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Anyone have experience with these trucks? I know they have crappy gas mileage, but so do our jeeps. How do they hold up with 150k plus miles on them?
If it is an auto your biggest concern is the transmission.
My dad likes the V10 trucks. They use the same autos as the diesels.
They hooked the v10 2500 to a cummins 2500 and the v10 pulled it backwards and kept going...
Fuel mileage is like you said horrible but for a brute truck they arent bad. Not as long of a life as the diesel counterpart but for someone who doesnt want a loud, clanky, and smelling diesel its the way to go
What do you plan to use it for?
I am still looking for a tow vehicle. I have towed my ZJ a few times with my Tahoe, but I just don't want to fry the tranny in my Tahoe b/c it is my DD. Basically the tow rig would pull double duty as a weekend warrior hauling wood, trash, etc; and then be my tow vehicle.
Looking for a V10 truck is a great way to save some money IMO. I bought a Ford V10 for much, much, much (you get the idea) less than an equal diesel would have cost me. It pulls hard and has been a great all around truck. Like you said, gas mileage sucks but I will have to drive a million miles or more to cost me more than I saved. Good luck with the search!
My uncle owns a fireplace/woodstove store and has a 95 with like 280k or more on it. The thing never leaves with less than half a ton in the box he's replaced the rearend once and trans twice (both jy units). It does sound weird though definately not a V8.
^ Thanks for the info. I guess 150k on one is not as bad as it seems.
I don't think you will be disappointed with one
Not as far as I know I know I drove his as a stupid kid and his employees probably aren't very nice to it either. He's not good at pm either went 38k without an oil change once I had to pull the vc's and clean the drainbacks in the heads lmao
Awesome info guys, guess I can add the V10s to my list of "can haves"
Forgot to mention one important thing. There was a hood latch recall on those trucks, I remember because my uncle kept putting it off and next thing I knew I was at the jy looking for another hood.
The buy in may be cheaper but the Diesel will assrape the v-10 in fuel mileage. But to answer your orig question, they are pretty much bomb proof if maintained properly.
My budget is only 5k, and it is hard to find a good turboed diesel for that.
That is a good idea, I will look into it. I had a lone on a 97 Cummins 250k miles 2wd reg cab long bed for $3,500; I was second in line to get it... I knew the first guy would grab it, and I even offered the seller $200 more, but the guy did the right thing and honored the first come first served ideal, so I can't blame him.
My V-10 Ford gets 12 empty and 9.5 loaded.
The average driver drives 12k miles per year. Divide that by 11MPG and I use 1091 gallons of fuel per year.
Diesel claims 20 (not sure I believe it...) divide by 20 MPG and get 600 gallons of fuel per year.
In Northern Co. Unleaded is $2.69/gallon and dielsel is $2.89
Cost per year: V10 - $2934.79
Diesel - $1734.00
So, I could save $1200.79 per year on fuel. Well, it would take me 12.5 years to make up the 15k difference in purchase price. I will not own the truck that long AND I don't personally drive 12k per year...more like 9k. For each person it will be different depending on market, driving habits, trucks aval., and fuel prices but it CAN be very smart to get a gasser rather than a diesel. Plus I am not inclined to drop a fortune on the truck in upgrades as there is not much to upgrade.
I was looking mare at the low side of the scale at a 10 difference so more like 9 years but like I said I do see your point.
You make an excellent point about upgrades. I know I would have a hard time not upgrading anything diesel that I bought which gets expensive and would probably hurt fuel economy. Buy a v-10 and you will be hard pressed to find anything other than a k&n for it.
If you can, I would try to find a 4wd truck. Even excluding my treks through snow/ice, I've found 4wd to be very, very helpful at various trailheads I've been at. I would probably have been royally fucked if I didn't have it at Harlan given that I missed that turn up the hill to the cabins.
Of course a 4wd truck for me was a no brainer given where I live, but there is definitely something to be said for a 4wd tow rig. I'd imagine that in the price range you are looking at, the premium for 4wd shouldn't be that significant.
Is this going to be a DD or just something to tow your junk to and from the trails?
Last edited by SirFuego; 09-22-2010 at 02:47 PM.
I definitely want a 4wd truck, but that was a screaming deal so I was going to make do. This truck will be only a tow rig and occasional hauler of junk to the dump or haul firewood. I am keeping the Tahoe as my DD. Speaking of the Tahoe, I only get at best 15mpg city driving it, so the V10 numbers don't seem that bad to me
I agree about the insurance being higher but IMO upkeep on a gas engine is way more high maint than diesel.
4WD is damn near a must IMO. - Even diesel oil changes are stupid expensive...5 gallons of oil?!?
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