New (used) IH 7500 Dump Truck purchase, modification & fix up

[Hay Dude]

It would make a great hay hauler! But what about your g/n and the ram? I don't mean to be a kill joy but that's a killer hay mover also and I kinda get the idea that you mostly work alone.
Do you have a good bumper pull for behind the IH? I remember you pictured one you were looking at.

I like the idea of having 2 hay haulers. It would speed things up for me. Still much rather have dump truck.

 

[redman135]

I have just waded through all 27 pages, took 2 hours.
Since it is proving very hard to find the 12' deck you want ,would converting this truck to a 6x6 and have a 16' tip deck(f.o.b. tunion mount) with demountable sides( use a cradle to lift off like a stock crate), and use a dolly on your goose neck to make a trailer to cart hay as a unit?
The stretch would take care of the rusted chassiss section.

A former employer used a 6x4 with a flatdeck/ dropside tipper, 16' deck on ag work ran as a flatdeck carting hay or silage bales and in the maize season woud drop the dirt bin and put the maize bin on and do bulk maize. Sometime he would do maize on night shift and bales on day shift.
He also did earth works in the off season as well.

Or is a 3 axle truck to big to fit on the dirt jobs?

 

[mrmikey]

I could put that plan on hold and build the IH 7500 4x4 with a 12’ flatbed.

What if you did that with the final intent of extending the 12' body to a 20-24' tandem flatdeck, you'd be over 1/2 way there with the headboard already done.

 

[Hay Dude]

The “final plan” is the 7500 4x4 as a dump truck to do ditching, earth work and even to pull a flat bed trailer if my Ram/GN needed help moving hay.

Next year would purchase a used tandem and install a 20-24’ flatbed as a dedicated hay truck.

 

[Hay Dude]

With almost “blind faith”, I ordered the 12’ dump body. Should be here is a week or 2.
Fixing AC and transmission cooler this week.
Outer frame rails ordered and should be on in July.

 

[mrmikey]

Well at least you can now move forward, here's hoping it's in as good a shape as you think, fingers crossed.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

I bet it will turn out perfect. That truck is going to serve you well.

 

[Hay Dude]

I bet it will turn out perfect. That truck is going to serve you well.

Thanks for that. Went into this with the thought it would take 6-12 months to get this truck rehabbed and ready for work. Luckily, the first job we use it for has a flexible timeline. I can pretty much start whenever.
It‘ll be another 2 months until it’s finished enough to use and then lots more small improvements. I’m sure it’ll need plenty more before its ready for work every day.

Hopefully Vander Haags gets my check here in a few days and the dump box can be shipped to me.

Looking forward to the completion and using it for years to come.

 

[aczlan]

Thanks for that. Went into this with the thought it would take 6-12 months to get this truck rehabbed and ready for work. Luckily, the first job we use it for has a flexible timeline. I can pretty much start whenever.
It‘ll be another 2 months until it’s finished enough to use and then lots more small improvements. I’m sure it’ll need plenty more before its ready for work every day.

Hopefully Vander Haags gets my check here in a few days and the dump box can be shipped to me.

Looking forward to the completion and using it for years to come.

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Aaron Z

 

[Hay Dude]

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Aaron Z

Truth be told, I would have owned this beautiful truck last week, but someone bought it before I could.
2004 7400 6x6 DT530E@ 300HP, automatic, engine brake.
I am still looking for this exact truck.