Medium Duty?
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Medium Duty?
I was lookign on ebay the other day at trucks and noticed one truck with a 8.0 litre cummins. It said it was a medium duty truck. i didnot kwno wiehter to believe it or not. i thought cummins only produced the 5.9L for all the dodge trucks. can someoen help me on this.
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There might be an 8.0 L Cummins...but that's just the engine...and that definitely would be medium duty. All 5.9 diesels in the Dodge are Cummins, but not all Cummins engines are in Dodges. Cummins has a whole line of engines for semi trucks, generators, farm equipment, boats, etc.
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Cummins makes an 8.3 liter inline six known as the 6CTA (old ones) or ISC (new ones). It's a medium duty truck engine, typically found in trucks with a GVW between 26,000 and 55,000 pounds. Top ratings are 315 HP/950 TQ. It's way too big and heavy for a pickup.
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Originally posted by welder27
You said v-10!
Could very well be a typo on E-bay...or just a moron trying to sell something he knows nothing about.
You said v-10!
Could very well be a typo on E-bay...or just a moron trying to sell something he knows nothing about.
I really liked mine, but traded it in on my Cummins. The mileage was killing me at the pump, and I can't make my own gasoline! I did love the truck, tho! My Cummins hasn't had any mods yet, pulls strong, and just oozes testosterone, but that V-10 really could move!! I never had a problem towing or off-roading either, just the thirsty fuel consumption. :') Sniff! I am missing my truck...
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http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/products/index.cfm
cummins has their fingers in all sorts of pies....
Cummins manufactures engines and aftermarket products for heavy- and medium-duty trucks, buses, RVs, and light commercial vehicles, and for equipment in the construction, agricultural, mining, marine, rail and government markets.
The Cummins Power Generation Business is a global provider of electric generators, power systems, and related accessories, components and services. Products include diesel and gas generators used in recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, and pleasure boats plus diesel and gas generator sets, transfer switches, and switchgear used in commercial facilities for emergency back-up and prime power.
Cummins Filtration Business provides Fleetguard filtration and Nelson exhaust systems, Kuss automobile in-tank fuel filtration; Separation Technologies’ industrial hydraulic filtration; and Universal Silencer industrial silencers and gas turbine applications for use in power generation.
The Cummins Power Generation Business is a global provider of electric generators, power systems, and related accessories, components and services. Products include diesel and gas generators used in recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, and pleasure boats plus diesel and gas generator sets, transfer switches, and switchgear used in commercial facilities for emergency back-up and prime power.
Cummins Filtration Business provides Fleetguard filtration and Nelson exhaust systems, Kuss automobile in-tank fuel filtration; Separation Technologies’ industrial hydraulic filtration; and Universal Silencer industrial silencers and gas turbine applications for use in power generation.
cummins has their fingers in all sorts of pies....
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Originally posted by wannadiesel
Cummins makes an 8.3 liter inline six known as the 6CTA (old ones) or ISC (new ones). It's a medium duty truck engine, typically found in trucks with a GVW between 26,000 and 55,000 pounds. Top ratings are 315 HP/950 TQ. It's way too big and heavy for a pickup.
Cummins makes an 8.3 liter inline six known as the 6CTA (old ones) or ISC (new ones). It's a medium duty truck engine, typically found in trucks with a GVW between 26,000 and 55,000 pounds. Top ratings are 315 HP/950 TQ. It's way too big and heavy for a pickup.
I would love to find a nice MDT to pull my RV. A Peterbilt 330 crew cab with a 375HP engine or bigger would be ideal. Saw one on Ebay the other day, but the guy appeared to have two auctions for the same truck, so I did didn't want to bid.
I need to talk to the city before I really buy an MDT. I want to make sure it wouldn't be considered a commercial truck and be banned from parking it at my house.
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Truck Classification by GVWR
Class 1 0–6,000 lbs.
Class 2 6,001–10,000 lbs.
Class 3 10,001–14,000 lbs.
Class 4 14,001–16,000 lbs.
Class 5 16,001–19,500 lbs.
Class 6 19,501–26,000 lbs.
Class 7 26,001–33,000 lbs.
Class 8 33,001 lbs.+
Things must be different in your area. I see a lot of class 7's on a daily basis, in fact I drive the only class 8 in the company fleet. The 8.3 is a popular engine in class 7's, we've got 4 of them. The 3126 Cat and IH DT 466 are other popular choices for class 7's (as well as the lighter class 8's). Class 8 really covers a too much territory, the only things "heavy duty" about the truck in my sig are the 10 speed and extra axle. They ought to split that class into 33k - 55k and 55,001 +. Things get a lot beefier and engines get way bigger over 55k, below that they just add an axle to a class 7 and call it a class 8.
Class 1 0–6,000 lbs.
Class 2 6,001–10,000 lbs.
Class 3 10,001–14,000 lbs.
Class 4 14,001–16,000 lbs.
Class 5 16,001–19,500 lbs.
Class 6 19,501–26,000 lbs.
Class 7 26,001–33,000 lbs.
Class 8 33,001 lbs.+
Things must be different in your area. I see a lot of class 7's on a daily basis, in fact I drive the only class 8 in the company fleet. The 8.3 is a popular engine in class 7's, we've got 4 of them. The 3126 Cat and IH DT 466 are other popular choices for class 7's (as well as the lighter class 8's). Class 8 really covers a too much territory, the only things "heavy duty" about the truck in my sig are the 10 speed and extra axle. They ought to split that class into 33k - 55k and 55,001 +. Things get a lot beefier and engines get way bigger over 55k, below that they just add an axle to a class 7 and call it a class 8.
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