How come cab over trucks or European trucks manage to have a good weight balance despite having a big cab at the front?

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Im thinking Scania and Volvo trucks have this massive cab in the front but just wheels at the back, how can this be a possible weight balance? How come the front doesnt just tip over? How much does the cab actually weigh? Also its possible to tip the entire cab forwards revealing the engine beneath it and it still wont tip over. I rly dont understand how this is possible.

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Semi trucks (generally) are not meant to be driven w/o a trailer attached, and they are actually FAR less safe to drive w/o one. Even the traditional looking ones aren’t great in this regard.

It’s not a danger of “flipping over”, so much as it’s just that the drive wheels don’t have enough weight on them, and will start to skip/bounce/chatter when you hit the brakes.

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