B-n-B
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Congratulations on the new camper!
2019 Chevy 3500HD LTZ DRW
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restlessways
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What's shocking to me is that people are paying (borrowing) for that. There is no way in sam hell that thing is worth it. My first house was barely over half that.
That being said, they have been actively - intentionally - destroying the value of the dollar. This is a sick, sick country.
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jimh406
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restlessways wrote:What's shocking to me is that people are paying (borrowing) for that. There is no way in sam hell that thing is worth it.
When people are paying 100K for a pickup, who knows what things are worth any more. I know it isn't worth it to me, but I already have one and pickup.
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ognend
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What I would like to know is where are people finding the money to buy these things? They are "flying off the shelves" and even a what used to be a measly $25K Palomino 2902 or 2910 is now $39K in my neck of the woods. Inflation is a part of it - is the other part supply chain stuff? Still, who is buying all of this new at these prices? If you are going to buy a $100k camper - you probably have at least a $80K truck, if not more. I am on a couple of Facebook groups that deal with flatbed truck campers and people are spending $70 or $80K on an F-550 just to throw away the DRW back end and sub it with a "super single" - something that probably costs $20-$30k. To me this sounds incredibly stupid (but hey it is Amurica so free to burn your money any way you want). We keep hearing how nobody wants to work, it is the "gig economy", blah blah yet these things sell like hotcakes....I am puzzled.
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notsobigjoe
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It's worth it to people who can afford it, I sure can't but what's the big deal?
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3 tons
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notsobigjoe wrote:It's worth it to people who can afford it, I sure can't but what's the big deal?
Sign me up ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile") !…Just ordered loaded 4x4 6.7 5500 Ram (19.5k GVWR), while still able to get a decent trade on our 16, 3500 DRW 6.7..
With cost going UP (while used values keep only depreciating..…), I felt we were kinda at an inflection point, biting the bullet now while the opportunity still made viable sense, so now going the flatbed route, fully side skirted with built-in front & rear locking boxes…
I view the possibility of a future EV truck option with a 200 mi range rather dismal …JMO
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notsobigjoe
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3 tons wrote:notsobigjoe wrote:It's worth it to people who can afford it, I sure can't but what's the big deal?
Sign me up !…Just ordered loaded 4x4 6.7 5500 Ram (19.5k GVWR), while still able to get a decent trade on our 16, 3500 DRW 6.7..
With cost going UP (while used values keep only depreciating..…), I felt we were kinda at an inflection point, biting the bullet now while the opportunity still made viable sense, so now going the flatbed route, fully side skirted with built-in front & rear locking boxes…
I view the possibility of a future EV truck option with a 200 mi range rather dismal …JMO
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I just read this article in Tcm.Wow what a monster, boy I would love something like this!
https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/off-road/extreme-rigs/big-red-kodiak-meets-arctic-fox/
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3 tons
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Wow, that Kodiac is an uber fine looking rig, though I was a bit surprised to find that it’s GVWR is at just 17.5k - JMO
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Bedlam
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They stopped building Kodiaks when GM went through bankruptcy. That was typically GVWR back then...
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ticki2
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I think that GVWR is for the 4500 , the 5500 was higher
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