Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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Well, the old girl (96 Ford F 350 Dually Flatbed) blew her head gasket (Inline 6cyl).

Her old motor is tired, and so is she. She had 276,000 miles on her, and her Tranny is still strong.

I have decided not to repair her head gasket. Soon, she  will be towed to her final resting place.

We pulled all our roof cleaning equipment off of her. It was a lot of fun getting the 650 lb air compressor off, LOL

Now, it is time for another flatbed roof cleaning truck!

Here in the Tampa Florida area, there are plenty of good used flatbed dually trucks. Of course, I prefer Isuzu or Mitsubishi Fuso's.

But used Ford F 350's can be had from 2 to 5 thousand dollars, with flatbeds already on them!

This is how we roll. We buy good used flatbed trucks (always duallys), put our stuff on them, have them lettered, and we go clean roofs.

We drive them till they are no longer cost effective to repair, pull our stuff off, and do it again!

Time to find a new used flatbed truck 

 

RIP

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Thanks everyone! I found a 96 Ford F 350 with a 7.3 diesel, but it has a rusty flatbed, LOL

They are ASKING 3,800, but cash talks! 

They said it has sat for awhile, and may have old diesel fuel in it, and they noticed some white smoke.

They said it may just need driven ?

I told THEM to drive it, and add new fuel.

This is not my first rodeo!

Roof Cleaning By A&E wrote:

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Trucks are cheap in FL.

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 Yes, they are  And, they are not all rusted out, like up North, until we get hold of them 

Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 wrote:

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Mr Maintenance wrote:

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hickeys45 wrote:

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Chris, maybe you could do a video or step by step pictures of your new build for us green horns. In the premium section of course.

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 I love watchn builds.. 

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 Ya, while at the moment I feel I'll stick with an enclosed trailer, who knows?

I considered making my Chevy into a flatbed when I got it.

Show us a step by step build!

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 LOL, Not much to see! I have 2 - 325 Gallon tanks I mount side by side on the flatbed, the air pump goes in the middle of the 2 pumps, and the air compressor at the back of one side, and the big plastic tarp box at the other side.

We us NO Hose reels! 

Very simple, very effective! 

This is an OLD truck!

Mr Maintenance wrote:

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hickeys45 wrote:

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Chris, maybe you could do a video or step by step pictures of your new build for us green horns. In the premium section of course.

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 I love watchn builds.. 

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 Ya, while at the moment I feel I'll stick with an enclosed trailer, who knows?

I considered making my Chevy into a flatbed when I got it.

Show us a step by step build!

Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 wrote:

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Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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Bergman Roof Cleaning Port Charlotte FL 941-698-1959 wrote:

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Mr Maintenance wrote:

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hickeys45 wrote:

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Chris, maybe you could do a video or step by step pictures of your new build for us green horns. In the premium section of course.

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 I love watchn builds.. 

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 Ya, while at the moment I feel I'll stick with an enclosed trailer, who knows?

I considered making my Chevy into a flatbed when I got it.

Show us a step by step build!

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 LOL, Not much to see! I have 2 - 325 Gallon tanks I mount side by side on the flatbed, the air pump goes in the middle of the 2 pumps, and the air compressor at the back of one side, and the big plastic tarp box at the other side.

We us NO Hose reels! 

Very simple, very effective! 

 

This is an OLD truck!

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I misunderstood. I thought you were going to "Make a flatbed" out of a regular truck, not just outfit an existing flatbed.

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 No, I buy them already with a flatbed on them.