Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

I'm curious about how the market over there works compared to here.

Here anyone can take a very basic driving test to get a license, buy an old beat up junk truck and trailer and get a motor carrier number (what is referred to as operating authority), which only costs 300 dollars. There are a handful of other requirements such as joining a drug consortium for random testing, and filing ucr and ifta but they are low cost and boil down to simply filing out a few forms. The only real barrier is insurance, which can cost a new entrant 15 to 20k a year(but as with all insurance you can do 20% down and monthly payments). And that's it. It's truly a free market with no regulations on rates or what you can load. Nothing prevents a guy from going to a company and offering to ship their product for 50 cents per mile less than everyone else.

How does this compare with how it works there?

Edit to add: there are additional requirements for hauling hazardous material but its just more paperwork and insurance requirements.

 

I think @Oxbow meant driver and customer appeal. Some customers like to see a good looking truck deliver there products. Leasing companies will provide nicer looking trucks to customers if requested. Bridgestone comes to mind with KW leased from Ryder. The trucks that one poster despises are owner operator speced trucks. I know a guy that completely speced out an 2005 Pete 379 and once he found out that they moved mirrors from door mounting to cab mounting he cancelled the deal. I am sure he is very glad that he kept his 96 379 with recent log rules.

 

how much of down payment did he lose? we mostly have 20% here

 

No money lost. Down payment coming off trade-in. Many mid size and large fleets order set amount of trucks, but don't take them all. Dealer just makes them stock units on lot. Lead times on trucks vary from six weeks to six months.

 

6 weeks is good, 6 month not. we have usually 2 months fastest ever 5 weeks, now even 4month due high sales. ordered lowloader trailer with pendelaxles and dolly from nl, production 11 months

 

Netherlands can’t handle trucks or trailer manufacturing only flowers.....

Weekly Flower update 2018 - week 16 - Tulips in Holland

 

You are very wrong, 2 mayor truck manufacturers. Many trailer manufacturers very inovative solutions, and nooteoom makes state of the art trailers

 

Should be a big seller in Europe

 

You show up to load say a 10 million dollar load , you think the shipper does not care ??? And trust me that shipper would not care if you said you would haul it free , their guards would remove you ! Cheap freight may not care , but the freight that pays great will.