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Yep. It's all about knowing WHEN to go to those generally bad areas. 2 months ago you would be looking at 500 miles dh to a crap load. This week? Not too bad. I'd have run it.

 

So i called couple companies today to see about doing a trade in on my Truck. $7,000 is what they will give as a Whole sale? Ill just keep it for now

 

Maybe in a year you can use it for half the down payment on a new truck. I'll prolly do that with mine.

 

Yea Basically i would be spending over 30,000 for a new truck. For that i can get a New transmission and a rebuilt engine for that I've been thinking of buying a cheap truck with a 12.7 or a N14 and start working on it slowly. I wanna find out how much a paint job would cost and all that

 

My guess on paint is 4 to 6k.

 

I had a truck for many years; I used to joke that, every time I put tires on it, that I doubled the value of the truck. I also said that my truck was worth every dollar that a new one was.

Both statements were true.

 

A good quality cheap solid color(think volvo or freightliner white) is about 2500 at a small independent shop. If you want an expensive paint with metallic flakes or two tone you can easily double that.

The difference in the cost of the paint can be huge depending on what you want.

 

This is very very accurate. Mine might not be a pretty pete, but fur almost 15 years she had run strong and only let me down once due to a bad injector. Everything else has been either minor one hour jobs in a parking lot (an alternator, couple starters)scheduled maintenance, or something a shop screwed up and i had to fix again. My favorite is when i git the clutch changed out at 750k and the idiot cross threaded the cooler lines causing a leak which burnt the tranny up. Limped it home from Tennessee missing 3rd and 8th great and grinding like heck the whole way. Git the load delivered and slapped a new transmission in it myself over the weekend. That was also the very last time i let anyone touch my truck or trailer. Being lazy and not wanting to do the clutch myself cost me several grand.

 

If I tried to change my tranny over a weekend I would end up with a new rear end and a F150 motor in my truck. Let's just say there is a reason I have found a dependable shop. LOL


@Razorwyr you would have been proud of me this last weekend. Out in my trailer with sanders, drills and all working (and completing) on a little wood project. I can't get on you for having a power sander in your truck anymore.

 

Hey, it comes in handy. Even works good for when that rookie scuffs your paint in the truck stop....if you don't go to jail for killing him first