Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 at 21:07
I seen down around Mt. Gambier in SA nearly all the B-double log trucks have the system fitted if I remember.
I spoke to a driver of one stopped loaded outside a chicken
shop on the highway and he reckons they are equally as good in sand as mud in the bush and said they pull out of
places loaded with 60 tonne aired down, where people struggle unlaiden to get in Nissans and Landcruisers.
He said that if he give it the full 600 hp (Western Star) in really hard going loaded, he said she put in so hard, he felt like his front
wheels were gunna leave the ground.
I did ask him did they have much trouble snagging the hoses and he said sometimes in the bush they they pickup a bit of slash, but the only time he had damaged a line was when he was talking on the phone going onto a wiegh bridge and wasn't centred and hooked on the bridge chassis. Driver error!!
If I remember correctly he said they cost around $16000 fitted to his truck, that was about 2 years ago, and he would not be without them. A great idea I reckon.
Nick
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