Hooker Creek is a rough road and narrow road, took it before and was constantly paranoid cause it's obvious you'd be going out of your way to go...
Tell me how much power you want and I'll tell you what needs to be done to reach it.
Old post but for any new viewers try leasing on with ATS heavy haul or Blackwell Consolidated
Yeah you just call the truck stops ask if you can drop the trailer for a couple hours to run around. Most places will let you fill out a dropped...
There's an old rule of using your service brake only 25% of the time downhill. I do heavy haul in Washington, Oregon and Canada, for me personally...
Gotta watch the egt temps
Then you've probably never been a mechanic who has rebuilt many many cat engines, if you knew what lugging means you'd understand that running...
Anything below 1200 is lugging on a c15, anything below 1300 on a 3406b is lugging, anything below 1400 on a 3406c is lugging, 1000 to 1500 is a...
That's how it was when I hauled construction equipment, start getting upwards of 180k+ really starts to show what the engine likes, always kept it...
Kinda curious what you do for groceries, out here in Washington and Oregon I can stop at places easy but big cities can't hardly find anywhere
What rpm do you guys upshift, downshift and cruise at with your 6nz? I have an 18 speed I usually upshift at 1500, downshift at 1200, running...
Have never had an engine overheat while engine braking, if you're having that problem I'd suggest replacing the O rings on your cylinder liners...
So you think once a post is made no one will ever come across it again in the future? Lmao
Do you really think other people will never come across this post? I did 14 years later so leaving advice for the next
Peak torque is 1250 to 1400 depending on which 3406, 1000rpm is lugging, a 3406 is a lot different than an acert, acerts like low rpms, 3406...
Even Cummins website mentions that the engine fan can rob you of a minimum of 50hp for smaller engines and upwards of 225hp for their larger...
If you knew how an engine brake works you'd know it doesn't build heat ...theres almost no fuel what so ever being pumped into the cylinders and...
The new engines run vgt turbos so the vanes shut and make the turbo go from a 76mm or so down to a 50mm or less making more velocity and higher...
The reason the new engines have more engine braking power is because the vgt turbo builds higher boost when engine braking, running the overhead...
