More Truck Dealership Fun

[Dl5treez]

One thing for sure, you'd never lose your truck in a crowd...

 

[BIGNASTY]

I bet the person who was responsible for the mix up turned that exact same color when he realized what he had done :-laf I think I remember seeing something similar to that in my sons diaper a time or two when he was younger

I hear ya D4L I use to like Gray Poupon mustard until we had our first child



Mike If it wasn't so shiny, I at first glance thought it was zinc chromite primer for aluminum but then they dont build like that anymore. Everything has gone to SNAP TOGEATHER plastic cabs.

 

[HDR]

I once had a guy at work order a 773B frame from CAT on accident. Luckily They called to confirm the order. LOL

 

[Wayne M.]

Where do they build that cab mike?

 

[mwilson]

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Where do they build that cab mike?

Hecho en Mexico. .



Mike.

 

[Wayne M.]

Frieghtliner is still in the Daimler stranglehold, right? where was the 'liner line before DCX?

It's not at a dealership, so no intent to hijack, but it IS a wrecked truck. .
I can't post the picture here, but here's a link to a crash. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28535419@N03/6070893351/in/set-72157622637251789/lightbox/
Im pretty sure this happened on an off ramp of the NJ Turnpike near the big incinerator north of Newark airport. The truck was loaded (obviously) and went over at speed. I do know the driver walked away. This is one of our 2004's and it was definitely fixed in house. I'll be polite and say that Sanitationmen are NOT necessarily truck drivers. Especially regarding the new "Malvos" (Mack/Volvo, as I call 'em) they drive too good and too fast that you can forge that you're at the head of 19 tons empty... ...

 

[Bill Stockard]

Frieghtliner is still in the Daimler stranglehold, right? where was the 'liner line before DCX?

... ...

It was part of Consolidated Freightways, the freight company, and the original manufacturer of Freightliner trucks beginning back in the late 1930s. It's a long and interesting story. Here's a summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freightliner_(truck)



Bill

 

[Bill Lins]

It's not at a dealership, so no intent to hijack, but it IS a wrecked truck. .
I can't post the picture here, but here's a link to a crash. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28535419@N03/6070893351/in/set-72157622637251789/lightbox/
Im pretty sure this happened on an off ramp of the NJ Turnpike near the big incinerator north of Newark airport. The truck was loaded (obviously) and went over at speed. I do know the driver walked away.

I love the "Don't Litter" sign on the wreck! :lol:

 

[Wayne M.]

It was part of Consolidated Freightways, the freight company, and the original manufacturer of Freightliner trucks beginning back in the late 1930s. It's a long and interesting story. Here's a summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freightliner_(truck)

Bill

Bill that's a good wiki. It was sterling I was thinking of and all the others Daimler snapped up in the 90's. I didn't know they bought freight liner that long ago.

 

[NIsaacs]

I think Daimler is part of Case/New Holland also?

Nick

 

[Bill Stockard]

I think Daimler is part of Case/New Holland also?

Nick

No, Case New Holland (CNH) is part of Daimler's European competitor, Fiat... and you know what else Fiat owns. It's why you will find Fiat/Iveco diesel engines in some CNH products.

Bill

 

[Wayne M.]

Its something how the world spins... We still have Case 621B's (Tenneco) which have B5. 9's in them and it's my understanding that's how our beloved engine even came into existence- for Case' equipment... Now the latest piece we have that has a 5. 9 ISBe is a Komatsu W380...

 

[PToombs]

Bill, Fiat/ Ivecos are almost all the Case equipment, backhoes, loaders, skid steers. Excavators are still made in Japan by Sumitomo and have Isuzus. The big loaders have Cummins' in them, QSM11's.

 

[Wayne M.]

Bill, Fiat/ Ivecos are almost all the Case equipment, backhoes, loaders, skid steers. Excavators are still made in Japan by Sumitomo and have Isuzus. The big loaders have Cummins' in them, QSM11's.

Pete, what does the 821 have nowadays? Which has the M11? I love that engine. Got good sound!

 

[PToombs]

Wayne, the 821F has the 6. 7 in it. When they went from the E series to the F series they added a DPF, DEF, and all the associated crap. Not too many problems with them so far, knock on wood! I think the bigger loaders, 921 and 1021's have the M11 in them. I know the big Doosans we sell have them too.

 

[Bill Stockard]

Its something how the world spins... We still have Case 621B's (Tenneco) which have B5. 9's in them and it's my understanding that's how our beloved engine even came into existence- for Case' equipment... Now the latest piece we have that has a 5. 9 ISBe is a Komatsu W380...

Wayne,
If you research the beginning of the B and C series Cummins engines, you will discover that at that time Case desperately needed a new modern more reliable diesel in their equipment and didn't have the financial resources to build their own. Cummins had the B and C series engines on the drawing board and needed a market for them. Cummins and Case formed a 50/50 joint venture called Consolidated Diesel Corporation and utilized a plant in Rocky Mount, NC to build them. If you look at the engine tag in the early first generation Dodge CTDs, you will see Consolidated Diesel Corp as the manufacturer. Once Cummins began selling B5. 9L engines to Chrysler, the sales took off and to keep up with the demand, they reopened a closed Cummins plant in Walesboro, IN to begin building B5. 9s for Chrysler. That's the story in a "nut shell"...

BTW, the joint venture with Case ended a couple of years ago when Cummins purchased the 50% that was originally owned by Case. I'd guess that Fiat now owning Case had a lot to do with the ending of the joint venture.

I was a guest of Cummins on a tour of the Cummins Engine plant in Columbus, IN when the joint announcement with Cummins and Chrysler was made public that the Cummins B series engines would be on option in a Dodge 3/4 and 1 ton pickups. It was a memorable moment and that night I called my wife at home and told her, "We'll have to get one!"

Bill

 

[Wayne M.]

Wayne,
If you research the beginning of the B and C series Cummins engines, you will discover that at that time Case desperately needed a new modern more reliable diesel in their equipment and didn't have the financial resources to build their own. Cummins had the B and C series engines on the drawing board and needed a market for them. Cummins and Case formed a 50/50 joint venture called Consolidated Diesel Corporation and utilized a plant in Rocky Mount, NC to build them. If you look at the engine tag in the early first generation Dodge CTDs, you will see Consolidated Diesel Corp as the manufacturer. Once Cummins began selling B5. 9L engines to Chrysler, the sales took off and to keep up with the demand, they reopened a closed Cummins plant in Walesboro, IN to begin building B5. 9s for Chrysler. That's the story in a "nut shell"...

BTW, the joint venture with Case ended a couple of years ago when Cummins purchased the 50% that was originally owned by Case. I'd guess that Fiat now owning Case had a lot to do with the ending of the joint venture.

I was a guest of Cummins on a tour of the Cummins Engine plant in Columbus, IN when the joint announcement with Cummins and Chrysler was made public that the Cummins B series engines would be on option in a Dodge 3/4 and 1 ton pickups. It was a memorable moment and that night I called my wife at home and told her, "We'll have to get one!"

Bill

Now that's a nice story. You were there to witness history. I've seen the consolidated tags- it slipped my mind when making that post... It's going to be interesting to see how fiat and Cummins play together in the future, regarding the rams. Thank god for contracts. lol.

 

[Wayne M.]

Wayne, the 821F has the 6. 7 in it. When they went from the E series to the F series they added a DPF, DEF, and all the associated crap. Not too many problems with them so far, knock on wood! I think the bigger loaders, 921 and 1021's have the M11 in them. I know the big Doosans we sell have them too.

Doosans have Cummins We have Doosan 200- that's what's replacing the case's #@$%! and they got their own engine with glow plugs in there... . Pete who do you work for? we get ours from Hoffman Eq in NJ.

 

[NIsaacs]

Wayne,

If you research the beginning of the B and C series Cummins engines,



Bill

Don't forget the A series. . that was an awesome little Cummins



Nick

 

[rscurtis]

I saw something interesting at a tractor show several weeks ago. It was an early '80's SAME tractor, made in Italy. I noticed the Cummins "C" on the side of the block on the CC breather assembly. The engine didn't look familiar, and a look at the other side revealed why- it was air cooled. It was physically about the same size as a C motor, and was built heavily enough to be a structural part of the tractor.