The frame rusted off 3 years ago, dropping the heavy spring cushion rear bumper on the ground. I repaired it with a cast off drawbar from a haybine and some flat stock, at the request of local law enforcement.
My father had bought the truck new in the fall of '84, I guess it's the best Chevy truck we've owned. It has been used hard, pulling chopper boxes of silage, gravity wagons of ear corn, hay wagons, ect.
Standard cab trucks are kinda hard to find. Found this one on Auto Trader, up in Green Bay. '98 3/4 ton 4x4, 85 K. pretty much loaded.
So other than that this one will smell like the farm, I now have a back up truck to the red '98 extended cab 4x4 I've been pulling the snowmobile trailer with.
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I hope you have good luck with it. We've had alot of Chevy trucks on the farm back in the 70's and 80's. All were 1/2 tons and suffered from cancer in the fender wells, rocker panels, and cab corners. I had a 76 3/4 ton 4x4 and a 84 1 ton 4x4 with 454 4 speed with granny low. I could never pass a gas pump with out stopping in that one but it would tow anything. I've always been a Chevy man but was offered a 90 Dodge with the Cummins at a give a away price. When I sold it it had 510,000 miles on it and still ran strong. It's still on the road. My truck now is a '02 Dodge Cummins dually with 6 speed 4x4. I like those Cummins turbo diesels. I'd say you have the best of all worlds there. A heavy work truck, the newer body style that drains instead of rusting out, and one that probably gets some decent gas milage.
but will only buy Chevrolet or GMC now.
