Is this insanity?

[emmett518]

A friend has a Mack RD685 from the 70s that has a shot frame. He's asking $6000.

Can you rebuild a frame in your driveway, or does it require cranes, specialized tools, and big money?

I do have tools for working on my backhoe, and I could do some lifting with the hoe, but I know nothing about six wheel trucks.

 

[Nige]

I direct your attention to this thread ........... https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/looking-at-mack-but-needs-work.91452/
I would say don't walk away from it - run....!!!

 

[emmett518]

Thank you.

 

[Jumbo]

If the frame is shot, what else is? Sounds like a rubber tired money pit driven to extinction.

 

[skyking1]

It's one of those things that if you have it, you run it till it fails. If you don't have it, don't buy it.

 

[suladas]

Good for a site or farm truck, run it till it dies. Or if enough good parts, part it out. Not good for anything else.

 

[JLarson]

Forget you ever saw it.

 

[emmett518]

One friend said that people are going to buy it, and ship it to Africa. That's a scary thought.

 

[Truck Shop]

In most cases-a used truck is worth about what the tires are worth holding it up.