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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #255 on: July 13, 2020, 10:50:42 PM »
Did remind me to look at plow trucks. Some semi modern rust buckets in reasonable price ranges. Seems dumb to add a truck to my fleet but things won’t plow themselves come winter.
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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #256 on: July 13, 2020, 11:04:50 PM »
The red ford is a 5.4 gasser with a tick, 2k obo. Bed looks badly rusted.
The ford with the white doors is a 7.3, but has a see-through plow.
The $1300 GMC is 8 lug reg cab long bed rot box. Sneeze too old to be desirable motor though, should be iron block 6.0?
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« Reply #257 on: July 13, 2020, 11:18:01 PM »
2003 Sierra 2500 110k bed rusted out, residential plow, $1500
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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #258 on: July 13, 2020, 11:40:41 PM »
This could be a winner with the wrong price listed. Could even be a fix n flip, that should be 3500ish with the vee plow from what I’m seeing. Probably run it though, that’s pretty much exactly what I’m looking for Unless I can find a plow driven by a spare 6.0 aluminum Chevy motor.

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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #259 on: July 14, 2020, 10:48:05 AM »
put a quick-attach snow plow on high miler, in my humble opinion.

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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #260 on: July 14, 2020, 11:59:59 AM »
2wd dually sound annoying for even the little plowing you have to do. 3-500 jeep with a plow on it already sounds better.  im sure there are tons out there. 

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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #261 on: July 14, 2020, 01:12:59 PM »
2wd dually sound annoying for even the little plowing you have to do. 3-500 jeep with a plow on it already sounds better.  im sure there are tons out there.

so are some old rusty truck that'll probably only see 10 hours of run time a year lol. I'll be just as annoyed trying to get it to function when I need it. a lot of mice in and around the shop.

I have two jeep-sized plows available for taking.... just ask if you want one.
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« Reply #262 on: July 14, 2020, 02:02:47 PM »
The enormous 2 wheel drive dually sounds terrible.

Seems stupid of me to be looking at adding another mouth to feed but I think I’d rather have a shitty 4x4 truck than a shitty Jeep as far as things that will fall apart and be mouse nests.

Do the Jeep plows have frames or hydraulics? Making one of them be on Gus seems a better use of vehicular resources and car count - but as is Gus doesn’t have adequate horsetorques nor driving wheels, and is incredibly useful around the property. I do want to do the dumbness, but don’t want it out of commission forever while doing that idiocy, nor screw it up by making it too tall to be a good powered garden cart.

As is, I think the Mowzer might would be a better plow rig than Gus? 1st isn’t that low in Gus, and probably 35hp at most. Maybe with good weight in the bed. A little less than i have now, where I’m afraid of bending or breaking things. I think i have as much dirt on now as I did steel during moving.
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« Reply #263 on: July 14, 2020, 02:18:05 PM »
Zero jeeps of that sort found. Found a few more $1200 3/4 tons with plows.
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« Reply #264 on: July 14, 2020, 04:30:18 PM »
The enormous 2 wheel drive dually sounds terrible.

Seems stupid of me to be looking at adding another mouth to feed but I think I’d rather have a shitty 4x4 truck than a shitty Jeep as far as things that will fall apart and be mouse nests.

Do the Jeep plows have frames or hydraulics? Making one of them be on Gus seems a better use of vehicular resources and car count - but as is Gus doesn’t have adequate horsetorques nor driving wheels, and is incredibly useful around the property. I do want to do the dumbness, but don’t want it out of commission forever while doing that idiocy, nor screw it up by making it too tall to be a good powered garden cart.

As is, I think the Mowzer might would be a better plow rig than Gus? 1st isn’t that low in Gus, and probably 35hp at most. Maybe with good weight in the bed. A little less than i have now, where I’m afraid of bending or breaking things. I think i have as much dirt on now as I did steel during moving.

your lot is big and open, and a straight driveway, can't see why a dually truck with a heavy pallet weight on the bed won't do it. although just the plow by itself cost about as much as a plow with semi-functioning truck or jeep attached to it..

one still have hydraulic plow lift, unknown condition. use a $50 HF winch to lift the plow like Smike did.

I won't put it on gus. Can't imagine what steering will be like with the plow lifted. they're heavy and thick metal, even after cutting it down. one used to be on a CJ, and other probably was on a willy.

You have a WJ somewhere.......?

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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #265 on: July 14, 2020, 04:46:17 PM »
no motor. just needs to be scrapped if not turned into a racecar.

things with frames are for plowing. things with sheetmetal fold up. I suppose that includes gus.
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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #266 on: July 14, 2020, 07:58:10 PM »
Materials, if not progress. Shoulda brought the truck. I just went for a level, but why not get what I think I’ll need while I’m there?




If I’m going to be grading things fighting water for years I’m already tired of not having one of these. Fuck it.
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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #267 on: July 15, 2020, 05:44:59 PM »
Not an excellent digger.

Lacks in depth & reach.
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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #268 on: July 16, 2020, 09:41:08 PM »
Better digger. Not many pics, worked through 1.4” rain today



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Re: new house for mikemike
« Reply #269 on: July 17, 2020, 06:52:16 AM »
Nice work!


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