Ford F-800 Pickup Has Power To Spare

Ford F-800 Pickup Has Power To Spare PICKUPS Miscellaneous By spending about $8 000 to add bigger tires a four-door cab dually bed and a toolbox Philip Asher transformed a commercial low-profile Ford F-800 truck into a pickup with some serious power
    Initially the Elizabethton Tenn power plant construction worker planned to use the former 1998 moving truck for hauling But when he spotted an F-250 four-door cab at a junkyard he decided to give the truck a makeover instead with the help of a couple of friends After the cab was in place there was a 2-ft gap between the cab and the Ford 350 dually bed he installed He decided that was just enough room for a large toolbox
     It looks factory-built Asher says of his truck which includes the console and reclining bucket seats from a 1997 Ford truck With a 5 9 Cummins in-line 6-cylinder diesel engine he had plenty of power but the wheels were undersized He fixed that by upsizing to 22-in tires The tires improved mileage to about 15 mpg but made the speedometer incorrect He solved the problem by using a small GPS unit
    The 11 000-lb truck has a 189-in wheelbase and is 24 ft long but fits under his 8-ft tall garage door and can be registered as a pickup There are steep mountains between me and the power plants where I work so I need something with more power Asher says This F-800 does it for me
    Though it s only 2-WD it s built heavy-duty and durable compared to smaller 4-WD trucks he s used in the past to pull his 11 000-lb gooseneck trailer
     On a farm that needs to pull trailers this would be ideal to handle plenty of weight Asher says I would sell it for $25 000 if anyone was interested
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Philip Asher 127 Arrow Dr Elizabethton Tenn 37643 ph 423 914-1338; pasher@charter net

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