Best truck poll

[Kapitan]

This poll is right off topic and is about semi's trucks or lorries what ever you call them, now the type is only artics (short for articulated) most being the biggest road going lorries in europe.

To start:

Ivecos Stralis a totaly new front and engine, 13.0 litre turbo charged diesel engine, has 430bhp and 16 gears manual or automatic
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8473/iveco4st.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Volvo's FH16 range this truck is the most powerfulest road going truck made in the world 660bhp with a 16.8 litre turbo and super charged engines and three types of gear boxes auto matic semi auto and manual.
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6694/volvo8ep.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Scania not overly keen on the scania the splitter is a bit well tempremental and makes life harder to change gears, but all the same its one of the top european trucks and ranks number 2 in the list only taken by volvo!
It has a 15.4 litre turbo charged engine diesel, 620bhp with manual and automatic gear boxes.

Scania comes in two veriatys flat nosed and yankee style.
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9199/scania13ox.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8232/scania26lf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[GreyOctober]

Ill go for Volvo :smug: Uber design and uber quality they put in everything that they make... and its guaranteed to last a lifetime provided you dont hit a pole or something. :rotfl:

[Kapitan]

Volvos are highly reliable and strong safe lorries I have driven the FH16 660hp ive driven a scania high top and the iveco euro cargo (never driven a stralis).

Daf's are just crap and so are ERF's.

Just a foot note:

I am only 18 years old and dont have a HGV licence (got to be 21) but ive driven these lorries because they were solo ie had no trailer and were under 7.5 tonnes making them eligable to be driven on a car licence and as private light goods viachle.

Providing that there is no trailer on the tractor unit the said lorry cannot be classed as a HGV Vieachle and not LGV either as its below 7.5 tonnes (unit or tractor unit wieghts 4 tonne).

Provided i am insured i can drive these viachles legaly on the road as long as i have no trailer.

[Fish]

DAF for me! :up:

http://home.hccnet.nl/wico.p/Daf.jpg


http://www.truckeurope.net/webspace/teu/webzine/200510/daf.asp

[STEED]

Kapitan, running a lot of polls lately. :hmm: I wonder what he is up to. ;)

[Kapitan]

Im up to nothing *leans over sarah how many times have i told you not to tell them*

As for DAF made by leyland doesnt have the power of a volvo or engine size of a scania, and they do look horid motors.

[Oberon]

Bedford!

http://www.vintagecommercialvehicle.freeserve.co.uk/bedford/14t-07-2000.jpg

[STEED]

Nice :up:

[TLAM Strike]

My dad was a truck driver (although dump trucks) for a long time and he almost always drove a Mac. I think the other drives down in Texas (he worked down there a while) would have laughed at him if he drove around in one of those sissy Euro Trucks.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8976/mactruck7ut.jpg

[GreyOctober]

My dad was a truck driver (although dump trucks) for a long time and he almost always drove a Mac. I think the other drives down in Texas (he worked down there a while) would have laughed at him if he drove around in one of those sissy Euro Trucks.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8976/mactruck7ut.jpg

Jesus! Born and bred in the US of A. Pure muscle! :o
Meeeeeeesa likes it! :yep:

[Syxx_Killer]

Thank you TLAM. That there is a real truck. :D

Here's a great site for more truck photos.

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/mack/mack_vision1.jpg

Mack Vision

Gotta love the Mack bulldog! :yep:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/colin_fletcher/pb_50th02.jpg

Peterbilt 379

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/jim_harvill/99_frtlnr.jpg

Freightliner

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/loeb/autocar_dc_dump_2_1984.jpg

Probably my favorite looking trucks - the Autocar.

[Bort]

My favorite:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2004/09/28/hero9.jpg
The Peterbilt from Duel!
The most badass truck of them all! :rock:
http://www.geocities.com/ardabros/thr/duel2.jpg
Watch out, David Mann! :o

[Syxx_Killer]

I was gonna post that one from Duel. That was a cool truck! :cool:

Here is one of the coolest trucks I've seen:

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/jim_steele/iowa80_show/file0005.jpg

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/jim_steele/iowa80_show/file0006.jpg

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/jim_steele/iowa80_show/file0009.jpg

Dragon Master is a Kenworth T2000.

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/jim_steele/iowa80_show/file0013.jpg

He even has a Ford F-150 painted to match.

For more photos, you can go here. Scroll down a little ways. There are some other really cool trucks on that page.

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/js_iowa80_show.htm

[GreyOctober]

http://homepage.mac.com/akitzmil/iblog/C826490882/E758443667/Media/monkey.jpg

HOLY SCHIZNIT!!

[Sailor Steve]

Trucks are better than lorries any day.

Old truck drivers never die...they just get a new Peterbilt.

[DeepSix]

* Bort]My favorite:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2004/09/28/hero9.jpg
The Peterbilt from Duel!


I can't believe you beat me to it! :lol: I thought no one else would get it if I posted it.

[snowsub]

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/james_oconnor/bulls01.jpg

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/james_oconnor.htm

Some real Trucks,
I've never been a fan of the look of the Rigs with 1 set of rear wheels, two's the go for me :up:

Sissy Europeans, 26m Semi's (B-Doubles) are always parked outside my work, they're the real trucks :P

[Perilscope]

Now that is a train, not a truck :nope: ... :D

[Oberon]

* Bort]My favorite:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2004/09/28/hero9.jpg
The Peterbilt from Duel!


I can't believe you beat me to it! :lol: I thought no one else would get it if I posted it.

That film rocks!! :rock: :rock: :rock:

[Kapitan]

The sisy euro truck as you put it acctualy has the most powerfullesxt road going truck on the road any where the 660bhp volvo FH16 and its set to top 700hp within the year.

[Rockstar]

I remember back in the day how much dirt this baby could move.

http://images.hasbro.com/common/images/products/906672185c38_main400.jpg

[kiwi_2005]

Those big Kenworth rigs with the cabins in the back like a miniture home on wheels - very cool.