Exhaust stack and air flow ?

[1965LONEWOLF]

Have 5" chrome stacks and they are about flush with the cab,problem is when i am towing my antique tractor on the trailer behind me it get alot of soot on it and if its raining ,its even worse, so my question is if i raise the stacks up will it help at all or it won't because at 75 mph it doesn't matter because once it exits the stack it going to get on the tractor anyway /

 

[MChrist]

I wonder if it would help to put those "longhorn" extensions on your stacks? They have about a 45 degree bend, then continue out about 18". That may get the soot out of the flow enough.

 

[cerberusiam]

Bull haulers and even then its not going to stop it all.



Only way to stop it is take off stacks and run exhaust out back into a turn down.

 

[MChrist]

... but that's no fun...

 

[Wingate]

how about a cutout type system that when activated, it runs the exhaust thru a under chassis mounted pipe????

 

[cerberusiam]

... but that's no fun...

Fun is relative. :-laf



Soot, no soot. Washy trailer all the time, no washy. All depends on how you want to spend your time.



Stacks equal noisy PITA at times.

 

[MChrist]

I'm of the "no stack clan". I do like the suggestion by Wingate, however. I've seen slow acting electric exhaust cutouts for street cars, and instant cutouts for marine applications that use solenoids. It wouldn't be too hard to rig something up. If it were me, I'd run the rear pipe through a nice quiet muffler, that way you could have your cake and eat it too. Loud and in your face, then quiet at a flip of a switch.
There may even be manually activated cutout valves on the market, too.

 

[timelessconstructionllc]

I've got 48" bullhaulers. They stick up about 16" aboove the cab and are turned out and back. I've never noticed any soot on my trailer or the bed of the truck and its not because of a lack id rollin coal

 

[1965LONEWOLF]

Maybe i'l look for taller stack's,wher did you get your bullhorns ?

 

[timelessconstructionllc]

lonewolf, i can't remember right off the top of my head. i will see if i can find the email from the order and get back to you.