The Official PSA Duramax gets Built Ford Tough!

12stroker · Sep 30, 2013

Really good numbers for just a farm truck LOL ol nessy did a good job!

Chvyrkr · Oct 1, 2013

Not to shabby for a farmers DD!

lincolnlocker · Oct 1, 2013

lol, what they said^^^

live life full throttle

Hotrodtractor · Oct 7, 2014

3745 miles. 12 states. 36' gooseneck trailer in tow. The truck did very well including going dropping down out of Denver into New Mexico going through a couple of mountain passes and traveling at a rather good clip of speed across the high plains. Admittedly the transmission did start to have some issues by the end of the trip and I did come the last couple hundred miles home in transmission limp mode..... at 65mph.... so I am not complaining. Time to refresh the transmission (that was built in 2007 and has 100K miles of compound turbos on..... lol).

TrailerHauler · Oct 7, 2014

Hotrodtractor said:
3745 miles. 12 states. 36' gooseneck trailer in tow. The truck did very well including going dropping down out of Denver into New Mexico going through a couple of mountain passes and traveling at a rather good clip of speed across the high plains. Admittedly the transmission did start to have some issues by the end of the trip and I did come the last couple hundred miles home in transmission limp mode..... at 65mph.... so I am not complaining. Time to refresh the transmission (that was built in 2007 and has 100K miles of compound turbos on..... lol).

Seen this info on FB, glad it performed well on your trip buddy.

Now lets see some pictures of the rig, and its cargo!

Hotrodtractor · Oct 8, 2014

On the way to Colorado with the initial load of a truck chassis and a 12V engine:

Sitting in the parking lot in Ennis Texas at the NHRDA World Finals:

The return load of a 1948 Dodge 1 1/2T truck just after a rain shower in Texas just south of Dallas/Fort Worth:

The load at a rest stop just North of Raton Pass when I was headed from Colorado into New Mexica:

Hotrodtractor · Oct 8, 2014

What happened to our automatic picture resizing? LOL

gfulton · Oct 8, 2014

I like that old dodge dually, what year is that?

Hotrodtractor · Oct 8, 2014

TrailerHauler · Oct 8, 2014

Awesome, wished I could have made it down there to Ennis.

Hotrodtractor · Mar 17, 2022

I miss this truck. Sold it. New owner sold it. That new owner blew it up, stripped the cab off, and last I heard had big dreams of stretching the frame and installing a 6 door square body chevy truck body onto the chassis.

Powerstroke Cowboy · Mar 17, 2022

And life goes on. Sad, but that's how it works. You put a lot of time, cash, sweat and some blood into that pickup. I bet it was hard parting with it. Now knowing it's in the condition it is, does not help I bet.

I can't make myself sell my 97. First pickup for me. Plus I have a lot of time into it. Plan on doing a full restoration and doing a Allison swap. I have most everything needed to do the swap, but the transmission and, some plugs, and wire to make the harness. And a 4low sensor. I bet you could give a lot of good info on building a tough Allison.

What do you have now for a towing rig Jason? If it's in you sig, forgive me. I can't see sigs on my phone.

sootie · Mar 20, 2022

Why would you do an Allison???

Powerstroke Cowboy · Mar 20, 2022

sootie said:
Why would you do an Allison???

Towing would be so much nicer with a 6 speed auto instead of a 4 speed auto. It comes down to the amount of gears available. Plus I can run 4.30 gears with the Allison and have the same rpms at 70 as 3.73 in the 4r100. Better for towing. Plus the Allison has a lower first gear, better for getting big loads moving.

It's got a zf6 now. So I can also start with a clean slate.

If I was building a play toy, it would get a 4r100. But I am not. So, Allison it is.

If there was a way to control the 6r140, I would go that rought. With the Allison I can use all factory IH parts to bolt it to a 7.3.