NA IDI Towing Test

[Enginerd]

Well it did great! That's one beast of a backhoe. I actually did the low range up to 4th, slowed near the top of the hill to about 15 and was able to get it back to high range. It gave some noise but went. I don't think I would recommend doing that except in circumstances like pulling 33,000 pounds and a 40 ft trailer across traffic onto a narrow highway...
Anyways. I was very impressed with how well the truck towed. I ran it on the governor the whole 12 miles pretty much. Came out of the turns and made the little inclines with good power. Sounded so good too. I averaged between 35 and 40 just because all the curves, but I have no doubt I could have run 60 or more with no problem. It actually got up to speed much quicker than I thought. I got super lucky and even hit the only light when it was green.
I'd like to put together a video tomorrow or Saturday and post it to YouTube. This Detroit is LOUD LOUD LOUD

 

[Dane Rickford]

Well it did great! That's one beast of a backhoe. I actually did the low range up to 4th, slowed near the top of the hill to about 15 and was able to get it back to high range. It gave some noise but went. I don't think I would recommend doing that except in circumstances like pulling 33,000 pounds and a 40 ft trailer across traffic onto a narrow highway...
Anyways. I was very impressed with how well the truck towed. I ran it on the governor the whole 12 miles pretty much. Came out of the turns and made the little inclines with good power. Sounded so good too. I averaged between 35 and 40 just because all the curves, but I have no doubt I could have run 60 or more with no problem. It actually got up to speed much quicker than I thought. I got super lucky and even hit the only light when it was green.
I'd like to put together a video tomorrow or Saturday and post it to YouTube. This Detroit is LOUD LOUD LOUD

The beauty of these old dinosaurs is that, from my experience, the harder you work them the happier they are!

 

[chris142]

Your truck weighs a lot more than 6k. Likely more like 8-9k

 

[chillman88]

Your truck weighs a lot more than 6k. Likely more like 8-9k

I was pretty impressed that my crew cab dually only weighs in around 7500 with my wife and I both in it!

 

[IDIBRONCO]

I was pretty impressed that my crew cab dually only weighs in around 7500 with my wife and I both in it!

You must not have stopped for the Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's.

 

[chillman88]

You must not have stopped for the Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's.

Mmmmm

Nope but now thanks to you I'm sad they're closed

We're loaded for a dump run tomorrow. If they give us a weight slip I'll chime in. There's more junk in the back seat than there was last time

 

[Scotty4]

Everytime on the scales (remodeling made 10 dump runs) she was right at 6740 +/- 10lbs depending on my food/drink intake at the time.

 

[nelstomlinson]

This Detroit is LOUD LOUD LOUD

The old two-cycle Detroits were uniquely efficient at turning diesel into decibels.

 

[chillman88]

We're loaded for a dump run tomorrow. If they give us a weight slip I'll chime in.

I shared it in another thread but in case you were curious and didn't see it...

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[Blue94]

My 94 NA single wheel CCLB 4wd in the sig weighs at around 7k +/- 50 lbs everytime. 33k gross is a heck of a load. The heaviest I have ever been was 22.5k gross hauling a 30' grain bin 100 miles to the house. I could feel the heat off of the transmission tunnel, I have 2 cummins trucks with nv4500s in them, I definitely prefer the manual transmission for towing. I love the old idi power plant tho. Glad you made it safe.

 

[Selahdoor]

Well it did great! That's one beast of a backhoe. I actually did the low range up to 4th, slowed near the top of the hill to about 15 and was able to get it back to high range. It gave some noise but went. I don't think I would recommend doing that except in circumstances like pulling 33,000 pounds and a 40 ft trailer across traffic onto a narrow highway...
Anyways. I was very impressed with how well the truck towed. I ran it on the governor the whole 12 miles pretty much. Came out of the turns and made the little inclines with good power. Sounded so good too. I averaged between 35 and 40 just because all the curves, but I have no doubt I could have run 60 or more with no problem. It actually got up to speed much quicker than I thought. I got super lucky and even hit the only light when it was green.
I'd like to put together a video tomorrow or Saturday and post it to YouTube. This Detroit is LOUD LOUD LOUD

Looking forward to that video!!!

 

[Enginerd]

Looking forward to that video!!!

Haha I'll have it done soon enough! I've been trying to make a good clean video. Had to get some videos from my wife, dad's, and friend's phones to compile with mine.
It's coming! In the meanwhile, you can listen to the Cherry Bomb Salute muffler (dual 2.5" in, 3" out, with 3.5" tip) as I pulled the trailer back to the kind friend that let me borrow it. Grossing 17,000 pounds (based on what I found for the trailer weight online) with truck and 40' gooseneck.

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[Enginerd]

My 94 NA single wheel CCLB 4wd in the sig weighs at around 7k +/- 50 lbs everytime. 33k gross is a heck of a load. The heaviest I have ever been was 22.5k gross hauling a 30' grain bin 100 miles to the house. I could feel the heat off of the transmission tunnel, I have 2 cummins trucks with nv4500s in them, I definitely prefer the manual transmission for towing. I love the old idi power plant tho. Glad you made it safe.

If your truck is 7k, mine should pretty much be 7k. I haven't built boxes into my flatbed (yet), and it's srw. Plus I should be 100 pounds lighter with the zf5 vs e4od.
Everything stayed cool! Peak temps were 195 on the coolant and I let it hit 1,000 on the EGTs once coming out of a turn. One day I'll have an oil temp gauge too.

 

[Enginerd]

Here's the video

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[saburai]

Very cool