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Starting my own bussiness - Tree chipper Bodies - Trucks
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<blockquote data-quote="Jager" data-source="post: 492731" data-attributes="member: 11313"><p>I'm not in the forestry business, but I have some expierence with medium duty trucks, mainly with international and freightliner but some older ford too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>About the truck, your could go either way with the cummins or caterpillar, both are great engines, don't even consider the 6L powerstroke its no good in this kind of application. The cummins engine and parts are cheaper (smaller displacement and more common engine). </p><p></p><p>But the key thing about either of these engines is hp. 230hp and less are dogs!!! I would look for 250+ hp.</p><p></p><p>For transmissions, automatics are the safest bet for you'll have more available drivers (alot of class D drivers aren't proficient with sticks) plus its one less thing you have to worry about. If you already have drivers that you know and trust, i'd go with the manual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jager, post: 492731, member: 11313"] I'm not in the forestry business, but I have some expierence with medium duty trucks, mainly with international and freightliner but some older ford too. About the truck, your could go either way with the cummins or caterpillar, both are great engines, don't even consider the 6L powerstroke its no good in this kind of application. The cummins engine and parts are cheaper (smaller displacement and more common engine). But the key thing about either of these engines is hp. 230hp and less are dogs!!! I would look for 250+ hp. For transmissions, automatics are the safest bet for you'll have more available drivers (alot of class D drivers aren't proficient with sticks) plus its one less thing you have to worry about. If you already have drivers that you know and trust, i'd go with the manual. [/QUOTE]
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