Mark T

Yes, Volvo cab from what I can see. Hard seeing past the piles of snow. From the back though, it's safe to say they're what's replacing the Granite.

Yes the one that the sister met at the door. You may remember her little rhyming greeting 😂 I think she qualifies for " boobage"

Starting ? That's the least of it. Starters are gonna be about the size of a beer can at the rate things are going. Between creature comforts and draw for computer controlled components 24 volts takes on a different use than what it used to.

She made an impression on me, I'm sure you'll see why.

I may be calling it the wrong name, but basically more computing needs more power. Not to be a wise guy, but I think you might be surprised at how many systems and subsystems are actually on these new trucks (it's nuts) There's so much on new stuff, they're shipped with a lot of things in a "dormant" state so as not to drain batteries. Dealers aren't even aware of some of the things that need to be activated when the customer takes delivery of a new piece of equipment ( all $300,000.00 of it ) . In some cases, technitions don't even know what's wrong when the customer comes back complaining. In some cases it turns out just something that wasn't toggled on before delivery. They're not done yet either. They're just gonna get more and more complicated, and support is gonna be worse and worse. You'd fall over if you saw some of the prices for something as simple as what was once a headlight. What was a 30 amp breaker is now 4 processors working in conjunction with 6 other ones.

I still think the higher voltage has something to do with digitalizing signals from one processor to another. If the signal is given a value read in volts or milivolts or whatever, it allows for more signals. Along with everything else that can be done with higher voltage, and advances in batteries. It's crazy stuff guys such as ourselves would never think of (or want to) It's kinda amazing some of the things. For one that they can do it.....and why they would continue to make these things so complex. It's true, a 24 volt system worked great for starting a large motor (something us guys would understand) but it's way way more complicated now.

The Granite replacement is in production. They're in the bullpen at Macungie.

I didn't misunderstand one bit. Volvo might be the first to use this setup, but it's what's coming with all of them. You will be surprised to see how much of a truck becomes more and more dependent on new technology. It'll all be proprietary too. If anything these things have become cheaper to manufacturers.....not end users. There's more systems on newer stuff that was never even thought of not that long ago. Colission avoidance driver monitoring.... goes on and on. These trucks are outpacing the casual mechanic in leaps and bounds.

Going to 24 volts is way more than lights on newer trucks. You're gonna see more stuff being electric on them ( think components like fans and such ) and whatever they are ???? every one of them is going to have it's very own form of ECM. Wouldn't surprise me a bit to see 36 or even 48 volt systems before too long. One thing for sure, there won't be fixing a marker light or some other simple thing with a test light or volt ohm meter like most of us guys are familiar with.

I'd like to have a nurse like that one from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 😏

I think the increase in voltage is more about multiplexing. Wider range of voltage equals more signals that can be sent from processor to processor. So many components now have a module that used to work from an air signal, or some simple form of relay. Way too overcomplicated anymore.

Hope everything goes well. We'll be waiting to hear from ya.

Awwwww someone is jelly

Soros ? FYI you're helping pay for it. You me everyone who lives a productive existence. One way or another these low life leaches get a little piece of everything and funnel it into nonsense.

Read up Jojo. There's no wine come 'n outta that scumbag's winery. Right up there with the learing centers

Think it's served with wine, but it's not available right now.

You won't find a workout like that at Planet Fitness.

😉 they last a long time like that when you don't put them through the paces (and that's a good thing) Back with the dirt bikes..... if you didn't have a Bel Moto 3, you weren't cool.

Those engines (the 60 degree gassers) had some impresive torque numbers and were a simple design. I was referring to that engine when I was in school in the sense they were giving them away back at that point. The only popular thing i remember being in that shop was a 238 Detroit and a John Deere 6 cylinder. Everything else was obsolete. (nobody was donating anything newer or sought after) Still back then everything was still simple and in general the same mechanics even if one make was better than the other.

Be interesting to see the reaction to that clown trying that at a mosque. Not just for one reason either.

Perhaps, but there's a story there that he needs to get out to the public, because he IS a journalist.

Most of those cab overs at the time never had a second life and the torch found them pretty quick when they were done. Not many still around. When I was in VoTech there was a ToroFlow in the shop on a stand. I'm not totally sure, but I think it was a V8. That woulda been close to 1980 and it was donated back then. There wasn't Big Cams or anything like that, so I'm guessing they were kinda useless back then even.

Maybe he can do some investigative reporting on prison a$$ rape. I mean after all he is a world class journalist always searching for truth and real facts.

IDK those 60 degree big V 6s were popular. Even in the early '70s. At that time I had no idea what they were, but they had a distinctive sound and most of those old cab overs you'd see it hanging out if you looked under the cab from behind.

Used to be a company named Lund that made visors. F Model one is gonna be hard to find in 2026.