Quote Originally Posted by Duke_of_URL View Post
No doubt about it, you'll always be first to arrive at your accident!

I used to drive one of those "up front" full-size vans (it was the 1970's!), and after a few years, I began to realize there was only thin sheet and glass metal between me and any cars in front of me. Not a great thought when doing 65 mph on a rain-soaked road at night.

No doubt about it however, every guy wishes he had a Deora in his driveway!
When I drove trucks I preferred cabovers. you sat higher off the ground had a clear unobstructed forward view could get them in tighter places for loading and unloading and in general were lighter than a conventional meaning I could legal loads that others had to permit being first at an accident never bothered me since the only way that was going to happen was if someone came across the highway then it probably wouldn't matter much anyway, if it was a smaller vehicle thye were going to be the looser if another Semi we both were going to loose, hood or no hood.
I really liked the cab forward vans, pickups and flatbed trucks because you had as much cargo space as any hooded truck but were 3 to 5 feet shorter.
As for the Deora though, I'd only want it because of its resale value.