New truck wanted- opinions and advise wanted:

[1fast4]

Ok, so the Mark is totaled so now I get to pick a new vehicle.

I was planning on getting a truck next year, this just sped it up.

So here is the question:

If you had $5,000 to spend on a used truck, what would you get and why? It needs to be extended/crew cab for the family, and will eventually pull a trailer with my stang.

Fire away.

[whitetrash]

with that budget you can find a ext cab early ls series gm truck. thats what ild reccomend

[SNEAKY]

for five grand. i would buy a small truck till you actually started needing to pull and then up grade.

[Blackpony]

Good luck finding a decent truck for 5k.. maybe a mid 90's ford or chebby?

[Randy]

1967 Ford f100........ spend the rest of the cash dropping it and cleaning it up.

[1fast4]

1967 Ford f100........ spend the rest of the cash dropping it and cleaning it up.

Now that idea I like!

[Roscoe]

I advise you seek new advice

[joes01bullitt]

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[MattB]

You can get a decent 99-01 Chevy/GMC xcab for that with a 4.8/5.3, but it's gonna have well over 100k and some dings/scratches, and you can't be too picky on the color combo either.

[Pro88LX]

You can get a decent 99-01 Chevy/GMC xcab for that with a 4.8/5.3, but it's gonna have well over 100k and some dings/scratches, and you can't be too picky on the color combo either.

this. hold out for a 5.3 if you plan on towing a car. Or look for a 2500hd with the 6.0/4L80

[jdgregory84]

What are the late 90's early 2000 ford fx4's going for now? I always thought those were pretty nice trucks.

[MattB]

this. hold out for a 5.3 if you plan on towing a car. Or look for a 2500hd with the 6.0/4L80

A 4.8 is fine, unless you are towing all the time, or hauling/towing heavy loads. I've towed a 3200# racecar + 18' open trailer with a 4.8/auto ex-cab all over Texas. That being said, a 5.3 gets about the same mileage as a 4.8, probably gets BETTER mileage while towing a similar load, bit a 4.8 will still get the job done. The only 6.0 2500s in that price range will be work trucks, single cabs, or a combination of the two. A 2500/6.0 combo will be way better for towing, but get 3-4 MPG worse than a similarly equipped 4.8/5.3 1500. Hell, I got 17 MPG towing an empty trailer to NC in a 4.8/auto ex-cab a few months ago.

[1fast4]

Thanks guys.
Won't be towing anything for a while as the project car still has a lot of work left to do.
And then, it will only be a couple times a month if that.

[vert_95]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/2652063937.html

[streetdemon70]

You can get a decent 99-01 Chevy/GMC xcab for that with a 4.8/5.3, but it's gonna have well over 100k and some dings/scratches, and you can't be too picky on the color combo either.

this is what i would recomend.