m35 plow truck recovery in Pa.

[jcappeljr]

Here is some pics of todays recovery,My son Jason and I went 200 miles to upstate Pa. to pick up a deuce and a dump.He was going to drive the dump and I was going haul the deuce.The dump had no brakes so we left it,and loaded up the deuce.The F550 4x4 pulled the load good,except for some of the mountain grades.Thank god the scales were closed.I am sending a wrecker for the dump on wednesday.The deuce is in good shape for having a salt spreader on it.It will be for sale soon and so will the dump after the dump gets painted.

 

[Wildchild467]

someday ill have a straight blade plow on my deuce... someday! it would be nice to plow with once or twice a year to push the snow back. thanks for the pics!!

 

[hwcurtice]

Nice find. I'm guessing the one you hauled back runs and stops?

Sure could have used it last week...

 

[jcappeljr]

Yes it runs,Needs a little work,it was sitting for a while.Drove it on the trailer.

 

[RodUSMC1962]

That truck will move a lot of snow!Does it have power steering?

 

[hwcurtice]

Then I have but one thing to say:

 

[jcappeljr]

Armstrong steering...

 

[simp5782]

Yeah you might as well start working out and getting some guns on ya to plow snow with that bad boy with no power steering. I just dont think the F550 liked pulling it on hills cause its a bumper pull. My truck feels like im dragging a rock when I put anything more than 4K on a bumper pull trailer. but I can put 25k on a 8k GN and she will pull harder than with the smaller trailer. Good thing the scales were closed cause you might have been overloading that hitches capacity and they would have let you know about it.

 

[flyxpl]

Nice deuce and dump . I think you could have put the deuce on the trailer backwards and still had enough tongue weight. You has alot of tongue weight on that bumper .

 

[jwaller]

I think that sets a new overload record for a deuce front axle and tires.

 

[DieselBob]

Nice score there Sheriff.

 

[atankersdad]

That is a nice truck John and Jason. If we get snow like last year its a money maker...Jason is young, lean and mean with big guns made for manual steering. Besides I suspect he will be plowing long straight stretches and then installing power steering in the summer with all the money he is gonna make this winter...Well I hope he does...Good find.

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Nice find, Where in PA did you have to go? I saw some still being used up in Lycoming County last year.

 

[jcappeljr]

Clearfield,Pa.

 

[eagle4g63]

Could you get me some nice pics of the way the rigging in on the front of that thing....especially how they hooked the bottom to the truck?

I'm getting my plow rig set up and would like to see how others are rigged for ideas.

 

[jcappeljr]

Sure Eagle..