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| | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy Brian Lohnes, looks like you're having fun. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Hey man, if there is one thing in life I'm good at, fun is it.
HA! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 474 | If we had snow the 53 would be out in it.Go around the block one more time for the guys that rarely see snow ! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | You shoulda seen the rooster tails of snow the big Firestones were throwing off! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 33 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 33 | I delivered three cord of firewood to a customer with my '52 2-ton last weekend. We have 20+ inches of snow on the ground and it was 10 degrees when I took off on my 40 mile roundtrip. I shot some video and I'm in the process of editing it. The week prior we had temperatures in the minus 20's. My old dumper fired right up. I shot video one morning when it was six below zero. I'll get that on also. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 186 | man that is a sharp truck... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Thanks Corpo! I still have some work to do (cab floors, finish exhaust, etc) but it runs like a top!
Brian | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 93 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 93 | Looks sweet. What did you do mount 2-ton axles under a regular 1/2 or 3/4 ton rig?
Personally I try to keep my old rig off the snow. I just finished the restoration on the cab and don't want the salt getting to it. I did have it out in the snow to move a couple weeks ago. It did extremely well as far as starting running and traction but I also found out the heater switch was broke and my windshield wipers fell apart going down the road. Personally I thought that was a pretty good first run. During the restoration I had the entire cab dismantled, the rearend out and pig disassembled, installed an overdrive unit and I was testing it all for the first time during my move in the snow.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Farmer, this is a 1966 C50, the bed was made by a guy at some point in the truck's life. It is made from steel plate and has '66 fleetside bed sides welded to it. Whomever did it, really did it right because it looks like a factory installation.
I was happily surprised at how well it handled the snow, especially in the stopping department.
Brian | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 | Not lucky enough to get snow around here, and 'Tater was suffering from a dead charging system when we did get some. Bummer! I was hoping to test fit my chains, hook my tow rope to the pintle, toss the end in the box, & go make some money pulling idjits out of the ditch.  Your truck would be great for that!
1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber" 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, 2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Freq, ol' Goliath had to pull my 2008 F250 out of the damned driveway the day after the storm. It was stuck on a weenie patch of ice. Kicked the big guy down into low and it pull the Ford like a kid's toy! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Oh yeah, BTW, your dump truck is freakin' sweet. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 | Thanks, she aint the purtiest girl at the dance, but she can still boogie.  I've been lookin for a truck like Goliath to modify for trailer hauling, that's a nice setup with the custom bed. Looks like ya dropped a little truck on a big ol frame.
1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber" 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, 2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Nobody on here is gonna want to see my winter time big bolt but here it is.... Scott | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | That looks like a 73 c-20  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | That looks like a 73 c-20 78 K20 and a 53 F800 Marmaon-Harrington | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,201 | I guessed 73 because I couldn't see any side marker lights from that angle. I thought that other thing was just there to keep the barn from blowing away. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 33 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 33 | 48bigtrucks: Nice collection of big old rigs. The condition is the way I like 'em. I'm drawn to the weathered and worn and never look twice at the trailer queens or hot-house flowers. The F800 is my favorite. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,991 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,991 | I'm not necessarily a Ford guy, but I do think that F-800 is cool! And I'll bet it gets the job done! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 | Been lookin for a plow rig like that, figure it's one more thing I can use 'Tater for, not a lot of haulin biz in the winter anyway.
1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber" 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, 2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 502 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 502 | If we had snow I wouldn't be out there in a rig with duelies.
I tried it once and the result was what I thought....nothing gets stuck quicker than a duelie on snow.
To play in snow I use a 4x4 with a locker in the differential, riding on some big lug tires,with added weight in the rear.
Dan
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 | What's funny, in my expereince pulling people out of the ditch on snowy days, it's the folks in 4x4's that get stuck the fastest & hardest. Those guys I charge extra, mostly because they are harder to get out of the four holes they neatly dug in the snow. Now my favorite snow toy was this Delta-3 tundra truck. I got to drive it right after a 3- day storm left a metric butt ton of snow on the ground. That particular one was custom built to be a fire truck, so it had a much better motor and was faster than the smaller Delta-2. Either of 'em was a lot of fun to drive tho! Lots of other fun snow toys I got to play with in Antarctica, but those were the favorites.
1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber" 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, 2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | If we had snow I wouldn't be out there in a rig with duelies.
I tried it once and the result was what I thought....nothing gets stuck quicker than a duelie on snow.
To play in snow I use a 4x4 with a locker in the differential, riding on some big lug tires,with added weight in the rear.
Dan Well, I've got the best of both worlds, duallies and 4 wheel drive. With the grader blade the hydraulics and all the plate steel, this truck weighs 13,000 lbs. empty. It's unstoppable in snow, Scott | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,740 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,740 | And we thought Rednecks were only in N. America ...  Happy New Year, Ulf!
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 477 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 477 | Snow: What snow, I've been out in my drive way all week end working on the COE,it's been in the 70's here for a change | | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 117 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2009 Posts: 117 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 59 | Man, that wrecker is the stuff!
I took ol' Goliath for a little ride the other night while pop was plowing my driveway. Loved every second!
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