Long climb w/b after the tunnel??? thought it was all downhill from there, I know that's were I got a good talking to about coming out of the tunnel at 55 headed w/b . didn't get a ticket since he saw the placard load go by us.Dragging a loaded wag, lights & sirens.
I dropped mine in neutral headed out of Eisenhower WB with a trainee.
By the time we passed. Vail, he said, “It feels like we’re doing a hundred after that long climb.”
I just smiled and stayed focused.
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Oil leaks were built into the two stroke Detroits.
I always liked how they would try to run away after idleing for a day or so
Oil would accumulate in the air box when they idled for a long time & a diesel engine will definitely run on oil.
I coasted looooong past Vail.
did you have to brake at I-15 or were done coasting by then??
Made it to Grand Junction, hot springs are a favorite stop. Trainee needed counseling.
Valley Truck Parts out of Michigan runs a two stroke Detroit powered wheel standing sled pull, green, Hendrickson, (looks like an International). It is a sight to see & hear. I think there are some YOUTube videos of it in the truck pulls in the Midwest.
I have seen that one, always amased at the semi pullers and what they can do on dot tires
But you must admit, you never had a rusty undercarriage
Don't admit to popping the clutch and making it run backwards!
Or El, needed to compose?
That would be hitting the dock so hard the truck and engine stopped then the rubber cushions pushed the truck back out forward while still in reverse making the engine run backwards.
I always used to get the Toledo guys telling me the fuel filter must be plugged up cause it has no power now.......................
Yep, we put transmission in high, popped the clutch to make it kick backwards, a real smell is smoke coming thru the air cleaner.
This one is called 'Green Ghost'. It is a single axle with large off road tires like you would expect to see on a scraper on the drive axle. It does wheelstands halfway down the track. Probably has a large Allison transmission to handle the torque.