[rescue] Solaris 8 Differences

[George Adkins]

> > > > Dumptrucks and 18 wheelers do not generally set speed records.
> > >
> > > No, but I know of a Dodge Ram 2500 Turbo Diesel that does the quarter
> > > mile in low 13s :)
> >
> > with 8 yards of gravel in the bed?
> >
> > would it even *move* with 8 yards of gravel in the bed...?
>
> If you dumped 8 cu. yards of gravel towards the bed of any "3/4-ton"
> pickup truck (I'm assuming the Dodge "2500" is more or less an
> equivalent rating to a Chev/GM "2500"), you'd damn near bury the whole
> back end of the truck!  (not to mention probably bending the frame,
> maybe breaking the rear axle and maybe also popping the rear wheels off
> the hubs, etc., especially if it was pea sized, wet, and dumped from an
> 8-foot wide bucket!)
>
> [[8 cubic yards of water would weigh about 13,483 lbs., which is only
> about 7 times as much weight as my "1/2-ton" truck is rated for (nearly
> one ton), and no doubt still well over what any 3/4-ton is rated for]]

Oh, so you _*weren't*_  trying to add your truck to the comparison...
My mistake.

George