Can someone please explain the small stearing wheels

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  1. Last Call

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    I drove a Astro 500 miles one time that was 495 miles farther than what I care to admit .. that truck hands down was the biggest POS I ever drove in almost 40 years of driving I hate those trucks the HVAC is s### you feel like your in a fish bowl everybody could see you scratching your nadds and the most awkward COE to ever get in or out of and you didn’t drive them you herded it this front suspension was ha horrible design they all wandered
    There was literally frost on the foot panel in front of the peddles in colder temperatures
     
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    Yep, it looks like he replaced the factory steering wheel with and aftermarket steering wheel designed for a car.

    And probably his pants, as well.
     
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    Probably has California airines, the kind that come off the back of the frame and connect to the underside of the trailer.
     
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    Spardo, THIS was THE most popular road tractor in America at one time,, IMG_0071.JPG IMG_0071.JPG IMG_0071.JPG IMG_0071.JPG
     
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    Yes, I remember sitting in one very like that as an outside exhibit at a Freight Transport Association exhibition and meeting back in the '90s. My one thought was that, despite the commanding height, because of the comparatively small windows, my view of the road immediately ahead was further away than the length of the tractor. If you don't count the many Fodens I have driven (the famous marque Paccar bought, and ruined) over the years, I never drove an American cabover. My favourite real American truck, again discounting European subsidiaries like Ford and Bedford, was the B 61 Mack I drove in Oz in the '60s, a very special truck.
     
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    The screaming jimmy sure made alot of guys say ,'' huh what did you say '' in later yrs from what i understand .
     
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    The Gemmer steering gears that were the most common with manual steering and Vickers power steering came with 7, 9 and 11 turns from lock to lock. If you had manual steering the gear was 11 turns lock to lock.
     
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    Dad hired on with Southland Corp.(dairies division) in 1970. Madison Wi OTR fleet had Diamond REO cab overs, sleepers, no a/c, am radio, Detroits, 13sp, spring suspension. Did a Madison to Miami turn every week, back then usually could do it in 5 days.
    Around ‘72-‘73 the fleet changed over to IHC 4070’s, the guys thought they had died and gone to heaven. Then the IHC strike hit, and the fleet bought the ‘White Freightliner’ cab overs until IHC settled the strike.
     
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