Why are long nose Pete’s Preferred over short nose?

As the title says. I always wondered why a long nose aka extended hood Pete is preferred over a short nose.

one thing I can think of is “looks cool”? And another would be the ease of working on it. Is that the reason?

 

I think you answered your own question Lol

 

Only benefit I saw was they ride good with the longer wheelbase and the one I drove, forget what engine, ran real good.

 

Did that high speed driving knock the bumper up like that?




Asking for a friend.

 

I’ve heard they ride better. Further the steer axle is up from your seat the smoother. Imagine that vs a cabover. There’s also a small variation in weight distribution between set forward and set back, or I guess shorter wheelbase when you’re talking long vs short hood? Looks is probably the most popular answer!

 

Easier to replace fuel line on the back of the head

 

Is that engine specific? Or Pete specific? Reason is I’m looking for a 00-03 with a s60 and I don’t really care if it’s a long or short but I wanted to know why many preferred a long nose and if it had anything to do with the larger engine space or not. Because I would rather get the short nose if the only thing different is the ride quality.

 

I heard. It's long nose = small pen.....



Kidding

 

lol. No another driver hit a wild pig

 

Better get @Dino soar the Peterbilt expert in here to answer this!!!