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KungFooMASTA said:
You don know what is cool! The longer the wheelbase the smoother the ride fool!
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Why make enough room for another sleeper and not install one ?

I’ve always wondered why trucks didn’t have the bed over the cab like motorhomes , leaving the entire sleeper for the shower and the toilet .
If the car haulers have room to stack a car up there , gotta be space for a bedroom .
 
roundhouse said:
I will never understand why they stretch trucks and have eight feet of empty frame between the tractor and the trailer .

Unless you’re hauling beams or pipe or something that hangs over the front
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Guessing you've never drive a short couppled rig.
Wheelbase is EVERYTHING in an otr cabover:flipoff2:
The whole reason for the cabover was for length restrictions during the fuel crisis and shit like tt schuttle and city delivery in tight confines.
 
roundhouse said:
Why make enough room for another sleeper and not install one ?

I’ve always wondered why trucks didn’t have the bed over the cab like motorhomes , leaving the entire sleeper for the shower and the toilet .
If the car haulers have room to stack a car up there , gotta be space for a bedroom .
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Same reason for flattop sleepers. They look cooler and dont catch as much wind. A longer sleeper weighs more and that means less weight you can legally haul. Usually the cabs are narrower than the sleepers too. Some big sleepers do have bathrooms and showers.
 
Does this count? Over checking on a building for work just now and this was buried in a sea of crappy econocars.
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Clb said:
Guessing you've never drive a short couppled rig.
Wheelbase is EVERYTHING in an otr cabover:flipoff2:
The whole reason for the cabover was for length restrictions during the fuel crisis and shit like tt schuttle and city delivery in tight confines.
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My first rig was a international 9670 cabover 350 Cummins with no power steering and leaf springs .

Second rig was a IH 9700 with the set back axle , double sleeper and air ride . And power steering !

Also owned two Ford LTL-9000 and a FLD-120 and a freightshaker cabover with the high top condo sleeper .


If you’re gonna make your cabover as long as a W-900L 84”bunk
Why not just get one ?

I loved my 9700 with the set back steer axle .
That thing would fit anywhere .
But I was bumping docks or drop and hooking somewhere between four and sixteen times a day running regional freight.

I built a shower and cassette toilet in one of my LTL 9000’s
Under the bunk .

Used a heater core in a 7 gallon tank for the hot water , and a 7 gallon tank for cold water , each with a 12 volt pump .
 
Doesn’t look like a chop, but I don’t think it looks good. I’m glad somebody likes it.
 
oreo said:
Does this count? Over checking on a building for work just now and this was buried in a sea of crappy econocars.
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Later '70s Dodge Power Wagon with the Macho package. Looks to have been converted to part time 4WD with the shitty "Ranger" locking hubs.
 
Southernfriedcj8 said:
I thought it was supposed to be an Excursion. Is that an F150?
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The front and cab look f150 to me but it looks like 8 bolt wheels. So maybe, youre probably right. Regardless it looks better than the expedition.
 
Stuck said:
The front and cab look f150 to me but it looks like 8 bolt wheels. So maybe, youre probably right. Regardless it looks better than the expedition.
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That doesn’t take much

The new expedition. Lokks exactly like the old Flex station wagon
 
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