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What would it be like travelling in something like this? It’s so big, and is pulled by a lot of power. Can anyone who experience write a description for us?
Its a Peterbilt.
Why do they call them Peterbilt? A researcher, Dylan Baranski, explained:
“The company was founded by T.A. Peterman in 1939 from the ashes of Fageol Motors.
“He was originally a lumber salesman who was having trouble getting logs to his lumber mill quickly enough. So, he started rebuilding surplus army trucks & improved with each successive vehicle he made. Sadly, Mr. Peterman died in 1945, but his wife Ida sold the company to 7 people in the company’s management, who expanded the company & made it into what it is today.”
Some interesting Peterbuilt facts, also dug up by Mr. Baramski during his research, apparently.
-The vehicles come with a wide variety of diesel engines. Anywhere from 6 cyls to 16 has been available for Peterbilts
-There aren’t two identical Peterbilts, more or less. When they’re ordered, the customer gives the specifications they want and the truck is built to those specs. Of course, there are also cookie-cutter lot trucks that are sometimes what companies might need when they have to have a truck right away?
-The front and rear of a Peterbilt is all one single unit. There isn’t add-ons to the frame.
-The frame also doesn’t have any rivets, because rivets would weaken the frame. What Peterbilt uses instead on its trucks is heavy-duty nuts and bolts. These keep the truck together. There aren’t extra holes in the frame, either, which is thought to be also in keeping with the custom-built truck idea.
This one looks like it might be a tour bus. So do some of these other ones:
