Putting a pick-up bed on my F-550

[MrJimi]

I was seeing a dark spot in my lower left corner and he said it was the cloudy area that looks like smoke from a campfire that starts at the bottom and goes up and widens up, It is getting better and hopefully back to normal soon

 

[john_bud]

Since my last post our gas water heater has a leak and the gas company has turned off our gas for our safety?
I had to buy another electric water heater and install It now I have to wire It for 220 volts.
I also had something go wrong with my left eye, I've been to the hospital and It Is getting better and I have to go back the eighteenth of April for another check and I'm hoping all Is well so I can see again and It's been cold here and truck has been on back burner since
here Is a picture of my eye they took at the hospital, see If you can tell whats wrong with It, looks like a fertile egg to me

You been using a telescope to watch the sun?

But seriously, hope the bad luck changes polarity!

jb

 

[sandman2234]

The darker shadow near the bottom may just be the refection of the angle of the camera. The lighter area near the center to the left of that blood vessel may be more to be concerned about. Hard to tell for sure.
Who took the pictures, Baptist Eye Institute? Who is the Ophthalmologist that you are going to? Hopefully it is nothing serious, and we can get back to tractors without you missing out. Got any recent pictures of the truck?
David from jax

 

[doc_cottom]

MrJimi - You have got one great looking truck there. How does using a F-550 compare in insurance rates and all to say a F-350? Here in Indiana you have to buy tags based on Gross Weight Rating, The GWR for the F-350 is 11,500 Lb, putting it just under Indiana's 12,000LB break point. It looks like the F-550 has a GWR of 26,000, keeping it under the need for a Commercial Drivers License (26,001LB).

 

[doc_cottom]

While we are talking trucks, back in the 1980's there was a company out of Texas (I think) that made scale Peterbilt cabs that were bolt-on to a F-350 chassis. I've seen a few, but have never found the company. Anybody got any ideas?

 

[sandman2234]

Peterbilt made one for a retiring CEO back in the 80's, but I didn't know somebody was doing it besides that one. Seems like a good idea, except the only people that would want it are a bunch of poor truckdrivers, who can't afford to buy fuel right now, much less a new toy to set in the driveway.
David from jax

 

[BWBrown]

Just for the fun of it!

The Li'l Big Rig - First in Kit Trucks

 

[em14]

MrJimi - Here's what you need ... 2008 Ford F-650 for Sale - duPontREGISTRY.com ... I just saw one these going North on I-75 near Gainesville ... had FL Plates! This is a big Pick-Up!
Leo

 

[MrJimi]

Leo, there is a place near Daytona that makes the F-650 trucks like that, I'd like to ride down and just look. $89K is out of my reach for this lifetime

 

[MrJimi]

Long overdue update. I tried to get wheels (19.5") off the truck and my 1/2 impact was not enough, I hooked up my other air compressor and that did not work either, I remembered that I had bought a 1" 1,400 pound of torque for heavy stuff, well my sockets did not go down small enough to work.
I dug out my 1/2 breaker bar with an impact socket and it did not budge, then I put another 2 feet of pipe on the end of my breaker bar and with almost all my 175 pounds it finally broke loose. I did the left side and I was tired of playing that game.
Then I wanted to secure the bed to the frame better with more attachment points, I cut some 2"X1/4" flat and no place to bolt it to. This is not making my day at all.
here is a picture of wrench and bed mount.