If HGV top speeds wern't limited?
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I used to drive Peterbilts that were limited to 70. They would do that (with 430hp) weighing about 32 tonnes. There was a very long steep hill we would go down where they would hit 90 while pulling an over sized load.
I followed a Pete 379 across Nevada at 85mph on the flat. I think we was empty or lightly loaded.
I followed a Pete 379 across Nevada at 85mph on the flat. I think we was empty or lightly loaded.
Modern HGVs built for the UK market wont do much more than 60 anyway, the manufacturers know they are limited to 80kmph so no point wasting effort making them any faster.
In the early nineties I worked for a coach operator running Leyland Tiger 260s, it was possible to switch the limiter off at the time and some of the healthier ones would happily crack 100mph. It was stopping them afterwards that was hard, 12 tons at 100mph with drum brakes all round!!!
In the early nineties I worked for a coach operator running Leyland Tiger 260s, it was possible to switch the limiter off at the time and some of the healthier ones would happily crack 100mph. It was stopping them afterwards that was hard, 12 tons at 100mph with drum brakes all round!!!
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Our 7.5Te horsebox does 75 ok, but its the gearing that really governs it.
They are geared to sit at 60 all day, not faster.
However in the USA, I do recall driving in the down in to Paduka, Kentucky (home of the National Quilt Museum I recall
) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck.
I was thinking (having been caught twice speeding in the month) that in between a few rigs in convey was the place to be - they knew where the 'smokies' would be.
Bejesus those bad boys were running along at up to 95mph at times and I was peddling as fast as I could to keep up !
Obviously geared for a little more sprightly cruising in the USA
When I was in Florida last year driving on the interstates I remember they always did at least 70, and some were doing 80mph. Probably explains why there's shredded tyres all over the hard shoulder in the States. They are geared to sit at 60 all day, not faster.
However in the USA, I do recall driving in the down in to Paduka, Kentucky (home of the National Quilt Museum I recall
) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck. I was thinking (having been caught twice speeding in the month) that in between a few rigs in convey was the place to be - they knew where the 'smokies' would be.
Bejesus those bad boys were running along at up to 95mph at times and I was peddling as fast as I could to keep up !
Obviously geared for a little more sprightly cruising in the USA
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
However in the USA, I do recall driving in the down in to Paduka, Kentucky (home of the National Quilt Museum I recall ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck.
Off topic but there is a quilt museum in York ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck. Paddy_N_Murphy said:
carlove said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
However in the USA, I do recall driving in the down in to Paduka, Kentucky (home of the National Quilt Museum I recall ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck.
Off topic but there is a quilt museum in York ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck. 
Loser I can't believe you know thatI don't know why but I always remember Puduka Kentucky for that, and I have been there for nigh on 15 years !!
Followed plenty of our Polish friends truck at 80+.
And they wonder why our truckers can't compete.....
30mph slower and twice the cost for fuel.
(Not that 10's of tons shifting at 80 mph plus is a good idea)
Bit like old buses, slipstreaming buses down the local dual carriage way on 125cc bikes you could top 80mph with ease.
And they wonder why our truckers can't compete.....
30mph slower and twice the cost for fuel.
(Not that 10's of tons shifting at 80 mph plus is a good idea)
Bit like old buses, slipstreaming buses down the local dual carriage way on 125cc bikes you could top 80mph with ease.
I believe I've had a truck without a limiter behind me. I overtook him whilst doing about 0.7 leptons on a dual carriageway and he was doing probably about 0.5. Thought I had passed him safely, and I continued doing about 0.7 leptons, and this truck continued following me - it certainly wasn't limited. It was a ginormous cement truck too which was quite scary!
carlove said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
carlove said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
However in the USA, I do recall driving in the down in to Paduka, Kentucky (home of the National Quilt Museum I recall ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck.
Off topic but there is a quilt museum in York ) at about 11 at night and tucking up with some yankee Peterbilts / Kenworths and alike in my then Chevy Silverado truck. Loser I can't believe you know thatI don't know why but I always remember Puduka Kentucky for that, and I have been there for nigh on 15 years !!
Probably not the OPs intended direction?
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