Looking for pictures of Flatbed Trucks, Pickup Trucks and Box Truck rigs

Thanks Tony.

After looking at that chevy 3500, the frame was extremely rusty and it looked like there might have been some welding done on the frame up by the front tires or maybe that is how the frame is made???

I decided against that truck as I had a bad feeling about it.

I am looking again for a truck, more than likely will be the 3500 or F350 and swap beds out if I cannot find a flatbed truck.

I was talking to Brad Jarman and he mentioned the air bags, those can work if I don't want to put helper springs on the truck.

Any other pictures of pickup truck or flatbed truck rigs out there?

Thanks.
 
Thanks Tony.

What kind of fuel mileage do you get with your truck?
 
And pulling the lift???? or is that just the truck loaded?

Thanks Tony.
 
How much do you think this weighs? Not only is the tank full, but I have 209 filters on that weigh an average of 5lbs each. Somewhere under there is two full underbed tool boxes and the picture was taken from the lift we pulled to the site.

I'm almost at 12k in this picture. Believe it or not, that's not much over the limit on this truck with the camper package and helper springs. This is about as heavy as it could get doing what we do.

Like I said, driving it is not a problem. We are still passing little four cylinder cars going up big hills. Stopping in the dry is not a problem either with the trailer brakes. But I wouldn't even take it out in the rain at all loaded up loaded up like this. I'm scared to drive it empty in the rain!

I love old Fords!

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Kory, what is a lcf? Is that like an isuze npr?

Thanks.
 
Thanks Danny.

I have been searching Craigslist and Searchtempest for all kinds of truck ideas, they sure have a lot of trucks there, some want a lot of money for trucks that are 15 years old or older.
 
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If you think your truck is bad in the rain now Tony just put some air brakes on it. I drove a Freightliner FL60 with a short wheel base while I was in towing (a medium duty truck) with air brakes. Want to talk about fun in the rain? Needless to say you always gave yourself plenty of room to stop.
 
I wouldnt go lower than 18k gvw. Buy a truck over specd for your needs. U need to think about how the overall weight will effect engine, transmission, axles, tires, etc. I have a 2008 ford e350 thats underspecd for our needs. Wanna buy it? Also have two freightliner fl50s, 18k gvw. Frts r built for the weight
 
I looked on commercial truck trader, not a lot of older trucks in there, mostly this year and last year with a few older year models in there.

So many options out there, just don't know which one to go with.

I am back to thinking of swapping beds on the F350/Chevy/Dodge 3500 and putting a flatbed on there and do like Tony did with the helper springs or air bags.

I am not going to put a lot of equipment on the bed, just the hot water rig, water tank, hose reels and a couple 30 gallon chemical tanks for fleet washing. I think all of that will fit on a 11' or 12' flatbed.

I don't plan on hauling water but might have to once in a while, I will have to make sure to put the 2" dump valve on this one to empty the water tank before leaving the job so it will be less weight on the truck.
 
I am building a second truck to compliment the big truck right now.
2005 Dodge 3500 quadcab dually, going to remove the box, put a flat deck, 325g of water with a single wand heated setup. Truck weighs 6700 lbs as it sits right now, total gvr is 12,200 lbs.

I was looking for a truck that do the small jobs and be able to kick around town for the errands. I hate trailer setups due to the length and trying to get into some construction sites is not easy either. My big truck which does most of my work is great, just the fuel economy and paper work that goes with it for a 30 minute job makes it impractical. I do agree with getting a truck with a high gvw then you need. My big truck is way over specd, this truck is more for getting to the big truck, and for those small jobs that pop up. Over spec the truck and maintenance items like brakes, suspension, even transmissions don't seem to wear out very quick. Under spec the truck and the savings in fuel, if any will easily be eaten up in the other repairs and down time. Pick your poison, but I always found it easier to do it right the first time then doing it twice

My first truck was under spec'd, 05 isuzu npr with a 14 ft box. Just the water tank, and 800 lbs of machine + hose + fuel put me up at 10k lbs before I put water in the tank. My tank was 600 g and of course the truck was only a 12k gvw, so yeah I was over weight. Only problem I had was tires would wear a little quicker, but nothing else had any problems luckily for me.

Just my 2 cents, you are on the right track watching your weight, too many people build the truck then look at the weight once its done.
 
I am thinking that what I want to put on the truck, there should be no problem with the weight, even with the water tank full.

This will be for most jobs but for the larger jobs I will pull the trailer there also for more machines running, a lot more hose length/sections and for faster job completion time.
 
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