Your truck loks great. It always helps when you have a solid truck to start with. I like the idea of doing it up massey style. Ive got a 51 ford f6. It used to be a rice truck. I pulled the bed installed a gooseneck hitch and brown lipe. I am working on installing a wench at the moment. I use it to haul a JD 4020 and hay mostly. I am partial to john deeres but can appreciate any classic tractor though. I just aquired a 52 1.5 ton and a 58 261. You will really enjoy the look on peoples faces when you drive that big rascal. Also with the OD I can hit 60mph in my ford pretty easy. The point being if the road is pretty smooth dont worry about being able to stop or how it will handle. The brakes are designed to stop 14 to 16000 lbs so youll have no problems stopping and if the front end is in good shape you should have no handling issues
