FGs for sale
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Czechsix
Watching you from a ridge. In Alaska. I'm cold.
The '05?
Here's one. Perhaps he overpaid for a transmission rebuild. http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/4875012055.html
jomobco
Now Decanter
This looks like an 05 that was in the springs back in November which I looked at and drove. It had new tires and it a box on it but it needed tranny work, fuel injection work, steering work, etc and had about that mileage IIRC. That guy was asking $14,500 or so. Comments were on page 27.
pugslyyy
Expedition Vehicle Engineer Guy
Yeah I wonder what the history is on that one. To need new drums, pads, bearings, and a transmission at 129k miles. If he was paying a dealer to do it I can see how he could have sunk the claimed $11k into it pretty easily with that list.
Price isn't that out of line for a good 05-07 FG, IMHO.
DEFENDERBEAM
strategic command
it's hard to say these days. They are a lot more almost "trendy" you might say. They could turn into a vehicle like a vanagon syncro that now cost more with a zillion miles and 3 engine rebuilds than they did when brand new.
I do think that one is overpriced for 129K miles.
I do think that one is overpriced for 129K miles.
Randy in Maine
New member
Should I be afraid of the auto transmission in the newer FGs? I am not an expedition guy, I just want to plow snow commercially with a masons dump when I retire in a few years.
Randy:
You might take a look at the Fuso offers for 2015 - they seem to be courting the snowplow folks with a plow specific package: http://www.mitfuso.com/en-US/News/2012/9/New-Plow-Kits-for-Canter-FG4X4-Offered
In one of our conversations with a California Fuso truck representative last year he mentioned that they had developed a specific "mapping" of the electronic transmission control that was in response to snowplow operators. I don't know any details.
I don't know what plowing requires - the only thing I'd say about our 2014 FG is that it likes to be moving and keep moving when it encounters load. If you had a mass of snow piled up and were at a dead stop and then wanted to move forward against that load the transmission might be challenged. If you could get rolling a few feet before taking the load you might be fine. If you're moving and the load increases as snow piles up I think it would do great.
Howard
Save your money and get a truck from someone like this that has been converted:
http://www.rctrucksalesandparts.com/
Detroit True-Trac in the rear (stock NPR axle), new Dana 60 in the front with any number of lockers, NV271 transfer case (same as in one ton Dodge diesel truck). Much cheaper than a new FG and none of the BS to deal with (emissions, auto trans programming, damaging a new truck when plowing, etc)
I have a set of leaf sprung 8 on 6.5 Superduty axles on a pallet that was set to go into an FE140 and the customer backed out. Axles are for sale or I can do a conversion on your 2WD truck.