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KILTY:
check my mates site-http://www.bobfalconer.co.uk/index.htm

Disco-Ron:
This was just one of literally hundreds of awesome machines we saw during this years three week trip to the states.... well, you would see afew trucks if you do 400 miles wouldn't you.....

Sider:

--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---trouble is over here we are having to comply with a 16.5m overall length restriction.

dont know how bonneted motors can put 13.6m trailers legally without special types designation.

bonnet motors look cool
--- End quote ---


They can't, not legally, at least, but then again, there are so few road checks, they can probably get away with it. Personally, I wouldn't risk it without the STGO.

Manicminer:
It cost the owner a lot of money to convert this from a Left to a Right Hand drive.

Eeyore:
One of the problems with bonneted trucks is visability. Certainly when Packar approached Leyland for a new truck design, Leyland looked at the specs for visability and weight distribution and said 'that'll be a cab-over, then', to which the repsonse was 'nooo, the US will never buy it!'. It is an easy way of meeting a lot of driver requirments, although it'll be interesting to see what happens if NCAP type ratings get big with trucks.

For all their bulk, US trucks don't carry loads a lot different from European vehicles - the give-away is the size and number of tyres on US trailers - more often than not they're small in both size and number! You end up with a lot of truck for the job it's asked to do.

But for many years 'effeciency' hasn't been an issue on the US road network.  :wink:

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

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