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Thank you for your in depth explanation. I respect and appreciate your knowledge and first hand experience. Up here, even just pulling a lead without the pup, still yields a handsome payday. Maybe not as much as trains, but you’re not putting near the strain on components, in my mind thinking long term saves money in the end because you’re not working a truck to its screaming limits. I’m not exactly planning on pulling trains, maybe just a lead. It’s more or less a fail safe if I have no other option. I got the dump truck just about wrapped up. And in a couple months I plan on getting a tractor. Mack of course. Just trying to decipher which route to go, instead of purchasing a dry van hauler and being limited to 80k when most work in the mitten surely exceeds that. It’d probably be smarter to look towards an occasional 120-140k lbs MAX truck to get going. Just trying to safely get a versatile unit to play it safe. Everything up here is heavier

I have no problem with it. When you're fighting ruthless cartels and corrupt Latin American governments, the traditional rules of engagement go out the window. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html

I made my living with 30+ year old trucks. I don't think that is really the biggest issue. Once you get much above 120K lbs it gets hard on driveline components, Yoke spread, U joint needles wear into the hard surface, etc. problem gets worse when you don't have enough power to get up near 1:1 ratio out of the transmission. Rear axles are fairly robust, but the transmission is the weak link. Having to spend all the time with the transmission in reduction, will put a lot of heat into the oil. You can somewhat offset these issue by have a low enough rear ratio so at highway speed you are at the redline. OR, two speed rears so you move some of the torque multiplication back so the driveline doesn't carry all the torque load. There is some evidence that with single reduction rear axles when the you go slow ratios, there is less gear contact with the fewer teeth on the pinion then when faster ratios are used, making them weaker. 2 spd or double reduction help here. In reality operator will make the biggest difference. That includes "rating" of the components. You did say 350 hp, so that what I was commenting on. If I were spec'ing with 30 year old spec's to pull that kind of weight all the time, I would spec 2 spd rears, carefully choosing the ratio to work with the transmission and engine. So likely a 13 speed underdrive and 2 speed rear axle, or may be a Spicer box up front. 400hp mechanical turned up slightly, larger than "normal" radiator. These are not normal highway specs for a Super liner or really any truck. The Mich trains pullers were not "regular" tractors. I didn't pull 160K day in day out 5-6 days a week. I was up in that range very rarely, and it took its toll on components.

sorry should have clarified to start. No it’s an Australian truck, we never got the EGR and VGT version over here I don’t think, also never got much of aftermarket gear either hence why I was thinking bout the bigger standard injectors. It’s good on the flat country but once we get up in the hills around eastern Victora just that little extra might save me going back into the bottom box. Defiantly just CCRS

I did see a superliner with an n14 in it out west.

I could definitely see that being the case. The r model alone is a parts hunt let alone a truck made in significantly less quantities. There seems to be quite a few semi-local cl700s cat, x15, and e7 powered. Parts availability theoretically would be more viable, yes?

The newest superliner is 33 years old. It sounds good in theory but the chances of a superliner pulling those weights reliably is questionable. Not to mention when something does break you could potentially be spending crazy amounts of downtime chasing parts. A lot of parts for these old dogs are getting scarce or NLA. IMO it’s a bad idea to pursue.

So... to solve any confusion.. a picture of the right side of the engine will define what he has.. valve cover data plate wouldnt hurt either..

I say no, and I have experience at those weights. 400hp min if you are looking for highway operation. Yes, it will move it but not be able to keep up to today's high way. If you are talking 45mph speed limits, possibly. 120K lbs,sure, but if you are talking pulling trains, you need more than that. I did a few 160-170K loads, I was over 400hp and had a 13 spd, and yes, I could get over 65 MPH with enough straight road, but that was rare.

Yes, but he posted CCRS.. not ASET CEGR

Ch will be vGT me thinks!

Just for kicks, pull the hose off the intake EGR pipe and put a metal plug inside the hose and put it back on and try it. I have found plugs a couple of times in that hose. Of course i was trying to fix it because it had fault codes and other issue's.. you may get lucky.

Good evening folks. In the upcoming months, I am going to be in the market to purchase a super dog. I’m going on the lower end of commonly spec’d trucks, and am inquiring to those who’ve actually pulled with these trucks. 350/Mack 12, 44k rears As many of you know, Michigan legal weights can be up over 160k lbs. Will that combo do it? Obviously no it’s not a race winner but basic and bulletproof combo is the end game. “Michigan Special” trucks get thrown around daily here, but I’m curious as if a “Superdog” spec’d would do the job. Not going for speed. More of a reliability standpoint. Thank you all, and I look forward to your input!

Pretty much what I was thinking it wasn’t drawing enough attention. They had to come up with something else.even Epstein files and presidents health disappeared wow

The news cycle has moved on to Iran, Greenland, and Jerome Powell’s replacement

You know I’ve been looking all over front page Google news on my computer and I can’t find one single thing about that shooting except for one little thing at the very bottom that was two days old. That’s just really weird…. Bob

The 5% want market and GDP growth. In a country with stagnated fertility and declining birth rates immigration helps. The 95% want wage growth. Immigration hurts.

I struggle with the far left and the George Soros funded psycho's that have no concern for the foundation of the United States. These losers have been told they can destroy other's American Dreams by burning them down for example, all the time yelling about their freedom and their ability to prosper here, as some kind of freak , for lack of a better word...

Yes !!

Hah, this world is crazy aint it Joey!

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04' ? So you dont have the big VGT turbo and the EGR crossover pipe ?

I saw this earlier and kinda chuckled. Its more than likely just someone stirring the pot and playing with photoshop, but with what behavior I witnessed on multiple videos of that incident I would absolutely not be surprised if that record was legit. Regardless, by now I dont think a person would or could find any real data on her even if they really wanted too. That info has probably been scrubbed an hour after the media found out she was killed. They will now paint her as a hero and give her the same honorary treatment they have George Floyd and his golden casket.

Please cite the source(s).