navistar

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I keep seeing these poor bastards in the test trucks bouncing down Hawthorne Avenue and all the shitty roads around here way too often

you know your roads are bad when they're the durability test ground for an entire industry

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[Mook]

csb

 

[bigsammoe]

it is sad.. but hey they dont need to pay to make a test track...

 

[Mook]

Navistar couldnt afford a test track even if they wanted to. This isnt by accident

 

[RICH17]

We have to work on thier trucks all the time. They're not fun to deal with

 

[Red Alert]

A couple years ago they were going to eliminate all manufacturing from their facility in melrose park and send it south for cheaper labor. I also seen some plans where they were going to completely change that whole facility that included a test track... Maybe they've scraped that idea idk. One thing is for certain, that basement is creepy as fuck. It's like something out of a horror movie.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Navistar products have paid for everything I own and then some. I will Not Complain about what their doing

 

[Ti28]

Navistar products have paid for everything I own and then some. I will Not Complain about what their doing

No shit!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

job security is being a ford tech

 

[GOON]

Navistar's Melsrose Park facility has a small test track. When they shut down the Indiana facility all the testing went to MP. It is a pretty cool place, I was given a tour last summer when I was an intern.

Body Development Lab— which runs such tests as frontal impact, roof strength, seat-pull
Shaker Test Lab—which can test and run up to four truck cab assemblies
Hot and Cold Chamber—tests at temperatures of -40°F to 130°F
Corrosion Lab-- contains a ‘full vehicle’ chamber
Engine Dyno Testing-- 50 engine test cells
Climatic Wind Tunnel
Noise/Vibration/Harshness Test Lab

 

[rdsnake]

I work for Navistar doing field testing. We have trucks all over Illinois, Ohio (honda of America), Denver, Las Vegas and Fairbanks AK running on the Dalton highway.

 

[torquelover]

I work for Navistar doing field testing. We have trucks all over Illinois, Ohio (honda of America), Denver, Las Vegas and Fairbanks AK running on the Dalton highway.

Is Navistar related to Honda in some way?

 

[rdsnake]

Is Navistar related to Honda in some way?

No, honda used to own honda of American in east liberty Ohio but recently sold it to TRC (transportation research center) which they now rent buildings out to customers. If you google earth TRC in east liberty Ohio, you can see the test track. It looks pretty wicked from over head. 2 or 3 miles long oval track with the same amount of banking as Dayton.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Sooooo you can sneaks tcg into track?