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Just looking for some feedback on whether this truck would be a good fit for me. It's a 1994 Chervrolet Silverado (C1500).

I've been casually looking for a cheap winter beater to get me 13 miles to work in the winter, and that could also carry my dirtbikes and the occassional family member's couch. Yeh, it's 2wd which will likely suck in the snow so it's a compromise.

Well...one just fell into my lap from a family member and I'm tempted. They are the original owner and it has been maintained well. No rust I can see and I pulled the rubber cargo mat in the bed.

It is very similar to this one except that it is two-tone brown but has only 104k miles. Newer tires, brakes, and shocks.

Drove it over the weekend and it runs good. It's a beast though. I believe it has the 5.0 though every ad Ive seen so far has the 5.7.

What would be a good "family" price?

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/1478828186.html
 
you dont need 4wd around here
1750
are you new in town?
2wd p/u in snow is a nightmare
i\he will already look like he has hillbilly relatives staying at his house with that thing in the driveway. Theres no way he can throw a bunch of sandbags in back too. The association will be all over him!!
 
2wd pickup in Chicago winter is not bad with a limited slip. I did it for 5 years and only got stuck once.

An open diff might be more interesting. If its a working posi rear then I wouldn't worry
 
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Believe it is a peg leg and I think ABS came out in 95 for this truck. It will not be a good winter driver unless I get some winter rubber. It has a cover so I would throw sandbags in the back.

It's brown so it will blend into my brown house. :laughing
 
Id buy that Jeep if it could carry 2 bikes.

Yeh, Mike...the 2wd is killing me.
Pfff it could carry like 6 bikes if you get the right size trailer.
 
Believe it is a peg leg and I think ABS came out in 95 for this truck. It will not be a good winter driver unless I get some winter rubber. It has a cover so I would throw sandbags in the back.

It's brown so it will blend into my brown house. :laughing
DUDE! your neighborhood would be at your door with pitchforks and torches ready to oust your ass.
 
for a grand id take it in a second. All you need is good tires and it will do just fine in snow.
 
My dad has nearly the same truck. He's retired now, but use to plow snow for Kane County. He'd get called to work often, after a storm had been well underway. He's a great driver in the snow, and rarely ever got stuck. He'd weight it with 6 silo staves (each are 80lbs chunks of cement) in the back.

Winter driving has more to due with driver competence, than machine, just like motorcycles.
 
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