$5,000 Crawler Hauler... WILL IT WORK?? How To Build The Most Affordable Way to Haul a Vehicle.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video we pick up a 1999 Ford F350 Superduty from an online auction and turn it into the world's cheapest crawler hauler. We source the cheapest internet parts and discover the pros and cons of building on a budget. We rebuild a turbo, change the exhaust, add and remove parts to make this old truck run good again. Follow along as we take this DIY project to the next level and delete hauling a trailer around. Is it possible? Let's find out!!
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we all know what ya mean by “i’ll clean out the inside of the catalytic converter” 🤣 🤣 😆
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Nice build. Way to use the old noodle. Another benefit to this set up is Less money for tolls. Up here in the north east they like to charge for every bridge, tunnel or highway and it usually consist of Per axle as far as how much, so now you are only 2 instead of 4. Nice...
I didn't even think about that but you're right!!👍
cheaper than a new trailer, most spectacular purchase!!! ive seen 2wd duallys plow in norther wisconsin. have fun!
Great budget truck, and vision to make it work, love it
I had my late 99 F350 crewcab short bed 4x4 Lariat 7.3 for 21 years. It was my only driver. It was used on a ranch for the first few years of it's life. Then it was just used for towing after that. When I sold it, it was spotless and never saw a salted road so 0 rust or even a door ding. Tips for the new 7.3 owners.
First change the oil more often then recomend. Heui systems is affected by poor oil condition.
Second the ATS compressor housing is ported so don't get turbo surge under a heavy load up long grades.
Third get an Air Dog. The air fuel separator will eliminate the erosion of injectors from the micro air bubbles in the sloshing fuel.
Good to know thanks
Oh one other thing. There's a mixer assembly in the fuel tank on the sender unit. They are known to split and suck air. There's a fix called "Hutch Mod". You'll want to take a peak at that. Your crack might not be bad enough to effect the way your truck is running.
Colt , for the win! 💪🏼👍🏻👊🏼🇺🇸
Nice to see someone build on a budget. I have a disdain for YT channels where everything is "nothing but the best" (and the most expensive). Few build enthusiasts are lucky enough to be able to do that, most of us have to 'settle' for what we can afford.
Thank you, we try to make a few "cheap" builds a year👍
I love to watch this type of videos; where you take an older vehicle and change all necessary parts to get it back on the road safe and reliable. One thing I would've done differently was to pressure wash the engine/engine bay before I even started sticking my head in there, all and all, great video!!!
Colt's Beaver looks good on the Red Rocket!!😎
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I would recommend a ts 6 tuner they are super cheap and totally change the performance of your 7.3 it was the best thing I’ve ever bought for mine
Looking at the crawler climb onto the back , going to be a lot of little Suzifords in a few months .
Looks like it will work. If it doesn't you can say it should have.
Wish you had powerwashed it FIRST! Nice Job. You Do need to triangulate a brace from the out side
of the ramps. Go to that checkerplate on the back.
Another .master class you are great watch and learn. One smart dude
I appreciate that
Aw man, watching this makes me miss my 01, truck wasn’t perfect at anything but she just went and went. Must’ve done 100 trips Wa to Az pulling 5th wheels for snowbirds and hauled everything in between. She was a dually too but a 4wheeler. It was really a great truck. Keep fresh batts and clean oil in em. And they’ll bring you places.
The balance is in relation to the shaft, not the housing. The housing is just marked so they have a reference when they are doing the balance procedure.
Bad ass. My wife just this last weekend asked if we can do the same thing with our truck. Unfortunately we have a short bed f250. Nice work on the hauler.
Ford and those half years. When I build my front axle for my TJ I got a what I thought was a 77 F250 dana 44 but it turned out to be a 1977.5 which changes a lot of things but for the better. Like the shorter stub shafts which allowed for best of all, I could (and did) use the knuckles, spindal, and lockouts from a 1976 bronco to keep it 5 lug for now and for some reason the Yukon Chromos were about 100 cheaper than the non half year.
Sounds like it worked out and you ended up gaining knowledge like I did on this truck😉👍
Pretty nifty there colt! Good idea for guys with light weight buggies!
More tow rig videos please
I like your videos. You should make more.
Great job! I always wanted a good used rollback wrecker.
Purplewave auction is here in Manhattan, Ks....👍
It's called a ramp truck?
You can make it bigger, taller, and longer.
Or buy one off finnigan. He has several
But good build, and that's pretty light for a trail rig. If the snow is bad ditch the duals. Twice the surface area is great for rolling on a snow ball.
Great video Colt! Loved watching it!
Cool Crawler Hauler Project Colt!
With our setup we will have 18 tires! (Including the spares) 🤦♀️ So your setup makes a lot of sense.
Great job Colt! ❤️🐞
Yeah but you can be like Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit with that rig lol.
Nice truck
Bet she does just fine being weighted down even though it's 2wd. If not, looks like a SAS project 😂
It hauls great, I'll see how the winter goes👍
I hate maintaining a trailer. So i bought a high milage ford Diesel to replace it. Genius.
Many many miles later, Old Ford Diesel still chugging along and taking my junk all over the nation.......
That was bad ass! That little crawler is sick!!
Wow, great job 👏
Awesome build on a budget..👍🏽👍🏽
@ Bleepinjeep I got a Rancho 9000 airride setup on my 01 f350. If you ever get down to denver area, Ill swap you shocks. My truck just sits, dont ise anymore. Shocks have like 6 or 7 settings.
Oh dang, I didn't even know they still made that? 😎👍
Can you say "catch can"? Do away with that nasty oil/fuel residue in the intake system. Even N/A engines get that oily residue in the intakes, due to back-pressure in the PCV system. The catch can alleviates that issue/problem by allowing the oil to condense, then "catching" that residue for later disposal. Helps keep your oil from acidifying, as well, because there is also gas residue coming from the crank case (blow-by) in the air that is being filtered by the catch can. Keeps your intake cleaner and makes your oil last longer - win, win!
Damn that's a smoking deal... :D
Now I'm looking at isuzu NPR trucks... thanks for the idea... Luckily gf is ok with more and more vehicles . :D
I love this thing! Might have to have you show me where to find those boot. I've got a 95' F-250 7.3 and found an E99 intercooler setup to add but boots are pretty spendy.
Riff raft makes inserts for those intake plenums to make the more rigid
Super duty life!!!!!!!!!!
Are you planning on selling your other truck? Only asking because even though you can delete maintenance on the trailer you add maintenance for this truck.
Love the idea and thoughts you have on your channel.
Nice score Colt.👍👍
This is neat and all, but I feel like you could have just bought a ramp truck. They tend not to be too expensive around where I'm at.
I'd keep that garret and if the ebay turbo goes you might be able to have it rebuilt.
I love how he doesn’t want to maintain trailer so to simplify he buys an entire high mileage diesel truck he has to maintain. The trailer will be easier and cheaper to maintain for sure. Hahaha still a cool project if you don’t already own a tow vehicle and trailer.
Probably can't back up a trailer
Was searching for this comment. Absolutely agree. Plates, registration, insurance, 6 e rated truck tires instead of 4 any run of the mill trailer tire. Shit just doesn't add up
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The last truck we turned into a Jeep didn't fair so well umongst the people🤪👍
That’s what I need. Stupid hoa!! Can’t keep a trailer on my property.
I'd trust that turbo about as much as a "Free Candy" sign on a white Econoline van...
Plus a divorce mount NP205 and front axle swap gets you 4wd, easy.
I thought the same thing at first but just ran it 2000 miles without issue🤷♂️ I may look into doing a 4wd swap in the future👍
Excellent video. Your explanations are clear and understandable. Please let us know how the new turbo is performing. Upgrade the front end to four wheel drive if you plan to keep the truck.
Interesting turbo fix 👍 I’m with you on the trailer……they can be a pain in the keaster 🤨
Trailers ..ugh. Don’t even get me started! Think I might adapt solid fork truck tires for my trailers tires. Sick of flats, when I have one. I literally just laugh and talk to it at this point
@@johneden7975 😂🤣😂
Coming from someone who has lived through the GFC, Ford was flat-lining then, as a company, verge of utter collapse and then the government stepped in, exactly this moment when the truck was being constructed.
If I didn’t know any better I’d say that’s the Harbor Freight on Haines Ave.
Colt, as far as turbo balancing goes, the only 3 parts that are relevant to the "balance" is the compressor wheel, the shaft, and the exhaust turbine " the three parts that spin". Putting the compressor wheel back on has to be in the same relevant position to the shaft and the exhaust side turbine, has really nothing to do with the compressor housing. The marks you referenced on the compressor fin and the compressor housing, are put there in a correlative set of marks on the exhaust turbine and the exhaust housing for factory manufacturing reference, when they are reassembling the unit after balancing to ensure that the two wheels are in the same position related to one another.
But isn’t a rear wheel drive dually still technically 4wd? Something to think about.. haha Awesome truck though, does this mean you’ll be visiting Tenn. with a rig more often??
I did use that theory with the Rauncho to run the "4wd" sections of the beach. 🤪
Should have gone to power stoke help on the tubes they have turn key. Rebuilt Texas southern bulletproof trucks for sale.
I like sir, great job
Thanks👍
Replace the IPR nut on backside of the HPOP, stick they have a crappy sheet metal nut that will come off and disable your truck
Ok, Should I change it out with a locknut?
@@Bleepincolt if you can find one, it is 1/2 x 20, really short, I just happen to find one for a airplane that fit
99 f350 drop tank and replace fuel pickup filters. A lot of the 99s did not come with a cat
Nice Colt but for the love of God fix the bumper 😂
I'm looking on Facebook marketplace for a ranch hand style bumper now👍
Awesome 👌
Surprised it had a CAT. Neither of my 7.3 did. Your uppipes might be leaking anyways.
They weren't fortunately. Being a fleet truck they maintained it well just the drivers treated it like poo, haha.
Hi , looks like you got it done , good job .
Nice work on the crawler hauler! I’ve always wanted to outfit a flatbed truck into a hauler but then I couldn’t haul my cars. I love ramp trucks but too long for my taste. How long is the total bed length of the new crawler hauler?
Total length of the flatbed is 11' including the dovetail. 👍
@@Bleepincolt Nice!
Would have been better off returning that turbo and ordering a rebuild kit. Then you would have a quality bearing and a quality intake wheel. Also I would use a $30 ipr or $30 icp. There’s a reason the motorcraft ones cost as much as the do. When the ipr goes bad, you’ll be stuck on the side of the road, when the icp goes bad you’ll be spray oil under the hood at up to 3500psi. Iv seen them lose a gallon of oil every 10 minutes. Makes for a long drive home and a couple hundred dollars of oil.
Good luck with the cheap ICP and IPR. They go out like nobodies business.
Good shit Colt! I have an auction question was it sight unseen? im always afraid id buy one that has a grenaded drivetrain or has a giant issue rendering the savings worthless
It was sight unseen but they have videos of it driving. They also had "approved" running vehicles and non-operational ones.
If you buy sight unseen, factor in the worse case scenario, and if that still fits your budget, go for it.
It being a dually, its kind of a 4wd right?
That's what we said on the beach in the rauncho!🤣👍 it can run the 4wd sections because it's a dually.
Hey, anyone know the song or artist for the background music on this video?
That's awesome 👏🏼
I’m seeing a 4x4 swap and 6” lift in this old trucks future.
I'm betting the tail is gonna "wag"
What is the wheelbase of your Samurai?
110"
I have a early 99 new turbo I'll sell you cheap with a apilar gauge cluster
It's an update tad bit bigger with wicked wheel
while your skirting the cali trailer pulling laws i wonder if they'll try to get you for too much weight on the rear axle?
The truck has a 12k lb GVWR😉👍
As long as his flat bed isnt to heavy he should be good. Payload capacity for 99 f350 is 4400lbs. Take away the samurais weight that leaves 1700lbs for the flat bed and other cargo.
Power smoke.
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Looks sketchy with so much of the weight being levered behind the rear axle and appears to lighten the front axle, Still an interesting budget build project hope it works out for you.
Why keep the cat?
Cool project. Definitely not more cost effective than a trailer
Why not. Time, fuel, and maintenance will add up plus you still have a car you can drive when you're not hauling.
I feel it was. A good used trailer is still a few thousand dollars, then maintenance on that trailer(tires, wiring, brakes, boards, etc) all add up pretty fast in my neck of the woods.
@@Bleepincolt yeah my trailer was $5k before any modifications and straps and all. Truck by itself is the way to go.
@@LawF250 sure but just like he bought a budget truck, you could have bought a budget trailer. I paid $3300 for my 22ft gooseneck with a truck bed camper on the front. 12ft of open deck behind it. All I need is registration. Sure there’s the added cost if annual maintenance. But a brake job on my trailer cost less than the oil change for a 7.3. My tow rig is a 95 7.3 so Iv very experienced with this engine. So the truck route definitely won’t be the cheaper option. And a regular pick up wouldn’t have been my choice very for a build like this. For around the same price, you could get a obs f-superduty (basically an f450) with a steakbed-flat bed. 12ft-16ft long and most have a lift gate on them that can also add an extra 3 ft of bed length. And can still be used to haul a trailer or a camper. This f350 can no longer use a hitch because it’s behind the dovetail.
"No ramps required"
DO NOT T your bags together always keep them seperate
I tied mine together with no problems.
Did you say T-bag?🤣 The air shocks didn't come with enough line to run out seperate but I agree that having them seperated is better than on 1 line if there was a failure in most cases.👍
@@Bleepincolt i think too if you sway the compression side will push air into the other side cause it to be worse.
Programmer will make that thing rip
Need to build up the toy first
Ok I thought you were gonna wash it before you start working on it 😭
Everything you said in relation to the turbo, balancing, compressor wheel and housing (not a snail) is completely wrong. Nice truck tho
But...it's a Samurai
That thing looks clean, furd CTD swap material.
7.3 good stuff but...it's a V8 and no VGT
Concept is good, and so is blaming furd engineers👍
Imo of course
Sooooooooo "Budget" == "Low Budget"
I dont believe id buy that truck..
After watching all that I'm glad I didn't buy a Ford.