One for the pond boys really .
We all see the clips American trucks Conventional big long bonnet been there seen it sat in it for a week.
This got me thinking having seen a fair few clips recently of accidents.
Do you think that having the bonnet trucks are more prone to having front end collisions than a cab over ■■
In eleven years of driving in North America; I have never seen a Cabover tractor unit involved in any sort of accident whatsoever.
ChrisArbon:
In eleven years of driving in North America; I have never seen a Cabover tractor unit involved in any sort of accident whatsoever.
I’m coming up to 11yrs here and never seen an accident with a cabover involved either but there are a massively disproportionate number of conventional’s compared to cabover’s
I maybe see 2or3 cabover’s a week compared to hundreds of conventional’s.
neilg14:
ChrisArbon:
In eleven years of driving in North America; I have never seen a Cabover tractor unit involved in any sort of accident whatsoever.I’m coming up to 11yrs here and never seen an accident with a cabover involved either but there are a massively disproportionate number of conventional’s compared to cabover’s
I maybe see 2or3 conventional’s a week compared to hundreds of cabover’s.
You might want to change that last line.
I wish I had a cab over, more maneuverable and better.
used to see a GMC Astro cabover every week up north,a local company uses freightliner argosy? for hauling homes plus a number of older freghtliners on for farm companies,met a KW looking like BJ and the bear hauling a fridge earlier this week. …Saw a number o iveco turbostars when in and around Seattle on seacans years back.
Was wondering on the back of this would accident rates overall drop if cabovers became the norm
“dementia galore” as per traditions of trucknet in this topic…
Watched an episode of highways thru hell last night and one of the drivers was saying that he didn’t feel safe in his new truck .
Every one else had a long bonnet but he had an ex fire truck with a flat front .
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A few years ago I drove for a company who had one freightliner argosy cabover pulling a set of A train fuel tanks. It had a little short gear lever like an ancient Bedford TK …it was an odd driving position very high up the strange think about it was when the drivers door opened a set of steps would electronically open …cyclists beware .Cabovers seem to be used only on specialist applications theres not many around anymore .
Many years ago in Saudi the truck of choice was a mercedes with the engine stuck out in front.In fact my company used to handle 40ft.containers that contained 4(?)complete tractor units disassembled for re assembly at a factory near Jedda(?).
However,I digress.These trucks were not too popular because in collisions with camels at night if you struck the animal right(i.e.one pair of legs each side of the bonnet)the rest of the beast would come through the windscreen and…well use your imagination.What a way to go,drowning in camel offal!
what n offal way to go,
though id imagine that with the lack of available ■■■■■ in saudi then id think a piece of vital equipment for occasions like that would be to keep a massive chesty morgan tyoe bra hidden in the cab so you could whack it onto the humps and let your imagination carry you away while the things still warm and wriggly?
with my luck id hit a dromedary 
Back years ago there was an overall length, from trailer bumper to tractor bumper, for artics. Trucking companies wanted to pull the longest trailer they could, usually 45’ so they had to use a cabover to stay under the limit. Now the length of the trailer is more the limiting factor so you can have a hood pulling it and companies started buying them in order to attract drivers. I don’t think it makes much difference which one you drive with regards to accidents but driving a cabover does make you more inclined not to run into something as your right up front. 