Freightliner SuperTruck hauls goods, sips fuel

I saw that picture and my first thought was the lack of ground clearance. That thing will get hung up the first time it went into a truck stop or a WALMART shopping center. Then I noticed the lack of clearance between tractor and trailer, how will it turn sharp enough to navigate city streets, or to to a docking maneuver. I think the concept is horse pucky.

 

I agree! Just one deer carcass could do a lot of damage.

 

If you get a blown tire all that skirting will be gone...plus who the heck wants a computer to put tranny in neutral? There's absolutely nothing practical about this. No real world use at all

 

the new cascadias already have a coast feature with the mercedes auto shift actually quite practical
better fuel mileage then the 13 speeds every trip

 

Is the transmission automatically put in neutral?

 

My first thought looking at it was the mirrors. The Crapcadias mirrors are all ready pretty small, the "Super Truckers" are reminiscent of a mid size sedan.

 

That truck looks about UGLY. How in the heck are you supposed to do a pretrip? Blow a drive or trailer tire and lose all that plastic. Why in the heck do they always test trucks that are only 65k instead of 80? Guess you have to if you want the correct numbers. Kinda like the FMCSA.

 

All I see here is an absolute nightmare in repair bills as all the fancy-schmancy electronic crap breaks down. Today's trucks are expensive enough to fix as it is.

 

it isnt really neutral they call it e coast if it doesnt feel any strain will coast until speed drops
or increases until jake kicks on
you touch accelerator or brake your back in gear

innovative not the old eaton you couldnt back up smoothly
this has a reverse creep very clean and easy

 

Sounds like Georgia overdrive to me, but then that would be illegal. Oh well times are a changing, and as usual not necessarily for for the good.