Aaron,
I like the name!! Same as my son...
First of all the used chassis is nothing to be afraid of. You will have some things that need to be replaced as you hit the road. The truck probably has a series 60 Detroit. These engines and the trucks are design for 1 million miles of hard duty. There are alot of things you can do to eliminate the headaches of owning a used truck. You need to find a truck repair facility that has a good reputation and then you have them go over the truck and replace/adjust those things that need doing. Typically the engine needs to have the overhead run and that sometimes depending on when it has been done in the past can cost over $1000.00 if they have to update the valve adusters. This should be done ever 100,000 miles. If the adjusters do not need replacing then the cost is alot cheaper. Have the shop fix all the little pesky oil leaks. Have them replace any cracked or dry rotted brake air hoses. Also have them check the transmission and rear end oil levels and change that out in needed. With Synthetic oils the drive train manufactures have a 750,000 mile warranty.
In the long run you will spend some money up front but you should have no problems after that. Good luck!
Wick
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