Flatbeds

[Bebop]

*double post*
@Blackbeard remove please.

 

[extremetownie]

From my experience,avoid the Kodak's. They are marginal big truck,but repair cost far exceed everything except a sports car.

 

[ridered3]

From my experience,avoid the Kodak's. They are marginal big truck,but repair cost far exceed everything except a sports car.

Any idea why repair costs are so high? Meaning do things constantly break/wear out or are parts just expensive/demand a premium price (like anything colored Deere)?

 

[TBItoy]

Any idea why repair costs are so high? Meaning do things constantly break/wear out or are parts just expensive/demand a premium price (like anything colored Deere)?

If it's like the 90s Kodiak's I've worked on, they use a weird mix of LD/MD/HD truck parts according to year, and a lot of the parts didn't have a long enough production run to get the volume up to make them affordable. Whereas something like a FL70 Freightliner used the same part in the same location for a decade or more, and millions of them were made.

 

[ridered3]

If it's like the 90s Kodiak's I've worked on, they use a weird mix of LD/MD/HD truck parts according to year, and a lot of the parts didn't have a long enough production run to get the volume up to make them affordable. Whereas something like a FL70 Freightliner used the same part in the same location for a decade or more, and millions of them were made.

Ah I see.

 

[Dirt700]

I may have one found, will know more Monday

 

[ridered3]

I may have one found, will know more Monday

Sounds great but imma keep looking just for fun.

 

[paradisepwoffrd]

If it's like the 90s Kodiak's I've worked on, they use a weird mix of LD/MD/HD truck parts according to year, and a lot of the parts didn't have a long enough production run to get the volume up to make them affordable. Whereas something like a FL70 Freightliner used the same part in the same location for a decade or more, and millions of them were made.

We have an 08 at work. It uses a mix of truck and van parts in the cab. It has a duramax, and really needs a tune, as with a 20k lb truck it is a slug. I would also agree that getting it serviced is a pain. MD/HD truck shops dont really want to mess with it, and LD truck shops dont either.

 

[Dirt700]

 

[ridered3]

Congrats! Need more pics and info on the new setup.

 

[Dirt700]

Congrats! Need more pics and info on the new setup.

2009 Pete, 8.3 Cummins, 10spd, has had dpf delete. I will get some more pictures soon. Gonna start on the flatbed in a few weeks

 

[ridered3]

2009 Pete, 8.3 Cummins, 10spd, has had dpf delete. I will get some more pictures soon. Gonna start on the flatbed in a few weeks

Sounds great all around. I'm sure you have something bed wise already floating around in your head, but here's a couple of cool semi's with flatbeds from Pirate:

Project Pete

Maybe it is just me, but in all those pics it looks a bit saggy in the butt? Not enough air etc, or just different spacing on the tire/fender gap? Idk makes that deuce look heavy etc....

www.pirate4x4.com

Thread with a couple of various options:

Show us your Big Rigs!

As for specs. 2005 pete with a Cat. 10 speed Eaton. Wind plays a huge factor. When I bought it in ID and drove it back across WY empty in 65mph winds I got 5-6 :) Calm day bigass trailers 7-10 depending on my speed. I went to a big truck for stopping power. Not bad at all, my pickup...

www.pirate4x4.com

 

[Dirt700]

I'm thinking about doing Western hauler style, skirted, with tool boxes built into skirts. My buddy is going to build me a 20 gallon fuel tank out of aluminum that will be under the bed with a little pump, so I won't have to carry jugs. Eventually going to paint the truck gray and black it out similar to that Pete in the picture

 

[ridered3]

I'm thinking about doing Western hauler style, skirted, with tool boxes built into skirts. My buddy is going to build me a 20 gallon fuel tank out of aluminum that will be under the bed with a little pump, so I won't have to carry jugs. Eventually going to paint the truck gray and black it out similar to that Pete in the picture

Sounds great.

 

[extremetownie]

I'm thinking about doing Western hauler style, skirted, with tool boxes built into skirts. My buddy is going to build me a 20 gallon fuel tank out of aluminum that will be under the bed with a little pump, so I won't have to carry jugs. Eventually going to paint the truck gray and black it out similar to that Pete in the picture

Please take some pictures of what you do. I think i would like a bed also,but have no imagination.

 

[Dirt700]

Please take some pictures of what you do. I think i would like a bed also,but have no imagination.

I will

 

[ridered3]

Please take some pictures of what you do. I think i would like a bed also,but have no imagination.

I will

By pictures he means a Build Thread for it. :****:

 

[Sawzall]

After months of searching, I got lucky and found a used Western Hauler brand bed from a Kodiak on Craigslist. I had to cut the headache rack down for the F750 and enlarge the rear 19.5 wheel openings for 22.5s.

 

[ridered3]

Been daily driving the Pete???

 

[Dirt700]

Been daily driving the Pete???

No I haven't drove it much, been busy building a lean to off the back of the shop and putting the buggy back together. I'm hoping I will get started messing with it more in the next few weeks.