palmersfirewood
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Is a 1 ton flatbed heavy enough to use as a chip truck temporarily? My dad has a 1 ton ford with a 10 foot bed I can use? It is a 2wd gas burner but I think I can make it work. suggestions
Newfie said:It should work fine. I wouldn't make the box any taller than 6 feet of the bed or you get top heavy. Dual rear wheels I assume?
TreeCo said:Here was a lucky Ebay find. A 1987 one ton 4x4 6.9L diesel 4speed with 100k miles.
A one ton will do lots of trim jobs but if big removals are your thing they fill with chips fast. If you have close dump sites that would not be a problem.
I can get this one ton 4 x 4 with a bandit 250xp chipper a lot of places my F600 could never go. This can save a lot of labor.
Dan
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