jyoutz
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I’m surprised you can buy a new F350 for that price. Is it 2wd?
Keep current truck forever or try to afford a new one every 5-10 years?
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sd455dan
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Understandable.
Actually spent the day mounting up summer tires ( Less than 2 weeks till they issue tickets for running studded snows) checking fluids installing new mud flaps and other maintenance on our trucks.
4WD. I specced out a similar F250, and it listed for around 50k. 2 1/2 years ago the same truck went for 35K.
jyoutz
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I remember those trucks running $35k 10 years ago. Are you sure they were $35k two years ago? Or are you referring to a gas motor?
tacticalturnip
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It's 4WD, on a gasser XL, but that is MSRP and most places are selling at mark up right now. Realistically it's probably a $63k truck. As for the price, my 2019 was $49k MSRP and probably sold for under. Of course I didn't buy it new, I bought it used for almost $40k with 100k miles on it, last year.
These prices are absolutely ******* insane.
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Pretty sure a truck like mine is now pushing $95,000-$100,000. Granted, you seem to get more features, but a lot of people don’t want those features.
There’s no longer any way to justify a 100K truck because my gross profit or wages cannot match those prices anymore. Throw in 10% interest rates and it’s out of reach anymore.
If you raise your prices too much to try to make more GP, most customers will go to someone cheaper.
Now that trucks have become very difficult to work on, the repairs/parts costs are almost as bad. So trying to repair isn’t cheap now, either. They have you from both ways.
Parts are crazy expensive, too. Just put a turbo on my IH. Turbo alone was $2,400. And thats a reman!! (not brand new). I remember when a new turbo was like $1,000. Then there’s oil return lines and praying you don’t have a bolt snap off during removal.
I think the general direction we are going in is to destroy the middle class small business owner and this is one of the many ways to do it. I even see TV commercials mocking the small construction company owner, small auto repair shop, etc.
There’s no longer any way to justify a 100K truck because my gross profit or wages cannot match those prices anymore. Throw in 10% interest rates and it’s out of reach anymore.
If you raise your prices too much to try to make more GP, most customers will go to someone cheaper.
Now that trucks have become very difficult to work on, the repairs/parts costs are almost as bad. So trying to repair isn’t cheap now, either. They have you from both ways.
Parts are crazy expensive, too. Just put a turbo on my IH. Turbo alone was $2,400. And thats a reman!! (not brand new). I remember when a new turbo was like $1,000. Then there’s oil return lines and praying you don’t have a bolt snap off during removal.
I think the general direction we are going in is to destroy the middle class small business owner and this is one of the many ways to do it. I even see TV commercials mocking the small construction company owner, small auto repair shop, etc.
jyoutz
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Yes they are insane, especially for a gasser truck.
Paystar
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I'd like to keep my current truck forever. I have no worries about the truck itself or the drivetrain. What worries me about these new vehicles is all the electronics in them failing.
That's the part you just can't fix at home.
Only good thing for me is I will be retiring in a couple years and the day I do, no more license, insurance, nothing. Where I live I can get everything I need buy driving my farm tractor or atv's.
Been trucking all my life, no where I need to go or see any more. LOL
That's the part you just can't fix at home.
Only good thing for me is I will be retiring in a couple years and the day I do, no more license, insurance, nothing. Where I live I can get everything I need buy driving my farm tractor or atv's.
Been trucking all my life, no where I need to go or see any more. LOL
Gas. I wouldn't even look at a diesel, I wouldn't work it hard enough to justify the cost.