Originally Posted by kermmydog

I bought mine last year for $5500 with 72,000 miles from the guy that bought it new. I don't use it much except to tow. I think I have 76,000 miles on it. It has cost me nothing except routine maintenance. I sure can't say that about the 86 F250 4x4 460/C6 I bought used when it was 11 years old the Dodge I bought @ 12 years old The Ford had 123,000 on it. It about broke me. I had easily over $12,000 into it. When it left the wife & I on the side of the freeway in rush hour traffic in Las Vegas in July it was history. I had only put 60,000 miles on it in 13 years.
I wish I would of bought a Dodge years ago. I had a 90 D250 360, 4 speed & it was a 2 wheel drive other wise I would still own it. It was a real good truck. I ran the crap out of it. In fact I thought about putting a 400 or 440 in it to tow our trailer. The 400 with a 440 crank makes one wicked torque motors. They will give a 512 Ford a real run for there money.
A buddy of mine has about 5 of the 12 valve Cummins in Dodge trucks. His boy has his pumped up pretty good. Big injectors pump mods etc. My buddy has a 2000 3500 with all the Banks stuff on his 12 valve. They have a 6500 Chevy & F650 Ford both with Cat Motors, The Ford his boy use to use to pull his drag car until it left him on the side of the road. The problem with the Ford was a Cat problem with the computer something that is a real problem with that Cat & Fords. Now he uses the Chevy.

Trav, That Dodge was playing with you or he didn't know how to drive. You give me any good 360 LA motor & I'll run the 5.8 Ford into the ground.
Back in the day I had a new 79 CK 20 Chevy 4x4 350 4 speed 3:73 gears. A buddy had a new 79 Ford F250 4x4 400 4 speed 3:55 gears & we raced 90 miles & he was 10 minutes behind me. I was drinking beer in the bar when he showed up & I kept drinking on him.
Craig

Originally Posted by GIGGER

Wow that sounds great Bill, is that near your place

Originally Posted by Bill W

no... 5.5 hours and maybe 250-275 miles away. my buddy Greg is going up to see a truck he lettered up in the spring, an old B model Mack with a dump bed. Can you imagine driving a beast like that from Chicago to Cali and back!
the guy Greg is going to see drove his Mack from Maine! my kidneys hurt just thinking about that!

Originally Posted by Nsaan

My dad got a couple of deuce and halfs a few years ago, one was complete, the other didn't have a cab top, we only had to drive them a little over an hour, and it SUCKED. You were wishing for ear plugs after the first 5 minutes on the road. They are kind of fun to play around on, but that is not something I would want to long haul for sure. He ended up selling the complete one back to the guy that gave it to him... how does that work..
I can only imagine how well a old dump truck rides empty..

Originally Posted by Redneckfordf2502002

You guys can keep your dump trucks and deuce and a halfs I will keep our 02 F250 4x4 and lower trucks. It is hard enough driving our 60 Case 430 Counstrouction king back hoe I wish that thing was running again.
Trav

Originally Posted by Nsaan

Hey those deuce and halfs are pure bad ***, they will run on just about anything you dump in them... not a whole lot of power, but gobs of torque with LOW LOW gears. that is why it only got maybe 5 mpg.

Originally Posted by Redneckfordf2502002

Ya I know but I would hate to drive them. About a year and a half ago my brother tried to get my dad to buy this 1986 F650 flatbed truck with a welding rig on it. I was able to talk my dad out of it because of the fact we already have 2 89 Flatbed fords an F250 and F350 why get a truck that we won't even use that much power out of. Our 02 V10 F250 pulls everything we need and more. I just never saw a reason to buy something like that you know? I mean it is like buying a 4x4 dually diesel f550 and using it as a daily driver to work which is on the other side of town it is just not practiacal you know? Me and my dad are the same we figure why buy something if you don't need it.
Trav