What engine would you use if this was you?

See I have always loved the cummins engine and I know you can pump em up pretty good, but I just dont feel that a heavy duty pickup engine is up for 50K lbs daily. If I was cool with that, then Id just get a 3500 or 4500 ram and run a goose neck. If I was seriously scrapped for cash then yeah Id probably do just that, but I need to build a truck that will last with very little stress under factory specs.

Thats what Im reading. Seems to be a good choice. Given its a 10.5 litter engine, Id like to believe she will fit under the hood. They also sell for decent prices. Little more than a Cat C10 but I like the m11 for the better torque Im seeing. Will seriously look into that.

 

I agree with old dog good engine set about 350 with a 9 speed good to go

 

Be advised that the 99 - 2002 model Cummins 24 valve used the infamous “53” block that had severe cracking issues.

 

Also the infamous VP44 injection pump. I had a twin turbo’d 02 dodge with the 6speed. Fun truck at 500hp at the tires but had to watch water temps when towing and how fast I backed out of the throttle on shifts as I had injectors just big enough I could vapor loc the pump if I wasn’t careful. Lol

 

If you want an m11, you can still get it for the same cost after you wear the 5.9 out. It would be a LOT cheaper to bump the 5.9 than swap an engine and transmission in.

 

considering I was ready to drop 6 figures on a brand new truck, I wont be afraid to drop a new engine and trans in, hence the reason for this thread.

 

Oh no. Everything is what I am yelling NO!

It's one thing to throw 20K of medicines on whatever pallets they are shrunk, tracked, bagged and barcoded on live video loading that into a 53 foot sealed trailer, I weigh around 18000 for the tractor and trailer is probably another 15000 if it's a 53 foot Great Dane Reefer (Remember medicines like to be heated to around 65 degrees F in any winter weather or chilled down to 65 when its hot out) Alof of these drugs wont take excursions to say -55 as you struggle out of South Dakota over a day in a unheated trailer. The load itself might be ruined with you holding the bag on the losses.

Call me 35000 pounds full up fuel empty with tractor and trailer and another 20K of medicines? That's 55K gross, engines are at least 515 horse and 1850 torque realm, they don't hardly get below 9 miles to gallon doing this kind of gravy work and this was back in 2001. Hardly have to lift a finger to do a downshift. Especially with a auto. My last medicine tractor trailer work was around a 550 horse with pretty much 2000 feet pound torque, 350 gallons total and 13 speed double overs. There is no point in trying to get her to 90+ when are limited to 1950 with another (300 at least...) possible. At least you can get her to 78 or so or even tickly that 80 and call it a day. at 1950. Thats plenty fast enough when you have the torque to keep it in that gear most of the time.

Smart kitties always hear "Here kitty kitty kitty" upgrade on Preacher's Praise Hill, but #### the revelation that you only get 20 in the box which is no contest at all. Unless you already at 20K load in the box and the full bore snorter is 80000 gross passing you up grade because your company governor kept snubbing your choker chain back too much for your own good. Mama always said that will kill you someday but not today just yet.

You can certainly buy a FLD 120, chop the 5th wheel offen it, hotten up a 30 foot box and weld it to the frame behind the sleeper with room for one tag axle if you needed it to go with the two drives you already have with airride. You re not going be loading much more than 60K if at all in that box truck with the full condo sleeper and big truck horsies to handle everything else without getting stuck in your usual chicago sprinkles when they always tell the young pensionholders in snow removal to leave the beet juice alone and just start off with the good old salt, you wil have to end up scraping that all awy sooner or later put in the beet juice. Thats called riding the 50 dollar a hour with benefits clock. Such a major 3 inch storm that required 1200 trucks and plows to come out and do battle on tristate for three days while television weathermen pant over the tangled webs we weave in life.

 

Huh?

 

Ok let's try to get this right again, ***** iPad change it.


Look for an fl112, same cab, huge engine.

 

The biggest problem of the VP44 failure was low fuel flow.
The VP44 needs a constant flow of fuel thru it to not only run the engine but also for cooling the pump.
The main problem was failure of the transfer pump in the fuel tank that fed the VP44.
The VP44 would then on its own suck enough fuel thru it to run the engine but not enough to cool it.
This then overheated the injection pump trashing it in a short time.