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Good thing I have a 2.5 ton truck maintained for this purpose.
Probably should build the bobbed deuce project as well.
I learned long ago, never go in with your biggest vehicle first.
Today I should have started out with something a little bigger. ;-)
So, I decided to see if I could make it around a few rocks to get down the shoreline to go for a ride down the beach today.
I quickly learned that when water is in the cab, it's time to stop.
I also remembered that I read the air intake ductwork is fairly low on these trucks and some guys...
Mine will see occasional beach duty as well.
It's a great little tailgate party mobile.
Yesterday I scored a set of 4 new tires on craigslist for pennies. They are already mounted and on it.
I wish you were closer. If you could drive this thing, you'd be convinced you need one.
Anyone is more than welcome to stop in and see it/try it. That goes for all my stuff.
Yes, it would be tight but yes you could drive it.
One of my neighbors(much bigger than me) drove it and he has huge feet and was dressed in snowmobile gear including boots when he tried it out.
At 5'9" and 205, I fit very comfortably. 10 shoe.
Yup,and all the amenities of a normal car/truck.
It's winter here and I been tooling around the hood in comfort in this little rig.
We have over a foot of snow since the day I brought it home. Took it outback in the woods, it did well(until I got stuck in mud under the snow).
It will be...
Many states have laws for low speed vehicles. So yes, they probably can be registered for road use. Google LSV laws.
It looks like in my state they allow them on roads with posted speeds of 35 mph or less.
https://vimeo.com/201560519
Sorry about the camera turning 90 degrees, I thought it would just go wide.
The yellow light on the dash is the governor warning light.
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Oh yeah, it looks like they added the front winch and used it to raise a small snowplow.
The front tube brush guard is a factory option.
I've put about 15 miles on it around the neighborhood. Truck had 6000 miles on it when I got it.
These trucks are governed at 25 mph. The foreign used...
Seems these little trucks are very common in the rest of the world(as right hand drive). Our government gets them as Left hand drive and in a few configurations such as 2wd, 4wd, with dumpbed and scissor hoist.
I decided to bid on one on GP and won it. There were no details but in the pics...