wreckerman893
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Well me and Jessica (my new M915) had our first long date yesterday.
We left the Motor Pool in Alabama at dark thirty Tues. morning headed to Fort Campbell, KY to pick up my big command van trailer.
All was well until I got about 40 miles from Campbell and the headlights went out about 0530.
I have no doubt that this was a retaliation for a remark I made about her to a fellow when I made a caffine refuel stop.
He asked about her and I said she was a good runner even if she was as ugly as a mud fence post.
Soooooo after sitting on the side of the road until daylight we rolled on in to GL at Campbell. I was in and out in an hour with the big trailer in tow.
She ran like a champ up there and back (except for a fuel linkage return spring that broke about 60 miles from home). She just had to show me who is in charge of this relationship.
My complaints are:
Rides rough, especially when bobtailing. Not much can be done due to short wheelbase and spring ride.
Pulls great on flat land (I was keeping up with most of the big rigs, even passed a JB Hunt truck once) but falls flat on her face on hills. I blame the automatic transmission and maybe the governed speed (since the speedo and tach are both INOP I don't know what RPM she is set at).
Manual shifting helps but I don't know if it is bad for the big Allison or not (the 915 and 916's I drove in the Army had the CAT trannys in them).
The driver's seat is better than a milk crate, but not much. I have a set of Freightliner air ride seat that will be going in ASAP.
The cab rattles like a bunch of ball bearings in a soup can....got to get in there and tighten everything down.
All in all I am happy with her and will prob keep her around unless dire straights require me to pimp her off.
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We left the Motor Pool in Alabama at dark thirty Tues. morning headed to Fort Campbell, KY to pick up my big command van trailer.
All was well until I got about 40 miles from Campbell and the headlights went out about 0530.
I have no doubt that this was a retaliation for a remark I made about her to a fellow when I made a caffine refuel stop.
He asked about her and I said she was a good runner even if she was as ugly as a mud fence post.
Soooooo after sitting on the side of the road until daylight we rolled on in to GL at Campbell. I was in and out in an hour with the big trailer in tow.
She ran like a champ up there and back (except for a fuel linkage return spring that broke about 60 miles from home). She just had to show me who is in charge of this relationship.
My complaints are:
Rides rough, especially when bobtailing. Not much can be done due to short wheelbase and spring ride.
Pulls great on flat land (I was keeping up with most of the big rigs, even passed a JB Hunt truck once) but falls flat on her face on hills. I blame the automatic transmission and maybe the governed speed (since the speedo and tach are both INOP I don't know what RPM she is set at).
Manual shifting helps but I don't know if it is bad for the big Allison or not (the 915 and 916's I drove in the Army had the CAT trannys in them).
The driver's seat is better than a milk crate, but not much. I have a set of Freightliner air ride seat that will be going in ASAP.
The cab rattles like a bunch of ball bearings in a soup can....got to get in there and tighten everything down.
All in all I am happy with her and will prob keep her around unless dire straights require me to pimp her off.
I know
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