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47 minutes ago, Bigdogtrucker said:

Wonder how differently the two 170HP engines pulled?

Diesel was 170 h.p. @ 2100 rpm and 480 foot pounds of  torque @ 1200 rpm

Gas was 170 @ 2100 rpm and 355  foot pounds of torque @ 1000 rpm

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my dad had a B60S with 454 @170 5 sppeed main 8031C A  box and 8.15 rears his friend had a B61S different main same 8031C A box and 8.15 rears both with 10:00 22 tires.on the same hill going back M/T dad could keep ahead of the B61 because of rpm's. Both trucks had same size trailer and bunks.

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3 hours ago, mowerman said:

170 sounds like a diesel nice lookin rig like to have one now what are you fellows wouldn't know it but around the Bay Area in California Allied Van Lines used to run a lot of them in the eighties

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 I have seen the ones you are talking about . there was one still painted allied colors sitting at one of our agents warehouse`s in oxnard as recent as 2008

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