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The 300 Ford is beyond a doubt one of the best truck engines that company ever made .It's not uncommon to see many in service today that were made in the 70's with well in excess of 200 thousand miles .

The 302 cubic inch engine commonly known as the 5.0 was a good enough engine in a Mustang but it didn't have the low end torque needed for a truck engine ,full sized Lincoln or whatever else it was used in .

Well here's another thing to consider .Trucks used in tree service work get showered with wood chips and I think that is about as acidic as salt .On more than one occasion I've had to weld in plate steel patchs where the main frame rails were quickly disappearing . Now they were older late...

Yes that looks a like an original service type bed .It used to actually be cheaper to buy a 1 ton cab and chassis and install a service bed than it was to buy a 3/4 ton complete with bed .I have no idea if that still holds true today or not .

It's not always the case but in times past more often than not a flat bed on a pick up usually meant one thing .The owner most had likely beat the pizz out of the orignal bed and did a hillbilly fix to it . I think the recent rise in scrape iron prices over the last few years has thinned that...

Meaning laws etc regarding pollution requirements . For example even in the late 70's Californias' requirements for same was the most stringent in the USA . Ford GM etc made special engines specifically for shipment to Calfornia markets during that time frame . Not a big deal just a fact . Just...

Well ,lets face it California has edicts for things the rest of the known world does not . Always have ,always will .

I was serious about Freightliner .They are a well establish recognized ,well reputed company with service centers all over the US and Canada if not the rest of the civalized world . The couple of hundred for a diagnostic checkup would certainly be better than traversing the country only to find...

From what they tell me certain items such as chip haulers are more readily available on the east coast .Many however are pre owned by Daveys and big A and may or may not have the snot used out of them . To buy one over the net sight unseen would be asking for trouble IMO . Some time ago Tom...