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All three configurations were shared with the Prostar (the regional-haul Transtar was offered with the day cab and 56-inch sleeper). At its 2009 launch, the Lonestar was offered with two engines: the Navistar-produced "Maxxforce 13" 12.4 L inline-6 (410-500 hp) and the Cummins ISX15 14.9 L inline-6 (525-600 hp). [ 2 ]
In 1994, the Unibilt sleeper debuted with air-ride suspension for the cab and sleeper with a large cab to sleeper opening. The Unibilt sleeper suspension had a one piece shock/air bag mount system from 1994 to 2006, until Peterbilt redesigned the suspension system for the 2007 model year, making the shock and air bag system on separate brackets.
Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring. While part of being a sleeper is that a vehicle shouldn’t look fast, this model has a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 with an electric motor making a total of 494 ...
In the late 1930s, CF began serving the Northwest US region and down the West coast into California but by the late 1940s had routes as far east as Chicago. The company operated about 1,600 pieces of equipment by 1950 with revenues of US$24 million. [1] The company went public in November 1951, opening on the New York Stock Exchange at $1.80.
First generation day cab Cascadia. The Freightliner Cascadia is a heavy-duty semi-trailer truck produced by Freightliner Trucks.The Freightliner Cascadia was designed with fuel efficiency in mind, as well as improving upon several other features including the powertrain offerings, sound mitigation, safety systems, and overall mechanical reliability from its predecessors.
2010s sleeper cab interior. Sleeping berths came into use as early as the 1920s, but they were often unsafe and uncomfortable. [5] They nonetheless allowed owner-operators to spend months at a time on road, often driving in teams of two [6] (one drove while the other slept). [5]
The Skytop Lounges were a fleet of streamlined passenger cars with parlor-lounge cars built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") and sleeper-lounges built by Pullman-Standard in 1948. The cars were designed by famed industrial designer Brooks Stevens. The fleet included both parlor-lounges and sleeping ...
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