central - east central Minnesota - | Youngbux - 5/26/2011 22:58 Well I currently have a 03 6.0 1500hd I like the truck, dont like the mileage. I bought a 24' gooseneck trailer to tow livestock in. could see loads of 10,000 pounds including trailer, but most will be withing 5-7k. I think the 6.0 would pull it but I think Duramax would pull it much better. My current truck has 183k miles and the d max i am looking at is an 02 with 275 k miles. I would have to payout about 2-3 grand to trade up to this truck, even though its older with more miles, but its a duramax. So, Should I go for this deal? how were the earlier dmaxes far as logevity and reliability? It had new injectors put in at one point. Thanks for helping me out.
Personally, I wouldn't pay that kind of extra for a DMax with that many miles . . . . . .
For the extra the diesel option is costing, plus the extra expense of filters for a diesel vs gas, and the extra expense of diesel fuel - I'd think long and hard before I bought another diesel truck.
UNLESS, you are pulling that livestock trailer most every day . . . . . .
If you are occasionally towing (couple times month) - I'd stick with a gas job -
No doubt the duramax/allison combo is a towing beast, great set up, but it should have a return on investment. The only way to get that is towing most every day.
As others have posted, if I were to continue to want a diesel, I'd look for an '06 or '07 classic, with around 100,000 miles or less, then run'em up to 300,000 miles . . . . . .
I"ve had diesel pickups since the GM 5.7 L and on my 3rd DMax - next truck will be a gas . . . . |
Upgrade to duramax diesel fo towing?
