TicketMan4u

I think they're all 11R24.5 tires but I'll be sure and check them to be certain. I've only sold a few trucks but one buyer did want some tires changed before the deal was sealed. One of my major concerns was looking ignorant by offering a truck for sale with mismatched tires if running them that way was a no no. I think the seller knows less about big trucks than I do and I was just making sure whoever put the tires on for him didn't just put whatever he had available on there and convinced him it was okay.

Yep, anything to make it roll was my impression. Thanks guys, that's gonna help me alot in making my decision. Now I know I "could" use the tires if I "had" to. Problem is, I don't want to. I've got better tires I can use to make it right. Now I know I can use them to get a better price on the truck cause it needs some work.

I'm looking to buy a 1985 R686ST tandem axle dump from a guy I know. He told me he recently replaced some of the tires with some new problems. Problem I see is he mixed steer tires with drive tires on the rear tandem axles. Now I'm hardly an expert, don't really know nothing. Don't drive'em yet, just buy and sell'em. Seems like to me somewhere in the past somebody told me you wasn't supposed to mix tires. I looked at a couple of other places on line and several said it was okay to mix them, just don't put drive tires on the steer axle. Felt like I needed to here it from you guys also before I could be sure. I mean if I buy the truck I want to know if I'm going to have to spend more money on different tires cause that's going to affect my offer. I posted some photos of the rear tires for you to look at and give me your opinions. Thanks

We recorded that episode and just got thru watching it. I told my wife he'd better not pay more than $2500 for that truck. I was close. Olivetroad, I spelled my uncle's name like we always said it. Then I seen the way you spelled your uncle's name and remembered I always spelled my uncle's name wrong. He's been gone about 15yrs now but I looked it up and his name was actually "Durward" also. Don't you just love the South. We say it like we want to and spell it like it sounds.

Daddy was an Army trained mechanic during WWII. Liked working on Dodge trucks best and ended up working on Chrysler products most of his life. I've been told he was one of the best tune up and electrical systems mechanics many people ever knew. And more importantly he was an honest man. I've seen him many times at the end of the day with his hands dirty but he had a knack about keeping his clothes somewhat but not always pretty clean. He told my sisters when they started driving they better not ever let their cars run out of gas, oil, or overheat because the service stations back then took care of all that. Also they were supposed to keep a dime in their purses at all times to call him in case their car broke down for any reason other than any of the above. Now when I started driving he filled the trunk of my car with tools and parts and told me the same about the gas, oil, and water but added if I called him to come help me when it broke down my hands better be dirty when he got there or he would turn around and go back home and leave me on the side of the road.

Hope this truck turns out to be a good one for you. Grandson never called me back on the one I was trying to buy. I hate it when people say things have sentimental value to them then they just let them sit outside in the bushes and rot to the ground. If it was mine and it really meant that much to me I'd have it inside trying to restore it or something.

I haven't seen the commercial yet, but we watch the show all the time. My Uncle Durwood had a big head of hair combed back like Big Daddy. Gotta love the South.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and still hoping I can make this deal work somehow. Wish you were closer to us that would help. Even If you do decide to buy the other truck I still hope the grandson accepts my offer. If he does it'll make a nice truck to whoever we sell it to.

Wow, I got it from both sides today. Feels like I got both barrels of rock salt out of a sawed off and looks like this deal's gonna go south before it even got started good. I spoke to the grandson and wanted a face to face after work to make my offer. I hate talking on the telephone but he couldn't meet with me and just wanted me to make him an offer. I took my best shot and didn't even try to haggle. Gave him my top offer. He didn't seem too excited, which didn't surprise me since he really didn't seem too motivated to sell the truck in the first place. He mentioned something about the truck having a lot of sentimental value and he'd have to talk to his grandfather about it. Well we all know what that means. The second blow came when I talked to the old man about it. He tells me it'll be a $5,000 truck after we fix it up and starts talking about patching the fender, putting tires and batteries on it, and whatever else it takes to get it road worthy. I tried to tell him I already had an out of state buyer lined up who wanted to restore it himself but I'm thinking now he's wanting to keep this one too like the last three I bought for us to fix up and resell. When I told him I already had an out of state buyer lined up he asked me how I planned to get it to him. I told him I wasn't at that stage yet since I haven't even bought the truck yet so he starts figuring how much it would cost for one of his drivers to drive it to Marion, NC then fly back here to Alabama. I mean God love him he's one of a kind, mind always working on a plan. Anyway, how was your day? Let's just hope the grandson agrees to sell and I'll get back to you when he does. The rest of it we'll worry about later if and when I get the truck. Does anybody else have deals go like this?

Didn't get a chance to talk to the owner today but I'm guessing if my luck holds, two hot batteries and this one will fire right up like the last two I bought and if I get it for my price I can beat the $4K you're looking to pay for the other one.