The American showed a tractor on which he drove 6.6 million kilometers

The trucker Alan Kitzhaber told Overdrive Magazine, which is the secret of the long operation of the Kenworth T600 truck. The American acquired a tractor new in 1995 for work and gradually improved the structure to extend the resource. Now there are 4.1 million miles (6.6 million kilometers) on the odometer, but neither the “six hundred” nor the driver are resigned.

The most useful upgrade Alan Kitshaber considers the tire pressure control system. “I find it difficult to say how many times it paid off,” said the trucker. Inexpensive function allows you to move to the side of the repair and save the tire until it became unusable. Another simple but effective superstructure is Kangurin in front of the bumper. He took on the blows of four deer, preserving the plumage, radiators and other details.

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Improving another plan-replacing the standard 13-speed “mechanics” with a box with raising gears, which allows reducing engine speed at high speed. The driver also moved from 6×4 to 6×2 formulas: the elimination of the “extra” drive facilitated the structure by half a ton, reduced the losses in the transmission and contributed to fuel saving. The Caterpillar 3406e engine itself remains from the factory: it survived three “capital”, but the cylinder block is old.

Of the minor improvements – a pre -heater in fuel and an additional fuel filter. Also, the truck was regularly served. Thirty -three years ago, Alan Kitzhaber hoped that the trucker’s profession would be temporary: he would look at the country and earn money. But in the end, the tractor became his house on wheels for three decades, and the story is not over.

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