kscarbel2 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Volvo Trucks Australia / November 23, 2016 . Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47805-one-minute-about-cab-safety-volvo-fh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Around 1983 when I was driving for a Ryder systems customer one of their MH Mack tractors leased to Coleman campers hit a KW Cabover head on in a one lane restriction in a Pa Tpke tunnel ! They were doing 35 mph! The KW driver was killed instantly, the Coleman driver was seriously injured but lived! Mack was so impressed that the driver survived such a terrible collision that they sent some engineers to the Pittsburgh Ryder terminal to view the wreckage! The KW was aluminum and the Mack was reinforced fibreglass. Of course safety technology has improved exponentially since 1983 with crumple zones,high strength steels etc. Volvo cars have always been among the safest autos you could buy I'm not surprised that their trucks are safe also! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47805-one-minute-about-cab-safety-volvo-fh/#findComment-353298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 One of our customers ran an MH off a mountainside. The cab detached, but the built-in integral safety cage* ensured that the driver lived. The Mack MH Ultra-Liner was the best COE ever designed in America. * A structural cage of galvanized steel, aluminum and high-strength fiberglass engineered for unsurpassed cab integrity. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47805-one-minute-about-cab-safety-volvo-fh/#findComment-353335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 The MH always inspired much more confidence that the aluminum Freightliners cabovers- I've seen a whole Freightliner cab twisted out of shape just from hitting a deer, and hooking a mirror would often result in the mirror arms bring unbent but the whole Freightliner door bent up. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47805-one-minute-about-cab-safety-volvo-fh/#findComment-353340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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