Well here's a bit of bad news.......the 01 F250 that my wife drives(see specs below) is becoming a bit of a burden on the wallet with $5/gal diesel. In Jan 08 we took it to a local Ford dealer to get an idea on what trade in would be. They told us $12,000. We didn't trade at the time but lately have been thinking about making a move. We went back to the same dealer today and the trade in value is now $4500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The trade in on the truck has dropped $7500 in 4 months!

I'll park it in the field and throw rocks at it before I take $4500 for trade in.
If anyone is interested in a good truck let me know.