Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. Caesar

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    Let's analyse what we see here.

    First of all, lots of bling bling. Blinking chrome and stainless steel everywhere. And then those huge pipes rising up behind the cab, they would make an ocean liner jealous.

    Now to the more practical sides.

    How to get into the cab? You have to climb up a ladder next to the door, open the door, and swing yourself in like a gibbon. Once you're in there will be a huge doghouse next to you. Behind you will be a bed. Standing up inside the cab is impossible, no headroom.

    So, what is so great about this truck? Or is it just an example of how trucks were made in the good old days?
     
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    It's actually An Australian Built K200 in New Zealand.
    They have a set Electronic steps that Slide out Plus they Have a Flat floor & you can Walk around in there..
    Paccar's new step


    K200 - Kenworth Australia
     
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    Classic couple of posts right there.....
     
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    No, it has a huge doghouse, and you can not walk around in that cab. The only way it would be possible to stand in that sleeper, is if it would have a raised roof. It doesn't.
    Those electric steps may have been a requirement by the Australian authorities. They may have deemed the 'gibbon way' of entering the cab too dangerous.
     
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    Yes, I saw that clip too. That man is standing under the raised roof of a sleeper, the truck on the photo has no raised roof.
     
  8. sdaniel

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    When are you going to post about something you know about ?
     
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    So what happened to that large dog box , Ceasar ?
     
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    And this is the dog house:

    K200 interior.png
     
  11. spyder7723

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    You touched on something i never understood. A lot of guys here always complain about how hard it was to get in a cabover.

    I owned a few back when i first got into trucking and never had a problem getting in or out of one. That leads me to the conclusion that either the ones complaining never actually drove a cabover, or they are so clumsy they should put a helmet on before leaving the house.
     
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