To jon f mn / New truck

Tony Vidlak · Jan 20, 2014

Look at this truck I found on the internet.
The ad called it the Bullet Truck
Kinda cool
Tony

rrlund · Jan 20, 2014

All that thing needs is a "Mr Fusion" to go back to the future.

rd 2N in mo · Jan 20, 2014

anything to reduce the drag....

howdy1960 · Jan 20, 2014

I noticed no info on chart about how many deer it takes to completely disable the airfoil effects ~sick~

jon f mn · Jan 20, 2014

Interesting. I've seen several versions of this trying to achieve milage. The problem is doing it and staying within the length restrictions. Some states are giving the companies with those tails on their trailers problems for being too long now.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 20, 2014

50 or so years ago I saw pictures of trucks for the future,now they are here.
Now If they could figure how to git rid of the ugly license plates

the tractor vet · Jan 20, 2014

Would make for a great SNOW PLOW ahead of the state trucks . And i have to agree that trucks are getting to long . As i can remember when the 40 footers came out then the 42 the 45 's and the 48's and now the 53 footers . I can also remember hooking to one of the first 48 footers with my conventional and being three feet over length to haul a load of bag salt from Cleveland to Columbus and having to take the scenic route to avoid the Chicken houses . and that was with only a 210 wheel base .

Frank 41 · Jan 20, 2014

Jon F, I was wondering about the over length on the envelopes trailers. Do they do that much good? The gauges on the prototype show very good mileage but the cruise control is set at only 55. Maybe it is a Schneider truck that hasn't been painted orange yet.

ss55 · Jan 20, 2014

The cow-catcher front bumper and small windshield make it ressemble those early GE diesel locomotives (F-series?).

samn40 · Jan 20, 2014

The surprising thing is our European trucks/lorries have all the aerodynamics of a brick and yet can achieve the same or similar MPG!
Sam

fixerupper · Jan 20, 2014

Sam, your European trucks make our American cabovers look kind of shabby. Jim

jon f mn · Jan 20, 2014

I'm not sure on the fuel milage increase. Dart just got their first ones so I'll know soon tho.

Scott 730 · Jan 20, 2014

(quoted from post at 18:09:17 01/20/14) The surprising thing is our European trucks/lorries have all the aerodynamics of a brick and yet can achieve the same or similar MPG!
Sam

Maybe the gov't over there isn't cramming all the "greenie" regulations down your throat like here. :roll:

jon f mn · Jan 20, 2014

Don't you have some pretty strict speed restrictions too? And your trucks are actually pretty aerodynamic, the blunt front is not as bad as it looks.

Scott 730 · Jan 20, 2014

Did that truck start life as a T 2000? Kinda looks like it.

J.Wondergem · Jan 20, 2014

The millage that shows on the computer, is sure impressive compared to anything I drove.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 21, 2014

You think Zero miles per gallon is a good thing?
LoL

samn40 · Jan 21, 2014

Our trucks are restricted now to 65 mph, and we have real tough emmission controls....Tier4 and using adblue.....By the way there is a programme/ gadget to bypass the adblue system, not really legal, but then how many lorries are always legal????
Sam

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