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Re: Need some advice on purchasing a dump truck
Got my new dump a few months ago after looking for over a year. My range was 60-90 medium duty with title, not too rusted, complete with budget of $4K to buy and get on the road. Depending where you live the prices can be anywhere from $300 to $10K + for a decent truck. I ended up finding a low mile original condition C60 that wasnt beat to death, no rust, runs and drives good, dump works, decent tires, V8, 4speed, 2 speed rear with two cylinder dump bed.
Finding parts is a crap shoot for these rigs even the late ones. Some things are still available but not much. It really comes down to what model you have and what it is optioned out with. Napa has been the best help locally and you can find stuff on the med duty section of the website, RockAuto has some decent listings and part numbers to work with. For the last 10 years or so Ebay has been the best bet with NOS parts for all the different vehicles in the fleet.
Right now tires and wheels are a big expense so make sure you budget for that. Depending on lug pattern and wheel type sometimes all new is your only option. Know the difference between split ring and split rim wheels, and what size wheels actually have replacement tires available.
For the dump I looked at both PTO and electric type setups. PTO is the way to go for heavy loads, electric was OK but sloooooow. Be suspicious of super clean rams, run the dump a few times and leave it up to see the leak down or any actual cylinder leaks.
Drive train can be all over the place depending on model as well. Single speed, two speed rears, 4 speeds a bunch of different 5 speeds, some bigger units had aux trans on top of that. It all adds up if it all need to be rebuilt. The single speed 5 speed trans C50 seems to be the most common around here.
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