Thoughts on a trade? 1986 K30 3+3 for 1978 K10 SWB Silverado

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Hello all! I've been a lurker on here for some time. I favor mostly the old IH pickups and Scouts and have collected several, but love all old American pickups and enjoy coming over here to look at the various build threads and such. This board is a wealth of tech that can be applied well beyond just GM stuff. I may very well venture into some square bodies here soon, however!

A buddy of mine got a smoking deal on a pretty clean 1978 K10 SWB Silverado. It is a well optioned pickup with a 400, auto, a/c, cruise, tach, ect. Needs a lot of little things, but is pretty straight, low rust, runs, and drives well. I've got a soft spot for 1/2 ton short boxes of all makes and have kind of fallen in love with it.

An uncle of mine has offered me a great deal on his 1986 K30 crew cab long box. It also is a well optioned Silverado (power locks/windows and all!). It is a 454 and TH400. It also is a good clean original pickup.

My buddy would be interested in trading and I'm just looking for some outside opinions! Both trucks are in pretty similar shape, the crew might be a tiny bit better overall. I know all the history of my uncles K30, he bought it nearly new and has kept up with maintenance on it since then. The 454 has 15-20k on it since rebuild. The K10s history is more unknown, guy my buddy bought it from claims the 400 probably has about the same mileage.

Both are great pickups, my gut says the crew cab is worth a little more but I'm not very familiar with the values of these square bodies. What's everyone think? If I end up doing a trade, does there need to be some money one way or the other to be fair?