Truckers, lets see your rigs!

I only had one truck with flex air and put less than 20K on it but I think I liked the low air leaf better but IDK why, probably because I put a million miles on the other one and just didn't know any better.
 
A lot of the way a truck drives has to do with tight bushing, good shocks and a decent alignment, oh and wheelbase makes a huge difference
 
The size of the feeding airline has some input as well, just switching to larger fittings and airlines on a AG100 can take a lot of the harshness out of the ride.
 
Mr.T said:
I need another gear, coach!!
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ATTABOY said:
A lot of the way a truck drives has to do with tight bushing, good shocks and a decent alignment, oh and wheelbase makes a huge difference
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Bought this old girl with 500K drove it to 1.5 million never aligned it only did one bushing and that was because I broke a spring and put on 2 set's of shocks. But it was a complete tar baby with a 272" wheel base.
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Was that axle center line to axle center line, doesn't look nearly as long as some 270" trucks. Having the tool box in there makes it not look so long. I like it.
 
SmokinCAT said:
The size of the feeding airline has some input as well, just switching to larger fittings and airlines on a AG100 can take a lot of the harshness out of the ride.
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Bingo, the 8 bag in my 07 with HUGE air lines rides unbelievably better than a mid 90's 8 bag with smaller feed lines
 
6.4 F-350 said:
Bought this old girl with 500K drove it to 1.5 million never aligned it only did one bushing and that was because I broke a spring and put on 2 set's of shocks. But it was a complete tar baby with a 272" wheel base.
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That aluminum needs some love! The colors are awesome though
 
Any one got any experience with the big allison autos. I think I may have found a HT750 that has all the parts to bolt it to my big cam in my cabover.
 
I worked mechanic for Detroit Allison dealer for 5 years.

What do you want to know about the ht750?
 
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Mr.T said:
Low airleaf sucks, they're worse than the old kw 8 bag but the flexair is 100x better.
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Right on. So Flexair is the one to watch out for. I will plumb it with big gear too.

That said, anyone spots one for sale can let me know I'd appreciate that.
 
Mr.T said:
That aluminum needs some love! The colors are awesome though
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Yeah those are the only pictures left of the old girl, I had all the aluminum acid washed to polish it up to sell her, but it never got done. I had it on CL for 24 hours and a man from Valentine NE drove up North and picked her up, worst mistake I have made was selling that ride.
 
SmokinCAT said:
Was that axle center line to axle center line, doesn't look nearly as long as some 270" trucks. Having the tool box in there makes it not look so long. I like it.
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Yeah it looks shorter but with big tanks, boxes and the fender brackets fill the frame up. Those WTI fender brackets and fenders take up about 8-10" of space. Damn I miss that truck.
 
1-5-3-6-2-4 said:
I worked mechanic for Detroit Allison dealer for 5 years.

What do you want to know about the ht750?
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Just curious if one could be setup to have a manual lockup, and how much abuse can one of them take. Would it hold up behind a 700hp big cam.

Also what is the deal with the ratio that is associated with the torque converter.
 
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Somebody needs to put this in a truck, C-18 with "the twins". This is the power plant in our Bandit chipper and she's a BAD B!TCH!!!!



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