Kevin Rutherfrauds $200000 Signature glider truck has complete engine failure!!!

Impressive fuel specs and aero design, but will it really sell without Jean-Claude Van Damme standing on the mirrors? lol

 

its heating up

Bob Barkett that started this thread is a little ruthless on TTT but it got themTalking

• Robert H Barker 1) this was a bad build. 2) the owners have no experience with a custom build, since they only drove emission fleet truck. They cooked the engine... 3) now they are trying to save face and post an untrue outlandish mpg while bobtaiing claim. I thought nobody could top Tim Heplers aka Dice mpg claims But we have a new winner!!!
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    Track That Truck Wow! Now we are liars in your eyes. Our previous 99 fill-ups (110k miles) are entered on fuel gauges. Truck name is “KR Glider.” We have set-up a new fuel gauges name and will track our mileage there. The new truck name is “Copperhead J&K.” Please follow our progress via that account. The last thing we are is liars. I do not know how more open and honest we could have been in creating this page and sharing literally every detail of this project. Whether this truck gets 2mpg or 15.3mpg the data will be public! We do not have the energy or time to LIE about our journey.
    What exactly do we have to gain from your accusation…of being liars? Below is a paste of a previous post of ours. Maybe this will help you?
    
    I have been involved with the logging industry, farm equipment and military vehicles all of my life. Now, I (Jeff) have been an OTR driver for 5-years. So I will address your question with my lifetime’s experiences as the basis. This does not make my answer “correct” it simply let’s you know where I am coming from. This particular engine is very forgiving and tough. Our engine heated to 220 degrees F with an associated EGT of 1,050 degrees F – one time. At that moment, I pulled off the road, left the engine running, and opened the hood to check for any issues. Fan was running and we had no leaks. We set on the side of the road for10- minutes or so as the temp SLOWLY decreased. We shut the hood and continued our dispatch. We were immediately on the phone with Pittsburgh Power discussing the issue. The amount of time it took for the temp to decrease was and remained unsettling. Something was amiss. We had the truck back to PP not long afterwards and we changed the coolant to ELC at their request (24k miles). The truck continued to be “sensitive” to quick rises in temp on hard pulls. The new coolant did a noticeably better job at dissipating heat. Please understand the engine reaching 220 degrees F was a one-time-event. The truck has never exceeded 210 degrees F since. The EGT has never exceeded 1,000 degrees F since. With my aforementioned life experiences it is my opinion that this “event” would not cause irreparable damage. Think about this…if engines were this fragile how long would engines last?? Certainly not a million miles – as most do. I have seen engines / equipment abused beyond comprehension and continue day-to-day operations flawlessly.
    
    As to your accusation that we simply do not know how to drive such a “fine” truck. The truck is certainly nice looking. But there is nothing that special or “fine” about the truck. Other than it cost more than a “normal” truck. The engine was nothing more than a Detroit factory rebuild that was dismantled in order to “allegedly” install a MicroBlue rebuild kit. We operated the truck at 1,250 rpm’s because that is where we maximized its’ MPG’s. We discovered this anomaly before the truck had 2k miles on it. We routinely discussed this odd rpm operating issue with PP, Kevin Rutherford, and had “on air” discussions about it. We also posted the issue on Track That Truck as well as the 9+MPG FaceBook pages. No one could explain it and no one expressed concerns that it would cause damage to the engine. Your statement, “we simply do not know how to drive such a ‘FINE’ truck” would also have to pertain to all “experts” involved with designing our truck and the 1,000’s of folks aware of how we operated the truck.
    
    We have posted all we know about why the truck “overheated.” Bottom line is no one knows why this truck’s personality liked to run hot in hard pulls. There are opinions…but no definitive answers.
    
    
    
    
    

 

Ha ha ha. I'll tell you what, that truck, if it becomes a reality, will be another game changer. People talk bad about Freightliner all they want, but notice how Paccar and the others are following their lead. By the way, the way they have that truck and trailer set up, imagine riding in Wyoming with that. I think that would be a pretty solid ride.

 

Tommy, guys like Bruce never hightail, even when they should. Too much arrogance. And face it, the vast majority of his and KR's audience will swallow their crap because they don't know enough to know what a line of BS they are swallowing.

An example of the normal trucker call-in audience: Bubba Whats-his-name was sitting in for Bozo, on a night that fuel mileage was the topic of discussion. I spent an hour listening to every idiot who called in start the conversation with "I don't use the jake, 'cause everybody knows they use too much fuel." Not that the way you drive when using a jake can burn more fuel, but the Jake itself uses fuel. NOT A WORD from Bubba correcting them, not a peep from the 8 or 10 other callers, everyone of them parroting the line they heard at the beginning of the show. I tried to call in, I ended up turning it off, because there was so much stupid, and it was splashing out of the radio on me, and as my sig says: THE STUPID IT BURNS!

 

I have never listened to him before last week when the Signature truck was discussed but there was a link of his past shows that i found and i listened to him for a few hours while doing some work.

Very painful to listen to the guys calling in. Holy Crap does he scan them for low IQ before he takes their calls or what.

 

Yes, he gets these callers with oil samples. "My fuel dilution or soot is high this time. What's that mean?. "Should I get a turdblow 3000?"

 

i stopped listening to ATN because they rarely talk trucking. It's mainly politics now. But the dialogue, no matter the topic, is an echo chamber. If one guy disagrees, they will jump on him, even making stuff up to do so. It's embarrassing that they represent trucking in some fashion.

 

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I wonder if The Emporer (KR) and The Jester (Bruce Mallinson), will enjoy the lawsuits surely to come?

What a deal....

 

Lol. Already have a defender