What? Umean everything on this site isn't true? 
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Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
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Salvage yard cost (706) plus Profab carrier = a wash! However resale value is greater on a component so don't forget to look to the future.  Didn't you just sell a ag rear roller?
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Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
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Posts: 744 |
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Posts: 744 |
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Posts: 744 |
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Posts: 744 |
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Posts: 744 |
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Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
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Posts: 744 |
Magnesium planetaries vs weld on hubs = not a wash. Resale future is bright for both styles of chassis
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Franklin 4:1 CAST planets are cheap.....compare apples to apples there driver! 2 chassis for sale 1 in ag cast the other is component both equal in asking price whose future is brighter? Me wearing shades  waiting on that answer!!!!
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Back to school young'n ......why are you sayn high end buyers? Are you more comfortable working with cast, maybe you need to broaden your area of expertise?
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So are you saying the 4.1 Lim-Pro is a low HP class?
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So it's a high HP class with low HP chassis's full of primma donna's? 
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Registered: 03/25/2008 Posts: 2,526 |
All cast rear only classes must have operational 3-point lift system and one power take off shaft fully functional..................bahahahaha. This rule is for "570" and" Sully" the 2 best cast class fans inthe world!!! 
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Gee whiz. A man steps away from the page for two days (I knew I'd regret leaving the laptop at home) and all hell breaks loose.
Dear Jake: brother, friend: you're right, and you're wrong. But honestly, this is all apples vs. oranges going on here to me. Basic parameters here: If you're above 2500hp and/or weigh less than 7500lbs, Component is the cost-effective choice LONG TERM. Under 2500hp and above 7500 (with a rear end and tranny housing that hasn't had it's structure corrupted) Cast is perfectly acceptable in the long term, cost-wise. We have two classes that need a component chassis at opposite ends of the spectrum. LSS and PS. LSS is fighting to get as much weight on the nose as possible. A puller recently remarked to a group I was in that he would have never dreamed that a 1000lbs on the nose wasn't enough because of the advances in tires and chassis. Builders are getting very creative in their efforts to get rid of weight on the back end and put it on the nose, and the cast chassis would soon be compromised beyond its limits. PS is a mass/torque issue, but I do not believe that a cast rear is obsolete yet in PS. Both of these classes have a class similar to them but have a distinct difference. For PS of course it's LPS 4.1; LSS its LLSS. Unless LPS finds the holy grail of torque with their current specs---not saying they're slouches---and with slightly less mass, they don't need a component chassis. LLSS doesnt need them either, their power level will need to jump substantially also to warrant a chassis change. Remember most LLSS began life in LSS and have had in some cases over 1000 hp removed from the chassis. Of course none of what I have said is gospel just observation. Each chassis has their place in this sport and getting snarky (which I confess I do sometimes, see above) to an extreme about this stuff is unnecessary. Im sure there's some way to extrapolate into a graph the risk/reward on this deal but honestly I'm not smart enough nor do I have the time to find that "sweet spot" where there is no grey area, where one philosophy ends and another begins economically. Stuff breaks, no matter what it's made of. It's just up to the end user to examine their rule set and let their conscience (and their checkbook) be their guide. Bryan Lively - 
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