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Fixerupper 01-19-2013 17:11:58 100.42.82.30 Report to Moderator

When I was on the harvest my favorite truck was an old IH 9300 with a big cam 400 Cummins and 13 speed. The 400 was cranked a bit so it could keep up with the 4 1/4's the two Petes had. The cab was not air ride but it rode pretty darned smooth and drove straight as an arrow. The front axle was way forward right behind the bumper and I had to use the whole intersection and then some to make a turn with a 53' spread axle combine trailer but that's probably the reason it rode so nice. One night another fella and I bobtailed from Sterling Co. to Garden City Kan. and I could sleep fairly well in the bunk. I tried sleeping in a 377 Pete and I was darned near pitched out on the floor a few times. But the Pete had a smaller turning radius, to it's favor. The favorite remark about the 9300 was "how can a truck that's so hot in the summer be so cold in the winter" LOL. Jim [Reply]   [No Email]