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oh needs to be 4x4, want something before 75 to get silly with, to get up those crazy mountain roads. Not all peeps can provide a easy access due more important priority's like morgage payment's & food. F250 gona have to carry the bag. LOL
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Yeah an F250 would be the biggest you could go in 70-75 and still be 4 wheel drive. Don't know how well it will pull 20,000lbs. unless you have some pretty low gears like 4.56s and a hot motor and a 4 speed.
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An F-250 pulling or hauling 20,000 lbs bring to mind horific thoughts...
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Broken, or bent springs, axles, bent frames, exploding tires... Just because you may be able to stack 2 cord in a pickup bed, does not mean it's a good idea.
1 cord of wood is aproximatly 3 ton, depending on type, if it's wet wood or dry. so to do what you describe you need something that can haul at least 6 ton.
An F-600 at minimum. F-700 and up prefered. Get a deisel engine and it would be smog exempt, even for 80's models. A truck this big even in a gas engine wouldn't have any smog in it at all, at least until the mid 80's or so. So if it ran good it would pass an inspection anyway.
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Broken, or bent springs, axles, bent frames, exploding tires... Just because you may be able to stack 2 cord in a pickup bed, does not mean it's a good idea.
1 cord of wood is aproximatly 3 ton, depending on type, if it's wet wood or dry. so to do what you describe you need something that can haul at least 6 ton.
An F-600 at minimum. F-700 and up prefered. Get a deisel engine and it would be smog exempt, even for 80's models. A truck this big even in a gas engine wouldn't have any smog in it at all, at least until the mid 80's or so. So if it ran good it would pass an inspection anyway.
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Keep your expectations somewhere in the real world, at least somewhere within the known universe... 
An F600 and up is required. I would like my F150 4x4 to pull a 50,000# trailer up a winding mountain road at 75MPH with two cords of firewood and 36 sacks of concrete mix in back and make 22MPG too... -But it ain't happening
An F600 and up is required. I would like my F150 4x4 to pull a 50,000# trailer up a winding mountain road at 75MPH with two cords of firewood and 36 sacks of concrete mix in back and make 22MPG too... -But it ain't happening
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thx for the info
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ok can't pull that much ( how much can it pull) my friend put's 2 1/2 cords of dry wood in his f250 4x4 no problem going up the those crazy mountain road's
OK well a f600 or 700 w 4X4 cost new over 50k without even sneezing.
Insurance, down payment, monthly payment's ok well the new biz now has a big red neg, wasted money could be put into property, better on taxes.
However when the biz is in the clear this is a much better choice when you do the # http://www.unimogtrucks.com/ 3 way dump.
The byproduct of this wonderfull adventure will be a nice f250 built by my new found sister & her husband, she has been waiting to see me since she was ten, forty years.
What news I got a sister, they been doing body work for 30 years, all parts @ cost, labor is free. I 'am spending the $ from the savings of not having those extra monthly payment's on a nice ranch for my long lost family.
PS I deliver 2 cord's of firewood in my 1955 chev 1 ton dump six cly, don't go up those crazy hill's but it works in town. Stay tuned for the calender spread on the 55
ok can't pull that much ( how much can it pull) my friend put's 2 1/2 cords of dry wood in his f250 4x4 no problem going up the those crazy mountain road's
OK well a f600 or 700 w 4X4 cost new over 50k without even sneezing.
Insurance, down payment, monthly payment's ok well the new biz now has a big red neg, wasted money could be put into property, better on taxes.
However when the biz is in the clear this is a much better choice when you do the # http://www.unimogtrucks.com/ 3 way dump.
The byproduct of this wonderfull adventure will be a nice f250 built by my new found sister & her husband, she has been waiting to see me since she was ten, forty years.
What news I got a sister, they been doing body work for 30 years, all parts @ cost, labor is free. I 'am spending the $ from the savings of not having those extra monthly payment's on a nice ranch for my long lost family.
PS I deliver 2 cord's of firewood in my 1955 chev 1 ton dump six cly, don't go up those crazy hill's but it works in town. Stay tuned for the calender spread on the 55
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What are you calling a cord of wood?
From my knowledge, a cord of wood is 4ft, x 4ft x 8ft. I would like to know how you could get 2 cords of wood (aproximatley 8ft x 8ft x 8ft) into a standard pickup bed.
From my knowledge, a cord of wood is 4ft, x 4ft x 8ft. I would like to know how you could get 2 cords of wood (aproximatley 8ft x 8ft x 8ft) into a standard pickup bed.
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No matter how much you can pile in a truck bed and move you must keep the truck within the GVWR for safe operation. Exceeding the GVWR is a real safety hazard and can get you and others on the road killed. It can also get you locked up and in a heap of legal trouble.
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Originally Posted by 81-F-150-Explorer
What are you calling a cord of wood?
From my knowledge, a cord of wood is 4ft, x 4ft x 8ft. I would like to know how you could get 2 cords of wood (aproximatley 8ft x 8ft x 8ft) into a standard pickup bed.
From my knowledge, a cord of wood is 4ft, x 4ft x 8ft. I would like to know how you could get 2 cords of wood (aproximatley 8ft x 8ft x 8ft) into a standard pickup bed.
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How much do you really think you will need to pull? Maybe a one ton might be better for your needs. You can get 78-79 F350 4x4 although they are a quite hard to find and not always cheap either, but would make an awesome rig
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That's right torque, however I'am talking private ground, were owners need to get the wood to other part's of there property. Example one customer has a 1000 acre perserve
& we need to move 132 cords of wood. The roads on this private ground are the best due to the grants he has recieved, not all people can be so lucky.
& we need to move 132 cords of wood. The roads on this private ground are the best due to the grants he has recieved, not all people can be so lucky.
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