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Hello, I could use some help decoding my N-600. N-60CU795357. 163J N600. B481 A F8 17000 164 3800 510043. I hope to post some pictures this Sunday, its really a cool truck. Thanks, Greg.
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Hello Bill, I just wanted to say thank you very much for your help. You truly are a wizard when it comes to deciphering these numbers. It will help a lot!!! Again, many thanks! Greg.
Thanks David, thinking about making a car hauler out of it, it has a dump bed but that 6.33 rear axle ratio makes it pretty tough for anything long distance. Looks like you have nice fleet of your own there. Greg.
Greg, How about some engine and interior pictures? I still can't get over how nice that truck looks, the white and red really set it off.
As to the rear axle ratio, that to me is only part of what limits this trucks top speed. Think of it as a system, if you raise the speed of the truck by 10 or 20 mph, then that just makes the brakes less effective, so to really make this truck a freeway cruiser, it will take more than increasing the horsepower and changing the gear ratio, it is also going to require a brake upgrade, not a rebuild on what is there, but a larger brake system, to dispel the increased heat from the higher speeds, especially with todays drivers following just that much closer, and frankly not used to dealing with older trucks which have smaller brakes than more modern trucks.
There is a heck of a difference in stopping our older trucks with relatively small by modern standards four wheel drum brakes and the newer trucks with larger drums, or full disk brakes at all four corners, especially on the second hard brake application, where the drums start to fade, but the disk brakes are still going strong.
I am in much the same boat with my C600 in this regard, I have checked and have the largest heavy duty air brake option that was available, so that helps, and as mentioned, I would not drive a dump truck like this without those HD brakes, but still the lower gear ratio means that I am not the fastest out on the freeway. I can hit 65-67, perhaps 68 or so at 4000 rpm, although normally I stay around 50 - 55 mph. A two speed rear axle would help. The Allison is no different that a straight thru manual, IE 1:1, and the Allison is in converter lockup (available in all 6 forward gears) so I have zero transmission slippage, just like a manual, so that two speed would be the only option as I do not want to give up my low speed crawler gear.
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