ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
Auction yesterday that I forgot about until the last minute.
6hrs away, so I logged online to see what they had.
Came across 2 F-350s.
One an 04 6 speed, ~17,000 miles, the other an 05 auto with about 26,000 miles.
Both plain Jane XL trucks with the 5.4L, single cab, 2wd, 12ft beds.
The auction prices were staying fairly cheap, like 3-7k for decent 4wd diesel crew cab pickups.
I bid up to 7500 for each, mostly interested in the 6 speed truck though.
I hoped they would go in the 4-6k area, but at ~7.5k I'd have about 12-13k into it after making it into a dump box for firewood.
I figured they'd be fairly low desire.
The 5.4L being "meh" and a 1 ton being a bit light duty, and 2wd.
I'm using an 80s C30 with a 160hp 350 and 4 speed, so I'm sure it'd be better than that.
It was well used when I bought it and I've put about 35,000 miles on it hauling wood, mostly 2 cord loads. It's pretty much used up. I have a spare, but it's in worse shape.
The 04 went for 9k, the 05 for 11.5.
Kind of kicking myself a bit, but at the same time, I do have 2 trucks that need to be made into wood haulers, and have been on the to do list for a couple years.
A 97 F-Super Duty, 7.3L, 4wd (Quigley conversion). Ok shape, 178k miles but seems to run fine. I got a 14ft dumpbed for it. That needs to be modified, it's unknown brand or rating, but it's sturdy. 3/16" floor, ~8" cylinder. It only has 12" tall sides and a dirt style tailgate.
Other one is a 91 F Super Duty. 7.3L, 2wd. Has maybe 60k miles, real clean, though was a welding truck, so may be a low miles, higher hours. Has a 12ft bed, it's missing part of the floor where they had gas bottbles.
So would need floor fixed, bed beefed up a bit and a hoist put in. Do have a 7.5 ton hoist for it.
Tinkering on stuff I kind of enjoy, but I'm not keeping up with firewood as is.
I guess just thinking out loud.
Thinking of send out 1 of the trucks to an outfitter shop and just cutting the check. (As I would have done with the auction truck).
6hrs away, so I logged online to see what they had.
Came across 2 F-350s.
One an 04 6 speed, ~17,000 miles, the other an 05 auto with about 26,000 miles.
Both plain Jane XL trucks with the 5.4L, single cab, 2wd, 12ft beds.
The auction prices were staying fairly cheap, like 3-7k for decent 4wd diesel crew cab pickups.
I bid up to 7500 for each, mostly interested in the 6 speed truck though.
I hoped they would go in the 4-6k area, but at ~7.5k I'd have about 12-13k into it after making it into a dump box for firewood.
I figured they'd be fairly low desire.
The 5.4L being "meh" and a 1 ton being a bit light duty, and 2wd.
I'm using an 80s C30 with a 160hp 350 and 4 speed, so I'm sure it'd be better than that.
It was well used when I bought it and I've put about 35,000 miles on it hauling wood, mostly 2 cord loads. It's pretty much used up. I have a spare, but it's in worse shape.
The 04 went for 9k, the 05 for 11.5.
Kind of kicking myself a bit, but at the same time, I do have 2 trucks that need to be made into wood haulers, and have been on the to do list for a couple years.
A 97 F-Super Duty, 7.3L, 4wd (Quigley conversion). Ok shape, 178k miles but seems to run fine. I got a 14ft dumpbed for it. That needs to be modified, it's unknown brand or rating, but it's sturdy. 3/16" floor, ~8" cylinder. It only has 12" tall sides and a dirt style tailgate.
Other one is a 91 F Super Duty. 7.3L, 2wd. Has maybe 60k miles, real clean, though was a welding truck, so may be a low miles, higher hours. Has a 12ft bed, it's missing part of the floor where they had gas bottbles.
So would need floor fixed, bed beefed up a bit and a hoist put in. Do have a 7.5 ton hoist for it.
Tinkering on stuff I kind of enjoy, but I'm not keeping up with firewood as is.
I guess just thinking out loud.
Thinking of send out 1 of the trucks to an outfitter shop and just cutting the check. (As I would have done with the auction truck).
