Progress

Check out the pretty highway tractors at the website Cabover Kings. I'd link you to it but I've had my linking privileges lifted by Google algorithms.

There's diesel trucks there that used to haul freight of all kinds from coast to coast. Coast to coast means through the Rocky Mountains, through the Appalachians, and everywhere in between.

Here's what's fucky, to my way of thinking.

Pretty much any truck you see there has less horsepower and less torque than you'll find in a typical V-8 pickup truck at your local Ford, GM, or Dodge dealer.

Around here, that power is generally used to get one guy or gal to their job.

Fifty years ago, that power got 20 tons of freight through a mountain pass in the Rockies.

That's progress for you!