[AT] Tractor hauling truck

[charlie hill]

One of my weathier friends has a child that competes on the Apaloosa 
circuit.  He has a monster 3 horse trailer with a full living quarters and 
bunk house.  They tried to pull it with an older F350 Super Duty  Dualy with 
a Banks Turbo but the truck just wouldn't get the job done.  He cured the 
problem last year when he went to Oklahoma City for the Nationals.  He came 
home with a Western Hauler Ford Conversion.  It's a regular Ford extended 
cab on a F 550 Chassis.  Doesn't look any bigger than the F350 Dually but it 
sure pulls bigger.

However, for my money and if I had plenty of it like he does, I'd rather 
have something like Spencers International dream truck.
It may cost a bit more up front  but from a ride, economy and drivablility 
standpoint, when pulling a big load, it would be worth the difference.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Welch" <ksw001 at pensys.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling truck


> Monroe Truck and Equipment was doing a conversions for GM on the med. duty 
> trucks in
> Janesville WI. They took the med duty line out of here so I do not know if 
> they still
> are coverting the trucks here or not. It looked like a oversize one ton 
> dually box on
> the back of these crew cab med dutys
>
> CBear81438 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 9/14/2004 10:16:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
>> daljr at bright.net writes:
>> That sure looks like a Ford F250 bed on that binder!
>> A Year ago February IHC and Ford formed a joint venture on engines and 
>> some
>> truck parts.  At the time I was trying to get a Sterling delivered.  The 
>> IHC
>> dealer would not supply a Marmon Herrington 4WD for the truck we were 
>> ordering,
>> so I had to go to Sterling.  the Sterling has a Ford interior...... 
>> Sterling
>> is made by Freightliner of Canada..   The IHC would make a good truck if
>> supplied as cab and chassis.  Theere is a Chevrolet around here that is 
>> built like
>> that.  The guy uses it to pull a backhoe.   The dually Bed is so high off 
>> the
>> ground you have to have a stepladder to reach over the side....  My only
>> complaint on this IHC is that the all wheel drive is made by Meritor... 
>> Never did
>> like their axles.....
>>
>> Just my $0.02
>>
>> Wonder what the price tag is????
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
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