Truck prices in your neck of the woods?
I'd probably be wise to stick with a Texas truck (or technically, he would), just to avoid the rust issues and keep the prices down. I was just basically looking for trends in the rest of the country.
Kinda like this chris
1997 FORD F350 7.3 POWESTROKE DIESEL 10,500 OBO
1997 FORD F350 7.3 POWESTROKE DIESEL 10,500 OBO
But I'm not opposed to taking a trip to LA if you find a great deal. It would be a good excuse to take a trip and eat some good food.
Seems like the occasional good deals I've come across lately have been on houston craigslist. Theres also a sweet single cab in austin but I can't remember the asking price. Then it seems like I know about this great running ext cab in College Station. I bet he could pull an alright deal on it
I think he's just looking for a good deal. He seems to like the idea of a short bed, but with a baby on the way, he's just waiting for a good deal to show up.
It would be kind of funny if you found something though. Austin helped me by checking out my wife's truck at a local dealer down in your neck of the woods. Haven't seen him online for a while. How's he doing?
It would be kind of funny if you found something though. Austin helped me by checking out my wife's truck at a local dealer down in your neck of the woods. Haven't seen him online for a while. How's he doing?
So would he be opposed to looking at F-250s or no? I usually find F-250's a bit cheaper, but they have the TTB and some people aren't down with that. Then again if he's looking at 2wd then we can probably find him a pretty good deal. I've run across a few regular cabs with around 200-250k miles for pretty cheap in the past year. It's the crew cab 4x4s that people are usually wanting your life savings for. Some of the extended cab 4x4s are even getting expensive.
EDIT: here's a bunch for you to look through. There's a few in there that are fairly decent priced. I ran across several nice F-250s that were almost $10k.
This one may be worth checking out. Ad says 127k miles and it's $6900
1996 Ford F250
This looks like Redman84's truck. Good looking truck with some good mods already done:
1996 F250 5 speed 4x4 (make an offer)
153k miles for $5500:
1997 Ford F250 Powerstroke Diesel
1997 F250 XLT 7.3 Powerstroke
***1997 Ford F250 4x4 Diesel***
1996 Ford F-250 Turbo Diesel
1997 Ford F250 XLT 7.3 4x4 Turbo Diesel Ext Cab
1996 Ford F250
1995 f-250 4X4
1996 f250 7.3l diesel 3200obo/trade
1996 FORD F 250 EXT, CAB DIESEL
http://houston.craigslist.org/ctd/2870820967.html
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2848663743.html
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/2863356211.html
http://houston.craigslist.org/ctd/2838691815.html
And just for laughs, this one is insanely priced.
1997 Ford F250 Crew Cab 4x4 7.3L Powerstroke Loaded LOW MILES Ranch Hand
[quote=strokin'_tatsch;11569295]I think Austin is doing alright. I haven't heard from him in awhile either. I think I remember him calling and asking me if I wanted to go with him to check that truck out a couple years ago. LOL
So would he be opposed to looking at F-250s or no? I usually find F-250's a bit cheaper, but they have the TTB and some people aren't down with that. Then again if he's looking at 2wd then we can probably find him a pretty good deal. I've run across a few regular cabs with around 200-250k miles for pretty cheap in the past year. It's the crew cab 4x4s that people are usually wanting your life savings for. Some of the extended cab 4x4s are even getting expensive.
EDIT: here's a bunch for you to look through. There's a few in there that are fairly decent priced. I ran across several nice F-250s that were almost $10k.
153k miles for $5500:
1997 Ford F250 Powerstroke Diesel
you have got to click on this one and read it!!! "clean inside and out" the interior picture looks like the city landfill
So would he be opposed to looking at F-250s or no? I usually find F-250's a bit cheaper, but they have the TTB and some people aren't down with that. Then again if he's looking at 2wd then we can probably find him a pretty good deal. I've run across a few regular cabs with around 200-250k miles for pretty cheap in the past year. It's the crew cab 4x4s that people are usually wanting your life savings for. Some of the extended cab 4x4s are even getting expensive.
EDIT: here's a bunch for you to look through. There's a few in there that are fairly decent priced. I ran across several nice F-250s that were almost $10k.
153k miles for $5500:
1997 Ford F250 Powerstroke Diesel
you have got to click on this one and read it!!! "clean inside and out" the interior picture looks like the city landfill
Seems like the occasional good deals I've come across lately have been on houston craigslist. Theres also a sweet single cab in austin but I can't remember the asking price. Then it seems like I know about this great running ext cab in College Station. I bet he could pull an alright deal on it



Actually it's not a good time for that. Baby's due too soon and he's trying to hold down 2 jobs at the moment.
1997 Ford F250 Powerstroke Diesel
you have got to click on this one and read it!!! "clean inside and out" the interior picture looks like the city landfill
you have got to click on this one and read it!!! "clean inside and out" the interior picture looks like the city landfill
so I'm not in the biggest hurry.
Just for fun: I live in ag/ranch country, Santa Maria, CA, great weather. Have owned a '97 F350 CC dually diesel (NO 4X4) (digital sound, air horns, 6-disk CD player) since '99, am second owner, consider the truck just an extension of my purse! First owner was retired USA pilot who kept truck like his airplane, perfecto! Bought at 30K miles, perfect condition; towed 32' travel trailer for 12? years and now have 'lit'.
Have all maint. records, has been maintained IAW owner's handbook and better! Still shiny tho back bumper and sides of dually fenders show lack of driving skill early days! No rust, just completed 2nd 120K Ford service check AT 152k, NO problems, leaks, tranny, brakes, nada!
Service manager asked me what I thought it was worth...guessed about $7500; he said I could probably get $15,500 in this town! How bout THAT! Nice old truck! No brag, just fact, love my truck!
And ALL fuel here is EXPENSIVE! SF! Marty
Have all maint. records, has been maintained IAW owner's handbook and better! Still shiny tho back bumper and sides of dually fenders show lack of driving skill early days! No rust, just completed 2nd 120K Ford service check AT 152k, NO problems, leaks, tranny, brakes, nada!
Service manager asked me what I thought it was worth...guessed about $7500; he said I could probably get $15,500 in this town! How bout THAT! Nice old truck! No brag, just fact, love my truck!
And ALL fuel here is EXPENSIVE! SF! Marty
I'm like most of the guys from Texas on here, the best deals are on Craigslist. The OBS trucks are holding their own, if not climbing. In my opinion if you are going to drive a truck it might as well be a diesel even with fuel prices the way they are. The gas trucks don't get much better fuel mileage if any, than our trucks do. We definitely have longevity on our side vs. the gas engine.
Here is a link to a dealer in Houston with a couple of nice trucks. Used Cars Houston | Used Car Dealer TX | Everest Motors Just a few weeks ago the red crew cab dually was listed for $7995. They dropped it to $6995 and then last week raised it to $9995. Go figure!
Here is a link to a dealer in Houston with a couple of nice trucks. Used Cars Houston | Used Car Dealer TX | Everest Motors Just a few weeks ago the red crew cab dually was listed for $7995. They dropped it to $6995 and then last week raised it to $9995. Go figure!







