1986 diesel
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
I have 3.55 gears.
Yes my lite weight full of fuel is 8000 pounds, and that is before I get in the truck.
285/75-16 Mud tires, west coast mirrors and the front of the dump bed catching wind don't help either.
But if I built it for MPG, it would not do what I need it to do, so I live with it.
Yes my lite weight full of fuel is 8000 pounds, and that is before I get in the truck.
285/75-16 Mud tires, west coast mirrors and the front of the dump bed catching wind don't help either.
But if I built it for MPG, it would not do what I need it to do, so I live with it.
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From: Wheeling WV area
i like your set up with the flatbed dumo. Put sides on it you have a dump truck, take them off flatbed, and you can also have a gooseneck without interference. what size is the bed ?? 7x8??
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From: Faibanks Ak.
I have 3.55 gears.
Yes my lite weight full of fuel is 8000 pounds, and that is before I get in the truck.
285/75-16 Mud tires, west coast mirrors and the front of the dump bed catching wind don't help either.
But if I built it for MPG, it would not do what I need it to do, so I live with it.
Yes my lite weight full of fuel is 8000 pounds, and that is before I get in the truck.
285/75-16 Mud tires, west coast mirrors and the front of the dump bed catching wind don't help either.
But if I built it for MPG, it would not do what I need it to do, so I live with it.
No doubt, my first pickup was a 63 international 1/2 ton with more springs than a dumptruck and zero creature comforts. This was a very tuff truck and you had to be tuff to drive it. It would get 7 mpg loaded, empty,running 50, 70 or parked in the driveway.lol
In the 70's I had several service trucks with 460's and loaded the way I kept them they ran 6 to 8 mpg. So for a true work truck 12 is pretty good, the bad thing is my international with a 470 will get 10 bobtailing and my kw with a 550 will get 9 mpg this is better than several pickups I have owned.
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well here is a photo of the beauty lol What cha all think? lol . If i got it i would throw a 92 up cab and bed on. see alot of gassers with bad trannys
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...raming1051.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...raming1051.jpg
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
Looks like a Dana 50 hub, the rear should be a 10.25" Sterling, but Dana 60 and Dana 70 axles are possible in the rear.
My bed is 8' x 9', and the hoist is sitting right where the gooseneck hitch ball would set, so that is not an option unless I use one of those plates that bolt to the bed surface, then bolt the bed down while towing.
My bed is 8' x 9', and the hoist is sitting right where the gooseneck hitch ball would set, so that is not an option unless I use one of those plates that bolt to the bed surface, then bolt the bed down while towing.
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From: Peterborough, Ontario
Looks like a Dana 50 hub, the rear should be a 10.25" Sterling, but Dana 60 and Dana 70 axles are possible in the rear.
My bed is 8' x 9', and the hoist is sitting right where the gooseneck hitch ball would set, so that is not an option unless I use one of those plates that bolt to the bed surface, then bolt the bed down while towing.
My bed is 8' x 9', and the hoist is sitting right where the gooseneck hitch ball would set, so that is not an option unless I use one of those plates that bolt to the bed surface, then bolt the bed down while towing.
dieselkid, that could make a pretty decent truck for a while. If you're not afraid to put some time and effort into it, it'll last a long time yet. If you haven't figured out yet, check cab corners and spring shackles, and on mine I had rust developing in teh frame at the front spring shackles too...hard to see, because the shackles hide the outside of teh frame, and there's a crossmember on the inside.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
After the F350 rear blocks, the extra springs, the dump bed subframe and the flatbed, I can back into a standard truck dock and be level with it.
Nice when I pick up stuff at a warehouse, but a real drag if you have to hand load something heavy.
It takes all I have to load a jumping jack by myself.
Guess I am getting to old, once upon a time that was a one handed lift.
Wonder why my knees hurt so much now.
Nice when I pick up stuff at a warehouse, but a real drag if you have to hand load something heavy.
It takes all I have to load a jumping jack by myself.
Guess I am getting to old, once upon a time that was a one handed lift.
Wonder why my knees hurt so much now.