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Message: [QUOTE="Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto, post: 1029828, member: 8143"] It's a huge range. Honestly we are on a lower budget than most. Some can range from $80k in a 2.6 truck to 20-30k. Depends on how thrifty and inclined you are. The person who only drives the truck and pays someone else to work on it, is going to have tons more money into it than someone like me. I could never afford it if I didn't do 95% of the work myself. I would say I've got less than $40k in this thing. But I don't keep track and it's always growing. Besides what the truck initially costs you then have a trailer, a tow vehicle, plus food, fuel and entry fees everywhere you go. Easy $200 minimum to take it anywhere. Then if you have a bad pull like we did last time it can cost $4k in damages. Most I've won in one hook is $1500 which is ok. But you don't take up this hobby to make money. Just like any hobby it's a form of entertainment. Entertainment always costs money. I've been pulling for over ten years. I know what works and what doesn't for the most part. I don't waste very much money on parts that don't make the truck perform better. And I've got a fair idea what to do and what's the best so I only have to buy it once. A lot of people just replace a broken part with the same part, only new. Some will get a light upgrade or something that someone told them is better. If I break something it gets the best money can buy and I only buy it once. All that I learned from years of finding out the hard way. One season the big white gas truck ate 13 axles 3 ring & pinions and a few related drive shafts. Until I finally broke down and spent the money and went big on the parts. That was only 2/3 through the season. The last 1/3 I had zero failures. Lesson learned. [/QUOTE]