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The Freightliner Guy

sweet a gmc astro cabover wh truck

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ebinmaine

NIIIIICE :wh:

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Pullstart

Is it a stacker in the trailer Ed?  :banana-linedance:

 

 

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squonk

Here's mine in the box.

 

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TonyToro Jr.

:lol:

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pfrederi

Cabovers....when you want to be the first on the scene of an accident...:P

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Handy Don
8 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

Cabovers....when you want to be the first on the scene of an accident...:P

I wonder if there are stats on that somewhere. In Europe, pretty much all trucks are cabovers.

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ebinmaine
19 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

Cabovers....when you want to be the first on the scene of an accident...:P

 

10 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I wonder if there are stats on that somewhere. In Europe, pretty much all trucks are cabovers.

 

Because of size restrictions.  

 

When you're 8 to 10 or more feet off the ground you won't have issues with the smaller vehicles in collisions.  

 

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Handy Don
1 minute ago, ebinmaine said:

Because of size restrictions.  

 

When you're 8 to 10 or more feet off the ground you won't have issues with the smaller vehicles in collisions.  

Point taken on the operator being "above" the little cars.

 

I will say that over 500 miles driven on my recent visit to England and Wales, virtually all the trucks I observed had the heavy side shields between the cab and the rear wheels. It made me feel safer that it's harder for a car to wind up under the truck from the side.

 

Just did a quick search of the encyclonet. Found an interesting report done for NYC on waste hauling vehicles and crashes. COE (cab over engine) trucks killed and injured a LOT fewer people, especially pedestrians and cyclists, due to the increased visibility close to the cab.

 

Found lots of anecdotal stuff on over the road trucks, but nothing authoritative or based on research.

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wh500special

That succinctly sums up the entire Internet. 
 

25 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

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Found lots of anecdotal stuff..(snip!)..., but nothing authoritative or based on research.

 

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Ed Kennell

See the source image

 

This looks like the rig my Dad drove in the '50s.       He hauled Jeeps for Dallas and Mavis Forwarding Co. in Toledo, Ohio and had three of these Snub Noses on the road for a few years.      He owned the tractors and D&M owned the trailers.

Weekends were spent changing tires, oil, and greasing 5th wheels.

 

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