Check out this truck

[BigFatCow]

:Q

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: BigFatCow
:Q

Monster Machines covered this truck already.

 

[Sukhoi]

That is why I am a mechanical engineer.

 

[Chompman]

Wonder what kind of miles per gallon that bad boy gets

Take that down a street and see if anyone minds

 

[MaxDSP]

wasnt this the same type of truck used in Rumble in the Bronx (or one of those Jackie Chan movies)?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Those tires alone are 40k each.

 

[Heisenberg]

It's only a matter of time before every soccer mom on the block HAS to have one...

 

[Atlechnik]

Originally posted by: Chompman
Wonder what kind of miles per gallon that bad boy gets

you mean gallons per mile,

hhehe

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Atlechnik

Originally posted by: Chompman
Wonder what kind of miles per gallon that bad boy gets

you mean gallons per mile,

hhehe

Typically, the larger diesels have a much higher thermal efficiency (I'd say the one used in the truck has a 30-35% efficiency, as a guess). Couple that with regenerative braking, and the mileage wouldn't be TOO low.

 

[no0b]

Just wait for this to hit the road!!

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Atlechnik

Originally posted by: Chompman
Wonder what kind of miles per gallon that bad boy gets

you mean gallons per mile,

hhehe

Typically, the larger diesels have a much higher thermal efficiency (I'd say the one used in the truck has a 30-35% efficiency, as a guess). Couple that with regenerative braking, and the mileage wouldn't be TOO low.

That's assuming they have some sort of capacitor or battery system for the regen braking to actually be useful. Most train locomotives just have a big cooler system and that energy gets released as heat, iirc.

 

[hellfreeze]

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