Talk:Cab over

message: "White-Freightliner introduced the first tilting cab-over design in 1958, which allowed the entire cab to tilt forward for access to the engine."
I sincerly doubt that. You've got the Ford C-Series which was made in 1957. And I don't even believe that was the first one. ----DanTD (talk) 03:33, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And you're right, if the corresponding de:Wikipedia page is to be believed, Magirus exhibited a tilt-cab COE at the 1955 Frankfurt motor show (IAA). --84.46.66.184 (talk) 10:14, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  First tilting cab?  

message: The Peterbilt 372 was capable of 10+ MPG but was discontinued in 1993. Bizzybody (talk) 09:47, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aerodynamic cab over? 

message: What is the English word used for the opposite of "cab over"? It would be useful for international readers if the article mentioned the word for it. As it is now, it just states "traditional design". I think you have a better word for it, but what is it? It could be a proper word or a word used amongst truckers, I don't know. Where I live we use a description that translates to "nose truck" because the hood sticks out like a nose in the face of the truck. Urbanus Secundus (talk) 20:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is called conventional cabin in many places. --Gwafton (talk) 20:56, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: When I was a small but resolutely BRITISH Mr Larrington the terms I read in my much-prized Ladybird Book of Commercial Vehicles were "forward control" and "normal control", but I don't think the latter caught on to any great extent.  I believe that in North America they are called "conventional"; such designs are now so rare in Europe that they're more likely to be known as "one of them" optionally accompanied by pointing... Mr Larrington (talk) 01:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In Australia we call them "long nose" trucks and the cab-over is called a "flat nose". "Conventional" implies that it is the most common and in many countries it is not.  Stepho  talk  09:37, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do you call the opposite of cab over? 

message: As it was rear engined, it did certainly not a "cab over engine" arrangement. Likewise, trucks with underfloor engine (as they used to be produced by MAN-Büssing) would not belong in this category: their engine was between the axles, not under the cabin. --Tobias b köhler (talk) 13:06, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does the VW Type 2 belong here? 

message: Except in rare cases (like Isuzu's little deuce and half). They used to be prevalent, Mack, Ken, Pete, and Freightliner used to make and sell them in the states. Now they're gone. L3X1 (distant write) 18:43, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Most trucks you see on the highway are long distance haulers. Long distance drivers want creature comforts and easy maintenance. Maneuverability isn't so much of a concern if it's all highway driving. Most of the advantages claimed by the article aren't important, and some of them are not sourced and dubious (like the claims about the cab over having more power).  —CobraA1 05:37, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

text: Permitted axle loads are relatively low in the US, and as there is a lot of space, poor manoeuvrability is not a problem – therefore it is beneficial to make the vehicles longer and add there more axles to maximise the payload. In Europe the vehicle length is more restricted but the permitted axle loads are higher; nowadays you rarely see heavy vehicles with conventional cabins in Europe. --Gwafton (talk) 19:05, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wh are these no longer made in the US 

message: I took out the reference to Freightliner still building cabover trucks for the Australian and South African markets since the Freightliner Trucks article states that they went out of production in 2020.  Kenworth's Australian operation are still listing the K200 Series cabover though. Mr Larrington (talk) 01:59, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freightliner