Hi. I thought I would share a few pics of my 1985 F-800 bucket truck with a Fabco 4x4 drive train. 7.3 diesel. Air brakes and air select for 4x4 and range and an Allison auto trans. And those tires!

 

 

Oops wrong page. Should have been on the 80-86 page. Can you move it easily mod? Thanks

 

7.3 and not a 6.9 in '85? Swapped out st some point? Still pretty cool. Was a tree trimming company truck.

 

Man those rear tires are huge!. I'm guessing that thing doesn't get stuck very easily

 

When it does though,nothing but something on tracks will get it out lol.

 

That is one solid piece of nostalgia there. Would be a lot of fun in a blizzard.

 

Fun in the cab maybe but I dunno how fun it would be up in the bucket.

 

Guess it's not a 7.3L, but a 7.8L according to the tag on the valve cover.

Either way that means it's a newer engine? It says 1990, so I guess it's at least that new. Good news as far as I'm concerned. It's not like it's a collectable truck.

I was told by the place I bought the truck from that it came from an electric company. They bought 2 of them but the other one had normal tires and duals on the back.

 

Wow, that's awesome!

You should be over on the expedition portal forum, with the Unimogs and stuff.

 

I was going to say... A 7.3 would be a GUTLESS TURD in that truck more than in a pickup

 

Oh I'm sure that thing isn't much better lol

 

A 7.3 was 185hp/338tq

the 7.8 was....
185 hp/ 457tq
210 hp/ 509tq
225 hp/ 593tq
240 hp/ 606tq

 

the 7.8 is actually a good running engine.
pulls 25 ton total truck/trailer/load weight in the single axle with a 5 speed and 2 speed rear with no problems at all.

 

It seems to run pretty well to me. Plus I believe it I was so inclined I could turn it up a bit. You could order engines with different HP ratings. The truck goes 70 on the highway no problem, although highway miles with it are probably over and I only did it that one time because I didn't know any other way to get it home from where it was. Too tall to put on my trailer at over 12 feet as it sits. I keep to secondary roads now.