Tell me about Volvos
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Muleskinner <strong>"Shining Beacon of Chickenlights"</strong>
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Muleskinner said: ↑May be it's a cast aluminum,but definitely it's not a steel.D16 said: ↑WOW....They must have been some kind of experimental ones on the 379 (can't say about the other ones) cause I've never seen one.You were flying top secret goodies there.In fact,I'll step out in the yard and see if you've got it right.A friends '01 is sitting here as we speak.Click to expand...
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Muleskinner <strong>"Shining Beacon of Chickenlights"</strong>
They made that plastic look and feel just like metal...Thats amazing....Get real buddy.You should feel ashamed of yourself for making me get up and go out there and second guess my MASSIVE reserves of knowledge.lol
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D16 said: ↑Muleskinner said: ↑May be it's a cast aluminum,but definitely it's not a steel.
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Aluminum aint plastic.
As for your "steel" ......... go TRY to stick a magnet on it. It won't stick its so cheap and thin. No better than aluminum when it comes to a fire.
You mentioned earlier about how heavy your volvo is because of the steel. Post up your empty weight of the tractor only.
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Muleskinner said: ↑They made that plastic look and feel just like metal...Thats amazing....Get real buddy.You should feel ashamed of yourself for making me get up and go out there and second guess my MASSIVE reserves of knowledge.lol
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So it wasn't plastic after all was it?
I don't even have to go look at my truck sitting RIGHT BESIDE my house. I know what the doors and shell are made of. -
Brickman said: ↑All the Volvos I've been around, (learned to drive on one) the entire shell was fiberglass.
Check it on Volvo site or find Volvo near you and put a magnet on sleeper.
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Brickman said: ↑My Volvo is 17,900.But I'm just curious about doors in classic Pete's and KW's.Who can check it and inform us?D16 said: ↑Aluminum aint plastic.
As for your "steel" ......... go TRY to stick a magnet on it. It won't stick its so cheap and thin. No better than aluminum when it comes to a fire.
You mentioned earlier about how heavy your volvo is because of the steel. Post up your empty weight of the tractor only.
My LargeCar is 20,000 lbs. just the tractor.Click to expand...
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Muleskinner <strong>"Shining Beacon of Chickenlights"</strong>
D16 said: ↑I don't have to check....the "classic" in my pics weighed in at 18,200 fueled. I'm not sure if the Marine Cat it's running is heavier than stock or not nor if the frame stretch added much to it.Doors, hood and what not is aluminum. My Buddy's '90 w900l 007 KW special ed.is running a fiberglass hood (they all are) and aluminum doors and comes in around 19,300Brickman said: ↑My Volvo is 17,900.But I'm just curious about doors in classic Pete's and KW's.Who can check it and inform us?
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Muleskinner said: ↑Just for definition-doors from cast aluminum?D16 said: ↑I don't have to check....the "classic" in my pics weighed in at 18,200 fueled. I'm not sure if the Marine Cat it's running is heavier than stock or not nor if the frame stretch added much to it.Doors, hood and what not is aluminum. My Buddy's '90 w900l 007 KW special ed.is running a fiberglass hood (they all are) and aluminum doors and comes in around 19,300Click to expand...
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D16 said: ↑Brickman said: ↑My Volvo is 17,900.But I'm just curious about doors in classic Pete's and KW's.Who can check it and inform us?
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Every KW and Pete I've been around do not have plastic doors.
The red T6 that I posted a pic of earlier weighed about 18,000 to 19,000 lbs.Click to expand...
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