The scrap yards around me give 300-500 doesn't matter if you pull it out the woods and haul it in. So a truck you can use for wood certainly will be around 2k and that will have issues. That being said I love an old beater truck more than the new stuff lol.
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Seasoned Oak
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Not anymore ,scrap is way down ,$100 if yur lucky for a old car or truck at the scrap yard around here. Just watch out for rust, but some from the 90s are suprisingly rust free.
Yeah I just took my parts truck to the crap yard. Most of it was still there minus the axles and the transfer case and I got less than $100
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osagebow
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depending on your year, be careful trailering any long distances with that compass, especially if you get a summer scrounge. Even a long summer vacation drive is dicey. The CVT is prone to overheating. I was doing 75 outside Atlanta, then had a tranny warning light. Couldn't get over. Found myself stranded for 40 minutes on the left shoulder with 80 mph traffic 2 feet from my kid's door. Not fun. Happened 3 more times on that trip.
As the helpful dealer pointed out upon my return, there is a blurb in the owners manual about this being a possibility. So we will not check and or change the fried fluid in the sealed tranny that you cannot service yourself. Have a nice day, sir.
2015 vehicle with 20K on it.
I also vote rust truck if it's in the finances. My s10 served me well at 22mpg
As the helpful dealer pointed out upon my return, there is a blurb in the owners manual about this being a possibility. So we will not check and or change the fried fluid in the sealed tranny that you cannot service yourself. Have a nice day, sir.
2015 vehicle with 20K on it.
I also vote rust truck if it's in the finances. My s10 served me well at 22mpg
jetsam
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I would never tow anything with a CVT.
I used to have to tow loads with an automatic transmission sometimes in the military, and that was bad enough. (The deuces have a 10 speed stick and was a pleasure to drive, especially if you enjoyed upper body workouts in the parking lot. The 5 tons have an automatic that leaves you wondering whether you remembered to drain the water out of your trailer's brake lines!)
Stick with a stick for towing. Easier, better, safer.
I used to have to tow loads with an automatic transmission sometimes in the military, and that was bad enough. (The deuces have a 10 speed stick and was a pleasure to drive, especially if you enjoyed upper body workouts in the parking lot. The 5 tons have an automatic that leaves you wondering whether you remembered to drain the water out of your trailer's brake lines!)
Stick with a stick for towing. Easier, better, safer.
Seasoned Oak
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Had to get rid of my toyota tacoma partly cuz it was a stick and very hard to clutch (knees couldnt take it) but mostly cuz it was a poor quality vehicle that kept needing repairs. Got lousy MPG too for such a small truck that couldnt haul anything.
That is a cool project, sounds like a lot of welding.
Your profile says you're from central PA- there does not appear to be a $500 pickup truck shortage in that area! (Craigslist linky)
I know for my application, 'complete rust bucket' is perfectly OK as long as it goes and stops, and the axles and trailer hitch don't fall off.
Well I took a couple pics today here she is after lots of hours of work not all that pretty I didnt spend allot of time on bodywork because it is just going to get dented up getting wood and hauling brick ect but it doesnt look bad
it was a dump mechanism off of a similar year ford t tag so it took some fabrication but not to much to make it work
I bought my 1978 F150 five years ago for $1000 and I put another $800 since for window seals and engine gaskets. It was from the south so it had little rust. Best grand I ever spent on a truck! It's all original with the 300CI six and T18 granny gear tranny. Old trucks in good shape for little money can be found!
I have been looking for a good 78 cab to put on my truck. The problem is after I do that I probably wont drive it through brush anymore to get firewood.
I've only hauled wood in my truck once. I live in a hardwood forest and the picking is so easy and close I use my ATV and it's Polar trailer to haul all of my wood... I use my truck mainly to haul my mowing trailer as that's what I do in the summers up here, I mow cabin yards.
I live in town I usually dont go to far for wood but definitely to far for atv and trailer
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