BEFORE & AFTER: 1995 Ford F350 4X4 Dump Truck Restoration
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- A photo slide show showing the start to finish restoration of my 1995 F-350 Dump Truck that I purchased with a blown head gasket. Used it for several years as is then in 2012 I did a full restoration. I use this truck for hauling wood and doing light dirt work projects, as well as plowing snow in the winter. It is a 4x4 with a 460 and automatic transmission.
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WOW, 56 seconds in with the shot of both dumps was BEAUTIFUL! I wish I had that in a 8x10 photo.
Thanks. That would make a cool wall photo! I can send you that photo if you really want it.
That is one beautiful truck. I've watched this video a bunch of times. I love it. I can't wait for you to start the work on your f750.
I've been slow to start!
Im just finishing up a 97 F350. What a labor of love. Nice work!
Congrats Chris! Thanks and have fun with your truck. They're great to have around.
This is my dream work truck. GOOD job fixing it up. GOD BLESS you and your family.
Thanks so much. These sure are a good era of trucks. There's still some of them out there for you to snatch up! Thanks for watching!
Nothing like a brand new feel to a old truck
You got it Brody!
Came out so nice!
Thanks. It was a nice looking truck. Sold it a few years ago.
Amazing job and video! .. this is giving me some motivation to get a start on mine, Im really not a fan of the newer trucks, or the price tag. The older ones have more character and stand out more. Nice work!
+Cameron Boyce Thank you for the kind words. I enjoy the older trucks as well and this one has really earned its keep over the years. Good luck getting your project going! Neil.
Such a sweet video I had to watch it twice Neil. Seeing the F350 towing the 310 made the video for me, so cool.
Love that body style! Beautiful job! I had a 91 with a port fuel injected 460 with 4:10.1 Limited slip diffs. May be the best truck I've had and I have had 21.
I don't doubt it. Those OBS Fords were just proven work trucks that are still going as long as the bodies don't fall off :). Thanks for watching and sharing about your truck. I certainly did enjoy this truck a bunch and I thought it looked pretty good too. take care
Do you rehab trucks as your livelihood?
Nice restoration work. I know a yard that has one just like that sitting down with something wrong with it. I always wanted to stop there and ask to buy it. So after watching this video I definitely will stop there.
did you buy the dump truck?
So good I watched it twice!!
Hey Thanks!
boy you did a lot of work to that truck, and it looks sweet.nice job
Thanks! It was a ton of work but getting to the end and seeing it all shiny is very rewarding.
Nice work. I have a 97 f350 w/460 slowly coming back to life, basically to do the same as what you do with yours. Good to see it should be able to tow a good load!
Thank you. It was a lot of work but to me very worth the effort. Good luck with your truck build. I'd be lost without mine. Use it every weekend for something it seems!
Beautiful truck man. Awesome work hope mine turns out just as nice.
Thanks so much! That truck always received compliments when I had it out and about. It was a lot of work but always glad I put the effort into it. Good luck with your build!
Sweet truck and great job.
Nice job, WOW
Snowplowing is really hard on a truck due to the salt and de-icing they put on the road. Not to mention all the flying gravel. Nice trucks.
You got that right! It is a constant battle trying to keep them looking nice. Thanks for watching!
nice truck great job
Nice build man, I want a Ford dump truck so bad.
i have an 89 ford f-superduty 2wd , 460 efi zf5 with pto dump. bought it not driving needed a clutch for 2500. the guy had fixed up everything on it but gave up after he blew the clutch. brand new gas tank, brakes, tons of new lines and hoses, and little stuff already good to go. it needs a passenger side rocker panel and cab corners arent bad but might as well touch em up soon before they rot more. I installed a push button start on it, did the clutch, and a couple tiny things, and now at 4000$ i got a beast truck.
Man, that's awesome 😎 Love getting a good deal like that and it'salways rewarding to have it on the road and working for you after you worked on it. Congrats on your beast truck and hope it serves you well for many years. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice job. Very nice.
Thanks I really appreciate it!
Good job
my dream is to have a 1992 f-350 dump truck like that
I came across your channel from captain Kleemans. I just bought a 97 Ford F-Superduty flatbed. Its got a 460 with a 5speed. I converted it to a dump with a PTO pump just this past month and have been using the stew out of it! Where'd you get your rims from? I was looking to upgrade my 16s to larger ones so I can get heavier tires.
Sharp looking truck!
Hey thanks for clicking over and checking out the channel. Sounds like an awesome project truck you've got and you'll likely be wondering how you ever got along without it. Those rims onine are just stock F-350 dually rims from the same time era. I put different center caps on with chrome lug nut caps and it made them look more like big truck tires. They are just 16" as well. Into they turned out good and looked great on there. (I spent a long time polishing them too). Good luck with your truck they are great to have around!
I have a 1984 with 56000 needs some minor body work dump is mint !
Do you know what song you used?! Awesome video and awesome truck! Happy New Year!
Thanks so much! I wasn't sure what song it was but I was able to use my phone to listen to it and it identified it as "I Love You" by Shaka Banton. I used just the instrumental version. I made this slideshow with Google Photos and it was a choice for music within Google Photos at the time back in 2015. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!
Thankyou for the response. Happy New Years to you too again, and Awesome truck! I’ve watched it over 3 times now. Thankyou and take Care!
How the hell did that carry that backhoe!!! Built ford tough
One of my friends installs septic systems. He has an f 350 dual rear wheels with a regular bed and he pulls a goose neck with a 2 wheel drive ford backhoe every day. Sometime if he doesn't have far to go he puts his Case 1845 on there too.
460 power!
hey where did u find those rims i havnt found a cheap set yet
I got lucky on those rims and bought them from a buddy that had them locally. They are just stock 92-97 F-350 dually rims that have different center caps that what came from Ford. Thanks for watching!
awesome.
very nice and solid
Thanks!
Thanks!
@@digdrivediy your welcome
Where did you get those wheels? They look great!!
Thanks! Those are actually just Ford factory F-350 dually wheels like you might have seen from 1992-1995. I just didn't use the Ford center caps which makes them look different than stock. I used lug nut caps on the front and back and bought some generic "Alcoa" center caps for the back and it gave them the look I was going for like a big truck. Thanks for watching!
COOL!
Nicely done.
I've got the exact truck, just a flatbed at the moment but hoping to install a scissors lift on it.
I'm scratching my head on if ill be able to keep the front feul tank. Were you able to keep both tanks?
Hope business is well for you.
Hi Brian. I was able to keep both tanks in this truck. Matter of fact for a while I only had the front tank. Thanks for the comment.
How much gravel did this truck haul. I currently have same truck was wondering before I go to quarry.
I could haul and dump 5 ton. 5 ton was all it wanted and I didn't do that on a daily basis, but that is what it was capable of doing. In this video, you can see the truck before it was painted with a load of river rock in the bed. That was slightly over 5 tons and probably one of the heaviest loads on it. Make sure your leaf springs are in good shape and not broken and hopefully the overloads are in good shape as well. I had all new spring hangers some replaced leaf springs. Thanks for watching!
beautiful truck. very nice job restoring it....whats the story on the red truck in one of the photos?
The red dump truck belongs to a close friend of mine. He bought it as a chassis cab and put the same dump bed on as I did. Both trucks are 4×4 with 460's. We cut a lot of wood together.
My dream is to have a F-450 dump truck too
Would love to see more videos of this truck. I gotta say it is a beautiful truck. Do you still have it?
Thanks for the comment and compliment. I don't have any more videos of it really. I do still have the truck. Use it every week for something it seems!
What wheel/tire size? Looking to fix up my old 7.3 dump!
how much did all the body work and paint cost you? Did you do it or have a shop do it?
Boy, I can't remember what it all cost. I bought new front fenders and rebuilt the cab corners myself. I bet I had $1500 in all the different materials for body and paint I'm guessing. I did it all myself including the paint job. It was a lot of work and I said I wouldn't ever do it again! If you watch my more recent dump truck video where I show the F-750 and F-350 there is a clip in there right after I got done painting it. Thanks for checking it out!
How much money will cost me to do that
The new bed was the most expensive part and since I already had the hoist, it cost me about $3000. I had around $5500 total in restoring this truck but I did all the work myself. If you had to pay to have a truck in this original condition restored to this condition it would undoubtedly cost more than the truck is worth. Probably $10,000+ if I had to guess.
Was the frame simply painted? Looked almost like powder coating but you didn't strip it so I'm assuming that's a no? I have an 85 dump that I'd like to turn around like this one so that's something I'm interested in doing
The frame was sandblasted, epoxy primed and then painted. I painted the frame at the same time I painted the body. It held up really good for the 6 years I drove it after the restoration. I sold the truck last year and it still looked really good. Good luck with your build! I never ever not once regretted having a good looking, fully restored truck to drive.
@@digdrivediy thank you!
What is that hitch rated at ? This is why I still have 3 ford obs in my fleet best looking truck on road
Not sure what the hitch is rated. I put a custom pintle hitch on the back and reinforced the heck out of the frame to make sure it would hold up to pulling the backhoe which is nearly 17,000 lbs. So far so good, but I don't pull that kinda load every day. I only pull the backhoe several times a year. This truck is still a good worker. Just used it last night to haul a bunch of concrete out.
Beautiful truck! I have basically the identical truck. What size tires are those? Look bigger than 235/85s
I don't remember the size of the tires for sure.
Where did you purchase the Alcoas for the truck, Truck looks amazing great job!
Thanks Travis. The rims are actually factory Ford Dually wheels that I got from a friend of mine. The look of them is different I suppose because I polished the heck out of them, and also most likely because I didn't use the Ford center caps. I used individual chrome lug nut caps and stand alone center caps on the rear wheels.
+Neil Koch awesome thanks!
what kind of stain is that on the wood in the dump bed?
Boy I can't remember. I did that about 12 years ago.
@@digdrivediy I’ll find out and let you know LOL
Whats the gvwr on those f350. Or payload.
I can't remember. May need to google that. I would haul 5 tons on it.
I want to start my own business.
Do you have a cdl? How are you able to tow the backhoe legally? Or are laws relaxed where you live? Im in ohio
@@felixnungaray3253 I do have a CDL. I never towed the backhoe too often with this truck. Maybe a dozen times or so very locally around my rural community. I switched to the F750 so it would be legal and it does a much better job of towing. The F350 was never big enough anyway. Best of luck with your business!
How much you charging to fix mine up
Is the dump kit homemade or bought
Bought
There will be a surprise in usa north everything will be cheaper your friend
Would you ever sell it?
Actually yes. I sold it a couple of years ago and have an F750 now.
That’s too bad. Woulda bought it off you!
Hello, I have this one, I would like to know what name of paint you painted, I want to restore my 🎉 congratulations
Boy I don't remember. That has been nearly 12 years ago now! But I did get the paint from Napa. It was just a single stage paint and it worked really well.
What wheels?
What size and make is the dump bed?
Hi Dolly. The bed is 88"' wide by 8' long. It was built in Fort Wayne, IN by Industrial Truck Beds. www.industrialtruckbeds.com/
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the information. Great job.
Have you got a video on this ?? Cheers
Unfortunately I don't have a dedicated video of it other than this one here and one of my oldest UA-cam videos here:
ua-cam.com/video/EB2hsgSegAI/v-deo.html
I sold this truck before I really started making videos "on purpose". I could make one heck of a longer slide show style video though. Do you think it would be interesting if I made a video where I talked about it a bit more and had the slideshow? Like a longer version of what this video is with explanation? Thanks for checking it out!
I need some info cuz I wanna fix my dump I'm from pa
What kind of information do you need? I can do my best to answer any questions about what I've done to mine.
Q precio tienen
I sold this truck a few years ago for $9500.
Are you interested in selling it
This dump truck? Actually I sold it about 2 years ago now Ryan. Thanks for your interest though!
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What? 👍
Hey Neil, would you accept to restore mine? If yes I will send you my email. Thank you Antonio,
Sorry just saw this message. I hope you got your truck restored!