Quote Originally Posted by jwasilko View Post
A common problem on many of the pickups (especially up here) is brake lines that rot out after 5 year or so. Be sure to check for that. There were some recent truck threads on the brown board, too.

Can't help with more than that, my track hauler's a Freightliner
+1 on that!
I have a 2004 Ford that I have owned from new, its got 50,000 miles on it and it lives a charmed life for a truck.
Sits on a blacktop driveway, only driven to tow or for errands & parts runs.
Its "over" maintained and washed regularly.
This charmed truck blew out a rear brake line a few months ago coming out of my driveway.

My mechanic friend who works on my truck when I don't have space in my garage or time said he has is a steady stream of trucks my age and much newer coming in for the same thing. All showing rusted out brake lines, with blow outs.

I needed my truck quickly so he repaired it with a new steel line, but at a future date I may convert the whole truck to stainless lines front to back.

Watch out for those rusty brake lines...