Sitting in ablertville al
Dang man, I was in Guntersville. Could have gave you a tour of our shop and got some food. You prolly didn't have time for all that anyways.
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Dang man, I was in Guntersville. Could have gave you a tour of our shop and got some food. You prolly didn't have time for all that anyways.
Actually that time I could have.. Though your right 90% of the time, i dont have time to visit in the middle of the day..Customer screw up on next load..so I sat, Spent the night at the microtel there in albertville. I was empty by noon... There is a good possibility I might be down there again.. Aida is building massive stamping presses at Newman technology center just north of town off railroad and George Wallace ave
Fresh squirrelly new tires and this is first load and good wind gusts.. All make it a fun ride...
Yes.. Only got ~600 miles on the tires since I put them on.. Truck needs an alignment check.. Its been ~100,000 since I had it on the rack... Got a slight pull to the left
Brought in 8640 tons of mixed goods via JBHunt to Barstow, CA this morning.
Doubt it lol
That's the equivalent weight to 65 loaded rail cars! Hope you made more than one trip lolBrought in 8640 tons of mixed goods via JBHunt to Barstow, CA this morning.
Segan Underwood
2006 GMC CCSB LBZ
Built trans
DP 72vgt
100% II injectors
10mm stroker cp3
ARP head studs
PRO-FAB manifolds, up-pipes,Y-bridge, and boost tubes.
SDP 3" downpipe
5 inch MBRP exhaust
Traction Bars
PPE guages
EFI LIVE by Mark Broviak @ DP
Railroad son. 8000 feet of fun.
Pretty close! 82 loads. straight 70 mph whole way here
I was calculating based on the weight of the car & the freight(gross weight) is where I came up with 65-using the Ole "130 ton/loaded car..... 30 ton/empty method". Meaning you are correct if you hauled in 8460 tons of scrap not including the weight of the car.
Segan Underwood
2006 GMC CCSB LBZ
Built trans
DP 72vgt
100% II injectors
10mm stroker cp3
ARP head studs
PRO-FAB manifolds, up-pipes,Y-bridge, and boost tubes.
SDP 3" downpipe
5 inch MBRP exhaust
Traction Bars
PPE guages
EFI LIVE by Mark Broviak @ DP
Before I got a job with the RR I worked on the riverboats and people used to ask what we were hauling in the covered barges and I would tell them ping pong balls and straw hats!
Segan Underwood
2006 GMC CCSB LBZ
Built trans
DP 72vgt
100% II injectors
10mm stroker cp3
ARP head studs
PRO-FAB manifolds, up-pipes,Y-bridge, and boost tubes.
SDP 3" downpipe
5 inch MBRP exhaust
Traction Bars
PPE guages
EFI LIVE by Mark Broviak @ DP
Another crane
How are you liking the 19.5s? Any noticeable mileage improvement ?
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Too early of mpg reports.. Haven't had any decent runs yet..this one was to go to Bridgewater NJ ~600mile one way.. Customer changed delivery date on that crane.. So its back off and got another load for tomorrow....
Ride quality... Better than the 16s especially loaded.. Truck changes direction a lot better/quicker than before...and I need lest throttle to accelerate while moving...though they are taller when comparing worn out 235/85/16 to fresh 225/70/19.5.. And they will last a lot longer
Best example I can give.. Driving more like herding a truck with sloppy/loose steering then driving the truck with all new steering parts is about the closest I can compare 16LT tires to 19.5 commercial..
Side note I wanted to paint the steel wheels factory silver? Than light grey..
Had a customer with a 2012 cummins in the shop the other day. 386,000 on the odo.. He ran 19.5s for a while. Claimed 1mpg increase with them. However he couldn't keep the rear wheels on the truck.
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