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3306B The good, The bad and The ugly

colson04

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One was a late 90s Kodiak with a 7.4l gasser. Listed as having a misfire, no brakes, obvious body rust, and hydraulic system partially torn apart and exposed. Truck brought $8000 in that condition, plus someone paid 13% buyers premium and then 6% sales tax on top of that. The other truck had a C7 Cat and brought even more. Not near as many issues, but still a 20 year old truck.
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John C.

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The 3306 engine was common in concrete trucks around here for years. I looked at a fleet of around thirty trucks back in the early 2000s and at least half were 3306 and the rest were L10 Cummins.
 
cfherrman

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Yeah sold for $2600 + fees!

If my back wasn't hurt I might have tried to get it.

A ready mix truck I had watched sold for 10k and it was fine, I've seen broken engine ones go for more than that, strange trend.

I've seen items go way up in the last 2 hours on this site, typically most of the bidding is done then
 
workshoprat92

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cfherrman said:
Yeah sold for $2600 + fees!

If my back wasn't hurt I might have tried to get it.

A ready mix truck I had watched sold for 10k and it was fine, I've seen broken engine ones go for more than that, strange trend.
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Now I just gotta figure out how to get it 200 miles to springfield mo.
I had it added up right. In nowhere kansas with a bad engine a d 32 foot bumper to bumper means hard to move and gona be expensive to deal with. Also 3306 cat even being a mechanical engine is not very desirable as its not something you can turn up to 500hp to be another swingin di ck blowing coals! I hate to toot my own horn but i was spot on on my estimate!
 
cfherrman

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Auctions are fun, when you bid no matter of won or outbid you have the same feeling of happiness and regret.

In my uneducated and unknowingly opinion the 3306 is a excellent engine to have except that it's only a 10l, which it's heavy duty so that's even fine. You can probably safely turn up to 300-400 with money I'm guessing. I think they still make new 3306's in mine equipment.
 
workshoprat92

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cfherrman said:
Auctions are fun, when you bid no matter of won or outbid you have the same feeling of happiness and regret.

In my uneducated and unknowingly opinion the 3306 is a excellent engine to have except that it's only a 10l, which it's heavy duty so that's even fine. You can probably safely turn up to 300-400 with money I'm guessing. I think they still make new 3306's in mine equipment.
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Yes it is quite the adrenalne rush. I am pretty darn happy with this purchase. Even if the engine is totally toast it will be a good cummins transplant candidate. The truck is worth the sum of the parts. I am considering flat towing it behind one of my other trucks to get it home.
 
crane operator

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That's great you got it bought, and I agree that the 2,600 is cheap- the rear ends as a cut off are worth that, to say nothing of the bed and the cab- if you had to part it out.

Its double frame, 8LL, tarp on it, and has room for a couple lift axles if you need them.
 
workshoprat92

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crane operator said:
That's great you got it bought, and I agree that the 2,600 is cheap- the rear ends as a cut off are worth that, to say nothing of the bed and the cab- if you had to part it out.

Its double frame, 8LL, tarp on it, and has room for a couple lift axles if you need them.
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It actually had two lift axles on it at one time. Not sure why they would have been removed.
 
mitch504

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cfherrman said:
That's pretty cool, what do you do with the steering of the truck bring towed?
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You leave it free, it tracks perfectly behind. If you tied it, it would try to to go straight always, and you would have to drag it sideways around corners.

I knew that was the answer, but the first time I tried it, I rode in the towed truck with my hands an inch from the wheel.:D
 
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