COE vs. conventional

Good thread, I just found this!

My first truck was an '84 International cabover. No power steering, spring suspension, single bunk, rode like a lumber wagon. Man what a POS. The only silver lining was that it was pretty manuverable running places like Huntspoint in the bronx. I would rather pick vegetables with Mexicans under the scorching heat, that drive that thing accross I-80 in Pennsylvania again under the rough road conditions that it was in the '80s

You newbies out there today did not miss anything regarding COE trucks.

 

I don't know 379. Maybe we didn't miss the OLD Coe's, but I have driven an Argosy before, and it wasn't bad (great riding truck, even for a 'shaker!); and cabinovers are really handy for running in tight spots.

Sure, in one of the old ones, a short jaunt on 80 (thru PA) will probably have you shaking you kidneys out of your shoes, but if you survived the ride then you could hit the dock in Hunt's Point that much quicker! LOL!

 

LOL

Yeah, they turned sharp, I'll give you that.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that cabovers are just plain fuggly...(grin)

Oh yeah, I once drove a COE KW. Another pile of... I remember that from the factory, they instaled the radio in the very middle of the cab (so for ease of use to a rider??)...Almost had to stand up to adjust the volume. LOL

Good thread! Brings back some chuckles from the old days HAHa

 

Hey,c'mon now, calling 'em fugly ain't fair, I think a nicely chromed up 362, or K100 looks better than any of the current aero trucks out there (except maybe the T660).

And they don;t all turn on a dime, check this one out:

 

Okay, I'll admit that that stretched out COE KW does indeed look better that all of the thousands of plane Jane Freightshaker Columbias out there today ..LOL!!


BJ and the bear would not have been the same, if they featured a Freightliner Columbia...HAha LOL

 

My farm has a COE... an Astro I believe. Definitely feels a lot different driving/riding. Reminds me of the few times I drove a tractor about 4-6mph in a field all day long, then got picked up and almost wet myself because I thought we were going so fast. The COE seemed to make me feel like I was going too fast, although for some reason I felt better about the turns.

 

Yeah, no kidding! The whole show would have been:

"Oh no, the check engine light's on again! Not another EGR problem?! To the dealership!!!"

 

Peterbilt 372

 

argosy and k108 are still popular in Australia and are made there

 

Stumbled upon this thread while doing some COE research. At the farm I drive casually for, there's a Shaker 120 and a '76 KW Coe. I gotta say, after driving both pulling the same load, the KW doesn't ride much differant than the 120 does. But man, talk about turning on a dime. No room though. I've heard the INternational cabovers had the most room in the cab. Anyone know for sure? I'm 6'5 350 and I know for sure a '76 KW is WAYYY too tight. lol