tim-
DRW d60's are more common out here thanks to PG&E and PACBELL. that's why it's more common to find compared to elswhere in the country where D60's are more common under normal SRW pickups. We don't have the snowy and icy roads that make the additional cost of buying a D60 a justifiable expense. The local utilities OTOH, have a very good reason for the D60 service trucks. outside of the metro areas, we really do have rocky, muddy and hill-strewn roads. heck, just take a look at my collection of D60 trucks. two are SRW pickups, one is a converted DRW pickup and three are DRW commercial chassis. that should speak volumes of what is found around these parts.
I wish I had access to buy trucks like you do.
Around here in KY, anything even remotely close to these just bring big money all day long. Garbage trucks or over 200,000 miles that many on here wouldn't pay over 1500 bucks for, go for 4-5 grand all day long; its almost disgusting. God forbid if its got a cummins in it, you would think that thing is made of hot ass and pu**y.
While I love me a good cummins motor, the same equipped truck will bring an easy 3-4 grand over the same ford or chevy diesel around here like clockwork.
Kentucky doesn't have near the true farms it used to have with tons of work trucks running around. Alot of money has been brought into KY over the last 10-20 years, and now all these trucks that go for cheap everywhere else; get sold to high school kids with money to run and rip around town in trying to show off. Very rarely are anything actually used like its supposed to be around here anymore, and if it is; it aint an idi. Im only in my lower 20's but im ashamed of the generation I grew up in, and would give my left nut to be able to pick up trucks and get the deals you all get.
For instance my truck. Now while I probably will never be able to replace it with the same thing; and being a one owner garage kept for the last 22 years and 45,000 original miles with original floor mats, and manuals still in plastic. I still had to drive over 5 hours one way to get it, and it still cost me in the 6-7 grand somewhere all said and done.While I hate that I spent that kind of money on it, even this same truck, beat to ****, rust, and 200,000 miles goes for 4 grand all day long here. It sucks trying to afford them here.