My 5 ton with a 427 ran propane as does my Powerwagon. Basically any gas engine can run propane. And because propane has a 100+ octane rating you can build an engine with lots of compression. And in BC you exempt from pollution testing.
Melvin Willis
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> on 5/25/04 5:59 PM, Jon at jonsdak@midmaine.com wrote:
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> > I remember once, a Schwann's (frozen food) truck driver
> tried to convince me
> > that his GMC TopKick 6500 ran on propane.
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> The old Consolodated Freightways ran all their city trucks
> (Freightshakers)
> on propane.
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> Jon
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