Re: detroit diesel?

Posted by DR. EVIL on March 18, 2021 at 18:38:48 from (174.192.133.191):

In Reply to: Re: detroit diesel? posted by Vito on March 18, 2021 at 16:37:50:

Ha-Ha... I lived in a '79 Road Boss 2 for a couple years, Our company had 4-5 of them, all 903 Cummins powered, 6 spd Spicer trans, governed to 2500 rpm and 4.44 gears, would run 67 mph everywhere but as the miles rolled up the lack of maintenance caught up with them. A few more gears or another 30+ hp would have been nice. They supposedly made 320 hp which they probably did when I started and they were only several months old. We had several IH S2200's with Silver 6V-92's, 307 hp, 9 spd Road-Rangers, they would keep up with the Whites, and get about 1/2 mpg better fuel milage, but I added a quart of oil to my 903 every WEEK, my buddy with one of the S2200's added 2-3 quarts of oil EVERY DAY.
Lets talk NOISE and it's effects on fatique. In both trucks your right foot was less than a foot from the left exhaust manifold. After a couple hundred thousand miles the doghouses did not seal well. I'd get way more tired listening to a Detroit for 300+ miles than a Cummins, the 903's or the 290 in an IH S2200 I drove for a year. The IH had a 10-speed Road Ranger but it also had half a million miles on the clock, 55 mph was terminal velocity! WAY too slow when your getting paid by the trip.
I tried to steer clear of Detroit powered tractors. Just too much noise. In over 2 years I only drove a Detroit powered truck maybe 10 days. The only CATS we had were 3208's in S-1700's, 2 straight trucks and a couple single axle tractors used for local delivery.
I was ten years old when Dad bought me My Tractor a '49 Deere R diesel. I don't remember Dad ever running it. We still had a Super M-TA that would work circles around the R. I disked about 20 acres and plowed about 120 acres with the R. And I plowed the last 16 acres with the SM-TA after Dad sold the R. That R converted 2 gallons of diesel fuel an hour into about as much noise a human could stand.

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