irl-trucking

[verbal cape]

Yea

[formal minnow]

alright nice

im currently driving 💩 van

if u see dis zooming past its me

[verbal cape]

Is the van a rental?

[formal minnow]

Yeah

Current ones broken

And apparently isnt comming back lmao

Other iveco going out too

We have one left thats the newest but its gonna be replaced too xD

[magic girder]

A small review of a 2023 DAF XF 480 lowdeck, i normally drive a 2022 DAF CF 450

Been driving the XF for 2 days now, and this is my honest opinion.
Its a great truck to drive although this is a lowdeck version, so on some roads its a little harsch, the driving comfort is really high, the seat and steering are well thought out, same goes for the adjustability of them, although when you like to situp high, stoplight/signals can be hard to see cause the windscreen is a little low placed, but that gives good visability downwards infront of you.

The screens for the dash and infotaiment need a little time to get used to, but in a few hours they are great and easy to use, almost every safety feature and al the other things are configured via the screens instead of buttons, the only buttons present are the lightswitches, mirror switches,eater controls and the traction control and diff lock,
the sound system is for a simple factory system really good,
The mirrors are nice and big, and give a really nice field of view although they have some blindspots in them, it could be worse

The inside space is a little bit a let down, the storage above the windshield is a little small both in height and depth, a microwave can be fitted in the middle compartment but its a really tight fit, i'm 1.95 meterd long, and i can't stand straight up in the cab, it a little to low for that, the height is about the same as in my CF, where i have a feeling that cab gives a little more space overal than this cab does.
Although the storage places are well thought off, like the 2 huge large bottle holders in front of the fridge unit, same goes for the fridge space, a nice deep and large one, the table from the old XF is also in it and its larger than ever, and nice to use.

The bed is as know from DAF really comfy, although in the XF a little smaller than used from the old XF its more compared to the CF bed.

The headlights give a nice clean beam patern, the highbeams are supper bright and nice to use.

Overal its a nice truck

[frozen geyser]

What country are DAF trucks from?

[magic girder]

Netherlands, but DAF is part of the Paccar group

[frozen geyser]

Oh ok. I am used to US trucks but learned to drive in a Freightliner cab over so I really am enjoying playing in ETS2 and doing quick jobs to try out all the trucks. I drove a couple DAF so far and so just trying to see which ones I like the most and learn where they are from.

I've seen engine options in US trucks for Paccar engines.

[magic girder]

I drove almost each truck that is in ETS2 in real life too

[magic girder]

Peterbilt and Kenworth are both part of the Paccar group too

[frozen geyser]

Wow nice. The European trucks are so much more efficient with space and with engineering than our trucks. Of course, the roads are so much smaller there and you need smaller vehicles.

[frozen geyser]

That is news to me. Makes sense though, eventually one company will make everything it seems.

It was nice though to have a full size bed in my Kenworth T600, can't fit that into most of the Euro cab overs.

[magic girder]

Kenworth and Peterbilt been part of Paccar for a loooonnnggggg time, DAF is part of it since 1996

[magic girder]

The beds in a cabover here is a normal 1 person size, some are even larger than that

[frozen geyser]

I bought an Iveco 6x4 in ETS to drive some heavy loads. What country makes that brand? I like how the mirrors are and the bright interior of the truck.

Even with that config, the turning radius is like twice as tight as my T600 used to be.

[magic girder]

Iveco comes out of Italy

[frozen geyser]

Oh ok figures I guess, they are very stylish like the Italian sports cars. I just upgraded it to have the higher roof and have been driving it all over the place. There is so much to see in Europe, and the engineering of the tunnels is especially cool to see in Sweden and Norway, actually having roundabouts inside a mountain. And driving through the Alps from Innsbruck to Italy, that was amazing.

[magic girder]

There are a lot of special places

[frozen geyser]

Something we don't have here are all the ferry boats to get around. I was taking a trip last night from Palermo to the islands off to the left, and then another ferry to get to the top island. I guess what we have here are just long wide open spaces out west, but driving in the east where I did most is pretty busy, especially driving the northeast corridor NYC and the big cities.

[magic girder]

I only drive in the Netherlands

[frozen geyser]

One thing I am having a hard time with are the trailers that steer with you to make it easier to get around corners. I am so used to just turning wide that I am going way too far out into traffic. Also, trying to back a trailer as it is steering itself is driving me crazy. I am trained to back a trailer with the wheels staying put. Wish there was a way to turn off trailer steering on jobs in ETS. Oh ok, you stay close to home, nothing wrong with that. I like staying close to where I live now too, mostly day cab work even, no overnight trips.

[magic girder]

The trailer steering depends on the type of trailer, about 75% of trailers do have 3 non steering alxes, the other 25% do have steering axles, and they are really usable in city driving, i mostly drive with a 2 axle trailer with steering, so i'm used to it, but i have experience with about every type of trailer, steered and non steered, and even steered non mamdatory, which means going forwards it steers, going backwards it doesnt

I'm home every "night" i do depot work at night

[frozen geyser]

I could get used to it for sure to be able to pull a longer load and have it help get around the corners, but it's new to me. For backing up though, I like the non mandatory one you mentioned, so that it stays straight when I back up. I lost so many XP opportunities because I could not get the trailers to back up to the docks. What we do here is we have movable axles on the trailers, so you can "shorten" the truck by moving the trailer axles forward, or "lengthen" it by moving the wheels all the way back. Depending on the load, you can move it around to make getting in and out of city areas easier, then move them back for over the road comfort. Some trailers have the liftable axles like in game, and there might be steering ones, but I've never seen or used one.

[magic girder]

Backing up a steered trailer is even easier than a non steered trailer, my biggest tip is, let the trailer steer it self in place, you only use the truck to correct the steering of the trailer

[frozen geyser]

Ok I will try and practice in the game with the top down view and see if I can figure it out. That's the nice part of the game is that it lets you simulate and practice without having to do it with real diesel fuel and hours on the motor. I have that Scania Truck Sim program from SCS too that I haven't used in a long time, and that is full of practice that is really difficult for me.

[magic girder]

99% of the time i'm on interior view, and i'm also driving a combination of a 3 axle box truckz with a dolly and a box trailer in the game, normal truck and trailer became to easy

Like this

[frozen geyser]

Nice. I bought all the heavy equipment and special cargo packs too for a challenge. I built a Kenworth w900 with 8x6 and have a triple low boy trailer to make a total of 50 wheels for pulling the biggest loads in game. If I have to fuel up, I drop the trailer right in the middle of the ramp and let them honk at me until I get hooked up again (I do this in solo only of course, don't really use the TMP server right now).

Nice truck. The front truck is a straight truck, and you are pulling what we would call a hay wagon here. I guess this is similar to our Rocky Mountain Doubles, but a lot shorter.

[magic girder]

For ats i use a 110 ton low loader mod

[magic girder]

Its a straight truck, with a dolly which turns under the trailer part

[frozen geyser]

Oh ok, the dolly is under the trailer. It sits a lot lower to the ground than our dollies.

[magic girder]

It give a little bit of a challenge reversing, but also prettu easy again

[magic girder]

Its a solid mounted dolly

[frozen geyser]

Our UPS shipping company drives a lot of doubles that look a lot like that setup.

The front wheels on the second trailer can steer though?

Maybe ETS2 will add these kinds of rigs sometime for us.

[magic girder]

Yes, the complete dolly steers, but its permantly mounted to the "trailer" we also have dollies that cam be removed

[frozen geyser]

I always thought the side loading of trailers was so much more efficient than the way we do it here. There are finally some Curtainsider type trailers used here for companies that have the proper loading docks to service them. You can load and unload a lot faster, and get to some pallets much easier than if a long 53' trailer and the pallet you want is all the way up front.

[magic girder]

It depends on the type of work

[frozen geyser]

I drove large motor coach buses too a while ago, and some of them had the rear tag axle that steered to help you around corners. You could lift it up too if you had a really tight corner to get around. Prevost is the brand, 45 foot buses.

[magic girder]

For normal pallet work a normal box trailer works the best, for other things like special pallets, or other types of goods a curtainside is best

[frozen geyser]

I wonder how much more they will add to the games to put in some realistic kinds of jobs and more rigs to own and drive. I really would like to have some straight trucks in game too that we can drive, especially since they are already built for the AI traffic. The big reason I am not really liking driving in TMP because the AI is not there, and it is like driving on a ghost planet. You need traffic to make it feel real, and not just players.

[magic girder]

Having box trucks would be nice, i drive on both, single and TMP, i like the relaxing feel of having no traffic and just be able to cruise with out watching the stupid AI al the time

[frozen geyser]

The AI does some dumb things like passing on the right, which In EU (at least in Germany when I was there) was a big no-no. Last night one sped right into me as I pulled out with a yacht for cargo, and I ended up with cab and trailer and cargo damage right out of the gate. But most times they are predictable, whereas the players are not. I am thinking of trying the convoys mode to see how that is mixing the players with the normal AI. But for now going to pull a yacht from that island off Italy all the way to the north of France. Long ferry ride too.

[magic girder]

I gona do some driving too, but then irl

[frozen geyser]

Oh of course, real life driving comes first. Nice chatting with you, have a safe night driving out there.

[magic girder]

Thanks was nice chatting, have a good day too

[verbal cape]

Morning 🤙🏼

[formal minnow]

Mornin

Here waiting for this guy to get some speed

Cant load / unload because of him

His coworker already left and this roll has been hanging in my way for the past 20 mins

😂

[patent bolt]

Yeah last time I checked this was a place for truckers to share their pictures, van drivers can share theirs in #photos

[formal minnow]

Why bully

[raven gate]

iveco sucks just saying

company i work at has 1 drove it once for 30meters and it sucks

[formal minnow]

Yes

Theyre all getting yeeted

2 box were at garage and aint returning anymore

Lmao

The last one wich is newest is getting thrown out aswell when replacements arrive

[sinful tiger]

This

I pity anyone who drives an Iveco

[raven gate]

when you have headwind the iveco only reaches 65 70 kmh ish

cant go 80

[sinful tiger]

Work has a photo contest going on and since it’s Easter nobody’s working except for me because I had to unload the trailers from the night runs, finished up in good time so I thought why not cheat a little when no one’s in

Fun fact, that Maxxus is the only curtainsider EV on the road

[raven gate]

whats going on with the roof of that renault kek

[sinful tiger]

What do you mean?

[raven gate]

the trailer of

[sinful tiger]

It’s a double deck trailer

[raven gate]

weird

[sinful tiger]

What’s weird about it

[raven gate]

its not straight

[sinful tiger]

Well yeah it’s aerodynamic

[raven gate]

ah

[raven gate]

what do you have to unload

[sinful tiger]

Pallets of all kind

[raven gate]

how many pallets go into that kind of trailer?

like if its doubledeck i imagine atleast 50 right?

[sinful tiger]

Depends on size but we have minimum 38 if they’re on regular pallets and not stacked, with a mixture like we normally get of euros and stacked we can get to about 45-50 yeah

[formal minnow]

Oh it does 130

But it struggles either way

[raven gate]

but you got a van right?

[formal minnow]

Mainly thing that annoys me is the small ass cab uncomfy headrests and the wind noise

I got mine back today

Wich for whatever reason got half emptied by a coworker

So all my stuff got thrown away

[raven gate]

rip

[formal minnow]

Mainly mad about my drinks

One of planners was like “ your gonna drink a month olds drinks?” Like yeah???? Its not water thats left in

Annoying af

[magic girder]

They love the Iveco's we got

[dapper yoke]

Will get this one in some time

Just gotta put on the crane and a caisson(great translation)

[bright widget]

I don’t really like their interior design.

[magic girder]

After 2 days in the 2023 XF, back in my 2022 CF

[raven gate]

air suspension is up

[magic girder]

Just hooked it up, had to wind up the legs and hook up the cables and hoses

[raven gate]

oh you drive for dhl?

[magic girder]

Yes

[formal minnow]

Doubt u drive this

[analog galleon]

ım not drive

[formal minnow]

Ok then dont post it here lmao

[analog galleon]

[night reef]

First triple set for the season.

[sour tusk]

That’s cute 😊

[strong otter]

Nice

I thought about getting my double-triple trailer endorsement

But I got no clue if I’d actually use it

[raven gate]

wheels a bit rusty

[formal minnow]

i am honestly surprised u guys got small 4x2's now

but still no newer cabovers

wich would probably be better in a config like this so u got more cab space

[raven gate]

maybe something to do with length?

[formal minnow]

nice

[magic girder]

thats cute, thats what i do every day

[strong otter]

What take videos of trucks

[magic girder]

seeing other drivers and flash my lights, sometimes for more than 3 km

we love doing that in our friend group

[strong otter]

I don’t dare to do that

9/10 I’ll get blinded

😂

[upper copper]

Well i get spottet a few times a day and thay was just one of the times that they got me on vidio

video i cant spell lol

[magic girder]

This was from last friday, we sometimes may have to much fun

this may happen about 10 to 15 times a night

[smoky fox]

It looks cool, communicating with other truck drivers with the high beams

[night reef]

They're just dirty. We had a pretty bad snow storm last week and the truck hasn't yet hit the wash.

[night reef]

We have 6x4s also we just have 4x2 because we like to be special for some reason. They honestly aren't too bad just sucks in snow and ice conditions.

[night reef]

I have to have all my endorsements lmao they're sometimes annoying

[magic girder]

This driver was also in a friend group i'm in, we all drive at night time, we share our locations when were driving so we can see if we see each other

[formal minnow]

nice

i kinda hope i get more truck friends at some point that im driving at the same times as

so i can do that stuff

right now im in my van still and 99% of the time i get no flash back at all xD

[magic girder]

Its a group of 30 people, and in 2 weeks we have a night out with karting and going out for dinner with about half the group

[formal minnow]

that sounds like a nice group to be fair

ive been at my company since ocktober / december

due to some stuff break in between basicly

but i barely now anyone

lmao

[magic girder]

Been driving for almost 8 yeats

[formal minnow]

nice

[strong otter]

Why all?

[formal minnow]

if i didnt have had some issues happen due to others i wouldve been going on for around 5 or 6 years by now

[night reef]

Just for the freight we haul.

[strong otter]

I just got the minimal 😂

I got over weight tho

So I can haul over 80k

[formal minnow]

so you can haul the mother in law along ha?

😂

[strong otter]

Yep

She adds 3k to me so I’d be over weight

Compared to my normal max

[smoky fox]

I also do that, but not with trucks and not at only night time. When we see each other we just honk at each other and flash our lights. Should be more fun with trucks, as it seems in the video

[strong otter]

Really though my average weight loaded is around 90k

[night reef]

Our trucks have triples permits that allows us to go to 110k on triples. That set I showed was at 106 and I was dying on every mountain pass lmao

[formal minnow]

lmao

lemme geuss

max weight

but lowest spec truck

[strong otter]

Ye I’m single trailer

Mountains love to me

Don’t go under 60

😂

[night reef]

Yep the lowest spec 10speed manual with a 410hp engine at 1440 torque, absolutely poo

[strong otter]

I’m at 370hp

[magic girder]

If it has strobes or beacons its even more fun

[strong otter]

But I have a 8LL transmission with 5.57 gears

[formal minnow]

rip

something like that ud want id presume atleast 700hp

and perhaps even an auto for driver comfort

[strong otter]

Most trucks should be 500+

In my opinion

everyone would be happy

😂

[formal minnow]

most trucks even in the netherlands are atleast 500

unless its some truck that just runs city stuff mainly

and barely highway

lol

[magic girder]

My first truck was a 360 hp, with 12 speed, we hauled 110.000(50 tons) with it

[magic girder]

You will be suprised how many are 400 to 450 ish

[strong otter]

They haul alright

What speeds tho

Mph or kmh

[magic girder]

90 km/h so 56 mph max

[formal minnow]

if u plug the right fuses itll go faster xD

[strong otter]

That used to be my top speed

[formal minnow]

ive gone trough very moderate tunnels entering at 110

[strong otter]

At 1800rpm

[formal minnow]

and be overtaken by trucks xD

that are empty

[magic girder]

And you got a lot of warnings

[magic girder]

Mine did run at 1450 rpm at 90km/h

[magic girder]

Fastes going down was 115, but was kinda sketchy tho

[strong otter]

Could you get to 1800rpm?

[formal minnow]

yes

[magic girder]

In manual mode yes

[formal minnow]

also at accelerating i geuss in the right conditions

[smoky fox]

I came across truckers greeting each other with beacons, fun to watch

[formal minnow]

first is the beacons

then as u get closer the lights

some spam them

[strong otter]

Do you see a lot of manual trucks?

Or autos mostly

[formal minnow]

and then earraping everyone with your airhorn

i think 99% is auto

[magic girder]

My current truck runs at 1125 rpm going 90

[formal minnow]

that is bought new

not many that still have a actual manual on offer

scania has them in the s series i believe as a option

or it was the r

wichever was the smaller version

[strong otter]

I can’t drive auto. Every last one of them I fight going up and down hills

[formal minnow]

when im going for my license im gonna make sure i get manual endorsement basicly

incase i ever get my own truck for privateu se

[magic girder]

Most are auto these days, but driven a few manuals, most auto boxes have a manual option to shift with the shift lever/retarder lever

[magic girder]

I'm used to auto's but i prefer a manual tho

[strong otter]

Ye

[magic girder]

The max hp we have in our company is 480, but most are 450 and 460, a fee years ago it was pretty normal for us to run 410 and 420 hp, and we do a lot of Germany and France

[strong otter]

What’s the wheel base on your truck

Also what’s the trailer length

[magic girder]

Just a normal 4x2 DAF CF with anormal euro trailer

[strong otter]

I don’t know what’s normal. I’m across the country

[magic girder]

The picture is normal chassis over here

[strong otter]

410/460/510

Which one

[magic girder]

This is a 450 hp engine

Wheelbase of 3.8 meter

[strong otter]

Gotcha

That’s 149.6”

I’ll trade you

I wana drive a truck that length

😂

Make some nice sharp turns

[magic girder]

City works is easy with it

[strong otter]

Mines 7m

[strong otter]

I bet

Mines a complete pain in ass to maneuver

[magic girder]

Mine isn't

[strong otter]

What’s your trailer length

[magic girder]

We also have steering axles on the trailers

[strong otter]

You might have a better trailer to

[strong otter]

Damn

I don’t

[magic girder]

13.6 meters

[strong otter]

Mines 12.2

[magic girder]

Total length about 16.5 meters

[strong otter]

18.5 for my total length

This is shitty 😂

You got a better truck with a turning trailer

[magic girder]

The only thing i do is depot work

[strong otter]

What’s that

[magic girder]

Drive from one depot, to another, drop the trailer pick up a new one, and then drive to another on, drop and hook, take my 45 minute break, and drive back to the first

[strong otter]

That’s not bad

So no load or unload

Just swap trailers

[magic girder]

I only load at the start of my shift and partly unload at the end

[strong otter]

Gotcha

[magic girder]

Doing about 530 km a night

[strong otter]

Nice

I can get usually about 800-900km a day

I don’t drive at nights

I’ll start right when sun comes up and stop right before it goes down

[magic girder]

From next week on i do about 600 a day, got a extra stop then

[strong otter]

Nice

Have you thought about hauling rocks and stuff?

Like dump trucks Or end dumps or belly

[magic girder]

Not really

[strong otter]

It pays different

Like a whole other world

[magic girder]

Night work also pays really good

[night reef]

Yeah nothing like the road trains you Aussies haul 😂 it's actually a dream of mine to drive one of those some day.

[silent bough]

euros don’t have belly dumps i think kekw

[dapper yoke]

Could be better eh but there was a 25% sale so we took it

[bright widget]

Nice deal

[dapper yoke]

yeah gonna be finally nice to not have a 95' and 06' truck lol

[magic girder]

We have belly dumps, but those are tank trailer

[lethal falcon]

Side tippers?

[patent bolt]

Rear

[formal minnow]

XD

[magic girder]

Are also used here

[summer valve]

3 meter charging cable ftw

[neon valley]

I shouldnt have to

it should be where the head is by logic

[patent bolt]

Scania have basically done a similar thing with the Next Gens, they've put the tv mountings on the left side ergo you'd have to sleep with your head on the right side, but they've left the control panel and remote thingy on the left side too

[lilac pumice]

so, im not a real life trucker myself but im seriously considering it in the future, thats actually sick to hear though that the possibility is there from the manufacturer themselves

are there more things that brands do these days which are super helpful like that? or very driver oriented?

[thick cedar]

Kiwi trucker here. I used to operate this rig. This is what NZ livestock trucks look like, we only run truck and trailer units for livestock, not semis or B-trains

[patent bolt]

Any specific reason for that?

And quite curious to why a lot of New Zealand trucks have 4 axle configs like with 2 in the front 2 in the back

[cobalt onyx]

8x4 for those heavy 🐄s

[formal minnow]

probably more stable for the usage of livestock

• the bit better manouvrability maybe in citys

[patent bolt]

Wrong

[magic girder]

Someome had to much time

[formal minnow]

lmao

[sinful tiger]

Oh hell nah spungbab on them ketamins

[thick cedar]

Typical DAF drivers 😅

[magic girder]

No, just the special type that has to much time on hand

[silent bough]

most of them carry their whole family in the back

[midnight basin]

yours?

[strong otter]

My buddies mack got stuck on the pad job

[formal minnow]

Pfft that engine sound is just beautiful

[formal minnow]

[strong otter]

Unless you hear it 10hrs a day

And your ear is 3’ from it

😂

Sounds good to others. Not to the driver

[formal minnow]

I geuss thats one of the downsides of us trucks

That they basicly all got stacks

Here in europe when people add stacks they have a valve so they can switch it to the lower exhausts

Better for the ears

[strong otter]

Mine stays loud and proud

Jakes are 10x louder

Gota roll all the windows up and closed before the jakes 😂

[magic girder]

You can get factory stacks in europe too with mufflers inside them

[formal minnow]

Didnt know that

[formal minnow]

Oh well yeah

But i feel like those dont count

Seeing thats only on tippers etc

That it has stacks

[trail pond]

New baby nearly finished, only looking for a driver now, 2023 389, @quick oriole, what do you think

[quick oriole]

[formal minnow]

Nice

[strong otter]

Nice

[trail pond]

We lost an other driver this week, only got the w9 running now

[magic girder]

Wjy can't people more carefull with the truck from someone else.
Wheelcover missing, grease all over and in the cables and hoses, even in the pins, grease all over the chassis cover while i cleaned everything yesterday, and a unknows substance over the sideskirts leaving stains

Also in the 8 months i have this truck now i never had my cables and hoses mixed together, had to spend almost 10 minutes getting them sorted again

[formal minnow]

Rip

Thats why u should take the keys home if u can xD

[rain skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[magic girder]

I can't the truck drives 2 shifts a day

[formal minnow]

ah

complain

tell ur boss u keep it nice

and whoever used it destroyed it / stuff

[magic girder]

The normal day driver is sick, so other people drive his shift, the guy who drove today parked my truck in the yard to use his own, which is fine, only someone else decided it was a good idea to use my truck instead of the truck assigned to him for today, and he caused the damage and did not say anything

[magic girder]

They already know, they got a nice collection of pictures and a phone call from me

[magic girder]

If i know who it is he is getting a call from me too

[formal minnow]

steal his fender xD

[magic girder]

I sent a message to our workshop, they have spares laying around, so can get a new one without problems, but its more in the way of how people do it i don't care if people use my truck, aslong as they keep it clean and in good condition, and if something happens that they just tell the dispatch or me directly, so it can be fixed without problems, vut sadly enough there are people who drive the truck from someone else are like, its not mine, so i don't care

[formal minnow]

yea

id hate tbf if id have to share a truck

[magic girder]

My normal buddy on my truck is a blast to work with, we work together for 6 years already, never have problems, we both take care of the truck, keep it clean, damage free, and if there is something special we call each other as soon as we can

[formal minnow]

thats nice

[magic girder]

But he is sick, and will be be sick for a few more weeks if not months

[formal minnow]

oof that sucks

[magic girder]

Yea, we hoping he gets well soon

[magic girder]

Yellow foglights ✅

[formal minnow]

U drive dis?

[thick cedar]

only this and the next week. I took it to the service on tuesday and then worked with it

[uncut vapor]

@magic girder keep tour truck at home

[magic girder]

I can't

[rain skiff]

I recommend not worrying much if it is a company vehicle and you dont own just worry about it

In the end the company is the one who will get in trouble

[magic girder]

Its a company vehicle, but i'm proud of my vehicles and treath it as my own

[rain skiff]

I understand but i am saying you are not gonna get in trouble for the condition

The other drivers will

[magic girder]

I know, but its frustrating other cause damage to the truck i alwasy drive

[formal minnow]

i would also very much complain

plenty of truckers put their own money into the truck to make it more theirs

if someone then destroys it and treats it like trash

id be mad aswell

[magic girder]

I do the same, spend money on the interior and exterior to make it more my own

[verbal cape]

🤩

[formal minnow]

u gettin a new truck?

[strong otter]

I need one of those tow plates😂. Mine had to get pushed by a dozer yesterday

[verbal cape]

Yes

[formal minnow]

Got a upgrade

Next is truck

[rose zealot]

right is better

you don't get the headache of delivering heavy with the left one cuz its probably the bigger version right?

[tawny moth]

you got ur license yet?

[formal minnow]

Theyre both the same

Size wise

[formal minnow]

Working on

[rose zealot]

ahh

well we got 2 sizes of iveco daily thats why I was askin lol

[formal minnow]

Ah lol

We had two box vans iveco

And one long normal body

[sinful tiger]

How’s y’all logistics days going?

Mines gone down the shitter

Picked up this machining station and had it double strapped, had to emergency brake because some dopey halfwit pulled out on me and it fell despite the strapping, it’s punctured the floor and it’s way too heavy for me to deal with on my own

[neon valley]

perfectly secured.

[neon valley]

ngl skill issue. Everyone knows you either put it against the front wall or make a second wall to prevent this

[sinful tiger]

I wasn’t loading it and it couldn’t go in the side anyway

One of the straps snapped anyway which is what I assume is what gave way

[formal minnow]

Thats what insurance is for

Also i see more bungee cords

Then adequate straps

Tbf

Not a issue for me tho

I dont strap anything down

[magic girder]

Looks like cheap and simple straps, i would invest in some bigger and stronger ones.
Once its in your vehicle, you are responsable for it, even if you did not load it your self

[sinful tiger]

Not my straps 🤷🏼‍♂️ but the pictures don’t do it justice, the blue one is brand new, the orange one has been used twice

Should handle a 3 tonne load in total and the unit weighs about 300/400kg

[sinful tiger]

I can assure you I didn’t use a single bungee cord 😂

[formal minnow]

That blue looks like some form kf bungee cord

Not a proper strap

Also something that high u cant just secure from the bottom witb 2 straps xD

Needs a good few since u cant secure it on the top

[magic girder]

Than its also the straped wrong, if its only a 400 kg object and you have a 3000 ton strap, than the strap was cut on the object to snap, also probably the wrong way of strapping it, the higher the load, the further the straps need to be positioned away from the load to do thier job correctly

[formal minnow]

how u liking it

compared to your old volvo

[patent bolt]

You mean how he's liking a next to top specced brand new truck compared to his old shabby specced truck?

[rugged cape]

Best trucks for the best drivers

[rugged cape]

I definitely miss my old Volvo, the 404, as it holds a special place in my heart, we had over 200k km together. However, when it comes to specifications and performance, my new Volvo is a huge step up and it's really not comparable. Unfortunately, I've had some bad luck with the new one – I experienced a windshield shattering and a power steering pump malfunction. Despite these issues, I still appreciate the improvements and features of the new truck.

You know @formal minnow . It like leaving your old ugly wife for a young beautiful woman, while she looks better and does make you happy, you worry more about hurting her than the old one, as a small scar is much more noticeable. Same applies with trucks

[formal minnow]

Ye

I just got a new van so i know the feeling xD

It has massive improvements imo but liked the older more even tho specced less

Purely because it had like 1 or 2 things this mercedes doesnt have

But more cab space so can actually tilt seat super comfy chairs so thats a

[magic girder]

Hope for you it only stays to those problems for you

[formal minnow]

[patent bolt]

#real-life-vandriving

[formal minnow]

😂

[formal minnow]

Hows the other torpedo comin along

[polar ruin]

Done!! With its lowloader

This is it. After my break I'll take a pic with the trailer

[formal minnow]

Nice

You guys finished the daf xf yet?

Or was it a xg whatever smth next gen

I feel like that roofbar is too modern xD

[polar ruin]

Yep I know it is, and full led lightbar aswell as led taillights

[formal minnow]

Tail is ok

But on the front it just doesnt fit imo

Why not something old school with halogen or smth

[polar ruin]

Nope indeed, we all wanted a light board thing on the roof. But boss wanted that

[polar ruin]

Exactly

[polar ruin]

But that has got a sticker on it that ruines the truck

And we have got a few little XD's now aswell

One tractor unit and a few rigids

For belgium

[lucid birch]

This is gonna be a long long day for me

On my way to the scania dealer….

We got a hybrid scania and the electric motor has some errors/malfunctions in it…

We have almost to no power

[exotic shard]

Are here any 2020+ MAN drivers?

[polar ruin]

@formal minnow

[summer valve]

Typical

[lucid birch]

At the scania dealer right now

[rugged cape]

One year apart, old vs new

[lucid birch]

Second pic looks cooler

[formal minnow]

Nice

[exotic shard]

https://www.trucks.nl/daf-xg-480-spacecab-7179217-vd

Kolleka

[tawny moth]

i would delete that, the mods here are very strict and will ban you for posting videos of you driving

[lucid birch]

A truck at the scania dealer

Truck is that broken that we have to get a second truck to unload and load the other truck…

Truck has to stay at the dealer

[formal minnow]

Oh yes

ive seen that one before

its usually aimed towards the highway

at the water side

[rugged cape]

I can confirm

[summer valve]

Typical Scania

[patent bolt]

I’m starting to question the amount of times you’ve hit your head in your lowroof Volvo now

[lucid birch]

Yes agree

Scania best

[summer valve]

None

[patent bolt]

Yeah that’s what you think, clearly delusional now so must have been a lot of times

[summer valve]

I don't live in the truck. I'm only on the driver seat when at work

[rugged cape]

Definitely not

Only problems

[formal minnow]

[summer valve]

Yup. We got a single Scania at my work. It's driven the least yet it has the most problems

[rugged cape]

Same, all the scanias here have much more trouble than the volvos

Also Volvo looks better

[summer valve]

Yup. The Scania we got is ugly af

[patent bolt]

How many days did your new Volvo last before you needed to head to the workshop?

[strong otter]

Swift in its natural habitat

Down I-35 going south

It was just a little misty out. Don’t know how he managed that

[rugged cape]

Longer than the scanias

[summer valve]

Wanna see @patent bolts wet daydream?

[patent bolt]

That’s one big fat lie, the first vital thing that broke on mine was this winter when mine was 1 and a half year old, you didn’t even make it 1 week without having 2 rather vital things on your truck go kaputt

[rugged cape]

Nope, we got 4 new ones, problems upon problems

[rugged cape]

Ye

[summer valve]

Noxiis wettest daydream

[patent bolt]

You lasted daaaays

And you have problems with every truck brand cuz you Wiiks kolekas clearly break everything you touch

[rugged cape]

We have little problems that's why many of our trucks have made it past a million 😁

[rugged cape]

Small issue

I drove my old truck for over 200k with basically no problem

Can't do that in a scania

[magic girder]

Done more problem free km in a Scania than in a Volvo

[rugged cape]

Done more km in a scania then

[magic girder]

Did enough km in one, and also a lot in a volvo, almost 800k in 4 years, but also 800k worth of problems, truck was 3 days old and already in the workshop, the truck was down about 1 to 2 times a month, and some months even more, had 3 months in a row that the truck was in the worksshop each day

[rugged cape]

No.

[magic girder]

Yes

Drove this one for almost 4 years, got it new

This pic was taken on the day i emptied it, glad i'm out of it

[rugged cape]

Gotta take it to service

[magic girder]

Been there enough times with a volvo

[lucid birch]

The scania that broke today at work is the first ever scania hybrid that got used by a company

Its the test model

So yes offcourse it will break a few times

The newer scania hybrid models are much and much better

We are just testing everything out and helping scania improve

[patent bolt]

@rugged cape I think our boss would argue with you on that since he quite literally told Volvo to go somewhere where the sun don’t shine with our 3 Volvo FH540 that we had when i started here in 2015 and replaced them with Scania R580 Streamlines instead after a year when we were supposed to have them for 3 years

Since that day we have gradually expanded our Scania fleet and gradually replacing the Volvo fleet up here, our 25m combos used to be 50/50 now there’s only 1 Volvo there the rest is Scania R650/660

[summer valve]

Your boss told Volvo to go to Norway. Ight

[patent bolt]

We have midnight sun here so yeah think you be wrong about that

[summer valve]

We're in middle of replacing our old FH3s with FH4s or FH5s or both

[magic girder]

Some of our old FH3's outlived the FH4's we had, normala truck would do 1.5 million atleast in the company, those FH4's lasted only 8 to 900k before they went out, and the FH3 that they bought 3 years earliers did 1.8 million and was in the company for 3 years more than the FH4'S where

[patent bolt]

Yeah we renew our fleet often, between every 2-4 years depending on the trucks routes. Our Volvos only lasted a year cuz they broke down too much so our boss got tired of it and replaced them with Scania cuz they were more reliable

Like we legit had to call our customer at least once a week to tell them we’d be late due to issues with the trucks

[summer valve]

Sounds like you haven't taken a good care of those trucks. We got FH4s with 1.3 million KMs still running great and that is KM only visible in the odometer.

[patent bolt]

I hope you not saying that to me Nat

[magic girder]

Normally a truck lasted in the company i work for about 7 to 10 years, 1.5 million km at a minimum bedore they even thought of replacing them, the FH4' had a lot of problems,.so they got rid of them after only 4 ish years

[summer valve]

Nope. Norway is way harsher than Netherlands

[patent bolt]

Yeah and I mean when the trucks barely have clocked over 100k km it shouldn’t be necessary to do much, like just stick to the service schedule and all that

But we had major issues with the webasto in them and also power issues like they would drain the batteries in less than 9 hours which meant that we couldn’t even sleep in them a night without having issues

[summer valve]

We service our trucks every month and repair them when necessary. My Volvo has almost 740k km and is running with no issues.

[magic girder]

My FM was towed twice in the first year, and seen the inside of the shop atleast twice a month

[patent bolt]

We service ours in accordance with what the truck manufacturer requires

[magic girder]

Our trucks get serviced each 75k, or when required by manufacturer

[summer valve]

My old R500 was towed 5 times in the first month when I got it. 4 times due to gearbox and 1 time due to adblue failure

[magic girder]

Mine got towed for a broke fuelline, and a broken oil pump

[patent bolt]

Knock on wood, I’ve never been towed

[magic girder]

Been towed twice, and both times with the same truck

Correction been towed 3 times, but that time it was the worst place of all, 100 meters from the yard

I'm reallg happy with my DAF, got 112k on it, and been only to the workshop for a oil change, and last week i had a ABS failure but that was just the cable between the truck and trailer

[magic girder]

Yea, but my horn stopped working when it was -1 and all the things like lane detection, automatic braking etc just would shut off, cause there was the tiniest layer of ice forming, even when it rained the systems just stoped working

[summer valve]

@patent bolt your favorite country song

[patent bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusting-disgusteng-disgust-gif-5456694

[magic girder]

Thats some good music

[summer valve]

Noxii

[magic girder]

Yes @patent bolt and @upper copper thats just good music, some good country music makes the day

[patent bolt]

Good country does yes but that’s not good country

That’s “burn it before it lays eggs”

[magic girder]

Na, its good music

[upper copper]

As Noxii says, there are country out there, that should never have been made, and then there's the good ones, just never been a big fan of that one right there

[patent bolt]

Whiskey Lullaby is good country 🤌🏼

[summer valve]

I really need some subs on my Volvo

[magic girder]

https://youtu.be/nADTbWQof7Y

[patent bolt]

Classic

[magic girder]

For sure

[patent bolt]

Chris Stapleton - Fire Away is just amazing too

And Jon Langston - Forever Girl

[magic girder]

Tony Justice, Last of the Cowboys

[patent bolt]

Never heard of, will check it tomorrow when I’m back to driving

[magic girder]

One of the best driving songs

[magic girder]

Also Brothers of the highway, 18 years to life, we drive trucks, long distanve love

[summer valve]

Tomorrow's shift is still a Spotify shift, Friday is a Retroradio shift and after that ends, it's back to Spotify

[magic girder]

Everyday is youtube day

[summer valve]

I only use YouTube music for bootlegs that aren't on Spotify

[magic girder]

Lot of music i listen to is not on spotify

And i love to listen to podcast

[summer valve]

Needs more bass

[magic girder]

Pretty happy with my bass

[summer valve]

I'll upgrade the front speakers and add amp for them and add a subwoofer under the bed

Probably going with ground zero

[magic girder]

I might add 2 speakers on the rear of the cab or a large speaker on the top bed

[magic girder]

Time to hit the road again

[summer valve]

Armrest was kinda nasty from all the dirt and oil. Took me one minute to clean it with Cartec Interior spray.

[magic girder]

How did it ever get so dirty

I'm cleaning my cab everyday and wash it about twice a week

And now the summer times comes, and the bugs are getting out i will wash it everyday

[summer valve]

Multiple drivers, dirty enviroment, resting arm on the arm rest while wearing a jacket, etc etc

I try to keep the trucks interior as clean as possible, most other drivers don't do that really. But even I don't have unlimited time available so it's not going to be spotless but I try to clean it as often as possible

This is how the floor looked after my shift ended. We'll see how it'll look later today when my shift starts

[magic girder]

I just can't understand how people can work with a truck when its a mess and dirty

[summer valve]

For them, it's a job. They get paid to drive, not clean

[magic girder]

Well, there is a rule in my truck, if you drive with it, you keep it clean, period, if not you can come back and clean it, that also did cost another driver his ability to get his own truck for another 3 months after driving on my truck for a week

[magic girder]

But they still have to respect the truck, and the driver thats normaly driving on it

[summer valve]

25 workers, 15 trucks, which only 12 are in active use, so there will be multiple drivers on almost every truck. Not everyone has that mind, and nobody can force it for them

[magic girder]

Its a company policy, if you get to drive on the truck from someone else, you have to respect thier truck and the driver by keeping it clean and leave it how the driver wants it, if the normal driver is a non smoker, and the truck is not smoked in, you as a driver are not allowed to smoke in that truck, if you do, the normal driver can order it to be cleaned on the cost of the smoker.

Also cause we habe drivers that are in thier trucks 6 days a week sometimes

[magic girder]

We have around 150 ish trucks, a good 180 to 190 drivers, and a total of 280 employees

About 120 of the trucks have a set driver on them, about 5 have 2 set drivers like mine is, and then there are about 25 trucks that are used how and when needed and don't have set drivers

And yes the 280 employees is acurate, we have a 15 man dispatch, 3 fulltime and 3 part time mechanics, full truckwash, 6 warehouses all staffed with full time employees

We even have a office and warehouse in Poland

[summer valve]

We don't have own trucks really. We got trucks for said shifts and a assigned driver for that shift, and that can change daily or weekly. Some drivers have always certain shift like I do so I drive one truck.

[magic girder]

Most of the drivers that have thier own trucks drive international or benelux

[summer valve]

We only have one truck that is assigned for a single driver. That driver is pretty much a jack of all trades and does usually direct jobs

[magic girder]

We do about all types of work in the company, i'm dedicated to DHL, but we do from small city distribution and food delivery to bars etc, to local work, to national work, to international work all over europe, doing coolers, dryvam, curtainsiders, flatbed

[rugged cape]

Gotta take care of it

[summer valve]

Closed area

[formal minnow]

Smokers shouldnt be allowed in non smokers vehicles

As itll just reek of it for days

I got a new van now so imma try keep it as clean as possible

Plastic floormats tho so just knock the dirt of and powerwash

[magic girder]

They just can't smoke in a truck, if they do, they can pay for it, and thats about 500 euro

[magic girder]

I took care of my volvo, but it was just a piece of junk, since oktober 2022 i have my DAF, the volvo is still driving in the company since its a lease truck, and the contract ends later this year, but its so unrealiable, that they now only allow it to drive during day time when out mechanics are present

[formal minnow]

😂😂

[hexed trellis]

Which song?

[magic girder]

Lay low, tiesto

[hexed trellis]

Thank you

[patent bolt]

Clean for 5 minutes

[magic girder]

Nice looking truck

[patent bolt]

Houston we have a problem 😬

[formal minnow]

Not bad this is mine xD

Stock

But at max xD

[strong otter]

Weighing a little chunky

[thick cedar]

The end of the week...😭😭😭

[formal minnow]

Broke down hah?

Also very nice scania tow truck that is

U dont see many modern towtrucks anymore with a crane on them

As in a “proper” crane like that one has

[magic girder]

Thats a proper towtruck

[formal minnow]

yes

[patent bolt]

What happened to spring 😳🆘

[magic girder]

Had a thunderstorm here last evening, and is now foggy as can be

[tawny moth]

Modern? that’s a 142 Scania… not exactly modern

[formal minnow]

If ud read properly

Im saying that u dint see modern anymore with cranes such as that

I never called that one modern

[thick cedar]

2 days ago...

[patent bolt]

Oooof yeah that’s no fun 😬

[fleet basin]

[upper copper]

Shit happens

[rose zealot]

damn

[lucid birch]

At our company

New scania

7 more on their way

In the next 1.5 year

[formal minnow]

Nice

[patent bolt]

Hybrid

[regal smelt]

Pov: Driving MAN be like:

[magic girder]

Imagine driving a Volvo

[patent bolt]

Just clocked 200k km 😎

[summer valve]

Rookie numbers

[patent bolt]

As I told the other nub van driver too that doesn’t count as unlike you I’m actually the one who put km on mine since it was brand new

[formal minnow]

heey

on my current van im putting all miles on

its rarely used by others and if so its for maybe 100kms

[patent bolt]

Wasn’t talking about you

[summer valve]

You drive a smaller truck than I do, shouldn't you be considered a van driver more?

[formal minnow]

well u called me a van nub too so

[patent bolt]

Actually my truck isn’t smaller cuz I actually have a higher roof than you so it’s bigger 😝

[patent bolt]

The other van nub

[formal minnow]

ah yes

the pretend truck driver whos mainly vna

[summer valve]

I'm talking about the length

[patent bolt]

Also didn’t call you a van driver either, it’s @tawny moth that is a van driver

[summer valve]

[tawny moth]

big van

[patent bolt]

Yeah @tawny moth please refrain from posting pics of random trucks here

[tawny moth]

[magic girder]

Mines at just 116, 75% is done by me, rest done by another driver, my previous truck had 800k, 75% was done by me, if everything goes as it shoould, it will be at 1.000.000 in just 5 years

Since 22 september 2022 we have put on 107k, truck is from juni 22, but did not much in the first months

[lucid birch]

Looks fine to me

[strong otter]

Is that to keep the jack from leaking down by itself?

[formal minnow]

nono i think his jack split in half

the part on the floor isnt connected it seems?

[magic girder]

Probably the jack is broken, this is a metal block to keep it up

[formal minnow]

oh perhaps

i didnt look properly it does seem to be so

[patent bolt]

Dude the bottom piece is construction equipment

You can clearly see that the real leg is still almost fully retracted

[formal minnow]

man

i was barely looking

[lucid birch]

Yep jack is broken

[lucid birch]

Why is that trailer so mad?

It keeps saying “vak” (fack)

[silent bough]

well finnish IS a weird langauge..

[summer valve]

First time hauling one of these lift trailers

[formal minnow]

is it like a double decker?

[dark epoch]

Waiting for the load

[formal minnow]

[summer valve]

Yup. Two deck trailer

Had a massive load to Tampere

[formal minnow]

so whats the use of the 2 decker

cant just put the pallets on eachother ? 😂

[summer valve]

You can carry more cargo. Not every pallet is stackable.

[formal minnow]

listen

anything is stackable

if u dont care enough

[summer valve]

If I'd be a van driver, I wouldn't care. I'm not a van driver tho

[formal minnow]

nothing is stackable in my van

[patent bolt]

Wow must be nice for you that your picture that I take it you "just took" was used in a news article in 2021

https://www.nexotrans.com/fotos/1/primafrio-volvo-9-10-1.jpg

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

the terrible quality alone gave it away already tbf

[magic girder]

And also, its night time, and he places a day time picture🤔🤔🤔🫣🫣🫣

[thick cedar]

Weekend work😢

[formal minnow]

Hard at work

[lucid birch]

Ur hard at work

Dirty guy

[formal minnow]

[patent bolt]

Who even buys a new Merc with stickshift

[formal minnow]

My boss

I wanted automatic but they wanted ivecos gone asap

So bought out if their inventory 🙄

[zenith crypt]

John, can you please use #photos for this one? This is only to share your own Truck pictures

[toxic nexus]

Ahh okay

[last hill]

Have a question I'm hoping one of you lads can answer. Noticed some weird behaviour in ETS2 where the brakes don't full disengage immediately after releasing the pedal. For example, to decelerate from 100-80 I need only hold the brake down until 90 and the truck will still continue to decelerate down to 80 despite pedal being released. Is this nromal behaviour for these prime movers? Is that just a quirk to the way air brakes work or is this a bug in ETS2?

[formal minnow]

Pretty sure thats how it works

If u drive a car let go off cruise control / speed and brake a bit

Itll keep slowing down slowly trucks etc are the same

It needs throttle input to keep moving

[last hill]

idk what sorta car you're driving but my car doesnt work like that. If I release the brakes the vehicle will at most coast to a stop. It won't declerate at the same rate it was while the brake pedal was pushed.

The delay in ETS2 is so exaggerated though that its almost impossible to modulate the brakes in the same way I would in a car.

In the example I mentioned above: it was a full five seconds before the brakes seemed to disengage and coasting began

I cant help but feel like there's no way a vehicle with GVM of 20+ tonnes would behave this way in real life

[magic girder]

Do you use a steeringwheel?

[last hill]

yea wheel and pedals

[magic girder]

Could be that your brake pedal is a little stuck, if i release my brake pedal it stops braking, you could try to set a small deathzone in the settings

[last hill]

yeah nah I double checked all that through the logitech software. Confirmed that what I physically do with the pedal is indeed reflected in the software (it has visual aid to show the input being received).

And this behaviour is only noticeable in ETS2 which is why I thought maybe it was just how these trucks are

I'm thinking it's maybe just a poor brake model in the sim because the other thing I noticed too is the braking curve is totally out of wack - in that you apply a small amount of pedal and the brake seems to be 80-90% engaged.

[magic girder]

In the settings there is also a option for brake strenght, you can lower that

[last hill]

You mean Braking Intensity? That setting isn't really relevant here. That setting only affects the maximum braking performance. The issue still remains that 80-90% of the usable braking ability is being engaged at the teeniest touch of the pedal

[last hill]

So I did some seraching and looked in the darkest and dustiest parts of the scs forums and it turns out there's a config option in controls.sii that lets you modify the braking function and introduce a curve. Little bit of tweaking in there and now its pretty much perfect 😎

Now I can actually opt between "a little bit of braking" and "oh shit some idiot just pulled out in front"

wow, stops on an absolute dime too if you stomp the brake as hard as possible. Reminds me of those Volvo Emergency Braking System showcase videos

[rain skiff]

Hb taking this discussion to #ets2 or #ats

[rain skiff]

Also

[patent bolt]

God dang snow

[summer valve]

Glad I don't live up north

[patent bolt]

I mean midnight sun in the summer makes it kinda worth it

[last hill]

Discussion ended mate. And what about #photos? Didn’t send any pics.

Oh, also another question for you blokes in here: is it entirely legal to haul B-Double pup trailer on its own? I guess it’d look a little weird but if the load is destined for somewhere else down the road..?

[magic girder]

I can't see why it would be illegal, it shouldn't matter if you only haul 1 single trailer or both trailers, both are registered, insured, and do follow all the regulations to be on the road, and each part of the combination can be used hoe you please

[night reef]

Do you drive that?

[formal minnow]

Still?

Snow

[patent bolt]

Yeah sadly

[formal minnow]

That sucks

We finally have whole week of + 16

Very kice

But everything sticks together now

[patent bolt]

Snowing now again, like it comes and goes in waves I hate it

[formal minnow]

That sucks

[blissful glade]

Doesn't make sense why it wouldn't be, here i am pulling one to deliver to a remote factory. Left my trailer at a truck stop, our b-links work with a slider, so the box slides on top of the trailer from one end to another depending on if you need to attach another trailer to the back or deliver something from the back so you can reverse to a dock.

[patent bolt]

Ha karma!

[lucid birch]

Beautiful weather

[magic girder]

Clean

[patent bolt]

Clean too

[magic girder]

One of the best feelings a clean truck

[patent bolt]

Indeed

[strong otter]

Tuned my radio

[strong otter]

Almost 1.0 for all channels

[lethal falcon]

In australia it's legal - can't speak for anywhere else but it basically just becomes a small regular trailer

Same as how you can usually have a dolly on the back of a regular trailer without much issue, depending on where you are

(I'm assuming you're also an aussie given Auswide Transport lmao)

[last hill]

Yeah fair enough, I didnt really see any reason why it wouldnt be allowed but I just noticed I've never actually seen someone hauling a broken apart/b-trailer only

[lethal falcon]

Yeah it's pretty rare

Most b-double operators tend to load on the assumption that they're going to the same place, especially for linehaul freight

road trains break up much more frequently; hence road train assembly yards exist

[last hill]

That would make sense since I believe most of the interstate blokes here do change-overs where they just drop the trailer 30-40km out of the city and someone else comes picks it up

[lethal falcon]

Yep exactly

"dog runners" take trailers in and out of cities

[formal minnow]

[summer valve]

[formal minnow]

Its aids

Its not restackable

And my planners are useless

This something that just had a bag put over like 🙄

[patent bolt]

Last time I checked it’s the drivers job to secure their load properly

[raven gate]

should have strapped it down

[magic girder]

Easy customers like this, had to swap trailers, but there are 2 empty trailers, so going back with the trailer i came with

[formal minnow]

I cant in my van

Also didnt help the pallet had no securement at al

[magic girder]

I can see a lot of place you could strap it down

[formal minnow]

we tried

but it damaged

so im getting those bars soon

i hope

[magic girder]

Its sounds crazy, but you don't need to strap it down hard, even 2 strings of rope around it seccured to the front and side wall would have prevented it from tipping over

[formal minnow]

i mean

yes and no

because it would have just tipped at unloading

[magic girder]

That also can be prevented with the same rope

[formal minnow]

i aint got none anyways

company wont give

so

[magic girder]

Rope doesn't cost that much

[formal minnow]

i aint going to spend my own money

[thick cedar]

hi everyone. i'm 20 years old and now i am following the steps to get the license to drive trucks. i wanna ask you guys, how old you were when you started? also sorry for my english

[formal minnow]

for something that will just get stolen

that one time my van gets taken

[magic girder]

I did spent a few euro on rope when i drove in a van, was worth it for me, saved me a lot of problems

[summer valve]

I was 18

[thick cedar]

woaahhh

and now how old are you?

Oh 22 i see

How was the trucking for first time? Dis you had emotions?

[summer valve]

Kinda exciting but at the same time little bit scary

[magic girder]

I started when i was 18, was driving C(boxtrucks) before my 19th birthday, and a few month latee i had everything, and now its 8 years laterz and i still love it

[thick cedar]

My dad’s a truck driver for like 20 years

I see how much he likes it and i love to drive aswell so i hope i will love it too

[rain skiff]

For all of the EU/AS PPL how are the load rates for you guys

[magic girder]

Not my own pic, but man, this is what you call a heavy boy, 5 axles, 500 hp v8

[strong otter]

We have these here 😂

[formal minnow]

yeah but arent those mainly used for the oil fields

[strong otter]

No it’s mainly used by rednecks that haul heavy shit😂

Oil field trucks are the crappy cheap ones cause they get torn to hell

[formal minnow]

[vapid pollen]

trailer on trailer?

[thick cedar]

And a jetski on the trailer!

[strong otter]

Just wait till you see a trailer on trailer on a trailer hauling a trailer

[lethal falcon]

like this! https://midlandind.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-29-at-4.22.25-PM.jpeg

lmao

I would embed it but it's not my picture so I'd guess this is the wrong channel to do so

[strong otter]

Yea pretty much

[lucid birch]

Truck driving lessonn

[raven gate]

This is how i always offload pallets of bricks with only plastic around it

And thats fine asswell

[raven gate]

How did it go?

[raven gate]

You can drive such a big truck at only 22 years old dammmm

You need to be like 5 years a driver in holland to even get your lzv thingy

[tawny moth]

i don’t think your right, i have a dutch friend that did his C+E at 20 (maybe even 19 i don’t know exactly but definitely younger than 22)

[lucid birch]

Good

2more lessons

And exam

[formal minnow]

Yea but lzv is extra length

So that he is correct on i believe

[lucid birch]

Yes lzv is 5 years experience

[formal minnow]

In that u need a few years

[tawny moth]

ahh okay

sorry i didn’t know that

[formal minnow]

Its basicly a rigid with a full length

[lucid birch]

Combi is just ce

[formal minnow]

Like nat drives

[lucid birch]

This is just CE

But LZV is longer

[formal minnow]

U probs got multiple next to each other

[tawny moth]

in most of europe you only need C+E to drive the ‘LZV’ as you call them

[lucid birch]

And is CE + 5 years exam

[formal minnow]

And it isnt stacked 2 meters high with no securement on pallet lol

Where u driving today rowan

I got no food so i need some free mcd

Or u aint workin today

[tawny moth]

Rowan haven’t you been having lessons forever now? like when are you going to let you take ur test?

[formal minnow]

He works at same time tho

Depends on company some will let u do one lesson a week others just let u go for 5 days in a row

[raven gate]

Sometimes

[formal minnow]

I got 2 american fridges in my van now

[raven gate]

1 time i had a pallet fall over

[formal minnow]

And the bottoms of the pallets gave out

🥲

[raven gate]

Yikes

[formal minnow]

I havent had one fal over at all lately

Well this one

But was unavoidable unfortunately

[formal minnow]

Yup

And no forklift at unload most likely so

Perfect

[raven gate]

Were ya offloading at?

[formal minnow]

No clue

[raven gate]

A transport company?

[formal minnow]

Geussing a residential area

As noted small van on the paper so

Imma drive real quick tho so brba

[lucid birch]

I don’t work Mondays

[raven gate]

Well now you do

I need my mac

[lucid birch]

And only working evenings

This month

[raven gate]

Wich region do yoy drive again?

Only south of the country right?

[lucid birch]

Everywhere

Every McDonald’s in The Netherlands

[raven gate]

Oo did not know that

[formal minnow]

Oh

Well i got subways

More exspensive but healthier

[cedar terrace]

Started working 4 weeks ago still doesn't have an assign truck so I've been with the old gal for a bit

First two week had an FH4 but it had a faulty steering assist pump so pulling up to dock was really annoying

[lucid birch]

Better then what i get when I start

I get some bad old mercedes

That is already broken and nothing works

[cedar terrace]

Yeah I got lucky the company im in try to renew its park when they can they ordered new iveco and volvos

[lucid birch]

Iveco ewww

[lethal falcon]

The hyundai might be a bit overloaded with that trailer ||/s||

[cedar terrace]

Lmao

Nah its mine just when I put stuff in my truck for the week

[cedar terrace]

Yeah luckly since I just started ima get fh4 of the old peeps

[tawny moth]

same company does mcdonald’s in Spain cuz i saw one of your trucks unloading at the mcdonald’s near me at like 5am

[lucid birch]

Yes havi is world wide

Active is like 92 countries

[formal minnow]

is it a company of macdonalds?

[lucid birch]

Nope

But we have contracts that havi is exclusive for McDonald’s

We prioritise McDonald’s

[patent bolt]

Depends on country tho, I haven't seen any Havi here

But then again we don't even have McDonalds here

[magic girder]

19.3 average, not to bad

[formal minnow]

Ofc u aint see it then

[lethal falcon]

We do have mcdonalds but I’ve never seen “havi” unless they use a different name here

[patent bolt]

I know they’re in Sweden tho, or Stockholm that is cuz I’ve delivered to them once

[lucid birch]

Never driven a trailer

But did it in 2min and 20sec

1 first attempt i focused on the wrong line on the ground

Second attempt i steered in to late

3rd attempt was just me being pepega

4th attempt perfect

[formal minnow]

Ets2 helps

[formal minnow]

Also isnt it easier to lock the steer axle when backing up? Or is it not possible on that trailer @lucid birch

[formal minnow]

Nice

[lucid birch]

Its a steerable trailer

And we only drive with steerable trailers

So no point of locking it

[polar ruin]

For the admins

[lilac pumice]

legit question coming from a non truck driver (but looking into switching to truck driving maybe this or next year...)

whats that "hissing" noise? at first i thought its the brakes air pressure, but i doubt youre braking every second in that rythm? 😄

[lucid birch]

its just the sound of driving backwards

to make people aware your reversing.

or do you mean the sound that starts at 16sec?

@lilac pumice 😄

[lilac pumice]

oh lol. i only know that reverse alert in form of beeping 😄

thats what made me confused, i only know either no sound, or the usual beeping when reversing 😄

i do like the bright white light and the orange strobes though, if someone still manages to be behind the trailer and absolutely not know whats coming i feel like theres nothing more anyone can do anyways 😄

[lucid birch]

we drive for mcdonalds so we go on really small terains

[lilac pumice]

would be cool if ets2 would introduce features like that, add strobes on the trailer and set them up to enable and disable with the reverse gear

[lilac pumice]

ahh i kind of figured, here in germany i only see these 2 axle trailers which steer if its a fast food place or a grocery store in the city etc.

am i right in assuming that the allowed weight in those trailers is lower than the "usual" 3 axle with lift? i think i heard something about that years ago

[lucid birch]

We can cary as much as a 3 axle trailer

[lilac pumice]

i meant as in weight limits with the 2 axle trailer compared to a 3 axle

i dont doubt that your truck can haul a 3 axle 😄

as in, you can only load lets say, 10 tons into the 2 axle for example as maximum weight limit

[lucid birch]

i thinks it the same as a 3 axle

[lilac pumice]

or is the 2 axle the same weight limits cargo wise?

ah okay

TIL 🙂

[lucid birch]

but not sure we never check the weight of our loads

because we never reach the maximum

[lilac pumice]

thats what you think! hah

jk

[lucid birch]

its just mcdonalds or kfc food