Gents: Thanks for the insight, etc. I just bought this truck sight unseen (save for pictures) from a friends Brother in Law last weekend and I have to travel to Kansas to pick it up and haul it home. Due to work schedules I won't get a chance till weekend after next so I don't know what condition the tires are in but would expect from what I'm told that I'll need tires. The truck is a 48 1 1/2T Grain Dump w/13ft bed and appears to be very straight as it was kept under a shed for most of its life till 10yrs ago when this fellow bought it from a neighbor (orig owner). I'll try to post pic's when I pick it up. It is in running condition but brakes are out. (engine does not use oil or smoke). We'll see soon!- Thanks again, Greasy Fingers. P.S. Oh Yah, Nixa is just south of Springfield and north of Branson.