Cabovers

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  1. Scania man

    Scania man Road Train Member

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    V12 cat? Holy c**p! Must have sounded fantastic
     
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  3. Tractor7127

    Tractor7127 Bobtail Member

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    Well that's a Bullnose KW, thanks for posting.
     
  4. Pablo-UA

    Pablo-UA Road Train Member

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    I suget bullnose may save driver's feet and legs in case of accident. So IMO this design would be better is light of passive safety comparing with classical COE.

    This kind of design is still used by Mercedes, small Vario trucks are of this design.
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    they got no tilt cab, engine is OM904 (MBE900), 4-cyl, but acess to engine from hood and with latch inside cab, like on mid size Vans.

    I remember old Ryder ford trucks of similar design
     
  5. 98989

    98989 Road Train Member

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    scania lobbied to law makers to give them 60cm more for crash zone space


    this would save 900lives per year of 4000total victims per year in crash where trucks are involved

    would be 250kg

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    i have somewhere pictures of truck which is based on 4series with same extension on front
     
  6. Pablo-UA

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    Imo, combination of classical COE and about 0.6-1 M of hood would be the future cabover design.

    But seems to me future cab will look like a front end of family wan of Caravan ore Windstar ore Vito style. Combination of crash zone, small hood and aerodynamic design.
     
  7. 98989

    98989 Road Train Member

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    do you remember their concept of 2010´s truck from 1999

    8axle all single wheels all wheels closed 64t 25m
     
  8. Pablo-UA

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    yeah, i do

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    IMO, this is the future highway truck

    Urban truck will cabover be anyway

    And of cource electrically driven trucks are the future.
     
  9. 98989

    98989 Road Train Member

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    well electrical drive completely is hard imaginable for now but electric transmission is not that far


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    here is link for truck of future ( from 1999)
    http://toolkitstatic.scania.com/millennium/archive/2001.html
     
  10. 98989

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    here is one cabover r500 from germany with EMS setup trailers are from company huttner from landsberg am lech

    i cant understand why they still use cranes above cab instead of Z cranes

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