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doug in illinoi
02-22-2008 15:55:07
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Some of you are aware, some not, that my Mom's farmhouse burnt down last week. There was still a LOT of stuff left in it, seems meth heads decided to use the house as a lab and something blew. Anyhow, with the house gone I still have a LOT MORE stuff I need to get moved, my 2001 Chevy 4x4 2500 makes lousy MPG. Just a little less than 1000 mile round trip. At the 6 to 8 MPG the 01 makes, gets quite cashy. My old 87 Chevy has a healthy 6.2 diesel and tranny, the body is bad, the bed mounts are all junk. It made 17 or so empty, 11 or 12 when I brought the Ford 5000 diesel tractor here with it, in other words about twice the MPG as the 01. Has been setting a couple years, but not too worried about the mechanicals on it, had a crack in a steel fuel line when parked so would loose prime when it set. BUT, I am thinking as far as gooseneck puller, just put a flatbed on it. Or should I go the ugly route and just mount a gooseneck hitch frame direct and have enough channel iron work done to basically give me a platform to use 2 inch oak lumber, of which I have plenty, and build my own bed? I think a factory built flatbed would be better, but need ideas as to how to find one possibly used. When I start moving stuff, it will be every other weekend probably all spring and summer, I am going to build removable sideboards for my gooseneck flatbed dovetail, so I can load one vehicle and fill the rest of the load with stuff out of the buildings. Just a short list of needs moved, all need restored: 53 Cadillac, 51 Ford Tudor, 51 Chevy PU, 64 Ford Galaxy, 48 Willys PU and extra motor, trans and transfer case for it. Unsure about moving include 63 Impala, the thieves have found it, 65 GMC and 66 Chevy pickups, same reason. There are another 8 or 10 cars and a lot of farm equipment I just can't justify hauling this far, will take a week this spring and cut for scrap. But, getting off topic, is getting the 87 diesel gooseneck ready my best bet? Only big gripes with the 87 are dual glasspacks (LOUD) and it doesn't like to top some of the hills fully loaded on US136 in MO at more than about 35-40 MPH. Thanks, DOUG
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