Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Quoting myself, for Caesar, to read again, that i said " I'll assume you are short because you need your seat set to maximum height ".
You mentioned that to see over the hood properly that set to full height is best.
To my thinking that would make you someone shorter than you are. My driver who is 5'1" has the seat at maximum height when she drives, because it does help her to see over the W900 long hood. It is also slid so far forward that without sliding it back I couldn't get into the truck. She is a great driver, her height doesn't inhibit her ability to drive, it just makes her raise the seat up is all.

 

No, I did not. I wrote that lowering your seat to the lowest position to look 'cool' is stupid, because it takes away a lot of the view on the road just in front of the truck.

Ah, so sitting in a low position does hamper your view on the road, who would have guessed.

If she can still put her feet on the floor in that position (as she should), then those seats can't be raised high enough for you. You should be sitting higher.

From what I read, I almost get the impression that you think a driver's head should always be on the same height, no matter if the driver is small or tall. That is completely wrong.

Anyone who knows something about ergonomics knows how you should sit on seat, and if you visit the web sites of the manufacturers of truck seats, you will find information on how to sit in a truck.
If you're not in the proper position, you run the risk of ruining your back.

 

Long and low is cool.........

 

No autoshifts, no synchronized transmissions, tall shifter and low seat.

 

What is the right way to sit for one driver, doesn't make it right for every driver.
I think after more than three decades driving, I am more than qualified to decide what is right for me....not what some stranger on a website says works for him. That would be as naive as looking at my smallest driver, and assuming that she is a less capable driver, or a weakling. Yes she is only 5'1, weighs a minuscule 104 pounds, but she is also freakishly strong, and very fast reflexes. She started driving at age 19 hauling wood chips in Super B trains from sawmills to pulp mills. After two years of doing that she got a job with a highway maintenance company driving gravel truck, and in the winter plowing and sanding. She stayed there for three years, then got a job with me at age 24 driving gravel truck, and now she drives everything from gravel truck, to fuel hauling, and heavy haul with oversized loads. Been with me for six years, and in her words "Hopes to retire still working for me in about another twenty five years ".

 

the pictures i posted prove it barely effects the view of the road.

 

Magnificent. You actually think that some guy sat down, and just made up what he thinks the best way of sitting on the seat of a truck is. It seems that it doesn't even occur to you that what he wrote down is the result of years of scientific studies at universities, hospitals etc. to come up with the best sitting position to prevent long term damage to the spine, pelvis etc. But all their combined knowledge is worth nothing compared to the knowledge of a trucker with 20 years experience of sitting on a seat. Sure.

The companies that produce seats try to make them is good as possible, and certainly in Europe. The reason is very simple, a trucker with a bad back can be extremely costly for his company, and for society. Medical costs for treatment, revalidation, it's all very expensive. So these companies design truck seats that should prevent that from happening. But of course if you have a trucker who knows ' better' what the proper sitting position is, all their efforts are useless.

I could go on trying to explain how important ergonomics is, but that's useless. You're the kind of person who will brush it all aside, because your experience is much more important.

No doubt a great lady, but it has hardly anything to do with the subject of a proper sitting position.

 

Yes, and I proved that is was a very slight difference in height on your pictures.