New pickup

[Dozerboy]

Last week on a rain day I did what I do every rain day blow $$$, but I came home with my new love 06 GMC 2500HD 6.6L Duramax Allison 6 speed 4x4 Crew Cab Short Box. Had it since last Tues and have only had time to drive it 3 times.

 

[badranman]

Congrats on the new truck!:drinkup I have a couple of Duramax's myself, I love 'em.

 

[rino1494]

Awesome truck :thumbsup

 

[erthmover]

Nice Truck...Gotta love Diesels:bouncegri

 

[Finance Guy]

Very nice!!!

FG

 

[miKe F.]

Nice truck, how much did it set ya back?

 

[Dozerboy]

Thanks $43K I got a few K more in accessories and after I'm sure it will last awhile I'll start with the power mods. And it still puts a big **** eating grin on my face.

Newer pic

 

[Steve Frazier]

It's too pretty to work out of!! Needs some torch red along the bottom of it though:wink2

 

[bigHD]

Very nice looking truck! Those newer towing mirrors work and look great.:thumbsup

 

[Dozerboy]

Thanks, you got that right it’s about time GM got some real mirror on there trucks.

 

[alan627b]

Nice truck! Gotta love diesels..her'sa couple of my trucks, my 99 dakota R/T and my D350, next to some of MacAninch's dozer/pan combinations on a job they did here last summer. I like to park next to stuff for pics, gives a sense of scale....another thread, here somewhere...
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=1397
alan627b

 

[cw4Bray]

Nice Truck...Gotta love Diesels:bouncegri

They're forcing the public to use the ethanal during colder months while efficiency goes down more than 25%. Even at 25% more fuel cost, the BTU price per gallon is better. My next personal vehicle will have a 6.6L duramax with a DEF delete.

 

[Landclearer]

Nice truck. Congrats!

 

[Mark13]

I got all excited that someone found a really nice LBZ duramax then realized how old this post was.

 

[Coaldust]

That’s funny. $43k in 2006 for an LBZ. It’s probably still worth that in 2022.

 

[Truck Shop]

Probably crashed.

 

[Tugger2]

I hear now a new F350 diesel crew cab with a few bells and whistles is well over 100K. Im driving a 2015 f350 now ,still have a 2003 f350 for crew and a 2006 F350 parked.
The 2006 was a great truck but had over 400000 K on it. The shop that was doing my service work said it would need 20,000$ put into it .That seemed way too much ,but now maybe its worth it. Maybe have to put my old 76 F250 back on the road with its mighty 351M . It was 8400$ new when i bought it in 77.

 

[92U 3406]

I'm done with new vehicles. $2500 ****boxes from now on.

 

[colson04]

I'm done with new vehicles. $2500 ****boxes from now on.

I've felt that way for awhile now. My current truck was bought for $7500 with 202,000 miles on it. I've driven it for over 5 years/60,000 miles. I've put $3000 into the truck in maintenance. Not a cost I'm upset with given a comparable F350 thats 5 years old is well north of $35,000. I can afford to fix things and keep up with the vehicle maintenance for a long time and not breach that number. Even replacing an engine and a transmission would still keep me under $30,000, not counting my labor as I'm more than capable of doing that work myself.

 

[mitch504]

I'm done with new vehicles. $2500 ****boxes from now on.

That's been my policy since 1989. I bought a brand new 1987 ton truck when the 88s came out, put 60,000 miles on it in 13 months, totaled it. When the bank and the insurance co. got through with me, I owed almost as much as the sticker price was. I went and bought a nicer '82 for cash, and haven't looked at a new one since.

Until a couple of years ago, you could get some great used stuff if you were willing to buy when you didn't need it.