Southern Pa. | dmax2001 - 12/12/2018 20:39
Granted, 275HP isn't a lot, but when you say you "need" 400 or 430 horses I just don't understand. Are you hauling through the Rockies? Don't want to ever downshift? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a truck with 4 or 500HP but I don't need it. We have some steep hills between farms and elevator and load in the field. We have an old IH straight truck that can haul 550 bushels with a 238HP Detroit and a Western Star tractor pulling 1000 bushels with 315HP Cummins. Both are on Hendrickson suspension, 10 speed and 13 speed respectively and are geared low. Both only run a little over 55 empty but get the job done. If the OP is planning on expressway driving then 275 would be marginal at best, but should work ok for local use.
Back in the day, I used to drive an old IH tandem pulling a pup trailer. 238 and a 13 speed. Grossed over 90k lots of times. But, what a dog on hills!!! If there was a stop sign on a hill you just prayed no one would be coming!! Because if you had to stop, you had to back down to the bottom, and try again. Even in the lowest gear it couldn't start out on much of any hill. LOL
Talk about the good old days! |
Enough hp?
