Hey Big Rig Guys!

6point0damn2004 · May 1, 2014

How ya like it?

6point0damn2004 · Jul 14, 2014

saw this at the CAT dealer across from our shop at work. SFA cat truck, yet to be released?

powerstroke22 · Jul 14, 2014

But does it have a new cat motor??

6point0damn2004 · Jul 15, 2014

powerstroke22 said:
But does it have a new cat motor??

I'm sure it does, they all do I think

duddy · Jul 15, 2014

powerstroke22 said:
But does it have a new cat motor??

I would seriously doubt it, they are in bed with international I believe to have those trucks built.

powerstroke22 · Jul 15, 2014

CAT stopped making on -highway motors in 2008. All the CAT trucks on the road now have "2007" motors pre - emissions. That's why I was asking, maybe they had another CATastrophe motor up their selves.

OldschoolPSD · Jul 15, 2014

My understanding was that the IH Maxxforce 15 is a joint venture between Cat and IH... essentially a 3406 from the head down. I would expect these trucks to have a yellow motor in them.

buschpoweredstroker · Jul 15, 2014

I think my pull truck would have an easier time towing the dump... the 3306 is very reliable though

6point0damn2004 · Jul 15, 2014

they aren't pre-emission motors. they are a new cat motor. yes a joint venture between international and cat.

new CAT motors

6point0damn2004 · Jul 15, 2014

and looking at their site, the one pictured is the new CT681, interested to drive one

powerstroke22 · Jul 15, 2014

6point0damn2004 said:
they aren't pre-emission motors. they are a new cat motor. yes a joint venture between international and cat.

new CAT motors

I'm not sure what the new trucks have but the trucks already on the road have old motors.

Guy across from my yard has 2 tri -axles CATs with the same C15 Acert as my 2007 just with a DPF tacked on.

OBS F350 · Jul 15, 2014

The maxxforce motors are a fail. We have quite a few of the 13's in our fleet and they are total piles.

OldschoolPSD · Jul 16, 2014

Probably based on the C13 which was a pile in itself. IH really dropped the ball with the emissions stuff. I know most of the people in my family are trading in their +07 Internationals for Freightliners with the Cummins.

Luckily big trucks tend to keep a long time when spec'ed right. The newest one I have is an '05 with the C15 (last year for the american class interior too.) and I've still got a 1979 359 knocking around that my grandfather bought new with the 3406A. I feel sorry for the trucking outfits that go through trucks every 5-7 years. Making money is hard enough with the slim profit margins they have without having to worry about your truck breaking down every other week.

stroker2 · Aug 27, 2014

Ok guys I have a question for those of you who have been around Flow Boys/belt floor trailers. I am looking at getting one and I have noticed some have a tailgate with air cylinders that raise real similar to an end dump and some don't, it almost looks like they don't have an opening gate at all? Or does it open just like the others but without self lifting? I am looking to haul topsoil and mulch mostly. I would like the most versatile one.

Here is the style that I don't see as having an actual tailgate. Does that wall in the rear raise up high like the air lift ones?

http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5247893

Here is the style with the lift gate im talking about. What is the difference between these two styles?

http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5139657

Thank you

plowboy1 · Sep 8, 2014

Hosed the dirt off and serviced it for harvest.

TrailerHauler · Sep 8, 2014

I want that w900. :drool:

Ad8 PRODIGY · Sep 8, 2014

Taking my B road test here at the end of the month... 3 more years till i can even go for my A..

Heres the truck im taking it on..

kramarj · Sep 8, 2014

plowboy1 said:
Hosed the dirt off and serviced it for harvest.

That is one sharp looking truck!

Tom@BigTimeKustomz · Sep 20, 2014

Real nice W900 Plowboy!

duddy · Sep 29, 2014

Seeing a local cop get put in his place over the phone by a state trooper, while i was getting pulled over for no license on the semi I was driving. the look on his face was priceless.

There is a set of statutes that allow trucks attached to forage trailers to not be licenesed. It essentially classifies that truck like a tractor pulling a forage wagon. God I love wisconsins DOT way of thinking. It was also this trooper that showed us the statutes. There are good cops out there.