Hey all I currently drive a 2005 1500 silverado z71 with a small lift and 33" mud terrains, only other mod is a tuner. I planned to finish modding my truck but decided to look into a diesel. After many hours of looking at autotrader and craigslist I decided on a the Ford super duty over the dodge and gm. Mainly because of looks to be honest, ive always loved the look of Ford super duty trucks.
The truck I plan to purchase this week is a 2006 6.0 power stroke F-250 extended cab. Its all stock with 79,000 miles and I will be buying it for about $20k. This truck is an xlt model with black leather interior, exterior is also black with the black painted bumpers and black grill. Does this seems like a good price for a clean 2006 xlt? kbb put it at about $27k which I think is high.
To be completely honest this truck is overkill for my applications. The only towing I currently do is a 2 place snowmobile trailer (I plan to buy a 3 place enclosed in the future) my current truck would work for my towing needs but after installing the mud terrains it changed the way it tows completely, I used to not even be able to tell I had a trailer behind me but now on the highway it feels like a dog. Theres also a few issues with my truck that I rather not put the money into it since it has 120k miles on it. Over the last few summers I had about a half dozens times where I overloaded the bed of my truck with landscaping stuff for my yard (mulch, dirt, stones) I definitely could have used a f-250 so it will be nice and definitely get worked in the summer months as far as payload.
My only other questions is, with this truck being completely stock and from the oasis report I looked at seems like it has had very little warranty work done to it. What are the first mods I should do? Depending on who I talked to I hear to leave it completely stock and others have said to purchase a tuner and gauges? If so what tuner could I apply that would keep the truck reliable? Im more interested in reliability and mpg than power (this truck will have more than enough power for my applications). My next question is how is the mbrp 4" exhaust system? I really like the sound of their products.
What fuel additives and filters are you guys using?
Thanks for all the help
T.J.
The truck I plan to purchase this week is a 2006 6.0 power stroke F-250 extended cab. Its all stock with 79,000 miles and I will be buying it for about $20k. This truck is an xlt model with black leather interior, exterior is also black with the black painted bumpers and black grill. Does this seems like a good price for a clean 2006 xlt? kbb put it at about $27k which I think is high.
To be completely honest this truck is overkill for my applications. The only towing I currently do is a 2 place snowmobile trailer (I plan to buy a 3 place enclosed in the future) my current truck would work for my towing needs but after installing the mud terrains it changed the way it tows completely, I used to not even be able to tell I had a trailer behind me but now on the highway it feels like a dog. Theres also a few issues with my truck that I rather not put the money into it since it has 120k miles on it. Over the last few summers I had about a half dozens times where I overloaded the bed of my truck with landscaping stuff for my yard (mulch, dirt, stones) I definitely could have used a f-250 so it will be nice and definitely get worked in the summer months as far as payload.
My only other questions is, with this truck being completely stock and from the oasis report I looked at seems like it has had very little warranty work done to it. What are the first mods I should do? Depending on who I talked to I hear to leave it completely stock and others have said to purchase a tuner and gauges? If so what tuner could I apply that would keep the truck reliable? Im more interested in reliability and mpg than power (this truck will have more than enough power for my applications). My next question is how is the mbrp 4" exhaust system? I really like the sound of their products.
What fuel additives and filters are you guys using?
Thanks for all the help
T.J.
