Neither is supposed to be the heavy truck. I know they are huge, but they are only the medium truck. They can’t handle a real heavy truck’s load. The new heavy trucks are still scheduled to be bought in the near(ish) future.
I think its 5 hours to remove and re-install a Ford super duty cab and it saves about 15 hours vs not removing the cab when doing head gaskets on a 6.0L/6.4L diesel. (I have never done this myself but friends have).
Clearly you did not read it. The article states explicitly that the project was structured in five phases, and outlines what each of them was, including acquisitions of a MilCOTS fleet, followed by acquisition of a SMP fleet..
yeah i read that part
I still like to think of it as the DT-444…
I still run a 7.3L power stroke. I do mobile heavy truck repair with it, It's a 2001 F-550. No DEF, No regens, It just works!
Same engine the only difference is the 7.3L uses a Ford ECM and the T-444E uses an international ECM, everything else is the same. The reason they went to the 6.0L lemon was California said the 7.3L was too loud. The Injectors and HEUI system parts are also common to the DT-466E/530E engines which were also really good engines.
Yep, I spent 10 years maintaining a fleet of 20 of them model years 1982-2002. Great engine, in my time there we only lost one that wasn't because of rotten coolant. After I was finally able to convince the boss to let me change the coolant once in a while I stopped doing overhauls completely. The best part for us was that they did not have enough power to break driveshafts, diffs and transmissions. (farm workers aren't the most gentle on equipment) Farms in the area that ran ex highway trucks were constantly breaking driveshafts in mud holes.
What are you defining as a real heavy trucks load. We ran MLVW and HLVWs for my time in the Military and neither of those were considered heavy truck. They were Medium Logistics vehicle which is the bulk of our fleet. There were some highway tractors/ off-road capable trucks used for specialty hauling. But the majority of our work was done by those two trucks. I can guess the majority of our work now will be done by the Mack and the Navstar trucks. Highway trucks/ tank haulers being specialized enough that they will be low number procurement. Honestly if the government ever got in the real need for truck heavy haul trucks they can buy and or rent them from the Oilfield out west. Lots of heavy transports with all kinds of configurations that would haul just about anything around.
The HL was pressed into service doing ML roles as the ML’s where clapped out and not replaced properly (shocker).
No the HL was a Heavy Logistics vehicle. It just was used too often in the medium role as the ML’s where toast. Albeit the HL had replaced the old 5 ton.
In true CAF fashion the new trucks will get destroyed trying to fill in for HL roles, and the cycle will continue.
My response was in relation to McG's words. Thanks for the information.
Agreed -- I think the definitions of Heavy versus Medium keep changing over the years due to the ability of manufacturers to make more capable systems...
Key being will, and a supportive market.
Pennies on the dollar, that's funny. They bought the Certificates from Bombardier who couldn't make it work. Viking Air has been involved in the Canadian rebirth of DE Havilland since I was kid, Finally they have the rights to it all. Which is awesome.
They should be on the bid list, politics at its best. Kenworth has their C500 series which would put Mack to shame. Again politics at it best.
They didn't even show up. Paccar doesn't have Milspec model. It costs tons of money to have a military complaint model.
