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M4wdFab

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #165 on: November 09, 2014, 07:04:55 PM »
32lbs boost > 22lbs boost   8)

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #166 on: November 10, 2014, 08:13:00 AM »
rausch numbers
trip down cruse set to 72  7.7mpg
trip back cruse set to 62  8.9mpg

less power than my 01' on 901 / 54 hills, holds everything else fine, 55 comming back up turkey hill.
buggy on wedge.

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #167 on: November 10, 2014, 08:32:15 AM »
It's crazy that with all the new technology they are not leaps and bounds over the old Vin diesels

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #168 on: November 10, 2014, 08:38:06 AM »
It is, just in a different way.  Stupid emissions laws

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #169 on: November 10, 2014, 11:30:22 AM »
o_O


Mileage seems right for an emissions truck, but speed is unexpected to me with your silly deep gears.
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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #170 on: November 10, 2014, 07:04:23 PM »
rausch numbers
trip down cruse set to 72  7.7mpg
trip back cruse set to 62  8.9mpg

less power than my 01' on 901 / 54 hills, holds everything else fine, 55 comming back up turkey hill.
buggy on wedge.
I hate turkey hill on the way home.

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #171 on: November 11, 2014, 01:02:18 PM »
265's are gona look sweeeeet and get the hamster wheel spin down a little 

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #172 on: November 11, 2014, 01:12:54 PM »
and Tall Truck gets taller.
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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #173 on: November 11, 2014, 01:17:09 PM »
yup

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #174 on: November 25, 2014, 08:35:50 PM »
searched long an hard, cant find a better under bed option in 36" length than these:  on sale now too.  gona try to find a couple in stock here to buffalo this weekend since TSC gets a freight charge for home shipping.


http://www.tractorsupply.com/product__10151_-1_10001_226 

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #175 on: November 25, 2014, 08:36:22 PM »
need lockable and steel...

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #176 on: November 26, 2014, 09:13:55 AM »
Did you try larry at custom truck?
I'm sure price will be more but maybe you can get exactly what you want?

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #177 on: November 26, 2014, 09:26:23 AM »
im too cheap to bother

dealer was 450 a side installed

the tsc box is exactly what i want, online they have poly boxes for cheaper, but i like the steel, and weldable in

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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #178 on: November 26, 2014, 10:18:28 AM »
imo  id buy aluminum over steel for a underbody, those rust and fall apart at the piano hinge
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Re: Brandy new 4500 Cummins
« Reply #179 on: November 26, 2014, 10:25:28 AM »
Stainless or aluminum is my preference. I see how "well" my bed itself isn't lasting, and it doesn't excite me to have a 3-4 year lifespan on $400+ of toolboxes.
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