[rank]

Went truck shopping today. 70,000 doesn't but what it used to.

Stumbled across a T600 that was built in July of 2005. It has a C13 Acert and I know nothing about these engines. Our other engines are a '95 410hpN14, '01 475hp C15, '01 500hp DD60 and they all get around 5 USmpg.

Any info on these Acert's is apreciated.

[rank]

oh.....I forgot....we've got an an M11 too. Little wimpy for my liking that one.

[Teal 95 KW]

I can tell you that they don't pull worth a damn. I drove one briefly as a company driver way back in the day and it was sloooow going with it. Of course, it had a 13spd with a 3.36 rear and tall rubber, so that might have played a role in it, but the general concensus is that they are dogs.

[rank]

thanks Teal.....this one had a 13 and a 3.55 rear gear. We pull 80,000 all the time.

[Maniac]

70,000 doesn't but what it used to

$125.000 doesn't either


C-13 is kind of a light weight version of the C-15, pretty much a very similar engine to the M-11 Cummins.

Around 430 HP max, small in my opinion for a road truck that will pull any weight over 40K

[solo379]

I've got C15 ACERT build in 2004, got a bit over 300K so far. Love it! 8)
It pull better than my old 3406E 550, and I'm averaging around 7mpg(7.3 last 4,000 miles ) You got to learn, how to drive it tho...! :wink:

[dteam270]

Solo, what kind of rears and trans do you have? Like to be getting that kind of milelage of my CAT.

[solo379]

13 double over, and 3.55 with 24.5 LP.
I wish I'd specsed it with 3.36, cause perfect speed for that setup is 62mph, and I'd like to run a bit faster...!

[rank]

hey solo,

where are you driving, how much are you grossing and wht do you mean ya gotta learn how to drive it?

thanks

[no_worries]

Solo's definitely one of the exceptions from the guys I've talked to. Most that had the first year or two of the new Acerts weren't very happy with them. A lot of fleets traded out of them within a year and that's not their normal modus operandi. I heard the C-13 Acert had some real reliability issues. Of course this is all hearsay since I've never owned one, but a good friend of mine sold KW's and loved to talk :lol: