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Any reason to stay away from a 2015 F350 with 150k miles?


Local TV/Internet company pickup. They take good care of their stuff and they get used lightly.


The price seems right, $19k.


Any issues or anything to be afraid of with 150k on a 6.7?


How many miles before you start dumping money into one?

Jeebus....talk about click bait.

I thought you said high mileage!

Fugging high stepper!

$20k for a truck with 150,000 miles...jebuss!

Considering what they are new, I’m sure it’s a fair price, but again, jebuss!

Fun word, jebuss!

The 6,7 Ford is actually a pretty decent engine, significantly better than the 6.4 or 6.0............I'm in the business of making aftermarket internal engine components, rings pistons, bearings, etc.

But it's nearly 6 model years old & at a mileage where things begin to go bad, even if the engine is good, & it would be a cold day in hell when I'd pay that kind of money for a truck that old with that mileage, regardless of whether or not it is near market guidelines, but YMMV.

A lot depends on how it's been used as well.

MM

You know how work pickups go, it ain't about the miles it's about the hours....
(I should check the hour meter on this one)


Our 2004 has 110k and it is FUBAR.



This 2015 looks new. $19k seems like a good deal, about $40k cheaper than a new one!



I just hate to stick a new bale bed on a pickup with 150k miles but maybe they're good for 250k?

Well, if the last one is fubar at 110k , I’d worry about one with a big head start. Even if it is “highway miles”.

But what’s the option? $60k for a new one?

$40k can make a lot of repairs.

Don’t know how depreciation and tax might work out?




I say buy a new big boy Ford gasser with the 10spd and give us a report!

It’s only (your) money after all!

Mooner, I'm really only worried about the engine. The rest of the pickup should be fine.

Pretty much the opposite of what happens to our feed pickups.


In that case the 'drivetrain' falls apart around the engine. Our 2011 runs great but the drievtrain(u-joints, etc..) is starting to show major wear at 90k.



Given the LIGHT use these TV pickups see I'm considering the drivetrain to be pretty much new. If that makes sense.

EASY highway miles on these things.

150,000 miles on a 6.7 wouldn't spook me in the least.
Bunch of people I know have 250,000 plus with no issues.
$19,000 I'd put a hydrabed on it and run it til the wheels fell off.

After the 6.0/6.4 train wreck Ford finally has it figured out.
Last ones I had/have are 7.3's but as good as they were, the 6.7 may be/probably are, better.

The Corona influenced cattle market blew that idea out of the water.....

That and I want a newer swather!

I’d think you’d be better off letting “the ranch” buy a new one, and having your accountant write down the depreciation.

A new Dodge diesel (stripper) is $45k down here. I’ll pay half price for a vehicle if I think it has MORE than half its’ life left, but you’re talking about almost half price for a vehicle that is 3/5 used up (150k out of 250k).

I just picked up a 2010 Toyota Sequoia for $12,900. It’s got 135k on it. Figure it can go 250-300k. So, I paid 1/4 of new price, for a vehicle with maybe 1/2 of its’ life left.

You’re not getting a BAD price, it’s just that diesels are so darn expensive to work on these days, that I’m leery of high mileage ones, unless they’re a steal...

You can get in a new gasser for under $40k Sam. Then you can do all the tearing up yourself.

I’ve been with my current company for going on 2 years now and we have a decent sized fleet of pickups. After observing how they get driven and treated a fleet rig is not in my future, ever. Lots of flogging goes on in between those oil changes.

That's the kind of info I'm looking for, thanks Jack.


That engine has been around for 10 years so there should be some real high milers out there.

Check the crankcase pressure with a manometer

It’ll tell you if any rings are shot

( I’m not a diesel mechanic)

My 2012 has been in for the following (all covered under warranty)
-EGR cooler replaced
-primary radiator leak where the plastic inlet tubes are crimped to the metal radiator. Bad design
-A/C condenser developed a leak
- Front driver side hub bearings froze

I’m at 97k on it.

There's a pile of them with 350,000 plus in hotshot rigs around here. Mostly f450&550's. Big difference between highway hotshot miles vs. farm truck miles though I know.

Like you said earlier, only thing I worry about is the hour meter. Mileage doesn't tell the tale on a fleet diesel truck.
I have a Navistar 7.3 in an international dump that has 290,000 miles but has 9,500 hours on it. That's the one that taught me what to look for.

From what I hear....the 6.7 is a great engine.

I say go for it....unless the previous owner was a smoker.........

290,000 miles and 9500 hours?

I bought an oilfield pickup once with those hours and 137,000 miles.

The 6.7 Diesel is one of the best engines to ever be put in a pickup.

I wouldn’t be afraid of it with that kind of miles. I say go for it Sam. Sounds like a heck of a deal.