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Not a reefer but a box truck for a decent price: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/373082858717833/

Won't help right now, but we use CoachNet for road service towing. Will tow to the nearest dealer for the truck. Once towed our Wanderlodge (36' about 35k lbs) about 120 miles to a nearest Caterpillar dealer. Cost--$0 for us.

Digital torque gauge is cheaper and smaller than the huge torque wrench necessary for the lug nuts. Just make sure it will go up as high as the required torque for the lug nuts. I got mine at Harbor Freight.

As I recall, your truck doesn't have a lot of miles on it. I'm surprised the turbo has problems. I believe the turbo on our 99FG is original and still functioning at 230k miles. I agree with SkiFreak, nothing can be done with the ECU on the 4d34t since it only controls a few things like the...

Why would turning on the AC help? Im really curious. When I'm towing in hilly terrain in very hot summer days with my 93 GMC with 6.5 turbo I turn on the AC and it helps a lot. I'm pretty sure that it helps because the increased heat from the AC condenser which is in front of the radiator...

Sorry, couldn't find the For Sale thread where this should be posted. Seems like a decent price for a person willing to put in some work as long as the frame is solid. It's Canadian dollars so deduct 25%. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/768838165001299/

The taller tires I looked at ended up being too close together as duals. Someone posted a picture on a tire thread here within the last year or so.

Are you planning on using the OE rims and getting 35's? I haven't run across any tires which are larger than OE yet permit use on the rear duals on our 99 FG.

I assume from your Facebook post that you're good to go now?

More so than a dealer?

Tom's Truck in California is a good online source for parts. You can call them. When I've needed parts I've given my vin and they typically had emailed me a parts diagram with part numbers and asked me which parts I needed. At least this was the case when I needed parking brake parts. There...

We bought a 1999 Fuso FG 14 yrs ago with 176k miles on it and converted it to a camper. It now has 235k miles on it. We have no plans to sell it, which is not quite the same as buying it again but it's an indication of how reliable and useful it has been to us. The Longmont Colorado Fuso...

Im pretty close to 12k lbs although I have a pop up camper so not as much wind resistance as you. Be prepared for Wyoming. On a windy day there you'll be lucky to make 30 mph. I've been there when with the pedal to the floor I could barely hold 45mph.

If that has the 4d34t engine then I believe ski freak is correct. But I thought by 2004 Fuso had switched to a different engine in the USA. No? What speeds are you seeing? Our stock wheeled 99 FG tops out around 67mph on the flat. 30-35 climbing Colorado's mountain passes. Enjoy the scenery

I might do that in a pinch but I'd paint the stud and nut bright orange to keep it in my awareness. The person who sold you the truck without telling you about this anomaly deserves the death penalty.

Give us the details including price once you get that new radiator. We've found the eastbound run up to the Eisenhower tunnel in summer puts the biggest heat load on the engine although you're right that dropping a gear and driving 35 usually brings temps down.

At least in Colorado, typically when you get high enough on a pass to cause overheating, it's cooled down enough that it doesn't hurt so bad. :).

I've used Evans waterless coolant, but not in a FUSO. My understanding is that it doesn't change the operating temperature of the engine but increases the boiling point way above that of a standard coolant/water mix so the engine can be be cooled at higher temperatures. It also doesn't...

My 99 12 volts FG came with two start batteries. I used a marine battery switch to separate them and provide off/one/other/both options. I run on one battery switching from 1 to 2 periodically. But I always have the second battery for jumping purposes. When temps get below zero F I've used...

For the record, I ran across a Fuso on Manitoulin Island built by Fuso Off Road (?) in Gunnison Colorado. Suspension had springs from Alcan Springs in Grand Junction, Colorado. Those springs had definitely raised the clearance to the bump stops on the front axle significantly.