72Fury
Senior Member
The only part I don't like is how fat the front fender lips are, but yeah it's a cool looking truck.
OK you truckers...
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Yeah Dave but it haz that funny lookin' thing on the nose of the wagon that haz finger printing or pay swamper feez written all over it. 'Sidez, If you pull into any garbage warehouse east of the Mississippi with 240"s plus 'tween your steer axle and twin screw you'll pay ah yard jockey to spot your wagon at the dock too!
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah Jer not a trailer I would pull but truck is cool. I can't be more than 290-300 inches because I will not be able to make the u turns in the building in the mill.
can one of you fine folks explain the wide distance between the truck cab and rear drive wheels? just part of the customization of this particular vehicle, OR you could get 'em from the factory like this?
here's another one - minus the sleeper.
I'll defer this question to Dave for hiz answer and choice of horse 'cuz he's the long nose guy. I've pulled 'um too but I'm more a COE guy simply because of the freight I've chosen to pull and the tight comfinez of both shipperz and consigneez lot sizez. I personally never noticed much difference in ride az long az I had ah good air chair and air suspension under you.
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
can one of you fine folks explain the wide distance between the truck cab and rear drive wheels? just part of the customization of this particular vehicle, OR you could get 'em from the factory like this?
here's another one - minus the sleeper.
There's room for a good sized mobile home behind the cab...
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
can one of you fine folks explain the wide distance between the truck cab and rear drive wheels? just part of the customization of this particular vehicle, OR you could get 'em from the factory like this?
here's another one - minus the sleeper.
I was going to ask the same question, it looks like a truck the was intended to have a box or other bed/equipment arrangement and not a fifth wheel.
I doubt that the truck with the trail as show would even be legal in some states like California with total length limitations.
Alan
twostick
Senior Member
Actually there are no over all length restrictions in any state on Federally funded roads in any state.
That thing is just a fashion statement but still legal to work with as big a PIA as it would be.
There are practical reasons for 300"+ wheelbases. No less of a PIA to get around with but if you live on the road...
Kevin
ok, i think i get it.
odd looking rig - dont ever recall seeing one on the road - with a fifth wheel set up and all that real estate between cab/sleeper and trailer.
guess truckers have their reasons for yanking trailers with these long-wheelbase vehicles (versus the truck getting further bodywork to make a motor coach, "home on wheels", a big rig wrecker, etc.).
so these darn things are everywhere. another Peterbilt 379EXHD model so it's gotta be (was?) a factory-built offering.
still cool-looking rig as-is or lowered or whatever is depicted here --sans the trailer.
odd looking rig - dont ever recall seeing one on the road - with a fifth wheel set up and all that real estate between cab/sleeper and trailer.
guess truckers have their reasons for yanking trailers with these long-wheelbase vehicles (versus the truck getting further bodywork to make a motor coach, "home on wheels", a big rig wrecker, etc.).
so these darn things are everywhere. another Peterbilt 379EXHD model so it's gotta be (was?) a factory-built offering.
still cool-looking rig as-is or lowered or whatever is depicted here --sans the trailer.
twostick
Senior Member
You can factory order pretty much any wheelbase you want. Or you can stretch the frame by adding to it.
Kevin
Kevin
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Long and low, and I have said it before I don't need a sleeper but a napper is required. Longer wheelbase makes the the ride better, sitting in the middle as the ends bump up and down, and let's face it your not putting up pictures of plain Jane Volvo or Freightliners.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Here's one for you old-timers, 1951 Diamond T
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Oh, man. I loved them for their brutish appearance. They were rare though...
Nice one!
Nice one!
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
There is a couple of guys hauling coils that look like that.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I'very gone deaf and have a torn rotator cuff, a compressed disc cutting off the nerves to the left leg, and a prostate the size of a football.
Other than that, I'm healthy as an 18 YO...
Other than that, I'm healthy as an 18 YO...
Put teeth in hiz mouth and it'd be ah dead ringer for me.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
You got teeth Jer.....? :urkidding:
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
My spine has arthritis in it and if I crush a disc to much it becomes debilitating, can't sleep, can't sit, can't lay down, shuffling around slowly was about all I could do. I'm very protective of what I do with my back.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
How old are you? I asked once but I forget.
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