Why Do Truck Sit so High In the Air?

more europe in 1970...










http://www.vaneckgroup.nl/en/our-co...684df5e8dce9=036a1a0e9806cd1db218b77bc084914a

 

Blind driver,you have never seen what is called a Mega truck?
Fith wheel height is 38,58 inches(98cm).
Now that is low.

 

zoiets Mr daf105???

 

Correct.
And those trucks do go to Eastern Europe and Russia which has some real bad roads.
But it does happen that they bottom out with damage.

 

holy smoke, even in europe they dont like MEGA trucks....

http://www.nomegatrucks.eu/

 

Actually,it is the rating for the tires that decides it.
Those low tractors (also called Low Deck) only became possible after a new sort off tyre came on the market.
Low but with a high enough rating.
Before you had low tires but they didn't have a high enough rating to be usefull.


ps trailerfloor is only 40,55 inch off the ground.

 

I think this thing was used in a tv show called highway man

 

When in doubt, whip it out!