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"Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149354 12/04/2006 1:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	words uttered by my wife when she saw my new purchase... [img]http://homes.midmaine.com/~ramsay/5500/5500-4.jpg[/img] 1968 5500...$400.00 It runs and dumps. Now I've just got to figure out how to get it home.

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149355 12/04/2006 2:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	of course, it goes well with my last purchase... [img]http://homes.midmaine.com/~ramsay/dozer/dozer4.jpg[/img]

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149357 12/04/2006 3:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Petersville, Ky S still lookin' Shop Shark
still lookin' Shop Shark S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Petersville, Ky	Wow, great deal, I'd sure like to find that big of a dump truck for that kind of money. Now you'll have to get a loader or back hoe to load that dump truck with. LOL Rob H. 67 C/10 lwb http://yfrog.com/jc122809143900j

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149358 12/04/2006 4:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	He was asking $700, but he dickered himself down. The conversation went something like this... "I'm asking $700, but I'd take less..." "how much less?" "I'd take $400" "deal" I'm in the market for a back hoe now.

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149359 12/04/2006 5:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 39 Lake City, Colorado R rickdb1 Junior Member
rickdb1 Junior Member R Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 39 Lake City, Colorado	Nice find! Hope you get the same kind of deal on the backhoe...... Rick 1952 Chevy 2-Ton with Dump Bed

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149360 12/04/2006 5:55 PM
Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Skyline, Alabama John Milliman Bond Villain
John Milliman Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,470 Skyline, Alabama	Yasmar -- where in Maine are you? John ~ John "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are" 1948 International Farmall Super A 1949 Chevrolet 3804 In the Legacy Gallery \| In the Gallery Forum 1973 IH 1310 Dump 2001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie" 2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley)

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149361 12/04/2006 6:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Smallville IN 53moneypit Shop Shark
53moneypit Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Smallville IN	"but he dickered himself down" I've had that happen to me. Sure was fun 1953 Chevy 5-window 3100 In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Picturetrail Dave Engine & Driveline Moderator If you can't make seventy by an easy road, don't go. ~~ Mark Twain

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149362 12/04/2006 6:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	Quote Originally posted by John Milliman: Yasmar -- where in Maine are you? John I'm just north of Bangor. Rickdb...I hope I get that sort of deal too!, But it probably won't happen. Backhoes are like gold up here. I'm a patient man...I don't buy until I find "The Deal"

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149363 12/04/2006 6:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	Quote Originally posted by 53moneypit: "but he dickered himself down" I've had that happen to me. Sure was fun I figure if I'd let him keep talkin', I would left with the truck and he would have owed me money

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149364 12/04/2006 6:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	Another shot...the bed's got some swiss-cheese issues, but there's some new plate steel welded inside. There's the usual cab corner rust issues, as well as the roof/windshield area. Oh well, it'll be working work in progress. [img]http://homes.midmaine.com/~ramsay/5500/5500-3.jpg[/img]

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149365 12/04/2006 8:48 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,276 Washington State H HevyHauler Shop Shark
HevyHauler Shop Shark H Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,276 Washington State	Yasmar I like it. but then again I am a little partial to dumps. If you plan on doing much spreading with it, you will want to find a way to move the gate control to inside the cab. It's hard to reech tose handals with the box in the air. Grant The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. Grant from Roy, Washington 1956 6100 Chevy Dump Truck in the Gallery 1964 GMC Drump Truck in the Gallery user http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/56Taskforce/slideshow/

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149366 12/04/2006 10:51 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 63 Odessa, Tx. T Tractor78 Member
Tractor78 Member T Joined: May 2006 Posts: 63 Odessa, Tx.	I've always said the perfect tow vehicle for a tractor is... a dump truck. Especially when it's only $400! Guy Bessie, our 1967 Chevy C-10

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149367 12/04/2006 11:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 70 Cairns, Australia. Z Zacca Wrench Fetcher
Zacca Wrench Fetcher Z Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 70 Cairns, Australia.	Now you have all the stuff you need to take up a solid career mining for gold. Heheh "After you skin yer knuckles, Mr Shifter ain't yer friend any more." 1942 Chevy 3/4 ton In the Stovebolt Gallery Photo Site 1946 Chevy 5 window coupe/ute (new stray) 2000 Nissan Patrol 4x4 4.5l turbo diesel

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149368 12/05/2006 1:11 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 Visalia, CA T Tomcoe 'Bolter
Tomcoe 'Bolter T Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 584 Visalia, CA	Cool Deal!....drive it home! When I yield to Him, it's amazing how peaceful and enjoyable life is meant to be. 1947 Chevy COE In the Stovebolt Gallery More photos

Re: "Wow...it's bigger than I thought it would be...!" #149369 12/05/2006 12:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine Y Yasmar New Guy
Yasmar New Guy Y Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13 Maine	Quote Originally posted by Tomcoe: Cool Deal!....drive it home! I wish I could...but the brake booster is on the passenger side floor. The PO said it had been "re-done"... As far as I can tell, that's the only drivability issue with it. With a little work, there's a nice truck in there, but this one is gonna be a worker, not a full restoration. I've got 70 acres that I'm starting to build on, so once I get her running (and stopping) she'll be hauling gravel for the pad for my big-a$$ garage project.

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