200,000 miles to no-where and Two Phils

[JGrefenstette]

dieselman359,

do you have a tach? if so, about how many rpms are you running at close to 80? also what transmission do you have/rear end gears? my truck @ 65mph is at bout 1800-1900rpms. i have the getrag with 3. 56 rear. i also have 35 inch tires.

 

[Philip]

Thats Dieselman's virgin truck. It is a stick with 3:54's



His other one should be turning 400K pretty soon.

 

[Greenleaf]

He has the gear venor OD. I looked at it through the hatch on the flat bed.

 

[JGrefenstette]

that makes a little more sense

whats a safe cruzing rpm for a few hours? is 2k too much? not to steal the thread, just a quick question.

 

[Philip]

2k crusie RPM is not a problem. Most of my trips home are 12 hours one way. I run 2K all the way. My truck has 3:07's in it. So I am above the posted speed limit most of the way.

 

[JGrefenstette]

ok thanks, i assume much more than 2k would be a little harder on the motor for more than an hour or so?

 

[JLEONARD]

assume much more than 2k would be a little harder on the motor for more than an hour or so

Shouldn't be a problem. I run over that often. Boats run over that... I once ran my boat's 6bta at 2300 for 13 hours straight..... not an issue, well within Cummins guidlines.

 

[Jgolden]

Hey, this thread was more laffs than I have had in a while. P Toombs seems to be almost speechless.

Thanks

 

[PToombs]

I gotta give the other guys a break every now and then! :-laf

 

[Dieselman359]

Thanks guys for bringing JGrefenstette up to speed. With the GV and 3. 54's my truck turns about 1800rpm @ 80mph. Your right Pete, I guess that I ran outa steam. No Philip, the old truck has about 317K on it, I don't get a chance to drive it much. The other week after it sat for a while I turned the key, cycled the heater and it turned over about a 1/4 turn, battery dead. Put the charger on, drove to town, parked on a hill, just in case, fired right up.

 

[tugboatphil]

Ditto what Jay said about high RPMs and long hours. We ran the Detroits on our landing craft for almost 24 hours straight, at about 2200 RPM, on a Caribbean transit. It was idling for long periods that messed them up.

 

[mysteryman]

Hmmmm????

This could be serious! I had over looked this aspect of the issue... I think I have 9 first gens, 1 4BT bread van And an 89 VW Jetta VE pump equipped diesel

in my drive way/ cement front yard... I guess that leaves me a Power redneck??? LOL...



I think had better sell a few trucks before I buy any more . .

Anytime there are four or more 1st Gens in da same drive way... ... ... ... .



... ... ..... You just might be a red neck.

 

[SRath]

My dispatcher is from Tennessee and I always tell him "If your alma mater fight song is traditionally played on a banjo, you might be a redneck... " So you have a couple things going for you!:-laf

 

[Greenleaf]

I play the banjo!



Yikes!

 

[tugboatphil]

Ummm, Scott. You OWN a banjo. I think the term "play" is still stretching it a bit. Just sayin. :-laf

 

[RDHamill]

dash board

I would expect that there are many members that could show us some really high odometer numbers.

Mine are kms, so multipy by 60% for "miles"

 

[Greenleaf]

Ummmm,,,,,,Phil.



You know them parts you'd like me to install onto your truck; Front shocks,Ball joints,Springs etc?



They may not be... ..... just sayin.

 

[tugboatphil]

Scott,

Did I ever mention what a great musician you are?? I'm talking Roy Clark good! (yes, I know this looks like groveling... . because it is!)

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

Greenleaf, it's eerie how much your truck looks like mine... I mean, if you added stacks, a good amount of dents and dings and a little cancer under the doors... but hey, exact same color scheme, extended cab long bed 4x4. I've never actually seen another one that matches mine. Anyway, nice truck.

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

I turn 200,000 last year. Now I'm at 247k and some odd numbers. I bought the truck at roughly 148k and my title says 148,000 even, but now in the past month my odo stopped so I can't even celebrate the 100,000 mile-since-I-bought-it mark... funny the way things turn out, eh?