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It's not likely that Europe would move to traditional cab trucks if they relaxed the length rules since they still have to deal with the tighter road and parkin
by efficax 5y ago
It's not likely that Europe would move to traditional cab trucks if they relaxed the length rules since they still have to deal with the tighter road and parking conditions of European infrastructure
- ajmurmann 5y agoGiven the regulation prevents this counterfactual from being tested at all, this is really just speculation.
- was_a_dev 5y agoEuropean cabs are traditional. At least in Europe
- Spooky23 5y agoDepends on what drives the requirements. The cabin over engine design is probably a bigger PITA to service. If that adds $, people would move away from it. The other thing to consider is driving distance and how it drives design. I would imagine the count of trucks that need sleeper compartments is much higher in the United States, and adopting a design that keeps parts more consistent for sleeper cabin and non-sleeper models probably has manufacturing benefits.
- ajsnigrutin 5y ago>The cabin over engine design is probably a bigger PITA to service not really, the whole cabin lifts up: https://i.imgur.com/pqXW1YH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pqXW1YH.jpg
- buildsjets 5y agoWhere's the engine? That level of access looks absolutely abysmal and a huge pain for the maintenance technician, compared to this: https://www.dreamstime.com/brown-big-rig-semi-truck-open-hood-checking-engine-working-properly-stop-delivery-schedule-image202349214 https://www.dreamstime.com/brown-big-rig-semi-truck-open-hoo...