1972 Jeep J4000 - Project FarmHaul: Part 1 - Four Wheeler Magazine
Like back in the winter of 2007 when I sold my hard-working p. o. s. ’89 F-250 and bought a brand-new Cummins-powered Dodge Ram Megacab 4x4. It was my first new vehicle and I loved that damn diesel—too much, in fact. But anytime I had to haul a greasy engine, take a load of brush or grove waste to the dump, or haul lumber or steel, I balked. After all, what good is having a pickup if you’re afraid to use it as a pickup. I finally came to my senses, sold the diesel, and began the search for a replacement I wouldn’t be afraid to work hard and put away wet. Thankfully the “tune up” the seller said the truck needed wound up being nothing more than stale fuel. Some in-tank fuel cleaner and a full tank of fresh gas quickly cured the stumbling. I really wanted an FC-170, Willys pickup, or a mid-’70s J-truck that I could use to haul junk with impunity and tow the occasional Jeep project on a trailer. But as Murphy’s Law would have it, as soon as I had a lump of cash burning a hole in my pocket, all the good Jeep candidates dried up and blew away. I was getting disgruntled, and after weeks of fruitless searching I caved and widened my gaze to cover non-Jeep pickups. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
