nope, those are for sissy's lol. Manual all the way!

yes they do. You get a feel for what gear you should be in. It changes depending on your load though.....

Yep. Beats the old style 18's (cringes at the thought of the twin stick macks). That truck weighs a little over 40K pounds and can load up another 100K. It takes alot of power to move all that.

lol. It's hooked up to a eaton 18 speed tranny.

anti-show me a website talking about this car, I can't find one.

stevie-it's a cat c-15-

Cylinders In-Line 6
Bore/Stroke 5.4 x 6.75 (137mm x 171mm)
Displacement 15.2 L (928 cu in)
Weight 2890 lb (1311 kg)
Horsepower 435 to 625 @ 2100 rpm
Torque 1550-2050 lb0ft @ 1200 rpm

110? that's in the next county lol. I'd say that from outside the truck, about 10 feet away, it's around 150-160. It hurts it's so loud lol. It's a Jake on 2 6" stright pipes. Ask a trucker how loud that can be!

this is the model but the one we have is all white and has a tag axle.

http://www.millerind.com/spanish/equipment/century/century_9055.html

I bet mines louder. 97 KM triple screw with dual 6" stright pipes and a jake brake! I'll make you spill your coffee from a block away!!!

I would think that but who knows lol

might be an export thing because everytime on comes near here, you can hear it 30 seconds before you see it. The one I got to drive was so loud you couldn't hear yourselve think! The throttle is like an on/off switch. It was so fast it's hard to control it!

Ok, lets do some math. I'm not sure if you are talking about the SL 500 Roadster or the SL 55 AMG so I'll list both.

SL 55 AMG
MSRP $124,020.00*
Engine AMG-built supercharged 5.5L 24-valve V-8 engine
Net Power 493 hp @ 6,100 rpm
Net Torque 516 lb-ft @ 2,750 - 4,000 rpm
Performance
Acceleration1 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds
Fuel economy
EPA estimate2 14 mpg
Highway estimate3 20 mpg
Emission certification TBA


SL500 Roadster
5.0L 24-valve V-8 engine
302 hp @ 5,600 rpm
339 lb-ft @ 2,700 - 4,250 rpm
0-60 mph in 6.1 seconds
MSRP: $92,020.00*

Now lets compare that to the viper which can be found at most Dodge Dealerships in the US.

500 horsepower
525 lb-ft of torque
505 cubic inches of displacement
Acceleration1 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds
Standing 1/4 Mile (stock) 12.1@119.3 MPH
Lateral Acc. 1.02G (Lets see the benz do this)

Best of all, it's made in the USA!!!!

I'd take a viper over ANY BMW or Benz anyday. Just drive down south beach in one. The girls will just hop in the car!!!

http://www.dodge.com/viper/

Hey and they start at around $85,500!!!

decent??? that car will (with the right driver) smoke anything you got on that island lol.

I see every type of car in my job and I must say that it's a tie between american and european between which cars are the biggest peices and crap. I tow BMW's, Jag's, Ford's, Chevy's all day, everyday. Dodge seems to make a decent product. I'm a ford fan but I must say that they have a couple of cars that are just trash (I towed 4 focus's yesterday.) I hate to say this but the Jap cars seem to last forever and the only calls we seem to get for them are dead battery/lockouts/flat tires.


My dream car, I'll go with the 67 Shelby GT 500. 428 cubic inches, 355/420 hp/tq. Not much around even today that will run with it off the showroom floor.

what he said

what do you mean it floods? the boat fills with water?

what kinda drive system does it have? Outboard, inboard/outboard, sterndrive?

Well it's not good to mix electricity and water...

mo·tor (mō'tər)-A device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy using an arrangement of coils and magnets that converts electric current into mechanical power.

en·gine (ĕn'jĭn)-A machine that converts energy into mechanical force or motion by internal-combustion.

wet motor??

I was asking if there was anything done to the motor (i.e. to make more hp)

what's done to the motor?

Yea but Scrubbing Bubbles is about $1 a can....

anytime!

Any bathroom cleaner should work for ya. I would start with a milder one like Scrubbing Bubbles or Tilex. Test a small hidden area first to make sure there's no color faiding.

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AMC -All Makes Combined
AMC -A Major Cost
AMC -A Mutated Car
AMC -A Morons Car
AMC -Another Major Catastrophe
AUDI -Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
AUDI -All Unsafe Designs Implemented
AUDI -Another Ugly Duetsche Invention
AUDI -Always Undermining Deutsche Intelligence
AUDI -Automobile Unsafe Designs, Inc.
BMW -Babbling Mechanical Wench
BMW -Beastly Monstrous Wonder
BMW -Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels
BMW -Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
BMW -Barely Moving Wreck
BMW -Big Money Waste
BMW -Big Money. Why?
BMW -Big Money Works
BMW -Born Moderately Wealthy
BMW -Breaks Most Wrenches
BMW -Bring Many Wrenches
BMW -Brings Me Women
BMW -Brings More Women
BMW -Broken Money Waster
BMW -Broke My Wallet
BMW -Broken Monstrous Wonder
BMW -Brutal Money Waster
BMW -Bumbling Mechanical Wretch
BMW -Blasphemous Motorized Wreck
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CADILLAC -Crazy And Demented Idiots Like Large American Cars
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Techniques
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DODGE -Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater
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DODGE -Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
DODGE -Dead On Delivery, Go Easy
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EDSEL -Every Day Something Else Leaks
FIAT -Failed In A Tunnel
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FIAT -Failure In Automotive Technology
FIAT -Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
FIAT -Fits In A Thimble
FIAT -Fix It Again Tony
FIAT -Flats In All Tires
FIAT -Found In A Trench
FORD -Force of Rapid Departure
FORD -Fabricated Of Refried Dung
FORD -Fails On Rainy Days
FORD -Famous Odor Resistant Dog
FORD -Falling Off: Rusty Door
FORD -Fast Only Rolling Downhill
FORD -Fantastically Orgasmic Realistic Dream
FORD -Fastest On Road, Dip!
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FORD -Fault Of R&D
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FORD -Finally Obsolete Racing Device
FORD -Fireball On Rear Denting
FORD -First On Recall Day
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FORD -First On Road to Dump
FORD -First On Rust and Deterioration
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FORD -Fix Or Recycle Dilemma
FORD -Fixed Or Repaired Daily
FORD -Flip Over Read Directions
FORD -Flipping Over Results in Death
FORD -Flipped Over Roadside Disaster
FORD -Flintstone Or Rubble Driven
FORD -Follow Our Ruddy Dogsled
FORD -Fond Of Resonating Decibels
FORD -Foot On Road Decelerates
FORD -Fords Only Run Downhill
FORD -Forced On Reluctant Drivers
FORD -Formed Of Rejected DNA
FORD -Forwarded Once; Return Denied
FORD -Forward Only; Reverse Defective
FORD -Forgot Our Recommended Defaults
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FORD -Fork Over Repair Dough
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FORD -Found On Russian Dump
FORD -Fouled Out Re-done Dodge
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FORD -(spelled backwards)Driver Returns On Foot
GEO -Good Engineering Overlooked
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GMC -Garage Man's Companion
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GMC -Great Motor Car
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IROC -I Run Over Critters
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JEEP -Just Eats Every Part
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KIA -Killed In Action
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LTD -Long Term Debt
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LTD -Long, Thin Dumpster
LTD -Long Time Driving
MAZDA -Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along
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M.G. -Money Guzzler
MITSUBISHI -Mostly In The Shop Undergoing Big Investments, Sometimes Halfway
Incomplete
MOPAR -Many Odd Parts Arranged Randomly
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Everything.
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Every day.
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Leftover Equipment
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PINTO -Put In Nickel To Operate
PINTO -Paid Inspector Nicely To Overlook
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VW -Virtually Worthless
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I landed the helo a block away or so!

yep, it's a flatbed tow truck lol

well my truck is only a F-650 lol. That's nothing, I'll have to get a pic with a sweeper on there. Those are a blast!

http://68.209.107.234/Photos/Misc/truck%20004.jpg

Here's a pic of my tow truck. That's a 05 F-550 on the bed.

yea I saw those, nice pics!

I got called out to a Jap car meet of sorts the other night. A honda accord, a honda civic, a nissan altima, and a mitsu mirage. Nasty little accident. Rain and new pavement.

It was cold here today! It was 81F (27C). I almost thought about going to buy a jacket (I don't own one)

quiet in here, did somebody put a new muffler on this place?

LMAO!!!

the guard we have at the gate can run um over without a car. he's like 6'5", 325.

I totaly agree. On top on that, we have to be called by the property owner/manager to come tow there car AND they have to sign for it. But who do you think they get mad at lol.

nope. there are cleary posted "Tow Away Zone" signs at all the lots we tow from. If people are too lazy to find a public parking lot, they will pay to get there car out.

$78 a pop. we LOVE new years eve lol

Well lots of people decided they don't know what the no parking signs mean last night. We pulled 125 cars in 5 hours. We could have gotten more, but the yard was full lol. Happy new year and good night, I'm going to bed!

(I'm the guy the parking signs warned you about)

sweet. make sure to post pics. my truck is supposed to be done on friday. I'll have to post before and after pics.

true lol

Steve I thought about you last night, I towed a 05 WRX from an accident. Had 1400 miles on it. Whole front end was used a crumple zone lol. I didn't have a camera with me so no pics :(.

I saw a car once that had so much oil in it, it was running out of the dipstick tube lol.

:)

That's for sissy's lol. Besides, that's a good way to get an airbag in the face. Bwild, the trucks I'm driving now are a 04 Ford F-650SD with a 21' century bed and a 05 Ford F-450SD Vulcan intruder self-loader. the self-loader is my fav, I love not having to get out of the truck to steal cars lol.

yep! takes about 10 seconds per tire to put them on, then just roll the car away lol. we have lots of fun toys. I've gotten really good at unlocking cars. I can be in most of them in under 10 seconds.

we keep These on all the trucks for stealing those 4 wheel drive cars that people think we can't tow :)

hehe, park it in the red zone and see what I do lol.

"do you tow, or lift onto the bed?"-Depends on the truck I'm driving. If I work days, it's a flatbed, if I work nights, it's a repo truck doing impounds.

(I'm the guy those parking signs warned you about)