A New Concept for Heavy Duty Highway Tractors

751018

02/01/1975

Event
National Truck Meeting and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Prior to World War II, most heavy duty highway trucks and tractors were built as Conventionals, i. e., with the cab mounted behind the engine. In the late 1940's cab-over-engine types gained acceptance and in the 1950's the tilt cab COE was developed in its present form including sleeper cabs.
The new concept is to combine the best features of conventionals and tilt cab COEs to develop a superior non-sleeper tractor that makes no compromises for sleeper cab types.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/751018
Pages
12
Citation
Zimmerman, J., and Peterson, C., "A New Concept for Heavy Duty Highway Tractors," SAE Technical Paper 751018, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/751018.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1975
Product Code
751018
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English