Warning this first post is long winded....
Decided I would try to keep up a build thread on my new to me, 2004 F-450.
My part in the story starts 2 years ago while me and him both happened to be looking into getting tow rigs, and I don't think either of us realized the other was until we texted each other later about it.
My wife had a nice Altima but wanted something with 4x4 for the winter. I convinced her that a truck wouldn't be too bad to daily drive since her work was 5 mins away and would be dual purpose for hauling the jeep and other things. I wanted a bare bones diesel dually truck and found one for cheap, but she wanted leather and all that just like her Altima was. Well we ended up with a 2005 F-350 Lariat V10 FX4 bells and whistles truck so we know who won out. The wife never did like driving the truck so 6 months later we ended up buying her a Grand Cherokee. Since we also opted for the 2 year non transferable warranty I convinced myself to keep driving the thing so I got my moneys worth out of it. I bought a trailer for it and for a while I pulled my jeep around that way. I eventually got sick of storing a trailer, wondering when I would have to replace the wood decking and the cost of that, packing bearings, etc.... so I ended up selling it and just flat towing my jeep. Flat towing is great except for the added wear on the vehicle and if I seriously broke I would be hosed so I was back to debating what to do. Around that time my work announced we were moving right next to my house in lehi so there was another reason I didn't need a luxury liner to drive 2 mins to work and I began to feel my truck was being wasted. At that point I was determined to sell my truck, pay off the last bit of the loan on it, buy some old 90s beater ford, and be done with it. Pics of my F350:
Rewind a bit: Around the same time my wife and I decided to buy the ford, my friend found a dirt cheap deal on a non-running F-450. His plans were to swap in a cummins motor, however upon getting it home a friend advised him to clean out a filter. Out popped 3 chunks of coal looking stuff and the truck ran fine. More info on that story can be found in his initial build thread here: http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/ge...ve-i-gotten-myself-into-new-me-2004-f450.html
I was very envious he had purchased what I basically wanted at a fraction of the cost. At that point he decided to just build up the truck and leave the 6.0 in it. He deleted the EGR, replaced the oil cooler, acid flushed the ford gold coolant, etc.... as preventative maintenance, then put a flatbed on it he customized to haul his jeep TJ. Airbags were added to level it out once loaded and he hauled his jeep all over with it. I followed along with his build, offered opinions when asked, and tried to contain my envy.
Decided I would try to keep up a build thread on my new to me, 2004 F-450.
My part in the story starts 2 years ago while me and him both happened to be looking into getting tow rigs, and I don't think either of us realized the other was until we texted each other later about it.
My wife had a nice Altima but wanted something with 4x4 for the winter. I convinced her that a truck wouldn't be too bad to daily drive since her work was 5 mins away and would be dual purpose for hauling the jeep and other things. I wanted a bare bones diesel dually truck and found one for cheap, but she wanted leather and all that just like her Altima was. Well we ended up with a 2005 F-350 Lariat V10 FX4 bells and whistles truck so we know who won out. The wife never did like driving the truck so 6 months later we ended up buying her a Grand Cherokee. Since we also opted for the 2 year non transferable warranty I convinced myself to keep driving the thing so I got my moneys worth out of it. I bought a trailer for it and for a while I pulled my jeep around that way. I eventually got sick of storing a trailer, wondering when I would have to replace the wood decking and the cost of that, packing bearings, etc.... so I ended up selling it and just flat towing my jeep. Flat towing is great except for the added wear on the vehicle and if I seriously broke I would be hosed so I was back to debating what to do. Around that time my work announced we were moving right next to my house in lehi so there was another reason I didn't need a luxury liner to drive 2 mins to work and I began to feel my truck was being wasted. At that point I was determined to sell my truck, pay off the last bit of the loan on it, buy some old 90s beater ford, and be done with it. Pics of my F350:
Rewind a bit: Around the same time my wife and I decided to buy the ford, my friend found a dirt cheap deal on a non-running F-450. His plans were to swap in a cummins motor, however upon getting it home a friend advised him to clean out a filter. Out popped 3 chunks of coal looking stuff and the truck ran fine. More info on that story can be found in his initial build thread here: http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/ge...ve-i-gotten-myself-into-new-me-2004-f450.html
I was very envious he had purchased what I basically wanted at a fraction of the cost. At that point he decided to just build up the truck and leave the 6.0 in it. He deleted the EGR, replaced the oil cooler, acid flushed the ford gold coolant, etc.... as preventative maintenance, then put a flatbed on it he customized to haul his jeep TJ. Airbags were added to level it out once loaded and he hauled his jeep all over with it. I followed along with his build, offered opinions when asked, and tried to contain my envy.
