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10 yrs or so ago Stan told me that it was like putting lipstick on a pig.

My 2001 was a stable platform but underpowered with the DT530 pulling 22.5k Travel Supreme.

The truck as he said was old tech.

Wind noise....I threw a bunch of money at it to try to improve things.

Carpet, upholstered seats, insulated door panels.... Still noisy and underpowered.

Got rid of it.

Have the Volvo and never looked back.

I've just put on over 3500 miles in a week with this thing. Some bumps but not as bad as the old 4700

IH does not GET IT re Rv haulers. Freightliner does. But spendy.

Hope that helps

 

Roger

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Add up all the pros & cons of the IH vs (whatever) you'd move to. If you put in seats, save the old ones. Nobody is going to pay an extra buck if they are in there when you sell it

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I have four new air ride seats in it, but I also have two new BOSE at the house.

 

Anyone want to buy two Bose Seats?

What color are they?

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10 yrs or so ago Stan told me that it was like putting lipstick on a pig.

My 2001 was a stable platform but underpowered with the DT530 pulling 22.5k Travel Supreme.

The truck as he said was old tech.

Wind noise....I threw a bunch of money at it to try to improve things.

Carpet, upholstered seats, insulated door panels.... Still noisy and underpowered.

Got rid of it.

Have the Volvo and never looked back.

I've just put on over 3500 miles in a week with this thing. Some bumps but not as bad as the old 4700

IH does not GET IT re Rv haulers. Freightliner does. But spendy.

Hope that helps

 

Roger

Mine has all the upgrades you mentioned but working on the under powered part now.

"If you can not measure it, you can not improve it."

 Lord Kelvin

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Does anyone have the BOSE seats? How do you like them ? Would it be like putting pearls on a pig by installing them in my International 4900? To sale or install is the big question?

 

I ordered the Bose seats when I ordered the truck. They are great seats and would order them again if spec'ing a new truck.

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Now if only my DW will loosen the purse strings a little (um, I guess a little more with the new trailer on the way).

2000 Kenworth T2000 w/ Cummins N14 and autoshift
2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard
2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan
2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage)
2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage)
My First Solar Install Thread
My Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the build
My MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet!

chadheiser.com      West Coast HDT Rally Website

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Chad.....you can get the Bose seats! The truck goes with them. :)

I'm still waiting for you to give the word. I am first in line after all. ;)

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2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard
2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan
2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage)
2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage)
My First Solar Install Thread
My Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the build
My MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet!

chadheiser.com      West Coast HDT Rally Website

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3 hours ago, forxlr8n said:

I'm going to turn loose of them. Is there any intrest here?

I may be interested in one, if it is a direct bolt in for my 2001 Volvo. Pictures? Price? Location? Delivery? 

 

Rod

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On ‎2017‎-‎01‎-‎17 at 6:08 AM, forxlr8n said:

Mine has all the upgrades you mentioned but working on the under powered part now.

Went thru that too but if you have the same engine as I did, you cant' pull more out of it unless you change the pistons.  This as per Stan a dozen years ago.  Current ones will be aluminum, you need forged.  He also mentioned  floating the valves.  He did say some had installed a Propane injection system.

I also changed the shift points on the trans.

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8 hours ago, forxlr8n said:

I'm going to turn loose of them. Is there any intrest here?

We might be interested in both of them.  Please pm the price and location.

John

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We are not going to be getting the seats, though Forxl8rn is a great guy to deal with and the seats will be a great buy for someone else.

John

Southern Nevada

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