T800's Short, but Long On Comfort

摘要

What's big and tall and short at the same time? This Kenworth T800 10-wheel dump track. It's a hefty Class 8 vehicle, but its cab sits high off the frame, and its hood slopes steeply to join the cowl and grill. That rakish angle, along with this vehicle's short wheelbase, make it look especially squat. What's it doing in this article? It's got provisions for a front-engine power take-off, or FEPTO, a newly available option for T800s, plus KW's attractively redesigned interior trim. Those features are worth remarking on, and it has been more than a year since 1 drove a T8, so I took up PR manager Jeff Parietti's offer of a test drive just after the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.