Yesterday, my boss asked me to move 20-something old railroad ties a short distance(less than a mile). I was working by myself and I said I could do that. Turned out to be a little more of a dirt & heavy job than expected. I've worked with old creosote-soaked railroad ties before, but it had been a while. Anway, here's a picture of my bump hard at work shuttling railroad ties yesterday. I'm glad I put larger off-road tires on it recently. Sure came in handy for not getting stuck on soft, wet ground. Also, a few of those cross ties weighed at least 200 lbs, no kidding! The ones that weren't rotten were super dense and heavy as a rock.
Jack
1943 Ford GPW Jeep(sold)
1972 F-100 Custom
1976 F-150 Explorer
1996 F-150 Eddie Bauer ed.
Randy
1970 F100 Sport Custom Limited LWB, 302cid, 3 on the tree. NO A/C, NO P/S, NO P/B. Currently in 1000 pcs while rebuilding. Project thread: http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=59995 Plan: 351w, C4, LSD, pwr front disc, p/s, a/c, bucket seats, new interior and paint.
1987 F-150 XLT Lariat, 5.0/C6 auto.
I used my '70 bump when I was doing some landscaping in my backyard a couple years ago, I had 3 tons of nice soft sifted dirt in the back-end. Handled it with ALMOST no problems. When it was all said and done I had to replace some axle bearings, and also noticed that the rear end was bent. Although I'm pretty sure it was bent prior to that, because when I pulled the axle it had the tell-tale yellow paint pen marking that indicated a junkyard part....but hey, it got the job done first!
That 'ol $100 truck served me well. The engine (302) was so warn-out that it wouldn't even get hot enough to blow warm heater air. That thing was a beast!