Atlantic Highlands, NJ · 60 mi · under $15,000

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🔄 swept Jul 28, 3:15 PM ET · 14 scanned · 3 new
A new Tier-A landed at #3: a 2011 Silverado crew cab LT 4×4 in Merchantville at $6,500 — full four doors, clean title, 156k, inside the pre-AFM window, and the listing's EPA numbers fingerprint the 5.3. If a phone call confirms the engine, it solves the Jackson truck's back-seat problem for $1,750 less money. Also: a Brooklyn dealer wants $14,595 for a 260k-mile 2017 Tundra — evidence the Manchester Tundra at $15k/168k is priced fair-to-light, and ammunition for a $12.5-13k offer there. All four prior leaders live and unchanged.

Top picks — ranked (5)

№1 PICK
$10,500 OPEN LISTING →

2013 F-150 FX4 SuperCrew 5.0 — BLACK ON BLACK

ENGINE5.0 V8 Coyote
DRIVE4WD (FX4)
CABSuperCrew
MILES156k
TITLEclean

#1 — DAY 7 at $10,500, checked six times without a price move. Black-on-black SuperCrew, 5.0, 4WD, clean title, new tires, Brooklyn. Past its twin's ~5-day selling window now; the longer it sits, the more an offer under asking is worth trying. Bristol PA twin at $11,500 says this is the fair price.

⚠ verify the rust claim underneath · Brooklyn pickup — bring a plate check · seller is a flipper-style account (aged, rated) · its twin (grey, 160k) just listed in Bristol PA at $11,500 — proof $10.5k is the fair price, and a fallback if this sells

Brooklyn, NY · 45 mi  ·  on our radar 5d  ·  'Frankie Carz', 14★ highly rated, FB 2010 — small dealer/flipper, honest rust disclosure

№2
$8,250 OPEN LISTING →

2012 F-150 XLT SuperCab 5.0 V8 4×4 — 1 owner, NJ title in hand

ENGINE5.0 V8 (stated by seller; EPA 14/19/16 on the listing = 5.0 4WD signature ✓)
DRIVE4×4 (stated)
CABSuperCab (4 doors, rear half-doors — smaller rear seats than a SuperCrew)
MILES142k
TITLEclean — NJ title IN HAND, 1 owner, valid inspection

Survived the night at $8,250 — re-checked this morning, still live. Everything you asked for except the full crew cab: 5.0 Coyote, 4×4, 142k, one owner, clean NJ title in hand, valid inspection, no leaks or lights, good tires and brakes, 35 minutes away. Cheapest right-engine truck on the board by $2,250. The SuperCab rear seat is the whole compromise.

⚠ SuperCab = tight rear seats (the one hard-filter compromise) · Flowmaster exhaust — louder than stock · listed 2 hrs ago at a strong price: call tonight, see it early

Jackson, NJ · 28 mi  ·  on our radar 1d  ·  private, 'Frankie Marra' 79★ FB 2018 — long detailed honest ad (discloses Flowmaster exhaust = louder)

№3NEW
$6,500 OPEN LISTING →

2011 Silverado 1500 CREW CAB LT 4×4 — $6,500, EPA says 5.3, pre-AFM

ENGINE5.3 V8 by EPA fingerprint (15/21/17 = 2011 5.3 4WD exactly) — not stated in text, CONFIRM on the call
DRIVE4×4 (stated)
CABCrew Cab (FULL 4-door — no compromise)
MILES156k
TITLEclean

The cheapest full-crew-cab, right-engine-window truck of the entire hunt: 2011 — inside the '09-'13 pre-AFM window — crew cab with four full doors, 4×4 stated, clean title, 156k, $6,500. The EPA figures on the listing (15/21/17) match the 5.3 4WD exactly, which is how the Jackson truck's engine was verified too. If the 5.3 confirms on the phone, this solves the one problem the Jackson truck has (the tight back seat) at $1,750 less. Why it is #3 and not #2: the ad is three lines, the engine is fingerprinted rather than stated, and Merchantville is an hour out. One phone call — "is it the 5.3, and any rust underneath?" — decides whether this jumps to the top of the value board.

⚠ engine via EPA fingerprint only — confirm 5.3 by phone before driving · three-line ad — ask service history, rust, why selling · NOT alert-texted: slots #3 under the runbook rule (alerts = #1-2 only) — headline it in the PM digest · 60 mi (South Jersey)

Merchantville, NJ · 60 mi  ·  listed today  ·  'Angel Quiles' 32★ FB 2018 — three-line ad (runs great, cold AC, 4x4)

№4
$15,000 OPEN LISTING →

2015 Tundra Double Cab 5.7 iForce 4×4 — NO frame rust, diffs serviced

ENGINE5.7 iForce V8 (stated in the listing title)
DRIVE4×4 (stated)
CABDouble Cab (4 full doors)
MILES168k
TITLENOT STATED — ask before anything else

The Tundra profile you actually want, and 25 minutes away. Seller states NO frame rust — that is the one thing that kills these — and the maintenance reads like a tow rig: oil every 4,500-5,000, front diff + transfer case + rear diff all changed every 10-15k and done recently, new front rotors/calipers/pads, fairly new tires. Offers a test drive and welcomes your mechanic. Honest about the bad too: paint is rough, a little surface rust, minor dents. The catch is the price and the miles — $15,000 is the top of your budget for a 168k truck, and he has not posted a single photo yet, he is fishing for a number. Not a bargain, but for towing the boat to the Adirondacks a 5.7 double cab with serviced diffs beats the Tacoma at the same money.

⚠ title status NOT stated — confirm clean before driving out · no photos posted yet — seller is gauging price, may not be serious · 168k miles, top-of-budget price — offer accordingly · verify the no-frame-rust claim yourself underneath

Manchester Twp, NJ · 25 mi  ·  on our radar 1d  ·  private, FB acct 'gauging pricing before selling' — no photos posted yet, welcomes a mechanic PPI and a test drive

№5
$14,995 OPEN LISTING →

2012 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab V6 4WD

ENGINE4.0 V6
DRIVE4WD
CABDouble Cab
MILES149k
TITLEclean

Still live at $14,995 on day 14 — the market has now told you twice that the price is high for 149k. Full double cab, 5 miles away, dealer lot. Dropped to #4: for the same money the Manchester Twp Tundra is far more truck for towing. Use it as a bargaining chip, not a target.

⚠ 2nd-gen Tacoma: frame-rust inspection is mandatory · get a pre-purchase inspection · ask out-the-door price

Cliffwood, NJ · 11 mi  ·  on our radar 7d  ·  Route 35 Auto Group (small lot), 9★ highly rated, FB 2023

Worth a look — down-ranked (48)

$13,000 2017 F-150 SuperCrew XLT — BLACK, $13,000, likely 5.0 (confirm)NEW EPA 15/21/17 ⇒ most likely 5.0 V8 4×4 for 2017 — CONFIRM (no description at all) · SuperCrew (full crew) · 172k mi · Newark, NJ A black SuperCrew 30 minutes away with a clean title, and the EPA figures point at the 5.0 — but the listing has literally no description, so engine, service history and everything else is one message away from unknown. 172k is the highest mileage of any B-tier Ford. Newer body style than your #1 for $2,500 more and 16k more miles. $12,500 2015 Sierra 1500 Double Cab SLE — 63k mi, $12,500 ⚠ Bronx pattern #3NEW 5.3 per EPA 16/22/18 (AFM era) · Double Cab (full 4-door) · 63k mi · Bronx, NY Third entry in the Bronx below-market low-mile pattern: 63k miles at $12,500 when the market is $18-20k, one-owner claim, 2024 account, cash only, and the description is copy-pasted from the same seller's work-van listings ("only vans ready to produce money from day one"). They do offer mechanic visits and claim full history — but the profile matches the trap cluster two-for-two so far. AFM era on top. Phone + VIN + history report before anything else. $11,500 2013 F-150 SuperCrew FX4 5.0 — the Brooklyn truck's twin, $1,000 moreNEW 5.0 V8 — EPA 14/19/16 = the 5.0 4×4 signature · SuperCrew (full crew) · 160k mi · Bristol, PA Nearly the same truck as your #1: 2013 FX4 SuperCrew 5.0, clean title. This one costs $1,000 more, has 4,000 more miles, is grey instead of black, and is 20 miles further away — so Brooklyn stays #1. Its real value is as proof and as a fallback: the #1 truck is fairly priced, and if Brooklyn sells before you move, this is the same recipe still on the shelf. $8,500 2013 Silverado 1500 Double Cab LT — 85,000 MILES, $8,500NEW NOT stated — 2013 LT came as 4.3 V6 or 5.3 V8. ASK FIRST. · Double Cab (4 full doors) · 85k mi · Levittown, NY The lowest mileage of any credible truck this hunt has turned up: 85,000 on a 2013 double cab for $8,500, from a highly-rated private seller who has owned it long enough to do front brakes and rotors. And it is in the good GM window — 2013, the year before the AFM lifter era you have been avoiding. Three questions decide everything and none are answered in the ad: which engine, 4×4 or 2WD, and title status. If it comes back 5.3 / 4×4 / clean, this is a top-three truck at a price nothing else on the board touches. $11,850 2013 Silverado 1500 LT 5.3 V8 — $11,850, mechanic-welcome sellerNEW 5.3L V8 (stated twice in the ad — the engine you want, in the right year) · NOT stated — ASK · Blackwood, NJ Right engine, right year, and the most confident seller language of the day — "feel free to bring your own mechanic or scanner," no warning lights, no leaks, frame undercoated, test drives welcome. That is someone who knows the truck is clean. What is missing is almost everything else: no mileage, no cab, no 4×4, no title. A well-written ad that omits the odometer usually omits it for a reason, so ask that first. $14,300 2018 Silverado 1500 Extended Cab Long Bed — $14,300NEW not stated · Extended cab (smaller rear seats) · Woodside, NY A 2018 at $14,300 puts it deep in the AFM/DFM lifter era with an extended cab and no specs stated. Bottom of Tier-B — see the Egg Harbor listing below for what that engine family does when it lets go. $13,500 2014 F-150 SuperCrew FX4 5.0 — 165k, clean title, 3+ ownersNEW 5.0 V8 — EPA 14/19/16 on the listing is the 5.0 4×4 signature · SuperCrew (full crew) · 165k mi · Port Chester, NY Same recipe as your #1 — SuperCrew, FX4, 5.0 by EPA, clean title — and worse on every number that matters: $3,000 more, 9k more miles, three-plus owners instead of a flipper-but-known seller, grey instead of black, and 70 miles away instead of 45. A five-word ad from a 2024 account with no ratings. It only becomes interesting if the Brooklyn truck sells. $12,000 2015 Ram 1500 Crew Big Horn 5.7 Hemi — BLACK, 185k, modifiedNEW 5.7 Hemi (stated) · Crew Cab (full 4-door) · 185k mi · Riverhead, NY Black crew cab Hemi with a level kit, new tires and rims, bed cover, CarPlay head unit and custom exhaust — someone put money into it and now needs it gone. But 185k miles, no title status stated, a modified suspension and exhaust, and Riverhead is 95 miles out on the east end of Long Island. Too many strikes for the distance. $9,999 2013 Silverado 1500 Double Cab Z71 LT 4×4 — 110k, 1 owner ⚠ new account 5.3 V8 (2013 Z71 LT — the good pre-2014 generation you specified) · Double Cab (4 full doors) · 110k mi · New York, NY (vague — pin down before driving) Highest upside and highest risk on the board. On paper it is a Tier-A truck: 2013 5.3 Z71 4×4 double cab, 110,000 miles, one owner, clean title, new tires, seller claims zero rust, zero leaks, no check-engine lights, cold A/C — $9,999. The problem is the seller account was created in 2026 and has no rating history, which is the exact profile behind both confirmed traps in this hunt, and the ad brags about "modified suspension," which is not what you want under a tow rig. Held at Tier-B on purpose. Treat as a phone-and-VIN job before you spend a Saturday on it. $13,600 2016 F-150 Lariat SuperCab — 150k, clean title (Route 35 Auto Group) not stated — ASK (5.0 vs EcoBoost) · SuperCab · 150k mi · Neptune City, NJ (dealer lot: 145 Route 35, Cliffwood) Worth knowing because it is the SAME DEALER as the Cliffwood Tacoma sitting at #4 — Route 35 Auto Group, 145 Route 35. One stop, two trucks to look at, and a dealer who has now had the Tacoma unsold for 14 days is a dealer with room to move. The ad itself is a financing pitch with no engine, no drivetrain and no cab detail beyond SuperCab, so Tier-B until someone answers the 5.0-vs-EcoBoost question. $14,188 2015 F-150 XL — 96k miles, dealer (engine/cab unstated) not stated; listing says Flex fuel ⇒ 3.5 base V6 or 5.0 V8, NOT an EcoBoost · not stated — XL trim can be regular cab, ASK · 96k mi · Langhorne, PA The lowest miles on any F-150 in this hunt — 96,081 — and the Flex-fuel tag is actually useful: it rules out the EcoBoosts, so this is either the base 3.5 V6 or the 5.0 V8 you want. Two unknowns decide whether it is a deal or a trap at $14,188: which engine, and which cab (XL is the work trim and can be a regular cab, which is an instant disqualifier). Established 34-year dealer, so the answers are one phone call away. $12,995 2015 Silverado 1500 — 141k, buy-here-pay-here lot, zero specs not stated · not stated · 142k mi · Trenton, NJ A buy-here-pay-here credit pitch with a truck attached — the ad is entirely financing copy and states no engine, no cab, no drivetrain, no title. You are paying $12,995 for a 141k 2015 with all the questions unanswered. Bottom of Tier-B; only worth a call if the leaders evaporate. $14,500 2015 Ram 1500 Big Horn Crew 4WD 5.7 Hemi — BLACK, clean title 5.7 Hemi V8 (stated) · listing header says Quad Cab, description says Crew Cab — CONFIRM (Ram quad = smaller rear doors) · 153k mi · Lansdowne, PA Best-presented Ram to come through this hunt: black, 5.7 Hemi, 4WD, clean title, VIN posted up front, heated seats and wheel, tonneau, running boards, and the seller claims engine and transmission are still under warranty. Ram 1500 is Tier-B by your own spec, and Lansdowne is a 75-mile haul outside Philly, so it is a drive-only-if-the-Fords-fall-through truck. Worth asking what warranty exactly, and whether it is a true crew cab or the quad. $13,995 2017 Silverado 1500 — black, clean title, but 4.3 V6 4.3L EcoTec3 V6 285hp (stated) — NOT the 5.3 V8 · not stated — confirm · 143k mi · Paterson, NJ Black, clean title, 143k, and the VIN checks out as a 4WD 1500 — but it is the 4.3 V6, not the 5.3 V8 you specified. The V6 will pull the boat on paper and be gutless doing it in the mountains. Dealer-flavored listing that never states the cab. Tier-B on the engine alone. $10,000 2015 Silverado 1500 Double Cab LT 5.3 — 95k, 1 owner 5.3 V8 inferred — EPA 16/22/18 on listing = 5.3L 4WD exactly (not stated in text) · Double Cab (4 full doors) · 95k mi · Bronx, NY Lowest miles anywhere near this price: 95k on a 2015 5.3 for $10k when retail is $17-20k. On paper it is a Tier-A truck. Held at B for three reasons: 2014+ GM = AFM lifter era, the Bronx below-market cluster has burned us twice already, and the seller wrote nothing. Worth a phone call — if it survives a VIN check and an in-person look it jumps the board. $7,400 2013 F-150 XLT — custom blue, 150k, clean title not stated — ASK (5.0 vs 3.7 vs EcoBoost) · looks like SuperCrew in photos — confirm · 151k mi · Nyack, NY Cheap for the year and the miles with a clean title, but it is dressed up — bright custom blue with painted grille letters, city-parked, thin ad. Engine and drivetrain both unstated, which is exactly the profile that hides a 3.7 V6 2WD. $8,500 2013 F-150 XLT 4-door 3.5 EcoBoost 4×4 — 200k, honest ad 3.5 EcoBoost V6 (stated) · 4-door, 6ft bed · 200k mi · Middletown, NY Honest seller, everything disclosed, but it fails two of the filters at once: 200k miles (the cap) and an EcoBoost, which is the engine you least want at 200k behind a boat — timing chain and turbo bills are when, not if. $7,499 2014 Ram 1500 Big Horn Crew — 170k, clean title not stated (Big Horn = 5.7 Hemi or 3.6 V6) — ASK · Crew Cab (full 4-door) · 170k mi · West Babylon, NY Full crew cab, clean title, 1 owner — but 170k, an admitted steering problem, and it is on Long Island. Ram 1500 is Tier-B anyway. $13,500 2015 Tundra CrewMax Limited 5.7 — 1 owner, price-dropped↓ was $14,500 5.7 V8 (Limited trim = 5.7 only) · CrewMax (full crew) · 141k mi · Beachwood, NJ The Tundra profile from June, finally: 1-owner CrewMax Limited (biggest cab, 5.7 by trim), 141k, honest about needing paint, already dropped $1k to $13,500, 'has to go'. Confirm 4×4 and title and this is Tier-A #2. 30 min south. $13,500 2014 F-150 FX4 SuperCrew — grandpa-kept, 132k, $13.5k obo likely 5.0 V8 (EPA 14/19 signature) — CONFIRM · SuperCrew · 133k mi · Phillipsburg, NJ The provenance play: 1-owner, garage-kept, maintained, only the radio broken — the kind of listing that's usually true. Better miles than the #1 (132k vs 156k). EPA figures say 5.0 — confirm it and this contends. OBO. $6,000 2013 Silverado 1500 Crew 5.3 4x4 — $6,000 5.3 V8 · Crew Cab · 197k mi · Sussex, NJ Best under-$8k truck on the board: target-gen 5.3 crew 4x4, 1 owner, new tires/battery/cooler lines, 'needs nothing'. 197k is right at the line and the title isn't stated — two asks away from being the value pick. $9,990 2012 F-150 FX4 SuperCrew — black, $9,990, likely 5.0 likely 5.0 V8 (EPA 14/19 signature) — CONFIRM · SuperCrew · 154k mi · Roselle, NJ Near-twin of the #1: black-on-black FX4 SuperCrew, clean title, CARFAX-verified miles, $510 cheaper and half the drive. EPA figures match the 5.0 exactly — one seller answer from contending for #1. Negotiable, per the listing. $8,995 2009 Silverado LTZ Z71 Ext Cab 5.3 4x4 — 1 owner 5.3 V8 · Extended Cab · 148k mi · Riverside, NJ Target-generation LTZ Z71 with the 5.3, 1 owner, clean title, leather, VIN in the listing. Black. Ext cab + South Jersey drive keep it B — but this is the best GM value inside the radius. $6,500 2012 Silverado 1500 Ext Cab LT 5.3 4×4 — ↓$6,500, relisted, title in hand↓ was $6,900 5.3 V8 (stated) · Extended cab (rear half-doors — same compromise as the Jackson Ford) · 118k mi · Milford, CT Relisted five days later at $400 less — now $6,500, and the seller says solid frame, no rust, no leaks, no lights, tow package, clean title in hand. 118k on the pre-AFM 5.3. This is now the cheapest right-engine truck in the hunt by $1,750, and the relist+drop says the seller is motivated. Two catches: extended cab (rear seats as tight as the Jackson Ford), and Milford CT is 90 minutes each way. If the Jackson back seat fails your sit test, this is not the fix — but as a value play it is unmatched. $13,500 2016 F-150 SuperCrew XLT 3.5 EcoBoost — 60 service records 3.5 EcoBoost (twin turbo) · SuperCrew · 174k mi · Brick, NJ Best-documented truck on the board (60+ service records, VIN published). EcoBoost rule keeps it out of Tier-A — turbos + winter towing = more to go wrong — but as EcoBoosts go, this is the honest one. $13,999 2015 F-150 FX4 — 109k, 1 owner not stated — ASK (2.7EB/3.5EB/5.0 all possible) · 4-door · 109k mi · New York, NY Low miles (109k), 1 owner, clean title — three-line listing, engine unstated. If it comes back 5.0, it contends; EcoBoost keeps it here. $13,995 2013 F-150 XLT Crew Cab — 77k, black, base V6 base V6 (desc says 3.5, flex-fuel says 3.7 — VIN-check) · Crew Cab · 77k mi · Passaic, NJ 77k miles, black, crew cab, 4x4, clean title at $13,995 — great bones, wrong engine class: it's the base V6 (~6,000-lb tow = enough for the boat, zero margin for sleds+gear). If you accept the tow ceiling, this is the lowest-mile crew on the board. VIN in listing — run it. $13,500 2017 F-150 XLT SuperCab 3.5 V6 — Route 35 lot 3.5 NA V6 · SuperCab · 165k mi · Keyport, NJ Same Cliffwood lot that has your #2 Tacoma — they multi-post through sales-rep accounts. If you go look at the Tacoma, this red 2017 XLT (165k, base V6, clean title) is sitting on the same lot. Confirm 4x4. $15,000 2016 Ford F-150 FX4 — 110k, likely 5.0 likely 5.0 V8 (flex-fuel tell) — CONFIRM · 4-door — confirm SuperCrew vs SuperCab · 110k mi · Avenel, NJ Second-lowest miles on the board (110k) and 'Flex' fuel type = almost certainly the 5.0 (EcoBoosts aren't flex). At cap price with a blank listing — confirm title, cab, and engine, then this contends for Tier-A. $14,500 2017 Toyota Tundra Double Cab — 182k not stated (4.6 vs 5.7) — ASK · Double Cab · 182k mi · Fords, NJ Newest Tundra on the board, clean title — but 182k at $14.5k dealer money only works if it's the 5.7 4x4. Both unstated. $9,200 2013 F-150 SuperCrew XLT 5.0 4x4 — trap-check first 5.0 V8 (desc) · SuperCrew · 182k mi · Raritan, NJ On paper it's the spec: 5.0 Coyote + 4x4 + SuperCrew + 1 owner at $9,200. But it wears the same trap-triad as the Bronx scam (new account, dup-posted Raritan+Piscataway, under-market) and the title status is missing. Assume salvage/flood until the title is in your hands. $15,000 2019 F-150 SuperCrew Lariat 5.0 4WD — Hazlet 5.0 V8 · SuperCrew · 225k mi · Hazlet, NJ Everything right except the odometer: 5.0 + 4WD + crew + clean title in hand + new Michelins, 10 minutes from home — but 225k miles at cap price. Listed 15 WEEKS = very negotiable. At ~$11-12k this becomes a serious daily-driver bet. $7,000 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab SLE not stated — ASK (2011 = the good 5.3 gen if so) · Crew Cab · 183k mi · Yorktown Heights, NY Best budget candidate yet: target-generation crew cab, clean title, fresh plugs/brakes/tires, honest private seller, $7,000. Asks: confirm 5.3 (not 4.8) + 4x4. 183k and a Westchester drive keep it out of Tier-A. $14,500 2011 Toyota Tundra Double Cab — 129k not stated (4.6 vs 5.7!) — ASK · Double Cab · 129k mi · Park Ridge, NJ Lowest-mile Tundra on the board (129k, clean title). At $14,500 it only makes sense if it's the 5.7 + 4x4 — both unstated, 'financing for everyone' flipper boilerplate. Two answers from Tier-A. $9,500 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab — 93k miles not stated — ASK (body gen determines 5.3 flavor) · Crew Cab · 93k mi · Bronx, NY 93k-mile crew cab at $9,500 'negotiable', listed minutes before the sweep — under-market, upside real IF it checks out. Listing is thin: confirm engine, 4x4, and which body it actually is ('classic' isn't a 2014 factory thing). $7,500 2009 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LS 4.8 4.8 V8 (weaker than 5.3, still tows the boat) · Crew Cab · 190k mi · Westbury, NY Right generation, honest seller (admits rust spots, lists all work incl. trans replaced @176k). But 190k + frame-rust admission + muffler delete = not the no-drama winter truck. Budget option only. $8,999 2015 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Lariat 5.0 V8 — black on black 5.0 V8 · SuperCrew · 175k mi · Little Ferry, NJ THE morning find: black-on-black 5.0 V8 SuperCrew Lariat, clean title, loaded (leather, cooled seats, sunroof, remote start), $8,999 — thousands under market. Confirm 4x4 and find out WHY it's this cheap (temp plate + volume flipper = inspect hard). $10,600 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LT 5.3 4x4 5.3 V8 (MPG-confirmed) · Crew Cab · 139k mi · East Brunswick, NJ Best AFM-era value on the board: crew + 4x4 + clean title + 139k at $10,600, 25 min away, solid seller. Only reason it's not Tier-A is the 2014+ lifter-risk rule — if you'd budget ~$2k for an AFM delete it's strong money. $11,900 2018 Ford F-150 FX4 (4-door, 5½-ft bed) not stated — ASK · SuperCrew · 164k mi · Long Branch, NJ ONE QUESTION FROM #1: if the engine is the 5.0 V8 this becomes the truck to buy — 1 owner, clean title in hand, great seller, ~20 min away, $11.9k. If EcoBoost it stays here. $12,500 2013 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7 — BLACK double cab 5.7 V8 · Double Cab · 169k mi · East Moriches, NY (Long Island) The blacked-out 1-owner 5.7 you asked for — new tires, bed cover, $12.5k. Two asks from Tier-A #1: confirm 4×4 and clean title. Catch: ~95-mi Long Island drive each way. $9,200 2012 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Lariat likely 5.0 V8 (EPA 14/19 matches) — ASK · SuperCrew · 163k mi · Glen Cove, NY Value play: $9.2k SuperCrew Lariat, clean title, honest about cosmetic wear. The listed EPA numbers (14/19) match the 5.0 V8 4×4 — confirm both before driving out. $13,500 2016 Chevy Silverado 1500 Double Cab Z71 — blacked out not stated (5.3 vs 4.3!) — ASK · Double Cab (long bed) · 164k mi · Flemington, NJ The all-black Z71 look you like, clean title, $13.5k — but 2014+ GM 5.3 = AFM lifter-risk era (why it's not Tier-A), and the engine isn't even stated (4.3 V6 exists). Ask, and budget for an AFM delete/lifter history. $13,595 2014 Toyota Tundra SR5 Double Cab 5.7 4x4 5.7 V8 · Double Cab · 209k mi · North Bergen, NJ Right truck, too many miles: 208k is over the 200k line. 5.7s do go 300k+, and it's been listed 5 weeks at a legit dealer — if it drops under ~$11k it gets interesting. $11,995 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LT 5.3 (assume) — AFM era · Crew Cab · New York, NY AFM-era GM (page-only by rule). Not deep-vetted yet — next sweeps will. $11,995 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LTZ 5.3 (assume) — AFM era · Crew Cab · Edison, NJ Same price pattern as the NYC LT — likely the same flipper feed. AFM era. Not vetted yet. $7,900 2013 Nissan Titan Crew Cab SV 5.6 V8 · Crew Cab · East Elmhurst, NY Budget V8 crew cab. Titans tow fine (9k+) but drink fuel and resale is soft. Not vetted yet. $7,800 2011 Ram 1500 Lindenhurst, NY Ram = page-only by rule. Cab type unknown. Not vetted yet. $13,400 2016 Chevy Silverado Double Cab (red) 5.3 (assume) — AFM era · Double Cab · New York, NY Posted twice from two accounts (NYC + Bronx) = flipper. AFM era. Not vetted yet.

Gone — market intel

GONE 2014 Ford F-150 SuperCab 5.0 V8 4x4 — 61k miles · $10,500 lasted 2d · Removed Jul 23 between 8:40a-11:45a — 'sold or expired' after ~5 days on our radar. The 61k-mile 5.0 at $10,500 went exactly as predicted: fast. Benchmark for what good ones do.
Skipped & scams (30)
2019 Ford F-150 SuperCrew XLT · $14,700TRAP CONFIRMED: reposted overnight from a second account/location (id 1387918966625488, 'New York NY') — multi-account flipper/scam network. Avoid.
2011 F-150 SuperCrew Lariat — $3,100 · $3,100way below market = scam bait
2012 F-150 SuperCrew 3.5 EcoBoost — $12,000 Lindenwold · $12,000seller literally named 'Jon Doe', 2024 account, no title info, 'need gone ASAP' — and it's an EcoBoost anyway
2011 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X — $6,500 ×5 listings · $6,500same truck posted 5× across Paterson/Clifton accounts = curbstoner network
"2026 Toyota Tacoma SR5" — $563 · $563scam price
2016 F-150 SuperCrew XL — $1,850 · $1,850scam price
2007 Tundra Double Cab SR5 — $15,000 Trenton · $15,000full budget for the oldest, frame-recall-era gen — pass unless it drops hard
2019 F-150 SuperCrew XLT 5.0 — $6,200 misfire special · $6,200Honest mechanic's special in Manalapan: real 5.0 SuperCrew, clean title, but 204k mi + active misfire code (could be a $50 coil or $2k cam phasers). Not the no-drama truck — noted in case you want a flyer.
2011 Silverado crew LT — $4,150 'too good' · $4,150Black target-gen crew at HALF market with a 4-line description = deposit-scam profile (aged account doesn't clear it — those get hijacked). If you're curious, one message — 'can I see it today, cash' — settles it. Expect the runaround.
2013 F-150 XLT 5.0 4×4 — 231k · $6,000Right engine, right drivetrain, well over the 200k cap at 231k. Skip.
2013 Silverado — 211k, NEEDS A TRANSMISSION · $6,000The most honest listing of the sweep — ex-fire-chief vehicle, records binder, brand new engine 30k ago. But it needs a transmission (erratic shifting) and has 211k. A project, not a tow rig.
2014 Silverado LTZ $5,000 — too cheap, new account · $5,000A 2014 LTZ with 149k is a $13-15k truck; this one is $5,000 with a six-word ad from an account created this year that somehow already has 18 ratings. That is the exact scam/flipper signature from the runbook. Avoid.
2006 Tundra 4WD SR5 — "140k motor, 340k body" · $6,000Seller is upfront in five words: "140k motor, 340k body." A 340,000-mile first-gen Tundra with a swapped engine — that is a frame-rust lottery ticket, not a tow rig. Pre-2007 means the 4.7, not the 5.7, anyway.
2008 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew SL — $1,600 bait price · $1,600A running 2008 crew-cab Sierra is a $6-9k truck. $1,600 is the placeholder-price bait pattern from the runbook.
2010 Tacoma Limited — pre-2012, $12,345 placeholder price · $12,345Pre-2012 Tacoma (frame-recall era) and the price is the $12,345 keyboard-walk placeholder that shows up on the junk listings.
2016 F-150 SuperCrew Lariat — 218,924 miles, over cap · $11,995Full crew Lariat 20 minutes away with a clean title — and 218,924 miles, nearly 19k over your cap. Credit-pitch dealer ad on a 2024 account. Skip.
2015 Ram Big Horn Crew $5,000 — TMU 444k, low oil pressure · $5,000Eight miles away and completely honest, which is the only good news. Odometer reads 444k, mileage is TMU, the engine was swapped before he owned it, and the check-engine light is on for low oil pressure — 19-20 psi at hot idle against a 23 psi switch. That is worn bearings talking. Credit to him for spelling it out; it is still a truck on borrowed time.
"Free" 2019 F-150 XLT Sport 4×4 — bait · $0A $25,000 truck listed at "Free." One of a cluster of bait listings in today's feed (also a Free 2014 Sierra Z71, a $500 2022 Ram Rebel, a $500 2020 Ram, a $2,000 2020 Sierra SLT). Standard lead-harvesting bait — the reply always moves you off-platform.
2008 Tundra CrewMax SR5 $2,990 — 205k, and likely 2WD · $2,990Biggest Tundra cab and a clean title for $2,990, but 205k puts it over the mileage cap and the EPA figures match the two-wheel-drive 5.7, not the 4×4. Two disqualifiers.
2008 Tundra 4WD SR5 Long Bed $2,995 — 209k · $2,995Over the cap at 208,990 and sold as a work truck, with no cab or engine stated. Worth noting the pattern: this and the East Orange CrewMax are both red 2008 Tundras, both ~205-209k, both clean title, both listed within the same hour in adjacent towns at $2,995 and $2,990. Different seller accounts, likely the same wholesale source — the dup-pair signature from the Denali pair earlier this month.
⚠️ 2019 Silverado Crew 4wd, 64k — "NEEDS ENGINE REPLACED" at $15,000 · $15,000Keep this one on the page as evidence, not as a candidate. A 2019 crew cab 4wd with 63,970 miles, one owner and a clean title — and the Chevy dealership told him it needs a new engine. That is the AFM/DFM lifter failure this hunt has been steering you around, happening at 64k miles on a truck barely six years old. He wants full retail anyway at $15,000. Skip it, and remember it every time a cheap 2014+ GM 5.3 looks like a bargain.
⚠️ "2013 Silverado Limited" 15,800 miles for $5,500 — does not add up · $5,500Three things wrong at once. 15,800 miles on a thirteen-year-old truck. $5,500 when the 85k-mile 2013 double cab in Levittown is $8,500. And the trim is incoherent — "Silverado 1500 Limited ... Custom" — where the Limited badge did not exist until 2019, when GM sold the previous-generation body under that name. Odometer rollback, a mislabeled listing, or bait. Not worth the drive to Stamford to find out.
2009 Tacoma REGULAR CAB 4×4 manual — FRAME REPLACED BY TOYOTA · $8,999Skipped on the cab — a single cab is a two-seat truck, full stop. But it matters as evidence: this is the first listing since the frame rule went in that says "Toyota replaced the frame under factory recall" out loud. Frame-replaced Tacomas exist in this market, sellers advertise the fact, and it commands a premium ($8,999 for a 4-cylinder regular cab at 134k). When a double cab version of this ad appears, that is the truck the rule was written for.
2019 Silverado Crew RST $10,900 — DFM era, priced $8k under book · $10,900A 2019 crew RST is an $18-20k truck; $10,900 with no miles, no title and no story is either hiding a dead engine or hiding nothing at all. Today the board gained a 2019 Silverado whose dealership condemned the engine at 64k — that is exactly the failure a too-cheap 2019 is priced around. Not worth the 70-mile bet.
⚠ "2016 Silverado limited" / 2017-in-description — year+trim mismatch · $11,500The trim-anachronism tell again, plus a year that changes mid-listing: the header says 2016 Silverado "limited" double cab, the description says 2017 Z71. "Limited" was the 2019 name for the carryover body — it did not exist in 2016. Add an account created in 2025 with zero ratings, 174k miles, and it reads like a stolen ad with the details scrambled. Close by, but no.
2003 Tundra Access Cab SR5 TRD 4.7 4×4 — Joe-submitted, seller takes $8k · $8,900Joe sent this one directly (seller verbally at $8,000). Verdict: fair price, wrong truck. (1) Access Cab fails the 4-real-seats filter — tighter than the Jackson SuperCab. (2) 2000-03 = the actual Tundra frame-recall generation + 23 NY winters; the undercoating claim is the whole purchase and needs a lift. (3) 4.7 tows at ~75% of max with the boat vs the 5.0/5.7 trucks loafing. Same money buys Jackson ($8,250, 9 yrs newer, title verified, 35 min). If pursued anyway: lift check, timing-belt DATE (age-due at 145k, ~$800), offer $7-7.5k.
2013 Tacoma Double Cab Limited — 213k, over cap (Bronx lot) · $13,800Only the second 2012+ double cab Tacoma to appear in budget — and it fails the mileage cap at 213,400. Also Bronx, four-word ad, dealer plate frame in the photos. The Tacoma supply verdict stands: nothing qualifying under $15k.
⚠ "2012 Silverado (classic)" Bridgeport — 15k/150k mi mismatch · $6,800Incoherence tell #3: the mileage field says 15,000 while the description says 150k; the header says extended cab while the description bullet says crew cab; and "Silverado (classic)" was a 2007 designation that did not exist in 2012. Three contradictions in one listing = scrambled/stolen ad. Also rhymes suspiciously with the legit Milford truck one town over — possibly cloned from it.
2017 Tundra SR5 5.7 DC 4×4 — 259,992 miles, over cap (price anchor) · $14,595Right recipe, wrong odometer: 259,992 miles is 60k over the cap no matter how many service records ride along. Keep as a price anchor: a dealer wants $14,595 for a 260k Tundra — which makes the Manchester Twp truck at $15,000 with 92k fewer miles look fairly priced, and reinforces offering $12.5-13k there rather than walking.
2012 Silverado 4×4 ext cab — visible rust-through, "numbers title" · $5,200Honest photos, but: visible rust-through on the wheel arch (the spec says no rust-out), "not inspected," an ambiguous "numbers title" phrase that is not a clean-title claim, and a 6.0 claim that is rare enough in a 1500 to need proof. At $5,200 it is priced like the project it is.
Engine cheat sheet

Ford F-150 (2011–2020)

5.0 Coyote V8 = the target. Avoid 3.5/2.7 EcoBoost for this use (turbos + winter towing = more drama). Engine is usually only in the seller description — always confirm.

Toyota Tundra (2007–2021)

5.7 V8 = bulletproof, thirsty. 4.6 ok. Pre-2010: crawl under and check the FRAME — rust recalls.

Chevy/GMC 1500

5.3 V8 2009–2013 = sweet spot. 2014+ 5.3 has AFM lifter-failure risk — page only, never a top pick.

Toyota Tacoma (2012+)

Must be the 3.5/4.0 V6 (~6,400 lb tow). The 2.7 4-cyl tows ~3,500 lb — not enough for the boat. Base SR/Access-cab trims are often the 4-cyl.

Hard rules

4-door crew/double cab (4 real seats) · 4×4 · clean title · under ~200k mi · no HD/diesel (rides like a dump truck, overkill) · rust kills the deal before miles do.

Seller check

New FB account + big rating count + below-market price = flipper/curbstoner → demand CARFAX + pre-purchase inspection. Old account (2009-ish) + ratings = established. Clean title in writing, always.