Your toolbox and box of Parts take up the WHOLE back seat...........

 

If you're driving a truck you just put it in the bed. Or get a trailer if that's full too.

 

Its time to sell when you break the last remaining part available to put it back on the road ( unless its steel/ aluminum and I can make one myself). I am about to making it myself on manual lockouts for my F350 - noone claims to fit dual rear wheel applications with the wheeltrack spacer.... perhaps a small mod to the wheeltrack spacer is in order.

 

EDIT (22:15) Deleted original message. Realized this thread is sarcasm.

 

Ah, But Isn't Sarcasm usually rooted in Reality????

 

.........when you start a thread on FTE titled " You know it's time to sell your truck when"......

 

When it is costing you more per month than a payment on a new truck lol...


EDIT: Well, considering saving about 6 months worth of new truck payments ($1,000 per mo. say) a guy could have one hell of a 7.3! I would say my prior comment is negated...

 

Stinky was averaging $1000 per month for over two years - including all the repairs/upgrades to the wrapper around the engine. If I were to sell him, I'd never get my money back, so I'll just keep driving my hell of a 7.3.

The time to sell him was about $20,000 ago... too late. I'll put Stinky nose-to-nose with a 2015 6.7L that cost $70,000, though.

 

For me that time was 2 weeks ago........I saw a Stinky cliff in the not too distant future.....but more from rust than drive train issues.....

Sell high.........it was better than being left with a worthless pile of rig......

 

"Stinky Cliff" - is that the new term for "Here it comes, time to bolt"?

 

I think the term can work, affectionately of course, it can refer to the approaching precipice of the cliche slippery slope of funneling money into the vehicle hoping that this $1500 infusion will be the last for 6 months so we can feel better about avoiding a $700/mo payment on something new/er.

My personal position turned out to not necessarily be about avoiding the $700 payment, but avoiding that payment while also incurring the $1500 BS expenses that my friends have encountered with the newer diesels.

So my solution.....was an honest conversation with myself about what I tow and my lifestyle....I tow 5000-8000lbs of horses and gear/women.....I need a heavy truck to ensure a smooth ride for the beasts and I like the overbuilt brakes and frames on the 3/4 ton rigs. I also need minimal exposure to big repairs that would put me down for the count towing during the show season.

This lead me to realize the 6.4L Hemi with 410hp/429 ft lbs was more than enough for me.....quiet, refined etc. and then I grabbed a 8 year 70,000 bumper to bumper extended warranty on it....plus the 100K drivetrain warranty and I pray I don't need them. Picked up one of the nicest examples of a 2014 with 17K miles and so far have been impressed.

That isn't to say I disliked my 7.3......quite the contrary, I loved it but rust was going to kill that truck and my wallet from the top down. So I sold high while I could.....that body was 2-3 years away from being a total mess, my bed rails were already junk etc.

Love FTE and will hang around and bother everyone for a while as I feel home here .....

 

You can afford horses and a truck payment??? Well done sir!!

 

I found a way to make a small fortune in horses.



Start with a big fortune.

 

Too funny! I never knew how expensive horses were until my daughter started to ride. Needless to say, I cant afford a new truck.


Having said that, I wouldn't trade the experience for the world. It's something you cant put a price tag on.


My apologies for the equine thread drift...

 

I cant get her to clean her room, but she'll muck stalls and drag the fields all day long....