Would you buy a 2005 Duramax diesel with 28,000 miles on it or a 2007 Duramax diesel with similiar options and 60,000 miles on it? Both are 3500 HD srw. The 2007 has the new front end and it needs nerf bars and a bedliner with a $2,000 higher tag? Both trucks are very clean. I do like that new front end.......but....$$$$

The 2007 needs tread too....

My personal opinion...try to get them down on price a little and take the 07. I've had an 03, 05, and an 07. My 05 might have just been the one truck that year, but it couldn't run anywhere close to the 03 or 07.

How many miles a year do "I" drive?  When you say "new front end" are you talking about the LBZ or LMM motor?  2007 was a .5 year.

You are my kind of woman farmbabe............a Ford woman that is!

The 6.0 Fords have had their share of troubles, as well as the 6.4 version.  Lot of factory bulletins on both engines.  The 7.3 has been a real work horse and not too costly to maintane.  The new twin turbo Ford diesel is doing o.k. so far, but I still swear by my 7.3.  Only bulletin that I know of is the cam positioin sensor?

deranger

I'm liking that black Chevy more and more..... I like the suicide doors, that way I can fold my wheelchair, sling it into the rear, close the rear door and hop up into the drivers seat... I know the GMC is set up the same way but I don't care for all the smog crap nor the new body style. With the 2005 only having 28000 miles, man that thing is just getting limbered up!!!

You Ford folks may want to...............

I'd go with the 05, but then we have had a wonderful 7.3 that walks the dog!  This gal loves her flatbed Ford!

I mean, I can jerk the axles out from under our LQ on the upslope of Loveland Pass CO, and get good mileage, what a good feeling..(the Edge program did make the difference)  LOVE THAT TRUCK! 

Yes, it's true.  The bedliner inserts are just a plastic shell inside the truck bed.  A spray in bedliner is more protective for a lot of reasons.  I don't like the inserts as they are slick as a rule and stuff slides around in the bed of the truck easier if it's not tied down.  All kinds of water, dirt and debris will get under the plastic insert.  The spray in liner forms a protective coating in the bed of your truck and seals out all the stuff the insert lets in.  The spray in liners have a little grip to them and a cardboard box or a tool box will often stay where you put it and not slide around as much as compared to the insert.  I've found that on my work trucks a heavy sheet of marine plywood on the floor of the bed works best because my work trucks take so much abuse.  My personal truck has a spray in bed liner.  As a suggestion, if you choose to get the spray in bed liner, have them wrap the liner up on top of the bed rails and the tailgate.  Some people don't like the looks of it, but if you are REALLY going to USE your truck for a truck, spray liner on top of the bed rails and tailgate will save the looks of your truck for a long time.

deranger

I used to do the plywood deal when I was doing alot of mechanic work on farm equipment and firetrucks.... Nothing would slide on the plywood. Several times I dumped my Snap-On top tool box when I had to stand on the brakes in hurry, no way was it going to slide to the front. It would dig in and tip over.

I haven't got any type of liner in the truck I use now, but it don't get abused like the trucks I owned years ago. If I had to purchase some type of liner right now it would have to be.....  http://www.line-x.com/

Install your hitch, then as deranger said, have it sprayed all the way up and over the bed rail as well as the tailgate... It will match that truck really well.