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Greetings!
I am headed out to look at a 1969 N700 dump truck and realized that I have no idea what the value of a truck this old might be. I have searched online and have seen a few F700s in this year, but no N700 to speak of. It was originally owned and operated as a city plow truck here in Washington state. While they do use a chemical on the highways to speed snow and ice melt, they do not use salt, so some of these older trucks are not as rotted out as in other places. My question is, what is a truck like this worth? It has the 361 with a 5 speed split rear axle. It is apparently running and is currently registered. The dump bed works and the tires are "ok" and comes with snow chains. It does come with a plow, which is 11 foot and hydraulic (PTO driven) up down and side to side. The owner is asking 7k but says he is negotiable. Seems kind of steep for a truck of this vintage but I could be mistaken? Are parts still available for a dump truck this old? The truck is definitely a neat old ride.
Thank you for any help!
It's a gamble. Many if not most of these worked local or farm type jobs. This one as a snow plow. That duty is not particularly hard on brakes. But if you did buy it and discover bad drums, you would have some time consuming and/or expensive choices in repairing it.
For $7000 he should pull a front and rear wheel and show you the brakes. Check the prices here. Short version: '87 F700 seed truck, 370, runner, 206k all for $6500.
Thank you for the info. This is very helpful. I have to say it is a very clean looking truck but not being able to replace consumables like brake parts is a definite dead end. The truck would only be useful for a finite amount of time and even with doing minimal miles per year, that time could be short. Going to look at it tomorrow, and will post some pics.
Has @NumberDummy confirmed that the drums are unavailable?
OP has a similar thread in the 1967/72 forum. I gave him the brake drum and other info there.
You or Ed could post a link to that thread. I cannot do it. When Chris (ctubutis) offered to show me how, I said I wasn't interested, had too much to do already.
Chris has stayed at my residencia 3 times over the past several years. Plus we spent two weeks driving 2,300 miles in OK and bits of KS & TX last September.
I did most of the driving because when he hit the brakes the first coupla times on our rented 2017 F150, if I hadn't been wearing a seat belt, I woulda ended up as a hood ornament!
Looked at this truck today and completely forgot to snap a picture of the vin plate. Here are a few pics though. Truck looked really clean for one this old. Odometer read 36k but who knows how many times around that has gone. So are these the dreaded widow maker wheels?
Widow maker????
