Argosy Jake Brake

Freightliner Argosy logger with brutal sounding jake pulling into the weighbridge at Kawerau, New Zealand.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• jake
• brake
• argosy
• logger
• truck
• freightliner
• newzealand
• kawerau

[mattbx]

Thanks for th info Keeweelogger... Didn't get a chance to speak to the driver...

[mozebasic]

i love cat motors

[escortyaself]

haha donaldson mufflers aka pretty much stright pipe . i here a similar sounds every seconds morning or so as lockley's marmon or peterbuilt roll past my pad at about 6:30 am

what better noise to wake up to

[DICT8R1]

my uncle owns this truck now

[anubis268247]

@paulderbyshire1919 This truck is currently operated by Weta Haulage Ltd in Northland

630bhp Cummins Signature, 18 speed Roadranger, and is a beauty

[ROIBOIakaSMKTHT]

That Marmon sounds epic !

[DieselSmoke92]

I heard a Westernstar in the city use the jake and it sounded like this jake but 10x louder...what engine?

[SixFoHopper]

It was a blue 8x4 wag n' drag, the name started with 'B' and ended in 'ich, i think it was around 8 letters long?. We missed the snow dump by 1 day, wouldn't have wanted to be stranded there!. Also, the other intense drive was coming out of Wellington, past Upper Hutt, towards Masterton - you know the 20km section on the mountain thats really steep, twisty and narrow?. Some of them trucks were taking a wide line to take the corners as we were on the left by the drop off!. Amazing amazing country

[paulderbyshire1919]

Yea we have strict axle weights as our roads arnt very strong. Alot of companies are running 8x4 tractors with 4 axle semi trailers. It works out one of the cheapest ways apparently. Haha that napier taupo rd is a shocker for f#%ken campers. Alot of trucks over here are 550hp+ so doesnt surprise me about doing 100kph uphill. most probly empty. Whitch company was it do you know?

[SixFoHopper]

Yeah, i just don't like to hold people up. You must see some of the dicks who drive them campers, they aren't arsed that the people behind them are working, while they are on holiday. Hey, the one thing that always amazed me about the trucks in NZ is the amout of day cabs on the road, hardly see any sleepers. Also, not many countries run 8x4 tractor units. Also, that Argosy i was on about was doing a solid 100km/h uphill - he must have been empty, goodluck to him!. My missus was going mental!

[paulderbyshire1919]

I work for linfox here in nz and we are limited to 93kph. we go as hard as we can with what we have. Paid by the hour so no need to break yourself really

[SixFoHopper]

Just got back to the UK from another trip to NZ. We had out a 6 berth camper. On the steep twisty section out of Napier to Taupo i had a Argosy on my arse for 2-3km where there was nowhere to pull over or let him pass. I was doing a good 90/100km/h too. When i was able to let him pass he was gone!. Serious horsepower under the cab. NZ trucks run it hard out!.

[paulderbyshire1919]

It has a cummins Signiture 620 or 630HP. We have all sorts. Cummins, CAT and detroit for the American gear. Hino. Mitsubishi, Izusu have there own engines with eaton trans. Mercedes, Scania, Volvo, Iveco, DAF have there own engine and trans.