Earlier today, mr. mzs zsm msz esq (dude can you get an easier name to reference?) commented on Mr. Emslie’s TrIATION post with the above shown image. Well, my fellow Hoons, it reminded this olelongrooffan of this image
that I have in my library, shameless stolen from somewhere, of what I have labeled, “The Vancake”.
And check out the length of those windshield wiper eyelashes versus the height of that windscreen.
Hooniverse Truck Thursday: The Vancake Edition
By LongRoofian
May 12, 2011
By LongRoofian
No biography of the LongRoofian would be complete without [edited for length and adherence to subject matter] and your continued enjoyment of these ramblings is certainly welcome.
Jeff Glucker 
Kamil Kaluski
Sad Vancake is sad.
There was also the FlatCar…
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ytiJGFS-U4s/TPRov_H1vMI/AAAAAAAAACk/Z5C-jhAfxTI/s1600/FlatCarRex_450x300.jpg" width=450>
..and one or two 1980s experimental trucks which had the cab below the trailer to keep the overall length shorter. I can't imagine many truck drivers loving these.
<img src="http://images.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/09/steinwinter_01_resized.jpg" width=450>
Boeing prefers to split the difference with only one of the cabs underneath. I've seen this once on I-405 myself:
[youtube Rn0OaxD3XuM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn0OaxD3XuM youtube]
I've never understood this. If you're making that much of the plane at one factory, wouldn't make sense to build the rest of the plane at the same factory rather than engineer and maintain a truck fleet to move it around?
Oh wait… Congress. Now I understand!
The <20 MPG Oversize Load Warning Astro is the icing on that particular pig-flesh-based leavened dessert treat. I've usually seen American compacts/subcompacts used, occasionally Rangers or S-10/Colorado relatives, but a big-six-powered breadbox is just silly unless it's carrying something I can't fathom.
it's carrying the rear driver's legs. and that appears to be rear drive astro (there is no AWD badge on the back end– that i can see). mine gets 22-25 for interstate driving.. so i would guess that with the sign on top it's probably sitting right about 20 or maybe a bit above (mine could use a tune up)
but yes, normally warning vehicles are compacts/sub compacts.. maybe they were afraid that one of those might actually drive up underneath the load?
*Poof*ing my own damn comment.
EDIT: Aaaaaand good.
Boeing only assembles aircraft in Washington. They don't actually make anything. All the parts come from elsewhere.
Clark W. Griswold style.
I could not be trusted with a dual-driver truck.
I would have far, far too much fun.
Needs a little youtube-doubler action.
I used to see these (and bigger transporters) regularly on I-405 when I was working in Woodinville. However, it was only in the wee hours before 5:30 am, and they were usually travelling more slowly than 30-35 mph.
I see this every month or so. The kids enjoy it.
What good is a flat car without a giant engine?
<img src="http://majesticspeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mini-cummins-v18-diesel-01.jpg">
My plan of a Double Six in a Corolla suddenly seems pedestrian.
Ate up with motor indeed.
Nicely slammed. But I think my waterbed just sprang a leak.
Needs more Westfalia.
Amazingly not the only VW to be treated this way.
<img src="http://image.hotrod.com/f/14274545/hrdp_0812_07_z+the_top_10_best_hot_rods_of_the_year+1956_volkswagen.jpg" width="500">
Notice the lack of a sliding roof panel to poke your head out of.
Not safe for spine
No, indeed it isn't.
<img src="http://www.tanshanomi.com/temp/flatvw.jpg">
The ladder on the side is so cool.