Why Are American Trucks So Different From Trucks In Europe?
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Why Are American Trucks So Different From Trucks In Europe?
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Within the transportation industry, there are very marked differences in how things are done between Europe and the United States. For truck enthusiasts, it's not strange to appreciate the widespread use of cab over trucks in Europe, as well as the recurring appearance of long-nose trucks on the roads of the United States. But really, what's the objective behind this?
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Timeline
00:00 Intro
00:08 Why?
00:40 Habitability
02:33 Infrastructure and Geography
03:51 Regulations
05:05 Aerodynamics and Design
06:32 Conclusion
08:07 Outro - Věda a technologie
In Europe its 9h per day of pure driving with two none-consecutive days you are permitted 10h of pure driving (for every 4.5h of driving you must take 45min brake before commencing the next 4.5h block, the 45min can be taken as 3 x 15min, 15min + 30min, or a full 45min), with working days of 13h followed by 11h of rest with 3 working days per week can be extended to 15h working days followed by 9h of rest, with 56 hours weekly driving limit and 90 hours fortnightly driving limit, with 45 hours of rest between "weeks" (effectively 5 day working week), which in any rolling fortnight may be reduced to 24h of rest between weeks (effectively allowing one 6 day week in any rolling fortnight), which means Europe averages out at the same 14h day cumulative work on the days that are worked (2 x 13h + 3 x 15h / 5 = 14.2h or 3 x 13h + 3 x 15h / 6 = 14h).
I heard that in the US for every week a driver works they get a day off were as in Europe especially the UK most drivers tramp for 5 days a week and usually get weekend off.
Very interesting.
Cities in Europe are 1000 to 10 000 years older then automobile history. America build their cities in automobil history. Thats why we have smaller vehicles.
aerodynamics of cab overs dont need addressing in Europe as trucks are speed limited to 56mph (90km/h), so despite hauling more weight, over more undulating terrain the return comparative or better fuel economy than US trucks on freeway etc, because at 56mph there is less wind and rolling resistance factoring into fuel burnt relative to US trucks traveling faster as a whole, which causes more fuel to be burnt because of the sum of wind and rolling resistance from going faster.
this is jibberish
@@user-od3yf4yo7p I take it your dumb arse dose not know that wind and rolling resistance are none linier, and as speed increases the resistance of both increases at a faster rate, especially wind resistance, when talking about wind resistance at speeds above 50mph that is when the when wind resistance starts to mount at notably faster rates, i.e. the increase in wind resistance between 25mph and 50mph is notably smaller than the increase between 50mph and 75mph.
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you actually showed some footage of south african trucks. easy identified by driving on the left side, being cabovers with two trailers, and of course the number plates
Maybe they need to compare with Australian trucks where we can have 3+ trailers called road trains with a maximum length of 53.5 metres & permits for extra long loads , through creeks / rivers , high temps ,etc
We do that too in the Midwest and southwest of the US.
They aren’t, Volvo, Scnia, Cat an a few more have long bonnet trucks too.
Length restrictions!!
And distances travelled.
In Sweden You can have a length of 34 meters (111.54 feet) on the bigger roads, on all other roads You can have 25.25 meters(82.8 feet) and depending of axle configuration You can have a total weight of 74 metric ton(163 142 pounds, a 3 axle truck with a 20-24 foot bed and a 5 axle 40 foot draw bar trailer can legally have a 64 metric ton load(141 095 pounds).
And because of these loads You can buy trucks with up to 770 hp and over 3000 nM's (0ver 2200 foot pounds)
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Long-distance trips are also made in Europe, for example a truck loaded with strawberries from Lepe in Spain can perfectly go to Tallinn, Estonia and the trip is 4,000 km, 2485.4 miles.
A trip from Los Angeles to New York is 4400 km 2790 miles.
To sum it up: European trucks are built to be efficient, American trucks are built to look mean.
40 tons is heavier than American trucks +- 89.000 lbs