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Good thread, I just found this!

My first truck was an '84 International cabover. No power steering, spring suspension, single bunk, rode like a lumber wagon. Man what a POS. The only silver lining was that it was pretty manuverable running places like Huntspoint in the bronx. I would rather pick vegetables with Mexicans under the scorching heat, that drive that thing accross I-80 in Pennsylvania again under the rough road conditions that it was in the '80s

You newbies out there today did not miss anything regarding COE trucks.
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I don't know 379. Maybe we didn't miss the OLD Coe's, but I have driven an Argosy before, and it wasn't bad (great riding truck, even for a 'shaker!); and cabinovers are really handy for running in tight spots.

Sure, in one of the old ones, a short jaunt on 80 (thru PA) will probably have you shaking you kidneys out of your shoes, but if you survived the ride then you could hit the dock in Hunt's Point that much quicker! LOL!
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LOL

Yeah, they turned sharp, I'll give you that.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that cabovers are just plain fuggly...(grin)

Oh yeah, I once drove a COE KW. Another pile of... I remember that from the factory, they instaled the radio in the very middle of the cab (so for ease of use to a rider??)...Almost had to stand up to adjust the volume. LOL

Good thread! Brings back some chuckles from the old days HAHa
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LOL

Yeah, they turned sharp, I'll give you that.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that cabovers are just plain fuggly...(grin)
Hey,c'mon now, calling 'em fugly ain't fair, I think a nicely chromed up 362, or K100 looks better than any of the current aero trucks out there (except maybe the T660).

And they don;t all turn on a dime, check this one out:
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Okay, I'll admit that that stretched out COE KW does indeed look better that all of the thousands of plane Jane Freightshaker Columbias out there today ..LOL!!


BJ and the bear would not have been the same, if they featured a Freightliner Columbia...HAha LOL
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My farm has a COE... an Astro I believe. Definitely feels a lot different driving/riding. Reminds me of the few times I drove a tractor about 4-6mph in a field all day long, then got picked up and almost wet myself because I thought we were going so fast. The COE seemed to make me feel like I was going too fast, although for some reason I felt better about the turns.
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BJ and the bear would not have been the same, if they featured a Freightliner Columbia...HAha LOL
Yeah, no kidding! The whole show would have been:

"Oh no, the check engine light's on again! Not another EGR problem?! To the dealership!!!"
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Does anyone remember the model number for the airodinamic COE built by Peterbilt?
Peterbilt 372
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Noipe, they will never make a comeback in heavy trucks. They only existed because of the regulations tat were in place that restricted the overall length of a combination vehicle. Once that rule was lifted, and you did not lose cargo space by having a conventional tractor, then drivers and companies gravitated towards the conventional tractor becaus of the easier and less expensive maintenance, increased driver comfort and safety, and a host of other factors.

The only current cabover heavy truck in production stateside was the Freightliner Argosy, and they are dropping production of it because the limited demand makes it unfeasable to update the motors in them to the new emission standards. Cabovers remain popular in Europe, but they have considerably different conditions from here and those trucks are adapted to their conditions.

If you want to have a cabover, better buy one now, because as time goes by, they are going to get more and more scarce. I like them too, but they were a product of regulations, not built because they were the best solution to the needs of over the road trucking.
argosy and k108 are still popular in Australia and are made there
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