Horsepower

I had a salesman once tell me horsepower sells the truck, torque moves it down the road.

 

MO problems and potentially shorter service life.

Gears are all that matters. Back in the 70s log truck guys in Michigan thought 300hp was great hauling 160,000 gross.

 

Yep its all in the gearing I pulled around frac pumps @ 100k with 425/1650 isx w/4.88 rears. Pulled like a bear

Edit: the food service company I worked for had 505hp dd15 with direct 2.64 and they felt dead compared to the trucks with super low gears

 

Agreed. Don’t just buy a truck. Buy the right truck to do the job you need it to do. Power is just 1 portion of the equation. If you’re running regional in flatlander territory 90% of the time, big power is a waste. If you’re in the metro NYC area the transmission and wheelbase are more important.

Go learn what you need in someone else truck, the freight lane, the equipment needed to do the best job. Not what you want to hear...but if you’ve never worked in a restaurant, how do you expect to be successful just because you can buy a restaurant?

 

when you do eventually go O/O with horses for courses if your running alot of mountainous terrain with loads 70,000 lb + , 500 horses will give that giddy up you'll need if your mainly running in the mid west open plains just a couple hills 450 hp will be sufficient.

 

I used to run 126,000lb gross and pulled it with a 290. 450hp is lots of power for 80,000lb.

 

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A truck needs big horsepower to be a real truck.... like a man needs big nuts to be a real man.