Posted by DR. EVIL on December 20, 2018 at 03:57:07 from (174.198.6.239):
In Reply to: 2 ton to pull 10 ton posted by RusTtrader on December 19, 2018 at 18:13:36:
Last goof ball I drove for had an early '80's F-700 Ford with the 8.2L Detroit Fuel Pincher diesel in it, got 7 mpg when it was running right and would run 65 mph, would get about 4-5 mpg and run 45-50 when it started running bad every month or two. Truck was fine, 5+2 transmission, air brakes, like driving my F-150 except the air brakes.
Goof Ball bought an early '70's IH FleetStar single axle tractor, 478 cid gas V-8, straight 5-speed, single speed rear axle. Would run 62 mph empty or loaded, and get about 3 mpg. I put about 2400-2500 miles a week on the truck, engine was wide open, exhaust manifolds glowing orange hot out on the road. Truck started summer or winter with just a flick of the key. Burned a quart of oil every day. Goof Ball was terrible on maintenance, claimed he did maintenance but I knew better. Pilot bearing in transmission failed about 200 miles from home, but the old Binder got me home.
Township I worked for had a Miller brand equipment trailer with pintle hitch we pulled with the Chevy C65 dump trucks with 366 gas V-8's and 5+2 transmission. We hauled the Case 530 Construction Ling tractor, loader, backhoe to the farther points of the township on some projects. The empty truck weighed almost 10,000#, heavy-duty everything, snow plow mount was BIG heavy channel iron beams under frame of truck back just in front of drive axle. 12,000# frt axle, 23,000# rear axle, cast Dayton wheels. Just plan your stops ahead of time. Not sure what the
I'd look for a truck with a 5-speed. Typical 4-speed medium duty truck will have small block V-8 or 6 cylinder. 5-speeds will be in Big block powered trucks, don't forget GMC made some great Big Block V-6 gas engines in the 1960's and early '70's. Keeping vacuum brakes working will be the biggest service issue, right ahead of keeping the gas engine running right. Not many of those old gas burners out there anymore.
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