Pics of 6.5's Earning a Paycheck

[Matt Bachand]

We've seen all the beauties, we've seen the speed demons, Now lets see some pictures of 6.5's that bring money in, (as well as draw money out)



BTW, I just emptied the waste out the bed of the truck, and on return scale, as seen in the picture (considered EMPTY to me), Truck weighed in at 8700lbs.

 

[MattZ71]

now thats a work truck

 

[bud9899]

Where's the kitchen sink at Matt?:sifone:

 

[GM Guy]

Nice truck! i really like service bodies.. extremely functional.

I'll get a picture of dad's 1993 C3500HD on when we get a bed on. with harvest fast approaching, bed mounting on trucks is sent to the back burner.

you can also see my project 1995 C3500HD in my avatar. it has a contractors bed on it, soon to become a standard flat bed. (goodbye ladder rack and sand box, and also some of the overhead deck, gonna be big enough for a spare, etc.

I like the bed on dad's 98, it has a chain rack, as well a high lift jack stowage, an overhead rack built onto the headache rack for the spare. the whole thing is tubular(strong & light!) steel with treadplate steel deck.

 

[DEERE3594]

Looks good! I love all the marker lights on the headache rack and down the side!

 

[12ga diesel]

Where's the kitchen sink at Matt?:sifone:

That's what I was thinking! That's is a work truck if I have ever seen one.

 

[Dieseldad97]

Where's the kitchen sink at Matt?:sifone:

I'ts gotta be in there somewhere Bud

 

[Kartoon]

bad picture, too far away, and I just noticed it has a gasser bumper, but its a DIESEL. excuse my brother mowing the lawn too

 

[GM Guy]

Nice HD! don't see them too often. i don't think it has a gasser bumper, as all C3500HD's came w/o air holes (at least all the ones i've seen). the extra grille makes up for the airflow lost by going to a solid bumper.

the overall look of a 3500HD sure looks impressive, IMO.

 

[Matt Bachand]

Looks good! I love all the marker lights on the headache rack and down the side!

Those were fun to snake in.... I'll take a pic of it when it gets dark out, it looks like vegas

 

[Kartoon]

Nice HD! don't see them too often. i don't think it has a gasser bumper, as all C3500HD's came w/o air holes (at least all the ones i've seen). the extra grille makes up for the airflow lost by going to a solid bumper.

the overall look of a 3500HD sure looks impressive, IMO.

Thats cool, Im new to the 6.5s and of course my suburban has air holes and from reading and looking at trucks I thought all the diesels did.

The truck is nice, hauls the trailer with the mower and all equipment in it, dumb body.

 

[Matt Bachand]

Thats cool, Im new to the 6.5s and of course my suburban has air holes and from reading and looking at trucks I thought all the diesels did.

The truck is nice, hauls the trailer with the mower and all equipment in it, dumb body.

Cool, from Mass too!! There's a few of us here, more your way. We need PIX!!

 

[Kartoon]

us Massholes have to represent!

but back to topic, lets see some more pictures

 

[Acesneights1]

I can't understand why my MPG is down ??

As you can see this is my 2000's main purpose. This is actually a light load.

 

[Turbine Doc]

I don't use it for work but I do work it; 23,940# combined weight that day prepararing to do some post Katrina demolition work

 

[Canadian Rigger]

I use mine for work and it makes me lots of money, but i'm not going to post a pic of it towing a trailer or nothing in the bed since 90% of the time i use it empty, need the 4x4 more then anything.

 

[Tow Master]

I got a few!! I started a towing company when I was 19. When I started I bought 1 1994 chevy 3500HD wrecker. Still have the truck but it will probably be up for sale soon.

Firts tow truck I bought..

At a accident. Guy slid off his driveway with a ford f-250 in the snow.

Second wrecker I bought. Sold now

 

[Matt Bachand]

I don't use it for work but I do work it; 23,940# combined weight that day prepararing to do some post Katrina demolition work

Dear Lord TD!! Can you say "I hope my trailer brakes don't fail"... That things weighs at least 2x what your truck weighs!

 

[Turbine Doc]

It's quite load, one I pull out of necessity about 2x per year, I run escorted the pull is about 150 miles I run slow on back roads where I can, I've got a couple of rivers to cross that put me on the highway, and the reason for all mods in signature,

Trailer is 9T rated with it's braking system which can stop both the truck & load on it's own (backhoe is just under 6T), yes indeed if brakes fail it's gonna be scarry even with all brake & wheel mods to the truck I've done that give as much maybe more stopping power than the 3500s have.

I don't advise this haul for anybody on a regular basis with 6 bolt semi floater, it can be done but you got to play smart when moving load this big, keep speed down, and watch the traffic like a hawk, and have your escort keep separation for idiots as best you can.

I've got in my minds eye a project to make a crew cab dually flatbed, out of the K2500 burb frame that came with the replacement chasis/body I bought for the C1500 Katrina burb which is beat up worse than I was led to believe it had been damaged.

Since the C1500 body needs work, I'll cut out the back part, put the barn doors behind first row of seats just where the cargo area was, put a deck & g/n hitch on the cargo area, and get a dually axle setup for the rear.

 

[Matt Bachand]

It's quite load, one I pull out of necessity about 2x per year, I run escorted the pull is about 150 miles I run slow on back roads where I can, I've got a couple of rivers to cross that put me on the highway, and the reason for all mods in signature,

Trailer is 9T rated with it's braking system which can stop both the truck & load on it's own (backhoe is just under 6T), yes indeed if brakes fail it's gonna be scarry even with all brake & wheel mods to the truck I've done that give as much maybe more stopping power than the 3500s have.

I don't advise this haul for anybody on a regular basis with 6 bolt semi floater, it can be done but you got to play smart when moving load this big, keep speed down, and watch the traffic like a hawk, and have your escort keep separation for idiots as best you can.

I've got in my minds eye a project to make a crew cab dually flatbed, out of the K2500 burb frame that came with the replacement chasis/body I bought for the C1500 Katrina burb which is beat up worse than I was led to believe it had been damaged.

Since the C1500 body needs work, I'll cut out the back part, put the barn doors behind first row of seats just where the cargo area was, put a deck & g/n hitch on the cargo area, and get a dually axle setup for the rear.

I can't believe you are pulling that with a 1/2 ton pickup! The dually burban project seems very cool. Extra weight/dually will make it handle a ton better i'm sure. Your truck is at mercy of that load. Never been hastled with DOT ? DId you at least take the 1500 emblems off

Is the frame the same on the 1/2 tons? I'm sure the 3/4 ton burb is same frame as the 3500's i believe?