Brand New Cabover
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by JonJon78, Sep 18, 2022.
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I don’t like the recycled grill but there’s lots about the truck I like.
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ever climbed in a cabover on the side of a hill?jldilley, Another Canadian driver, cke and 6 others Thank this. -
I drove one of these Kenworth, pulling flatbed, running 48 states & Canada.
Had power steering, air conditioning, air-ride. The company was receiving long-nose Freightliners, but myself and another driver stuck with the cabovers.
The company name was XpressCo which finally closed the doors and reopened as Western Express. I really liked working there. The owner was Wayne Wise, who has since passed away. All the drivers liked and respected him. He was cool and laid back.Last edited: Sep 18, 2022
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Just a guess here but most likely because there would be no sales for them . big fleets wouldnt buy them because conventional would outperform on fuel mileage just from aerdynamics alone...wouldnt mind if one of the truck manufactures introduced a new cabover here in the states... Seems like all the electric trucks are cabovers, not sure why that is. But that may be what the next cabover is.
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Imagine how strong the steps and grab rails would have to be to stand up to that much stress.jldilley, Another Canadian driver, cke and 6 others Thank this. -
Freightliner still makes (or did 4 years ago) a cabover... they just have to be special ordered and they don't build them until they have 100 on order.
And for those of you that want one, have you ever had to climb out of the driver seat over the doghouse to get to the back...?Another Canadian driver, cke, bzinger and 2 others Thank this. -
Maybe once they speed limit trucks to 60 mph they will make a comeback..
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Dont know why the cabovers are not more popular here,,,everyone hates conventional or so one would think the way they always knocking the fenders off.
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