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Offline rpm

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« on: September 13, 2004, 01:07:10 PM »
It's no Scout, but International is back in the SUV biz.
 
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The new CXT, short for commercial extreme truck and built from the same platform as the heavy truck maker's typical tow truck or cement mixer, will be sold starting this week by Navistar's International Truck & Engine subsidiary.

At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT's about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab. But it really towers over what's on the road now is in height, at 108 inches, or 11 feet, a foot above a basketball rim and more than two feet taller than the Hummer or the F-350.The vehicle weighs about seven tons empty and can carry another six tons in its truck bed.

People have been making conversions for years, but a factory model is pretty cool.
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2004, 01:19:23 PM »
I wonder why CNN would compare this to an F350 when they really ought to be comparing it to an F650.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129856
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2004, 01:27:05 PM »
Yeah, I wondered the same thing. I think the difference is Ford does'nt make any factory 650 pickups. They are all aftermarket conversions.

I saw a neat conversion Kenworth at the drag strip a couple weeks ago. It was on a 1 ton Chevy duramax frame. The guy did a good job scaling the hood down to size so the 16 inch wheels looked porportional.
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2004, 01:33:20 PM »
I hear that the Kerry family has ordered 2 allready...  :D
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2004, 01:39:58 PM »
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Yeah, I wondered the same thing. I think the difference is Ford does'nt make any factory 650 pickups. They are all aftermarket conversions.

I saw a neat conversion Kenworth at the drag strip a couple weeks ago. It was on a 1 ton Chevy duramax frame. The guy did a good job scaling the hood down to size so the 16 inch wheels looked porportional.


Ah.... I get it... the F650 is a commercial vehicle that's been converted to a pickup.
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2004, 01:41:02 PM »
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I hear that the Kerry family has ordered 2 allready...  :D


That joke is tired.
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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2004, 01:43:37 PM »
Oh shaddap. :) That kind of nonsense perfectly defines what a phoney kerry is..
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2004, 01:44:50 PM »
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Oh shaddap. :) That kind of nonsense perfectly defines what a phoney kerry is..


If you say so... :rolleyes:
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2004, 04:01:41 PM »
What in the world does Kerry have to do with a friggin Semi....some people try to stretch anything eh?
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2004, 04:01:56 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2004, 04:04:31 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2004, 04:06:29 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2004, 04:21:44 PM »
first thing that came to mind



with a truck bed...


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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2004, 05:38:11 PM »
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Well the story is IIRC that Kerry, a man who postures himself as a liberal enviornetalist, was asked if he owned some huge gas guzzling SUVs.  He lied that he didnt.  But when he was corned with evidence thatr he did own some big SUVs his BS answer was that his family owned them - his personal vehicles...   Thats kerry for ya... :)


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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2004, 05:39:41 PM »
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And so I do..   :)  But hey if you think it's positive sign that a grown man says that he doesnt own an SUV but that his family does when confronted about his enviornrmental credentials, well..

I really think that Kerry is just as dumb and awkward a speaker as Bush, just in a different way...


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