Looking at an out of state vehicle 105k miles strictly online and with limited experience with these vans can anyone else tell me if these pics would scare you away? As in too much rust? Rest of the vehicle looks fine.
Why is this a bad idea? I’m just curious. Is it not designed to pull trailers? I’m partially curious because somebody in the company mentioned pulling a small tractor with a van. Now this isn’t a normal van. I think it’s a 15 passenger. The tires on it are larger than the normal ones, I think, but I don’t know the exact capacity. Anyway, one of my coworkers said that this would wear out of the van if we used it to pull the tractor on a regular basis, but I don’t know if he was correct.
You missed the point. It has nothing to do with it being an E350. The big problem is that you won’t see it in person, drive it, and get it inspected by a mechanic you trust. If it’s worth buying, it is worth seeing in person before plunking down your money.
I agree with jtsanders and the others.
Paying an independent mechanic $100 to do an inspection is very cheap insurance that often proves well worth it.
Too many times when used vehicles are purchased without an inspection, the buyer soon faces expensive transmission or engine repairs, or electrical nightmares from a previously flooded vehicle.
Look at the Carfax website , they seem to have quite a few of these . They move vehicles all over the country and at least you know who you are dealing with.