New to me truck

[Bruno of NH]

I hope I didn't make a mistake. 
I have a new to me F350 coming today.
It's a 2008 with 19,100 miles on it.
It's a 5.4 with a dump and blizzard power wing plow.
I know it won't tow much , I will just be using it to tow the new mill to Maine this summer for a mobile job.
I wanted it for the dump and plow.
Just plowing my mill yard.
It's in great shape and my other work truck is getting rusty. 

[thecfarm]

2008,19000 miles on it!!!!!    

[Southside]

An old lady used it to plow the church parking lot on Sundays . :D

[thecfarm]

Yea,that's what I was thinking too.   :D

[Ed_K]

Town highway 08 f550 didn't have many more miles on it before it caught fire and burned up on the boss :(.

[Bruno of NH]

I got good insurance  :D

[Bruno of NH]

The truck belonged to a country club in NJ 
Now it's at the Redneck country club :D

[Southside]

Does the exhaust have the Joisey accent?  :D

[Bruno of NH]

It's quiet like when you are teeing off 

[sawguy21]

I am a little surprised an F-350 would have the 5.4 especially with a dump and plow. At least it didn't see salt at the country club.

[bulldozerjoe]

i dont think youn will like the gas milage, and changing plugs

[nativewolf]

You'll be more than fine.  5.4 is more than enough to tow a mill, tools and such.  Dump bed sounds great.  Have you got help for the mobile job?

[Bruno of NH]

Yes I have help on the mobile job.
Its for my best friend who helped me at the mill before he moved to Maine.
He's building a timber frame near Sunday river ski area.

[dgdrls]

Nice find Bruno,

For what you want to do i believe you'll be fine.
From what I understand with the 5.4 use the oil that is spec'ed
and don't go to heavier weight, the variable cam gears don't like it.

You know the rest!!

D

[Bruno of NH]

Picture of Henry

 

[BargeMonkey]

That's a sharp looking truck for an 08. Nothing wrong with a 5.4, I know they had quirks about plugs but they all suck, I've got a 16 with the diesel and it is on its 3rd turbo hose in 35k miles. 

[GRANITEstateMP]

Hi Henry the F350, welcome to the Granite State.  You'll notice that you can drive more than 3,000 yards down one of our roads before hitting a toll!  That's a vast improvement over your previous state :D

  Before the wife and I got hitched, we drove from NH to Richmond VA (for a race of coarse), and went through NJ.  I swear, you'd just be rolling out of one toll house, not even get back up to speed and hit another one!  I'm pretty sure some of them were only $.10 too (it's been a while and I was a bit perturbed by that point of the trip!)

[Bruno of NH]

The plow is clapped  out
It doesn't match the shape of the truck.
I think they kept the nice plow and traded it with an old spare.
I'm on the look out for a blizzard 8011 wing in good shape.
I like it so far.
See the stump in the picture that's the fat guy booster to get in it.

[Stoneyacrefarm]

 Nice looking ride Bruno. 

[firefighter ontheside]

That will be very handy.  Dump bed!  5.4 should be just fine.  It was a great engine for me until it blew a spark plug out of the engine.  I think that issue was largely resolved.  We have 2 at the fire department and haven't had any engine trouble.

[J 5]

  Very nice looking truck, should serve you well. I have a 06 f250 with a 5.4 , I've had good luck with it . The plugs are a pain to do, get the removal tool if you change them yourself and take your time doing them.
                                               Regards   J 5

[Cartwright]

The 5.4 are good engines. Put  a can  of sea foam in it before you change plugs and run about half a tank through it really helps. 

[Cartwright]

My  father's truck had 116,000 before  I  convinced him to let me change plugs in it and now it's got 230,000 on it.  ;)

[Bruno of NH]

Update on the new to me truck.
I like it so far
Much more heavy duty than the same year Chevy one ton I plowed with.
I'm on the look out for a good shape blizzard plow 8611.
I finally got the seat belt churper sit off.

[GRANITEstateMP]

Bruno,  I know nothing about Blizzard plows.  That being said, didnt Fisher buy them out?  I thought a Blizzard & Fisher control stick were the same, are the blades?