1993 gmc sierra 2500 5.0L any good?

[R422b]

I am basically looking for a truck to keep me from having to drive my wife's tahoe for work because it just looks unprofessional.

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[R422b]

There is also a 2000 gmc 3500 hd with a 454 and 10 lug 19.5" wheels. But the bids are already almost out of my price range.

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[R422b]

I just realized that 2500 has no ac or cruise so it should go really cheap.

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[stutaeng]

There is also a 2000 gmc 3500 hd with a 454 and 10 lug 19.5" wheels. But the bids are already almost out of my price range.

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Oh, the big Mama beast? You'd certainly look like a Professional driving that truck, LOL.

What are you using your truck for?

 

[618 Syndicate]

A big part of why my truck weighs so much is that it is a F350 v10 [emoji90]
That is also why I need something new.

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I don't know that you'd be gaining much fuel economy running a 305 hard enough to pull that around. The 305 is a decent enough platform, not as much aftermarket support as the 350, but some. It's not got any inherent problems I'm aware of, but it isn't gonna make a bunch of power either.

Bottom line, it would probably do, but I think there are better options out there for you.

 

[R422b]

Oh, the big Mama beast? You'd certainly look like a Professional driving that truck, LOL.

What are you using your truck for?

AC/ Refrigeration and appliance repair.

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[R422b]

I don't know that you'd be gaining much fuel economy running a 305 hard enough to pull that around. The 305 is a decent enough platform, not as much aftermarket support as the 350, but some. It's not got any inherent problems I'm aware of, but it isn't gonna make a bunch of power either.

Bottom line, it would probably do, but I think there are better options out there for you.

Yeah at least there are no hills here.[emoji16]
I would probably wear out the gas pedal stop. [emoji1787]

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[Supercharged111]

How much crap will you be putting in this truck? Because that 6 lug will have a weak ass 4L60. Gutless as the 5.0 may be in stock form, it'll still take an ass beating.

 

[thinger2]

Up here, thats a maybe maybe 800 dollar truck.
Dont buy that **** wagon. If they wont even bother cleaning the mud out of it to try and sell the damn thing you can pretty well bet that they havent changed the oil or anything else on it.
Its for sale because it has never been maintained and something or many somethings are seriously wrong with it.
And its a 305.
Dont buy a 305 when you can buy a 350.
The only thing of any value on that truck is the utility bed unless its all jacked up too.
And the other part of this.
I know a few cops in a few states and they do profile you based on what you are driving.
An old vehicle that is clean and looks good? Thats just a guy on his way to work.
An old vehicle that looks like ****?
Thats a tweaker.
And we do the same thing in construction.
When I hire people the first thing I look at is not the bullshit resume.
I look at their car.
Any dope can put on a cheap suit and try to feed me some "team player" bullshit.
I want to see what goes on in your life when you arent trying to bullshit me.
And your car will tell me all about you.
And I also look at your fingernails.
If you are driving some old piece of **** but it is clean and not full of garbage?
And your fingers are all chewed up because you scrubbed the hell out of them to try and impress me?
That is exactly what will impress me.
That little thing shows some dedication.
That proves to me that you have put the effort into yourself and that you are serious about this job
I dont want to make it seem like some kind of a beauty pageant.
Far from it.
Put your money into a better truck.
A truck you can rely on for the next couple of years.
Keep it clean as hell at all times.
Inside amd outside.
get into the habit of writing notes and reminders.
Dont use the phone for this.
At the end of every day and all through the day,
write down any thing that needs to be done.
When you get into the habit of doing this, not only do you get to sleep at night but your subconious will work on it while you are sleeping.
Because you have trained your mind to allow you to sleep while it does the thinking

This you should do. Its just a little trick to keep you going and keep you from having a stress heart attack or a stroke

Also really common.
And, my last unasked for piece of advice that Im gonna spew out anyway is this.
Always, always, always answer the phone.
Night or day .
Always be the guy who answers the phone.
Often times its bad news, doesnt matter you have to deal with it anyway.
Sometimes its a project guy who got caught out and his boss wants a number monday morning.
And every other dope blows him off untill monday.
But you answered the phone Friday night and saved him from an ass chewing.
It might be nothing, it might be some whining.
But sometimes, if you just answer the damn phone.
Its a 12.5 milion dollar contract.

 

[stutaeng]

I think those 6 lug 2500 got 3.73s. Not sure if they came with 4.10s?