Red Horse Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Young friend of mine is about to pull trigger on subject CH. 560,000 miles-looks good excellent rubber, airbags. Kid is a civil contractor and he is tired of paying big bucks everytime he moves his equipment so he thinks he is going to save money getting this and a 35 ton trailer. His biggest piece is a 320 Cat. I've tried to talk him out of it as I say-"hire out what you can and invest in revenue generating equipment" but he has this idea in his head-will also end up with a trailer dump too. Says this 485 is last of "mechanicals"- any opinions? He had a guy look at it who said it needs exhaust manifold and brakes. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts-4120 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 a 460p of that year would be 480hp highest hp available from the factory its not mechanical at all has egr and a vgt turbo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 16 minutes ago, bts-4120 said: a 460p of that year would be 480hp highest hp available from the factory its not mechanical at all has egr and a vgt turbo Thx-and what is the reputation of this motor? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts-4120 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 about as good as any motor with a egr and vgt turbo it'll be better than a 2004 for sure but turbos was a problem and egr can stop up or crack Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 2 hours ago, bts-4120 said: about as good as any motor with a egr and vgt turbo it'll be better than a 2004 for sure but turbos was a problem and egr can stop up or crack Thx for response. this thing will not get beat-although while he is buying to pull low boy, he then talks about buying a dump too-hopefully he will use it for his needs and not try to hire it out with a full time driver. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts-4120 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 560k truck I wouldn't be scared to put it on a run. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 If he is doing working for state or municipal his DOT # must clean of all violation if not he will not be awarded the job unless he puts in a different DOT # like everybody in Conn does butt there is another truck s on crags list just punch in mack with a lot lesss work. Quote Ed Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 2 hours ago, blackdog2 said: If he is doing working for state or municipal his DOT # must clean of all violation if not he will not be awarded the job unless he puts in a different DOT # like everybody in Conn does butt there is another truck s on crags list just punch in mack with a lot lesss work. EJ-no state work-he pretty much is into site developement for builders-I also got him into the oil patch doing dike reconstruction. so what do you think of that motor? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47463-2007-ch-485hp-8-ll-44-rears/#findComment-350244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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