Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

I'm not sure how I posted this , I was erasing text and it posted . Fat fingers

 

I guess that may even work in the US for some strait truck application , where your only allowed 40ft overall length , but I can't see how off hand

 

Oilfield. I see a suprising number of cabover trucks with body mounted equipment.

 

Is it for PTO power , so a trailer would need a pony engine?

 

This is a Euro 6 DAF XF Superspace cab. There's also a Space cab, and that one is a bit lower. The rest of the cab is the same.

I think this was a test by Kenworth to see if they could stop production of their NA cabover cab, and just use the DAF cab. The DAF cab is made in great quantities, the Kenworth cab is not.

 

It never saw production. They Modified the KW cab & put a Flat Floor in It & called it a K200

 

I found this new DAF XF for sale:

DAF XF 510 NEW special interior, Trekker Standaardtrekker in RAVENTEIN, gebruikt kopen bij AutoScout24 Trucks

It is the previous Euro 6 line that was updated this summer. The price is € 91,900 or $ 107,000. I'm sure it is a discounted price. As fas as I'm aware, all trucks are build on order in Europe.

 

That's pretty cheap. A relative bought a tridrive daycab a number of years ago (before the 2007 emission standards) and it was in the $180k range IIRC. I think today you'd be looking at around $200k for that truck because of the regen junk on them (and the exchange rate on the dollar).

 

not sure of specs , engine , trans , but it is cheap , some fed ex ground o/o might buy one

 

That reminds me of the KW aerodyne cabover , it had a walk through to sleeper , instead of the usual crawl through