Glad to hear that Barry, as I bought a 99 F350 Dually with a 6.8L V10 and 5 speed about 5 years ago, for towing my race car trailer, and its been great. I bought it from a racing buddy in a dry area of Oregon, who ordered it new, and since he mainly used it to tow his car trailer too, it has never been driven in snow, so its still like new underneath, still has all the original brake pads and calipers, factory exhaust looks great still, and not a spec of rust on the frame either. Even my old 74 F350 ramp truck frame was very solid , despite 14 years of Canadian winters before I bought it in 1988. I was at my local Ford dealer the other day, and they had a brand new 2019 F350 DRW Crewcab, loaded 4x4 with a Diesel, and the window sticker was $107,000 Canadian, probably about $75,000 US. I still have the original window sticker for my 99 F350 DRW, was $28,000 US.Also looked at the new Rangers on the lot, only had 2, both 4WD crew cabs, both stickered in the low $50,000s Canadian, about 36 grand US. By comparison, my new 2010 Ranger was only $16,600 Canadian, although it is a 2WD 4 cylinder 5 speed model. But certainly the new vehicles have been skyrocketing in price in recent years. I have worked at a Toyota dealership for the past 22 years, and even here where we get minimal snow in the winter, and rarely have more that a couple of weeks of below freezing weather per year, we have replaced several frames on Tacomas, the most recent truck was a 2006 model. Hell, even my 59 Ford car has a factory box frame, and despite all of its 60 years of being in Canada, it does not have a rusted frame!
