Gas turbines make great engines for helicopters. They are light and have a high power-to-weight ratio. In a turbine powered truck you don't...
Volvo Trucks Canada is the name of their Canadian Sales unit. The factory in the picture is NRV, the White factory they purchased in 1980 from...
Pablo please tell me where Volvo's Canadian factory is. They are telling everyone all there North American trucks are assembled in Virginia.
>>So far it seems like all the engines that have originated in Europe that have come over hear haven't been all that great. They don't compare to...
Knew a kid from high school, often they would double load, same specs KT450+15 speed, had troubles with it, showed me the cooler they rigged on...
First time in an old Mack, no problem. Second time in a Volvo VN and I used a trick I had heard about. There is a blade fuse in a yellow fuse...
Think of a 13- or 18 speed as two transmissions, a 9-speed married to a two speed. The top two lever positions in the 9-speed are 1.00:1 (direct)...
Holset turbo is owned by Cummins but they are sold lately to most new engines out there. The Holst Variable Geometry Turbos with the rectangular...
Some drivers I seen flick the button early and then wait... a while... until it's just the right rpm to shift. This is not good practice to...
It's all about Dealers. Ford and GM proved you can't make it selling heavy trucks at car dealers. GM couldn't even sell off their GMC...
The Bendix stability system is STANDARD on the Volvo as are the airbags and the engine-goes-down technology and the collapsible steering column...
Some of those autometaed mechanical trannys will burp the engine brake, on an upshift to get the engine to slow down faster. The manufacturers...
Here's a surprise, while Paccar International and Daimler build most of their trucks in Mexico, Volvo builds all their US trucks and engines in...
The most common reason for this growing problem is the use of poor so-called biodiesel. The pump may not even be labeled but the unscrupulous fuel...
This is all very interesting and very accurate. However, the "Ishihara test" (of which this is a variant) cannot be the only test used to...
E-6 I'm surprised you didn't mention down past the Ship on 30 between Somerset and Bedford counties in Pennsylnania and I'm sure you know ehere I...
