Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Spyder can you tell me what you think a eurotruck costs?

 

My car is not from Europe but my snow tires are..... And I will say they are the best snows I've ever driven.....

 

The truck you posted a pic of , is no longer made , correct . Did not say any thing about our old cab overs ... Are you going to start arguing with your self again?

 

Why don't wet let our euro friend answer that. He is over there so has much easier access to real time prices. Brand new, after taxes and fees, a truck that closest resembles a US class 8 highway sleeper trucks.

 

You sawing off the engine ? Cutting the fuel tanks ? Magic transmission , that is some how 30 inches shorter? Smaller tires ? Do away with the emissions ? Driveline has to go some where , emissions have to stay. Fuel tanks have to stay at current cap. Again it is going to stick out the front , or out the back. Oh I got it we make it a cab over, remove seats and put fuel tanks in the cab. Got it.

 

Found a car hauler. As long as that is the tightest you want to turn. Any tighter it hits?

 

I will have to side with Caesar on this one. Look at how much unused frame space we have on most of our trucks. If a guy were so inclined to drop a COE cab onto a conventional truck you could easily slide the drive axles up by the amount of hood you removed. Or add a sleeper that is another 3 or 4 feet longer and keep the same wheelbase.

 

The truck we were talking about was the one I had posted. There is not 30 inches to be shortened . As a example , a similar speced cab over . the cab over's wheel base is a tad longer . And the same overhang on the front axle. Yet the driver is that much closer to a accident .

 

I see. Hard to keep track of what's going on in this thread lol

 

Not a problem NM. I know how to shorten my truck (green and white one) maybe 18 inches. But we did not want to use different sized fuel tanks . 50 on one side 150 on the other. But that opens new issues. You being a mechanic , as I once was, know today's fuel return systems have a hard enough time working correctly with equal sized tanks. But as you can see , why? It's already shorter then the Benz despite the hood. A lot of home work and planning went into designing these units, they knew the same truck could be pulling triples in the rookies , and a few days later be in Jersey City. You would not believe some of the docks I have had to hit. Back in between two other trailer and not have ten feet in front of you . We do not need a sleeper , sleep at hotels.