kr79:
The volvo fl10 was the same can’t remember if the f10/12 was the same as I’ve never driven one and it’s been years since I even saw the inside of one
The F10/12 tilted a bit but not as much as the FL’s. Still made for a comfortable driving position though.
switchlogic:
Quite why you’d want to sit like that though is beyond me. I’ve driven busses with that arrangement, painful
In general there’s more leverage and it’s less effort,and arguably less awkward depending on personal choice,to push and pull the wheel forwards and backwards in the more horizontal plane than to lift it and pull it downwards in the more vertical plane.
I think that says a lot. In the pre power steering or early days of it a horizontal wheel would be easier to turn
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Best driving position from Scania.
My new job involves a different method of driving style. As well as having my teeth whitened and going to the gymnasium, my shiny green Scania must have the following items immediately to hand.
Selfie stick. A must have accessory.
Sharpie marker. Who wouldn’t want an autograph?
Hair wax. Gotta look good.
As for my driving style, I sit as close to the windscreen as possible. This enables maximum visibility so that I can be seen by as many fans as possible. It also has the ’ added ’ benefit of giving flickr fans a ’ double hit '.
Muckaway:
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Best driving position from Scania.
I’m surprised that he didn’t lower the zb Isringhausen type seat to it’s lowest setting then tilt it back at the base to match the modern day car driver wheel setting. 
Bearing in mind that zb seat design will allow an almost vertical backwards seat base tilt but not a level let alone slightly forward inclined base setting . 
Meanwhile put a decent old school Bostrom in this set a bit higher, perfect. 
kr79:
I think that says a lot. In the pre power steering or early days of it a horizontal wheel would be easier to turn
And makes it even easier and lighter when it’s also used with decent power steering. 
Like Carryfast said, 2-series Scanias had the earliest fully adjustable steering wheels that I can remember.
Probably the most comfortable over-the wheel (as opposed to the behind it) driving positions I have ever experienced is the old ERF NGC European; and the B-series ERF came close. I have always far preferred to be over the steering wheel, in command of all that I survey! The Iveco Stralis has a brilliant position (for a modern lorry!).
A lot depends on the angle of the steering wheel. In older ERFs it was pretty flat but in Fodens it was almost completely flat (horizontal, that is). But there were grey areas, like the Bristol Lodekka, for example, which had a steering wheel at half tilt. I think some Leyland Hippos had a similar arrangement.
Robert