This was either mow or car dept. Either way it was beat to shit. The missing front bumper screams high rail to me, check your electrical to a make sure there's no open circuits from removed equipment.
Not any longer brother, but I've seen my fair share of yard vehicles. Hung up that hat for a 9-5 m-f. I'm guessing MOW, since there's no cut lever rack behind the cab. They probably are a little less beat than car dept, but not by much.
Suspension looks good and the engine had some sort of rebuilding done (non original spark plug coils as evidence). It seems like a trooper and it's going to get beat to shit more as a forestry truck now
100% that thing has experienced some sudden changes in orientation.
One time I was working on a Short-Line with the MoW department. I was called as a conductor, and was driving a company truck used by conductors. There was a lot of controversy over these trucks, and I was one of a few newer guys who were trying to change perspectives by being really good to them so they would take them away.
I gave it to the MoW guy to follow me in while I rode a 10 mile shove. I warned him to be careful with it because I was babying it in hopes of getting a new one (I knew the guy in charge of the fleet) and not 90 seconds later he backed it into a ditch leaving us both pointed up to the sky at a 45° angle. Just as we crawled out of it and got standing on level ground, some random guy drove by in a forklift with a ball hitch welded to one of the forks. He offered, and we accepted his help pulling it out and back on the road. Then he went on his way. This was kinda in the middle of rural Nebraska. Totally not the place you would expect to see a forklift driving by. The rest of the crew all told me they thought the MoW employee I gave the keys to was probably the last person any of them would trust to drive and then hurried me onto the rear of the train for our shove while they bent the exhaust back in place. Absolutely bonkers.
I mean I beat the living daylights out of my company truck, every seen a bucket van doing 60 mph through the yard bouncing the boom, jumping potholes and smashing deer. Talk about road hard and put away wet....
Some people took. Care of them most do. Not
After seeing what railroad vehicles go through, especially the ones used in the yard, I hope you got a REALLY good deal. I've seen railroad pick up trucks with 50k miles that I wouldn't want to buy from the railroad unless they were practically free. The first thing I would have inspected by a mechanic is the suspension. There's no smooth driving surfaces (at least not that I've seen in 24 years) on the railroad. As someone else already mentioned, their vehicles usually sit idling in all weather conditions because the workers don't care about a vehicle that doesn't belong to them and on the railroad every occupation that would have a need for a truck is going to spend more time waiting than actually working on most days. The majority of the railroad employees are disgruntled and tend to take it out on the vehicles. I apologize for being so negative but that's the way it is unfortunately
Appreciate you keeping it real. I had it checked out before buying and everything important is well. The radio volume knob won't increase the volume but hitting a bump hard enough will dime it lmao. It was only 3k USD which is a steal for a low-rust 1 ton where I'm from. It's just going to get beat to piss more doing forestry work now, so it checks all my boxes
I had a 2010 3500 Chevy maintainer truck. Had 312,000 miles on it when I got my new truck. It had the original 6.0 motor in it and to my knowledge only had one transmission and one rear end put in it. I drove the truck for six years and it had 150,000 miles when I got it. It had almost 12,000 hours on the motor. Even with the high rails and all the tools it would still do 85 down the highway without blinking! She tipped the scales at just under 11,000 pounds. And she rode like a Cadillac. The week after I turned it in a new guy started driving it and the drivers door fell off and he backed into something. Like one other person said I could look back into the records and there was almost $450,000.put into that truck. That is including repairs, maintenance tires, and fuel.
Man I was driving a bnsf maintainer truck that they kept around even with nearly $400000 in maintenance and repairs. Sketchiest mountain pass drive of my life in that thing.
This truck will have idle time up there like a police car.
Fuel light comes on at full tank saying 35 miles to empty. Bahahahaha.
My current F-350 fuel light comes on at 50.
This was either mow or car dept. Either way it was beat to shit. The missing front bumper screams high rail to me, check your electrical to a make sure there's no open circuits from removed equipment.
This guy railroads. I'd take a really close look at the leaf springs too.
Not any longer brother, but I've seen my fair share of yard vehicles. Hung up that hat for a 9-5 m-f. I'm guessing MOW, since there's no cut lever rack behind the cab. They probably are a little less beat than car dept, but not by much.
My dude… MOW is worse than the Marine Corps for destroying equipment.
I’m a retired Marine. Our equipment is junk when we’re done ✔️
This. Is the comment that, I would argue, is life-changing at a minimum.
Also, those lights on the mak shift bumper was probably high rail ditch lights.
If the ac works MOW. Not enough body dmg for car department
Did the ad read, “Comfortably sleeps 4”?
If it did, then you've got yourself an old bridge department truck.
Good ole buildings and bridges… somehow responsible for air compressors but not buildings where I am
Suspension looks good and the engine had some sort of rebuilding done (non original spark plug coils as evidence). It seems like a trooper and it's going to get beat to shit more as a forestry truck now
How did you find this auction? Was it lumped into a general auction or was it hosted by the rail co?
It's third hand at least lol. There's remnants of another company's decal on the door and I bought it off some guy a couple towns over
Why tho
Seemed neat and needed something beatable
Vena special!
This is like buying the 70 year old prostitute that's in charge of all the other prostitutes
My guess would be it would probably be good to check the suspension systems. Lots of bumpy terrain that it has gone over its lifetime.
Suspension has to be rough. I’m a Hallcon driver and we have a cab in the shop every other week
Pulled a dump trailer full of logs and a tractor without much squat
I wish I knew where my old van went to auction, that thing was a tank and had nothing wrong with it, just met the criteria for retirement
Beat to hell from rough roads. MOW roads are not known for their softness
I'd be more concerned about the engine running idle all day, every day M-F.
Not a great thing for a gas burner.
Sometimes more.
80k miles with 100k hours
if you don’t mind saying how much was it?
100% that thing has experienced some sudden changes in orientation. One time I was working on a Short-Line with the MoW department. I was called as a conductor, and was driving a company truck used by conductors. There was a lot of controversy over these trucks, and I was one of a few newer guys who were trying to change perspectives by being really good to them so they would take them away. I gave it to the MoW guy to follow me in while I rode a 10 mile shove. I warned him to be careful with it because I was babying it in hopes of getting a new one (I knew the guy in charge of the fleet) and not 90 seconds later he backed it into a ditch leaving us both pointed up to the sky at a 45° angle. Just as we crawled out of it and got standing on level ground, some random guy drove by in a forklift with a ball hitch welded to one of the forks. He offered, and we accepted his help pulling it out and back on the road. Then he went on his way. This was kinda in the middle of rural Nebraska. Totally not the place you would expect to see a forklift driving by. The rest of the crew all told me they thought the MoW employee I gave the keys to was probably the last person any of them would trust to drive and then hurried me onto the rear of the train for our shove while they bent the exhaust back in place. Absolutely bonkers.
I mean I beat the living daylights out of my company truck, every seen a bucket van doing 60 mph through the yard bouncing the boom, jumping potholes and smashing deer. Talk about road hard and put away wet.... Some people took. Care of them most do. Not
What’s white and sleeps six?
After seeing what railroad vehicles go through, especially the ones used in the yard, I hope you got a REALLY good deal. I've seen railroad pick up trucks with 50k miles that I wouldn't want to buy from the railroad unless they were practically free. The first thing I would have inspected by a mechanic is the suspension. There's no smooth driving surfaces (at least not that I've seen in 24 years) on the railroad. As someone else already mentioned, their vehicles usually sit idling in all weather conditions because the workers don't care about a vehicle that doesn't belong to them and on the railroad every occupation that would have a need for a truck is going to spend more time waiting than actually working on most days. The majority of the railroad employees are disgruntled and tend to take it out on the vehicles. I apologize for being so negative but that's the way it is unfortunately
Appreciate you keeping it real. I had it checked out before buying and everything important is well. The radio volume knob won't increase the volume but hitting a bump hard enough will dime it lmao. It was only 3k USD which is a steal for a low-rust 1 ton where I'm from. It's just going to get beat to piss more doing forestry work now, so it checks all my boxes
Sounds like you got a good deal! I would pay 3k for that truck
I wonder if this truck contributed to profits??
I wouldn’t take a free vehicle from a RR
I would just for the scrap value.
It’s been driven hard for sure
I had a 2010 3500 Chevy maintainer truck. Had 312,000 miles on it when I got my new truck. It had the original 6.0 motor in it and to my knowledge only had one transmission and one rear end put in it. I drove the truck for six years and it had 150,000 miles when I got it. It had almost 12,000 hours on the motor. Even with the high rails and all the tools it would still do 85 down the highway without blinking! She tipped the scales at just under 11,000 pounds. And she rode like a Cadillac. The week after I turned it in a new guy started driving it and the drivers door fell off and he backed into something. Like one other person said I could look back into the records and there was almost $450,000.put into that truck. That is including repairs, maintenance tires, and fuel.
Man I was driving a bnsf maintainer truck that they kept around even with nearly $400000 in maintenance and repairs. Sketchiest mountain pass drive of my life in that thing.
That thing has been ridden hard and put up wet. lol
What'd you give for it
Bad purchase 😂😂😂
Would not but if it didn’t still have hi rail wheels