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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Glad you brought the thread back. It's always good to see another park service truck. The park service used trucks this color some, too. Not sure if I already showed it
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04-24-2023, 11:39 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Since you all don't seem to mind old threads brought back to life- in my defense, I signed up several months ago but the registration didn't fully take until recently- this is my '02 K2500 with the 8.1/ZF 6-speed combination. Til 2011 it lived in New Mexico, I believe, working for the Forest Service. It now leads the life of a farm truck. Someday, if it holds up and I can ever afford to retire, I might put a camper on it and start going to the national parks.
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04-25-2023, 04:34 AM
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04-25-2023, 09:32 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Welcome and cool truck!
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04-25-2023, 11:35 AM
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Welcome from another Iowa boy..... Hard to believe the Forrest Service bought a truck with an 8.1 in it. Usually they spec'd the smallest power plant they could get..  Nice looking truck! LockDoc
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04-27-2023, 10:33 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
My long gone W300.
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04-25-2023, 09:42 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Welcome aboard! What's not to like about a green truck?
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04-25-2023, 08:06 PM
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help.  RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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04-25-2023, 09:01 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Are they primarily light green? Wondering if this started as a forest truck
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04-27-2023, 12:56 AM
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Thanks for the warm welcome everybody.
LockDoc: this one is a little more optioned-out than the traditional Forest Service truck- AM/FM/cassette deck radio, AC, cloth seat- vinyl floor mat and manual windows and locks though. They also added a gooseneck plate and brake controller, so it was set up perfectly for a farm truck. When it was first here, my brother's kids were briefly amused by rolling up the windows by hand- they'd only ever seen power windows before. 72 tigger: I think in the late 60s they were using the light green- which shows up well on an overcast/foggy day- but the truck in your photo could have been owned by a state or local park. I really like the darker shade of green, that is a nice truck. |
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04-29-2023, 12:16 AM
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after searching for a couple yrs for my crew, i got my '85 crew FST at a surplus gov auction. they used to order them right...factory 454/t400/205, 14 and 60 axles, plus a bunch of other good stuff as well. steering, oil and trans coolers, dual batts and gas tanks, block heater, HD rad, rear slider, cold climate package and 4:56's. pretty bare inside as most fst used to be, gauges, pulse wipers, am radio, cig lighter and a rubber matt on the floor. no headliner or pillor covers anywhere, all bare steel. everyone said i should have painted it black or blue, but i kept the green, and almost never see that color up here anymore as our FST were changed to a dark blue about 20-25 yrs ago. good stuff and no fluff... |
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05-16-2023, 07:59 AM
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05-23-2023, 01:01 PM
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That guy was living the life!
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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04-27-2023, 09:24 AM
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04-25-2023, 10:25 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Great looking truck.. and also welcome to the site.. One good thing about the truck ,, it's most likely been serviced on time every time ..
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04-25-2023, 11:22 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Welcome, nice truck
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04-27-2023, 10:32 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Great thread, thanks for bring it back around. 4793 you have stumbled into the best online Chevy/GMC forum out there. Grab a cup of coffee and a chair.
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04-27-2023, 10:54 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
One of my friends has an old forest service truck. The guy he got it from took the original bed off cause he had BIG plans for it . The doors still have three screws in them from the forest service signs that were on it.
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04-28-2023, 09:09 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
I'd love to find the paint code so I could paint my 98 3500hd this color. it white now, but it was a highway truck so Its orange underneath. fs green would be much better.
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05-01-2023, 09:52 AM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
That is a good looking shade of green on that square.
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02-01-2024, 08:47 AM
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Good to see this thread come up again.
DieselDawg, where you been hiding that rig? I remember your stepside and now the red OBS, but not that one. That thing's huge. I like this picture where you can see it from Space.. |
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02-01-2024, 04:25 PM
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had it for over 20 yrs now. it does stand out in traffic, like a whale in a goldfish bowl...! took this pic from a 6 storey building we were roofing |
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02-02-2024, 05:48 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
Funny now I have the Lil Blazer in Forest Service livery the wife reminded me of this one she saw back in 2020. So there are or were 2 of them running around town.
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377 |
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02-02-2024, 12:49 PM
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I've got one, not a GM though or very attractive. 1961 international travelette. Originally a Ellsworth AFB truck, then forestry service, then fire department then my neighbors wheel barrow for 20 years.
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02-02-2024, 02:17 PM
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Re: Forest Service Trucks
It has served well.
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