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    04-24-2012 06:55 PM #141
    Quote Originally Posted by Martinsite View Post
    What you are showing might be a custom job, but if I found a W300 for sale I would buy it no questions asked and I would put many people in shallow graves to get a clean 4x4 W300.

    I am pretty sure the fuel economy of the W300 wasn't bad, they had little 4 cyl detroit diesels in them. Think of it as a 70's F-350 with a diesel.
    We have a T470 parked out in the truck line that's 4x4 with a FEPTO attachment in the front bumper. Right now it has an aluminum flat bed with tool boxes on the back but every time I walk by that truck I dream of building it out like an RV and using it for an adventure camper.
    Lately I have been testing "tip-in events". Just the tip-in. Just to see how it feels. Response time is typically on the order of 2-3 seconds. Sometimes the injection timing is a little off...

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    04-24-2012 07:14 PM #142


    go to 5min30




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    04-24-2012 09:56 PM #143
    Few more.









    and one of the first Cat CT's in Ontario I think.

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    04-24-2012 10:42 PM #144
    IVECO from the Dakkar rally




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    04-25-2012 09:49 AM #145
    I can't believe we these were not posted yet.....

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    04-25-2012 10:52 AM #146
    Quote Originally Posted by AJB View Post
    I can't believe we these were not posted yet.....
    you forgot these








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    04-25-2012 10:56 AM #147
    Quote Originally Posted by manol2 View Post
    IVECO from the Dakkar rally



    Those are weak. These are where it's at




  8. 04-25-2012 11:08 AM #148
    Quote Originally Posted by Jason4 View Post
    If they let you operate the excavators then I think you get the more fun end of things...

    I've chuckled with my colleagues about the NaviCat, it's funny that the company that pulled out of the on-highway engine market has started to build an on-highway chassis with another engine in it. I understand that Navistar has licensed/bought/shares some of the Cat engine technology but on the surface it still seems ironic. And who was on the marketing team that came up with CT660? What's next the CT680, CT700, and CT800? It's a neat looking truck and it will be interesting to see how drivers like them. I've had a chance to climb around one, sit inside, pop the hood, etc.
    I guess the best way to get into the on-highway chassis market is to steal/piggy-back on the marketing of others. I lost repect for CAT when they did that and I use to really like their products - not so much the CT660 though - looks like the design engineers went home early and were drinking on the job.

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    04-25-2012 12:02 PM #149
    Quote Originally Posted by GermaniuM View Post
    Those are weak. These are where it's at



    I wouldn't call them weak - IVECO won this year

    How about the baddest of them all - the DAF Turbotwin



    And some Tatra:




  10. 04-25-2012 12:49 PM #150
    Quote Originally Posted by Jason4 View Post
    We have a T470 parked out in the truck line that's 4x4 with a FEPTO attachment in the front bumper. Right now it has an aluminum flat bed with tool boxes on the back but every time I walk by that truck I dream of building it out like an RV and using it for an adventure camper.
    T-470 is cool, but there is just something really cool about an OEM class 3 truck that is made by a heavy duty truck manufacturer.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jason4 View Post
    If they let you operate the excavators then I think you get the more fun end of things...

    I've chuckled with my colleagues about the NaviCat, it's funny that the company that pulled out of the on-highway engine market has started to build an on-highway chassis with another engine in it. I understand that Navistar has licensed/bought/shares some of the Cat engine technology but on the surface it still seems ironic. And who was on the marketing team that came up with CT660? What's next the CT680, CT700, and CT800? It's a neat looking truck and it will be interesting to see how drivers like them. I've had a chance to climb around one, sit inside, pop the hood, etc.

    Quote Originally Posted by dieselfan12 View Post
    I guess the best way to get into the on-highway chassis market is to steal/piggy-back on the marketing of others. I lost repect for CAT when they did that and I use to really like their products - not so much the CT660 though - looks like the design engineers went home early and were drinking on the job.
    My favorite part is the company that said “we don’t need any stinking EGR” teamed up with “all you need is EGR”, painted an international engine yellow and called it a joint venture.

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    04-26-2012 01:54 PM #153
    Quote Originally Posted by LG6R View Post
    This one is iconic to me. If you say "Mack Truck" to me, funny enough, this is the image that pops into my head and it's a Kenworth...

    Also, original Optimus Prime.
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    04-26-2012 05:58 PM #154
    original Optimus was a cab over.

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    04-27-2012 07:05 AM #155
    Quote Originally Posted by crisvr6 View Post

    Theres a couple of YouTube vids with that. MB used it to pick up people who ordered a cab at the MAN factory.
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    04-27-2012 11:06 AM #156
    Quote Originally Posted by Woodski View Post
    original Optimus was a cab over.
    and a freightliner at that...

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    04-27-2012 12:28 PM #157
    Quote Originally Posted by DUTCHMANia View Post
    Theres a couple of YouTube vids with that. MB used it to pick up people who ordered a cab at the MAN factory.
    yes i saw that

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    04-27-2012 01:06 PM #159
    Quote Originally Posted by DUTCHMANia View Post
    Theres a couple of YouTube vids with that. MB used it to pick up people who ordered a cab at the MAN factory.
    thats awesome
    and its even painted taxi beige hah

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    04-27-2012 02:03 PM #160
    Quote Originally Posted by ValveCoverGasket View Post
    and a freightliner at that...
    Quote Originally Posted by ValveCoverGasket View Post
    thats awesome
    and its even painted taxi beige hah
    Freightliner fanboi...
    Lately I have been testing "tip-in events". Just the tip-in. Just to see how it feels. Response time is typically on the order of 2-3 seconds. Sometimes the injection timing is a little off...

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    04-27-2012 03:33 PM #163
    Quote Originally Posted by Jason4 View Post
    Freightliner Mercedes fanboi...
    fixed

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    04-28-2012 12:32 PM #164
    Heavy haul trucks.



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    04-28-2012 08:16 PM #166
    Quote Originally Posted by Woodski View Post
    original Optimus was a cab over.
    Oh ****, that's right. I think I was thinking of...

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    05-01-2012 07:37 AM #168


    i think that's a pretty cool ride considering the driver/owner is 19
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    05-03-2012 10:58 AM #170
    This guy has visited our warehouse and the manager has pictures of it:






    Every single name of every person who died is on that truck.

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    05-03-2012 12:37 PM #171
    Had a picture book of this 'Super Boss' when i was a kid




    Found these looking for the above





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    06-08-2012 02:42 PM #174
    Quote Originally Posted by crisvr6 View Post

    I had this on a poster when I was 6 and it's still one of my all-time favs 25 years later

    Beautiful truck
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    06-08-2012 03:08 PM #175
    the video doesn't do this thing justice. one of the most badass trucks I've ever come across.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4lwt...e_gdata_player
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