't have the power you'd get with a 5.7 gasser...
Lets not count out a Dakota either. My '96 had 222,000 miles when I got rid of it, it was big enough to haul a small car (actually it should haul a big car, we hauled a 4400# farm tractor with it) and a good size bed although not a real 8 footer... -Curt Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:55:32 -0400 From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie Message-ID: <calhj_1d-x1zzm_zsw+0xqy1htuj-ofkwp2mss0r7gezffzn...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have to question the "added maintenance costs". Really? My old idi's just go on and on with minimal maint. My friends with gassers that sit a lot are always fiddling with plug wires or stale gas to get them going for an occasional mission. I just go out and give the old 6.2 a crank, let the smoke clear and off we go. I will say that is often not as easy as it sounds in the middle of the winter, that is where a gasser with efi is nice. The older Fords are well within the $3000 budget. While harder to find not rusted away the square body Chevy's are as well. Keep an eye out and you can steal a heavy diesel truck from someone looking to downsize. I got my 97 f250 Powerstroke for $2500 because it sat for 3 years and needed some work to get going. Now it is an $8000 truck up here because it has no rust and looks new. Be patient and keep a close eye on Craigslist. Just saw a one owner 2000 diesel 4wd Excursion for $2000........high miles but looks nice and says drives nice. Mike _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
