Cabovers

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  1. x1Heavy

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    Volvo still builds and sells cab overs, just not here in the US. And I’m pretty sure the FM/FH Globetrotter series uses the same suspension components as a VN series conventional tractor.
    https://www.truckpaper.com/listings...s-cabover-trucks-w-sleeper/manufacturer/volvo
     
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    I saw a guy from Canada not long ago show up at one of our terminals driving what appeared to be a brand spankin' new Freightliner cabover. I totally nerded out seeing that thing, felt like a big kid ogling it.
     
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    Did it look
    somewhat like these?
    https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/26400729/2011-freightliner-argosy

    https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/26559381/2014-freightliner-argosy

    https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/27444503/2017-freightliner-argosy
     
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    Call me a communist, but I’d run that Volvo. Four and a quarter Cat with a 13 and 3.73s, I’m in.
     
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    Sure, if I had my druthers it’d be a 352,362, or K100, but I dig it.
     
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    Then congrats, you may have spotted an honest to goodness Argosy glider, which are still available in Canada for now.
     
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    Sonofabitch I knew I should've taken pictures of the thing.
     
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    Spotted this Argosy at Pilot in Mauston,Wisconsin after refueling. It was pulling a trailer loaded with single axle RV campers. Had to take the photo quickly as a thunderstorm was rolling through the area.
     
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