Its a dark blue xlt, has 156K miles on it and its 4x4 the only bad thing is the brakes need to be replaced soon.
tomorrow its going to the shop to get gauges, injectors, turbo, transmission etc put in.... it should be pretty fast. :lookaround:
its nice being able to fit in one parking space or being able to make a u turn without reversing... this is the first truck I have owned that's not a dually and I like it.
where in the hell have you been? I haven't heard your name since back in the dieselstop days. dayum. You forgot to mention that its getting the rag through intercooler mod too. Don't deny, we all know its going to happen eventually.
I do like that Pete but the Cat is kind of the drawback from what I hear they really like to gulp diesel down at least for my first truck I am going to go with a detroit.
here are the single axle trucks I was looking at I liked the international but I found out that my buddy's truck is short enough to work with my trailer.
it has 675k miles and has been very well maintained he is asking $22k but I want to get it a little cheaper than that. If I find a flattop truck with everything I want I will go with that.
Which ever truck I get I am going to have it dynoed and have oil analyis done for the engine, trans and diffs.
I hear you about the condo and mpg... plus I really hate how they look
The problem is I couldn't find a midroof/flatop with the motor or trans I wanted. there was one but the truck was to long to work with my trailer I would have been 75ft+ with how far the 5th wheel needed to be clear the mudflaps
I can always either have my buddy who is a really good fabricator cut the condo part off and make it a flattio or go to the junkyard and get a flattop cab/sleeper and have that put on there.
oh other thing is you have to have an 04+ moto in cali in 2014 you cant have any motor older than that and you can run that till 2019 and then you have a 2010 or newer engine after that:aiwebs_001: dont ya love cali :hehe:
I personally prefer the old two-stroke Detroits (aka "Driptroits") like the 671 and 871. The only time you ever had to worry about them is when they stopped leaking oil.
Our former dump truck at work had a 2 stroke detroit. Lets just say everyone in town knew where the truck was... She blew up a few weeks back, so a new engine/truck is now in her place, and I don't miss the 2 stroker one bit. I have never driven a motor you actually thought was going to blow up from idle to rev limiter...
why not buy a tandem axle truck like you want pull the front drive out slide rear drive foward to where you want it cut framerails to work with trailer,then sell the front drive or keep it for parts.its also a semi fuel mileage aint gonna be great anyway.if you want decent power and mileage get a cummins red top,only newer engine with best of both worlds.cat loves fuel/detroit lacks power.
If I can get a tandem axle truck that works with my trailer I am going to go that route I dont want to be worried about being overweight on my axles.
and I don't have to buy another truck when I get my heavier duty trailer within the next couple years.
did you take all the mods off your 550 and swap them onto the 250 ?
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