OldIron82
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Hello all. Picked up a 90 F350 dually dump (cab and chassis) truck. 7.3idi NA, E4od, 8' dump body with fold down sides, under tailgate stainless steel auger salt spreader, 9' Western plow. Run off of central hydraulics. 83,000 miles. Bought off second owner. Originally owned by a township. 2 new batteries and new injection pump. Turn key start.
$1500.00.
Now cutting to the chase. The frame from the front to the cab, beautiful. The frame from the back of the cab to the pintle plate, beautiful. The frame under the cab on the driver side, *****. The steel riveted to the top and bottom of the frame in that are are swelled almost a inch and I knocked a hole in the frame with a slag hammer. I have never seen rust so contained to one area ever.
What do I do? Hypothetical speaking if the frame was just a bare rolling chassis in the shop this would be kiddy s*** for me to fix. Obviously it's not, and I don't know the legality of welding between the axles. Is this truck technically "totaled" simply because of the rot damage in the area it's in? I can easily find a section of frame in a salvage yard and cut out, weld in, and fish plate this and be good to go but if the law says it's uninspectable, should I even bother?
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$1500.00.
Now cutting to the chase. The frame from the front to the cab, beautiful. The frame from the back of the cab to the pintle plate, beautiful. The frame under the cab on the driver side, *****. The steel riveted to the top and bottom of the frame in that are are swelled almost a inch and I knocked a hole in the frame with a slag hammer. I have never seen rust so contained to one area ever.
What do I do? Hypothetical speaking if the frame was just a bare rolling chassis in the shop this would be kiddy s*** for me to fix. Obviously it's not, and I don't know the legality of welding between the axles. Is this truck technically "totaled" simply because of the rot damage in the area it's in? I can easily find a section of frame in a salvage yard and cut out, weld in, and fish plate this and be good to go but if the law says it's uninspectable, should I even bother?
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