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truck in my signature. bed fire burned the bed and interior.

all that is left left motor, tranny, frame, powertrain and front end.
mileage is 77k. clean oasis.

who here is an expert (or if you know an expert) regarding what it is worth (in whole or in parts)?
any help is appreciated.

 

6.0l?
You might ask over there.
I know one guy may be looking for an engine. Maybe.
You might want to PM him and talk turkey.

He had an overheat and melted the plastic oil filter stand pipe.
Not good at all. Topic is So how bad did I hurt my motor? Worth fixing, or toss for a 6BT?

Sean

 

The problem is there are many appraisals, all different.

Dealers selling vehicles have one while a purchasing dealer uses another.
The bank financing the loan has one.
Your insurer has one when you purchase coverage and a second one when paying any claims.

Then you can throw in private sales and the numerous sites that make estimates (NADA, KBB, Edmunds) regarding buying/selling.

Plus you've got the auction sites (both dealers only and public) and their pricing schemes.

The true price in each case is what both parties agree to (which can - and often do - vary greatly).

 

So if you dont mind me asking, what happened (or more to the point what do you think caused the fire)?

Best wishes on value, I would shop around for a truck similar to yours and present that to your insurance agent as replacement cost.

 

a fire in the bed hot enough to damage the interior would put a question in my mind on any of the parts in your list.

truck is a loss. you might make out better taking a casuaty loss on your taxes and donating the truck to iron lung or what have you which would also provide some tax releif.


I recently had a harley lost due to flood and made out better taking a cusuaty loss on taxes and scraping the bike than if I were to try to part out the salvagable parts.