Willie B
Senior Member
I believe a single axle under $10000 is going to need extensive work. I bought a low mileage fire truck, rationalized converting it wouldn't be all that bad. The unanticipated costs were multiple.
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Single axle dump trucks
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DMiller
Senior Member
I have a project due to arrive here, may be more than bargained for but seems we take on what we can stand physically and mentally not so much financially!!
I found engine mounts for neighbors '66 C60 thru GM Dealer near here, guy just had to go back to paper parts guides and then ordered them, were in warehouse in TX. Not all dissimilar to the newer trucks mounts where believe they could have been made to work.
I found engine mounts for neighbors '66 C60 thru GM Dealer near here, guy just had to go back to paper parts guides and then ordered them, were in warehouse in TX. Not all dissimilar to the newer trucks mounts where believe they could have been made to work.
aighead
Senior Member
Willie B
Senior Member
How big is your budget? Might still be worth a trip? Break even, I'd sell.
We went 130 miles round trip today. Towing a trailer with 18000 LB backhoe over VT mountains is slow uphill & down. Too little weight on rear truck wheels encourages caution up & down. Add the complication of losing air 50 miles from home! It seems protecting every air line on the truck, I had missed a tiny sensor line, gives feedback from air dryer to compressor regulator. Only takes a minute amount of water to ice that little bugger up. In future, it drinks much more alcohol.
Then I needed fuel. Little country fuel station, only one for 20 miles. The diesel pump was closest to the building, fuel tank on the truck is right side. Only access to fuel a truck with trailer is wait for the 8 parking spaces to be empty. Seth driving, me directing, we negotiated the difficult. 10 seconds short of the pump, a 320 LB c*nt in a Rav 4 scooted in blocking our access. She defiantly filled her tank, went inside to scratch off some tickets. I may have muttered too loud my displeasure.
At this point, trucks, tractors, dozers, sons, all have lost their charm!
aighead
Senior Member
I thought you sold it!?
If I'm really considering it I don't know what my budget is, less than 5k feels right but it'd also need to make a long trip home.
If I'm really considering it I don't know what my budget is, less than 5k feels right but it'd also need to make a long trip home.
Flat Thunder Channel
Senior Member
No expert, but I envy an older single axle dump truck myself. I would opt for a larger international diesel with air brakes. One with 8-10 ton maxed out hauling capacity. Anything smaller doesn't get you much capacity per load. One important thing to keep in mind is the loading height of your equipment. Cheers
DMiller
Senior Member
Several City County State and Utility Dumps come up usually around the time they all get thru winter at Auctions here, usually go Pricey as people do not understand how to judge these.
Willie B
Senior Member
I looked at several town dump trucks before buying a fire truck. New England town trucks do NOT have a good life! All I looked at were rusted out, including the frame.
DMiller
Senior Member
Pretty well where I was directing.
Willie B
Senior Member
I see southern trucks in remarkably nice condition, even a 1936 Ford, originally a Montana town truck. It seems they raise the road above surrounding terrain & let the wind keep them clear. As I understand it, (at least years in the past) they didn't use salt.
Willie B
Senior Member
As D Miller can attest, buying a used truck is a can of worms. Even my case of buying a low mileage truck still in service as a small town fire truck, there was a lot needed to be done. I bought mine cheap, but spent twice the purchase price making it road worthy.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Open the hood every morning and poor a sack full of money under there, shut the
hood and drive away. been that way since time began.
hood and drive away. been that way since time began.
cuttin edge
Senior Member
I can hear those old gas jobs running now. There was a fella here that had a topkick gas job with a trailing axle. It was new enough to be fuel injected. He could haul more than the other tandems because he was so light. There was a fella up the street from my parent's place. He had a ....I think it was a 78 or 79 F800 Chrome grill, 2 tone brown and white. Single axle with a trailing axle. He painted every nut and bolt on that thing twice a year. It was always shining. I can hear it running yet.
Willie B
Senior Member
I had the C65 Chevy 1976. I bought it with 366, couldn't time it. Best advice was timing must be fouled up, chain worn out. I bought a 427 truck engine, had it rebuilt.
It only climbed steep hills with a full tank. I went through Hell figuring out the air sucking problem in the fuel system. On a good day it was under powered, and a gas hog.
I replaced it with a Top Kick 3208 Caterpillar. Still under powered, but not as severe & it costs half as much for fuel.
One thing a old boss said that made more sense than any thing he ever said was a truck can brake down even though its parked.
NepeanGC
Well-Known Member
Not sure what the market is like these days, but over the past few years Ive picked up international single axles for 20k (canadian) or less. Ran em for a bit and sold them for more than I paid. No frill trucks, and reliable provided you get a DT466 and not a maxxforce.
DT466 is a gutless motor, but it will get the job done. My trucks were legal for 7-8 metric tons. 10 yard dump body, but you'd run out of weight before space.
DT466 is a gutless motor, but it will get the job done. My trucks were legal for 7-8 metric tons. 10 yard dump body, but you'd run out of weight before space.
skyking1
Senior Member
Loading height is why I am happy with the 8 yard box on the Ford tandem truck. With short boards I can get over the side of it with the 35.
cuttin edge
Senior Member
We had a fleet of internationals with the 466 and they were tandems. There are still 2 still running in the fleet, and one is a water truck now. Not enough power to hurt themselves, but I know one of them is on it's 3rd box, and has over a million kilometers on it, and that's not highway driving. The only reason they have retired some is that the frame is wearing out. The new trucks that have replaced them will never get as many years use as these ones. Would love to have the money that came through the tailgate on them.
NepeanGC
Well-Known Member
That sumps up the DT466 perfectly. I do regret selling my 05 sometimes. Cheapest to run truck I've ever had.