But isn't Scania the biggest player in fire trucks in europe and the developed parts of asia?
Europe needs to learn from U.S about efficient rail road freight and USA need to learn about efficient trucking from Sweden and Finland.
Same truck with a Cat D11R dozer in one piece. [IMG]
And the DAF is the budget EU truck. You should see the new Merc Actros or Volvo FH. Those are miles ahead of any NA truck if you don't look the...
You will always safe fuel by going slower. Optimum speed for a aerodynamic truck is around 50mph and that with a tight gap between tractor and...
VBG hitches.
Volvo speced with D13 XE package, i-shift, 6x2 drive, super singles and side fairings.
Being able to lift the tag axle is great when its slippery as you get more weight on the drive thus more traction. You will have less tire wear as...
Why not put a Webasto water heater and a circulation pump? Then you have both the cab heated and the engine.
Generally you want tires with lots of sipes and rubber compound that will stay soft when it gets cold. Worst thing in the winter is ultra low...
Make sure you have good winter tires that has rubber that's suited for cold weather.
Why doesn't spread axle trailers have at least on axle that steering? Tires and suspension components must suffer a lot from the punishing side...
EURO. Multiply with 1.3 and you get the price in USD
Let's not forget that no truck manufacturer is interested in having customers driving their trucks for 20+ year. They want to sell new trucks and...
If you can lift the tag axle they are far superior both loaded and unloaded in snow and ice compared to a twin screw without difflocks. The...
I think that is a unacceptable service level. There is no reason the truck should not run within 24h if it's nothing major that broken. Are the...
Everything on a truck will eventually fail in some time in the future. But I agree with you that EGR shouldn't fail within 200k miles. But I can...
That is basically what could have been used 2007-2010 instead of the egr/dpf engine that the most mfg used..
So what you are basically saying is that owner operators have never been payed enough to be able to have profitable business where they can...
The cab is actually new and not a facelifted version of the old cab like they did in 2002.
