I'm shopping around for a 1/2 ton truck but in a specific configuration:
- Used - 2015-2018
- 4x4
- Crew cab (not a "double cab", extended cab, or anything less than a fullsize crew)
- 6.5' bed (intent is to bed able to camp in the bed, or slide in a lightweight truck camper. I'm 6'2" so I need the length)
- Trailering/Payload Package (Chevy and Ford each call their packages something different; I want the package that gets me the max payload for the model)
They seem to be surprisingly rare. I've been using AutoTrader to try to search but I would say half of the listings are not accurate, or pics of the trucks are not clear to show the cab size and bed length. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels.
Both Ford and GM (Chevy and GMC) offered packages like these and I have seen a couple of these trucks listed, but they are either so rare that I have a battle ahead of me to find one, or I'm not searching efficiently. I'm starting to get frustrated.
Am I better off going down to a local dealer and telling them what I am looking for, so they can search within their network of dealerships? I know dealers ship cars around all the time. I might be likely to look at a truck 100 miles away, but I wouldn't if it were 500 miles.
Or are their better apps and websites with better searches? The bed length filter on AutoTrader does not seem to work at all.
Thanks!
- Used - 2015-2018
- 4x4
- Crew cab (not a "double cab", extended cab, or anything less than a fullsize crew)
- 6.5' bed (intent is to bed able to camp in the bed, or slide in a lightweight truck camper. I'm 6'2" so I need the length)
- Trailering/Payload Package (Chevy and Ford each call their packages something different; I want the package that gets me the max payload for the model)
They seem to be surprisingly rare. I've been using AutoTrader to try to search but I would say half of the listings are not accurate, or pics of the trucks are not clear to show the cab size and bed length. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels.
Both Ford and GM (Chevy and GMC) offered packages like these and I have seen a couple of these trucks listed, but they are either so rare that I have a battle ahead of me to find one, or I'm not searching efficiently. I'm starting to get frustrated.
Am I better off going down to a local dealer and telling them what I am looking for, so they can search within their network of dealerships? I know dealers ship cars around all the time. I might be likely to look at a truck 100 miles away, but I wouldn't if it were 500 miles.
Or are their better apps and websites with better searches? The bed length filter on AutoTrader does not seem to work at all.
Thanks!