Most of the big trucks in our country are flat-headed. Why?

Indeed, at present, there are few domestic manufacturers producing long-headed trucks, and the common long-headed heavy trucks are the Longka series of Dongfeng Liu Qi. This is caused by the following reasons:

1, China's national standards, such as the latest GB 1589, have requirements for vehicle length. In this case, the long front will inevitably affect the length of the rear cargo hold. As far as cargo capacity is concerned, the utilization rate of flat-headed cars with the same length is higher. For truck drivers, it is of course excellent that the front of the truck is short enough to vacate several cubic meters of cargo compartment volume.

2. The heavy truck technology independently developed by China basically comes from Europe, such as the introduction of Steyr. Because the trucks in Europe are mainly flat-headed trucks, most domestic models are flat-headed trucks.

3. Compared with long-headed trucks, flat-headed trucks have the characteristics of smaller steering radius, better vision, lighter self-weight and better fuel economy, which is more suitable for the traffic situation in China. Therefore, the state has certain policy guidance on the production of trucks and flat-headed trucks.

So, why do American trucks have long heads?

This is mainly due to the transportation policy of the United States and the advantages of long-distance vehicles. Before 1980s, American trucks also stipulated the length of the whole vehicle. At this time, the American truck market is mainly flat-headed trucks. Later, in order to improve the carrying capacity of trucks and reduce logistics costs, American laws and regulations became restrictions on towing, that is, the part behind the front of the car. Because long-headed trucks can better meet the driver's demand for driving comfort and safety, trucks in the American market have gradually changed from flat-headed trucks to long-headed trucks.

Because in China, the total length of vehicles is limited, and the total length of vehicles here refers to the length of containers+heads. Under the requirements of such laws and regulations, under the consideration of pulling more goods (the shorter the front of the car, the longer the container), the long-headed trucks with longer front will have no advantage, and although the safety of long-headed trucks is slightly higher than that of flat-headed trucks, in China, benefits are everything. Safe? Are you cursing me that something will happen when I get on the truck? So gradually, the once popular long-headed trucks gradually withdrew from the historical stage, and the domestic truck market became the world of flat-headed cars.