Old School HP

used to do L.A. to NY in a 350 cummins with a 4x4 all the time. didn't know better.

 

Now that brings back memories.

 

Yes sir..... Truck didnt pull worth a crap but it was fun..

 

It's all about the torque 350 hp with a lot of torque will get over any mountain 800 hp low torque your gonna be passed. My 85 pete with a 350 bc2 has no issues on hills my w900 on the hand does

 

I drive a KW900 with a 600hp cummins and a 18 spd trans and even with doubles and GVW of 129k it hauls the mail, sorry nothing from the 70's or 80's no matter how pretty can touch it. It's just progress!!

 

Thats is hilarious

 

I guess every generation does the best they can with what they have. I ran Midwest to West Coast with a 318 screamin idiot detroit for a long time. Then I bought a truck with a 350 cummins and thought I was in tall cotton. We drove a lot of hours is how we got things done. Didn't have jake brakes either in my first 2 trucks and that really made for slow trips down the mountains. But back in those days you would talk to old timers that ran gas jobs and hydraulic brakes and you felt pretty good about what you had. I believe they call it evolution. The thing that's nice about modern equipment is the ride and how quiet they are today.

 

Back in '78 when I started driving as a new driver I would here stories from the real 'ol timers telling me about going to the west coast and driving the Rockies with there 150-190 H.P. Cummins, think about that when ya complain about your 290-300 H.P. was not enough......

 

318hp or 265hp w/ 105,500# hit a hill or a head wind below 20 mph. All I remember is loud and alot of shifting. Some thing from the stone age I don't miss.

 

I guess you never heard the term Monfort Lane.