DP Horsepower
When purchasing a Class A DP should consideration be given to the hosepower or are all Class A powered sufficiently. Some older ones have the 260 HP Cummins engine and was wondering if this is adequat...
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Nomadac wrote:Well, then if you had a 130,000 gross load that would be 1300 HP. I've seen a little Cummins NHC 250 pull that load 3 to 4 times a week, Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI via Ontario, side by side with the big boys running 425 Cats. And they did it week after week after week. And that was with 8 or 9 axles on the round, which uses up even more power.
I once read or heard a guide of 1 HP for each 100 lbs. Gross Wt. of MH.
But it is a nice formula for power to weight ratio. Those truckers just did not pay any attention to it!
