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Bodean · Oct 15, 2016

Really? Huh..it does. I'm looking at used motors....Fur get that.

Now I'm looking at a grapple truck....or a hiab on a small short stout chassis....

The GMC cabovers? Anyone like these....they look stout....or is the Fuso and Isuzu better......

My Irish mechanic says stick with 7.3 in a F550....Any F550 but no 6.0 motors ever.....I saw one with a blown motor at 10k miles....

squisher · Oct 15, 2016

The 6.0l burden. Do not want.

treebilly · Oct 15, 2016

The gmc cabovers should be pretty close to the Isuzu as far as I know. Would the gmc have a duramax? Duramax is an Isuzu engine. Just like the dt365 is the same as a ford 6.0.

FireFighterZero · Oct 15, 2016

Ought to be able to repower with a DT466?

treebilly · Oct 15, 2016

Would the tranny still work with the engine swap?

sotc · Oct 15, 2016

squisher said:
The 6.0l burden. Do not want.

They say the 6.0 can be built to be a great engine, the 6.4 left me weeping in the street

FireFighterZero · Oct 15, 2016

I think so Rich, if there is room and the trans can be adapted.

squisher · Oct 16, 2016

sotc said:
They say the 6.0 can be built to be a great engine, the 6.4 left me weeping in the street

True. But I'm never going to do it. I also would never own a 6.4 either. Disposable diesel imo, that's susceptible to super expensive repairs.

BOTS · Oct 16, 2016

sotc said:
They say the 6.0 can be built to be a great engine, the 6.4 left me weeping in the street

6.0 is garb, I here 6.4 not much better....

the new 6.7 is good so far...7.3 is awesome as usual!!

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

The gmc and Isuzu cabovers are the same thing as far as I know.

Cobleskill · Oct 16, 2016

Far as I know too.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

What's the deal with that?

FireFighterZero · Oct 16, 2016

What do you mean?

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Why the re-branding?

FireFighterZero · Oct 16, 2016

I'm not sure. Must be what ever name will sell the most units.

GM has been in cahoots with Isuzu since the early 70's. Both made some good products, I think it was a good partnership.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

I feel good about our gmc w4500.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Here's a few more photos of our new rig, we have a couple of modifications to make yet but overall we are happy with the outcome.

FireFighterZero · Oct 16, 2016

Looks nice.

Guard dog looks like he is doing his job nicely.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Our old rig was an F-250 pulling a 16' brush trailer. All tolled the rig was 38' long, our new truck is 18' end to end and we gain 50 cubic ft capacity. So when we're done with work we can easily go and park downtown for a nice burger and beer.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Thanks Jim. That's Lucy in the foreground, she is very old and nice, never was a good guard dog. Samson however, the little black dog in the background, he's the guard dog, he's a real terror.

FireFighterZero · Oct 16, 2016

Has that look to her.

You guys did a swell job on that box.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Thanks Jim. We decided to hire pros to build the main structure of the box and we did a few add on's. 5k for the box.

FireFighterZero · Oct 16, 2016

Its the extras that you add on that make something really fit and functional to your operation.

Levi · Oct 16, 2016

Very true. This truck is certainly one of a kind and custom tailored. Hopefully the engine holds out!

treebilly · Oct 16, 2016

Does it dump Levi? And does it have a hitch on it? Looks like a great set up to me an to agree with jim, the customizations make things great

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