Wal-Mart futuristic truck

[Mr Quatro]

Now this is my kind of truck:http://www.cnbc.com/id/101540310


http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2014/03/31/101540232-walmart.530x298.jpg?v=1396285279


On Friday, Wal-Mart unveiled its futuristic truck at the Mid-America Trucking Show, and it looks like a vehicle out of a Transformers movie. The tractor-trailer, which has taken the Internet by storm, is causing auto geeks to drool with its advanced turbine powertrain, electrified auxiliary components, leading edge aerodynamics, and more.

[Jimbuna]

From what I've read in the forums should it not look more like this? :hmmm:
http://s23.postimg.org/ezb9sa463/mushdeskcr7.gif (http://postimage.org/)

[MH]

From what I've read in the forums should it not look more like this? :hmmm:
http://s23.postimg.org/ezb9sa463/mushdeskcr7.gif (http://postimage.org/)


Most likely made in china for half the price.:haha:

[Wolferz]

The driver of that Trans Am definitely has a winning lawsuit.:up:

Better call Saul.

[Jimbuna]

Most likely made in china for half the price.:haha:

LOL :)

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Looks like someone took an Audi, chopped the roof off, added an extra set of wheels and stuck a futuristic cab on top.:doh:

[ReallyDedPoet]

From what I've read in the forums should it not look more like this? :hmmm:
http://s23.postimg.org/ezb9sa463/mushdeskcr7.gif (http://postimage.org/)

:yep: ^^^^

[Wolferz]

I don't think any respectable gear jammer would be caught dead driving that thing. Except maybe Swamprat69er.:O::arrgh!:

[Gargamel]

It's really not that different than current models, just a "tad" bit more streamlined, which has to be good for fuel efficiency. There was a show in the 80's I remember about a futuristic looking cab, more like a car, that would pull full sized trailers. My dad was looking into getting new trucks for his company at the time, and all the drivers he talked to who had tested them at conventions and such said they hated it, sat too low to the ground.

[Admiral Halsey]

God that thing looks fugly.

[Catfish]

^ Do you find current trucks with vertical fronts any more charming?

I have always wondered why trucks seem to need the appearance and air drag of a wall shelf ??!!

B.t.w. old news, Mr. Colani designed such aerodynamic trucks before, and you sometimes see one here, if not often:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdCp0DMLGk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVrNoowKDfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRzm5hlFg5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ms587pPMAc

And ... consuming a third less fuel is an argument.

OT:
B.t.w. the real former name is Kulani, producer of the naval and police uniforms in Germany since ages (including WW2), Colani is the son's 'artist's' name. :know:

Greetings,
Catfish

[nikimcbee]

From what I've read in the forums should it not look more like this? :hmmm:



I think this is closer:
http://www.rigsofrods.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65950&d=0

[nikimcbee]

They're working on a newer version that uses even less fuel.

http://www.adventure-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/totem07.jpg

I vote this one.

[Schroeder]

^ Do you find current trucks with vertical fronts any more charming?

I have always wondered why trucks seem to need the appearance and air drag of a wall shelf ??!!


That has something to do with the maximum overall length a train is allowed to have (18,75m for semis IIRC). The shorter your tractor the longer your trailer (cargo space) can be. That's why you hardly see a long nose truck in Europe.

[Jimbuna]

They're working on a newer version that uses even less fuel.

http://www.adventure-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/totem07.jpg

I think I've just found my new career :yeah:

[Wolferz]

I think I've just found my new career :yeah:


You're moving to North Korea!? :huh:

[Jimbuna]

You're moving to North Korea!? :huh:

Can't pay any less than I'm earning now....and the food (if I can find any) has got to be cheaper :)

[Wolferz]

Can't pay any less than I'm earning now....and the food (if I can find any) has got to be cheaper :)
LOL :haha: We know you like rice.:up:
Unfortunately, that all goes to the dear leader and his army.:down:

[Jimbuna]

LOL :haha: We know you like rice.:up:
Unfortunately, that all goes to the dear leader and his army.:down:

When he finds out about my aviation diecast collection I'll soon be in charge of his air force :)

[STEED]

That's the spirit, another glug glug truck to speed up our return to the 19th century. :har:

[nikimcbee]

You're moving to North Korea!? :huh:

Excellent, He'll be bringing his vast aeroplane collection. Two scoops of rice for you.
http://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/5649_5243a841e855c.jpg

[nikimcbee]

When he finds out about my aviation diecast collection I'll soon be in charge of his air force :)

I just saw this...
:har::har:
Looks like you'll have a new best friend.

http://www.jeremymorgan.com/funny/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kim-jong-un-memes-4.jpg

[Wolferz]

We'll see your milkshakes and raise you a couple heads of Cabbage.
Here. Take this hoe.

[em2nought]

An extra mile per gallon would be BIG money to a driver, worth being seen in a pink one of those, hell, paint it rainbow for an extra two mpg :D

[Admiral Halsey]

^ Do you find current trucks with vertical fronts any more charming?

No. In fact I find all cars and trucks ugly. I'll post a photo below of what I think real beauty looks like















http://www.trbimg.com/img-51f6b3cc/turbine/la-na-nn-union-pacific-big-boy-locomotive20130-001/600

[Betonov]

Niiiiiiiice

I have a scale Revell model of one. Still have to build the thing :)

[Admiral Halsey]

Niiiiiiiice

I have a scale Revell model of one. Still have to build the thing :)

Now you've gone and made me jealous. Well i've still got my old Microsoft Train simulator game somewhere. Better go find it and see if anyone made the Big Boy for it.(And a couple other steamers i've always wanted to test out.)

[Betonov]

Now you've gone and made me jealous. Well i've still got my old Microsoft Train simulator game somewhere. Better go find it and see if anyone made the Big Boy for it.(And a couple other steamers i've always wanted to test out.)

It was like €20, I think that translates into a little less than 25$ :)
If I see another box I can buy it and send it to you

[Admiral Halsey]

It was like €20, I think that translates into a little less than 25$ :)
If I see another box I can buy it and send it to you

Thanks but I know I still have my copy from when it first came out somewhere around. I'll probably find it where I find everything I lose temporarily. It'll be sitting on the shelf and i'll have just overlooked the darn thing.

[Jimbuna]

We'll see your milkshakes and raise you a couple heads of Cabbage.
Here. Take this hoe.

http://s28.postimg.org/5gbv8zfrh/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[Catfish]

No. In fact I find all cars and trucks ugly. I'll post a photo below of what I think real beauty looks like

http://www.trbimg.com/img-51f6b3cc/turbine/la-na-nn-union-pacific-big-boy-locomotive20130-001/600


Touché ! :salute:


The 'Big Boy', they had to use 8 axles to distribute weight, so the wheels would not cold-weld, with the tracks. Have one from Rivarossi in HO scale, a friend has it from Maerklin.
Another US friend helped restore a 4-6-6-4 'Challenger' decades ago, working at the Union Pacific at the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_3985

I have always been a fan of US railroading, right now i am into the very early antebellum ones like Mason a.s.o..

But those big beautiful machines really mean business :up:

Wah, great!
Thanks, Catfish

[Admiral Halsey]

Touché ! :salute:


The 'Big Boy', they had to use 8 axles to distribute weight, so the wheels would not cold-weld, with the tracks. Have one from Rivarossi in HO scale, a friend has it from Maerklin.
Another US friend helped restore a 4-6-6-4 'Challenger' decades ago, working at the Union Pacific at the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_3985

I have always been a fan of US railroading, right now i am into the very early antebellum ones like Mason a.s.o..

But those big beautiful machines really mean business :up:

Wah, great!
Thanks, Catfish

Honestly very few steam engines could be considered ugly. Heck even the ugly ones are beautiful in their own way. Still i've always found the big brutes as something special. I hope that UP is able to restore that big boy they're working on and send her thundering up Sherman Hill.