Montana Owners Club - Keystone Montana 5th Wheel Forum - View Single Post - Will my truck hold up on long distance trips?

pyoung47 · 07-23-2018, 02:08 PM

There are many ways of approaching a purchase/no purchase decision. Usually, driving any vehicle can be reduced to so many cents per mile. My experience is similar to DebNJim B, used trucks can be just as expensive to own as new ones. I traded my 05 Cummins on a new Ford in the fall of 16, since it was still holding quite a lot of value at 100,000 miles, and the end of year deal was one I could live with. Any time new trucks are mentioned, the $60,000 to $80,000 figures always come out. Certainly, those are MSRP figures that you can find on the stickers, but it isn't hard to find a new diesel truck in the low 40's. You're going to find an identical drive train in all of them by the same maker.

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pyoung47 Montana Fan Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Holts Summit Posts: 122 M.O.C. #20913	There are many ways of approaching a purchase/no purchase decision. Usually, driving any vehicle can be reduced to so many cents per mile. My experience is similar to DebNJim B, used trucks can be just as expensive to own as new ones. I traded my 05 Cummins on a new Ford in the fall of 16, since it was still holding quite a lot of value at 100,000 miles, and the end of year deal was one I could live with. Any time new trucks are mentioned, the $60,000 to $80,000 figures always come out. Certainly, those are MSRP figures that you can find on the stickers, but it isn't hard to find a new diesel truck in the low 40's. You're going to find an identical drive train in all of them by the same maker.