Paccar engine in a Peterbilt

[OldSkool]

Used to drive double bottoms tankers out of Lake Station, Indiana to Michigan. 130,000LBS and catch 13th at 85MPH. OHHHH YESSS do I miss it. Gave up the trucking business in the early 80's and switched to heavy equipment. I can still see the Indiana cops point at the double tankers coming back empty from Michigan to Indiana. (They didn't go up that way:grin We would catch highway 80 (no weigh stations until Michigan) just before the 94 ramp. Had one guy get on 94 and ended up with a $6000.00 fine. 130,000lbs on a 73280lbs road back then.:smt021

 

[Summer Fun II]

Go Mack or go home!

Mack is a very heavy truck that takes away a lot from your gross haul weight. :smt021

My friend Burt has 2 tri-axle Mack dump trucks that can only haul 19 tonnes & that's with a over weight permit. :wow:

 

[390x]

Isn't 19 about right for a tri-axle depending on distances between rear axles and all that?

Heavy trucks don't usually break. :smt001

 

[Summer Fun II]

Yes, I drove a IH tri-alxe that could haul 22 tonnes with a over weight permit. :smt001

Mack dump trucks are 25.000 pounds empty depending on what box you have.

 

[nickysc]

Our goal is 27 tons, some will go well over 30. There are no scales in the woods. Ga DOT transportation police love log trucks.