Posted by The tractor vet on January 18, 2015 at 20:42:15 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: Road tractor question posted by G.Fields on January 18, 2015 at 17:18:29:
Keep in mind here that when looking to do a job with a semi tractor you need to find one that will work for what your going to do with it . And old Mil. truck would not be my first choice . And a old ROAD tractor set up to pull a freight box is not really suited for lowboy and dump work . wheel base , rear axle rating and gear ratio is vary important the comes choice of transmissions and a ten speed would not be my first choice as you may find that First gear will not be enough for the tough spots . Last is the engine as to make and H/P needed . If speed is not a huge factor then ya can not beat and old Hairlip duck (Mack) with a five speed and low hole behind a 300-315 Next good choice is a L sires Ford with a cummins and transmission of a 8LL , 9 speed or a 13 speed rears a good choice would be 44000 lb. For off road work a hedricks suspension . I have speced.out many trucks back in my days of trucking in the coal fields and oil patches. When i bought my own truck i speced the truck and trailer the way i wanted it and the only i regretted was the bunk , but at the time i had no intent of running the roads and being out for a week or more . BUT due to the mill closings in 79 and the coal hauling dropping off one had to do what ever to keep the mony coming in and it was out on the road . Had i knowen at the time instead of a 210 wheel base it would have been a 240-250 wheel base and instead of a 36 inch fall in and fall out sleeper it would have been a double walk in . The rest of the spec/'s were perfect for pulling a dump trailer or a lowboy .
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