dieseldirt
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I am looking for a 7.3 IDI Dually to buy as a dump truck for my tree trimming biz.
I have seen a few but they are all Bricknose (87-91) - I wish I could find an OBS (92-94) F350 4x4 with an IDI only seeing PSD's so far
I have found a couple of Super Duty IDI's and I know these are all 2wd but are they any better than a 2wd F350 of the same era?
I think they have a higher GVWR but why exactly?
My favorite truck at the moment would come as part of a package with some other equipment, but I am thinking this truck is worth about $3000-$5000 to me because it already is set up with the special arborist dump box to chip wood chips into.
It is a 2wd F350 (late 80's) with around 100k miles, 4spd, recent clutch, recent master/slave, recent GP's and controller (a good sign), and the guy says it has very little rust, which could mean anything around here. Dump body is PTO driven not electric/hydraulic. All the other ones just have a plain old electric/hydraulic contractor dump body.
Is it stupid to go with a 2wd F350 when there are Super Duty's around? A full load of wood chips and 5,000# chipper really max out a 1 ton. Too bad, I really don't have time to buy a Super Duty and do a 4x4 swap. If I get the F350 I would have to get air springs ASAP.
Anything special I should look for on a Bricknose? I know I have to check if the firewall has been reinforced around the clutch master cyl or if it's all cracked. And the usual stuff, blowby, fluid contamination, smoke, etc.
Thanks!!
I have seen a few but they are all Bricknose (87-91) - I wish I could find an OBS (92-94) F350 4x4 with an IDI only seeing PSD's so far
I have found a couple of Super Duty IDI's and I know these are all 2wd but are they any better than a 2wd F350 of the same era?
I think they have a higher GVWR but why exactly?
My favorite truck at the moment would come as part of a package with some other equipment, but I am thinking this truck is worth about $3000-$5000 to me because it already is set up with the special arborist dump box to chip wood chips into.
It is a 2wd F350 (late 80's) with around 100k miles, 4spd, recent clutch, recent master/slave, recent GP's and controller (a good sign), and the guy says it has very little rust, which could mean anything around here. Dump body is PTO driven not electric/hydraulic. All the other ones just have a plain old electric/hydraulic contractor dump body.
Is it stupid to go with a 2wd F350 when there are Super Duty's around? A full load of wood chips and 5,000# chipper really max out a 1 ton. Too bad, I really don't have time to buy a Super Duty and do a 4x4 swap. If I get the F350 I would have to get air springs ASAP.
Anything special I should look for on a Bricknose? I know I have to check if the firewall has been reinforced around the clutch master cyl or if it's all cracked. And the usual stuff, blowby, fluid contamination, smoke, etc.
Thanks!!
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