I owned a Ford Ranchero that had the 6 cylinder engine out of a Ford 6000 tractor in it. The block was the same as some of the inline 6 cylinder gas engines. It got good fuel economy. One thing you will need to do is take the pump and have the governor changed. Tractors use a constant speed governor. In the Ranchero I had you would go into a curve holding the accelerator peddle in the same position expecting the drag in the curve to slow you down some. ( I am talking slight curves) The injection pump governors would all of a sudden give it more fuel because it was slowing down. About caused a few under ware changings. You had to anticipate your power demands more.
Also we turbo the engine and it was putting out about 90 hp in the tractor before we removed it. In the Ranchero it was doggy with a five speed over drive. Your half ton truck would be just as heavy.
I would not use a JD 3010 or 3020 engine. They used a crankshaft driven balancer. It is in the middle of the oil pan. They would not take over speeding much at all. As others have stated use the motor out of 2020 or 300 industrial.
Truthfully a better engine would be a 4bt Cummins. Much better power to weight ratio. Compared to a tractor.
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