CLASS RACER FORUM

CLASS RACER FORUM (https://classracer.com/classforum/index.php)
-   Stock and Super Stock (https://classracer.com/classforum/forumdisplay.php?f=3)
-   -   Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar (https://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=79340)

Michael Iacono 05-20-2021 03:01 PM

Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar
 
Anyone have any experience towing about 10k lbs with one of these?

Want to make sure I can go faster than 16mph up the hill to Numidia.

Steve Stasko 05-20-2021 03:59 PM

Re: Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Iacono (Post 640751)
Anyone have any experience towing about 10k lbs with one of these?

Want to make sure I can go faster than 16mph up the hill to Numidia.

I'm sure it will have plenty of power, but I would be leery of the reliability. I am a shop manager here in PA for a large AZ-based trucking company. Approximately 85% of my fleet here is Navistar units (with Cummins engines). The company will not under any circumstance purchase a Navistar with a Navistar engine.

nhramnl 05-20-2021 05:07 PM

Re: Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Stasko (Post 640755)
I'm sure it will have plenty of power, but I would be leery of the reliability. I am a shop manager here in PA for a large AZ-based trucking company. Approximately 85% of my fleet here is Navistar units (with Cummins engines). The company will not under any circumstance purchase a Navistar with a Navistar engine.

Steve Stasko is 100 percent accurate. The Navistar engine family was a complete and total failure. Before Navistar finally yielded to pressure from unhappy dealers and FURIOUS customer fleets and individual owners, they had thousands of dead trucks scattered all across the country, and for the longest time, the failed EGR coolers on those trucks were replaced with service parts that simply failed again. It was a nightmare.

HR9121 05-20-2021 08:47 PM

Re: Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar
 
It should have enough power as long as it don't quit on the way up.

JRyan 05-20-2021 11:30 PM

Re: Towing with Gulf Stream Super C with 300HP Navistar
 
Definitely I work at a Navistar dealership and if it doesn’t have a Cummins and has a Maxxforce in it I’d walk away. The base engine really isn’t that bad but they have major reliability issues when it comes to the emissions systems. After the 466 their mid range engines haven’t been the best.

Rick


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:07 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright Class Racer.com. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.