I need more things to wrench on so I bought a dump truck!

Cliff_Johns · Mar 18, 2007

rexcramer said:
She has a 366 gasser and a 10 speed tranny. Not too bad for $5000 I dont think. It has a 5 yard box.

Yeah, not too bad at all. It looks to have a great deal of use left in it, although it does appear to be a little embarassed about the bright red shine.

Cliff

rexcramer · Mar 19, 2007

hockeyhead said:
Great looking truck,
I also have been exploring buying a used dump truck. I was looking hard at the first of the year but have since backed off. I was familarizing myself with small dump trucks features and drivetrain option, insurance and registration requirements. Right now we have 2 SUV's and a compact car that I drive to work. So I use one or the SUV's and a 5 by 8 trailer for my weekend projects, but wife and daughter are driving the SUV's daily, so sometimes no vehicle to pull the trailer
Originally I was looking for a older 3/4 ton pickup something to use around my place on weekends and abuse as required. Then I started thinking about a dump truck.
The wife agrees that a pickup would be good to have around, as she would also have interest in using it with some of her projects, but does not like the dump truck idea at all.
I've been looking for something smaller on a pickup platform. 3 yard.
I've looked at 5 or 6 in the 3-5k range, and a lot of junk out there, mostly abused landscaping trucks.
anyway again good job on your truck.

Yeah the 1 ton trucks with 3 yard boxes are more expensive than the bigger trucks because they are easier to use and don't require a CDL. Also my truck costs over $500 to plate for a full year.

tractorsanmore · Mar 23, 2007

Nice truck , the company I work for used to have a lot of them , good old trucks , the only thing that would be nice would be a fiberglass tilt front end they added later in production .