Jemstone Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Driving through the San Francisco Bay Area last week on I-580 I was cut off three times by cars who clipped into the space in front of me, leaving me no room to brake. Each time it happened I honked my “loud” Volvo horn - and each time the horn spoke with the voice of an alarmed goose, not a truck. I would appreciate any suggestions regarding good quality train horns, especially kits that include the compressor and mounting hardware. I’d also be grateful for mounting suggestions from anyone who has put a horn on a Volvo VNL730 (2010 vintage). Loud is good. We are currently staying in the coastal redwoods north of Eureka, CA. Cloudy and cool - the opposite of our home in Arizona. Thanks John McLaughlin John McLaughlin 2010 Volvo 730, D13, I-shift, singled and decked 2014 Lifestyle 38' Fifth Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirakawa Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 https://hornblasters.com/collections/complete-kits Everybody wanna hear the truth, but everybody tell a lie. Everybody wanna go to Heaven, but nobody want to die. Albert King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance A Lott Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 If you put in a electric air valve, a horn relay and a togle switch you can run all three horns sepratly with the existing buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoDirectionHome Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Quoting the master... DollyTrolley "EIGHT, Put your road-rage-panties back in the drawer.........You might be a BIG DOG but little "animals" WILL DO DUMB really DUMB things in their rush-to-eternity.......stunningly DUMB things and it's important to NOT get MAD .........you can get "disappointed" but you simply need to do what ever it takes to NOT crush the little animals." And an obnoxious horn isn't going to change anything. Did you expect your horn to blow them back into their lane? "There are No Experts, Do the Math!" 2014 Freightliner Cascadia DD16 600hp 1850ft-lb 18spd 3.31 260"wb SpaceCraft S-470 SKP #131740 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemstone Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 “And an obnoxious horn isn't going to change anything. Did you expect your horn to blow them back into their lane?” Blowing them back into their lane is an excellent idea. However, I’ll settle for telling them that cutting off a semi is a dangerous and stupid thing to do. These are not pansies that panic - these are seriously dangerously drivers and they know it. Little old ladies are slow, not reckless. I’m going after the loudest horn I can find. And, thanks to you, I know what to ask for. A horn that will blow them back into their lane! John McLaughlin 2010 Volvo 730, D13, I-shift, singled and decked 2014 Lifestyle 38' Fifth Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Heiser Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 11 hours ago, Jemstone said: Driving through the San Francisco Bay Area last week on I-580 I was cut off three times by cars who clipped into the space in front of me, leaving me no room to brake. Each time it happened I honked my “loud” Volvo horn - and each time the horn spoke with the voice of an alarmed goose, not a truck. I would appreciate any suggestions regarding good quality train horns, especially kits that include the compressor and mounting hardware. I’d also be grateful for mounting suggestions from anyone who has put a horn on a Volvo VNL730 (2010 vintage). Loud is good. We are currently staying in the coastal redwoods north of Eureka, CA. Cloudy and cool - the opposite of our home in Arizona. Thanks John McLaughlin I don't have any help with the air horns, but you went pretty close by our place heading up into Eureka. I'm assuming you went up the 101 corridor and right through the town I work in (Santa Rosa). If I had known you were in the area, I would have shouted out sooner. 2009 Volvo 670 with dinette/workstation sleeper - Walter 2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard 2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan 2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage) 2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage) My First Solar Install Thread My Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the build My MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet! chadheiser.com West Coast HDT Rally Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noteven Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Train horns are a hoot "Are we there yet?" asked no motorcycle rider, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan0043 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Hi Jemstone, I had a 1998 420 Volvo that had a train horn on it. The horn was mounted to the frame rail under the hood in the right front corner. One time I blew a guy back into his lane when he tried cutting me short in the pouring rain. I don't think he wore that pair of under ware again. Al 2012 Volvo VNL 630 w/ I-Shift; D13 engine; " Veeger " Redwood, model 3401R ; 5th Wheel Trailer, " Dead Wood " 2006 Smart Car " Killer Frog " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Some things need louder horns. I nearly witnessed a bad wreck this morning when a loaded dump truck blew a red light. He was on the city horn, feeble though it was. The girl in front of me heard it and barely got stopped. Loud has it's place, just not every place. KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big5er Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Jemstone, you do not need a compressor. The Volvo air horn is located directly under the drivers seat. Stop at any truck stop and look at their selection of horns....then go shop on the internet. Disconnect that sissy little tweeting thing Volvo calls a horn and mount your new horns back a little, between the battery box and the fuel tank. That factory airline should reach...or extend it a little. Trust me, that works just fine. Quote Loud has it's place, just not every place. That's what the city horn is for....the quiet places. MY PEOPLE SKILLS ARE JUST FINE.~It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.~ 2005 Volvo 780 VED12 465hp / Freedomline transmission singled mid position / Bed by Larry Herrin2018 customed Mobile Suites 40KSSB3 2014 smart Fortwo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl&Rita Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 But, if he wants to really lay on the horn, it could be embarrassing to run out of air in the tanks. Compressor will run the horns until the cows come home. Lol. I have been wrong before, I'll probably be wrong again. 2000 Kenworth T 2000 w/N-14 and 10 speed Gen1 Autoshift, deck built by Star Fabrication 2006 smart fourtwo cdi cabriolet 2007 32.5' Fleetwood QuantumPlease e-mail us here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky69 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 If your engine driven compressor cannot keep up to a truck stop train horn there is something wrong. Why add more complication to your unit? Only possible arguement in favor of an electric compressor is if your truck does not hold air very well or you used it all blowing stuff up, and want to air it up without starting the engine to minimize idle time or annoying the neighbors.....I had this happen to me ONCE. I was in the final stages of packing up our campsite (at about 10:30-11:00 in the morning) and had run the motorhome(class 8 truck conversion) out of air blowing up kids bike tires, air mattresses, etc throughout our stay....when I figured I had about 5minutes worth of unhooking/packingleft to do so I started the engine and left it at idle and went to retract the jacks and roll up the power cord. About .9 minutes later this miserable looking OLD man came stomping around the site divider and proceeds to rip me a new one about how you don't need to warm up these "modern diesels" like they did "back when he drove" and that I was going to WAKE UP HIS WIFE!!!!! When I responded that I was not warming it up, but was building air pressure so the brakes could release he told me to "hurry up you young punk" and stormed off. I can be miserable too, when I want to, so I went and put it on high idle and took my sweet ass time finishing packing up (about when the coolant temperature reached 140*....20minutes later)and had a cold beverage before hitting the road. Now that I think about it a train horn would have come in down right handy right about then! I am currently saving for a train whistle (like this Train Whistle) to replace the little whisper quiet squeakers Freightliner put on mine..... not as loud as a train horn but still very much an attention getter . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelazyFarmer Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 I'm with you Porky. I have train horns on my Pete but the Freightliner is for fun. So I was also thinking train whistle. Just to be different. Farmer, Trucker, Equipment operator, Mechanic Quando omni flunkus moritati-When all else fails, play dead I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance A Lott Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 I have an electric compressor and train horn kit on my ton truck, I needed a compressor to run the exhaust brake and it came with the horn and a tank. It takes as long to air up the little tank it came with as the Volvo,takes to air up from empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbl0svn Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 If you really want to be heard with a train horn, then you should look at the real train horn. The NATHAN AIRCHIME K5LA TRAIN HORN. This horn is illegal for road use and has a 5 mile range. You feel this horn when it blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Or this https://www.kahlenberg.com/ That way you can honestly say "No Sir" I do not have train horns on my truck.... Jim's Adventures Old Spacecraft.... Who knows whats next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis M Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 After a four wheeler pulled out in front of me as I was coming downhill into an interchange I wanted a horn they could hear BEFORE they pulled out in front of me. I bought a pair of Hadley's and mounted them through the front bumper - so they would be at the dummy's level - controlled by the stock Volvo horn button and air system. They've worked great for years. I can 'toot' them politely or really blast them the rare times that it is needed. People hear an air horn they know it's a 'big truck". They hear a train horn and they think "What the heck was that?" Dennis & NancyTucson, AZ in winter, on the road in summer.1999 Volvo 610 "Bud" 425 HP Volvo, Super 10 spd.2005 Mountain Aire 35 BLKS2013 smart fortwo CityFlame riding on Bud(Replaced '05 smart first loaded in '06 and '11 smart that gave it's life to save me!)Our Travel Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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