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Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 21, 2006 at 14:22:08 from (209.226.247.105):
In Reply to: Re: What to do, what to do... posted by Tim...Ok on February 21, 2006 at 13:41:25:
Tim: 25-35 years ago my dad and my brothers were running tandem,gas, gravel, dump trucks on highway construction, as were many of their friends. I was looking for a farm truck, and in those days I didn't have lot of truck experience. I had always run 6 cylinder Binders around the farm. Now I still don't really know what the problem was with that 454. But of 25 or so independant truckers all hauling 15 to 20 ton payloads, all were telling me stay away from a 454, it's not a truck engine, and will not stand up on heavy hauling. GM wouldn't even recomend it for a heavy truck back in those days. The advice I got back then was go 366 or 427. My dad swore by the 350 with 5 bolt main for a single axle truck, and he always hauled 10 ton payload, it wasn't legal, dad just liked the round figures, and since he never started trucking until he was close to 60, I guess legal was for the faint of heart. Anyhow, dad never did get caught and he put a 100,000 miles on that truck in 5 years. Never had any engine trouble either. Oh, by the way, the boys told me until they got diesels, the old man with his little 350 was a hard act to follow. If you were planning to pass him, you best be right on the gears. After seeing that, if I were hauling 8 ton payload or less and didn't want the capital cost of diesel, 5 bolt 350 would be my truck of choice.
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