Heinrich Chevrolet, your premier Buffalo Chevrolet Dealership has again been approved to make a Guinness book of World Records attempt for the World’s Largest Parade of Chevy Trucks on September 24th, 2011. Last year’s event drew 231 trucks and over 500 people from all areas of the US to set a world record with the World Record Acedemy. This year we’re going even bigger and attempting to set the Guinness Record! As with last year, we will be giving away tons of prizes and awards, including over $1000 in truck accessories. Don’t wait up, register today!
Had a great time last year , and will be sure to be out there again!
I have equipped my truck with strobe lights for this year, to stand out a little more in the parade. I just installed them last weekend in all 4 corners… And i have my Nathan airchime K3LA (real train horn) hooked up with my standard 10 gallons of air, and i’m going to be adding in another 17gallon portable air tank that will be prefilled so i can get extra honk time. People watching the parade loved the horns last year! This year should be a blast!
Hope to see some fellow ny’ers out there! And anyone else who wants to make history!
I didnt have strobes on mine last year but other trucks did… I only installed them for shows / parade. etc… i would not use them for standard driving.
Only time i might use them is in blizzard conditions where i need to be noticed so no ones runs into me…
Would come in real handy if broke down to.
Police / fire / emt / volunteer fire all have them on there vehicles… So i dont think they would use them if they are that known to cause medical issues.
Cool thing is the kit comes with a wireless remote to cycle thru the different modes. i believe there 13-18 in total…
I just have to come up with a way to extend the range. Right now theres a small 12" wire coming off the “brain” . So im planning on putting on a big length to travel up to the windshield to extend it more than a foot away from the truck.
You might want to attach a 12V fan to the heatsink of the compressor, that’ll help a lot. Even a quiet computer fan is better than no fan. . and maybe leave the toolbox open if it’s in a toolbox. I can’t wait to see the video you make this year.
Is scaredu aware of the parade? I’ll pm him because I thought I read that he has a Chevy…
Here’s my current setup. This does not show my 17 gal tank hooked up tho…
Its got the whole pickup bed of fresh air… Plus my usual way to use the compressor is after 10 min or so of it running , i will turn it off via the switch i have in the cab . This allows it to cool enough to run more… Been doing this since day 1 and I am extremely impressed with the durability of this 380c.
With enough cooling I think it could run non-stop without damage(throughout the parade). Lots of air flow on the motor and on the head so heat would be out of the equation. I think duty cycle percentages are all about the ability for the pump to get rid of the heat it generates. Solve that problem and your set. Have fun tomorrow!
I’ll be leaving in the morning about 10am with a fully charged 27 gallons of air to 145-150 psi.
Tank sits at about 115psi currently , since i had some fun today on way home practicing with the GW valve. So in the morning i will hook up the tanks to my 6 gal pancake compressor in garage to fill majority of the way to 135psi, and then my viair will take it all the way to full…
It was a good time… I dont know the exact # of trucks yet, but i dont think we broke the record…
Although i did get lots of horn time
I had my dash cam going and my mom was in passenger seat holding another hd cam, but as im reviewing it, she dosent know how to work a camera and was moving it everywhere, lol… I did manage to get this one lady real bad, and should have appoligized after… lol
When we got to the dealership there were others there with air horns , but i heard no train horns. At this point i was down to about 120 psi of of 27 gal tanks…
They ended up creating a contest of loudest horn
At the end of the song, we were told to blow our horns if we think we had a loud one… I promptly warned everyone standing in front of my truck and they had no idea what they were in for… Most of the younger guys (18-22) stood there as if it wont affect them.
I gave 3 long blasts, about 5 sec. a piece. Everyone just lit up cheering calling me the winner! Had people running over wanting to know about the horns and where i got them from… Lots of people saw my decals of hornblasters…
I ended up winning $20 worth of gift cards to a local super market!
Unfortunately i have no video of the horn “contest” since it was spur of the moment and they said to light them up… But i would imagine video will surface from there… hopefully someone got it.
Thumbs up to hornblasters shockers , and the K3LA!
Well i’m finally getting a chance to upload some stuff from that day. I didnt take many pics tho, because my camera batteries took a poop the day before. (I took them off charge that night, and popped them in camera, camera did not work… Took them out and the batteries were so hot i could not hold them. Soon after they started leaking )
Anyway, i’m in the middle of uploading vids from my dash cam. heres one to tie ya over.
Turn up the volume, and you will hear screams… But my favorite part is pay attn to the hood when i honk… It vibrates the metal like a wave!
hahaha!
