Ok. Today, I went to a local truck driving company and decided just to check out how their trucks felt sitting in them. They had tractors, straight trucks, L9000's, Internationals, Macks, etc.
Well, is it me or are all day cab tractors just totally uncomfortable?
The seat was too close to the wheel, the steering wheel too big(naturally of course), and the clutch was out so far that in order to use it one would have to keep their leg up almost constantly just to drive it. The gas pedal was different than others as well (I guess their all the same on these tractors).
Then I went to one of their straight trucks and wow what a difference. The clutch, seat and steering wheel where definately something I figured I could get USED TO. I also didnt realize just how free and easy the shifting is on these trucks.
My question is, are ALL the recent day cab tractors out there like this one I described? Are all their clutches out so far like this? All the steering wheels big and the seats seemingly too close where it feels extremely uncomfortable?
I understand driving a day cab isnt like driving a nice new sleeper truck, but this was rediculous.