QRTRHRS
Elite Member
Here is my latest "brain storm". My wife and I have both been married previously. So, I have "stuff". She has "stuff". Our mothers passed away. We got their "stuff".
I decided to buy a box van to start flea marketing to get rid of some of this "stuff", lol! Plus, I can use the truck to haul hay in. No straps, no worrying about rain. Also, we are going to downsize house and propertly wise again but stay in the same area so I won't have to rent a truck.
I picked up an 04' E450 with a 16' foot box. It has 181k but looks and runs better that trucks with half that milage that I looked over. It has E-track and a translucent roof. The roll up door is smooth. New tires, new battery. It has a hitch tube but I need to take it to a certified welder to get some reinforcement. No ramp or lift gate but it has room under the box to come up with a ramp solution.
Since I don't need to use this as a daily driver, the V10 does not bother me over the wimpy 5.4.
About the only thing I see that I need to do is pull the front box corners off to reseal them and the rolled aluminum panel at the front top leaks from flexing. Pretty typical for a box. There is also a spot on the floor in one corner that has water damage. Other than that, good to go.
I have been intrigued by the Izuzu's and I had been bidding on an IH CF500 on Ebay but I don't have the extra 10k more or less so this will do me.
I decided to buy a box van to start flea marketing to get rid of some of this "stuff", lol! Plus, I can use the truck to haul hay in. No straps, no worrying about rain. Also, we are going to downsize house and propertly wise again but stay in the same area so I won't have to rent a truck.
I picked up an 04' E450 with a 16' foot box. It has 181k but looks and runs better that trucks with half that milage that I looked over. It has E-track and a translucent roof. The roll up door is smooth. New tires, new battery. It has a hitch tube but I need to take it to a certified welder to get some reinforcement. No ramp or lift gate but it has room under the box to come up with a ramp solution.
Since I don't need to use this as a daily driver, the V10 does not bother me over the wimpy 5.4.
About the only thing I see that I need to do is pull the front box corners off to reseal them and the rolled aluminum panel at the front top leaks from flexing. Pretty typical for a box. There is also a spot on the floor in one corner that has water damage. Other than that, good to go.
I have been intrigued by the Izuzu's and I had been bidding on an IH CF500 on Ebay but I don't have the extra 10k more or less so this will do me.