lumber wagon???
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Topic: lumber wagon???
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: lumber wagon???
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2020 at 10:32pm
| saw a truck i've NEVER seen before! was a brand new GM 3500 series single cab 4x4 with a "short box"! whew! that's gotta be one nasty riding truck! |
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Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:08am
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Yea havent seen that truck yet. Kids should love them! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:32am
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I've seen Isuzu trucks with advertising signs on back 8' tall, 1' wide by 12' long and thought the same thing. When looking for a box truck I saw one like you describe and wondered just what you needed that big a truck for such a small box for, evidently something small, heavy and needed to stay dry. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 8:32am
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yea,, and the tailgate down is prolly like 5 an 1/2 feet tall,, need a lift of some kind to get stuff in there,, sure ain't gonna toss it over the side either...
back a couple years ago I sold as wood burning cook stove to a fellow, he showed up in a brand new 2018 ford PLATINIUM F-350 diesel and the tailgate was almost shoulder high to me,,, well,,, I used the 8010 with FEL to get it in there... oh yea,,, he had to jack with the price I had on the stove too....
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 8:38am
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only 3500 reg cab online has EIGHT FOOT box...might be a canadian version though... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:10pm
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Seems like everyone just has to have Daddy's Pwretty Widdle Twuck nowdays to go impress everyone in the food handout lines. Watching the news all you see are long lines snaking around huge parking lots to pick up a box of free food. You don't see any "Beaters" or "Hoopties" in those lines either. If those yahoos weren't spending so much for those gadget overloaded urban assault vehicles and glorified 4 door grocery-getter P/Ups that don't have a bed big enough for much of anything, except maybe a tricycle, and we're not talking about a HD trycycle (hound dog motorcycle), they wouldn't need to be in line for a free box of food. Who needs a back up camera on a truck that is for pulling a trailer? That's what mirrors are for, or can't anyone get their fat neck to turn to look in a mirror? And for power windows, when an accident or computer failure happens you can't get out, because your windows are up and doors have been automaticly locked. I wonder how reasonable priced a NEW P/up could be if it was just a basic TRUCK with no electric anything except for lights, wipers and a radio, like they used to be?
------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:12pm
| Their made to pull 5th wheel trailers. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:21pm
Was wondering of that, short wb is better for maneuvering HOWEVER are also pretty evil for jack knifing when challenged that and ride like a short wb does, BADLY. |
HD6GTOM wrote:Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2020 at 7:43pm
| In 2010 a five year old crewcab, longbox, 2500HD, no power windows/locks and 86000 miles cost me twenty grand |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 9:19am
| My 76 K3500 is a single cab dually with a standard bed. It rides fine turns very sharp with a gooseneck. 1 1/2' shorter wouldn't make any differance. Back in the 80s I built a lifted blazer on one ton chassis. It rode fine until you put a short 16' camper trailer on it then it was like a hobbie horse. Bought a longer trailer 23' camper and it was fine. |
Posted By: TMiller/NC
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 7:19pm
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Back up camera very handy for hooking to bumper pull trailer. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2020 at 7:25pm
| my 1997 GMC 3500, 4 door, 4x4, long box, diesel rides just as smooth as my Caddy Eldorado. i love that truck! such a pleasure to drive and comfy! oh...and Paul...if an accident happens, your winders won't crank down either. gotta break them from inside or outside. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 1:51pm
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When they were putting the new pipelines thru here I would see a convoy of those going to work. They would have welder setups on the back. They didn't have a box, just a flatbed. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 9:31pm
| i also have 3/4 ton with a flatbed, they are about the handiest box styles there is! if i buy a new/newer pickup, that flatbed will go on it! |