Posted by Billy NY on January 02, 2019 at 19:00:55 from (74.70.73.136):
In Reply to: Screamin' Detroits posted by Dean on January 02, 2019 at 11:31:06:
We had an '80 GMC Astro in'83, not very old or high mileage, 8V 92 & 13 speed road ranger. I went to Florida and back with it, hauled a big generator down, brought a load of pressure treated lumber back. Nothing really stood out to me good or bad, memory fades now, but so many trucks, buses and or large boats had them, all loud and liked to leak oil. Just a common family of engines, even those darned TS 14 Euclid/Terex scrapers we ran had them, I did like 627 Cat's better.
I ran a mid 60's Ford 850 tandem dump with a 318 and Allison trans, that thing was pretty snappy, never seen a dump body raise as fast at this one. Worst thing I can remember is somehow getting out of the cab and hitting my head so hard on the top of the door opening, it knocked me right out, like getting hit in the head with a lead pipe. I laid there by myself on this job site for quite awhile, that Detroit still idling, felt awful when I came too. I quit for the day, found out later it was a concussion. Loved that style of truck, just a small cab. Most were 5x4 with those big ole gas engines, but this was the diesel version, not many of those around.
Funny how you rarely hear them anymore, only time I can recall is the diesel shop owner restored an L9000 tandem dump with a 13 speed, used to like hearing him take it home from the shop, or the military tracked vehicle, one of his associates would run down the road here on occasion, makes me look over the hill to see whatever it is when I hear one of these. Sometimes an old firetruck will come by, seemed like all the firetrucks and city buses had detroits.
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