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Macon, IL | I run 52k plates on my other 2 tandems so expect will on this one as well.
I have an older IH with a rebuilt 466 and Allison I put in a few years ago-loud and kinda ugly but super reliable-not a ton of power. My other truck is a Freighligner FL60 with the baby cat. Its a nice truck-but kinda doggy too.
Pretty flat here but we only use 1 truck in beans-most days we use two in corn and hire a semi or two from ADM if we can get them. After 20 years of many junk straight trucks, gassers, all we have been through-farm has grown and I would like 1 really nice truck with good power-then the IH can serve as stand by only when we can't get ADM trucks.
I would like something with 350+ horsepower-preferably Allison auto-but considering some of the "automated" transmissions-tons out there but have heard enought horror stories they make me nervous. Shops that work on those are quite a ways from here. Good local guys to do pre-def engine work or work on Allisons.
One other criteria I do have-no more tag axles. Sick of dealing with them-driver forget to put them up and down-had a bunch-only one left is on the little freightliner.
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Good base for Tandem
