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  1. Al Smith

    Ford 450 help

    Well you have all kinds of options .Tom borrowed my machinery trailer a few years back and bought an old Aspludh box in South Carolina .Southco box with all the hydraulics intact ,pump and all for 800 bucks .Epoxy painted and in good shape to boot .He pissed it away though ,ran out of money one...
  2. Al Smith

    Ford 450 help

    Well ole Tom is figuring out there isn't one thing cheap on a diesel as far as repairs . The big gasoline engines are about a thing of the past though .No more Ford 370-429-460 or Chevy 366-427-454 .You're about running out of options ,V-10 Ford maybe .
  3. Al Smith

    Ford 450 help

    It just depends on the engine design .Toms' skid loader has a 43 HP Perkins .It takes the glows weather it's 10 below or 80 .Runs fine though other than that . I think the worst ever was when Chevy got the bright idea of converting a gasser block to a diesel for pick up trucks in the 80's .Glow...
  4. Al Smith

    Ford 450 help

    They have the power but also a huge thirst for gasoline.Ohio doesn't normally get as cold as Wisconsin but you about need to plug in diesels here to get them going in cold weather .It takes about two hours on the heater to warm one up . Now the pick up trucks will start because they have glow...
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