Posted by The tractor vet on December 05, 2020 at 08:06:58 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: Re: v8 farm tractors? posted by Moresmoke on December 05, 2020 at 06:07:18:
Ah the 3408 Scatterpiller the ledgen . Remember them well and the great battle between HOG HEAD , Slow Poke and Blue Ghost . Two 1977 I H 4300 Eagles pulling coal buckets that ran together against the River Rat crew of five 1978 I H 4300 Eagles that started off with 8 V92 475 Hp against the two 77's with NTC small cams at the Salt mine in Cleveland O. one evening . The five river rats as we called then had never been to the bright lights and big city and with the maze of streets and roads did not know how to get the hello out of Dodge . So Slow Poke and i said that we would lead them out of the area as we were all going to the same salt shed . We lead them up and out of the salt mine around all the detoures and up on to I 77 and down to 480 when Hog Head now said he knew where he was at . Mike and i took it easy lading them all out and as we made the swing on to the get on ramp of 480 we gave out LITTLE OLD NTC 350 Small Crammers there head and up the hill we went GAINING speed up the hill and across the bridge . Every truck that came off the scales at Whiskey Island was 80000 , yea light for us . Mike and i were GONE across 480 on to 271 down to 14 and down to 76 across 76 to Rt 11 and south bound to Rt 7 and on to St. Clairsville to the salt shed . Dumped our loads and was headed back up to Stubenville and out 22 to Cadiz to load coal for morning We meet Hog Head and company just before we got off on 22 west bound . He was ticked NOBODY ran away from his truck . Well we did . Story has it that when they got unloaded the whole crew of them spent the night at Western Branch Diesel getting there trucks worked on . Next afternoon mike and i were back at the salt mine loading salt for Franklin county down by Columbus and once again Hog head and company shows up and loads for Franklin County as he wants a rematch So Miike and i wait on him and his crew and lead them out down West 25th st to I 71 and the battle begins . We got out just ahead of rush hour and we all stayed together till the big hill south of the turn pike and once again that was the last time Mike and i saw the river rats till we had dumped and was headed back north . Once Again Hog Head was mad . Mike and i did not see the river rats for a couple months . One afternoon i had loaded a load of C F C salt headed for Il. and Mike was headed for mid state In. with a load of C F C salt and as i opend the door to my truck after getting my bills i hear HEY GHOST and i answer and i hear ready for a rematch your NOT going to run away from me now . I start looking over the long line of trucks and i do not see his I H 4300 anywhere but i see his other trucks But there is this NEW 79 long nose freightliner . He bought a new truck from out west with a 3408 Cat with a 6 and 4 trans set up . He was going to Franklin County . Well Mike and i were going to be going down I 71 also . Once again all trucks had 80k so weights were the same give or take a couple hundred . and once again the little old NTC 350 Small cammers plum knocked the big bad V 8's socks in the creek . NEVER ever meet a V 8 that would run with a well tuned inline . Hog Head and i had a few more run in's and all with the same endings. Ohio Cat did everything they were allowed to do and a bit more tryen to get it to run.
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