Ron Geare Carraway

*"This heavy piece of machinery is definitely the work horse of many different logging companies throughout the world, from the 70's onward. Nowadays, the average diesel mechanic would see its massive Westminster 2 stroke V-12 as an abomination in terms of being a diesel engine, but we think otherwise, as we like all types of engines. Anyways, as your reward for beating the MotorStorm challenges with every class, we issued you the Ron Geare Carraway, the apex predator of all 70's logging trucks, this thing can take a major beating, and also dish it out just as easily."*

- Garage Description.

The **Ron Geare Carraway** is a series of Lunicorns appearing in *MotorStorm: Return to the Wild, and MotorStorm: Off The Grid* created by The Cherrybomber

## Details

The Carraway was developed in throughout the mid 60's to the early 90's for transporting extremely heavy logs throughout the forests in British Columbia, and generally everywhere else in the world, specifically being developed for transporting heavy loads on rugged terrains where the average logging truck couldn't be accommodated.

The truck was entirely built of steel, despite there were options to give it cabs and hoods built by Clydebilt, that would replace the default off-center cab. It is claimed the Ron Geare would produce only fifteen Carraways a year, from 1966 to 1991, before Ron Geare discontinued the Carraway line of logging trucks, and ended up scrapping the intellectual property. However, the last eight Carraways to roll off of the assembly line were not standard model Carraway trucks, instead being the ultra-heavy version, known as the Ron Geare Super Carraway

The very early models of the Carraway took loose inspiration from Castro's Varadero and Portador series of highway semi tractors, but having a boxier design to keep the Carraway's design original.

The trucks weren't produced in any of the manufacturing plants where most of the other equipment built by Ron Geare would be built at, instead, the trucks were hand built and fabricated in a separate manufacturing plant at the port of Vancouver.

Towards the end of the production of the Carraway, most of the early models were sent to logging companies throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, despite it is suspected that some of the Carraways sold to certain logging companies in Southeast Asia were actually bought by criminal organizations that would use the Carraway trucks in illegal logging operations.

There were also a few orders for specially modified Carraway trucks that were specially built to pull loads that were up to 370 tons in weight for railways in South Africa. However, these units were specifically ordered to be ultra-heavy duty highway tractors, that were powered by 680 horsepower Mullikin engines. These specially ordered Carraways were either used to recover derailed rail cars, or be coupled with what had to be the longest road trains in the world, with the loads the trucks pulled being rumored to be 860 tons in total.

In terms of a fuel system, the truck's fuel tank was mounted behind the truck's cab, and could hold 200 gallons of fuel, which gave the truck a range of 80 miles before needing to refuel.

For the most part, the Carraway had a turbo diesel 14,713cc two stroke V12 that produced anywhere from 470 to 700 horsepower and 2,254 lb-ft of torque, which was built by a company known as Westminster Diesel, coupled to a 14-speed Madison automatic transmission that was outfitted with an air powered electric gearshift control system, which delivered power to a locked differential through a set of two Mark II drive axles, giving it the ability to tow a 64 ton payload. There were other options for engines that could power the later models of the Carraway, such as an 18 liter Jon Doe V8 or a 16 liter Mullikin Inline 6.

The truck's suspension had a special type of spring suspension, with rack and pinion steering in the front axles, with a suspension travel of only twelve inches in the rear axles and eleven inches in the front, with a narrow steering radius of only five feet, and its chassis was a ladder-frame type chassis.

Being equipped with 57 inch heavy duty off road tires would be able to give the truck optimal grip on rough terrains, having water cooled 42 inch cross-drilled brake calipers, with an emergency brakes should the truck exceed its 40 mile per hour top speed.

Upon being invited to the Return to the Wild Festival, Ron Geare with the help of Atlas modified a handful of unsold Carraways by outfitting them with permanent six wheel drive, quadturbo Westminster-Madison V12s and putting a 300 horsepower electric motor on both rear axles to give the truck better off-the-line acceleration, despite when the truck reached 60 miles per hour, the electric motors would shut down and allow the specially modified Carraways to coast to their top speed, by automatically shifting into the high torque gears.

The modified reserve Carraways were fitted with a highly specialized set of 57 inch heavy duty mud tires, and was given a sixteen speed Westminster-Madison automatic transmission with overdrive, which would allow the trucks to reach an allotted 5,000 RPM before shifting into the higher gears. The MotorStorm modified Carraways produced a total of 3,100 horsepower and 2,800 lb-ft of torque, and a top speed of 90 miles per hour on rough terrains.

In terms of reinforcing the Carraway for the MotorStorm festival, the trucks were constructed with double plated steel all over the chassis and body, while fitting a significantly bigger front bumper for betting ramming power. The reserve Carraways had their weight boosted from 27 tons to 34 tons with the reinforcement of their chassis and their double plated steel body parts.

## Trivia

* It is based off of the Pacific P-16, specifically the 1978 model, but has a much bigger front bumper that covers the entire front of the truck, the grille is also vertical, and it features a cluster of four horns on the hood. Lastly, it has the same headlights as the Patriot Thunderchief.
* It is interesting to note is has many similarities to the Pacific P-16 that appears in SnowRunner, to the point of having the same horn, and the same engine sound file, and even the same back up alarm.