First off, I just want to say this isn't a kill story that is normally on here. In fact I'm a kind of embarrassed it put it on here. But I know everyone on this site can enjoy raw, brute force, torque and horsepower. The kind of power that makes your dick stand up just thinking about it.

I was going to South Carolina a few months ago in my 2000 k2500. On the way there I pull up it a little tiny fuel station. And I stopped across from a W900 Kenworth pulling a Case 580 quadtrac. The whole rig weighted some were around 85,000 and 90,000 lbs.

As I fueled the truck up I talked to the guy a little bit. After my truck was full I walked in and went pee. And on my way back out he started the truck back up. I have never been around anything that shook the ground and everything around it just sitting at an idle like this truck did.

This fuel station was at the bottom of a fairly steep and long hill. It was just starting to get light out. The W900 pulled out just in front of me. As he started up the hill there was a pretty good flame coming from both stacks.

I was following him up the hill, but he was slowly pulling away. I would give it some more gas then he would. About half way up the hill he stuck his hand out the window and waved. Then he just stood on it and so did to. But the W900 just started walking away from my old truck. By the top of the hill he was probably an 1/8 miles ahead of me.

I always thought my truck ran pretty good. You know for a truck with a bone stock 350 and 4l80e. I wish I would have ask what was in the truck when I was talking to him.

I don't care if you hate diesel engines or you love them. Seeing 45 tons of steel walk away from a pickup going up a hill impressive.

 

Maximum Overdrive

 

Have you ever seen an 18-wheeler, just the tractor, in a hurry to get somewhere? Not one of the day cabs with a smaller diesel either. I'm talking sleeper, long wheelbase, giant Cummins or CAT engine hiding under the hood? Now that's a sight to see one of those take off.

Also W900's are bitchin' and timeless.

 

There was an 18 wheeler without his trailer toying with my buddy in his WRX one night lmao.

 

My buddy's brother used to be an OTR hauler and he said in Nevada he used to get up to 140 loaded up on open roads. Not sure that I believed him at the time but all that torque can go to work perhaps.

 

 

It just shows that no matter what someone drives there is no such thing as to much power.

 

 

Like......good story
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Rue de Camion stuff is nuts!

Good story, those compound turbo rigs are no joke with the wick turned up!

 

Thanks for posting. Loved the story. Anything is a good change around here from the 19sec. video followed by the two months of butthurt cry babys.

 

Even more wah wah wah.

 

Cody's having a bad day. Hugz camarbr0

 

Why were the viper and corvette in the video sitting on the line burning out though? :p

 

 

W900 are pretty good!

 

 

Just reminded me of the movie lmao. However very badass!

 

This is why I always wanted to be a truck driver, but I'm going to school for mechanical engineering instead Guess I can still own a nice custom rig if I really want to! Nothing like seeing eight tires light up while the truck has a load attached.

 

I remember a long time ago an ace driver pulling the left front off the ground 3 or 4 times pulling something retardedly heavy through an intersection one day. I was blown away by the noise, power and work being done at such a low speed.