Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[Dakota_male]

Thought the same thing..

dido, thought the same too

 

[Tomtint]

Nice truck!
Was that the only reason to dump a 1 y/o truck?

I had the 16 for 2 years. Has to replace both exhaust manifolds and 1 cylinder head due to rust. Y
The state and town use magnesium chloride up here and it is brutal on anything metal ...and asphalt. The underside of my 16 looked like it was 40 years old. The head and manifolds were changed at 6500 miles, I traded it at 7100.

 

[Tomtint]

This was the 16 I traded.. I kept the aluminum wheels for the new one.

 

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Traded my 16 F450 for a 17 F450. The difference in cab driving and seating comfort is night and day. The new one is comfortable for hours at a time. The 16, I wanted to get out of it after 15 minutes.

Let's see: A nice tractor, A stellar dump truck, a super mini -ex and.... All you need is a small dozer to be the complete man

 

[Tomtint]

Let's see: A nice tractor, A stellar dump truck, a super mini -ex and.... All you need is a small dozer to be the complete man

I have runout of room for more equipment. Not to mention the up keep and maintence on anything with a motor. It sometimes seams like everything needs something.

 

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I have runout of room for more equipment. Not to mention the up keep and maintence on anything with a motor. It sometimes seams like everything needs something.

Sell stuff. Buy the dozer. You're so close as a 3/4 man. Then you are the "complete man". I know because I'm only one quarter of a man.

 

[Tomtint]

Sell stuff. Buy the dozer. You're so close as a 3/4 man. Then you are the "complete man". I know because I'm only one quarter of a man.

If we have another 10' of snow this winter... a dozer it will be.

 

[Rustyiron]

I had the 16 for 2 years. Has to replace both exhaust manifolds and 1 cylinder head due to rust. Y
The state and town use magnesium chloride up here and it is brutal on anything metal ...and asphalt. The underside of my 16 looked like it was 40 years old. The head and manifolds were changed at 6500 miles, I traded it at 7100.

Do you do any Fluid Film or old motor oil underneath? Not counting your income from the truck, you had to take a beating on the value. :confused3: They are both beautiful trucks!!

 

[Tomtint]

Do you do any Fluid Film or old motor oil underneath? Not counting your income from the truck, you had to take a beating on the value. :confused3: They are both beautiful trucks!!

I didn't do anything to the 16. The 17, I painted everything under it with POR then sprayed undercoating on the frame etc, then sprayed it all with diesel fuel. It cost me 13k and my truck to go into the 17. Basically 6500 a year deprecation. But probably less in reality. The new truck was more than the 16 and the aluminum body was a upgrade as well. Combined, it's about 4-5k more truck to truck.. so maybe 8-9k deprecation.

 

[Rustyiron]

Got it:thumbsup: Looks like we'll be plowing late tonight - early tomorrow.
That body is nice! Couldn't tell it it was alum. or SS. That's a keeper.