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Re: 30,000 +hrs pics
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Posted by RAB on November 11, 2006 at 22:56:57 from (195.93.21.42):
In Reply to: Re: 30,000 +hrs pics posted by Stickler on November 11, 2006 at 21:24:58:
135 Fan says you are reading the meter wrong. Too damn true!!! You wrote:I drove a bucket truck for a while in line construction in the far north. It was less than a year old, and had 55,000 hours on it, but only 9,000 miles THERE ARE ONLY 8766 HOURS IN AN AVERAGE YEAR!!! That means it is difficult to exceed 8000 hours working time, with servicing, fueling, etc.
8000h on the clock will be at rated engine speed, presumably, so unless it is at full chat all the time.......... We used to get 27 hours or so recorded on a Ford 5000 (back in the 70s) in a day - max rpm was set for off the clock and it was ploughing a big field, round and round - but we could not keep that up for long!
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