The Sickest Tow Rig I have ever seen!

[John Smith]

So I am driving back from GSMTR (Tellico) this year and what do I see while on a lunch stop... The sickest tow rig I have ever seen. The owners are seen in the picture but they ran away towards ruby tuesday for lunch before we could say hello. Oh, and they do wheel the hummer, it had the body damage to prove it.

I went on ford's commercial vehicle site to find out what an F750 goes for and I was surprised, they start at 44k, I thought they would go for much higher.

In the second picture you can make out part of the "not for hire" they added to the rig, I suppose people approach them to haul for money on occasion.

Hopefully I will be posting pictures of my new tow rig here soon. I am going to look at one this weekend, it will not be a F750.

Enjoy

http://users.starpower.net/johnsmith/f750.jpg

http://users.starpower.net/johnsmith/f7502.jpg

[tators]

The "not for hire" placard is a legal thing, not sure on the specifics but it has to do with personal -vs- commercial usage...

[Eskimo]

There was a SA-weeet F450 with the back like that, crew cab, had a decent custom interior, rear bench slid out into a bed at the dealer a few months back... 38k mile, was a '01, for $32k. Air bag rear suspension, dual tanks, the works...

I'd imagine that F750 would ride like a damn tank.

[KS Toy]

Well hell yes it's a FORD! The guys who do custom harvesting around here put a utility bed or fuel tanks on them and use them to get the crews to and from.:D Truly bad ass.

[Fear Factory]

I think I saw that rig on I-70 headed east out of colorado last summer. Must have been on their way home from 'wheeling. Did you see where the tag was from?

[FYRMAN]

The F-650 would be more user friendly, IMHO. Both move from the Powerstroke to a Cat motor.

If you are looking for a trick truck bed, go to www.turnoverball.com and check out the Elite series truck beds.

http://www.turnoverball.com/truckbeds/pre5483.jpg

[Fear Factory]

The F-650 is a medium duty truck like the 750, I don't know how much more user friendly it would be unless it came in a low profile configuration. The 450 and 550 (pictured) gets the powerstroke motor but does get you some 19.5" wheels and larger axles.

[FYRMAN]

Granted, I haven't looked inside many F-750's, but most of them I have seen have been "work" trucks. Standard cab and bare frame.

F-650 is plush like a regular 350, but with a lot bigger motor and a real Allison tranny.

[APRILRAZZ]

A friend has one to tow a large horse trailer with. She loves it.

[spudwrench]

ever see an f650 super crewzer? check them out. badass. back seat even folds into a bed!

[Robert]

The Fords are nothing special.
You can get small Internationals, Freightliners, Kenworths and GMs in crew cab and chassis configurations.
I have worked on several pimped out Freightliner FL50s, crew cabs, all leather interiors, seats fold down for beds, TVs, Scaterpillar 3126E engines and either an Allison or Eaton six speed.
The Frieghtliners run around $50K.

[FYRMAN]

Originally posted by Robert
The Frieghtliners run around $50K.

Well used.:rolleyes:

[That Mick]

err, no.
Rolling off the assembly line, 50K

I could get a 6.0 powered International NGV for ~30K.

Some poeple just don't understand, mediums are CHEAPER than light duty trucks.

LD's are purchases, MD's&HD's are investments.

[Fear Factory]

I almost bought a MD Peterbilt 330 i think it was. It was really cool, had the proper engine (mechanical pump Cummins C8.3) but in the end it came down to practicality. One big issue i have with a MD is that unless you go major all out kick ass, they're 2wd and i think that'd be a pain. I store my trailer in a grass field and if it was wet the heavy front end would sink and i'd be stuck. Same goes for snow and ice. I think the only way i could go with a MD is if it were a 4wd.

[That Mick]

Stripped 4x4 MD's are findable, mostly utility and railroad trucks, but I do have to concede the $$$ point.

OTOH, If anyone cares to post up the specs and total $$$ of their LD towrig, I bet I can find/spec a MD that exceeds the capabilitys of the LD rig, excepting 4wd, of course.

Edit: BTW, its a Kenworth 330.

[ChrisPy]

where do issues like commercial insurance, road taxes, and CDL come into play? can you just buy a fl50 or f750 or whatever and run your standard drivers liscense?

[That Mick]

CDL weight is 26000 GVW, or any trailer over 10,000 lbs. If you are towing a over 10K trailer with a LD truck, you are supposed to have CDL, but mostly the CP's will wink and wave.
Automatic CDL requirements are: Air brakes, transport of a placardable amount of hazerdous materials, and something I'm forgetting :(...

No need for commercial insurance or commercial registration, at least, not in SD. If it is a private vehicle, private plates, properly weight tagged, is all you need.

My old man has a old class 8 COE kenworth (GCVW 80,000lbs) he occasionaly uses for commercial duty. Runs the same plates his S-10 does, with extra weight tags. He just buys a temp. commercial liscense when he needs it.

[Fear Factory]

Originally posted by That Mick


Edit: BTW, its a Kenworth 330.

It was one of these:
http://www.peterbilt.com/images/gal_l_330_3.jpg

http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model330

[jasonmt]

Originally posted by That Mick
Stripped 4x4 MD's are findable, mostly utility and railroad trucks, but I do have to concede the $$$ point.

OTOH, If anyone cares to post up the specs and total $$$ of their LD towrig, I bet I can find/spec a MD that exceeds the capabilitys of the LD rig, excepting 4wd, of course.

Edit: BTW, its a Kenworth 330.


Hell I was surprised when I bought my F-550 that it was quite a bit cheaper through a fleet dealer than a similar spec. F-350 I was looking at. I also looked at Class 6/7 trucks but discounted them due to their size and the rarity and expense of finding one with 4X4.

[Jeepmangled87]

nice.