Its only got 74000 miles on it. You would get a truck with a lot less wear. If you put 20k miles a year on itit would take you 5-6 years to get to were these other trucks already are. Resale would be much better also.
Look at childre chevrolets website. They have a 99 7.3 with under 100000 miles. Asking 14500. A little higher than you were looking at but very nice truck.
The 6.0 is junk in my book. I had an 02 Dmax and now have an 08. I have loves them both and zero trouble other than idler pulleys. I also had a 5.9 Cummins and had no complaints with it either. They ate just not as comfortable as the GM's.
My daily driver is a 2000 Hyundai Accent with 163,xxx.(chick magnet!)
My weekend truck is an 08 Chevy 2500 Duramax 4x4with with 72,xxx on it. I bought it used and only put about 7000 miles a year on it.
My wife has an 08 Impala with 99,xxx on it. If it last as long as long as the last...
Bought a set a General Grabbers about 10 years ago and put them on a full size Blazer. They went about 25k and started to bubble where the tread met the sidewall. General was going to replace the tires but I told them no thanks. I bought a set of new BFG AT's.
That may have been an isolated...