Well here is a new Ford Truck you have never heard of

Fordlover wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:
It also has a 12.7 litre Diesel all Ford engine Looks like it has borrowed from a Volvo Cabover in the design. Can you guess who makes it?

Looks like something you'd see on the tight streets of the UK.

Correct. They have slimmer Cabs for tight European streets, but highly unlikely it will turn up in Europe
Definitely not Europe
A sight you would see outside Europe,. In Australia frequently
A manufacturer that does not exist in the US.Scania If MAN and Scania takeover Navistar it will be by proxy

RobertRyan wrote:
It also has a 12.7 litre Diesel all Ford engine Looks like it has borrowed from a Volvo Cabover in the design. Can you guess who makes it?

Looks like something you'd see on the tight streets of the UK.

RobertRyan wrote:
This is getting away from the original post on this thread

Which is exactly what happens on any RV.net thread that is more than two pages long....

Terryallan wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
Love all the debate about a truck that has nothing to do with towing rv's.

Many us the big trucks to tow the big 5ers

Here it is the other way around. Tow vehicle is a Cab Chassis variation of a Van. 5th wheeler is as big as the trucks capacity. This is getting away from the original post on this thread

Bird Freak wrote:
Love all the debate about a truck that has nothing to do with towing rv's.

Many us the big trucks to tow the big 5ers

Bird Freak wrote:
Love all the debate about a truck that has nothing to do with towing rv's.

Much better examples around but this will do

Love all the debate about a truck that has nothing to do with towing rv's.

Groover wrote:
I think that what may be less well known is that Ford sold a Low Cab Forward (LCF) truck for a few years but they must not have sold well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHULWHdvA7Y

While looking for pictures of the Ford I was very surprised to find that Chevy seems to be selling some now:
https://www.chevrolet.com/commercial/low-cab-forward-cab-over-truck

I just spent a week in Italy and Croatia and don't think that I saw any trucks over there only going 56mph.

I don't see any drawbacks to cab forward designs that you don't have in pusher motorhomes except engine noise yet those are very popular here.

The Ford LCF had a cab designed by Mazda. The engine was a 4.5 Navistar-sourced V6, literally a 6.0 Powerstroke diesel minus two cylinders. The Chevy LCF has been sold in the US for at least 20 years. It's an Isuzu truck down to every last nut and bolt. Both the Chevy and Isuzu versions have a gas option using the GM 6.0 V8 with a 6L80E transmission as well as the 5.2 4 cylinder diesel with Aisin trans.

Targa wrote:

Don't want to be first on the scene with the radiator cap in an accident.

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Modern European Trucks are the safest on the road, One reason they are getting a lot of traction here.. Well European companies own the bulk of the US companies, only PACCAR has no suitor. Scania and MAN, part of the VW Corporation, are looking to buy Navistar outright, so VW can get a foothold in the NA market.VW itself is looking at cooperating with Ford on Commercial vehicles, including Pickups
Scania and MAN to buy Navistar soon

Don't want to be first on the scene with the radiator cap in an accident.

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