GasganoFJ60

Dont know if this has been posted yet but here it is anyhow.
Enjoy.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...tion-road_test

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wannadiesel

Those LoneStars are some cool looking trucks!

Reminds me of my first day driving a 10 speed. Once I learned to skip the whole clutch thing it got a lot easier (and quieter).

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'93 D350 - DPS 6x16's, HTT Stage IV/14wg, PowerStroke IC, Snow water/meth, Walbro 392, Con-FE, pump tampering by owner.
386 HP/774 TQ on #2 only, 408 HP/844 TQ w/ water/meth - needs more air!
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rich

only 95 . the 18 speed pete i hauled bulls with would do triple digits . doesnt the guy know you only use the clutch to start out with or to back up. hard to break the no clutch habbit in my pick up

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96 3500,-175k 98.5 3500 -164k ,98.5 3500-275k, 01 3500-140k, 03 3500 -155k, 07 3500-68k waiting for possible P-Pump conversion and now I'm killing the 06,3500-116k as of 10-01-09 and counting and yes i make my trucks earn a living buy towing professionally

Rampage1967

They are not truck drivers. Those guys are car guys & well out of their league when testing anything bigger than a 1/2 ton pickup. I will give them credit for the edit to do it though. Besides, those tests are fun.

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1991 Dodge Cummins 4x4
auto transmission
* Banks waste gated exhaust housing
* Banks full exhaust system
* Banks boost gauge (won't read over 20psi)
* Banks exhaust temp gauge
* K & N filter
* Dakota Digital tach
* Full power screw tweaked
* smoke screw tweaked
* star wheel tweaked
* pump diaphragm turned 180
* throttle pivot moved
* waste gate upped
* high idle screw upped
* spray in bed liner
* gooseneck ball mount

Nick02Ram

Those new IH's are awesome lookin. There's 2 sittin at our local dealer, just the regular Lonestar's not the H-D editions. I've been wantin to stop and check em out...I'm not a big Intertrashnol fan, but I'd drive one. I think they would make a sweet lookin wrecker.

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~Angry Tractor~

I saw one on the road the other day. it really caught my eye.

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1996 2500 CTD, 4x4, BHAF, Silencer ring, somewhere in a field south of my garage. Tranny- 47RE. 145,000

cbrahs

That thing is heavier than a hookers heart! 22k curb weight? DANG! My 98 Pete only weighed 16k. Truck and trailer empty I weighed 30k and could load 50k of cattle.

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cbrahs

take it to the dealer and have him remove the speed limiter. Probably what was done to your Pete too. First thing I did with my Pete was to uprate the motor and remove speed limiter.

Hetdiesel

you guys need to go to http://www.elizabethtruckcenter.com/ and check out there version of the lonestar and they also have some other custom trucks on there if im not mistaken there in jersey

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Rednax

Be helpful, too, to the general reader who's never ridden in a big truck as to what "acceleration" means when loaded. Some fleet truck with a "mileage motor and nine-speed driven by a steering wheel holder versus an owner-op with a big Cummins with a better trans, either of them coming out of a rest stop onto a crowded Interstate: shift skill and power against road, load and conditions. Experience makes a real difference.


That truck would be a pain to keep clean. Ghetto (though that would be Harley consistent). Heavy, too. I never had a tractor that weighed over 18,000. How do you make money with an extra 2-tons of bullcrap stuck on it?

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2004.0 2500 2WD QC SRW 305/555 NV5600 longbed. Currently at 7,360-lbs & 154,000 miles. [3,850-hrs/39 mph]. Stock, but for Leer topper; Aeroturbine 4040 [ as resonator] ahead of Rokktech Silent Might [as muffler]. 18-20 city/24-27 hwy/13-15 towing 34' TT [logged].
All miles at 1700-1900 rpm.

wagger

Check this out, i do work for the uk division of this company, i dont think it will be to long before 1 of these hits our shores, being as wreckers are the only heavy US truck that can be imported into europe because of type approval legislation.

http://www.millerind.com/galleries/i...2548&cat_id=67

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tankeryanker

International is all my boss has ever bought for us to drive in the 27 yrs I've been driving for him. Maybe I could talk him into one of these for my next truck to haul fuel with. He has bought me Harley Franklin Mint Bikes for gifts over the years. This would just be a step up in Harley goodies. LOL

Oh & with pulling 105,500 lbs of truck & trailer & fuel we don't use no stinking clutch.

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Tankeryanker Glenn
2005 QC 4x4 nv5600 slt dually, Isspro gauges, Rokktech sensor, few holes in the air box,AFE pro gaurd 7, cool blue hose, MBRP exhaust, pacbrake,new intercooler, Brakesmart cont. 32' Everest 5vr, Bigfoot 10.6 TC

Russ Roth

Hey tankeryanker,

Who do you work for? I used to work part time for Walsh trucking but with the downturn in the wood products industry the last few years they had no work. I have been working part time for Pacific Car Crushing the last couple summers hauling crushed cars and loaders. I have a black sleeper cab Pete and pull 2 or 3 axle 48' step decks, 53' swing door step deck or a 40/20 A train. We get around OR/WA quite a bit when work is good so I'll keep a look out for ya. Slow now so that is perfect for me not to be working. I'm going Steelhead fishing.

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2001 QC longbed, auto w/lockup switch, Dunrite VB, 3.54 gears, fuel pressure and trans temp gauges, Raptor LP

ncdieselguy828

Sorry that cornbinder is just ugly imo, like most IH's are. Drive an IH and you better have a good radio to drown out all the rattles & squeaks. Like the ole saying "ain't no feelin like petermobilin"

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mykaos

Call me slow, ok. Just looked at the write up. All I'm going to say is....another reason I dropped my subscription years ago to Car & Driver. The author did no favors to us "PROFESSIONAL" drivers.

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Just because:
HELO MAX 8's wrapped with Bridgestones (yes, they bite good) Custom audio designed/ built/ installed by me and my son
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Airbox, exhaust modifications by me, Edge Juice w/ Attitude
Results: (so far)
15.67 @ Speedworld 1-9-10