Solid tires and Two-Way Drive: It’s the SuperTruck!

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https://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011 ... refer=news

 

[joedrum]

cool

 

[slabghost]

28.9 whopping horsepower! Now we have yard tractors with that.

 

[dan filipi]

slabghost » Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:58 pm[/url]":70ntlx4f]
28.9 whopping horsepower! Now we have yard tractors with that.

I'll bet it's one torquey sumbitch though!

 

[joedrum]

put the yard tractor motor in there .... :hihihi:whatch what happens :hihihi:

 

[mcgovern61]

slabghost » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:58 pm[/url]":3pxfn419]
28.9 whopping horsepower! Now we have yard tractors with that.

The way they measured HP back then is much lower than how we measure today. An example, I sailed a tanker built in 1926 that had a direct reversing Fairbanks diesel engine (meaning there was no neutral...reverse meant stopping the engine and starting the engine backwards). The engine was listed at 750 HP back then. Before the ship went to scrap, tests were done to verify the torque on the shaft and the shaft horsepower exceeded 1200 HP using modern equipment!

Just saying.

Here is a pic!

 

[Ansimp]

She was certainly loaded in the first photo in the red livery

 

[mcgovern61]

Ansimp » Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:13 pm[/url]":2ck3q5d1]
She was certainly loaded in the first photo in the red livery

Yep....8,000 barrels of product. When on inland route she could be loaded withing 6" of the deck because of the raised tank top in the middle. I often wondered if we should have shown navigation lights of a semi-submersible rather than a motor tanker!

 

[mcgovern61]

Hey, for the Pacific Northwest guys.......here is one of her sister ships:

The WIZARD from the TV show "Deadliest Catch" started out as a the same type of tanker built right here in Camden New Jersey!

 

[AApple]

joedrum » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:53 pm[/url]":y1imjf5z]
put the yard tractor motor in there .... :hihihi:whatch what happens :hihihi:

C'mon now Joe....you KNOW you'd put a 1200 in that thing......wouldn't you? :whistling: :mrgreen: k:

 

[Ansimp]

Don't forget the 1000 cams, c5 and a single carby :smilie_happy: