Posted by Brad Gyde on May 30, 2010 at 20:13:27 from (68.28.138.232):
In Reply to: tough old farm truck posted by larry@stinescorner on May 30, 2010 at 11:04:18:
I had a similar truck.. Mine was a 69 F-800.. Mine was a tandem, 14' box, but I had what I was told was a Allison auto in mine.. Could haul roughly 300 bushels on the old girl..
It was what some folks would call a dragonfly... Drag a** uphill, and fly down.. I think 57 was as fast as you could make it go.. I'd stand right into the carb, it'd wind up good but no speed record..
My grandad bought the one I had in 1979, used it when I was little.. they parked it in 91, and I bought it about 10 years later and hauled grain with it for a couple years, then used it to haul 2-3 loads of junk a year after that.
I kinda wish I'd have kept it, even though it needed tires, was slow going, and hard on gas it'd do a lot of work.. Plus was a handy place to toss scrap from the shop until the truck was full.
Decided to edit post and add the picture.. Taken just before I sold the truck.. that was about 3 years ago now I guess.
Brad
This post was edited by Brad Gyde at 20:19:32 05/30/10.
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