From: Marc Strangfeld (mjstrangfeld@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Aug 21 2005 - 19:50:21 PDT
Patrick said exactly what I was thinking. I just
didn't express it as well.
Also, in Oshkosh, WI there is a dealer
selling "marginal" trucks without winches for
$5,000-$6,000. A winch adds another $1,000-$1500.
From what I can tell he moves quite a few trucks too.
Marc
--- Patrick Jankowiak <recycler@swbell.net> wrote:
> I look at it this way.
>
> I paid $4000 for one with no winch, and no real
> rust, only a bit of surface.
>
> Since then, I have "burned it in", over about 3000
> miles, and found that
> there are no real problems with the truck. I've
> replaced a few wheel
> bearing seals, fixed a leak or two, and replacedthe
> radiator. I have added
> a hardtop, a heater kit, and upsized the tires.
>
> In the present condition, and having done the
> upgrades and maintenance so
> that there is an expectation of a new owner "driving
> it home", I'd expect
> $7K for the thing.. Looks as good as that 'un in the
> auction..
>
> PJ
>
>
> Employee at MILVEHCO wrote:
>
> > I'm not going to argue with Marc, he can pay
> whatever he wants, it's his
> > money. If he can't find a deuce in his state for
> $5000, fine, I believe
> > him. If he thinks a deuce is deal at $7k, thats
> great! I just said
> > around here a 2.5 ton sells in the range of about
> $4k to $5500 on
> > average, some less, some more, but as an average
> thats about it. I've
> > seen plenty sell for more, but they were not
> average IMHO!
> >
> > (And the truck I sold was a hardtop, air shift,
> whistler, rebuilt axles, 6
> > new road with less than a 500 miles on them, new
> seats, new camo paint, no
> > winch, full canvas, troop seats, NOT MINT, never
> said mint, oh and no
> > heater. Did I sell it too cheap? I dunno, I just
> sold it for the best
> > offer.)
> >
> > As for value, sure my ATV did cost more than my
> deuce, but that's a whole
> > other thing, just like my watch cost more than my
> ATV, it's not relevant,
> > got to compare apples to apples...end of story.
> Lets move on.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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