Iron Horse Express

November 13, 2018

Iron Horse Express
Uploaded by : Matt The truck before you, has a 14.6 litre Caterpillar engine, driving a 15 speed Eaton-Fuller gearbox, with Eaton rear axles. Straight through twin exhaust stacks makes the Jacobs-Engine Brake sound like machine gun fire. 28 foot long in total, dripping with lights and chrome. All in all she is a pretty cool truck which turns heads wherever she rolls. Available for hire from ironhorsemotorlines.com

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