Kenworth

[Truck Shop]

Do you know anything about why they built it?

No idea, it resides somewhere in Utah. But companies like American Line Builders that were
around here at one time, built a lot of their own off road transmission line trucks. There was
a KW roughly that vintage here some years back that a constructed 6x6. Along with several
other oddities just like the one below, it was built by ALB.
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[Truck Shop]

In two's--Tow truck fan clutch started leaking air, fan hub is 4 years old hoses 6 years old.
Couldn't hear a leak--soapy watered everything--feed line from air solenoid formed a huge
bubble in a 6" area. I don't think that hose had 35,000 miles on it, but it ruptured inside out.
So this time I had a hydraulic hose made to fit--the old one was good to 500 psi.

 

[Deere500a]

M26 pulling grade lock throttle unfold the lawn chair set it on the fender watch world go bye just hopefully there's a gas station at the top.

 

[Deere500a]

Ooh Pete 353 can get groceries with

 

[Truck Shop]

Sort of a 353.
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That 1091--great wide open till carb ices.

 

[Deere500a]

 

[Truck Shop]

There was a KW tug at Boeing Field Seattle back in the mid 70's, might have been several,
but I only saw the one.

 

[Truck Shop]

The rarest of KW's, only one built, and no longer in existence.
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[Deere500a]

Automotive engine well then well jeep owes me some cu ins about +510

 

[Welder Dave]

Wonder who made the ground power unit? Grill looks like a Hobart. Hobart made the first ground power unit in the US in 1946. I didn't realize they still make them as part of ITW.

Hobart Ground Power - History of the Hobart Brand | ITW GSE

The Hobart ground power units were designed to provide AC or DC power with the latest in Engine Drive and Solid State technology.

itwgse.com

 

[Deere500a]

Tug with the torque spec surprised not a v6-53 maybe cold weather?. Not sure see lot of Gpu mostly Cummins diesel late 50s on

 

[Truck Shop]

Back in those years diesel power was not considered reliable by certain standards, mostly
cold weather starting and batteries/starters were the issues.

 

[Deere500a]

Pancake design of a tug a v6 diesel over tall inline 6 gasser oil pan had to be close to dragging. Detroits worked for ww2

 

[Truck Shop]

The possibility of a T shape sump pan, or just one long sump front to back makes for
shallower pan, but they didn't care as long as it had 5" clearance. Always on tarmac or
runway.
Yes and thank goodness died away in mid 80's.

 

[Deere500a]

Any time with a v6-92 Detroit 320hp? It's out there but never heard about it

 

[Truck Shop]

Any time with a v6-92 Detroit 320hp? It's out there but never heard about it

Construction company I worked for had two 6V92's but I don't remember the hp.
Most were 350's.
But that's off the KW subject too.

 

[Deere500a]

No sir it was in the l700/ buses /firetrucks

 

[Deere500a]

Remember Odd kw cab v6 "320" concrete pumper. Not trying to derail kw only

 

[Truck Shop]

I don't remember it because I never dealt with firetrucks/buses or concrete pumpers.
Items I've never bothered to give a minutes thought, just tools with wheels that have
zero exterior personality. Other than the music from sirens or a ad spinning around on
a concrete mixer truck drum. The only items that I will agree with my brother on {seen one
cement mixer you've seen them all}. I worked on detroit two strokes, personally never
cared for the nasty leaking or noisy messes, those did the job and faded into history
thankfully.

 

[Truck Shop]