Cabovers
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Wildcat74, Apr 3, 2011.
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At the first intersection I put the hood of the truck right in to the oncoming traffic lane while turning.
Woke me right up to pay more attention.
Two more turns and I had it but it defiantly is way different.OLDSKOOLERnWV Thanks this. -
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can anyone explain me thing about US , fire trucks,
why they are special brands and not big brands as normal trucks, where is engine? exact under front like on normal cabover or something specialč?
what is so special about them,
this is very strange thing for us, in europe and world wide we use truck chassis from common manufacturers and than independent bodybuilder make substructure on your wish .............. -
Mercedes LP 2224 6x4 ,from my birth town in Bosnia, in typical surrounding
with 3axle semitrailer, first 2axles are twin tired, last selfsteer single wheel axle, Italian or licence build Yugoslavian brand
copyright Brian Eager flickr
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I wanna remind u about difference of EU and US engrgy markets and different prices for sheet metal. In EU all truck cabins are made of steel. In USA aluminium is more popular.
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Though I prefer NA trucks but I was impressed yesterday with a MBActross that a friend of mine has. He replaced his 6 injectors for 550$ which include parts & labors .
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I've been mainly on Pierce and Seagrave trucks, and the engine tunnel takes up most of the interior of the cab, but we use it to mount laptops and other controls for the trucks. Us guys in the back usually use the tunnel as a table for our helmets. It makes the trucks really tight inside but since they usually only travel a short distance they aren't meant for much comfort. My pictures are on my other computer, but here is the best I could find of the engine tunnel from inside the cab:
The engine tunnel goes beyond the bottom of this photo, into the backseats where there are usually two backward facing seats and one or two forward facing.
As for why the US uses specialty manufacturers I'm not really sure, but I'd say it's because the design of US fire trucks is extremely traditional and the mainstream US manufacturers don't do anything with cabovers at the moment. Mack used to make fire trucks when they had their cabover trucks out, but the last one I saw was from the 1990s. I think some of it might also be the culture of the fire service, we take pride knowing the trucks are purpose built and don't share commonality with say, a road maintenance truck or something.
Also US fire trucks are absolutely packed with gear, in every available compartment and space. Having the engine and cab sharing a space means that none of the truck's overall length is being wasted on a conventional style hood, instead they can maximize the use of available space for more equipment. Finally, US fire trucks are pretty maneuverable for their size, which again comes from being a cabover design rather than conventional. We don't have streets as small as those in Europe, but fire trucks here need to be able to get themselves around some tight corners and into some small spaces for trucks of their size.
Hope this helps, sorry if I did a terrible job of explaining things98989 Thanks this. -
http://calfire.ca.gov/fire_protection/fire_protection_mobile_equip_fireengines.php
No need for a ladder and a lot of hose when you fight fire with backfires & cutting fire breaks instead of spraying water or retardant through a hose. Instead they call in the big guns:
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