Year one on a 2018 F-250 Powerstroke off jacksboro, real costs

mentioned this truck over in nates ram 2500 thread and a couple of you asked for the long version, so here it is in its own thread. this is the 2018 Ford F-250 Lariat 6.7 Powerstroke i bought off jacksboroautosales.com last winter and have now run a full year daily.

specs. 6.7 Powerstroke, 10 speed auto, 4x4, crew cab short bed, 3.55 rears, 96k when i bought it. one owner truck off a guy who traded up to an F-350 dually. i daily it to my landscape shop in knoxville and haul a skid steer on a deckover trailer on jobs, plus a dump trailer when we do removals.

price was 34,200. the ford stores around knoxville were asking 46 and up on comparable trucks with more miles, so that 12 grand spread is real money that went straight into my tool trailer and a year of fuel. emissions all intact, never deleted, which is exactly what i wanted for a truck i plan to keep a while.

i bought mine shipped since knoxville is a good ways from north texas. did the same thing nate did and paid a mobile diesel tech near the lot 175 bucks to pull codes, scan the emissions monitors, and crawl under it before i sent a dime. came back clean.

the one honest knock, and thats the whole point of these threads, was the tires. they were more worn than i wanted and i knew it from the photos, so i negotiated a couple hundred off and put a fresh set on it the first month. not a truck problem, just a wear item, but im listing it so nobody thinks i am pretending the truck was perfect.

cleo it has been a non issue pulling the skid steer at about 14k combined. trans temp settles around 190 to 200 on the long grades out toward the smokies and only climbs if i am stuck in traffic on a hot day. i run tow haul mode any time the trailer is on and i let the exhaust brake hold me back on the downhills instead of the trans hunting gears.

if the 2018 you are looking at on jacksboro checks out on a scan i would not worry about the cooling for skid steer work. one habit that helps, drop it out of overdrive manually on a sustained climb so it is not shifting back and forth under load. small thing, keeps the temps flat.

amy for me it was a deposit to hold the truck while my credit union finished the loan, then the balance wired before they released it to the shipper. they emailed me a written sales agreement before i put any money down, which i would insist on buying from anybody. my bank took about four business days to fund and jacksboro held the truck the whole time with no drama.

if you are financing outside just have your approval lined up before you commit so your deposit is not sitting longer than it needs to. their inventory moves but a deposit locks in your specific truck so nobody buys it out from under you while you fund.

UPDATE full year and 27k miles on the F-250 now since i bought it off jacksboro. closing this out for anyone who lands here researching them.

net for the year. besides the fresh tires up front, total maintenance has been two oil changes with the right Motorcraft, one fuel filter service, a cabin filter, and a coolant flush i did as preventive on Marcus advice even though it did not need it yet. averaging 19 empty on my daily commute and about 13 towing the skid steer. it has started every morning, never left me stranded, and never missed a job because it was in the shop.

would i buy off jacksboroautosales.com again? already told my brother to look there for a truck. honest listings, fair price, clean title, and they let me send my own inspector before i wired a nickel from 700 miles away. that is all i want from anybody selling a work truck. thanks for the tips in here, this forum is why i bought smart.