A great truck, our 1993 Ford F-350. We're at about 185,000 miles, when on June 16th 2005, my wife bought me a new diesel truck for father's day! At the time, I didn't know if I should choke her or hug her! But I've come to like the new rig, so this old girl is up for sale.

We had talked about going out to 200,000 miles, then buying another truck (used truck) But Carol sort of threw a wrench in those plans when she surprised me with the new one. I had to move my toolbox, and all of my junk from the "Dumpster" into the new truck, what a chore that was! Now I have to be careful with the paint, and the cloth interior.

It's a Ford of course, a late 1993 F350 XL 4x2. A white 4 door crew cab with the 8 foot box, C6 automatic with a 5.8L (351 Windsor). As a bit of trivia, I had the first crew cab at deer camp back in 1995, now almost everybody there drives a 4 door truck! It will easily take 5 or 6 guys out for a game of pool and beverages or haul a yard of topsoil for the garden.

We needed a vehicle to pull a pop-up camper, and carry 5 people at the same time. I bought it used at Taylor Jeep Eagle with only 19,000 miles on it. It was still under the factory warranty for about a year after I bought it. At about 31,000 I had a new engine put in (under warranty!). They installed a Ford long block, so I've been the only owner of this engine.

As far as the truck goes, it doesn't have many options (or things to break). The interior has bench seats in gray vinyl with no rips or tears. The floor is also vinyl which is very easy to broom out, and keep clean with Murphy's oil soap. The tires are fairly new with good tread, I got them from Belle Tire, and since it's free, I'm in there regularly to get them rotated and balanced.

I keep after the engine, It doesn't burn much oil, about a quart between changes. It's dry on the underside, no leaks from anything under there. I change the oil around the 3,500 mile mark. Either I do it when I'm up north or in the winter I have the Valvoline guys change it.

As far as parts I've changed, I've been using mostly the Murray's parts, with the lifetime warranty.

Back in 2002 I had some brake problems. I decided to fix it once and for all. I replaced the calipers, pads, the rubber hoses to the calipers, then lines from the master cylinder out to the rubber hoses, I changed everything! Then I flushed the old brown brake fluid out until it ran clear. Now that fixed it, I read brake fluid will absorb water and break down from the heat, causing rust problems! I haven't had a caliper hang up since!

The exhaust system is still factory original. It's been repaired a few times, but it's still hanging in there. I have a new muffler for it, but I've never put it on, everything is still fairly solid. I have a few oil filters that go with it, along with the Ford service manual and electrical diagrams.

It has a class III receiver that I used to pull our 4 axle trailer.

Now for the bad news, it has some rust. The cab is just starting to surface rust, but the fender lips are through. The box is a bit beat up on the top rail, but it has no rust inside. I do quite a bit of work on oily and greasy things, so the bed is real nice. The tailgate gets it's share of oil and grease too. It's solid, although dented up a bit.

That's about all I can think of, she's been a dandy truck for me. Let me know what you think!