So i am in need of a work truck. i also have a budget or would it be better to say budget minded.
my shop is a small welding and fab shop in central pa. i need a truck to haul steel out to customers, weld on site in oil and gas fields. i am planning on building or rebuilding the bed to suit. i kind of want a combo western hauler/pipe line welder body. low profile and functional. have a miller bobcat 225 welder, gas powered air compressor, and would like to haul my goose neck trailer with it, and a crane would be a plus but not needed
so there are a few semi local rigs.
a 2000 f550 7.3 power-stroke, AT 2wd flat bed. 221,000 miles. good new tires clean as a whistle one owner - $8500.00
a 1995 Chevy c7500 former Verizon truck cat diesel, good tires, huge utility bed with 4cyl cummins air compressor and aux hydro all over! 180,000miles $4700.00
a 1984 f600 diesel, 5spd, 120,000miles, retired service truck in a coal mine. pretty clean, has big utility body, large crane, needs a hydro cylinder on the out rigger for the crane. - $4500.00
i'lll have to build or modify what ever trucks's body i get. the larger rig will be less useful to haul the gooseneck trailer but better for doing big jobs in the field.
F550 seems like a good truck for everything i currently do but might not be a wise investment long haul.
so what are some of your opinions of these trucks?
my shop is a small welding and fab shop in central pa. i need a truck to haul steel out to customers, weld on site in oil and gas fields. i am planning on building or rebuilding the bed to suit. i kind of want a combo western hauler/pipe line welder body. low profile and functional. have a miller bobcat 225 welder, gas powered air compressor, and would like to haul my goose neck trailer with it, and a crane would be a plus but not needed
so there are a few semi local rigs.
a 2000 f550 7.3 power-stroke, AT 2wd flat bed. 221,000 miles. good new tires clean as a whistle one owner - $8500.00
a 1995 Chevy c7500 former Verizon truck cat diesel, good tires, huge utility bed with 4cyl cummins air compressor and aux hydro all over! 180,000miles $4700.00
a 1984 f600 diesel, 5spd, 120,000miles, retired service truck in a coal mine. pretty clean, has big utility body, large crane, needs a hydro cylinder on the out rigger for the crane. - $4500.00
i'lll have to build or modify what ever trucks's body i get. the larger rig will be less useful to haul the gooseneck trailer but better for doing big jobs in the field.
F550 seems like a good truck for everything i currently do but might not be a wise investment long haul.
so what are some of your opinions of these trucks?