Who's The Worst Of Them ALL to work for?

Yeah, the Cottrell and the Kenny would be a great car carrying combo, if the Kenny were a flat top. And it had a 300-hp engine instead of a 550. I think the rear end on the Kenny is too numerically high (too low a ratio). It should be down around 3.31 or even 3.11.

 

I was talking about a combo that may weigh 45K fully loaded, with a car on top of the cab. That sort of rig. One wouldn't need 550 mules for the load of cars I'm thinking of. 300 would do fine.

 

That would be a #### nice combo to get, even if it is somewhat overpowered for the task of pulling cars.

 

You're right there. A big engine that's been turned down isn't the smartest way to run those rigs. Better order a rig with a smaller engine in the beginning.

If I owned this rig, I'd have CAT turn the power up to 600 or 650 for that first few weeks. If I'm gonna have an engine that's heavy, I want it to produce as much power as it can, right? I think a CAT 16 liter is about 500 pounds heavier than an N14. Maybe even more.

 

I agree.

Big Engines are manufactured for the purpose of strength, longevity as well as power. To turn one down is not serving the purpose. However, to buy an engine that doe not do the job, will cost more in the long run; especially when handled by company drivers. Owner operators would normally take better care of the equipment.

I always preferred a big motor, but not one overpowered.

 

Swift is the only one I drove for on this list,,.. ? So I put down Werner!!! That just show's you how much these poll's really hold any truth.