Saw this huge IH dump truck a week ago.

dually looked sort of like a Kodiak or F650/750 but old and an IH and shorter.

Had an IH V8 gas but it looked HUGE maybe it was just be but it looked bigger than a 304/345/392

Anyone know what it is?

Ron

Was it yellow …… I was driving my 72 4x4 loady up in PA last weekend?

Originally posted by evilfij
Saw this huge IH dump truck a week ago.

dually looked sort of like a Kodiak or F650/750 but old and an IH and shorter.

Had an IH V8 gas but it looked HUGE maybe it was just be but it looked bigger than a 304/345/392

Anyone know what it is?

Ron

The engine could very well have been an LV series IH gas v-8. Did you happen to notice the distributor (or if it had two distributors it's a dead giveaway), they have one laying at a slant out the front like a RB chrysler. Also, the exhaust manifolds are like a small chevy, with the two exhaust ports next to each other.

did the front look like this

chould have a 392 or a 401 or eaven bigger

http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/48/48136/020406mvc-615s.jpg

engine look like tis crummy pic

http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL50/469498/590188//7820769.jpg

Originally posted by Chief Yelling Alot
engine look like tis crummy pic

http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL50/469498/590188//7820769.jpg

That's that guy from Holland's LV-605! What's his name, Jim Barent or somesuch.

I think I misspoke above, regarding the distributors. I know there are two-distributor versions of the 549, but it looks to me like when they have only one distributor, it's at the back (I should have remembered that. d'oh). Also, the LV have evenly spaced exhaust ports, like the SV; what can I say, I'm a dumbass. I *think * the MV have siamese ports, I have a pic somewhere, I'll post it next if I find it.

Here's a drawing of a LV-605:

It may be a 446, like the 2 I have sittin in the yard

Originally posted by lt303scoutin
It may be a 446, like the 2 I have sittin in the yard

Here's a picture of an MV-466. I was wrong about the siamese ports, not sure where I got that idea, but anyway....

Holy huge fawkin fly wheel!!!! Geuss you don't need a diesel with that much weight. I must say "holy Shiat"

Originally posted by oiler
Holy huge fawkin fly wheel!!!! Guess you don't need a diesel with that much weight. I must say "holy Shiat"

The reason that particular engine has such a huge-ass flywheel (I believe Jim said ~400lbs) is that the 605 in that picture was used in a mill or somesuch to grind wheat or somesuch. In other words, it was used in an industrial, stationary, constant rpm/heavy load use, hence the special flywheel. They have "normal" ones for those engines too, though they are also very heavy (but not 400 lbs heavy)

Personally, I'd be somewhat concerned about excessive rear main bearing wear with that much weight out there. Additionally, an even bigger concern (in the long run) would be the bending moment induced in the crank by that heavy flywheel times a few inches to the block support. The small deflection in the crank, carried as the crank spins many, many, many times in its life, would cause me to wonder about fatigue, too! I can only hope that the flywheel was supported separately somehow, to deal with these would-be problems.

Wonder what they use for a starter motor, a chevy 350???? :D

Originally posted by Bindernut


The reason that particular engine has such a huge-ass flywheel (I believe Jim said ~400lbs) is that the 605 in that picture was used in a mill or somesuch to grind wheat or somesuch. In other words, it was used in an industrial, stationary, constant rpm/heavy load use, hence the special flywheel. They have "normal" ones for those engines too, though they are also very heavy (but not 400 lbs heavy)

Personally, I'd be somewhat concerned about excessive rear main bearing wear with that much weight out there. Additionally, an even bigger concern (in the long run) would be the bending moment induced in the crank by that heavy flywheel times a few inches to the block support. The small deflection in the crank, carried as the crank spins many, many, many times in its life, would cause me to wonder about fatigue, too! I can only hope that the flywheel was supported separately somehow, to deal with these would-be problems.

Wonder what they use for a starter motor, a chevy 350???? :D

yeah he siad it was used for a genarater that ran on natarul gas for a schooll and that flywheel is 1000 lbs :eek:

"did the front look like this"

Yup, thats it. It was in the woods at a camp.

I was thinking tow rig. whats the specs on that mondo V8 gas engine?

:)

Ron

A Loadstar with and LV Series gas motor will sure pull well enough, however I don't think that you want to use one as a tow rig. The problem is not in power, but with the fact that those motors drink gas at the rate of 1-2 MPG. A diesel just makes much more financial sense in a bigger truck today.

Originally posted by diamonddave
A Loadstar with and LV Series gas motor will sure pull well enough, however I don't think that you want to use one as a tow rig. The problem is not in power, but with the fact that those motors drink gas at the rate of 1-2 MPG. A diesel just makes much more financial sense in a bigger truck today.


some loadstars had diesels and most in the 80s

Yep, you could get loadstars w/ -53, -71 detroits, DV-550's, DT-466's and I *think* D-353's in the very early ones.