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Originally Posted by Team Roper
Themisfitking
First off beautiful conversion. Your Volvo is stunning and a fabulous example of HDT RV hauler should be.
I have been pondering one of these conversions for some time as I haul horses and these larger living quarters horse trailers are now getting too large to be safely towed by an F350.
I have looked at most all the HDT platforms and have decided on the Volvo being the best suited for my type application. I am hoping you or the other forum members can assist with a few questions.
1) With 465/1650 and 3.42s what is your typical cruise speed. Aka where does she like to run? 65, 70, 75.
2) Obviously speed plays heavily in mileage. What fuel mileage do you get at 65, 70, 75 assuming flat ground.
3) How much weight are you pulling? 20K, 25K?
4) Would changing the axle ratio to 3.00 help with mileage.
5) Have any of you begun using Hydrogen Injection such as HyDrive?
6) Are any of you running Michelin X One super singles?
7) If so did they help with mileage.
8) Have any of you had the chance to drive a tractor with the new Detroit DD15 yet?
9) Have you had any issues with the Volvo Engines?
10) What if any issues have you had with the Cummins Engines?
11) What would you recommend engine trans wise?
12) Anyone driven the new Volvo iShift yet? Thoughts?
13) Has anyone made and used their own biodiesel and had any issue with checkpoints?
14) Can anyone confirm the 25% improvement for Biodiesel / Hydrogen powered HDT's I keep hearing about in Hydrogen forums?
And now for some of the important questions.
1) Have you had any legal battles with Insurance, Registration or Operating this vehicle?
2) If so what states and why?
I will search some of the forums for these answers but would appreciate any thoughts from you folks.
Obviously those of you who have already done this have a world of knowledge from the experience. I would like to try to keep my mistakes to a minimum.
Thank you!
Dwayne
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Dwayne,
As you can surmise, I own Straight Time Stirrups there are a lot of legal issues to contend with if you are roping with any of these trucks and even an F350. The best thing I can tell you is not to have ANY stickers or decals on the truck or trailer that dont have to do with the MFG of the truck and/or Trailer. I have a Peterbilt that I am building that has been put on hold because of all of the legal crap. Mine is registered as an RV but my trailer is loaded with decals so until I get them all off of there, I wont be pulling my 4Star with the Peterbilt.
Now, is it way better to tow with one of these? Hands Down its the way to go!