Nice to see some Cab over Engine trucks!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Maximum Overdrive
robbytara — 10 years ago(July 02, 2015 06:37 PM)
One of my favorite movies. Plenty of Cab over Engine trucks too. Nowadays there are almost zero cab overs in use, back in 86 though there was plenty.
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Vega_Lyra — 10 years ago(December 22, 2015 01:54 PM)
Cool post. Yeah, I always notice those too.
Where I work they use old trucks to ferry big loads of pipe from different yards and they have some old cab overs still around. No longer used for the freeways though.
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drunkbear — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 12:05 PM)
The production of cabover tractors gradually wound down as more and more states lifted their legal limits on vehicle length. Most truckers I've talked to commented that conventional rigs are much more comfortable to drive, so if they had their choice, they'd rather have a conventional. About the only demand for cabovers these days is for trucks that spend a lot of time on city streets, where their shorter length is an advantage for maneuvering.
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drunkbear — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 04:43 AM)
This got me thinking about famous and/or featured COE trucks in TV and movies:
- Goliath from 'Knight Rider.'
- The rampaging brown Jimmy at the beginning of 'Beverly Hills Cop' (one of my all-time favorite chases).
- The Cowboy's Ford in 'Armed and Dangerous.'
- The Black Dog in 'Black Dog.'
- The Buzzard Excavator in 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'
- BJ's red-and-white KW Aerodyne in 'BJ and the Bear.'
- The Freightliner wrecker that T1000 commandeers in 'Terminator 2.'
- Pig Pen's Mack Cruiseliner in 'Convoy.'
Do any other memorable 'high siders' come to mind? BTW, if you're interested in movie & TV vehicles, check out imcdb.org. Lots of pics, lots of info.
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