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Post by Oatking on Sept 30, 2021 5:19:56 GMT -6
With so many highway tractors coming off lease or company returns most trucks are lighter duty or lack the equipment to run super b , end dumps and triple axils. My major complaint with most trucks is the rads are not designed for heavy work loads and transmissions and diffs are designed for feul mileage and not pulling. Also tire size and front and rear axels are a common spec that is too light for grain hauling or soft dirt roads.
What would you suggest the perfect specs for a farm highway tractor? thanks for input
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kens
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Post by kens on Oct 1, 2021 16:14:50 GMT -6
500HP, super 40s, and 4 way lockers. The lighter the better IMO. Weight can make a 2-3 tonne difference every load, it adds up.
Brand and everything else is semantics, unless it's a cat truck, never get a cat truck.
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Post by meskie on Oct 1, 2021 19:11:36 GMT -6
I’d add 4.10 gears to that list. And I prefer an 18 speed.
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Post by cptusa on Oct 2, 2021 5:46:58 GMT -6
What's the story n the Cat trucks? I knew they made them but was it just a year or two? Are they just a total pile of crap? What is there issue?
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Post by jcalder on Oct 2, 2021 5:53:00 GMT -6
We have a couple of T800's, 6NZ C15's, 3.90 gears, 22.5 rubber and 13 speeds. Love em. If we ever decided to go to semis we would take the boxes off these trucks and put 5th wheels back on. I hope they last my entire career.
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