Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Do you think that all the European parts in trucks have imperial dimensions?

A long time ago Ford had a big truck in Europe, the Transcontinental. Mechanics hated it, for one part they needed metric tools, for the other imperial.

The imperial system is similar to many, many other old systems that were in use all over Europe until Napoleon ended it, and introduced metric. Over the past decades all kind of other older units were also replaced by units that logically fitted into the metric system. That's the point with the metric/ISO system, it is logical. Older systems incl. the imperial system, have no logic.

Computer programs will almost certainly use metric units in their calculations, and will convert from and to imperial units only for data input and output.

 

Did I miss something?

 

This thread comparing dicks just needs to die.

 

Kinda appropriate ......

 

Reminds you of when people said a single axle gave more traction...

 

You really don't understand anything about physics, do you?
A European tractor has far more weight on the front axle (as has been explained many times here), and certainly without any weight on the fifth wheel. So obviously that is bad for traction as you can see in this clip.

 

This applies to the tandem drive axle as well - simple physics.

 

I am not an expert, but I would guess the weight on the drive axle(s) is what matters, not the weight on the front axle.

You are implying that less weight on the front axle improves traction. So a truck with a lighter engine, or small day cab instead of large sleeper (less weight on front axle) has better traction?