Machinists: Share your trucks

[Doozer]

Quote Originally Posted by Doozer
I have a '53 R-110 that is identical, except mine is red.

-Doozer

Picture?

Bill

--Doozer

 

[Gregg K]

This is my third hand. I bought it from Southern Calif. Edison in San Diego, and drove it up to the SF area. What a great drive. Like being in a living room. I've used for roofing,
logging, cleaning up property, and getting my machines moved from place to place. It's four wheel drive, and I just put a Detroit locker in the front end.

It's a 1972 Ford C900. View attachment 134871

 

[atwatterkent]

My old '95 F150 went to my 16 yr old grandson last month. Had her for 19 yrs. My replacement will last me till I can't drive any more. XLT 5.0L, 373 posi rear end 4 x 4. My older truck was a Willys. I added a pic of my brothers two trucks too just because they're tough.

 

[ALTECJBLEV]

Peterbilt 379 with Hyster H300

 

[rbdjr59]

Here's one of mine, 03 Mack with a 65,000 Tulsa winch.

 

[cash]

2008 Ford F-250, 6.4 Powerstroke. H&S Tuner. 6" lift, 1.5" additional spacers in front. 37" x 13.5" on 20" Revolver Rims.

This was a promo shot.

 

[moonlight machine]

Why the hell does everyone lift their truck? I hate climbing in and out of lifted trucks. I lowered my dualy, its in the weeds now, just the right height.

 

[ewlsey]

Why the hell does everyone lift their truck?

Never have figured it out either. That's a toy, not a truck. Look at the tiny bed. That thing is about vanity, not utility.

 

[david n]

Not a fan of the lift either.............but to each their own

 

[Winterfalke]

Down here, the lifted 4x4 diesel pickup with the low profile off-road tires(?), the drain pipe exhaust, and all the flash on the suspension is what we call a 'rednecks Porche'. The bigger the lift the more they are compensating. I know damn well most of those trucks have a hard time driving across their yard, much less actually off the road in the mud. My mostly stock '94 Ranger has over 200k miles on it, has seen nearly all of I-75 multiple times, from Sarasota all the way up to the Mackinaw bridge. I can comfortably pull a 2000lb trailer or put that much in the bed, and have yet to get stuck anywhere for very long. Ford made damn good trucks that year. Can't say the same for their new trucks, what do you mean I can't buy a manual transmission?

 

[moonlight machine]

All that flash....Semi truck smoke stacks through the bed.....choke.....puke.....just making up for a little dick!!!!

 

[ewlsey]

The worst part is that they ruin the usefulness of the truck. Lifting it means you need a drop hitch to tow a trailer, which sucks. You're even more screwed on a gooseneck. Loading and unloading would be a pain. Not to mention just getting in the damn thing.

I just do not understand the short bed though. What a joke. I wish they still offered the 9 foot bed like the old International pickups.

I have a friend who works in a body shop. He says he sees a lot of these toy short box trucks come in with broken rear windows and bent up cabs from pulling gooseneck and 5th wheel trailers. There's just not enough room for turning.

 

[yardbird]

Truck? What truck? All I saw was what looked like a big ass monster mill in the background?


Brent

 

[sable]

Truck? What truck? All I saw was what looked like a big ass monster mill in the background?


Brent

It's a Mattison surface grinder , it seems Cash has changed his avatar.

 

[bryan_machine]

Short bed - I have one and like it - but it's all very rational. Stock F250 crew cab 4x4. Which can carry 5 people and all their luggage (important), go through all manner of snow (on the stock suspension and tires, imagine that), TOW a 10K flatbed trailer (new one soon) - which has licensing advantages and is hugely useful, but is still a manageable length. I wouldn't want a longer bed on that particular truck, it just barely fits in its parking space as it is. Note that anything large I tow on a trailer - and I have other vans/trucks for things like sheets of plywood. Which is all just a way of saying that a short bed CAN make sense.... [Or not, I can easily see why somebody might want the 8ft bed version of the same truck.]

 

[Country_boy_2007]

Heres the old girl, she aint fancy, but she's a tank

 

[Big B]

Is she a matchbox truck? Looks like if from the picture. (tiny)

View attachment 135195
Heres the old girl, she aint fancy, but she's a tank

 

[Country_boy_2007]

nope its the real thing

those are 10 foot doors in the building

 

[ewlsey]

Is that a Kenworth? Maybe a Western Star.

 

[Garwood]

I find a quality D rated 35" tire under a 7500ish pound 1 ton pickup makes a perfect combination of stiff suspension, a little tire give for a decent ride and lowers the RPM's a bit to where the lighter trucks are.

I've towed a fuck of a lot with lifted Ford and Dodge 4x4's to nearly 35K gross and never had an issue.

I've taken advantage of several opportunities to haul things others couldn't because of muddy fields and snow. I bought an entire screw machine shop in central WA in a February snow storm. I paid peanuts for it as part of an estate. My old Ford pulled 35K gross through a a foot of snow on top of a muddy field and up and down Snoqualmie pass. Camlock chains on all 4 tires and lockers, but I don't see any truck with 31" tires pulling that kind of stuff off.

I'll go ahead and say I don't get the guys that drive DRW pickups and have absolutely no reason for 6 tires. The lowered dually with a canopy on the pristine bed gets a big WTF from me.