Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

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  1. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    Alpo is free ? he owes me money.
     
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  3. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    Slight exaggeration! Only a dozen and a half guages!
     
  4. Caesar

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    Since you liked them so much, here's Volvo 750HP 10x4 tractor at work:



    And another one, this time a Scania:

     
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    Ceasar I see you don't have humor sense ))) I was kidding men. I did not like them . I see that kind of trucks and operations in USA every day ..
     
  6. Caesar

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    You're saying that there are 5 axle tractors with 3 steering axles in the US? That's news to me.
     
  7. mhyn

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    1 steering axle truck can successfully move the load i see in pictures. I have seen bigger loads moved by 1 steering axle trucks.
     
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    I get it, you think the owners of those companies are idiots who spend lots of money on expensive and complicated hydraulic steering axles, because they don't understand you need only one steering axle. Interesting.
     
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    making cab itself , no problem at all, making papers for that is terrible job.... for little market demand.

    my collegue wanted to get just different mirror bracket for little mitsubishi, from larger model,have additional 2inch of vertical pipe, and it was not possible due to certificats, that is what factory from japan says
     
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    more steering angles means lower drag when cornering or making any steer movement, this means lower pressure on driveline, this trailer pendel x use, swing- pendel axles, they make wheels very free to move,making equall pressure on ground..... reducing drag as much as possible this truck and trailer can gross 344.400 lbs in NL,

    more steering axles, less drag will make your traction better,also when pulling very hard, it is very likely that front axle will end up in air , so it would be nice to have one on ground that steers
     
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