simimike
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I feel your pain Bill. I'm in the process of trying to figure out what my next rig will be. Finding a used low mileage gas 1 ton 4X4 is next to impossible. When I do find one they're asking close to the price of a new truck. Either that or it's in a state where they put salt on the roads because some kind of white stuff falls out of the sky in the winter! Whats up with that? It sort of looks like I'll be going with a new truck and a used camper. My reasoning on the 1 ton is they are only $800 or $900 more than a ¾ ton and I can get that back on the resale plus I would have another 1000 lbs pay load. No more over weight trucks for me. Also as I've gotten older I find I'm putting more " stuff " in the truck. As we all know " stuff " is the curse of ½ ton camper trucks.
I really like the Chevy Silverado. It rides nice and has the cab configuration I want. But it has that radius tailgate which means I have to find another GM compatible camper or bring a saw with me to cut the Chevy notch. Yeah, good luck with that. Hey, I know I'll just buy a Ford. They are almost $5K less, what can go wrong? Well, my neighbor has a Ford with the diesel engine and its been giving him fits. It seems that in order to access the engine the shop has to remove the cab. Really? I mean seriously, if Ford wanted a stumble bum to design their trucks they could have hired me for a lot less then an automotive engineer. Now I don't know if this is the same with the gas trucks, I'll have to check into that. And Ram doesn't make the cab configuration I want. AURG! Maybe I'll just buy a van and get some plywood and 2X3s and make my own camper. Hope this helps.
Mike
I really like the Chevy Silverado. It rides nice and has the cab configuration I want. But it has that radius tailgate which means I have to find another GM compatible camper or bring a saw with me to cut the Chevy notch. Yeah, good luck with that. Hey, I know I'll just buy a Ford. They are almost $5K less, what can go wrong? Well, my neighbor has a Ford with the diesel engine and its been giving him fits. It seems that in order to access the engine the shop has to remove the cab. Really? I mean seriously, if Ford wanted a stumble bum to design their trucks they could have hired me for a lot less then an automotive engineer. Now I don't know if this is the same with the gas trucks, I'll have to check into that. And Ram doesn't make the cab configuration I want. AURG! Maybe I'll just buy a van and get some plywood and 2X3s and make my own camper. Hope this helps.
Mike