[AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 DetroitinaMackCaboverfor Ralph

[carl gogol]

I do not remember loud as something that would describe the V-12.  It was 
almost a whisper compared to the real snowplows of the day (Walters FWD 
Oshkosh)
Carl
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From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Weird truck problem was RE: 8V 71 DetroitinaMackCaboverfor 
Ralph


> carl gogol wrote:
>> Twin 351s or twin 409s - what's a hundred cubes one way or the other when
>> you have 7or800 cubes?  Either way, it couldn't pass a gas station, but 
>> we
>> sure could shake up a few drivers that didn't want to go 50 on the snowy
>> road.
>> I remember some talk about the motors having a special crank; was it only 
>> on
>> the one nearest the output clutch or on both?  Could one engine be shut 
>> down
>> for better economy?
>
> The 702 GM engine has a special block with all 12 cylinders and a
> special crank with all the throws on it.
> The heads and intake/exhaust manifolds were the same as the V6 though.
> They are a real bear. There is a local company that still has a parade
> engine with one in it. LOUD almost describes it.
>
>
>>
>> This was a great plow setup, but was usually put aside late in the winter
>> when the banks got eight or ten feet tall.  The Walters machines with
>> V-plows got used almost exclusively except for cleanup duty after the
>> Walters plows forced the banks back into the ditches where they could on
>> warmer days.  After that exercise you hoped for lots of warm weather, as 
>> a
>> foot of snow and wind would fill the snow canyons to the top.  The only 
>> hope
>> then was the rotary.
>> Carl
>
> Around here you have Oshkosh or Walters used to open the roads after big
> snow. Then they use the smaller trucks for single lane clean-up. Between
> them I think the Sno-Fighters have an edge. Takes a GOOD driver to run
> them though. And a BIG tow tractor if you get one stuck...
>
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
>
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