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Isn't the issue with cabovers that American truck drivers think they look dumb?
by Hamuko 2y ago
Isn't the issue with cabovers that American truck drivers think they look dumb?
- moate 2y agoOptimus Prime would like to have a word with you in the other room…
- Hamuko 2y agoI remember him being a conventional Peterbilt in the movie.
- jonasdegendt 2y agoHe's a cabover in the original comic and animated show, the first movie's twenty-something years later.
- aidenn0 2y ago30s into the trailer you can see it's a cabover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_25RK5GbJIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_25RK5GbJIc
- dghlsakjg 2y agoUS Cabovers were designed around laws that limited the length of trucks + trailers. Those laws changed, and cabover trucks disappeared. They have a lot of disadvantages like serviceability and driver comfort. I don't think that looks really figure into it, since a lot of truck purchasing is driven by businesses which would gladly run an absolute pig of a truck if it saved them money.