People really need to look in to the full lifecycle cost of a truck, not just a tempting low sticker price.

I know of some companies in UK that refuse to even test drive a torque convertor truck as they just don't want them due to increased lifetime running costs.

I don't know why Linde is even bothering with the North American market, sounds like a waste of money & could even do damage to there brand image in Europe.

After driving & looking after hydrostatic trucks for many years there is no way I would want to go back to a torque convertor & hydraulic brakes.