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<p>[QUOTE="Pedigreed Bulldog, post: 7464177, member: 64805"]240" WB, 2-stack Mack (steel cab) with a Mack (triple countershaft) 18 speed transmission, Mack rears, 2 PTO's, wet kit, tool box stuffed w/tools, another tool box (and the cab) stuffed with equipment, 4 tire chains, steel wheels on the drives (aluminum steers), and 16-ply 11R24.5 tires all of the way around.</p><p><br /></p><p>It adds up...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Used to work with a guy that had (still has) a beautifully hopped up 379 extended hood with a built 3406B putting down more power than anyone really needs. It had a fairly decent wheelbase, and probably a 60" flat top sleeper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pulling identical pneumatic trailers, he was 2000# lighter than me. That was when I had a blower (which he also had) on the 2nd PTO, and before I added the 2nd tool box and stuffed the cab with all of the flatbedding gear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pedigreed Bulldog, post: 7464177, member: 64805"]240" WB, 2-stack Mack (steel cab) with a Mack (triple countershaft) 18 speed transmission, Mack rears, 2 PTO's, wet kit, tool box stuffed w/tools, another tool box (and the cab) stuffed with equipment, 4 tire chains, steel wheels on the drives (aluminum steers), and 16-ply 11R24.5 tires all of the way around. It adds up... Used to work with a guy that had (still has) a beautifully hopped up 379 extended hood with a built 3406B putting down more power than anyone really needs. It had a fairly decent wheelbase, and probably a 60" flat top sleeper. Pulling identical pneumatic trailers, he was 2000# lighter than me. That was when I had a blower (which he also had) on the 2nd PTO, and before I added the 2nd tool box and stuffed the cab with all of the flatbedding gear.[/QUOTE]
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