Tell me about Volvos

I´ve driven all kinda bulkertipper Volvos and have to say the leaf spring fronts ain´t no soft sprung... none on them are.
Actually they are nice in Norway as they give you a better feel on them hills and curves.
MM you surely have seen some pics of the conditions there in Hanks forum.

But what I noticed on Sandlappers vid that they sure do have similar interior parts with the European COEs..so that would be a turnoff for me If Id be driving overthere.
Reasoning that traveling that far and work with something that reminds me of what I just thought I´d left behind ..forever... ohhhh... that would hurt.

 

them train generators doesn´t run much RPM thats why.... as you can´t shift on a pull so you must use RPM to get up to speed and keep momentum as the pull gets harder to the end.

Now If you want some blower whine you´ll get yourself a DD 12V71TA...or why not a 8V71 also might do..

 

King, "Rooster Cruiser"used in the terms of describing a person is a trucker that follows a certain way of life.That way of life involves lots of chrome, tons of chicken lights,big mouth radios running foot warmers with a smidge of echo to taste,leslie train horns and every gadget that can be put on an a Largecar that either lights up,honks,rings,squeals,shines or touches your "special place" for you.That fellas truck can also be called a Rooster Cruiser/ Chicken Truck or dozens of other names depending on how good its running that day.

Rooster wranglers have their own language and will share it with you freely if you get in the left hand lane on a hill and don't have the power to get back out of their way.They take a dim view of a weak truck and kinda look on someone who is willing to drive one as a little bit "touched".

A TRUE Chicken Trucker/Rooster Cruiser would rather put a wooden bill on and pick crap with the chickens than drive anything less than a Pete or KW(rare occasions a Western Star if its not running a detroit.lol) and in certain states ,a chicken trucker can actually draw unemployment if they can't find a shiney ride.

Chicken truckers come mostly in two categories,0/0 and those who work for an 0/0 that is retired and you run HIS chicken truck which by proxy keeps him in the game too because he calls you every 30 minutes wanting to know what its looking like out there, to tell you where the cops are sitting (because his buddy just called him and told him) ,to remind you for the 700th time that he wants you "watching that #### oil pressure gauge and the pyro on the hills".A retired Rooster Cruiser with a truck still moving will usually go through a 1400 minute cell phone package about three days into the billing cycle.

Most Chicken truckers do not shy away from a drive by butt whooping on the radio and generally if they can't find someone else ( big company driver) to verbally spar with, then they will fight amongst themselves as they roll down the avenue and just like in the real world of chickens,there is a pecking order with all of them jumping on one until his feathers are gone and then moving on up the line until you get to the "Old Hands" whose feathers are to tough to pull and at which time they turn their attention back to the "big company drivers" and the cycle continues for millions of miles.A GREAT way of life.

IMHO I do not believe people are born gay or as alcholics or anything like that.I think that is a crock of crap thought up by "California Fruit Bats".On the other hand,I DO believe you are born a chicken trucker or not.Why else would I at 3 yo have shifted my little "radio flyer" 14 times when I took off dragging it around the yard and then made jake brake sounds 14 x on the way to stopping it and all the while making air dryer noise out my ###.You tell me.

 

LMAO...That would be sweet wouldn't it....I'd kinda like to go out in a blaze like that too 'cept I think the Mustang Ranch is closed still ain't it?:smt067

 

It twas the last time I drove by.
Just a sign readin' "Gone Fishin' ".

Didn't say where, or if they was bitin'.

No more Mustang rides.

 

Muleskinner,

Give me a Pete 379 with a Big Cam cummins, 13speed, no mufflers, jake brake, 63in sleeper for my rooster cruiser truck.

 

so A Gay rooster trucker would be a peacock ?

LOL ?

Well I Regard Westerns and Marmons above the regular KW´s and Petes.
But that might just be my dare to be different thing kickin in...
Also a Old Mack would do...
Or something old customized and hotrodded....

Heres prolly a perfect example of one mule...
right down in good ole Finland (actually I missed buying this truck as a project about about a week...) Still kick myself about it.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2999695945001016053
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8654182453597804163
http://siliconeexpress.blogspot.com/2007/11/kenworth-k100c.html
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Do you need around 1000 hp out of that N14?
If you need I know some guys whos done it overhere...had factory support while doing it too.

Also 1000hp outof a Volvo D16 aint that hard either... 700 was the benchmark 10yrs ago and nowadays they´re 660 even stock..

 

Take a look at the marine grade Volvo engines Mickey we sell in the US. We have the D12 800HP for Volvo. What I would really love to do is take a 3208 or 3126Cat and put it in a Pete 379 or 359. Mated to a 13 speed that should perform really awesome.

King

 

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