Is it worth the effort?

[SandburRanch]

A friend has a 92 F-350 he is willing to give me to do some brush hog work on his land. It has a 460ci engine and a 5 speed manual tranny. It has dual rears and a flat bed. I get conflicting info when I run the VIN. He inherited the truck when his father passed away, and does not use it at all. It runs and I drove it around a little and it seems OK except it needs a little TLC in the interior.

My questions are, I assume it will tow my Mahindra 3016 and implements, but what max weight will it handle? Is the motor reliable? It has 86,000 on it. Any ideas about mileage? The GVWR on the sticker says 10,000. But the only gross weight for the truck itself that I can find says 5400. Does that mean I can only tow 4600? this stuff makes no sense to me.


Thanks in advance.

PS- It's a four door also.

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The transmission sucks if it's the same as the 5 speed ford put in the 1988. Reverse ratio is about 3 times too fast.

 

[Pa Pa Jack]

these discussions seemed to raise more questions, in my mind, so I rode over and went over the truck again. It is a CC, LB 2wd. It is an injected engine. The wheelbase is 169 inches. The flatbed is 92 inches wide and 9 feet long. Wooden bed. Jeff says his dad bought it new in 1992 from a local dealer and never had a bit of trouble with it. He used it to haul their old MF around to hay fields they used to have. The interior is rough because his dad had an old bluetick that went everywhere with him.

We came to an agreement about the pasture he wants cleaned up, and he and his brother will cut the sweetgum down. All I have to do is bush hog everything else to the ground.

I not only have the truck here now, I get deer and turkey hunting rights to the pasture once I get them cleaned up. And I can plant a small one acre area as a food plot, as long as they get some venison.

I think I came out WAY ahead.

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[Wolfy]

Sounds like a real good deal for a nice truck.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Sounds like a real good deal for a nice truck.

It almost seems too good to be true...Are you sure there is not dynamite or something out in that pasture???

 

[Diamondpilot]

It almost seems too good to be true...Are you sure there is not dynamite or something out in that pasture???

He has not done the work yet. 18 acres is a lot to Bush Hog when its been neglected for years. I charge $60 a hour to run my tractor when doing jobs and its just a little 28HP unit and if BH I am only pulling a 5' unit. Bigger equipment means less time but also means more to operate it. Well see how he comes out in the end. Book value on that truck ranges from $1400 to $2800.


Using a 30 HP tractor like you have and 5' cutter is going to take you some time.
Chris

 

[timswi]

He has not done the work yet. 18 acres is a lot to Bush Hog when its been neglected for years. I charge $60 a hour to run my tractor when doing jobs and its just a little 28HP unit and if BH I am only pulling a 5' unit. Bigger equipment means less time but also means more to operate it. Well see how he comes out in the end. Book value on that truck ranges from $1400 to $2800.


Using a 30 HP tractor like you have and 5' cutter is going to take you some time.
Chris

The way I look at this is: if I don't have much going on, my free time is free dollar wise, in his case it'll be some gallons of diesel and he's getting a truck that he wants in return. As long as there isn't any equipment damage, sounds like a win-win to me. 18 acres is alot of ground though.

Barter is a good thing...Do it all the time. You get to decide what each side of the equation is worth to you and either party can say no...Nice.

 

[Pa Pa Jack]

The way I look at this is: if I don't have much going on, my free time is free dollar wise, in his case it'll be some gallons of diesel and he's getting a truck that he wants in return. As long as there isn't any equipment damage, sounds like a win-win to me. 18 acres is alot of ground though.

Barter is a good thing...Do it all the time. You get to decide what each side of the equation is worth to you and either party can say no...Nice.

That was my thinking. I am retired. Jeff is in no real hurry to get the pasture cleared. It's only about 4 miles from the house. I walked most of the pasture, and there doesn't seem to be anything that worries me. It's flat, no ditches, no stumps and should be about as easy a job as it could be under the circumstances. I am going to try to get started tomorrow morning. Once it gets up to 100*, I'll call it a day.

 

[johnk]

That was my thinking. I am retired. Jeff is in no real hurry to get the pasture cleared. It's only about 4 miles from the house. I walked most of the pasture, and there doesn't seem to be anything that worries me. It's flat, no ditches, no stumps and should be about as easy a job as it could be under the circumstances. I am going to try to get started tomorrow morning. Once it gets up to 100*, I'll call it a day.

I am retired also. Looks like something to to do for the day. Let me know how it pans out....

 

[timswi]

That was my thinking. I am retired. Jeff is in no real hurry to get the pasture cleared. It's only about 4 miles from the house. I walked most of the pasture, and there doesn't seem to be anything that worries me. It's flat, no ditches, no stumps and should be about as easy a job as it could be under the circumstances. I am going to try to get started tomorrow morning. Once it gets up to 100*, I'll call it a day.

By the way, that's a nice truck and the interior doesn't look as bad as you described. I've seen a lot worse on much newer stuff....A weekend of detailing and a little TLC and that'll be a sharp truck...Set of simulators maybe

 

[Pa Pa Jack]

By the way, that's a nice truck and the interior doesn't look as bad as you described. I've seen a lot worse on much newer stuff....A weekend of detailing and a little TLC and that'll be a sharp truck...Set of simulators maybe

I didn't show the back seat. It's really not even there. It was in such bad shape we threw it out. How are things in Beaver County. I was raised in the area and used to hunt around Raccoon State Park for many years.

Excuse my ignorance, but what are Simulators?