no WT police needed !
This showed up at the Northeast truck camping jamboree in New Hampshire last weekend !!
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In actuality, you can buy a tractor pretty cheap (compared to a new 1 ton pickup truck), Pete, KW, Western Star (my preference) or an International Eagle conventional. Issue is, most will be twin screw so there will be frame work involved (stretching the frame) and removing a drive axle, or leaving it a stretched twin screw, possibly an engine and driveline rebuild (Cats especially aren't cheap to rebuild), but, you wind up with a very capable and powerful toter.
Of course you'll have to learn how to shift a 13 or 18 speed Roadranger unless you can find one with an automatic (select shift) box.
Lots of them out there. You'd probably wind up at the same cost as a new pickup after frame modifications and rebuilding, but, with a much more capable (power and torque) unit that any current pickup (stock) has.
Not sure about plating one and license requirements. It has air brakes so an air brake endorsement is necessary and I would imagine that most states will still recognize it as a commercial vehicle so a Class A license too.
Of course you'll have to learn how to shift a 13 or 18 speed Roadranger unless you can find one with an automatic (select shift) box.
Lots of them out there. You'd probably wind up at the same cost as a new pickup after frame modifications and rebuilding, but, with a much more capable (power and torque) unit that any current pickup (stock) has.
Not sure about plating one and license requirements. It has air brakes so an air brake endorsement is necessary and I would imagine that most states will still recognize it as a commercial vehicle so a Class A license too.
