BrokeFarmerJohn
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2016
- Messages
- 2,233
- Location
- Columbus Ohio
- Tractor
- 2017 Mahindra 5555, John Blue G-1000, Massey Ferguson 98, John Deere GP
Looking to buy a truck, I'm thinking 3/4 ton or 1 ton.
Truck needs to be dependable, easy to work on and maintain (by myself) and cheap to work on.
Basically a good old farm truck, I need it to haul 7500-10k safely.
I had my eye on a 92 4x4 flatbed F250 with 7.3 IDI with 118k miles
My current truck is a 81 F150 with 4.9 strait 6 with 128k miles, it's been a super dependable truck, starts right up and most I pulled was 5200lbs on the bumper a few times hauling round bales on a tandem 18ft 10k trailer which it handled like a champ accelerating lol i wasn't stopping in a hurry. I don't plan to go more with it but my tractor and trailer combo is around 7900lbs plus gear and attachments.
I also will like to note I own an 85 F350 4x4 dully dump truck which I have been going back and forth about setting up to pull with, it's got a 460 v8 and is manual but the cab has been changed to a 93 XLT and the previous owner didn't hook the emergency break up, half the lights don't work and gas tank leaks. Also no hitch.
I bought it as a project/ to make money on and so far got it running good, new calipers, shoes and rubber break lines on the front and will be tackling a rear steel break line leak and gas tank next (when the weather breaks). It has unknown miles prob close to 275-300k (which is a concern) and was used to push snow so it's had a hard life (another big concern for safely pulling). I was gonna haul gravel for my driveway with it and send it down the road being I don't need a dump truck often. I have part concrete drive and wanted to use a 1 ton so I wouldn't bust up my driveway or I would have a big truck haul gravel for me, instead of a bunch of small trips.
I also thought about upgrading my 81 F150 with a class 4 (7500lb) or 5 (10k) hitch, break controller and trailer hook ups since currently it has non of that, no trailer light hook ups at all, but I can do all that for less than $300 but at the end of the day I can't haul my tractor, I can haul more on the trailer though being it had breaks on both axles, the 4.9 had no probs pulling 5200lbs, stopping was the main concern. My next concern will be burning up the automatic tranny in the truck.
Note: pulling on mainly flat ground 1-50 miles one way mostly.
So if you guys or gals have a old truck you beat up everyday and it keeps asking for more, let me know. I'm trying to expand my cattle endeavor and am quickly out growing my current equipment.
Luckily I bought as big of a tractor I did, trucks are much cheaper to upgrade lol.
And doesn't have to be Ford, I have just owned a lot of them and had good luck with them. When a good deal comes along, usually it's a Ford for me anyway lol
Truck needs to be dependable, easy to work on and maintain (by myself) and cheap to work on.
Basically a good old farm truck, I need it to haul 7500-10k safely.
I had my eye on a 92 4x4 flatbed F250 with 7.3 IDI with 118k miles
My current truck is a 81 F150 with 4.9 strait 6 with 128k miles, it's been a super dependable truck, starts right up and most I pulled was 5200lbs on the bumper a few times hauling round bales on a tandem 18ft 10k trailer which it handled like a champ accelerating lol i wasn't stopping in a hurry. I don't plan to go more with it but my tractor and trailer combo is around 7900lbs plus gear and attachments.
I also will like to note I own an 85 F350 4x4 dully dump truck which I have been going back and forth about setting up to pull with, it's got a 460 v8 and is manual but the cab has been changed to a 93 XLT and the previous owner didn't hook the emergency break up, half the lights don't work and gas tank leaks. Also no hitch.
I bought it as a project/ to make money on and so far got it running good, new calipers, shoes and rubber break lines on the front and will be tackling a rear steel break line leak and gas tank next (when the weather breaks). It has unknown miles prob close to 275-300k (which is a concern) and was used to push snow so it's had a hard life (another big concern for safely pulling). I was gonna haul gravel for my driveway with it and send it down the road being I don't need a dump truck often. I have part concrete drive and wanted to use a 1 ton so I wouldn't bust up my driveway or I would have a big truck haul gravel for me, instead of a bunch of small trips.
I also thought about upgrading my 81 F150 with a class 4 (7500lb) or 5 (10k) hitch, break controller and trailer hook ups since currently it has non of that, no trailer light hook ups at all, but I can do all that for less than $300 but at the end of the day I can't haul my tractor, I can haul more on the trailer though being it had breaks on both axles, the 4.9 had no probs pulling 5200lbs, stopping was the main concern. My next concern will be burning up the automatic tranny in the truck.
Note: pulling on mainly flat ground 1-50 miles one way mostly.
So if you guys or gals have a old truck you beat up everyday and it keeps asking for more, let me know. I'm trying to expand my cattle endeavor and am quickly out growing my current equipment.
Luckily I bought as big of a tractor I did, trucks are much cheaper to upgrade lol.
And doesn't have to be Ford, I have just owned a lot of them and had good luck with them. When a good deal comes along, usually it's a Ford for me anyway lol
