You ain't a trucker til you've gone coast-to-coast in a doghouse COE roach motel!

 

I'm sorry if i sound rude, but MAN is not really considered a luxury truck in Europe, If were talking top end tucks then Scania is probably the best when your talking in terms of luxury, There 630hp V8 topliners are serious bits of kit, Volvo is another good brand there pushing 660hp now , MAN i would say IMO is a good truck but can be classed as a more basic truck.
Just my opinion for whats it worth.

 

Ahh German, A true language of love :lol:

 

ive riden shot gun in a few cab overs before...... aside from being a flat nosed wall going down the road, guzzeling fuel ( actually i think the fuel line is 2X the diameter of a normal line), and once u can put aside the fact thiers no air ride, hmm, while thats a lie too, the trucks have leaf springs so every bump u hit.... u get air.. for confort make shure you dont wear your seat belt, since you basically bounce off the seats, and your butt will hurt more if your attacked to the seat..... another pro about these things is you have a upfront and clos view of anything u might hit....
LOL we hit a deer, i was expecting the thing to pop its head thru the floor at my feet, totally diffrrent feeling seeing the thing bouce off the truck at your feet instead of ahead of u... now we talk about the cons....

the cons to cab overs, watch the 1st step that there puppy is a long friggin fall. the steps are 4 inches wide in kW 100's and 4 inches tall, actually its not really a step, its more of a hole made by some pissed off truck driver carrying a shot gun who landed on his butt too often. thiers no air conditioning in those things... and make shure u take your coffee off the dash if u have to lift the cab and look at the engine. oh another good point is thiers alot fo old spare parts lying around, but the trucks are soooo old that parts are disapearing at unbelieveable speeds.

the trucks are cheap for 1 reason.... companies who own them want to make more money then what the scrap metal dealers are willing to pay.

 

Be wise and stay away from the cabover petes. You can't see anything on the right side of you. I know of one company that all new drivers got to drive the old cabover pete. I believe that truck was 15-0 in sideswipes.

 

Machine something Nurnberg, Machine something Nurnberg, Machine something Nurnberg! LOL

 

My first truck I drove was the cabover White Freightline in 1978. I would stop for coffee and still feel vibration through my body as I sat in the truckstop. I contribute the rough rides patially to the fact everything was spring loaded those days. Hell, even long noses were rough rides with springs in everything. I do miss the ease of getting into tight spots (of course you only dealt with a 40ft trailer...sigh). We also saw a rise in rear enders when guys weren't sitting at the very edge of the truck. If a good cabover comes out again that is aerodynamic and smooth, I will consider it.

 

I take it you dont like the Argosy? http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/tr...-model/argosy/

I dont think I could handle riding in any CO.

 

Ahh, the only time I will be caught behind the wheel of a freightliner is as a company driver . Just not a fan.

 

Yeah. I havent started driving yet. But, I have checked out a lot of trucks online and talked to many drivers. I would have to say my choices of a truck would be the KW T600, Pete 387, or Volvo 770/780. But, that is from not knowing much. Just listening to others.