Just completed the purchase of my new (to me) Ford E450 7.3 Diesel with 130K for $10k, which includes all the tools in the truck. The CL listing is still up if you haven't seen it: https://keys.craigslist.org/cto/5588811854.html
It runs awesome...biggest surprise is how nicely it drives, especially over rough roads'n'bumps. I often drive a Ford E350 for work and really don't like driving it because it feels so stiff and uncomfortable suspension-wise...it played a big part in what took me so long to convince myself that I could be happy with a box truck as a platform. A lot of other factors were tipping the scales toward a box truck, so I kinda went into it with the amorphous idea of maybe changing the suspension around at some point down the priority list.
So I have no idea why or what's different, but this E450 rides better than my Express 2500 by a long shot. Fair to say it's still early, haven't driven it much at all, etc, but I'm really feeling pretty positive about it.
Next on my favorite list is the side door...I've never seen a sliding pocket door on a box truck and now that the whole deal is settling in, it's going from "oh nice, it has a door" to "damn, that's really a sweet setup!" Pics below...I'll include one with me in it to give a better feel for size/scale...I'm 5'9
The "surprise" is the interior height. Sure, I measured it before...but I had so many numbers and different vehicles running through my head that I didn't "really" notice it till I looked at my buddy standing in it who is 6'2". The ceiling is 7'4" and here's me standing in it:
Another surprise is that the box appears to have a heater of some sort. I'm going to guess its a diesel similar to the espar setups I see in Sprinters...only noticed it when I saw this on dash:
And uncovered this in box:
It runs awesome...biggest surprise is how nicely it drives, especially over rough roads'n'bumps. I often drive a Ford E350 for work and really don't like driving it because it feels so stiff and uncomfortable suspension-wise...it played a big part in what took me so long to convince myself that I could be happy with a box truck as a platform. A lot of other factors were tipping the scales toward a box truck, so I kinda went into it with the amorphous idea of maybe changing the suspension around at some point down the priority list.
So I have no idea why or what's different, but this E450 rides better than my Express 2500 by a long shot. Fair to say it's still early, haven't driven it much at all, etc, but I'm really feeling pretty positive about it.
Next on my favorite list is the side door...I've never seen a sliding pocket door on a box truck and now that the whole deal is settling in, it's going from "oh nice, it has a door" to "damn, that's really a sweet setup!" Pics below...I'll include one with me in it to give a better feel for size/scale...I'm 5'9
The "surprise" is the interior height. Sure, I measured it before...but I had so many numbers and different vehicles running through my head that I didn't "really" notice it till I looked at my buddy standing in it who is 6'2". The ceiling is 7'4" and here's me standing in it:
Another surprise is that the box appears to have a heater of some sort. I'm going to guess its a diesel similar to the espar setups I see in Sprinters...only noticed it when I saw this on dash:
And uncovered this in box:
Maxidane
