>less skill required
>smaller and can fit tight areas better
>can carry 40 tonnes, which is the amount american semis carry

I see no point in using a semi maybe except for low-density carg

8X8 won't turn as hard as an artic for weight carried.

>>28465524 (OP)
Long-haul cargo is more efficient with a larger cargo capacity. Also, see maximum tonneage per axle laws. Some shit is very heavy.

>>28465536
>Also, see maximum tonneage per axle laws. Some shit is very heavy.

8x4 concrete trucks have 41 tonnes payload capacity. They even >400 hp, same as lower-end semis.

About haul efficiency, that makes sense. Though, do they always load it to the fullest ?

>>28465535
Very weird considering 8x4 has two steerable axles in the front.

>>28465524 (OP)
In germany and probably most of EU, these are legally limited to 32t of gross vehicle weight. Semis can do 40t regularly, 44t with a sixth axle in combined traffic or as euro-combi.

>>28465524 (OP)
>I see no point in using a semi maybe except for low-density carg
Because you've never had to drive a semi before or any trugg longer than 20' in city limits with tight turns

>>28465566
Why limit them to 32 tonnes though, when manufacturers create it to carry a maximum of 41 tonnes ? What good does it anyway ?

>>28465600
That is the general weight limit for single vehicles. Manufacturers can allow whatever they can justify for non-road conditions, but this is what everything's built in accordance to, so those standards don't just change randomly.
There's more layers of wheelbase, suspension etc. based weight limits too, since such heavy vehicles are great at fucking up infrastructure if make them too compact.

>>28465600
If your infrastructure supports 41 tonnes don't take the piss.
I know some bits I wouldn't take most American full size trucks into.

>>28465595
I don't know. I regulary see the model in picrel doing deliveries to markets located in small streets. Not to mention all the parked cars making it harder. But if these trucks can do it, then a heavy duty truck with a 8x4 configuration should do it too. I don't exactly know their lenght, but they are a bit shorter than a standart solo 12 meters bus.

>>28465616
interesting. So, semis are allowed to weight above 32 tonnes due to their lenght + axle number ?

>>28465639
both that and because they are technically truck + trailer
If you put a two-axle trailer on >>28465632
it may weigh 40 tons too, 36t with a single axle trailer.

>>28465535
That truck looks cool but not beautiful. Like a bodybuider, it lacks simplicity. This is the reason why gen 1 citaro is superior to the C2.

>>28465632
>I don't know.
Exactly. You don't know how annoying it is to drive them compared to a semi

>>28465715
Thats fair.

US semis can easily slide the rear tandem axles forward to give a shorter wheelbase to maneuver better. I used to be a warehouse receiver, you'd see them do it fairly often.

>>28465748

>>28465748
UK had, for a moment, a semi with driven trailer axles. Eleventy wheel drive was a thing but that time is long gone.

>>28465524 (OP)
Semi's are more versatile. Switching trailers allow you carry multiple types of loads with a single tractor. Trailers are cheap to replace in comparison. Pic related can carry freight on weekdays, drive to the track on weekends.

>>28465524 (OP)
8x8s don’t make any economic sense at all. Military and cranes.

Imagine living in EU and you can’t put 2-3 loads on a 53 step because you are limited to 40ft trailers

It’s so nice being an American land owning truck driver.

>>28466422
I've always wondered why burger (and burger-adjacent) cabovers put the cabin steps behind the axle while Euro ones put them in front.

>>28465524 (OP)
Easier than demountable bodies.

>>28465524 (OP)
So instead of dropping the trailer at the store/distribution center/warehouse and picking up another trailer the driver should just sit on his ass and do nothing for 10+ hours? Is this the way you people think? No wonder your cost of living is so fucking high.

>>28466454
we already have gigaliners for quite a while
they can fit a 20ft and a 40ft container

>>28466544
ever heard of forklifts? it takes just a few minutes to unload a truck

>>28466531
Only guessing, I'm thinking crash protection on the Euros.

imagine if these were all trucks

>>28466897
Imagine if Club-K was a thing.
Imagine if Ukarine had Google.

>>28465748

>>28465748
Very intriguing! Seems fun

>>28466523
Excellently sums it up

>>28466544
i always thought they return "home" with the empty trailer and then load it there, as i see a lot of semis only using one axle of their trailers.

>>28466735
Not concerned at all with limited use regional oddities.