Dollytrolley Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 A recent post regarding a Mr Spooner and his original owner 1961 Pete with 6,500,000 miles on the clock begs the question....... who in the HDT forum has the least and who has the most miles on the clock........... Dollytrolley has 1,031,991........ Grumps favorite 1955 KW long-logger had +3.7 M on the clock with a 300 HP Cummins (2 in-frames)with a 8-71 blower side mount with a 5 speed main and 4 speed brownie and mack boogies ......the old girl passed away high up in the Cascade mtns in a rock slide while waiting at a landing waiting for a load of logs..........Grumps has been gone for many years but had it not been for the rock slide the ole KW would likely still be behind the shop today with a few million more on the clock.......... Drive on..........( whats your miles???) 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 A mere 720k on the Volvo, and 850k on the Mack "work truck". KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Dolly, The 8-71 blower was instead of a turbo, or in addition to, or they did not offer a turbo on the original 1955 engine? 98 379 with 12.7 DD LG Dodge w/5.9 CTD Chrome habit I’m trying to kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&K Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 2 stroke diesel. Needed the blower to make any power. It could run backwards, but no HP to speak of. The turbo was a kludge at best. I spent quite a bit of time around 6v-53s, 4-71s, 6-71s, 6v-71s, 8v-71s and 12v-71s in the oilfield plus the odd 16v-149s on crewboats. Oily beasts one and all. George,Suzuki Celerio 998cc Yamaha NMAX scooter Work ride is Western Star N2 Tri-Tri tanker at 56,500kg loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl&Rita Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 2 stroke Cummins? I have been wrong before, I'll probably be wrong again. 2000 Kenworth T 2000 w/N-14 and 10 speed Gen1 Autoshift, deck built by Star Fabrication 2006 smart fourtwo cdi cabriolet 2007 32.5' Fleetwood QuantumPlease e-mail us here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&K Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Oops. Didn't catch it was a hybrid. George,Suzuki Celerio 998cc Yamaha NMAX scooter Work ride is Western Star N2 Tri-Tri tanker at 56,500kg loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noteven Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 An early 50's supercharged Cummins sounds like Don Robertson's : part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyT073WNUwI part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UB4jxD1cEs "Are we there yet?" asked no motorcycle rider, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasFlyer Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 A lot of Detroit Diesels had turbos and super chargers, turbo for the high side and blower for the low side. I had a 1978 KW K100 with an 8V92 Silver, the Cadillac of the loud motors. John Southern Nevada 2008 Volvo 780, D13, I-Shift 2017 Keystone Fuzion 420 Toyhauler 2017 Can-Am Maverick X3-RS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&K Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 A lot of the later ones had turbos in an effort to get more power out of unit that was becoming less than competitive. They all needed blowers due to the design constraints of that particular 2-stroke design. Geo George,Suzuki Celerio 998cc Yamaha NMAX scooter Work ride is Western Star N2 Tri-Tri tanker at 56,500kg loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncohauler Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 My 1997 Pete is still cruzing with 1 in frame and rebuilt 10 speed trans. 1.5 million miles and counting. I work for the company that bought it new and put a lot of those miles on it when they owned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollytrolley Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Geez guys.......your asking me to clear out a lot of old geezer-cobb-webs......... No the ole 300 cummins was 4 cycle mechanical injection I-6 with 3 heads (one head for each two cyl) It had a mechanical injector pump on the drivers side of the engine and had hard steel lines that direct fed the ingectors and then a bridge rocker arm was the actual high-side of the injector system...... The 8-71 blower was mounted on the passenger side of the engine block with blower mounted side ways (on edge) unlike the top mount on a standard 8-71 Jimmie........the blower was direct driven off of a BIG gear drive on the front case of the engine (drive facing to the rear) . The gear drive had a big silent-chain sprocket and the blower had the same size sprocket and they were exactly nose to nose with .005" space face to face and then a 6" wide chain was wrapped around the sprocket and the pin-from-hell had to be threaded through at least 100 links of the chain-from-hell and then a tiny cotter pin secured the pin for another 500,000 mile and then you put a new chain and sprockets on (ya you did have to pull the itty-bitty blower off to change the sprockets).... It seems that the 8-71 blower took about +100 HP at full throttle but it was fast on the acceleration unlike turbo-lag. no intercooler was needed because the large rotors and large housing did not tend to heat the intake charge as turbos did. Driving a full supercharged cummins was a far different beast from a 2 cycle jimmie, if you was too fast on the throttle the quick instant boost could break a u-joint or twist a driveline into a pretzel (don'ask & I won't tell)..... The best part was that unlike a turbo, the 8-71 supercharger was perfectly tuned to the engine at every RPM since the crank and the blower were precision matched to the desired charge and fuel delivery and you did not really need a pyro because the charge pressure was always the same at a given engine speed. The ole girl was a hotrod and could be a bit of fun with a load because she could pull 10 to 12 mile steep grades with no heat problems due to the cool intake charge. Now I am starting to feel geezer again.......pass the adult beverages........prune juice...... Drive on..........(Geezer days.........) 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianF Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 1983 KW chassis has 1.7m + change. Best guess is an engine swap at 1.3m (before I owned it) per Wagner Cat in the Denver area. Damian'83 W900B, 3406B, RTO14615, 355 tandems, '95 Carriage Carriage triple axle reluyog@gmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsnext Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Our "Voyager" Volvo 780 is not taxing the odometer yet. We have 1,188 miles on it. Did we win? LOL David 2016 Volvo VNL780 D13 I-Shift 2016 DRV 44 Houston 2015 Smart Cabriolet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncohauler Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Guess it wouldn't be fair to use the new work truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adept99 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Wow...I didn't realize you could get a digital odometer to roll over. What'd it go up to?? couple'a billion miles??? Wait, what...oh new truck...Sorry Paul & Paula + Daisy the amazing wiggle worm dog... 2001 Volvo 770 Autoshift, Singled, w/ Aluminum Bed - Toy Draggin 2013 395AMP XLR Thunderbolt Toy Hauler 2013 Smart Passion 2012 CanAm Spyder RT 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollytrolley Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Guess it wouldn't be fair to use the new work truck. Eco-Roll........so don't coasting the ole truck down the hill tend the roll the mile-0-meter backwards.......... Too many moons ago when I was gonna get rich as a bird-boy...........I was flying for food scraps out in the middle of the pacific one pitch-black nite with a bunch of freight......when I was starting to doze off now and then........the 'old-geezer (Capt) was stretched out back in the engineers throne watching me taking longer and longer cat-naps..........after a hour or so he bumped into me and I bolted upright and he chuckled and said " Kid ya know we rip 10 hours out of your logbook for every 10 minutes ya sleep at the wheel...........and ya flop this thing into the pond we all lose our logs........ Drive on...........(Eco-roll on.........) 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncohauler Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Eco-Roll........so don't coasting the ole truck down the hill tend the roll the mile-0-meter backwards.......... Too many moons ago when I was gonna get rich as a bird-boy...........I was flying for food scraps out in the middle of the pacific one pitch-black nite with a bunch of freight......when I was starting to doze off now and then........the 'old-geezer (Capt) was stretched out back in the engineers throne watching me taking longer and longer cat-naps..........after a hour or so he bumped into me and I bolted upright and he chuckled and said " Kid ya know we rip 10 hours out of your logbook for every 10 minutes ya sleep at the wheel...........and ya flop this thing into the pond we all lose our logs........ Drive on...........(Eco-roll on.........) They keep a eye on us these days. The truck has sensors that set off a alarm if you drift over the fog line or center line and turn on the dash camera. Some guys hate it But I kind of like it. And we use people net on board log books. To tell the truth I like it also it's a lot easier not having to do the math. The only thing I don't like is that I have to take a 1/2 hour break after 8 hours on duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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