Home Built "Pickup"
Here's a home-built "pickup" that I came across in my travels. Built by Bob Howard of Winchester, Ill., it's nicknamed the "Brush Buggy". Howard started with a 1966 Ford 3/ 4-ton truck chassis and installed a 455 Pontiac engine. He equipped it with 2-ton Rockwell off-road axles and 20-in. military tires. He built a cab out of sheet metal. The truck has a 20,000 lb. winch and a long-stroke swing-arm log splitter that mounts on the side of the truck. There are a number of different hitches on back for pulling various loads.
Howard says its great for all kinds of jobs, but works especially well for cutting and hauling wood from the wooded bluffs along the Illinois river. (C.F. Marley, P.O. Box 93, Nokomis, Il. 62075)
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Home Built "Pickup" PICKUPS Miscellaneous 22-3-33 Here's a home-built "pickup" that I came across in my travels. Built by Bob Howard of Winchester, Ill., it's nicknamed the "Brush Buggy". Howard started with a 1966 Ford 3/ 4-ton truck chassis and installed a 455 Pontiac engine. He equipped it with 2-ton Rockwell off-road axles and 20-in. military tires. He built a cab out of sheet metal. The truck has a 20,000 lb. winch and a long-stroke swing-arm log splitter that mounts on the side of the truck. There are a number of different hitches on back for pulling various loads.
Howard says its great for all kinds of jobs, but works especially well for cutting and hauling wood from the wooded bluffs along the Illinois river. (C.F. Marley, P.O. Box 93, Nokomis, Il. 62075)
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