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chtucker
10-12-2009, 06:56 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-F800-4WD-ALLISON-AUTO-CUMMINS-DIESEL-SNOW-PLOW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4149adb2ffQQitemZ2 80408994559QQptZCommercialQ5fTrucks
FERRERA10
10-12-2009, 07:10 PM
:droolthats a really nice truck. i wonder how big the plow is
snowplowjay
10-13-2009, 03:23 AM
I was droooooling over that truck last night on Ebay....

Marmon-Harrington 4wd system and all MMMMM... That must turn some heads on the road with its stance!!!
Powersmoke
10-13-2009, 05:11 AM
That is a nice truck. :drool Very clean looking. If only I could justify that right now...
jt5019
10-13-2009, 05:29 AM
Our public works had a couple of those 4wd fords, the drivers said they were very "tippy" with the loaded vbox spreaders in them. I think they actually put one on it's side during a storm. Ill have to keep an eye out and see if they still have them.
Big Dog D
10-13-2009, 06:42 AM
:droolthats a really nice truck. i wonder how big the plow is

Looks like an 11 or 12ft power angle.
jmac5058
10-24-2009, 06:05 AM
I live 5-10 min away going to check it out now and look her over closley and report back
Pelican
10-24-2009, 08:34 AM
Our public works had a couple of those 4wd fords, the drivers said they were very "tippy" with the loaded vbox spreaders in them. I think they actually put one on it's side during a storm. Ill have to keep an eye out and see if they still have them.

It's pretty easy to put a truck that size on its side, and not due to center of gravity. All that has to happen is for your plow to find a soft spot while plowing at speed and have it dig in. It will spin the truck and often times toss it on its side. I've seen a number of them tipped, most were your standard rear wheel drive 6 wheeler.
chtucker
10-24-2009, 08:38 AM
The guys out here put the new Oshkosh on its side within its first winter....

No damage as it went into the snow...
jmac5058
10-24-2009, 08:44 AM
It has a 11 foot non power no name blade with huge pittsburgh steelers emblem.inside cab is mint small rust in corner of doors and cab, undercarrige verry rusted and quickly repainted black.This thing is very tall and topheavy looking.
Pelican
10-24-2009, 09:55 AM
There are a couple towns in Westchester County that had a fleet of this style truck, they bought them year after year. I would think if they were more prone to roll over than a different truck they would not have purchased so many successively. When I was looking at the photos, my first thoughts were the dump body appears to have quite a few dents in it for such a low mileage truck.