Truck modeling newbie...

[Guest Markus355]

but... what exactly are the differences between "eastern" and "western" style trucks?

[SpreadAxle]

Click on this link. It's a thread started about a month ago on this very subject. I tried to provide as much as I could for info.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33806

[The Modeling Hermit]

This goes back to the length limits of the early to mid part of the last century. The eastern part of the country had some rather severe limits on long trucks and trailers could be. Some of the states had limits of 45 feet or less. Often trailers would nearly touch the backs of the cabs. The railroads had influence on the government that held well into the sixties, and in some cases into the seventies. They held lengths so short that it was more efficient to ship by rail. Trucking companies didn't let that bother them, and they found ways to work around the limits, with such things as the Illinois Special car carriers. Some of the eastern states had some validity due to large cities with narrow turning at corners. The western states had more wide open country to run in and less friction from the railroads, thus they allowed longer trucks. Some western trucks could be as long as a complete eastern tractor and trailer. The interstate system helped to eliminate this.

[The Modeling Hermit]

Click on this link. It's a thread started about a month ago on this very subject. I tried to provide as much as I could for info.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33806

Ray

I forgot all about that thread. You could have saved me a lot of typing if you'ld just been faster in posting. LOL

[SpreadAxle]

Ray

I forgot all about that thread. You could have saved me a lot of typing if you'ld just been faster in posting. LOL

Uh huh. Maybe you need to type slower. lol.