there's one bigger than that...
it's called the cxt by treo engineering.
At twenty-one feet long with a cab nine feet tall the CXT is the largest production pick-up truck in the world. “TREO Engineering will be announcing the Biggest & Baddest tour schedule at CES 2006. This mammoth machine highlighting our latest products and technology will travel this fine country throughout 2006,” Said John Henry, CEO. The highly customized International CXT features a state of the art TREO Engineering sound system with 24kW watts of power, multiple flat screens, Recaro seats and performance enhancements. TREO Engineering will showcase the CXT at dealer locations, regional and national shows.
http://www.treoonline.com/index.html#cxt_tour
oh look...screens in the wheel wells! 23"
nice back seat too!
AT 21 FEET long with a cab nine feet tall and a gross vehicle weight of 25,999 pounds (one pound under the limit that requires drivers to have a CDL), the CXT is the largest production pick-up truck in the world, bar none. Born out of a 20-ton hauler and built on the same platform as International dump trucks and snowplows, more than 10 tons of pulling power make the CXT a superior toy mover for the workingman to transport everything from a friend’s wrecked exotic to the five-ton boulder he encountered - simultaneously.
MAD builds all Treo’s demo vehicles and the CXT on these pages is the second International Henry has purchased for marketing purposes. It cost the company $138,000 with a fully-loaded interior featuring leather seats, upgraded Allison 3000 series five-speed automatic transmission and a more powerful International DT 570 turbo diesel engine rated at 350 hp and 950 lb.-ft. of torque. Their first International had the 220 hp/540 lb.-ft. DT 466 turbo diesel with an Allison 2000 Series transmission. Henry found it a bit underpowered, but that disappeared once he pulled the trigger on his second in July ‘05. The other truck was sold within a month and over $100,000 USD has since been invested into upgrades, modifications and labor on this here CXT.
Along with its electronically-controlled turbocharger and four valves-per-cylinder, the 570 cubic-inch turbo diesel remains stock with the exception of a TS Performance MP-8 piggyback ECU that increases boost to 26 psi for gains of 127 hp and 220 lb.-ft. to around 437 hp and 1,170 lb.-ft.
Only days into it, MAD had the interior completely disassembled to install more than $4,000 in Dynamat sound deadening material, Stinger wiring and fuses, and genuine Mercedes wool carpet. During the three-and-half-month-long build-up prior to its November debut at the 2005 SEMA Show, Henry and MAD’s Todd Zier, a multiple car sound champion and current IASCA, USACi and dB Drag Racing competitor, coordinated the efforts of fabricator Ramon Rodriguez, wiring tech Donnie Coleman and installer Craig McGinnis. This talented core team is responsible for this CXT’s metamorphosis; rebuilding and tweaking the truck piece by piece. When working on a vehicle this large, there are bound to be setbacks and there were according to Henry. Nothing major, but even banged heads, bloody knuckles and even some tumultuous tumbles - the air-dampened cab now tops 12-feet thanks to 48-inch Michelin tires - couldn’t prevent these guys from making the deadline.
To give the truck better “pick-up” proportions, Henry points out “The entire bed was raised about six inches to accommodate for the 465/65/22.5-sized tires.” The massive tires required 22.5x13-inch Alcoa wheels to be sourced and machined from forged aluminum blanks to get the correct offsets; and the rear axle dually configuration gave way to 13-inch wide singles. The stock four-wheel ABS air brakes and heavy duty leaf springs easily bear the weight of the reinforced bed frame and hundreds of pounds of A/V gear.
“We pull a 40-foot trailer that weighs 23,000 pounds loaded with no problem,” says Henry. “I’ve been told the truck will pull 40,000 pounds without skipping a beat.”
For additional shock value,
23-inch Exonic high-definition LCD video screens have been neatly mounted up inside each rear wheel well behind laminated glass, plus a third 40" pneumatically-operated screen is integrated into the rear bumper for a unique tailgating experience. Lighting has also been upgraded with Hella H4 bulbs and fog lamps and there’s a custom tone cover to protect the bed contents.
For power, the I.C.E. system draws energy from seven Stinger 2150 batteries located under the hood and above the rear axle. A 300-Amp factory-upgraded alternator (stock is 110-Amp) and Stinger power wire distributes it to six amplifiers that juice 16 speakers with a total of 14,000 Wrms located strategically throughout (and tuned for) the meticulously-reappointed cabin.
There are four SSX125.2 amplifiers - two located under the glass floor and two in the bed on a chrome steel amp rack - that power the front and rear door speakers independently. Each door features speaker locations allowing for a pair of Treo’s new SSX6.5 midrange drivers, one SSX4.0 midbass and one SSX1.0 tweeter. Custom black painted fiberglass door panels with light Ostrich skin inserts, CNC-machined aluminum trim pieces and 10.4-inch Alpine monitors add dimension and entertainment options for rear-seat passengers. Powering a pair of subs apiece, there are two SSX6000.1 amps on the former amp rack in the bed.
While they weren’t installed in time for our Nevada desert photo shoot, four new custom black leather air-ride Recaro seats - two up front and two in the rear - improve ride comfort tremendously. Behind those rear seats is a set of four Treo SSX15.2 dual two-Ohm 2,500-Watt subwoofers installed in a custom 26 cubic-foot ported pass-through enclosure. The baffles and port are covered in chrome steel and the cabinet, with speakers, weighs more than 2,000 pounds alone; and, the rear wall required more than 200 feet of tubular steel-reinforcement to withstand the bone-shaking SPL.
On the large 23-inch widescreen LCD between the front seats, which by the push of a button, motorizes out of the leather-wrapped center console via a custom pneumatic screen lift, back-seat passengers can play games on a nearby Microsoft Xbox with Media Center mod and 250 GB hard drive. A small refrigerator is located in the center console; and, Direct TV is also available on any of the truck’s 10 screens at any time thanks to KVH’s TracVision A5 digital satellite antenna.
The front seat is quite a trip as well, what with dual 15-inch LCD monitors for both driver and navigator. New dash panels were fabricated to accommodate the screens, which relocated the air brake and HVAC controls to less conspicuous places. Stewart Warner gauges for boost, EGT and voltage are molded into the dash panel and there’s DVD-based Alpine GPS navigation on hand to assist with directions. Beneath the driver’s screen and molded into the panel is an Alpine 9860 in-dash DVD/CD/XM satellite radio player. For tuning, an Audio Control Matrix six-channel processor and Epicenter are mounted behind the driver’s LCD. It pops out for servicing the many connections and fuse panel access. It took more than 400 hours to install the interior.
“The optimal listening position is 100 yards in any direction,” laughs Zier, who says that SEMA staff was on him the whole show over its volume. When it came time to enjoy the fruits of their labors, Treo’s International had no problem attracting crowds at SEMA. The vehicle didn’t disappoint and Henry is pleased at how well everything has turned out. “It was a huge success,” he says, adding that it’s already been booked solid through July for various special events.
“The vehicle is so large,” he says. “It takes five guys eight hours just to detail it for a show. It’s just so many square inches of truck!” And, people everywhere gravitate to it.
Special thanks to Martin White at International Truck & Engine, John and Mark Plaugman, and Brandon Rigas from Cornhusker International.
--
Specifications
2006 International CXT
Engine
International DT 570 turbo diesel engine
Drivetrain
Allison 3000 Series 5-sp. automatic transmission; 4WD through a 2-speed transfer case
Engine Management
TS Performance MP-8 piggyback ECU
Wheels, Tires, Brakes
(f/r) custom 22.5x13-inch Alcoa forged aluminum wheels, 465/65/22.5 Michelin XZL tires
Exterior
Hella (H4 bulbs, fog lamps); custom (bumper modifications, wheel wells)
Interior
Recaro seats w custom air ride x4 (installed after photo shoot); Mercedes wool carpet; custom (relocated air/brake HVAC controls; painted dash; dash panels; fr/r door panels w ostrich skin inserts, aluminum trim, Treo speakers, 10-in. monitors; custom (glass floor displaying Treo amp rack, leather upholstered front center console, tubular steel rear console); Stewart Warner gauges (boost, EGT, voltage)
I.C.E.
Treo Engineering (amplifiers - SSX125.2 x4, SSX6000.1 x2; speakers - SSX6.5 midrange x8; SSX4.0 midbass x4; SSX1.0 tweeter x4; SSX15.22 subs x4); Alpine (9860 in-dash DVD/CD/XM head unit, DVD-based GPS navigation system, 10.4-in. monitors x4); custom (chrome steel amp rack in bed; amp rack under glass floor; 26 cubic-foot ported pass-through enclosure, wheel well LCD mounts); Exonic (23-in. HD LCD monitors x4 for rear seat, rear bumper, wheel wells; 15-in. LCD monitors x2 for front seat); Microsoft Xbox w Media Center mod, 250 GB hard drive; Direct TV/KVH TracVision A5 digital satellite antenna; Stinger wiring and interconnects; Audio Control (Matrix processor, Epicenter)
Numbers
437 hp/1,170 lb.-ft. of torque (est.); 10 tons hauling power
http://www.mobileelectronics.com.au/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2181
