GM/MVO HET during development w/ all wheel steering trlr

[BobS]

A couple of pics of one of the competitors to the PACCAR HET/PLS entry. These are some of my original photos from the early to mid 1980's during the development...Enjoy.

Best regards,

Bob

 

[nf6x]

Cool!! Thanks for sharing these. That trailer steering mechanism sounds like it must have been complicated.

 

[BobS]

It was....no hydraulics at all, it was strictly a fully mechanical system. It allowed us to turn tighter than any of the other competitors, but it was costly.

Best regards,

Bob

 

[kcimb]

Impressive. Must be very complicated!

 

[dma251]

MAN trucks begin life in Germany, right?

 

[dma251]

A very reputable source tells me that there is a M1070 HET in private ownership in the Southeast US right now.

I would trade the hemtt in a minute to get my hands on one of those.....

 

[BobS]

Re: RE: GM/MVO HET during development w/ all wheel steering

MAN trucks begin life in Germany, right?

Correct..and what a cluster@#$% it was. The rollout of the first truck was marred by a little engineering problem of the germans-we told them the rotation of the engine and trans-MAN engineering said, we understand....

Can you tell where this is headed?

We ended up with 7 speeds in reverse and 1 speed forward. It was interesting when I tried to back the truck out of the shop and hit 2 building pillars in front of the truck and destroyed the front bumper assembly...ROFL.

I was not a happy camper....

Best regards,

Bob

 

[nf6x]

RE: Re: RE: GM/MVO HET during development w/ all wheel steer

Hmm, 7 reverse speeds and 1 forward speed sounds more like a French truck to me. [Mark ducks to avoid flying rocks and rotten tomatoes]