Thinking of new to me truck

[Jackpine]

Mike, I'm not a diesel guy, but....

What kind of miles does this truck have on it? Highway or city? Was it used for towing? If so, what kind of weight was it pulling?

Does it have complete maintenance records? Have you run a Carfax report on it?

Is the interior well maintained? (Sometimes, that says a lot about how much care the owner gives it.)

Crawl underneath and look carefully for traces of leaks of any kind. Try to do this after you have driven it, in case he's had the engine "cleaned". Try to drive it both in the city and on the highway. Pay attention to the steering, does it "pull", or drive straight ahead? How does the shifting feel? How does the battery look? And, how do the tires look?

Ask the guy why he's selling it.

Go with a "jaundiced" eye. We often want something like this to be the "truck of our dreams", so we blind ourselves to faults. Your current truck works fine, does it really make sense to make the switch?

- Jack