Long Box Pickup

[flusher]

It would be a #@^%$ to parallel park... Is it 4x4? If it were closer and the price was right I'd be looking at it too.

One of my neighbors somewhere around my place has a similar truck, Ford F-350 or more, 4x4, long bed, but he added a 3'rd row seat and doors. So he has a 6 door!!! It is pretty flipping awesome looking when it blows past on RTE1...

All my kids could have a window seat...

David

If long bed length is your goal, then you might want to check out my solution to that problem--a 2004 Isuzu NPR stakebed (8 ft W x 14 ft long bed by Supreme).



Added a ladder



10 ft long aluminum ramps rated at 5000 lb each and weigh in at 47 lb



a custom rear fence so I don't have to wrestle with the larger steel units



and an 8000 lb Warn winch with wireless remote



Found this baby last Dec on eBay--2004, 49,500 miles, Chevy 6.0L (360 ci) V-8, auto, air, power windows, 12,000 lb GVWR--$11K. The overall length is about the same as my 2002 F150 short cab, long bed PU.

Use it to haul my parade tractors and for runs to the feed and seed store. Checked the weight on the truck scales with 3/4 tank of gas, road tool kit and me--7100 lb. None of my parade tractors weigh over 3500 lb so no problem with overload. Yes, I have to go through the scales when carrying a load, but I only haul tractors on weekends 5-6 times a year. And there are no scales between my place and the nearest towns (Red Bluff and Chico).

I looked long and hard for a 3/4 or 1T PU gas and diesel and couldn't beat this deal for my uses. Besides, I really like the look of the NPR and have always wanted to own a cab over vehicle.

 

[whodat526]

Number of bolts on the rims gives it away, its an F-super so a 450.

what makes it a 450 i only see 8 lug bolts in the pic.

 

[looknlearn]

Wow, if it were near here I'd be looking at it as well. I have been thinking about something like that and how handy it would be: full pickup bed plus lockable storage.:thumbsup: How much is he asking?

 

[Mighty Dodge]

Might have started out as a cab and chassis is the frame extended or just the custom box. Looking up the vin might tell you.

 

[groundcover]

Don't think you can go by the rims, they look like Wheel simulators : D.O.T. Mount Dual Wheel Simulators for 1985-1998 Ford F350 - Full Set for 16 | AW Direct

Looks like it is a little early as well :
Ford Super Duty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[herringchoker]

It's a 4x4 and has wheel covers. The front clip is 1987-1992? vintage and the emblems say F-350 and Diesel, but who knows if that's original. Asking price in the window is $3,350.

 

[mjncad]

Flusher:

You did good with the Isuzu it looks like. How well does it ride with you sitting over the front wheel?

Does it seem underpowered to you as that seems to be a lot of truck for the engine.

 

[JDgreen227]

Flusher:

You did good with the Isuzu it looks like. How well does it ride with you sitting over the front wheel?

Does it seem underpowered to you as that seems to be a lot of truck for the engine.

A 7100 lb. truck with the GM 6.0 wouldn't be underpowered, , I own a Y2K GMC Yukon XL 2500 with the same engine and 4:10 gears, with 5 people aboard and a full load of luggage it tips the scales at close to 7000 pounds and will still pull my 6400 lb travel trailer.

 

[slowzuki]

Whoops I counted too quick and got 10 bolt.

what makes it a 450 i only see 8 lug bolts in the pic.

 

[flusher]

Flusher:

You did good with the Isuzu it looks like. How well does it ride with you sitting over the front wheel?

Does it seem underpowered to you as that seems to be a lot of truck for the engine.

Drives and rides fine--like my F150, quiet, smooth.

Unloaded, it'll do 75 on the interstate. I only carry about 4000 lb (tractor, ramps, tools) which is well below the 12,000 lb GVWR. Gas mileage is not great: 11 mpg unloaded (hand calculated), 8 mpg with a full load (estimated)
That engine is a Chevy LQ4 Vortec V8 with 300 hp at 4400 rpm and 360 lb-ft torque at 4000 rpm. Not torqued like a diesel, but then it's not a towing truck, it's a hauling truck. BTW: the GCWR is 18,000 lb.