Big Rigs and Road Trains: Long Haul Trucks and Life on the Road (A Quintet book)

by JohnG.Smith (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.35

  This text studies the history and growth of the industrial market of vast motor vehicles and trucks. It provides profiles of worldwide truck manufacturers and the vehicles they produce for different climates, environments, goods, distances, loads and weights. It also analyses 20 various rigs in terms of their mechanical specification, superstructure, cab details and use on the road, and describes the lifestyle of the long-distance driver.