Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Now , stop and look what hurt International so? Trying to use the MF (MAN) engine. They are on the ropes right now. Warranties will hurt who ever owns International! And International is giving fleets insane warranties! VW would regret buying them out .

 

Wait a minute, not to long ago one of you was absolutely sure that the MaxxForce was a real US engine, even if it was loosely based on a MAN design, now what is it please?

 

What are you talking about please??? The MX is an engine designed by DAF, not by MAN. What has the MX to do with International???

 

Do you drive a truck? This is the third time I've asked you.

Do you deign to actually participate in a conversation about trucks with real drivers and owners? It is like a fan trying to tell a soccer player how to play. I haven't run out of arguments, I've run out of patience with you.

 

It's an abreviation of MaxxForce

 

No, you can't name any advantage such a US tractor would have in Europe. In fact it would have only have disadvantages, you can't extend it to a sleeper version that could be used on the European market for instance. A EU truck in the US would be far more manoeuvrable, and that is an advantage. In fact on a US web page, a guy used exactly the same argument for cabovers.

This is a quote from truckersinfo about a Canadian test with EU cabovers:

 

Don't know if you're serious about that, but that could be quite difficult in Europe.

First of all, you need permission to work of course.

Maybe your drivers license would be acknowledged here, but that's not enough. As a professional driver you would also have to do a Code 95 exam, that is a whole lot of additional knowledge. (see EU directive 2003/59/EC). That exam has to be renewed every 5 years or so, with obligatory training as well.

Maybe you could drive a truck under the supervision of a fully qualified driver, as a unpaid experience holiday.

Great country to live, if you can stand the cold in the winter.

 

Would you like to stop already, or should we shut this thread down? You are not a driver. Your opinion counts for nothing.

 

Oh dear, I once more quoted how NA drivers like an EU cabover, and immediately one of you gets very stressed.

 

The good professor is wrong on many things. A normal working week in most countries of Europe is 40 hours, or 8 hours per day. Many people work less, and by European law you can not work more than 48 hours per week on average.

These are legal rules, unions and employers may agree to let's say a 38 hour week, anything over that is overtime. No one disallows overtime.

In Sweden they discovered that it hardly makes a difference if people have a 6 hour or a 8 hour working day. The production is the same if these people can control how they work.

Truckers are allowed to work 56 hours per week and 96 hours per two weeks, so on average 48 hours per week.