Looks to be a 1952-3 FWD (Four Wheel Drive Auto Company) Model "LD"
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Yeah, the hood, grill kind of have that old 50's dodge look. But the axles are defiantly not Dodge, and this is way older than the 50's. I'm a die hard Mopar guy and I used to be pretty up on the old Dodge Brothers stuff. I've been sitting here doing searches of every truck I can think of and nothing has come up yet, Joe.
Jakers
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It's a relic for sure. In my neck of the woods the old FWD manufacturing company trucks were used as 4x4 municipal plow trucks for winter snow. Elsewhere in the state they were used for other things like quarry work or logging. Good trucks back in the day. Kind of like the early Walter or Oshkosh trucks.
Art, Jakers, Thanks. I had never heard of the FWD. I just did a search and came up with Seagrave, of which I had heard of, mostly building fire engines. Then I did 52 FWD and that pretty much looked like it. Can't believe those old style axles were still used in the 50's. Now I've got a place to start, Joe.
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1990 F-250 with the 460 and an 8' bed for lotsa wood.
My Kingquad and home made trailer 
Oz Lumberjack
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My wood hauler
lefturnfreek
Sharpen the chain, chuck chips ...repeat...
I have a few modes of fiber transportation around my farm....
It's hauled a 3C I figure and it has rescued my main wood trucks when they had a mobility problem day .... so it counts in my books ....
It's hauled a 3C I figure and it has rescued my main wood trucks when they had a mobility problem day .... so it counts in my books ....
Nice trailer.
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One of my friends had one , one rainy night in late February on his way back to work he saw headlights for a transport truck , what he didn't see was the log trailer 90* across a main highway as the tractor was backing into his driveway because the tractor headlights were on the opposite side of the road , no reflectors on the black trailer and the lights were covered with mud ..
My friend hit the log loader leg going about 60 mph .
60 mph to Zero in the distance of the front bumper to almost the windshield .
All the airbags deployed , when he came to he could hear people yelling , he hit the power lock button and they pried the door open enough so he could get out , he walked around the truck and waited for the ambulance .
He got banged up pretty good , a broken cheek bone , a broken sternum and a torn hip rotator cuff but was able to go back to work at the end of April albeit much slower .
We chalk up the survival on 3 things ,
#1 , The engineers were on the ball .
#2 , Nissan's QC is and desire to make a good product is right there .
#3 , It just wasn't his time .
If anyone gives you a hard time about buying a "Jap" truck , I'll get you my buddy's number , he'll set them straight for you .
BTW , his Iphone was on the passenger seat , it exploded when it hit the dash and there's a set of keys jammed between the dash and the center console .
Nice "Jap" truck
I had a hard time straying from Ford. But the with the 5.6L, the Titan will get better gas mileage than the Ford 460 and I shouldn't have to worry about the tranny for quite some time. I did see where they are assembled somewhere is Mississippi. Sorry to hear about your friend. Glad he made it through that horrible wreck.One of my friends had one , one rainy night in late February on his way back to work he saw headlights for a transport truck , what he didn't see was the log trailer 90* across a main highway as the tractor was backing into his driveway because the tractor headlights were on the opposite side of the road , no reflectors on the black trailer and the lights were covered with mud ..
My friend hit the log loader leg going about 60 mph .
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60 mph to Zero in the distance of the front bumper to almost the windshield .
All the airbags deployed , when he came to he could hear people yelling , he hit the power lock button and they pried the door open enough so he could get out , he walked around the truck and waited for the ambulance .
He got banged up pretty good , a broken cheek bone , a broken sternum and a torn hip rotator cuff but was able to go back to work at the end of April albeit much slower .
We chalk up the survival on 3 things ,
#1 , The engineers were on the ball .
#2 , Nissan's QC is and desire to make a good product is right there .
#3 , It just wasn't his time .
If anyone gives you a hard time about buying a "Jap" truck , I'll get you my buddy's number , he'll set them straight for you .
BTW , his Iphone was on the passenger seat , it exploded when it hit the dash and there's a set of keys jammed between the dash and the center console .
Nice "Jap" truck
That is one clean looking dually. Nice! What year?
Thanks. It's an 88. The rear main seal is leaking but the motor runs like a top so I'm debating on fixing it.
ChoppyChoppy
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One of my friends had one , one rainy night in late February on his way back to work he saw headlights for a transport truck , what he didn't see was the log trailer 90* across a main highway as the tractor was backing into his driveway because the tractor headlights were on the opposite side of the road , no reflectors on the black trailer and the lights were covered with mud ..
My friend hit the log loader leg going about 60 mph .
View attachment 674590 View attachment 674591 View attachment 674592
60 mph to Zero in the distance of the front bumper to almost the windshield .
All the airbags deployed , when he came to he could hear people yelling , he hit the power lock button and they pried the door open enough so he could get out , he walked around the truck and waited for the ambulance .
He got banged up pretty good , a broken cheek bone , a broken sternum and a torn hip rotator cuff but was able to go back to work at the end of April albeit much slower .
We chalk up the survival on 3 things ,
#1 , The engineers were on the ball .
#2 , Nissan's QC is and desire to make a good product is right there .
#3 , It just wasn't his time .
If anyone gives you a hard time about buying a "Jap" truck , I'll get you my buddy's number , he'll set them straight for you .
BTW , his Iphone was on the passenger seat , it exploded when it hit the dash and there's a set of keys jammed between the dash and the center console .
Nice "Jap" truck
#3 , It just wasn't his time... was just that. When it's your time, it's your time.
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