Ive had this truck about 10 years now, and its been down the last 3 with brake problems and it needed batteries. I tried listing it as is for what I thought was pretty cheap but no one was interested in it not running. A buddy of mine helped me get it running and I had the local tire shop do the breaks. The flatbed was built when I bought the truck, and not built the best so we're re doing that. Ive got some red oak I had milled a few years back for this project eventually.
Pulled the interior, was pretty musty from sitting for years. Found and fixed a few water leaks, sound deadened the entire floor and started on the ceiling. Much quieter going down the road. Also ripped the old boards and wiring off the bed, and rewired everything to a junction box. My buddy will be doing some welding on the bed before I redeck it.
I need to replace the battery cables, the air intake, and it needs tires but its been good to get it running again, and put to work moving wood.
Junkyard find from a few years back, lund cab visor. Was blue, finally got around to painting it white. On my list of things to do
White Fords make the BEST wood haulers! Speaking from experience here! Great that you're resurrecting it. Coming along nicely. Cant wait to see it loaded with wood.
Ahh, ok....I didn't see a badge for it...must be a '94, before they did the "Powrstroke" badge Edit, nope, can't be...its an auto trans..,that wasn't an option with a 'stroke until '95
If you are doing sound deadening replace the door gaskets it will make a huge difference. Or you can use gummi pflege (german product) which helps plump them back out.
Have it at my buddies place this week working on the flatbed. Tonight he put in a new gooseneck ball behind what was left of the old one, and started building the headache rack smoke stacks. We will be working on it more tomorrow
Planning to haul heavy? Having the ball behind the axle centerline is generally a no-no...supposed to be an inch or two forward (or more) of it to load the front end when hauling. But if not hauling heavy, no biggie...still a lot further forward than a receiver hitch!
The ball is just about centered over the axle. I dont have a gooseneck trailer yet but have one I can borrow and wanted to have the option. A gooseneck dump trailer is in the eventually plans.
Other than needing more self tapping screws, here's the almost finished product. Eventually ill figure out a way to box in and cover the gooseneck hitch bit for now its ready for work. Sounds good with the dual 4" stacks too.
Took a torch over the boards to finish it off. Still need to build in something to cover the gooseneck hitch hole. Lots of red oak scraps for the stove too! I had this milled about 3 years ago, I metered a cut off just out of curiosity and its about 11%.
