Truck and engine combos

Welcome Back.

 

Yeah hey, I'm curious to find out what you ended up getting and if it will or is
working out for you.

 

If you get a 12.7 detroit with a 10spd, it will more than likely have 1500lb or 1600lbs of torque. Anyone else think a 10psdw a 3.70 or 3.73 ratio is too high of a rear?

KH

 

I think 3.70 or 3.73 is very common in a day cab. He said he was going to pull 40,000 lbs. of LP. in a tank. I think the specs. sound fine. I would like to hear what others think. I would think those ratios would be better than 3,55 or 3.58. I am going to say those specs sound good in my opinion.

 

One thing you can do when looking for a used truck is find a daycab that is already setup to haul a tanker. Let the big companies do your home work for you because they usually know what works best. We sold our trucks (daycab with a tank) seperate from our trailers because we sold the trucks at 5 years and the trailers at 8 years. We didn't use mileage because all of our work was local. I did see one of our trucks for sale thou and it was sold for $50,000 so the company did get their money out of the truck. However, it was a special spec'd truck with a drop axle so you could load 5000 gallons up on the truck.

 

I would suggest that you get a truck with a small sleeper. For naps, being held up at shippers, receivers or for weather. They also give a little more seat adjusting room.