Am looking at an 06 F350 with Auto and 6.0. It has a utility body, extra cab, 4 WD and 31,500 miles. I am a plumbing contractor. I assume that this should work out just fine for me.

I have not looked at this forum for a while. Anything that I should be looking at before purchasing this rig.

Thanks, Tim

 

Go to top of this forum and request an Oasis report on the VIN. You can then make an informed decision.

 

I have some advice for you.

We have an F350 C&C with a utility body. The truck has been a good truck and does more than it was ever designed to do. But no one should ever buy this truck as a used truck.

Here is why.

We run the truck at 3,000 lbs OVER its max GVW. All the time. Every day.

The guy who drives the truck runs it wide open. From start-up to shut-down. All the time. Every day.

While this experience strangely seems to have been good for the injectors, heads and turbo (no problems with this truck- ever. And it gets NO love) the harsh conditions have taken a toll on the truck.

While the unit has only 70,000 miles, it drives like it has 500,000 miles. I did not notice this until I went directly from that truck to my personal truck (new 07) last month.

While it is not fair to compare a used truck to new truck- the abuse the old truck has suffered has caused it to wear prematurely. The chasis, brakes, axles and transmission all feel loose. They work. The truck is safe. But it has worn hard.

Take a close look at the truck you are thinking about. Oasis is important. But also look close at things like the overload springs for signs of heavy wear. Ditto hitch. Look for shop wear on the hubs and around the engine compartment.

Best- have someone drive the truck who knows what it should feel like (maybe that is you, I do not know)

Finally. If you have the option- (we just started doing this on used industrical equipment) send oil samples off for analysis. For $10 a sample, you will get a report that will tell you EXACTLY what is going on inside the engine, trnasmission, hyg systems etc.

That kind of information is a luxury- but if you know the seller and have a couple of days- it is valuable information that will eliminate the risk you face when buying used equipment with expensive components.

Of course, you may have some warranty protection left on some of these items. But I would still prefer to know as much as possible.

-Mike

PS. Two plumbing subs I know run the same truck. They like the trucks a lot and have stayed with the utility body set-up.