My dad has an S1854 with a spreader(chicken litter) bed that he has given me. He had the brakes supposedly gone through, but they locked up. The mechanic took it back to his shop, supposedly made some adjustments, and it seemed to have no brakes at all, as well as no leaks we could find. He kept promising to fix it. It sat there a good 3-4 years.
I got it home via someone who owed me a debt(gambling is a dirty dirty habit and I recommend it to no one) and he loaded it to his lowboy and I pulled it off at home with a very large 4x4 Farmtrac 665.
The brake pedal still goes to the floor. I've checked the lines and there are no rusted through hard lines and no apparently screwed up rubber lines.
I put a 4DLT on it, and it fired off. I've never used ether on it, and didn't this time. The electronic part that shifts the two speed rear, on the rear end, is bad now.
The clutch was new when we bought it, it works great.
The DT466 smokes a little on startup but clears up and seems to have great power. The engine is low mileage due to it driving around a north GA chicken house and surrounding fields.
I will need to go through and find the brake problem. I will need to replace the two speed rear axle actuator.
Now, in the mean time, I've found an L8000 Ford, built circa 84 to 87, it was sold to a salvage yard for $1400. It was used as a bookmobile by a western NC county, sold at auction, a guy in Polk County TN got a TN title to it and was converting it to an RV. He sold it to someone in NC and kept the title for extortion purposes. The NC owner could have gotten a bonded title which would have been branded "Rebuilt" and he just said screw it, and sold it for $1400 scrap.
The scrap yard has said $1400, and bill of sale. I can pay the guy in in TN his extortion money or try the bonded title route.
What I want to do is put a dead bed on it- a car/equipment hauling bed, not for hire, not to exceed total hauling GVW of 24,600 on either. I then don't have to have a CDL, but I've heard I'd need a health card. My equipment is all small stuff Case 380CK Backhoe, Zetor 7711, first year manual trans JD 450, JD 420C with transplanted Detroit Diesel, IH TD6, IH TD340 with skid shovel DROTT and Ditch Witch back hoe, and a project T340 crawler I'm converting to run a JD 4 cylinder 40hp diesel.
The DT466 truck I've never driven more than 3 times, but it would seem fine for local use, with no Interstate traffic desired. It already has the pto, hydraulic tank and pumps(the bed's conveyor, litter ripper, and litter flinger are all hydraulic driven and have their own hydraulic motor).
I have a miltary winch off a 5ton and it is a Garwood. It is rated at 25,000 lbs. I have no idea if the hydraulic pump on the S1854 is rated for this, but I'm willing to try.
I have the appropriate steel and a friend is willing to trade building the bed for a project Harley I own. I might be able to find a dead bed already made and adapt it.
Anyway, thoughts ?
I do not want(and cannot afford) to buy a roll back, I do not want to sell the S1854, but I can no longer use the spreader bed as litter is no longer available, and you mostly got feathers anyway before it headed to the cotton country.
Thanks for any advice. I do own a 12 ton low boy, but it uses a pindle hitch, bed needs reflooring, and it has those hidden secondary axles, and all axles use those "donut" centerless tires- 12 of those in total.
I got it home via someone who owed me a debt(gambling is a dirty dirty habit and I recommend it to no one) and he loaded it to his lowboy and I pulled it off at home with a very large 4x4 Farmtrac 665.
The brake pedal still goes to the floor. I've checked the lines and there are no rusted through hard lines and no apparently screwed up rubber lines.
I put a 4DLT on it, and it fired off. I've never used ether on it, and didn't this time. The electronic part that shifts the two speed rear, on the rear end, is bad now.
The clutch was new when we bought it, it works great.
The DT466 smokes a little on startup but clears up and seems to have great power. The engine is low mileage due to it driving around a north GA chicken house and surrounding fields.
I will need to go through and find the brake problem. I will need to replace the two speed rear axle actuator.
Now, in the mean time, I've found an L8000 Ford, built circa 84 to 87, it was sold to a salvage yard for $1400. It was used as a bookmobile by a western NC county, sold at auction, a guy in Polk County TN got a TN title to it and was converting it to an RV. He sold it to someone in NC and kept the title for extortion purposes. The NC owner could have gotten a bonded title which would have been branded "Rebuilt" and he just said screw it, and sold it for $1400 scrap.
The scrap yard has said $1400, and bill of sale. I can pay the guy in in TN his extortion money or try the bonded title route.
What I want to do is put a dead bed on it- a car/equipment hauling bed, not for hire, not to exceed total hauling GVW of 24,600 on either. I then don't have to have a CDL, but I've heard I'd need a health card. My equipment is all small stuff Case 380CK Backhoe, Zetor 7711, first year manual trans JD 450, JD 420C with transplanted Detroit Diesel, IH TD6, IH TD340 with skid shovel DROTT and Ditch Witch back hoe, and a project T340 crawler I'm converting to run a JD 4 cylinder 40hp diesel.
The DT466 truck I've never driven more than 3 times, but it would seem fine for local use, with no Interstate traffic desired. It already has the pto, hydraulic tank and pumps(the bed's conveyor, litter ripper, and litter flinger are all hydraulic driven and have their own hydraulic motor).
I have a miltary winch off a 5ton and it is a Garwood. It is rated at 25,000 lbs. I have no idea if the hydraulic pump on the S1854 is rated for this, but I'm willing to try.
I have the appropriate steel and a friend is willing to trade building the bed for a project Harley I own. I might be able to find a dead bed already made and adapt it.
Anyway, thoughts ?
I do not want(and cannot afford) to buy a roll back, I do not want to sell the S1854, but I can no longer use the spreader bed as litter is no longer available, and you mostly got feathers anyway before it headed to the cotton country.
Thanks for any advice. I do own a 12 ton low boy, but it uses a pindle hitch, bed needs reflooring, and it has those hidden secondary axles, and all axles use those "donut" centerless tires- 12 of those in total.
Invest $$$ in dormant S1854 w/ DT466 or dormant Ford L8000 w CAT V8 - to haul equip
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