Very bad, Kenworth W9 T8 C5 discontinued

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  1. skallagrime

    skallagrime Road Train Member

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    I want to see what battery capacity it takes to replace a 2 push, 1 pull superload :p
     
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  3. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Like I always say. There is not one law out there that says you have to buy a new truck every 3 years. Keep the old one and don’t worry about what paccar is doing to themselves. Aftermarket will support these trucks for a very very long time to come just like it has for the last 60 years the W900 has been out. The model 900 came out in 1956. Still a butterfly hood. In 1959 a narrow nose fiberglass tilt hood was introduced. First in industry. 1963 was the first year for the new model A bulkhead door style cab and wide hood now called the W900.
     
  4. Cat sdp

    Cat sdp . .

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    Yes I believe it’s not wanting 2 cab lines more than anything else


    Plus dopey will probably send emissions standards back to the Stone Age anyways….
     
  5. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    Im imagineing a nuclear plant welded to a tesla truck. Or a coal power plant lol. Friend of mine actully just got an electric F150 and was trying to pull some equipment offroad. He got 42 miles and died XD it was halarious. He had to borrow my diesel ram and my diesel generator trailer to charge his F150 enough to get it home then use my ram to pull the trailer.

    And that was just a 7000ish pound trailer with a bobcat and a couple extra buckets. Now imagine that with a super heavy haul?
     
  6. exhausted379

    exhausted379 Road Train Member

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    Who's dopey?
     
  7. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    How about one needing 7 trucks?
     
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  8. thatsright

    thatsright Light Load Member

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    The one that used an autopen.
     
  9. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    U like those international hx trucks? I seen a couple out west. Thought they look pretty cool.
     
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  10. Arctic_fox

    Arctic_fox Experienced mx13 execrator

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    I actully almost got one. Decent feeling rigs when i test drove one. Id say all the handleing of a plastic truck with the ride of a hood truck. Well laid out too and very comfortable. Also didnt feel cheap like a lot of modern trucks do. More like high end polycarb? Or resin almost? I dont know how to explain it other then it didnt feel like it would rattle and squeek apart like most plastic rigs do and more felt like wood on metal then plastic on poly for lack of a better way to out it.

    Only ended up with my lonestar because someone swiped the HX520 with an isx under the hood i was eyeballing before i could move on it. If you get a chance i recomend you give one a whirl.
     
  11. Magoo1968

    Magoo1968 Road Train Member

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    In Canada it’s Trudeau not sure who the American version is lol
     
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