New (to me) TOW vehicle...

KargoMaster · 03-07-2008, 10:56 PM

Crew Cab Dually 1995 Chevy 3500HD... 15,000 GVW, it's a frickin beast!

TBI 454 with just UNDER 27,000 miles... was an oil company welding truck (even has oxy/actylene tank holder on the passenger side of the stake bed--that rack will go away according to the wife

). It desparately needs some cleaning on the inside (it's a WORK truck after all), but otherwise should last a good long time...

After I destroy it -- in a few decades... the 454/4L80e will go in the next trail vehicle... maybe even that massive disk-brake rear... Dana 80... (I just read something about this version being somehow different/stronger??? Whatever, it should do!) Edit: yep, 37 spline 1.6" axle diameter... VS 35 spline 1.5" axle diameter of other years/models... kinda cool.

$7700 out the door didn't seem too bad, especially for the miles... I know that it's a 13 year old truck that has not particularly been babied, but I'm willing to work on it, and I'm not a show truck kinda guy... besides... I would be laughed at too much with an old ambulance!

Now on to working on my trail rig!!! No worries about making it heavier now!

:p

carwash · 03-08-2008, 01:04 AM

that's a beast man, nice work.

you never told me it was a flatbed. badass.

wilson1010 · 03-08-2008, 02:09 AM

Very nice, Brad. I see some stuff hanging off that headboard, though, like a nice generator/compressor/welder, etc.

KargoMaster · 03-08-2008, 02:41 AM

Thanks Greg... I'm one step closer to a tow rig like yours...

77goldeneagle · 03-08-2008, 03:35 AM

put you a 5th wheel pin in the bed and get you a nice LONG gooseneck trailer that would be the cats ass

eighty3bronco · 03-08-2008, 06:59 AM

I did see an amublance on CL.

03-07-2008, 10:56 PM	#1
KargoMaster Cleaning off the rust... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,009	New (to me) TOW vehicle... Crew Cab Dually 1995 Chevy 3500HD... 15,000 GVW, it's a frickin beast! TBI 454 with just UNDER 27,000 miles... was an oil company welding truck (even has oxy/actylene tank holder on the passenger side of the stake bed--that rack will go away according to the wife). It desparately needs some cleaning on the inside (it's a WORK truck after all), but otherwise should last a good long time... After I destroy it -- in a few decades... the 454/4L80e will go in the next trail vehicle... maybe even that massive disk-brake rear... Dana 80... (I just read something about this version being somehow different/stronger??? Whatever, it should do!) Edit: yep, 37 spline 1.6" axle diameter... VS 35 spline 1.5" axle diameter of other years/models... kinda cool. $7700 out the door didn't seem too bad, especially for the miles... I know that it's a 13 year old truck that has not particularly been babied, but I'm willing to work on it, and I'm not a show truck kinda guy... besides... I would be laughed at too much with an old ambulance! Now on to working on my trail rig!!! No worries about making it heavier now! :p Attached Thumbnails __________________ brad 5.0L \| 435 \| 203 \| 300 \| 4.10 \| 39.5 Buildup BACK underway... Last edited by KargoMaster; 03-08-2008 at 01:48 AM.

03-08-2008, 01:04 AM	#2
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	that's a beast man, nice work. you never told me it was a flatbed. badass. __________________

03-08-2008, 02:09 AM	#3
wilson1010 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 147	Very nice, Brad. I see some stuff hanging off that headboard, though, like a nice generator/compressor/welder, etc. __________________ Unimog 406 XJ with a bunch of stuff put on by somebody else

03-08-2008, 02:41 AM	#4
KargoMaster Cleaning off the rust... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,009	Thanks Greg... I'm one step closer to a tow rig like yours... __________________ brad 5.0L \| 435 \| 203 \| 300 \| 4.10 \| 39.5 Buildup BACK underway...

03-08-2008, 06:59 AM	#6
eighty3bronco anywhere but there Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Blanchester, Oh Posts: 174	I did see an amublance on CL. __________________

03-08-2008, 03:35 AM	#5
77goldeneagle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Spencerville,OH Posts: 74	put you a 5th wheel pin in the bed and get you a nice LONG gooseneck trailer that would be the cats ass