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Um, nope No you can't, I can't either and I have an '08 F450 and a heavy duty trailer. Pictured here is my heaviest load to date, about 1 ton heavier than 8-8.5 ton Scorpion tank. My truck and trailer weigh in at 18,000 lbs empty and although I could load it with 10 tons safely, it still...

You really don't need that much torque. Remember those wheels are normally mounted on VERY heavy trucks with a weight rating on each tire of about 15,000 lb. and off road use. My guess you'd be just fine with 250-300 or pretty tight with a rattle gun. The only critical step is getting them...

450 lb.ft. You asked, I'm not sure you'll like the answer.

Myself I'd run it another hour or two and then give it an oil and filter change and call it good. A small amount of smoke for such an old Diesel design is normal, most old Diesels ALWAYS smoked at least a little at ALL times. When I was a kid I serviced numerous Allis-Chalmbers heavy equipment...

Not really, since the batteries are in series each see 60A on a 2 battery 24V system. In a 4 battery 50A 12V system each would see 12.5A which isn't very much to replenish batteries, not in a short period of time anyway, we are talking MANY, MANY hours.

Alternators don't care which direction they are turned, it is only the cooling fan that is really directional.

At 2.5-3 mpg and a max speed of 40 mph you might think twice. :cookoo:

They are fine for road use, it is an internet myth that won't go away.

Not for sale by the guy that hauled them away 2 to a trailer, must be a 3rd party.

Modern alternators are only 50-60% efficient, so for a 100 A draw at 28VDC you'd need about 8 hp EXTRA to drive it at all times. That doesn't include the load to run all other systems or recharge the batteries.

With NO losses it is 1 hp is the equivalent to 746 watts. It takes 1 hp to drive an alternator making 26.5 A @ 28V NOT accounting for losses. The losses include but not limited to: losses associated with running the belt, the friction of the bearings, the air friction of turning the alternator...

I'll check when I get home but I don't think I have any "broken" ones. I think I have 3-4 of them and one spare for the Fox.

Scott, are you bringing the pork? rofl

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I was finally looking forward to attending their events and then they changed their summer schedule and shot us in the foot. They are holding their Airshow on the same weekend as the 45th annual Arlington Airshow further dividing the attendance between the two. Well, that REALLY frosts my...

Marty, it's nice to see that it got a nice dry place to sleep, they rarely got that treatment over in Old Blighty!

BTW, the last price I saw for the David Brown TN15 NEW was about $120,000 USD, that was 12-15 years ago. That is why I have a spare one we got out of Australia. Speaking of the Aussies, they were paying about $23,000 for a new set of tracks. I've averaged about $3000 for NOS ones.

The transmissions are 7 speed hot shift type, they are VERY complex and weigh about 1000 lbs. You'd probably need to ship it back to the manufacturer for a proper rebuild: David Brown http://www.davidbrown.com

A restored Scorpion $75,000+ If the transmission is shot you are in trouble!

Thanks Dave, everything went well this season, hope your's was the same. I never had the HEMTT cab with the stock hole and cover, Damon had done that modification before we bought it. Since we have non standard high back air ride seats the platform won't work in our truck anyway. I'll see...