Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I'm putting this out in case anyone might be interested. Our beloved truck was hit and totaled over the July 4th weekend. There were no serious injuries, thankfully.
I'm waiting to hear back from the insurance company about the values that they are going to assign, but thought it might be worth posting about it here in case anyone wants it for parts. The hit was on the driver's side, and the rear axle was driven rearward hard enough to curl the leaf springs and break the driveshaft. The engine was idling happily when we came to a rest backward in the ditch.
The truck has 90,000 miles on it. It has the Thunder Road package. I have changed the oil every 5,000 miles using a Cummins or Fleetguard filter. It is pretty much stock. Six speed manual gearbox. I changed the fluid in it at 60,000 miles. We tow a fairly light sixteen foot enclosed cargo trailer, probably between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds gross. The miles are mostly highway with the trailer, but we also used it to run around town. I have owned it since new, although we just bought it in May of 2008 (found it sitting on a dealer lot in suburban DC where no one wanted to even test drive a stick-shift long box crew cab truck).
To give you an idea of how gently it has been driven, all of the brake pads are original, and have about 50% life remaining. I have averaged just shy of 18mpg since day one including all of the towing.
Let me know if you might have interest in the truck. I don't know yet how much the insurance company is going to want for the salvage, so I can't set an asking price yet.
Make an offer or ask any questions you might have. I hope to have something from the insurance company soon.
The truck is currently sitting at the body shop in Richmond, VA.
I'm waiting to hear back from the insurance company about the values that they are going to assign, but thought it might be worth posting about it here in case anyone wants it for parts. The hit was on the driver's side, and the rear axle was driven rearward hard enough to curl the leaf springs and break the driveshaft. The engine was idling happily when we came to a rest backward in the ditch.
The truck has 90,000 miles on it. It has the Thunder Road package. I have changed the oil every 5,000 miles using a Cummins or Fleetguard filter. It is pretty much stock. Six speed manual gearbox. I changed the fluid in it at 60,000 miles. We tow a fairly light sixteen foot enclosed cargo trailer, probably between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds gross. The miles are mostly highway with the trailer, but we also used it to run around town. I have owned it since new, although we just bought it in May of 2008 (found it sitting on a dealer lot in suburban DC where no one wanted to even test drive a stick-shift long box crew cab truck).
To give you an idea of how gently it has been driven, all of the brake pads are original, and have about 50% life remaining. I have averaged just shy of 18mpg since day one including all of the towing.
Let me know if you might have interest in the truck. I don't know yet how much the insurance company is going to want for the salvage, so I can't set an asking price yet.
Make an offer or ask any questions you might have. I hope to have something from the insurance company soon.
The truck is currently sitting at the body shop in Richmond, VA.
