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Old 07-12-2010, 09:53 PM
Whiskeydan Whiskeydan is offline
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
I've got a Bluebird Wanderlodge. Not a real school bus but pretty close. Mine has a CAT 3208NA. It's pretty slow but I have never driven a 5.9 Cummins in a 35k lb vehicle so I can't make the comparison. I'd be concerned about a 3 spd. 4+ gears would be better.
Title showed this one at 16K lbs. My old 1 ton 5.9 farm truck tows my heavy tractor to hwy speeds just fine and it has nearly 400K miles on it. I just think the bus should have performed better than it did. It had a tough time with the slightest uphill grades. It would be very stressful driving any distance.

A Cat powered pusher would be ideal but I suspect they are rare.
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