Post by baknblack on Jan 21, 2008 12:32:07 GMT -5
After getting my new kama I soon realized I needed a way to move it around so, As time and money permitted I started to gather the stuff I needed. First I bought a 16' 7K trailer with one set of axle brakes. Then I bought me a used F250 with 127K on the motor and truck. It only had a cheap class III receiver hitch so I upgraded it to a class IV with an 8K ball and mount. The truck already had a brake controller wired in. I haven't weighed the whole rig but the tractor with backhoe and FEl should be pushing close to 6K and the trailer weighs just a tad over 1K. I'm right there at the max for my trailer but, it seems to handle it well and the truck. I just can't say enough good thing about the 7.3 liter navistar engine and ford truck body.
The ford trucks of this vintage with the diesel engine have a dual mass flywheel. They are prone to failure and this is the 1st thing that had to be done to the truck. It cost me $500 for a LUK clutch conversion kit and about 10 hrs of my time to replace it all. In the 10K I've put on the truck since I bought it I've had to also replace a water pump and fuel pump. Sometime in the next 20K it will probably need the HUEI injectors rebuilt but, after that it should be good to go to 3 or 400K.
This truck pulls the tractor down the road at 70mph like it's not even back there. and gets 20mpg unloaded.
The ford trucks of this vintage with the diesel engine have a dual mass flywheel. They are prone to failure and this is the 1st thing that had to be done to the truck. It cost me $500 for a LUK clutch conversion kit and about 10 hrs of my time to replace it all. In the 10K I've put on the truck since I bought it I've had to also replace a water pump and fuel pump. Sometime in the next 20K it will probably need the HUEI injectors rebuilt but, after that it should be good to go to 3 or 400K.
This truck pulls the tractor down the road at 70mph like it's not even back there. and gets 20mpg unloaded.
