Where is everyone #5

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  1. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    Just to give you an idea of what it takes to do that, modern truck takes somewhere around 250 horsepower to run 60 miles an hour. As a rough number it takes four times that amount of horsepower to double that speed.
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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  4. AModelCat

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    Loaded or empty?
     
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  5. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    Lot of variables to make a statement like that.
     
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  6. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I'm pretty sure that 250 horse number is loaded
     
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  7. Rugerfan

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    That must have been a turbo charged dart. My wife’s old dart had trouble doing 97 lol
     
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    It hadda be a hot rod for sure
     
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  9. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    No doubt. That's why I said a rough number. But you double your speed and you're quadrupling your Aero drag
     
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  10. johndeere4020

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    A 290 Cummins would run 80 on flat ground over 80,000
     
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  11. MACK E-6

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    I was wondering how you arrived at that figure
     
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