- A seller wants $1,700 for his 300,000+ mile 2002 Chevy Silverado HD.
- Recently, the pickup ended up completely sunken in a pond after a series of rainstorms.
- The bones appear pretty solid but whoever buys it has a lot of work on their hands.
Work trucks have a reputation for being nearly unkillable. It’s that sort of stereotype that helps so many of them hold their value over time. One 2002 Chevrolet Silverado HD seller is hoping to get $1,700 for his heavy-duty truck despite a lot of mileage and a recent episode where it cosplayed as a submarine.
Kris Harkey picked up this truck only a few months ago in a trade for a 1994 Toyota 4Runner SR5. He wanted something that could tow other vehicles and did just that with it, hauling a BMW 325 from Fayetteville to Clarksville, Arkansas. Despite its mileage in excess of 300,000, it ran strong, he said. Sadly, not long after, the truck ended up grille-deep in a pond.
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“This happened on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend”, Harkey told us. “We had a lot of rain that week, and my lawn was getting pretty high. So, I decided to mow it with my John Deere zero-turn while there was a break in the rainfall. I was mowing near the bank of the pond and I got a little too close and it slid to the edge of where I launch my boat for fishing.
“I got off it while it [was] precariously hanging [on] the edge. I then went to get the truck to attempt to pull it up the embankment to my house. I backed it partially down [the] embankment and used a tie-down strap and hooked [it] to the mower from the rear bumper of the truck. The ground was still too slick for the big truck. It immediately started spinning the wheels when I attempted [to] drive up the embankment.
“I got out to find some logs to put behind and in front of the rear tires for traction. At that my eyes grew to [the] size of dinner plates as I saw my truck sliding down the hill and into the pond. Catching the zero-turn with the edge of the driver’s side door and taking it with it into the murky depths of my pond. It ended up totally submerged in about nine feet of water with the zero-turn jammed underneath it.”
To his credit, he openly admits the accident in his sales post on Facebook and even includes photos. “Selling at this cheap price due to water damage. Fell into my pond while I was attempting to rescue my zero-turn (not drunk when it happened).” He believes that the engine is still in salvageable condition too.
“Engine turns over by hand and ignition freely. No signs of bent pushrods either. Will need new spark plugs and wires,” he says.
There are a couple of other important points though. The fuse box appears in good condition though the driver’s side door and battery need replacing. Even with all of those caveats, this might be the cheapest way into a seriously capable heavy-duty work truck. It just requires a bit of heavy-duty work on it to get it running.
