That's my neck of the woods.We have little trailers here in PA, too.
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That's my neck of the woods.We have little trailers here in PA, too.
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The issues the tractor engines had were mostly from shaking themselves to bits, especially the pump drive coupling that kept things timed. The best fix was Loctite and set the engine idle at 1000-1100 rpm. Not sure if it was the harmonics of the machine or the engine. I know the smoothest ones I saw had the Scania replaced with an 8V-92 Detroit. Saw another with a 400 Cummins that wasn't quite as successful.Greatest on-highway truck engine ever invented - IMHO. Damn near unburstable.
No idea how they would perform in a piece of farm machinery.
Flash back time! Our company had two Superliners with those engines! Actually only wanted one but the first one was going down the highway hauling a lowboy, fortunately empty of or driver, not so good for the pickup truck hauling a trailer headed the other way. Pickup crossed the center line and hit the Superliner just a bit off center.Well this E-9 Mack power was a pretty tough engine as far as on/off highway and the Series 60 is right in there too.
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Article I read said 240 tons. I think that's metric tons, so a little over 500,000lbs. Its kinda sad when it rolls off the trailer and you can hear it bounce.
I'm guessing the tilt/ bank of the corner, and the auto suspension got them, kinda like a air suspension dump truck.
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Looks like it might have been 40 tons of tank and 200 tons of trailer. What good did all them axles do with the tank setting on only two supports?
I agree. The hollow clang that thing made when it rolled off the trailer didn't give me the impression that it was particularly heavy but then again it's a fair size so maybe it's heavier than it looks.Looks like it might have been 40 tons of tank and 200 tons of trailer. What good did all them axles do with the tank setting on only two supports?
I agree. The hollow clang that thing made when it rolled off the trailer didn't give me the impression that it was particularly heavy but then again it's a fair size so maybe it's heavier than it looks.
I would've thought that the reason the tank sits on only two supports, one on each bogie, so that the bogies can be steered round corners. each support has to be dead centre on the front and rear bogies. Check out the video at 1:34
From the video text 430 metric tonnes (950k pounds) is stated as the total train weight.
Greatest on-highway truck engine ever invented - IMHO. Damn near unburstable.
I'm guessing the tilt/ bank of the corner, and the auto suspension got them, kinda like a air suspension dump truck.