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5500 C&C under load

02-05-2008, 09:04 PM

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jelag

Pacific Clutch and Brake

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5500 C&C under load

My 5500 is on its first long trip loaded... it's an auto....

Driver is reporting almost 12 mpg and it went through the scales at 19,450 lbs

He says the truck blasts up the hills but can't see the road at night because of the squat...

Before we put this truck into service we added a 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 square tube block between the overloads and the bumpers so that the overloads would come on sooner...

Driver hates the seat... to hard but loves the nav system, and radio...

I gave a good friend at pacbrake a call and we're going to try and convince the engineers to do something sooner than later for air bags...

BTW, we have not seen it re-gen yet... but its been mostly driven down the highway..

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