Lets see some 73-87 work horses

[Blackstone]

Here's my neighbor's truck.... used strictly for umm, "towing":



And my '87 workhorse:

[bb1979]

Heres my light weight daily driver and the heavy weight hauler

[Tink]

My hubby's daily driver... he is a carpenter, so often has it loaded with tools and/or wood:

[TexasJeff]

Here is mine, working and relaxing.

[Tcalb2]

heres my 87 1 ton 4wd 350. I'm currently replacing the two fuel tank brackets, rear hitch reciever and repainting the bed.

[Dooley]

A lousy pic of my black 76 C30 along with pics of my 77, 79, 80 K30's, and current 88 V30 Silverados!

[84 400]

My old 85 which was a daily driver / whatever needed to be hauled truck. And my 84 which had a Lil sleepr on the back and used to tow speed boats before i got it. Now it gets workd some times but mostly just a fun driver and a truck when i need it to be

[87 STEPPER]

Here's my truck on the trailer after the TCI tranny i replaced the day before blew up on the 2006 HotRod power tour the tow rig was some good 'ol boy's truck it took my from Perry Ga. to Columbia S.C.

[kevinr1970]

Originally Posted by Dooley

A lousy pic of my black 76 along with pics of my 77, 79, and 80 Silverados! The grills are original. Also 79 before Featherlite flatbed.

I have absolutely no need for a dually, but the single cab dually 4x4's just look like such brute machines!
That must have been quite a site to see you pulling that airplane down the road.

[GM72K10]

Pics of my 85 Plow truck with the bed for the 83 K30 dually. Using an 84 K30 M1010 to fix up the dually for a stronger backup work truck.

[Storm Chaser]

Here's my 83. She gets used for work and as my daily driver. SHe's usually hauling scrap metal or hauling parts for my crew cab. I haven't decided if I'm going to replace the bed with another factory unit, or if I'm going to go with a flatbed. I guess it depends on if I can find a crew frame of this body style- one I can put a standard cab on and make a looonger flatbed.

[Curly86]

Here is my DD and workhorse. 86 Silverado with a 400SB and I'm in the process of changing the bed and putting on a black diamond plate flatbed on it and will post pics when I get it on.

[87Lowrider]

Here's my '86 Jimmy. I use it daily for work and it doubles as my emergency response vehicle with the FD I'm on. It has a mildly built 350, bored .30, Crane Energizer cam, Dynomax exhaust.

[74 shortbed 406]

Here is a pic of the one I have now(will be for sale or trade for shortbed 4x4)87 1/2t



here is the only chevy 2wd I have had, a member of this board has this truck 74



What I want to have again, just not stuck

[Eyegore]

Here's mine sitting with 1500 lbs of tile in the back of it

[78 Chevyrado]

Here's my 78 bringing one home...


And taking one back to the dealer...

[rickyrqacer]

Here's mine, I bought it use in 89 for 23k, had 25000 miles, it now has 73000, I just use it to tow a trailer, it knows no other way ... except going to fill them dual tanks without the trailer , it's easier .....

[Robert1970C20rstbukt]

Here's my '84 flatbed! Nothing major has changed on it except the brush guard. The one I put on it is about 30lbs heavier than the old one. Later I plan on building a full replacement pipe bumper/brush guard for it, but for now it looks good to me

[78 Chevyrado]

Hey eyegore, what size tires do you have on that truck?

[Storm Chaser]

Man, there is something about GM72K10's yellow dually that I love!

[slash crashley]

Originally Posted by Dooley

A lousy pic of my black 76 along with pics of my 77, 79, 80, and current 88 Silverados!

hey, is that us navy beechcraft king air 90c?

...is there a story to go with that picture? nice duallies btw.

[thebrown83]

I guess I will add mine... 83 c20. My dad used to use it a lot for pulling a cattle trailer and hauling stuff to the junk pile. The pics make it look better than it is.

[Dooley]

Originally Posted by slash crashley

hey, is that us navy beechcraft king air 90c?

...is there a story to go with that picture? nice duallies btw.

A couple friends are really big into flying. One used to use his DC3 for taking parachutist up but, was getting hassled by FAA. He since has been using twin-engined Beechcraft. He buys them when he can. I had special equipment made up for towing these wide loads.The one pictured was never registered cilvilian and was still designated a C45. There's a nice one 30 miles from me that was parked outside when the hangar burned down. Good it was out, bad the wings were in the hangar. Also another pic of the first plane.

[chromyelow1]

heres my daily driver, she used to work for my dad hauling trash, sheet rock, wood, and us to the beach when my bros and i were younger. He's had it since early 90's. Now im slowly restoring it and my daughter loves riding in it.

[slash crashley]

Originally Posted by Dooley

A couple friends are really big into flying. One used to use his DC3 for taking parachutist up but, was getting hassled by FAA. He since has been using twin-engined Beechcraft. He buys them when he can. I have special equipment made up for towing these wide loads.The one previously pictured was never registered cilvilian and was still designated a C45. The one in this pic was a Beech 18. There's a nice one 30 miles from me that was parked outside when the hangar burned down. Good it was out, bad the wings were in the hangar. Also another pic of the first plane.

interesting story, thanks for sharing that. i've worked on a lot of dc-3's and beech18's over the years. (strictly loading cargo) i've always had a particular fondness for beech18's. no paint, just polished please. they look so slick.

if i remember correctly there's still 50+ DC3s flying charter / cargo ops in North America at the moment. that's pretty impressive.

you know what they say tho; if it floats, flys or firetrucks... rent it.