Hi Gary,
it is an x ergon truck from cairns area with the name rv fabrication on the plate.All the tool boxes on the back are alloy and mostly in good nick so i am going to try to sell the complete tray, boxs and crane set up as a unit, any idea what these would be worth?
Nah. What its worth and what you can get are two different things. Sure it would be nice to get $5k to $7k for it but there is a lot of that sort of thing around now. As an example, three years ago, I paid $3k for a steel dropside Canter tray (no boxes though) that had never been used and they threw in the second hand crane. I know that the cranes cost a lot initially but without costly recertification its worth absolutely zip commercially. Dealers will not touch them ....it'd still be cool for someone as a bike loader maybe. I'd certainly let some of the local truck dealers know what you've got as they will sometimes get second hand stock in as chassis only. Otherwise gumtree, trucksales, etc. I guess. Push the fact it's ex-Energex as they only ordered top spec stuff.
the pto winch on the back works well and looks like it has never been used so that will stay on the truck.
Yeah, that's cool. Surprised it hasn't been used much. They normally copped a lot of use pulling power cables. About 5 years ago I know someone that had one of the big hydraulic shops in Brisbane fit the same winch/pump/tank/cooler etc to his '07 NPS.......$5800. So you scored. With all the hydraulics already installed I guess you have the option of fitting a second unit up front if you wanted. ....or whatever. Plenty of options.
do you think that with the super singles on and quality shocks the ride will settle down once it is loaded or should i look at spring work.
No. Singles help a little but you need the springs to move and standard springs don't.....and if they do move a little they usually bottom out straight away. Better bump stops help mask that but still not really an answer. Shocks won't help standard springs either. I'd talk to Southside Springs in Gympie....about 30minutes drive from you probably. Russell made some excellent long span spring packs for '07 NPS's back in the day. If he's still around, he might be able to offer some solutions even for the standard span springs.
Also Dave has given some really good advice too......it's no good trying to sort suspension properly until your truck is close to it's final mass.
all the springs look very good nick and i feel they may have been replaced recently.
It doesn't mean they are going to be any good for a touring motorhome though. As a matter of interest, how much bump stop clearance is there and what are the shackle angles like?
i have another 999,996 more questions to go but maybe i should start a build up thread?
Would be OK to chat sometime. I was in Pomona today. Dumb road closures with the Noosa Triathlon and had to go via Eumundi and Pomona to get to Boreen Point!!!
Regards John