These compound turbo KTTAs were amazing. Hard on fuel but had the ability to flatten out most hills and stay cool doing it. Keep the boost around 40 psi and you're good. Exhasut leaks between the turbos were common and are usually the culprit with power loss under load. The days of the big motors ruling the roads were the best. KTTAs, 3408s, and 12V71TA. Always a treat to see any of these still on the road making money.
@@evanbeck3326 They were idiots maybe. Because the billionaire that originally owned them wanted those names. Still don't make an internal combustion engine a motor. Just like Chevy and Chevrolet, it's not a chebby it's a Chevrolet.
Nice pull bro, steepest grade I go up here in Australia is a 13.3% grade at Mount Victoria and on the same road most of it is 10% I love winding both windows wide down and listening to that turbo spool and the diesel engine putting in work.
KTTA is the next best thing to locomotive I rebuilt one last year and it was installed in a 1995 W900 and it works very well I'm a Cummins fan The PT pump was calibrated with a number 12 button I installed a number five button with a couple adjusments this truck pulls hard your video is awesome
Thanks! Was that running the stock injectors or oversize? This one has a 30 button and i can spin the clutch, I can't imagine what it would do with a 5 button lol
I've driven quite a few KTA'S over the years. A real beast of a motor in both torque and power! Didn't matter what outside air temp was, you had to let them warm up after starting, and for the first half hour of operation until the oil pressure settles down.
Oh is that Steve’s Diesel at 1800 Maple Grove Road, Bowmanville, ON? There’s a guy with a ‘67 White Western Star with a Big Cam IV 400 hp labelled as Inferno Express in nearby Newcastle, ON.
The K19's were legendary in construction equipment too, along with big brothers K38 (V12) and K50 (V16), they really put Cummins on the map in construction, mining and aggregate markets.
Forestry Trunk road in Alberta Oil patch 10% on gravel and mud with 140,000 lbs 3 gear and front wheels lifting off the ground. I’ve missed the down shift at the top before and had to hill start in bull low. Didn’t make that mistake twice 😂
@@thomasborger6548 at night it’s quite an impressive sight to see a line of SB taillights going up up and around the bends😁 not for the faint of hearts. I can only imagine what the rig moves are like!
So if my math is right, 90 k lbs is 40 odd ton(2.24 lb to kg), the average triple here be around 100ton, livestock trucks with big bullocks can top out at 125 ton (280 k lbs), just a comparison
They've both made some good engines and some junk engines. Just like everything else it's mostly personal preference, despite what the fan boys tell you.
@@MultiBMarsh we had 3408's too. My Cummins would out pull the 08 all day, and the 08 guys knew how to 'snort' them up too! The 08 didn't have near the torque the Cummins did.
So you have 2 K setups? Single turbo and twins? Or you added a turbo Because in one of your videos it says KTA19 ( Single turbo) This video it was 2 turbos
This truck originally had a KTA600 from the factory. I pulled that in March and dropped in a 2007 KTTA. The early videos I have of it with the 600 are several years old.
@@badlandsbullhauler oh buy the way love the KTA finally someone has a video of the KTA daily driving ( not sled pulling) on youtube. You and a few guys has KT videos. I guess KTA are dinosaurs so very hard to get one I guess 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@qsk2348 they're real easy to find in industrial applications, but not so much for trucks. Luckily I had the 600 from factory so I was able to swap all the truck parts off that onto the KTTA which came out of a dresser haul truck. This one is turned up a bit and has the factory oversize injectors, I believe it to be around 900 hp, it was a factory 675.
Isn't anyone gonna comment on how slow the truck was going? I know it's not a Ferrari, but it couldn't have been doing the speed limit unless THAT was 25mph.... Not hating, just saying that if it could hold speed (at the speed limit) going up that hill, it would be a lot more impressive.
Fan kicks it at 210, it very rarely comes one. This truck has an 8 row radiator, from factory, to keep it cool. Kta water pump pushes 220GPM at 2100 rpm. I've run this truck 5 years across north America and I have NEVER had to back off to keep it cool regardless of the weather, grade, or load.
American iron has been number one some fifty, sixty years ago. These days Sweden makes the best diesels for road transportation bar none, with SCANIA being the best in the world. (16 Liter V8, 770 hp and 2730 lbs ft / 3700 Nm of torque factory setting. You could upgrade the software and get over 1100 hp and 3250 lbs ft torque if you could find a clutch, transmission, driveline and rear ends that could take the punishment)
This ktta can break 1100hp fairly easy with some pump work. They are up to 750 factory. There aren't any real torque specs but on a dyno with 900 hp they're making 2850 tq. The electronic version (QSK) on a dyno at 850 hp makes 3400 lbs ft.
@@badlandsbullhauler Cummins KT’s, QSK blah, blah, blah. A bunch of horsesh!t ! It’s a huge and uber heavy 19 liter displacement chunk o’ steel and NOT EPA approved for road use ! End of discursion ! That simulator sh!t you’re playing with doesn’t work in real life, dude ! Unless you’re taking D11s over the Atigun pass on the Dalton highway, then you ain’t got any use for a damn truck with a KTA in it. Besides that, the darn thing it’s a pig on fuel and the only trucks you’ll still find them in these days are those spit&polish antiques on display at truck shows competing for trophies.
Scania and Volvo lead in hp but they don’t last like red and yellow. Ask any North American owner operator. They all use cat, Detroit, or Cummins because they simply last much longer than the Volvo and paccar (DAF) options we have
@@justinmartin8887 say what? I’ve owned and drove multiple trucks in North America over the years allover the 48 lower stares, the 10 provinces and the two territories of Canada and up to Alaska for just about four decades. I think I know a little bit about the American trucks and their drivetrains, engines and all, right? The Volvo engines that were brought from Sweden were awesome and many got over 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km) before any major overhaul was required. Years ago I meat a Polish guy from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Bogdan (he was a Canadian BCO operating under a lease agreement with a large American carrier, Landstar Inway Inc. out of Rockford, IL / Jacksonville, FL) who had a 1980s White-GMC/Volvo with a complete Volvo drivetrain, engine, transmission and rear ends, and last I heard of him (some 10, 12 years ago) he had over 4 million Miles (6.5 million KM) on that truck on TWO engine in-frame rebuilds and ONE transmission rebuild. Can’t get a better truck than that, I don’t care which one! If you took good care of them Whites with Volvo drivetrains and didn’t abuse them, well, you’ve got decades of service and multiple million miles out of them things. They sure don’t make truck like that anymore ! Full galvanized steel cabs, frames and undercarriage components and not a spot of rust in 30+ years of running in the rustbelt ! (today’s trucks are rusted out junk before they hit the five year mark) Anywho, back in the day, before the emission control game went crazy, the problem with owning a White-GMC / Volvo with a Volvo drivetrain was always finding good service. Parts availability and finding mechanics with the know how and who owned all the metric tools to work on them was the other thing that discouraged allot of O/O from buying them. It was never about the quality of the product, which was superior to anything else in it’s class (10 and 12 liter) at the time. The 16 liter didn’t make it to North America till after the ‘03 EPA emission control rules and it came with a modified head and EGR system as compared to the European models and that was a nightmare for a few years because they literally bleu up till they figured out what was causing the failures and fixed the issues. In general, the Injector cups were the only thing which gave a little trouble on all the later Volvo engines equipped with electronic fuel management system, and that was till they went to a different material, but, considering all, Volvo manufacturers very good, very reliable and very good on fuel consumption engines. Unfortunately, the 16 liter Volvo is no longer available in North America, so the 13 liter is the biggest Volvo diesel in America. Volvo North America uses the Cummins X15 for bigger displacement engines. As for the American large displacement truck diesels, everybody liked the Caterpillar, before they quit putting them in trucks, because they were powerful and reliable. The trusted six inline 3406 A, B, C and E 14.7 liter (2WS) and the 15.8 liter (1MM), were then, and still are as used engines to this day, the most coveted engines in the O/O trucks. The good old 18 liter V8 3408 introduced in the ‘70s which was discontinued by ‘87, had good power, was very reliable, but was a very heavy engine and a pig on fuel consumption. The Acert C15 (6NZ) and C16 had a short time before Caterpillar no longer offered them for use in highway trucks. Caterpillar made some really good engines, but they always burned a hole in your pocketbook because Cats, like beautiful women, were never cheap ! Cummins (“come apart”) were cheaper on purchase, cheap to rebuild, had available parts and shops to work on them, the NTC big cam 444 and up to the N14+ model, and that’s why Cummins was the most popular truck engine in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The ISX and now the X15s are an absolute nightmare and uber expensive, but because you don’t really have any other choice for big displacement diesels for highway trucks in North America, well, they’re still number one and competing neck in neck with the new 15 liter Detroit Diesel/Mercedes Benz which come only in the Freightliner and Western Star trucks. Back in the 70’s and ‘80s the 19 liter KTAs with compound turbos were used in the specialized extreme heavy haulage trucks. Not practical for general freight because those 19 liter monsters were very heavy. Mack had a very good 16 liter V8, the E-9, which was introduced in ‘77 in the Mack Superliner trucks, but it was discontinued in ‘93. It had allot in common with the Scania V8s. Detroit Diesel has come a long way from the oil puking “screaming jimmy” and the “buzzin’ dozen” (V12) two cycle diesels days with the introduction of the first American diesel engine with electronic fuel management system, the famous 12.7 liter DD 60 Series. Very good on fuel, very reliable, but somewhat gutless. Then they up on displacement to 14 liters and were decent engines till the EPA regulations ruined them. Nobody is impressed with the latest versions of DD/Mercedes Benz because they’re plagued with issues, spend too much time in the shop and run more time derated than at full power. PACCAR is a turd, and that’s all I’ve got to say about that ! So buddy, as far as what large displacement diesel engines are available in North America and Europe right now, Europe comes in the first place with the Scania 16 liter V8 and Volvo with its 16 liter six inline. You can’t get better than Scania and Volvo as far as power to weight ratio, reliability and fuel economy these days ! And that’s no B S, trust me !
@@hereintranzit I appreciate the lengthly response. I’ve been a truck mechanic and operator my whole life, and Volvo trucks are wonderful until they hit about 650,000 miles. After that prepare yourself for a plethora of abs, air system, electrical, and oil seal problems. You’ll have oil all over the floor and electrical components failing until the day that truck goes to scrap. I hated working on those trucks as well. Also the x15 is actually a pretty good engine. Still covered in emissions garbage and still makes more trouble than older ones but it’s a lot better than the post 07 isx where
@@badlandsbullhauler well you just end up in the right lane with your flashers going either way. No one fully loaded truck is out running the other and those that do pass do it a a 5mph difference and all they do is create problems for the rest of the road. If you think it's a race to 12000ft for the Eisenhower tunnel then you shouldn't be a trucker. There is just the opposite grade on the otherside and the countries most used runaway ramp for a reason. Nothing like a cosk sure trucker from the flat lands running 80mph on a down grade with smoking brakes. Plenty of deaths due to this foolish confidence. Professional mount truckers know better. 2019 claimed 103 lives in CO alone from trucks running out of control. Defend that statistic with your grade pulling bravado!
@@scoutdogfsrlmao I'm from NC and been up and down both sides out that tunnel had an old boy from Spartanburg SC tell me to mind my business he had been coming off saludia MTN for yrs and that just what I done he made it to the bottom God had to be with him needless to say when he got back to blacksburg SC where we had our trucks serviced he didn't want a y more of them rocky mtns to much for him
Wow that's crazy...109! Don't know all those roads except that they are severely high. Altitude means steep. Run here in the plains an Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Some will not and should not tackle the mountains. They are no place to be in a hurry. Grab the right gear when you have time and leave it alone.
@badlandsbullhauler yep,it's my dads.he retired then..bought it new.haued steel out of ohio valley.many,many times left mill with 104,000 on trailer.that motor was a beast,only trucks that could hang on long grades were other kt's. It's got
These compound turbo KTTAs were amazing. Hard on fuel but had the ability to flatten out most hills and stay cool doing it. Keep the boost around 40 psi and you're good. Exhasut leaks between the turbos were common and are usually the culprit with power loss under load. The days of the big motors ruling the roads were the best. KTTAs, 3408s, and 12V71TA. Always a treat to see any of these still on the road making money.
I didn't think "motors" had exhaust Was this an EV or an internal combustion engine? (Sarcasm) Why do so many call "engines" motors?
@@johnelliott3650no one cares bro😂😂
A motor is electrically driven an engine is driven by fuel and air.
@@darryladams519 Then why is Detroit called the Motor City? Or what about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
@@evanbeck3326 They were idiots maybe. Because the billionaire that originally owned them wanted those names. Still don't make an internal combustion engine a motor. Just like Chevy and Chevrolet, it's not a chebby it's a Chevrolet.
Doing what 19L is supposed to do, turning cold air and fuel into motion and heat. Legendary engines.
Absolutely NEED more videos of this ol work horse! I love these old k series motors
Nice pull bro, steepest grade I go up here in Australia is a 13.3% grade at Mount Victoria and on the same road most of it is 10% I love winding both windows wide down and listening to that turbo spool and the diesel engine putting in work.
Nothing better than a KTA. Outpull and outwork a V8
That was a great pull. Old KTTA pretty much flattened that grade, from what I could hear.
KTTA is the next best thing to locomotive I rebuilt one last year and it was installed in a 1995 W900 and it works very well I'm a Cummins fan The PT pump was calibrated with a number 12 button I installed a number five button with a couple adjusments this truck pulls hard your video is awesome
Thanks! Was that running the stock injectors or oversize? This one has a 30 button and i can spin the clutch, I can't imagine what it would do with a 5 button lol
awesome. love seeing a K working hard..........
I've driven quite a few KTA'S over the years.
A real beast of a motor in both torque and power!
Didn't matter what outside air temp was, you had to let them warm up after starting, and for the first half hour of operation until the oil pressure settles down.
Yes the old 6 headed monster , lots of smiles per gallon
Cummins getting it done 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
In 1979 atKenecott Copper Ray mines , AZ . Got my hands on my first K model 19 L 6cyl and 38L V12
nice low egt's boost gauge wrapped right around water temps nice and cool looks like this one is set up right and pulling good.
Looks like a 359,,,love those trucks and that dash
Nothing like steering a banger with two hood handles to line up the centre
Oh is that Steve’s Diesel at 1800 Maple Grove Road, Bowmanville, ON? There’s a guy with a ‘67 White Western Star with a Big Cam IV 400 hp labelled as Inferno Express in nearby Newcastle, ON.
That must be fun on icy condition !
Doin that deal behind the wheel!
That is TOUGH 💪💪💪
Do you have kin in North texas area. I went to school with 2 boys and 1girl back in the 60 and 70s.
Reminds me of my grandad’s A model. KTA 750 hp 13 speed. Just shoot up hills and never touch the gear lever
That is one bad mamma jamma
Volt gauge is a bit low, is it off at all? Usually run between 13.5 to 14v
where's this at?
That looks like a familiar road, could it be South Pass?
Here is Colorado 8% is easy highway driving on I70. State and county roads can run far steeper.
The K19's were legendary in construction equipment too, along with big brothers K38 (V12) and K50 (V16), they really put Cummins on the map in construction, mining and aggregate markets.
that truck got the job done. sounded like a cummins
yes it is a cummins KTTA19C
19 litter cummins
What sort of fuel economy do you see hauling 80k of gogo girls? Where does she like to be in terms of cruising rpm?
Cleardale ?
recognize that hill.. Clear River hill east side
Forestry Trunk road in Alberta Oil patch 10% on gravel and mud with 140,000 lbs 3 gear and front wheels lifting off the ground. I’ve missed the down shift at the top before and had to hill start in bull low. Didn’t make that mistake twice 😂
Simmonette hill or different trunk road?
@@thomasborger6548 it’s about kilometre, 20 off of Highway 43 not sure the name, but you might be right there Simonette
@@thomasborger6548 no it’s actually not Simonette it’s actual trunk Road closer to grand Prairie
@@dwainmcbain5263 I think I know the one you mean, I'm quite familiar with that part of the world
@@thomasborger6548 at night it’s quite an impressive sight to see a line of SB taillights going up up and around the bends😁 not for the faint of hearts. I can only imagine what the rig moves are like!
Looking at that alternator gauge better check alt.
Ktta in a 359 long hood don't get much better than that
The injectors I used in the rebuild where increased capacity , they were built by the injection shop North of Bowmanville
Cant beat the old school with old school gauges… all this computer gauges just doesnt cut it.
I would love to know the differential oil temp pre and post climb.
None lol. It takes a whole lot more hill to make that thing warm up.
Guys will watch this and say hello yeah.
Checking the perometor? Up to 9% max?
what is the air pressure gauge on the bottom left? Too low to be tank pressure and too high to be brake pressure
Air suspension.
Air scale
@@badlandsbullhauler Ahh so you can tell what your weight is. Clever.
Alternator showing discharge 😮
Sounds good, but if you change the button, you might not have needed a downshift 😁
So if my math is right, 90 k lbs is 40 odd ton(2.24 lb to kg), the average triple here be around 100ton, livestock trucks with big bullocks can top out at 125 ton (280 k lbs), just a comparison
Don't give them any ideas, trains belong on tracks lol.
Almost as good as my old 237 Mack
With a Tri-plex ? H.
What is that big looks like an old Ford air pressure gauge with 2 needles in the lower left?
Air suspension pressure. Originally it read the drive axles individually but I ran it together when I updated the rear suspension.
I run a Dual needle gauge, 1 reads tractor suspension, 2nd reads trailer suspension, good stuff sir,
@@jimblevins4085 that's a good idea. I was going to run one needle for a push axle but never wound up putting one on
EGTs 600 wow 👍🏽
Did the alternator go kaput? Volt meter on 12v. Boost gauge inop too
I think the boost gauge is just THAT pegged.
Volt gauge is nfg. Boost gauge is very much accurate. Full throttle will wrap it right around.
oh dear
Whats a stronger motor on pulls cat or cummins
They've both made some good engines and some junk engines. Just like everything else it's mostly personal preference, despite what the fan boys tell you.
CAT😊
Never found a Cat motor of any series that would run with my KTTA 525 Cummins!
3408 will give you a run for your money
@@MultiBMarsh we had 3408's too. My Cummins would out pull the 08 all day, and the 08 guys knew how to 'snort' them up too! The 08 didn't have near the torque the Cummins did.
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That looks like Saskatchewan
NW alberta
What speed ?
45 kmh.... the highway is washed out at the bottom so there a 30 kmh limit. Until about the spot I started recording.
Your alternator ain't charging worth a dam
Or....the volt gauge is off 🙄
So you have 2 K setups?
Single turbo and twins?
Or you added a turbo
Because in one of your videos it says KTA19 ( Single turbo)
This video it was 2 turbos
This truck originally had a KTA600 from the factory. I pulled that in March and dropped in a 2007 KTTA. The early videos I have of it with the 600 are several years old.
@@badlandsbullhauler how much horse does that KTTA have? Stock or turned up?
@@badlandsbullhauler oh buy the way love the KTA finally someone has a video of the KTA daily driving ( not sled pulling) on youtube. You and a few guys has KT videos.
I guess KTA are dinosaurs so very hard to get one I guess 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@qsk2348 they're real easy to find in industrial applications, but not so much for trucks. Luckily I had the 600 from factory so I was able to swap all the truck parts off that onto the KTTA which came out of a dresser haul truck. This one is turned up a bit and has the factory oversize injectors, I believe it to be around 900 hp, it was a factory 675.
@@badlandsbullhauler 900 horse? sheesh BIG boy
Isn't anyone gonna comment on how slow the truck was going?
I know it's not a Ferrari, but it couldn't have been doing the speed limit unless THAT was 25mph....
Not hating, just saying that if it could hold speed (at the speed limit) going up that hill, it would be a lot more impressive.
@shoutingzebra1216 this truck is pulling an 8% grade at 90k lbs.
There's a washout at the bottom of the hill, I went through that at 30....
radiator can't keep up with that.. look at the gauge..
Fan kicks it at 210, it very rarely comes one. This truck has an 8 row radiator, from factory, to keep it cool. Kta water pump pushes 220GPM at 2100 rpm. I've run this truck 5 years across north America and I have NEVER had to back off to keep it cool regardless of the weather, grade, or load.
American iron has been number one some fifty, sixty years ago. These days Sweden makes the best diesels for road transportation bar none, with SCANIA being the best in the world. (16 Liter V8, 770 hp and 2730 lbs ft / 3700 Nm of torque factory setting. You could upgrade the software and get over 1100 hp and 3250 lbs ft torque if you could find a clutch, transmission, driveline and rear ends that could take the punishment)
This ktta can break 1100hp fairly easy with some pump work. They are up to 750 factory. There aren't any real torque specs but on a dyno with 900 hp they're making 2850 tq. The electronic version (QSK) on a dyno at 850 hp makes 3400 lbs ft.
@@badlandsbullhauler Cummins KT’s, QSK blah, blah, blah. A bunch of horsesh!t ! It’s a huge and uber heavy 19 liter displacement chunk o’ steel and NOT EPA approved for road use ! End of discursion ! That simulator sh!t you’re playing with doesn’t work in real life, dude ! Unless you’re taking D11s over the Atigun pass on the Dalton highway, then you ain’t got any use for a damn truck with a KTA in it. Besides that, the darn thing it’s a pig on fuel and the only trucks you’ll still find them in these days are those spit&polish antiques on display at truck shows competing for trophies.
Scania and Volvo lead in hp but they don’t last like red and yellow. Ask any North American owner operator. They all use cat, Detroit, or Cummins because they simply last much longer than the Volvo and paccar (DAF) options we have
@@justinmartin8887 say what? I’ve owned and drove multiple trucks in North America over the years allover the 48 lower stares, the 10 provinces and the two territories of Canada and up to Alaska for just about four decades. I think I know a little bit about the American trucks and their drivetrains, engines and all, right?
The Volvo engines that were brought from Sweden were awesome and many got over 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km) before any major overhaul was required.
Years ago I meat a Polish guy from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Bogdan (he was a Canadian BCO operating under a lease agreement with a large American carrier, Landstar Inway Inc. out of Rockford, IL / Jacksonville, FL) who had a 1980s White-GMC/Volvo with a complete Volvo drivetrain, engine, transmission and rear ends, and last I heard of him (some 10, 12 years ago) he had over 4 million Miles (6.5 million KM) on that truck on TWO engine in-frame rebuilds and ONE transmission rebuild. Can’t get a better truck than that, I don’t care which one! If you took good care of them Whites with Volvo drivetrains and didn’t abuse them, well, you’ve got decades of service and multiple million miles out of them things. They sure don’t make truck like that anymore ! Full galvanized steel cabs, frames and undercarriage components and not a spot of rust in 30+ years of running in the rustbelt ! (today’s trucks are rusted out junk before they hit the five year mark)
Anywho, back in the day, before the emission control game went crazy, the problem with owning a White-GMC / Volvo with a Volvo drivetrain was always finding good service. Parts availability and finding mechanics with the know how and who owned all the metric tools to work on them was the other thing that discouraged allot of O/O from buying them. It was never about the quality of the product, which was superior to anything else in it’s class (10 and 12 liter) at the time.
The 16 liter didn’t make it to North America till after the ‘03 EPA emission control rules and it came with a modified head and EGR system as compared to the European models and that was a nightmare for a few years because they literally bleu up till they figured out what was causing the failures and fixed the issues.
In general, the Injector cups were the only thing which gave a little trouble on all the later Volvo engines equipped with electronic fuel management system, and that was till they went to a different material, but, considering all, Volvo manufacturers very good, very reliable and very good on fuel consumption engines.
Unfortunately, the 16 liter Volvo is no longer available in North America, so the 13 liter is the biggest Volvo diesel in America. Volvo North America uses the Cummins X15 for bigger displacement engines.
As for the American large displacement truck diesels, everybody liked the Caterpillar, before they quit putting them in trucks, because they were powerful and reliable. The trusted six inline 3406 A, B, C and E 14.7 liter (2WS) and the 15.8 liter (1MM), were then, and still are as used engines to this day, the most coveted engines in the O/O trucks.
The good old 18 liter V8 3408 introduced in the ‘70s which was discontinued by ‘87, had good power, was very reliable, but was a very heavy engine and a pig on fuel consumption.
The Acert C15 (6NZ) and C16 had a short time before Caterpillar no longer offered them for use in highway trucks.
Caterpillar made some really good engines, but they always burned a hole in your pocketbook because Cats, like beautiful women, were never cheap !
Cummins (“come apart”) were cheaper on purchase, cheap to rebuild, had available parts and shops to work on them, the NTC big cam 444 and up to the N14+ model, and that’s why Cummins was the most popular truck engine in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The ISX and now the X15s are an absolute nightmare and uber expensive, but because you don’t really have any other choice for big displacement diesels for highway trucks in North America, well, they’re still number one and competing neck in neck with the new 15 liter Detroit Diesel/Mercedes Benz which come only in the Freightliner and Western Star trucks. Back in the 70’s and ‘80s the 19 liter KTAs with compound turbos were used in the specialized extreme heavy haulage trucks. Not practical for general freight because those 19 liter monsters were very heavy.
Mack had a very good 16 liter V8, the E-9, which was introduced in ‘77 in the Mack Superliner trucks, but it was discontinued in ‘93. It had allot in common with the Scania V8s.
Detroit Diesel has come a long way from the oil puking “screaming jimmy” and the “buzzin’ dozen” (V12) two cycle diesels days with the introduction of the first American diesel engine with electronic fuel management system, the famous 12.7 liter DD 60 Series. Very good on fuel, very reliable, but somewhat gutless. Then they up on displacement to 14 liters and were decent engines till the EPA regulations ruined them. Nobody is impressed with the latest versions of DD/Mercedes Benz because they’re plagued with issues, spend too much time in the shop and run more time derated than at full power.
PACCAR is a turd, and that’s all I’ve got to say about that !
So buddy, as far as what large displacement diesel engines are available in North America and Europe right now, Europe comes in the first place with the Scania 16 liter V8 and Volvo with its 16 liter six inline. You can’t get better than Scania and Volvo as far as power to weight ratio, reliability and fuel economy these days ! And that’s no B S, trust me !
@@hereintranzit I appreciate the lengthly response.
I’ve been a truck mechanic and operator my whole life, and Volvo trucks are wonderful until they hit about 650,000 miles. After that prepare yourself for a plethora of abs, air system, electrical, and oil seal problems.
You’ll have oil all over the floor and electrical components failing until the day that truck goes to scrap. I hated working on those trucks as well.
Also the x15 is actually a pretty good engine. Still covered in emissions garbage and still makes more trouble than older ones but it’s a lot better than the post 07 isx where
Where’s the proof it’s 8% and 90,000lbs???
I’m not impressed.
My Volvo with a automatic can do that
Thousands of trucks, regardless of manufacturer, do this through the Rockies daily! No magic motors or brands. Just patients and gearing.
Sure it can, it will just take twice as long.
@@badlandsbullhauler well you just end up in the right lane with your flashers going either way. No one fully loaded truck is out running the other and those that do pass do it a a 5mph difference and all they do is create problems for the rest of the road. If you think it's a race to 12000ft for the Eisenhower tunnel then you shouldn't be a trucker. There is just the opposite grade on the otherside and the countries most used runaway ramp for a reason. Nothing like a cosk sure trucker from the flat lands running 80mph on a down grade with smoking brakes. Plenty of deaths due to this foolish confidence. Professional mount truckers know better. 2019 claimed 103 lives in CO alone from trucks running out of control. Defend that statistic with your grade pulling bravado!
@@scoutdogfsrlmao I'm from NC and been up and down both sides out that tunnel had an old boy from Spartanburg SC tell me to mind my business he had been coming off saludia MTN for yrs and that just what I done he made it to the bottom God had to be with him needless to say when he got back to blacksburg SC where we had our trucks serviced he didn't want a y more of them rocky mtns to much for him
Wow that's crazy...109! Don't know all those roads except that they are severely high. Altitude means steep.
Run here in the plains an Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Some will not and should not tackle the mountains. They are no place to be in a hurry. Grab the right gear when you have time and leave it alone.
Have a w900 been sitting in garage since 95 with a ktta.4.5 mpg loaded or empty,1 gph idling in winter
They're a lot more fun on the road than they are in the garage lol.
@badlandsbullhauler yep,it's my dads.he retired then..bought it new.haued steel out of ohio valley.many,many times left mill with 104,000 on trailer.that motor was a beast,only trucks that could hang on long grades were other kt's. It's got
Wanna sell it?