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Cruise control on straight truck ?
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Posted by D. Thomas [ Beaufort, SC] on September 02, 2002 at 20:11:30 from (12.146.236.34):
Finally bought a truck...1995 Freightliner F60 with 5.9 Cummins. Very pleasant to drive truck, cept for one thing...on the interstate you keep it floored to go 68 to 70 mph....gets kinda tiring on my decrepit leg and foot after 200 miles. From researching Big Trucktraderonline.com, and inputing "cruise control" at search, it appears that CC is possible on these sorts of trucks but I suspect it's expensive. Rather than precise monitoring of speed and RPM, all that's really needed in this case is something that would keep the accelerator pedal "floored", but instant release upon braking. Ever heard of such a device ?
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