RB44 project, conversion to suit my work requirements.

[Gray git]

Depends how heavy your chip box and tipping gear adds up too, as each 1 is realistic a individual modified vehicle each will differ from the next so unless you put it on the scales it's an appointment guess. I work on the theory that full is about ok but 2.5 ton of chip approx and mine holds 7m ish so unless very wet it's ok.

 

sent while pretending to do something important on my mobile.

[aspenarb]

A nice conversion, I got an RB44 about a year ago to use here and there, it's got a decent tipper body and looks great. My only gripe with them is how incredibly slowly it goes up a hill, even unladen. It seems to me there'sa problem with the difference between 2nd gear and 3rd gear; as the revs drop in 3rd and you need to cvhange down the difference to 2nd is such that you're going at 15-20 mph tops. Just thought I'd put it out there incase I've a problem and others don't?? In which case, I have a problem!

 

I wonder if this is down to the overall gearing with those massive army wheels/tyres. The RB`s I have driven are civvy ones on 17.5 tyres and they pull and go like a train. I have a military one but have not driven it yet but I can check the diff ratio`s and see if they have attempted to correct the gearing after fitting those 20" tyres.

 

Bob

[64treefrog]

Probably hit the nail on the head with tyre size!

 

Had a Landrover on 9 x 16s years ago, when I put 7.50x16s on it was a different beast

[[email protected]]

Bob, I'd be interested to know if you have time. I don't know if I'll keep it if not, we cover such a big area in hilly Wales that whilst it's awsome in some ways, the hills are a problem!

[aspenarb]

I had a quick squint under the 7.5 ton RB and it has a completely different type of back axle, the fronts are the same. There are no tags to indicate what ratios they are but a quick look on the dodge 50 site seems to indicate there are two ratios available and they are 4.9 and 5.3 . I dont know which ones are in the 5.5 ton rb. Will keep digging.

 

Bob