Purchase advice needed ford LTL9000

I think all of you are expecting way to much this is for his farm and most of all its 3500 not 35000

 

LTL9000 M favorite Ford

$3500 for both a good deal.....Scrap pay almost double that for both

 

It’s a no loose situation. Buy both trucks, end up with a good parts truck. Or your money back in scrap.

For that money i’d buy them and not even care if they ended up being yard art. Lol

 

Some off you need to look before you post.
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You do need a mechanic to come out and look at them. It's almost impossible to list all of the things that can be wrong with an old truck like that.

There's engines are Detroit 2 Strokes. They were great engines and were probably the most durable engine of all time. But you still need to start with a good one. They have problems like any other engine. And you need someone experienced in working on them.

Price really depends on condition, but old trucks that have been sitting with two-stroke Detroits, I'd say 2500 to 3500 without knowing any more.

Items to check... Rear suspension bushings, rear axle plug swap, rear hinge bushings, hoist leaking, PTO leaking, double frame swelling breaking cracking, brake lining drums cams, front suspension steering kingpins, and on and on and on.

Someone told me that those Ford cabs are expensive to get parts for. If the trucks were solid I would try to get them for maybe 4 or five thousand for both because what you get in Parts would probably be worth it.

For the farm it might be okay. If you're planning on running up and down the road, the others are correct. Old trucks that have been sitting could cost you ten or Twenty Thousand to be put into the right shape.

You really need a good mechanic to go over them and see how bad they are or how good they are.

Usually what happens with old trucks like that is that the trucking company use them and use them and use them and use them and they had certain problems that they ignored and then they had some more problems and then they had some more problems and they usually just park them because it's too much for them to fix. Often those trucks will start and run and move okay, but will need considerable work to be put into shape.

Sometimes you can find something like that that with a little elbow grease and some patience you can make something out of it. Often there are things even your mechanic will miss, and it can become a much larger expense and ordeal than you want.

Bear in mind that 10 new tires, brakes and air cans, batteries filters and oil change, without doing anything else to the truck can be a significant amount of money. And if it has been setting for quite a few years, you're going to need at least all new Driveline seals.

 

so ok, he puts rocks in either one that he buys, that's all he wants it for, hauling rocks around his farm...

then the one he buys breaks down, and will not ever run again...what's he have now..??

a rock planter on his farm......

 

Just a farm truck folks, probably never get out of low range. And his "get them going" probably means, a couple cans of ether. If the guy needs a dump truck, this is the way to go, with a parts truck. You know what a hoist costs today? It's how smart farmers make it today, considering their tractors cost half a mil, you can't have a lot in a yard truck, but if it fails, you've got extra parts. If for farm use, I'd disconnect the front brakes altogether.

 

Even just as a farm truck I'd expect to sink a few thousand into them. Willing to bet it'll need some new airlines and some better rubber for sure.

 

Yeah actually, i did read the post and understood the post.

You need to understand that not everybody thinks the same way you do. This is why some people succeed while others fail. $7,000 on a gamble....this seems on face value to be a good gamble.

 

Buy both, take the worst one and scrap it out, and then fix the other one up and use it.