Truck Advice....

[Bodean]

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]

The 6.0l burden. Do not want.

 

[treebilly]

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]

Ought to be able to repower with a DT466?

 

[treebilly]

Would the tranny still work with the engine swap?

 

[sotc]

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]

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

 

[squisher]

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]

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]

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

 

[Cobleskill]

Far as I know too.

 

[Levi]

What's the deal with that?

 

[FireFighterZero]

What do you mean?

 

[Levi]

Why the re-branding?

 

[FireFighterZero]

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]

I feel good about our gmc w4500.

 

[Levi]

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]

Looks nice.

Guard dog looks like he is doing his job nicely.

 

[Levi]

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]

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]

Has that look to her.

You guys did a swell job on that box.

 

[Levi]

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]

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

 

[Levi]

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

 

[treebilly]

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