Buying first truck. Thinking Pete 379

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  1. LoJackDatHo

    LoJackDatHo Medium Load Member

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    Great pics best looking aero truck
     
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  3. bigguns

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    Hey Hey Watch your mouth. KWs might not be the best in some ways but they are still the best overall. That's a fact.
     
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  4. cnsper

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    I think in 2001 you could get one that with a 28' pup and 40 acres you would only have to backup once to turn around.

    I think aircraft carriers turn sharper without the thrusters. I still like the W900 though.
     
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    If ya hear a hummin ya know it's a Cummins
     
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    Yes, but as you back and pull up, you won't get mistaken for a vacuum cleaner. :D
     
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  8. bigguns

    bigguns Road Train Member

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    The change over in steering geometry came about 1993. Prior to that, yeah, give to forty acres and I will turn this rig around. I believe the guy had to be in an early W9.
     
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  9. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    Nah one of our trucks was a 2000 or 2001. That sucker would not turn for ####. The 1994 and 2005 were fine.
     
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  10. bigguns

    bigguns Road Train Member

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    That is baffling. Where was the steering box?
     
  11. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    Drivers side outside of the rail. They had to adjust the stops because the tire was hitting the pitman arm. We were going through a federal inspection and that truck did not pass until that was fixed. Bosses kid was pissed, it was his truck.
     
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