tough old farm truck

larry@stinescorner · May 30, 2010

just a picture of the neighbors tough old ford He hauls fertilizer in it , just has farm use tags on it and can go a short distance.,
I dont know what year it is.

shaun wallace · May 30, 2010

Mid 60s F800

Dalex · May 30, 2010

I drove one of those delivering forklifts in the '70's...Big ol' gas V8 , Spicer 5 speed , 2 speed rear, air brakes, it was a great truck !!

Brad Gyde · May 30, 2010

I had a similar truck.. Mine was a 69 F-800.. Mine was a tandem, 14' box, but I had what I was told was a Allison auto in mine.. Could haul roughly 300 bushels on the old girl..

It was what some folks would call a dragonfly... Drag a** uphill, and fly down.. I think 57 was as fast as you could make it go.. I'd stand right into the carb, it'd wind up good but no speed record..

My grandad bought the one I had in 1979, used it when I was little.. they parked it in 91, and I bought it about 10 years later and hauled grain with it for a couple years, then used it to haul 2-3 loads of junk a year after that.

I kinda wish I'd have kept it, even though it needed tires, was slow going, and hard on gas it'd do a lot of work.. Plus was a handy place to toss scrap from the shop until the truck was full.

Decided to edit post and add the picture.. Taken just before I sold the truck.. that was about 3 years ago now I guess.

Brad

Moline_guy · May 30, 2010

There was one very similiar to that around here years ago but it was a tandem. It had spent most of its life as a gravel truck, and then a farmer lenghthend the frame and put a stack mover deck on it and hauled hay with it for several years until he got stuck with a stack one fall and the whole thing went up in smoke. Tough old trucks for sure, there isnt any vehicle built today that will still be working when its 50.

JD2840 · May 30, 2010

heres my old farm truck. im going to restore it when i have time.

Phil in Pa · May 31, 2010

I used to haul corn on one just like it almost 30 years ago.

That's when I learned going up hills is never going to be your problem.

Going down is.

larry@stinescorner · May 31, 2010

I know there is a truck site , but for some reason I couldnt get the picture to post on there. But it turned out very interesting here on the tractor talk anyway. thanks for the responses, I still say this site is great!

Billy NY · May 31, 2010

Ole F-600, still on the road, still hauls some hay, lumber and what have you, nothing heavy, I like these era trucks, raw truck.

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