I have a 2003 f150 supercrew 5.4 4x4 with 120k miles. My buddy has a 2000 f250 supercab diesel with 290k miles. He wants to trade his truck for mine.
Also he is a diesel mechanic and it has been well maintained.

 

Do you need a diesel ? Do you need a CREW? Dpends on the situation. Personally i would keep your truck. 2003 CREW with 120K miles is a nice truck if you have maintained it !

 

You realize if you buy a diesel and something breaks it cost way more to fix than a gas engine. Unless your hauling giant loads and love the stink of diesel you'd be crazy to give up your newer vehicle with half the mileage for that engine. Of coarse that's just my opinion. Research- research- research on the problems of that engine, then make up your mind.

 

As they stated, the Diesels are generally much more to run unless you drive a lot. Do you need the diesel? Do you want it that bad?

I wouldn't do it.

 

I would be using the diesel to haul some heavier things that i can't haul with my truck on a couple occasions a year. I know that diesels cost more to maintain, and that doesnt bother me that much. The 7.3 is a very strong engine so hopefully the maintenence would not be a big problem until it needs to be rebuilt. The main reason i would consider this trade is because i hate the fact that my truck is a crewcab, and i need a longer bed.

 

Crew cab should be a premium.. I would think people with a standard or supercab would be standing in line to trade with you. Get another F150 with a low miles and 8 ft. What are you trying to haul that the CREW wont do ? I use a 16 ft car trailer once a month for BIG loads.

 

Sounds like a good trade for him...not you!

 

I want a f250 for more payload, we have a pellet stove and we get our pellets by the ton, and i dont like putting that much weight in my truck. Also i dont like the crewcab because i get stuck driving people arround a lot.
The f250 is straight piped with dual stacks, so people wouldnt want to ride in it. (hopefully)

 

for a couple of times a year, i would just borrow his truck a couple times a year. your getting the short end of the stick on this deal.

 

I would input, if you got the dough to run it, and it's in comparable shape to yours get it, I bet bb value is @ same or maybe more on diesel, at least around here car lots always have way more on a diesel Ford. Plus Diesels are cool.

 

As a SuperDuty owner I will tell you that you are crazy to be trading for a SuperDuty unless you REALLY REALLY need one.

They ride horrible empty, they take a 40 acre field to turn around in. And remember, diesel repairs are not measured in hundreds of dollars, they are measured in the THOUSANDS. Likewise, Oil is not measured in quarts, its measured in gallons, as in three of them.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

 

Bottom line, if you aren't hauling that ton of pellets at least once a week, you don't need a 3/4 ton. Tires are expensive, brakes are expensive, etc. Big 3/4 ton and larger trucks are work trucks. They are designed to be worked, and if you aren't working them, they cost too much to maintain.

This trade would be greatly in the other guys favor. Why do you think he's wanting to trade down to a smaller gas powered truck? Its because unless you need to use a 3/4 ton truck every day, they aren't worth having.

I would haul a ton of pellet in my Aerostar, your F150 is more than adequate.

 

Wouldn't want anything w/290K on it, NOT even if Henry Ford owned it.