screaming old detroit

[lovetrain442]

Little overweight ain't it?

[creamyfilling102]

i'm just curious, did you use enough straps on that middle lift??

[GrandAmGT1990]

do they have to be reved like that why

[Laury79]

@GrandAmGT1990 Because its a two-stroke diesel.

[nachos1990]

@GrandAmGT1990 two stroke engines including detroit 2 strokes make all of their power in the top end or high rpm range. You don't hit the power band until around 1750rpm

[gohabsgo1fan]

it screaming "give me more"

[AcaAllertor127]

im not sure why, but when it revs up i start laughing and cant stop until the end!

[Menck1]

Sounds like a lawn mower...

[cte120]

It was one with a lowbay trailer use to pass my house everyday sounded just like that it was red everything on it was red and the last time I saw it it was for sale the trailer with a cat on it

[volff130]

my boss has a old pete with a 2 stroke detroit and we haul 25 tons of wheat seed at 55 to 60 mph no trouble at all even on the hills we lose like no speed...and the cat in our other seed truck loses speed in the hills

[SnowGui]

LOL 2 strokes are only good for sound.. 4 strokes diesel are WAY better because they have an complete stroke only for intake so the sweeping of exhaust gazes is perfect and with the need of ''windows'' for 2 strokes engines they need a longer piston so they have a tinner combustion chamber than 4 strokes... 4 strokes are way better because they produce WAY more torque and they produce all they power at lower speed so less wearing...

[ihfan29]

did ya load her up to much shes dragin got to be pissed off to drive one of those good old detroit

[VDZRIDER]

sounds amazing!!!

[darkshadow1967]

that must have one hell of a good cluch to put up with that abuse ! Have you burnt it yet ?

[thebobandtomshowfan]

Damn, she was loaded down

[1936case]

I never get tired of hearing this truck and seeing your videos. Nothings tougher than an old Binder and nothing sounds better than a good old screaming detroit.

[nealm]

i love the truck but, are you guys a wholesale building supply distrubtors or just a lumber yard because thats alot of lumber to deliver to one or two job sites. and if it is, did you dump the load?

[nealm]

and if you are just a lumber yard, shouldnt youdnt you throw a couple more bands on that OSB for a dump?

[6V92TA]

got dam that truck's slow as fuck....but thats why its da shit! Id love to drive this beast with that load. Nothin sounds better than shifting a slow ass, fully loaded truck and hearing that ole Detroit work. Makes driving a truck fun!

[Hotrodx199]

Are you running split manifolds where it's two seperate manifolds making it a true dual exhaust setup?

[volker185]

Hey Hotrod, can you tell Me more about the Detroit split manifold You mentioned in this ideo clip? Was this an after market application? I wouldn't think it would be a home made thing like I did on my 48 chevy in 1956. Any thing you can tell me will be most appreciated.

[sportscarfan1989]

thing of beauty used to be Americas work horse

[acharad]

Twice the powerstroke, twice the torque, Dpuble the acceleration, , Double the FUN !

With this payload, starts up faster than many contemporary four stroke trucks under 350hp

[bloodynikka1]

nope, sorry buddy, twice the cylinders means twice the powerstoke.....there's 4 strokes: exhaust, compression. intake and powerstroke; twostroke engines only have two strokes:combustion andintake(simultaneously), and compression and exhaust(also simultaneously).

[acharad]

Meant that, in these engines, each cylinder produces power in every rev. So produces more power..

There is only one handicup for these engines : Air viscosity.. So the engine speed is limited by sweeping of exhaust gases by forced air intake. So these engines cannot exceed 1700-1800 rpms at cruise. (Even though with high pressure yields by big turbos that may reach only 2000'ish :D )

[bloodynikka1]

oh i thought you meant more powerstrokes per revolution, not just overall....i get your point..

[024reredrum]

They can rev higher than that the 53 series has a 2800 rpm red line and many people turn them up higher than that.

[ashho56]

my school bus will revv over 4000 and its a 7.3

[pacfan4]

Do you call that a spider axle?

[JT872]

YALL STILL HAVE THAT TRUCK

[3rdAssistantEngineer]

Old Detroits are high revving mofo's.  Nice rig.

[skodas]

brilliant sound

[dunn98632]

sounds good my dad used to drive something that sounbed like that he take it home once in awhile and have lunch loved it how high of rpm does that rev sounds like in the 3 to 4 thousand area for a truck

[mathuetax]

Sweet sounds there. The Detroit Diesels have a sound all their own.

[fontheking5]

Sounds absolutley awesome

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

How much did the frate weight?

[DodgeRamit02]

woow taht looks liek that really workin out that frame did u guys at least double frame it at all?

[studpuppy69]

Great vid, sounds like that engine is struggling with all that weight...

[chorald]

Fucking good sound. It sounds like a saab 2 stroke!

[NONVOGLIONOMI]

Lol Saab (I know) makes also trucks. Scania! XD

[willbill808]

Woah... that sounded more like 9000 RPM than 2100! Well, 2 stroke engines burn fuel twice as fast as 4 strokes do, so they sound like there runnin faster.

[detroitphil]

sweet looking old binder.Eventually i'll get mine dressed up,just a little hard on the wallet to do it all at once.thanks for posting this ,and please keep more coming.

[16v92]

it sounds like a crown school bus with the 6-71 pancake motor

[ClassicTVMan81]

@16v92

Straight-cut blower gears perhaps, or...?

[ClassicTVFan82]

If the engine under the hood was a 6V-92TA, imagine how much weirder it would sound with this kind of exhaust system...

[juanitocarlitos77]

what is the payload?

[turbosuperiority]

Looks to me like 24 tons or 48,000 lbs. according to the info block next to the video. :-)

[Hotrodx199]

this sounds like a 6v53 to me.

[fanoseagrave]

That it does. But it's a 6-71 governed to 2600 rpm's. I know it doesn't have that familiar throaty 6-71 sound that a 1950's-era GM bus or many other trucks had. It's just governed higher and has unusually noisy (for a 6-71) straight-cut blower gears, which should explain the similarity to the 6V-53.

[ickycan]

Sorry still governed to 2100 rpm. I think the sound difference is due to the  Ummmm rather unique exhaust that we built. Thanks ICkycan

[fanoseagrave]

Interesting.......:>/

[ClassicTVMan81]

@ickycan

Some Gillig and Crown schoolbuses with this particular engine sounded similarly wicked.

[DDRoar88]

It doesnt sound like a 6-71 because its blowing out twin stacks. Sounds like two 3-71's because of that.

[fanoseagrave]

That exhast is probably custom. Many trucks of today have dual exhausts even though they all have straight-6 engines. It helps the engine breathe easier.

[xxch4osxx]

Where abouts is this in Ontario? Wait till they cut back the weights for tri-axle set ups like that and you will wish you put a steering axle on it instead of the regular lift axle setup, lol.

[toady345]

nice... my daddies the manager

[fanoseagrave]

Definitely NOT a 4-71.

[jr8819]

gotta love the detroits but easy on the clutch son...

[Auscrawlrule]

There's nothing wrong with the way this GM sounds. The're all different. I know it isn't, but it sounds a bit like a 4-71.

[willysjeepparidon]

sounds like a rice burner

[ClassicTVFan82]

To get another idea as to what the 6-71 in this particular truck should sound like, type in "1979 GMC Brigadier." The main title of the video is "Shifting a 6-71."

[fryloc359]

So that is scream of a 2 stroke I hear about...

[s172mch]

is that a straight truck? looks weird with 3 axles spaced out like that

[fanoseagrave]

The second axle is an idler. Notice how it stops turning around :30 when it hits the crown in the road.

[fanoseagrave]

Doesn't sound like it. I've heard 6-71's that were much louder.

[graemets3]

ickycan, what is the old girl? A rigid or a semi?

[ickycan]

The truck is a rigid or straight truck with 27 and a half feet of deck.

[ickycan]

It is a 671N still limited to 2100 rpm. The exhaust has been "slightly" reworked ... (grin). More mods to come! Keep watching as they will get done as soon as our work schedule allows some down time for the old girl.

ICkycan

[fastbowtie355]

when do we get a in cab video of this truck . your guys did a good job putting this truck together. im glad to see a fleet star still earning its keep

[ickycan]

fastbowtie355

I have tried several in cabs ... seems like a cell phone rings or a car pulls out or "someone" starts cursin or ... I will keep attempting to put something together.

[gajda1984]

sounds like a 6v53.

[tackmaneire2007]

I know Detroit Diesel 2-strokes "scream" a bit - but this one sounds like its in agony... is the clutch slipping on this truck or what?

[Boeing227]

That sounds weird. That's not the 6-71 Detroit sound I know.

[rigjockey423]

I don't know but she sounds like a 4 cyl to me

[seagravefan]

Actually that is a 6-71 governed to 2600 RPM. One of our neighboring fire companies had a 1969 Seagrave rear-mount ladder truck with this same style engine but louder and an Allison 6-speed automatic transmission. Another fire comapny near us had a 1969 American LaFrance pump with the same high-revving 6-71 also with an automatic transmission. Love that sound!! I also like 6V-53, too.

[ClassicTVFan82]

Whoever owns this truck ought to put it back to 2100 or 2300 rpm. You should watch/listen to 12V-71N in the Kenworth W900 (if you haven't already) to get an idea as to what this 6-71 SHOULD sound like.

[greeniron32]

I think I like the sound of an 2100 rpm 6-71.This one sounds like a machine shop! What was the reason for the 2600 rpm setting?

[seagravefan]

More power.

[greeniron32]

What horsepower is the 2600 rpm model? Most 6-71's were about 238 hp.

[seagravefan]

I don't know for sure but I think somewhere in the 250 HP range.

[ClassicTVFan82]

According to International Trucks by Fred Crismon, the DD is listed (in the 1975 section of the book, the one year before this truck was built) as producing 228 hp @ 2,100 rpm and 653 lb/ft of torque @ 1,400 rpm.

[671Detroit]

There was none. there was the

53 series 2900 RPM

71 series 2200 RPM

92 Series 1900 RPM

still doesn't sound like a 6-71. I'd classify it as an 8v53. That would give you higher RPMs and it would better explain the twin stacks.

[greeniron32]

I have heard a lot of detriots & this one of the stranger sounding ones! i would agree it sounds lake a 471N

[graemets3]

I have listened to this quite a few times. I am probably wrong but could it be 471N? To me

[Auscrawlrule]

Too heavy for a 4-71.

[DieselBlooded19]

woow that 671 is struglin with that 24 tons that DAMN.......lol Just a lil under powered for an old girl like that ehh?

[lawsy29]

cool I really don't mind driving it :)

[ddryq]

Yeh that 6v53 is getting to be a rare engine in trucks. Great post!!

[ddryq]

Hmmmm, now I'm doubting myself that it's not a 6v53 because it sounds like a 71 series at lower rpms. I'm guessing the governed top rpm was turned way up, and it is a 6-71. Please tell us more about the engine....

[ddryq]

That doesn't sound like a 6-71. It's probably a 6v53.