@Mr. Gerald --- I am interested in that fuel valve and where you acquired it. Like you mentioned, I have to shut the fuel off all the time or it does drain back into the oil bath. I would be interested in how it is all hooked up so it activates during the initial start of the machine.
Hey sir, I’m in the process of buying a truck what do you think about the Megacabs and Crew cabs I know one bed is shorter than another what do you think? What should I go with? Great videos by the way 👍🏻
Some years ago when the mega cabs first came out ,I liked the design so I looked at one. I took all the bed measurements , went home and laid them out on the garage floor. At the time I had a full size 300-D welder. I thought it out, and measured, and measured some more. I just kept running into one space problem after another,so I let it go and bought another crew cab with the full 8ft bed. That brought back my peace of mind and rig functionality. I remembered some advice I was given by an older pipe fitter when I was in my middle 20’s. He said ,# 1 no tool is a bargain regardless of the price if it won’t get the job done , # 2 a tool may do a lot of things, but you don’t buy it for the many things, you buy it for the main thing you need it to do! Money is always a factor in any decision, sometimes you can only do what you can do ,but here is the point. Some purchases are relatively inexpensive , so if you make a mistake you just make a better purchase next time. But some purchases are so expensive you won’t be able to replace them without a lot of financial pain and regret. So my thought is this, to my knowledge the main reason for a mega cab truck is to have more interior space for passenger and just enough space in the bed for a goose neck or 5th wheel slider hitch, or a bumper pull travel trailer etc. The main reason is they were made was to accommodate passengers, not cargo. So , you need to figure out what the main thing is you need the vehicle to do for you. If you want to make a welding rig out of it, my experience would lead me to purchase a crew cab, 8 ft bed, with 4 wheel drive. Now the question comes up about do I buy a single wheel one ton or a dually one ton (3500). That depends on how much weight you will be moving around. The weight of the rig plus what kind of trailer you may or may not be pulling. The 2022 dually that I have the welder in now was originally bought to pull a new forest river/ riverstone 5th whl with 5 slides and 13.4 ft high, that weighed 20,000lbs. It has the high output Cummings engine , 4:10 rear, and Asian transmission. I bought it because I was planning to travel around the USA on a kind of on going basis and wanted the extra width and stability of rear duals. The truck and trailer are a perfect fit. The truck pulls that trailer so well, it’s easy to forget your towing something. But, having said that, the last pickup rig I bought was a 3500 ram single wheel/4whl drive with the larger wheels. Cummins high output, aisian trans ,but with a 3:42 rear. That was the only non dually I ever owned, and I grew to love it!! It would get 17mpg at 70 mph, it was easy to park, and could go through most car washes for 20.00 or less instead of the 50.00 hand wash for a dually. Also on muddy right of ways, duallys quickly turn into one big slick tire filling with chunks that will break off on the road or when spinning your tires in reverse and covering your mirrors. For that reason when I worked in Louisiana about half of the pickup rigs were single wheeled. I pulled a 30ft, 12,000 lb travel trailer with it as well, and it was fine. The newer high output engine with the 3:42 rear towed better than the older engine with a 4:10 rear. So, you would need to think it out and write down what you are planning to use the truck for and figure it out. If you’re planning to do lighter welding and buying one of the new smaller welding machines you may be able to make the mega cab bed work for you. My thought again would be to get the bed box measurements and lay it out with soap stone on a concrete floor, then measure your design thoughts into that to be sure everything will fit etc. If you want an oilfield/ pipeline rig I would go for a full size box as the cargo capacity would be the MAIN THING! Thank you Marco, wish you well!
Thanks Mr. Brister, My go to will be then a 8ft bed, dually 4x4, oilfield/pipeline rig, just like you said megacabs are to accommodate passengers, not cargo. Will rather go with more tool/cargo capacity then cab capacity. Sometimes you have to go with what sets you up for success and not failure, so you don’t regret it later down the road. Will keep that gold advice in mind. Thank you Mr. Brister, God bless.
@Mr. Gerald --- I am interested in that fuel valve and where you acquired it. Like you mentioned, I have to shut the fuel off all the time or it does drain back into the oil bath. I would be interested in how it is all hooked up so it activates during the initial start of the machine.
I’ll be posting several photos of the machine without the doors and hood.
It will be easy to see that valve then.
Thank you!
Hey sir, I’m in the process of buying a truck what do you think about the Megacabs and Crew cabs I know one bed is shorter than another what do you think? What should I go with? Great videos by the way 👍🏻
Some years ago when the mega cabs first came out ,I liked the design so I looked at one. I took all the bed measurements , went home and laid them out on the garage floor. At the time I had a full size 300-D welder. I thought it out, and measured, and measured some more. I just kept running into one space problem after another,so I let it go and bought another crew cab with the full 8ft bed. That brought back my peace of mind and rig functionality.
I remembered some advice I was given by an older pipe fitter when I was in my middle 20’s. He said ,# 1 no tool is a bargain regardless of the price if it won’t get the job done , # 2 a tool may do a lot of things, but you don’t buy it for the many things, you buy it for the main thing you need it to do! Money is always a factor in any decision, sometimes you can only do what you can do ,but here is the point. Some purchases are relatively inexpensive , so if you make a mistake you just make a better purchase next time. But some purchases are so expensive you won’t be able to replace them without a lot of financial pain and regret. So my thought is this, to my knowledge the main reason for a mega cab truck is to have more interior space for passenger and just enough space in the bed for a goose neck or 5th wheel slider hitch, or a bumper pull travel trailer etc.
The main reason is they were made was to accommodate passengers, not cargo.
So , you need to figure out what the main thing is you need the vehicle to do for you. If you want to make a welding rig out of it, my experience would lead me to purchase a crew cab, 8 ft bed, with 4 wheel drive. Now the question comes up about do I buy a single wheel one ton or a dually one ton (3500).
That depends on how much weight you will be moving around. The weight of the rig plus what kind of trailer you may or may not be pulling. The 2022 dually that I have the welder in now was originally bought to pull a new forest river/ riverstone 5th whl with 5 slides and 13.4 ft high, that weighed 20,000lbs. It has the high output Cummings engine , 4:10 rear, and Asian transmission. I bought it because I was planning to travel around the USA on a kind of on going basis and wanted the extra width and stability of rear duals. The truck and trailer are a perfect fit. The truck pulls that trailer so well, it’s easy to forget your towing something.
But, having said that, the last pickup rig I bought was a 3500 ram single wheel/4whl drive with the larger wheels.
Cummins high output, aisian trans ,but with a 3:42 rear. That was the only non dually I ever owned, and I grew to love it!!
It would get 17mpg at 70 mph, it was easy to park, and could go through most car washes for 20.00 or less instead of the 50.00 hand wash for a dually.
Also on muddy right of ways, duallys quickly turn into one big slick tire filling with chunks that will break off on the road or when spinning your tires in reverse and covering your mirrors.
For that reason when I worked in Louisiana about half of the pickup rigs were single wheeled.
I pulled a 30ft, 12,000 lb travel trailer with it as well, and it was fine.
The newer high output engine with the 3:42 rear towed better than the older engine with a 4:10 rear.
So, you would need to think it out and write down what you are planning to use the truck for and figure it out.
If you’re planning to do lighter welding and buying one of the new smaller welding machines you may be able to make the mega cab bed work for you.
My thought again would be to get the bed box measurements and lay it out with soap stone on a concrete floor, then measure your design thoughts into that to be sure everything will fit etc.
If you want an oilfield/ pipeline rig I would go for a full size box as the cargo capacity would be the MAIN THING!
Thank you Marco, wish you well!
Thanks Mr. Brister, My go to will be then a 8ft bed, dually 4x4, oilfield/pipeline rig, just like you said megacabs are to accommodate passengers, not cargo. Will rather go with more tool/cargo capacity then cab capacity. Sometimes you have to go with what sets you up for success and not failure, so you don’t regret it later down the road. Will keep that gold advice in mind.
Thank you Mr. Brister, God bless.
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