[AT] Tractor hauling truck

[charlie hill]

Yep I agree.  There are people making motor homes out of used tractors these 
days.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "crawler" <crawler at lynnet.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling truck


> I've been thinking about buying an old road tractor and knocking an axle
> out. You can find 94-96 tractors loaded $5000=8000,i may spend alittle 
> more
> and get a Pete with a 500 HP cat :) anyway you get alot of truck for 5=6 
> tho
> and it will pull anything you got and it can have a sleeper   ED
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor hauling truck
>
>
>> 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"
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>> 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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