Cummins V8 555 & 903

thanks for the offer ..unfortunally the allis HD7 dozer is basically a garden Gnome .. have cleared a bit of land in it but to many problems ...steering cluctches playing up, tracks jump off..etc i mite give it one more start up next time im there & try and get the old girl under cover ..for future generations to see how primitive some machines used to be lol

GVM on an ACCO 1950D should be 13.9 or 15 ton. GCM might be limited with the auto. The ACCO D was ungraded half way through the model, later ones have Spicer front axle 5.4 or 6 ton.

KENNY You might be able to increase your GVM with 10.00 tyres, my old butter box on 9.00 is 15.? T and would have been 16.5 T if I was running 10.00.

think I would avoid the auto, they add to the thirst

good luck choosing

Sarge :-X

im heading down to melb on weds/thurs ill be having a look at the UD on the way down & the acco is in melbourne ... im sort of "steering" a bit towards the UD at the moment ..im guessing at over 700.000kms the motor has probably been rebuilt at some stage .. i like the handling of the bigger accos but if a VT190 is unreliable & the auto will obviously slow it down a bit (but the acco has a 55m3 body on it). . choices choices ..my missus is stressing im gonna get swine flu when im in melb ... i probably will im a bit embarrised to wear a mask

Gday Kenny,
you got more chance of winning tattslotto than picking up Swine flu. Any truck with that size body on it is going to need a fait bit of grunt. In my experience most Jap truck engines do between 600 and a million ks before needing a rebuild.
I dont think you could ever get 16.5 on your truck Sarge. It probably has a 4.5 ton front axle and maybe 8.5 at the rear, regardless of what tyres you are running.
Cheers Pete

Pete
I thought so too.... she was all painted up with GVM 16.5 t.....
bewdy I thought, I can make use of that, but as I only had 9.00 tyres on her and she predates the compliance plates the Vicroads people got out their little book and did their caluculations, I am back now at 14.5, but it would have been higher with the bigger tyres. No pun intended

That gives me a fair bit more than I expected even still, and I am not going to question their arithmetic.

As to axles, its got one across the front and one across the back and they look like the would take a fair bit to break 'em.

Sarge :-X we got a long way from the original topic

well im back from melb .. was a slow trip down all up around 16ton loaded ... so far ive no effects of swine flu .. anyway i had a look at the UD for sale its a lot better than i expected (for the $$ they are asking) unfortunally i didnt get to take it for a test drive but chances are ill go back down and have a look in the next few days .. it has a nice 26ft+ tray with container pins which i mite be able to flog to get some $$$ to take the missus out to dinner ..they usually expect something everytime you buy a truck ?!

oh well have bite the bullet & am going down to yass ~a dabba doo~ tomorrow & purchase the UD ..ill keep my fingers crossed no breakdowns or strange noises on the way back

a couple of weeks ago i thought i would of got the VT190 powered acco instead

you know the rools kenny.... we need pictures or else > >



Sarge :-X

lol i got the old girl last night ..was dam cold in yass ...the heater in the commodore didnt work on the way down ..at least the heater in the UD did ! ..ill try and get some pics in next few days .. the old girl cruises nice on 110km/h ..much quicker than my non turno 5 speed UD