They were handy for a blind reverse, and if somebody was up to no good at night, you could peer out if it, in case the fuel was being robbed.Any reason why they stopped doing it?
id maybe say so that items couldnt be thrown at the driver when a fuel theft was in progress or to prevent another way in for the thieves maybe
I don’t know but I imagine it could simply be down to cost, I agree though that they were sometimes handy for a blind-side reverse.
Good view of the trailer, but the neck could get a bit stiff,could get the trailer in any tight spot.
Possibly due to insulation and condensation difficulties. Also an extra set of curtains required.
I was thinking more along the lines of quicker/cheaper production.Volvo had an insulated pad that covered the rear window of the F10/12 for insulation purposes,but one bloke I used to work with always kept this in place,probably to prove that he didn’t need a rear window to blindside.The rest of us,however…
We have them on our Volvos… Small window and curtains. Go to some silly tight blind places though, avoiding one accident will probably pay for it.
It’s a combination of lot’s … Weight, cost, security and insulation in sleepers. Reversing blindside is what mirrors are for.
This was at the Royal Norfolk Show last year on the local Daf dealers stand. It could be a special order.
Lowloaders, skiploaders, hookloaders, rippers… Many off highway trucks still have them specified.
Bring back the Erf, Seddon Atki, Leyland Roadtrain Etc Etc Etc with the allround windows 
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This was at the Royal Norfolk Show last year on the local Daf dealers stand. It could be a special order.
They are now an optional extra at a cost, the reason why that special edition scania a few years ago came with one, it came with every optional extra possible including a rear window.
Tesco .near all or all Mersedes have windows.it is help to many if reversing from blond side.
VOLVO ,Scania or any anothet can fit in lorry what want customers.but what want customers???all depend.and for everythink must pay some extra money.
I always remember my old Dad having a rear view mirror on his windscreen.Times change, cheaper to manufacture (and too cold) to have rear window now 
I’ve never understood why they vanished but then there’s lots of things i can’t understand, like why some insist on obscuring much of the existing windows with frilly curtains.
Would make good sense to me to have the rear nearside and rear side window installed at the very least on general fleet spec RHD lorries, might even help to prevent some of the ridiculous tyre shredding U turns some perform in order to prevent a blind sider at any cost.
edit…Dave55, have you forgotten all that expensive global warming propaganda already…‘‘too cold’’ indeed…the BBC indoctrination unit are probably having an emergency meeting at this very moment…
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My blood’s thin, when I’m cold - I’m cold! And I do believe the BBC is only running hot after the Jimmy Savillle malarkey 
We stopped speccing rear windows in our volvo’s back in 2000. Volvo charged too much to have them put in so the last couple the dealer had them fitted on pdi, we didn’t bother then after that. Was told by Volvo rep that the truck cab lost some of its strength with a rear window so wouldn’t pass the most stringent safet tests, not sure how true that is. Plus the drivers just used to leave the curtains closed all the time.
Scania rigid sleeper cabs come with the nearside window as standard I think
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We have them on our Volvos… Small window and curtains. Go to some silly tight blind places though, avoiding one accident will probably pay for it.
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