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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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Is this normal condition for a 2006 chassis?

Seller says"clean and rust free" Is this normal? I want to buy the truck, but it is a lot of cash for a rusty one!

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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:43 AM
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looks fine to me. normaly "rust free" means no body rust. some light frame/underside rust is going to happen soon after the truck is new just from water..ect.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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thanks Ex. This rig is a really big purchase for us. I looked at a '98 with 88k, half the price and spotless underneath! Maybe someone had done the work to restore it. This 2006 with 20k on the clock looks great in photos, and the dealer told me it was clean. Then he sent these photos, and I was kinda shocked that it looks so bad down there. And I'm 1100 miles away..........
 
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i understand, we're talking about alot of money in any case it looks like any other 3 year old truck i've seen. ofcourse we dont use salt so we dont get rust other then light surface stuff. in the rust belt of the east coast/midwest some year old trucks can look terrible. where is the truck from?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 11:02 AM
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The truck is in Colorado. I looked at a '98, and it was very clean underneath. Not one rusty nut, and all axles and shafts looked new. That truck was from Wyoming. Thanks for the input, Tom
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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that truck looks very clean, living in the east trucks like that look all rusty on the underside, what i would give to find a truck that clean around here.
 
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