Man anything slows down when its loaded to the hilt pulling a grade. I haven't ridden in a single Mack, Peterbuilt or Kenworth dump truck that doesn't slow down pulling a grade with a full load of dirt, rock or what have ya in the back. I see yours is a NA motor too, that there is where they made their mistake. IH was always afraid of turbocharging these motors. But when you get down to it they should have. These motors would have probably stayed around allot longer had they done so. IH didn't even like it when Ford put turbos on them for a half year run. You should seriously consider putting a turbo on that.![]()
Man anything slows down when its loaded to the hilt pulling a grade. I haven't ridden in a single Mack, Peterbuilt or Kenworth dump truck that doesn't slow down pulling a grade with a full load of dirt, rock or what have ya in the back. I see yours is a NA motor too, that there is where they made their mistake. IH was always afraid of turbocharging these motors. But when you get down to it they should have. These motors would have probably stayed around allot longer had they done so. IH didn't even like it when Ford put turbos on them for a half year run. You should seriously consider putting a turbo on that.![]()
Nice truck.
But...
You're kidding right?![]()
Man you've got something seriously wrong with that thing if it isn't pulling any load that thing can fit in its box. I don't hang my hat on my trucks all being nice, allot of them are worn out and ready to be rebuilt, but I've still worked em hard. My low mile '83 F250 hauled 24,000lb+ loads of hay almost every day for years before I bought it from the previous owner!
Heck, last year we hauled TWO old Camaro's on our 40ft flatbed hooked behind my moms 94 CC. Which had an engine running on 7 cylinders, overheating most of the way, plagued with low oil pressure readings, loaded with 4 grown adults, our luggage, 1,200lbs in tools, 150 gallons of extra fuel, hauling the 40 footer with two 3600lb cars, all the while dragging a trailer with 2 trailer brakes dragging all the way. Pulled through like a champ IMO. The 0 oil pressure readings and over heating bothered us a bit but she kept a cruising like a freight train all the way home after we'd figured the oil gauge wasnt reading correctly.
So don't tell me an IDI isn't up to the task of heavy hauling.![]()
Probably won't spend the money on this truck, but a turbo would be nice for it. If this motor ever craps out on me, the truck might get a DT466. Or I might just say the heck with it and get something a little bigger. However this truck is in amazine shape for having 292k on it and the motor does run very nicely.
the DT 466 is nothing impressive in stock form either and thats already turbo'd