I don't really know to much about these trucks I've been mainly looking at F150's, F250's and Silverado's but if I got a good deal on a diesel truck should I buy it?

I will be using this to go back and forth to High School, do landscaping / Odd Jobs, tow my family's boat to a local lake.

I know I don't need all the power but I was wondering if I got a good deal on one would it be smart to buy.

I know diesels are more to maintain but could anyone give be any estimates of how much of a difference there is in the Maintenance I would only be putting on 3k-5k miles on it a year.

Thanks

 

I bought a 1999 ford 350 powerstroke and i love it. Trust me theres a huge difference in the gasser and the diesel. the diesels have to have fuel filters and oil changes done all the time. Every 2 oil changes do the fuel filter. So if you can get a deal on either truck go with the diesel. Makes ya money. Hope that helps a little.

 

Either truck will do a fine job... The Ford will probably go through less front end parts, but the Dodge might a little easier to make power They each have their pros and cons! I'm personally not biased when it comes to trucks!

 

once you have a diesel you will never want to go back.

 

I happen to have a 02 f-250 I will sell or trade ya!!

 

Oil changes on a diesel is no less then 5000 fuel filter no less then 15000.

I change oil every 10,000 fuel filter 30,000 miles

 

I`ve owned 4 trucks and 3 motorcycles in just about 3 years now.

Once you own a Honda, you always want something that runs that well in a motorcycle.

Once you own an old dodge gas truck, you always want something that goddamned reliable (no vehicle ever has or will touch my 84 ram in sheer dead nuts reliability. no block heater, -40C, if it cranked, it started. if it did not crank, grab the battery charger and boosted it, it started. 800 for the truck, have put less than 100 bucks in abnormal maintenance parts into it. seriously, a fuel pump for 30, a carb pedestal gasket for 20, and that`s about it, might need a blower motor now).

However, once you own a diesel, there is always a hankering for the character of that mill. that feeling of, even in an old 6.2L chev (mine was a 6.5, I`ve driven a 92 6.2 more than once), power everywhere. nothing put the `less` in gutless like the 6.2, and even it felt like it was pulling from 500rpm.

in theory, they are simple. if you have compression, if you have air, if you have fuel, you have kaboomy. and you probably have good kaboomy.
they are, however, their own ballgame entirely. I know my way around older gas engine well enough to fix my own ****.

this does not mean I am useful at all at diesel work.

overall, diesels are ALWAYS cheap for a reason. I know. both of mine were dirt cheap for what I got (1500 for a 6.5 that I put 45,000km on, boiled the coolant out of, learned to 4x4 in, and never had a critical failure, and my current 94 powerstroke which is being. . stubborn, but still is a goiod value for dollar if I can get it figured soon) and both of them were and are a headache at times to own, especially if you are on a budget.

a 5 speed cummins should be as bulletproof driveline-wise as you can get, really. for everything else, depending on the year and condition, it could seriously go`òld dodge` on you and nickel & dime the ever living **** outta you. seriously.

but that`s any old vehicle, really.