Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?
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The Ford CLT's that I drove had air cabs and air suspensions, were quiet and rode smoothly, much like the Euro trucks of today, but they were also mushy as I described the Volvo.
The Ford I mentioned, my first trip through mountainous terrain I pulled over and adjusted the cab suspension to stiffen up the ride because it felt like I was riding inside a bobblehead and leaned too much driving into corners, couldn't stand the sensation, much like the Volvo 780 I drove.
I watched the video and it pretty much confirmed how I feel.
I would give up luxury and space to be more attuned to the truck, or as the guy in the video called a raw feeling.
I need to feel and hear everything, rattles, hums, squeaks, vibration, the whole shebang, it makes me a better driver by not being completely isolated.
I might be out in left field here, but I think there's a slim chance that cabovers may make a comeback in NA some day, at least in Canada where we seem to be following the Australian model of trucking.
Aside from B trains and LCV's running all over the CDN prairies, there's a stretch of road in Saskatchewan, Canada, (# 10 hwy), where one company runs 3 X 53' trailers in a B train configuration and grosses around 110 tonnes, I think.
You'll also see what they call Queen City triples where a loaded B train will be pulling a converter and an empty or lightly loaded 53' trailer behind them.
To me, the next logical step is shorter trailers and more of them with shorter tractors pulling them, simply because they track better and are easier to maneuver, at least going forward.spsauerland Thanks this. -
I can definitely see cabovers making a comeback. In fact, last road trip I took I passed 3 older, restored, COEs heading north. I can definitely see triples becoming a thing out here but connected with 5th wheels in a b-train configuration, rather than dollies. For some reason those converter dolly setups look unstable as ####.
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Carter is crankcase.
I have the EPA 13 version.
Electric motor that should run at +-12 000rpm.
Mine has slowed down.
Which gives me a nice yellow light on the dash.
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Foden was a very famous truck manufacturer, at least in the UK and its (former) colonies. In 1980 it went bankrupt, and Paccar bought the company.
Leyland trucks was another famoud British truck company, and it was bought by DAF in 1987.
In 1993 DAF got into trouble, and Leyland became independent again.
In 1996 Paccar acquired DAF, and in 1998 Paccar aquired Leyland as well.
From that moment on Paccar produced Foden trucks that had very much in common with DAF truck, but there were differences. For instance you could get a Caterpillar, Detroit or Cummins engine in a Foden, and the cab showed some differences as well.
Paccar stopped producing Foden trucks in 2006.
So this is a Foden Alpha truck that is at least 13 years old, we don't know what brand of engine it has, and it got a DAF front some time ago.
Since it is a left hand drive truck, I expect it is an ex British Army truck that was used by the British forces in Germany.
By the way, Foden invented the pickup truck, and it was not using gasoline or diesel, but Beautiful Clean Coal:
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