Why? Just... Why???

Well some of you guys really have your girdles too tight. Laugh, relax.

I've kept away from this thread and I probably am going to keep it away from this thread because many of you guys are like a bunch of snowflakes crying.

To everyone that actually answered my question as to why thank you. Some of you answered my question very intelligently.

I like show trucks. I love when I see an old b model Mack sometimes even pulling Freight, or a really cool classic Cab over.

Now if any of you have driven a b model Mack and you reach between the steering wheel to shift gears and you sat in that little tiny uncomfortable cab or if you've ever climbed in and out of a cab over more than once I don't see the practicality of that either. I can appreciate your craftsmanship and your eye for detail but the lack of practicality for something you use for work just makes no sense to me although a nice B model modified for Comfort might be okay.

It's like I know a guy that has a 1980s r model Mack with a very tiny short wheelbase day cab with Camelback suspension and no air ride cab. He worked that truck over from front to back and it's absolutely beautiful it's like something that could be in a magazine.

He uses it for hauling daily Freight and not one of the guys that works for him will drive that truck. Is it nice? Yes. Did he put a lot of work into it? Absolutely.

But a tiny little short wheelbase truck with a rock-hard suspension and no air ride cab will literally beat you to death if you go farther than driving it to the corner. It is Not Practical for everyday hauling when we have trucks that have air ride and ride on a cloud.

If he had put his energies into a more practical truck then his guys would be happy to use it for work and that would be much more practical. Function always wins out over form.

So function lists highest on the hierarchy of what you need from a work truck.

And I get the idea why some guys stretch their trucks out as some of the intelligent members here have politely explained. And it is cool to see something different. Although there is a place where different crosses the line into being a gargantuan POS. (calm down, I think I'm allowed to have my own opinion...)

And of course everybody can do what they want, but if every day of your life you go to places that you can't fit into and you wrestle with backing in and you move up inch by inch and backup inch by inch and it takes you 2 hours to get into a place where other people just back in- or if you just plain can't get in at all- that's ridiculous and worthless for work. And no matter what anyone says that's got to get old.

And again, function lists highest on the hierarchy of what you need from a work truck.

Now just quickly I've learned a few things from this thread. I've learned that supertruckers can back a truck in that the truck is as large as his trailer just as easily has a smaller truck can. In fact if we listen to the super trackers, it's even easier to get the bigger truck in.

Common sense and physics would tell you one thing but always believe the supertruckers.

Keep reading these threads and we're going to hear of a super trucker that's got a 250 ft long truck and trailer that goes into Brooklyn everyday and blindsides into spots that only motorcycles can fit into from an alleyway that is only large enough for a bicycle.

I wonder what belt buckle he's wearing... hmmm...

You guys need to relax and laugh a little.

 

And since you guys seem to enjoy wrestling with overly enormous things on a daily basis, how practical is it to wrestle with this everyday?