Well i'm going out on a limb here and going to say that Class 8 trucks have a standard that they are tested too already, and if they don't you wouldn't be able to have the same standard for a consumer 2500 or 3500 truck as you would a Class 8. They aren't comparable by any means so that is a lame argument.
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Its not voluntary. The standard was created back in 2008 i believe and it was said that it would be enforced by 2015 at the latest. Some companies (toyota included) have already begun testing to this standard while the american companies have not, but for the 2015 model trucks they have to have been tested to this…
Hence why the new standard has braking tests built in.
I drive a 3/4 ton truck and tow rregularly and I weigh 185 and my girlfriend weighs about 125-130. So...yea these guesses are a little low but not unrealistic. Also, when you think about it, whats another 100-150lbs added to the truck when you are towing a 15,000lb trailer with a 9000lb truck? Its not a big deal i…
I see both sides of this argument. On my 07 Chevy 2500hd i am planning on doing a 4 link solid axle swap to remove the IFS from my truck. But i also am running 33" tires and have leveled my truck meaning that I am now putting more stress on the IFS components and this is why i have had to replace them more…
Its really not that bad if you don't stray from stock setup. Keep the wheels and tires the same size, don't lift or level the truck, and you won't have any issues. They're really comfortable to ride in.
Its for the regen cycles when the trucks burn off all the particulate caught in the DPF's. I forget the exact number bug egt's get really hot so these tips help eliminate the heat somehow? I'm not exactly sure but i know this is why they exist.
Oh, and to be precise...
Tires are mounted on backwards....
Right, but eventually the water goes somewhere right? I think the video said that there would be two trenches down the side of the road, one for cables and one as a storm drain.
It was a hard to try and take something like this seriously with the feel of the video..I will admit. Potentially a good marketing scheme, but bad for representing the facts and details on the project.
Again, the video describes where the water would go. Down the sewers or to water treatment plants. Where does current snow melt water go? That wouldn't change. Whether the snow has to be plowed and then melts or it melts as soon as it hits the ground the water still has to go somewhere.
Its not a slick wet surface. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that in the 8 years of development they have thought about the idea of rain and its effect on roads....The video says that the panels have the same traction as an asphalt road so I would guess they have solved this issue.
Presumably because they are connected to the power grid, in times when they aren't producing solar energy and need to have energy sent to them to melt the snow this would be feasible.
They're expensive but totally worth it.
True, Still not ideal to rev an engine way up though? I have a diesel truck so they especially don't like revving but a gas truck is a little different.
4Lo in sand isn't always helpful. You are fighting more for traction and can hardly use the full torque in 4Hi anways so using 4Lo wouldn't help much. For pulling this truck out i would have used 4Hi because speed is more crucial in this case than low end crawling torque. Also the engine can spin faster in 4Hi…
I'm pretty sure he was using a recovery strap. A "tow" strap would have snapped in a heart beat. There different kinds of recovery straps too.
Its times like this i'm glad I bought my bubba rope. Kinetic ropes are brilliant in situations where the stuck vehicle "weighs" (not only weight of vehicle but how stuck it is etc) significantly more than the recovery truck.