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02-08-2010, 10:55 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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More, bigger, better, louder!
Well, my old J.C. Whitney dual 130 DB horn-set finally bit the dust.
So, bigger, louder, better I went.
Train horns... not the $2,000 Nathan bells, but a more modest set, still up to 160 DB, Like Larry the Cable Guy says, I don't care where you are from, that's loud! I had to get another compressor, my Harbor Freight unit broke a piston, went to get another and the cost is around $80.00, so I bought a 200# Viair; sweet...
I have a 2.5 gallon air tank, so I changed all my rubber air lines to 3/8" copper. I have had the system installed for about 3 weeks, nice, but not enough. So, I just ordered a 'stutter' horn. Ambulances have them. It is 130 D.B. I will have a switch to select which horn to play with.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Jimsue64...eat=directlink
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02-08-2010, 11:50 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Texico
Posts: 1,917
M.O.C. #6150
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Now your talking  .
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02-08-2010, 12:45 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winfield
Posts: 7,327
M.O.C. #6846
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.....or honking?????
Bingo
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02-08-2010, 01:46 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Milwaukie
Posts: 388
M.O.C. #6266
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I'd never get away with that in my part of the country. My old 77 Chevy pickup wouldn't pass DEQ for the liscense plates because the mufflers (which sounded SWEET!) were "1" decibel too loud.
Bob
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02-08-2010, 02:01 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Bob, we are in the part of the country that when we mow the lawn we discover a car...
The cops just ask where they can get one 
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02-08-2010, 02:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Benson
Posts: 3,121
M.O.C. #1658
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They look good Jim, when can we hear them?
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02-08-2010, 02:52 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Salem
Posts: 64
M.O.C. #7971
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My old friend had a BIG Pickup with train horns. Just for fun - he would give it a blast just before the car in front of him would start over railroad tracks. LOL
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02-08-2010, 02:54 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Milwaukie
Posts: 388
M.O.C. #6266
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Ozz.....LOL
Bob
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02-08-2010, 02:55 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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I love them, I am not abusing them and wouldn't get too crazy but do have fun with them.
Charlie, go forth and honk...
http://www.airhornsoftexas.com/Train...orns.php#46129
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02-08-2010, 04:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Texas City
Posts: 5,736
M.O.C. #7673
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I love them also. I had one on my MC that was 130 db and it saved me on the freeway a few times. Wish I had put it on my second MC before that idiot pulled out and broadsided me, but the bike was new.
They are standard on the SOB.
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02-09-2010, 04:29 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Benson
Posts: 3,121
M.O.C. #1658
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COOL!!!!!!!!
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02-09-2010, 11:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location:
Posts: 992
M.O.C. #7128
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Air Horns of Texas Texas--Bigger---Louder
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02-10-2010, 01:33 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Kenosha
Posts: 170
M.O.C. #5683
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I hope they work better than the ones on our fire trucks and squads. No one ever gets out of our way with the siren or horn! I should say used to, now that I retired.
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02-10-2010, 01:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Apache Junction
Posts: 1,732
M.O.C. #7487
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I was in Louisville Ky 2 years ago at the fairgrounds when someone in an old pickup truck was blaring away with a train horn which I thought was pretty cool. But he wound up getting pulled over by the police. Don't know the reason why, but someone said that they are illegal. is that true.
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02-10-2010, 01:56 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Tim, I have seen emergency vehicles having that problem. Not around here..I have people in front of me around here, pull over if they are oncoming on a 4 lane road. You don't have to do that, do you? I never have.
Rich, It would probably be illegal to honk a stock horn without cause, I have done research on train horn sites, and they say if you don't go crazy with them, you are generally OK. (Not to say that they are legal)
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02-10-2010, 09:41 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location:
Posts: 992
M.O.C. #7128
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Some towns/cities have rules as for as sound decimals allowed, this is where they can get you. As they say, don't ask how I know. How ever the horns can be fun and help some one not run into to you.
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02-11-2010, 12:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Like many things enforcement is selective, we have a small train ride down the road, they blast that air horn constantly all day s
Saturday and Sunday, drives me crazy when I am working in the yard. I have complained, but to no avail. When I retire again, I will take them to court if needed.
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