drewzee87t
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Hi all,
I have been lurking here a bit and learned a lot, which helped me to find and spear a 1028 today. I had been trying to find a reasonable diesel 3/4 or 1 ton truck and just ridiculous the basket cases that people have with 200+ k on them that they want a trillion dollars for. I only need a 4*4 for bashing around the farm and for winter snow ( I am sure I will find other uses).
I found this site and did some research and found a local that had several 1008 and a 1009. I went out today to check on them. Most were similar condition from appearance, door dents, some minor rust. Interiors were incomplete or complete with seats running the gambit from destroyed to good.
I had one in mind that was showing 56k on it and had the least amount of rust. It had a destroyed seat and the pedals were heavily worn, had appearance to me that it was flipped the clock.
We fiddled around in 10 degrees and of the five, only two would start. I got to look at the plates on all five as we went through them. One was 1009, the rest were 1008, except one had the higher weight rating 9400?. As it turns out, the two that would start, one was a pretty rough banged up job with a lot of rust, the other was banged up with minor rust, and was the 1028. 62k, nice clean mechanics, decent seats, pedals and other wear items look legit. Thing fired up after one cycle and runs great.
I locked up the hubs and took it for a ride and it runs flawless, there's a bit of play in the steering and the wheel is cocked to keep it running straight, but there was also a poorly inflated tire. We went and ran the other truck and it was a duck. I was pretty pleased with the way this truck ran. I made a deal with the guy and snagged it. Made it home 70 miles, no problems.
Had the operation manual in a binder from fort riley, ks. Last service Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet was tucked in the book, looks like Aug. 08 was performed. The stuff listed as dificiencies on the form was missing fire ext., missing rear view mirror, heater blower motor fan makes noise, passenger front tire slow air leak, and wobbles if hits bump. The corrective actions were replace steering dampener. No other stuff was fixed according to the report. There are also check dates taped to the air filter box and radiator shroud, plus a date written on the brake master cyl. All were 2008 dates.
All that is pretty much exactly everything wrong with the truck
I need a blower motor, a glovebox, the lift hooks (front and rear) and they didn't have the spare tire. If you all have this or know where I can get it, that would be handy. I think the rest of this is pretty good. I am very pleased with the deal I got at this point, but I am sure there will be a lot of issues and work to be done.
Thanks for helping learn about this stuff enough to make a fairly informed purchase... will get some pics up when I can. Truck is a monster, pics don't do these things justice as to the size and power.
My other truck is a ranger ....so I am I guess easily impressed
I have been lurking here a bit and learned a lot, which helped me to find and spear a 1028 today. I had been trying to find a reasonable diesel 3/4 or 1 ton truck and just ridiculous the basket cases that people have with 200+ k on them that they want a trillion dollars for. I only need a 4*4 for bashing around the farm and for winter snow ( I am sure I will find other uses).
I found this site and did some research and found a local that had several 1008 and a 1009. I went out today to check on them. Most were similar condition from appearance, door dents, some minor rust. Interiors were incomplete or complete with seats running the gambit from destroyed to good.
I had one in mind that was showing 56k on it and had the least amount of rust. It had a destroyed seat and the pedals were heavily worn, had appearance to me that it was flipped the clock.
We fiddled around in 10 degrees and of the five, only two would start. I got to look at the plates on all five as we went through them. One was 1009, the rest were 1008, except one had the higher weight rating 9400?. As it turns out, the two that would start, one was a pretty rough banged up job with a lot of rust, the other was banged up with minor rust, and was the 1028. 62k, nice clean mechanics, decent seats, pedals and other wear items look legit. Thing fired up after one cycle and runs great.
I locked up the hubs and took it for a ride and it runs flawless, there's a bit of play in the steering and the wheel is cocked to keep it running straight, but there was also a poorly inflated tire. We went and ran the other truck and it was a duck. I was pretty pleased with the way this truck ran. I made a deal with the guy and snagged it. Made it home 70 miles, no problems.
Had the operation manual in a binder from fort riley, ks. Last service Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet was tucked in the book, looks like Aug. 08 was performed. The stuff listed as dificiencies on the form was missing fire ext., missing rear view mirror, heater blower motor fan makes noise, passenger front tire slow air leak, and wobbles if hits bump. The corrective actions were replace steering dampener. No other stuff was fixed according to the report. There are also check dates taped to the air filter box and radiator shroud, plus a date written on the brake master cyl. All were 2008 dates.
All that is pretty much exactly everything wrong with the truck
I need a blower motor, a glovebox, the lift hooks (front and rear) and they didn't have the spare tire. If you all have this or know where I can get it, that would be handy. I think the rest of this is pretty good. I am very pleased with the deal I got at this point, but I am sure there will be a lot of issues and work to be done.
Thanks for helping learn about this stuff enough to make a fairly informed purchase... will get some pics up when I can. Truck is a monster, pics don't do these things justice as to the size and power.
My other truck is a ranger ....so I am I guess easily impressed
