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Post by Tomas D. on Jan 19, 2010 21:23:24 GMT -5
Nice truck you got there. Old Star Car still is a good lookin truck but dosnt stand up to the new one. Good bye star car.  |
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Post by sean on Jan 19, 2010 21:49:44 GMT -5
Im dissapointed!!!!! I loved that ol' Star!! The T800 is a good truck but it just wont stand up like the Star will.....
By the way, if you ever need some extra HP outta the new Kitty check out Pittsbrugh power.
Sean
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Post by nix on Jan 19, 2010 22:07:19 GMT -5
Yeah i will miss the rattle of the ol girl  , but the new truck is well newer lol.... the compnay we bought it from said we can push 500 out of it without worry but we only pull a 40ft grain trailer with it and 425 in the star car handles it just fine.... Cant wait till next harvest when were puttin over loads on it and see how she grunts then... Dad also looked at a 2005 Pete with a C15 Cat and it was pumped up to 600 ponies.. 13 inch stacks... that would have been sweet  |
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Post by Austin Stewart on Jan 19, 2010 23:33:28 GMT -5
Nice truck but the sleeper looks weird as heck on a farm truck! I dont think ours has quite that many horses but it still gets the job done... its been overfilled a few times and it still has plenty of power even through some hills.  |
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Post by mikes on Jan 20, 2010 17:49:35 GMT -5
Hmm, nice truck, but the sleeper looks like a huge pain in the ass when unloading with an auger wagon... can't move the wagon until you take the time to fold the auger up...
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Post by nix on Jan 20, 2010 17:52:50 GMT -5
we dont have to worry about the auger wagon, we did also look at a day cab but they wanted 7000 more for it than this one so yeah... one thing we will need to watch is the auger on the grain vac
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Post by sean on Jan 20, 2010 18:06:42 GMT -5
If ya ever needed to take te sleeper off and put a daylight kit on it or get a flattop kit for it.
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Post by nix on Jan 20, 2010 18:28:25 GMT -5
I doubt we will ever take the sleeper off, but ya never know.... We like the bunk on it... good spot for tools and stuff
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Post by superman on Jan 20, 2010 20:15:30 GMT -5
those kenworths are the best! we have a t300 grain truck and a western star grain truck (actully a water truck and hauls aruond our sprayer ist not too bad) and 4 old ford grain trucks
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Post by nix on Jan 20, 2010 22:14:00 GMT -5
So far we have the Kenworth, Ford L9000 tandem, and a Ford F700 4 ton
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Post by baker2 on Jan 21, 2010 22:17:45 GMT -5
im not much of a ford guy but i like thoes older ford hevy trucks
like the L9000 and such
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Post by nix on Jan 24, 2010 21:43:51 GMT -5
yeah they are nice.... my favorite truck on the farm still has to be the Ford L9000 tandem... i guess thats where i spend most of my time during harvest..... Dad and I put a bug deflector on the front... makes the truck look really good.... now just to convince him to staight pipe it |
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Post by sean on Jan 24, 2010 22:24:27 GMT -5
Whats it got for power NIX???
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Post by rysiracusa on Jan 25, 2010 12:49:28 GMT -5
Nice new rig! I would have bought that Western from you if you still had it. I could have stretched the frame on it, took the 5th wheel off and put a silage body on it.
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Post by nix on Jan 26, 2010 22:18:26 GMT -5
Sean... our tandem has 350hp detroit 50 series with 9spd eaton fuller tranny
the Kenworth has 470 hp Cat C13 twin turbos with a 13spd eaton fuller tranny
rysiracusa... yeah the truck was gone within 5 days.... we are still getting phone calls from Alberta asking for it
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, but the new truck is well newer lol.... the compnay we bought it from said we can push 500 out of it without worry but we only pull a 40ft grain trailer with it and 425 in the star car handles it just fine.... Cant wait till next harvest when were puttin over loads on it and see how she grunts then... Dad also looked at a 2005 Pete with a C15 Cat and it was pumped up to 600 ponies.. 13 inch stacks... that would have been sweet 
