irl-trucking

[magic girder]

Na, he was alone, i asked him for his superior, when he came, i showed the dashcam footage, he was reprimanded foe dangerous driving, cutting someone of, and pulling someone over without a legitimate reason, got a call from the superior 2 days later that he was suspended because it wasn't his first incident and the day afted my incident he cause a accident

[formal minnow]

damm

[magic girder]

Its 179 euro well spend for me

[formal minnow]

when my mom gave me her old car

i bought 3 of em

one for my and 1 for stepdad and moms car

just wanna save money for a trip before i throw one in my van i geuss

but i think they wont allow me because "privacy"

due to u cant record on some property

alltough ive never been on a secured enough that they tell me to put my phone away or anything so

i could just buy a new charger cable and dock

and swap my cam from car to van each time but eh

[magic girder]

We had dashcams in the trucks as a test a few years ago

[formal minnow]

nice

i geuss it aint much of a issue for u

[magic girder]

And as long as nothing happens, then the footage will be deleted after a short while, so no privacy problems

[formal minnow]

yeah

especially when u drive 10hours a day

unless its saved hard lock itll be gone by next day usually

[magic girder]

Mine automaticly deletes it when the disk is full

[formal minnow]

same

[magic girder]

Unless its manually saved

[formal minnow]

yea

[magic girder]

Need to get a new one for the truck, currently swap my own one over from my car since the one in the truck broke

[formal minnow]

[magic girder]

I never want to drive without it

[formal minnow]

tbf i dont blame ya

[magic girder]

I probably have a bright pink unicorn with rainbow collored mane in my cab next week

[formal minnow]

[patent bolt]

Hold up, wait a minute, the VAN driver is actually asking for the mods to come in here and moderate, danger danger

[tawny moth]

at least he’s not talking about me anymore when he says VAN Driver

[formal minnow]

oh no

your still the van driver that will be trash talked

with your kolega campervan

[tawny moth]

Talk when you have a license to drive a truck vanboi

[formal minnow]

contract ends next month so

i hope its extended for truck so i can start within 2 months

lol

[sharp forge]

Not enough red

[magic girder]

You sure?

[magic girder]

Not bad for a night of driving

[patent bolt]

Sometimes I wanna at the Scania mechanics, my truck is in for service today and yesterday when I arrived at my last stop I smelt like a steel against steel smell which made me think that either a brake or wheel bearing on the trailer had gone kaput, noticed a bit of extra heat on the front axle on the trailer so informed Scania that I wanted them to check it out while they now had the whole set in today.

Spoke with the workshop now early and they said “Ah yeah we noticed a fender that was scraping against the tire” my dude, a plastic fender against a tire does not create that kind of smell and I’m quite aware it is as it’s not exactly new so told him that and told them to check again, the smell is steel against steel, not plastic

[regal smelt]

the same i can also give the Mercedes workshops

i was there to exchange my worn tire, what came? some greenhorn forgot to tighten the bolts good

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

To be fair

Your meant to tighten em up after driving a bit either way

[regal smelt]

yeah, i still not awake

[formal minnow]

Me most of my workdays

Somewhere near france right now just like wednesday

Will be the swme tommorrow probably for ciney truckshow lol

[regal smelt]

nice, me with 3 hours sleep and 2 red bulls

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Good deed done

Guy was in the fast lane

Broken down

[cedar terrace]

My good old fh3 the last that we had got sold ,so the boss let me have one of the new fh5 for a couple of days until an FH4 is available. (Cause this one is already attributed to someone but they're in holidays, decorative plates are mine)

[reef gazelle]

Man o man that time of the day that a polish van decides to cut of 3 lanes to make the exit and does not notice a giant mercedes

Glad no one was injured but man did he scare the life out of me

[reef gazelle]

Lekker man

[rain skiff]

Do you have dashcam footage?

[magic girder]

That sucks, glad everyone is fine

[reef gazelle]

I dont have a dashcam sadly

[reef gazelle]

Yup, it couldve ended way worse

[thick cedar]

This truck is terrible. I don't understand how people can live in this. I just took it to the service and back, and that was more than enough. It smelled like shit.

[magic girder]

And i'm cleaning my truck everyday cause i can not stand a dirty truck

[formal minnow]

he noticed u for sure

he just tought he can make it

but seeing they all drive like 92 nah

xD

[reef gazelle]

Well you can see how it ended lol

[formal minnow]

yeah

i geuss its the benefit he aimed for the exit

instead of just going infront of you

because hed be pushed sideways

instead of a lil trim piece being sacrificed

i did it earlier this week

because belgium is ass with signs etc

but i just made sure there was room wich there was

just some rude woman who saw me do it who sped up

and then honked when i no longer had as much room so she had to brake again 😂

[upper copper]

Hmm Koleka kleine problem, after a load of asfalt, the trailer is old an worn out, so now it tips to one side, I'm done with that trailer😂

[magic girder]

Time for a new one

[upper copper]

Not really, the trailer is just some old crap that has not been serviced for a few years, and we borrowed it from another company, that claimed it was alright, and the service shop looked at it and said it need a lot of new parts for it to be ready

[magic girder]

Time to bring it back to the company you got it from

[upper copper]

I did, parked it right out the office, went in and told them why they gave me such old and worn out trailer that had not been checked, their awnser was, oh well they just bought it, they diddent know it was broken, cause they never check, they figured it would work or else the seller wouldn't sell it.....

[magic girder]

Thats just a load of bs, you always should check if it work and is safe, and in doubt, get a mechanic to look at it

[upper copper]

Yea, but it's a big company, so I parked it told them to give me another trailer or find someone else to do their shit

[magic girder]

Understandable

[upper copper]

I can say shit happens to a lot of things like if a driver breaks something on one of our trailers, but if it's because the person is being lazy I can get enoyed, if it's an accident well crap happens, but if people just lazy dont check things, that can get me fired up

[magic girder]

I have the same

Thats why i put a sticker in cab on the holder for the boardcomputer/log that people need to pull the plug for the load lift out of the trailer when driving, most tend to keep it in, but then they break of the brackets on the truck, have fixed that multiple times in a few weeks time

[formal minnow]

that would cause a accident lol

i geuss if it wasnt asphalt it would probably tip over if your running dirt or something

and are on soft ground

because with dirt you usually just instantly dump alot all at once

easy to tip then lol

[upper copper]

I don't know how I did not f it up and tip over, cause even the asfalt crew was like fuuuu u are lucky and the other drivers said the same, they don't know how it did not tip over

[formal minnow]

isnt it with asphalt u slowdump usually tho

or also instantly up

i geuss it helps you are usually on a layer of concrete / asphalt still so its a bit more stable perhaps so u didnt tip over

[upper copper]

Well yes, you do tip it up to a a level of hight, and then it slowly runs out, but still a bit risky, also kinda had 40 tons of asfalt on 6 axles but again shit happens, and it was level all the way thru

[formal minnow]

yea

good u didnt flip

cuz your company wouldnt be happy

especially not the company the trailer is borrowed / rented from

who will have to buy your company a new truck + pay for lost income lol

[upper copper]

Well if we could prove that the truck tipping was caused by the company not taking care of the trailer, we could take it to court and many the other company would end up paying cause it's their trailer that caused it, vuur who knows

[formal minnow]

i mean

if u flip

with tip trailers

its usually the trailer thats the cause

unless its really cold

and your sand is frozen or something so theres dead weight on top

but thats not the case with asphalt

[upper copper]

Exactly, but yea, on the good side nothing happened and I'm not driving that trailer again

[formal minnow]

yea

[formal minnow]

u aint even drive that why u post here

[formal minnow]

nor does anyone even understand what is said

[thick cedar]

maybe he works at us by the look of the truck

[formal minnow]

nah

either way its not his video

pretty sure what i heard he isnt even 18 so

[thick cedar]

I meant the driver from the video

[formal minnow]

i have no clue what your on about

[thick cedar]

the driver in the video, I said that he works for us because his truck is dirty like the ones who work here

[formal minnow]

Im surprised it aint deleted yet

[formal minnow]

nice

i came across a random freightliner i think it was today

i sometimes see a peterbilt on highway but this was in the middle of a residential zone

i love the us cabovers tbh

[patent bolt]

Midnight in Tromsø 🙏🏼

[formal minnow]

Nice

[thick cedar]

I can't believe this... I don't work with it for a day and this is how I get it back... 😂😂😂

[magic girder]

Good times with my best friend

[formal minnow]

Nice

Maybe someday if timing adds up we can take one together too

Also thats a nice horn lol

[magic girder]

This was with my beat friend, we drive in the same area, and a few nights a week even the same road at the same time, so we then plan it so we can drive together

[formal minnow]

Nicee

Makes breaks etc less boring

[magic girder]

He drives for Postnl, and i for DHL, best combo

[summer valve]

Midnight pic

[rain skiff]

Looks like an evening pic imo

[patent bolt]

Too dark

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

so i geuss if lucky

you got the same stops everything

[magic girder]

Same stops, no, but we both come from the same general area, and we both go to the same city to unload, he does pick up stuff from customers/company's and i drive from depot tot depot

But the depot i go from and to, are in the same area he also drives in, and his last stop is in the same city i go to as my first stop

[formal minnow]

ah

so basicly if u got the time u try to wait

my only truck friend drives in france

and havent gone there yet

• hes mainly night

[magic girder]

Or he waits, but mostly we try to plan it that we don't have to wait, yesterday i had to wait for 1 minute because i was just a little to early

[formal minnow]

nice

i am sometimes at a company

and a coworker / charter will arrive

or other way around

i had a early monday

and i come to the second unload spot

both extremely close

and a charter of us is pulling out to leave 😂

they coulda given him my stuff ffs xD

couldve slept in then

[strong otter]

Got a little dirty at work today.

[formal minnow]

Nice

[formal minnow]

My contract got extended now as driver so very soon hopefully i get to start on truck if i pass the tests etc

[neon valley]

What is that cabin bruv

Cant even stand up in there

Proper cabin, still not gigaspace but good enough

[summer valve]

Normal cabin. Does everything I need it to do

[magic girder]

My CF has probably the same amount of standing height as you got with the Actros

[formal minnow]

Who cares about standing room tho

Ur gonna be sitting 95% of your time when in the truck

Roof height is only annoying if u got a lowroof

[regal smelt]

^

[magic girder]

True, but the space can be so handy to have, my first truck was a CF lowroof, i did not care about it still had plenty of space, when we got the ovlov FM we had a high roof, but still had not much space, it felt for me if we still had a low roof, that was just slightly higher, could not stand up in it, in the CF i got now, i can stand up straight, although my head hits the roof. Its really nice to have a highroof, also gives tons of storage space in the cab which is easy to reach and use

Also for my work a CF with highroof is overkill, since we never sleep in the truck, and only stays local, so a daycab would be fine to, but we got the truck since the boss just ordered a bunch of them, all the same spec, so they can be used for anything

[formal minnow]

i mean

the fact they ordered a sleep cab

shows they care tbf

because without one u have storage yes

but u got no real space in the cab

can lay down etc and incase u cant make it somehow u can sleep in the truck

[summer valve]

I don't have any problems with lowroof.

[magic girder]

Its also a thing of ease to just buy 20 trucks in the same spec than 20 trucks you spec individually, and its also cheaper that way

[formal minnow]

and i genuinely think it means happier drivers

id rather sit on a bed in breaks / waiting

then a chair

[magic girder]

The truck we have are not high spec at all, but they all have a fridge, night heater, night airco, ACC, but a simple aux radio, but i don't care about that, the only thing i miss are the speakers in the rear wall

[formal minnow]

all ill care for in a truck

is ac

stand ac / heater

ability to connect to radio

a fridge aswell yeah

and a bed would be nice

[magic girder]

I just use a aux cable for that, and i don't care as long as i can listen to music

[formal minnow]

same

i have it in my car aswell

i got a aux to bluetooth

[magic girder]

We are free to costumize the truck in a way, we are free to modify the interior to make it feel as home, aslong as its easy to reverse back to stock, and for the outside as long as you don't drill holes they are okay with lights

[formal minnow]

nice

some trucks are slowly being replaced

and the truckers all got stuff added to how they wanted

aslong as they paid part / all

only 2 trucks that we have afaik

have full interior

[magic girder]

The only thing i don't like is that we went from the green/blue collor to plain white

[formal minnow]

plain white is boring

unless it has some nice paint scheme over it

[magic girder]

A part of the drivers have curtains, interior lights, topbed cover and enginetl tunnel covers

Some just leave them all stock

[formal minnow]

yeah

my goal is to get my own truck some day so

and if i do itll get full interior probably

lol

[magic girder]

My neighbour does full interior tuning for truck

[formal minnow]

i genuinely wonder how much it would cost for a full interior

depending on stuff

like i dont need overboard

[summer valve]

Luckily I got bluetooth on my truck and on my car

[formal minnow]

but anything better then the stock plastic xD

[formal minnow]

nice

[magic girder]

Inhad bleutooth in the ovlov, but half of the time it did not work, so i used aux in that truck as well

[summer valve]

I got no issues with the Bluetooth in my Volvo

[magic girder]

Mine would randomly disconnect when driving, and than it sometimes would work again, or it would only work again after i did a restart, and sometimes it doesn't even wanted to work at all

[formal minnow]

that was the case in my iveco

so i just restarted the car while driving

as the engine wouldnt go off if i was fast enough

because it was faster then manually turning off the radio

lmfao

[lucid birch]

Ur iveco is a fake truck

Small van

[formal minnow]

i got mercedes now

[magic girder]

The volvo sometimes decided to completly shut down all my screens while driving

[calm mesa]

Moin, wie klein die Welt ist😂

[formal minnow]

Speak english lol

[neon valley]

scheiss stift

[zenith crypt]

Heya, English only please!

[magic girder]

2 of the same, but both so different, both from the same date, and one with almost a quarter to a third more on the clock

[formal minnow]

[rugged cape]

For one one of the drivers it's a job, for the other it's a lifestyle

[magic girder]

True

[trail pond]

New bumper is on, nah just kidding

The lady at the chrome shop told us that we hitted 65k since we opened up our account there 🥲, we’ve build 5 trucks since than

[trail pond]

All finish up

[formal minnow]

jezus xD

[trail pond]

We might be to much addict whit chrome 🤣

[formal minnow]

i mean

american trucks just look off

without a chrome bumper

idk where its from but theres a cabover 4x2 roamin around netherlands/ belgium

nice chrome bumper n grill

and some accents

really nice

[trail pond]

I mean, we got quite a bit of chrome on all our truck

[formal minnow]

you aint got issues with em stacks?

when it rains

[trail pond]

Nope, not yet at least

[formal minnow]

nothing a lil drainhole cant fix tbf

[trail pond]

We had some back whit the old Eagle we add but running fine on this one

[formal minnow]

ye

[trail pond]

Not sure if I showed that one on here

But yea, it get costly fast building a new truck 🤣

[formal minnow]

😂

i meaan you this young and already own a few trucks

still smth to be proud of haha

[trail pond]

Not mine 😅, but my fathers own the company

[formal minnow]

ah

your future company 😂

[trail pond]

Technically, I would need to change the name because a named company will stay to the one that got that name

[formal minnow]

even if u take over?

thats kinda stupid tbf

[trail pond]

Yep, way easier to restart from scratch, there’s the same law in the US

[formal minnow]

i mean

i geuss if ur father would retire

hed probs as a company just sell u everything

for cheap

and u just tell the customers etc yo this n this

new name same peeps

[trail pond]

Yep, but we’re running slow rn, got both tanker park bc we didn’t find a good enough driver for the old one and our driver left after he got ban from our biggest loading point

[formal minnow]

what did he do

[trail pond]

He had a bit of anger issues and shouted to a secretary

[formal minnow]

ah

yeaaa

dont do that xD

especially if u come there alot

[trail pond]

Yea

[formal minnow]

i kinda wished i lived in america sometimes

trucking there is cool too

but yea

contract talk soon i know it gets extended

so ill get to hear when i start for truck

[trail pond]

I mean, if you got your CDL, ik two truck that are parked 🤣

[formal minnow]

😂

i doubt ill have the option to get taught manual

seeing they usually aint got manuals to learn in anymore

[neon valley]

Trucking in the US sounds cool

until you realize their technology is literally 40-50 years behind

also if you wanna truck in the US you will have to do the Trucking license over there

the European one doesnt count, the normal driving license does tho

[formal minnow]

uh

it does count im pretty sure

u just may need to retake the driving test

[neon valley]

you need to do the whole thing as trucks in the US work differently

[formal minnow]

i mean they aint that much different afaik

they just bigger

[neon valley]

I got an uncle who owns a trucking company in Canada, I informed myself bout it

if I wanted I could go there but eh

seeing all the horror videos about entitled people, bad drivers and just generally what happens over in the US doesnt make me wanna go there

[formal minnow]

xD

[neon valley]

even if I would be paid much better

[formal minnow]

the us is far behind tho on some points yea

like i sometimes come across reels of truckers

[neon valley]

its classified by the Eu as a third world country

[formal minnow]

and they complaining they come at a company and gotta wait for hours to unload / load

and then once its done it takes hours for them to empty / load

with forklifts 💀

meanwhile here its done within 20/30 mins depending if its just a normal trailer

and what stuff it is etc

[neon valley]

I'd fly over there to take a look at it and make my own opinion for sure

someday surely

[formal minnow]

i think if id ever move to america

id take a eu truck with me lol

[neon valley]

not worth it

besides, canada has some Scanias running around

[formal minnow]

so does us

but its probably cheaper to take your truck with you

then buy a new one

[neon valley]

you dont have to buy a new one

30-50K leads you to a used one

[formal minnow]

true

[neon valley]

but its barely worth being an owner/operator anymore from what I've heard

[formal minnow]

but that truck ull know proper+ i like eu trucks more

due to the fact theyre easier to operate

cuz they aint got 40 meters infront of you

before the steer

[neon valley]

yeah but you would be the laughing stock of everybody aswell as just annoying

everybody there goes 60mph

its like all the fuel trucks in europe that do 80kmh

[formal minnow]

just remove the limiter

[neon valley]

bruh

ever driven an EU cab at 60mph?

I went 117kmh once and it was sketchy as shit

they dont like going 100

also gearbox not tuned for those speeds, you'd be way too high on RPM

new tires would be needed

not to mention parts you'd have to source and find a workshop willing to work on it

[formal minnow]

i mean

alot of it works the same

so i dont think finding a workshop is the issue

oil filters etc are generally the same size

[neon valley]

find somebody with the right diagnostic program for that truck too

[formal minnow]

main issue would be if u break a axle or something

i mean

alot of american trucks

[neon valley]

and find enough of them throughout the country

[formal minnow]

have eu engine

so i dont think thatll be a issue

[neon valley]

doesnt mean it runs the same ECU's

[formal minnow]

for diagnostics

[neon valley]

go on facebook into a trucker group and ask

you'll see

its not that easy dude

not to mention the transport, you'd have to fly that thing in an Airplane

[formal minnow]

no??

ship

[neon valley]

thats like 10K alone to transport it

[formal minnow]

plane is way more then 10k

[neon valley]

Doesnt fit into a container

[formal minnow]

ship is like 10k probably

u know theres transport ships

specifically for vehicles right?

[neon valley]

yeah super expensive and will take like a month getting there

overall its not worth it

[formal minnow]

if u really like your truck

i think if im ever at that stage

its worth it for me

[neon valley]

if you had spend like 100K and you got 50K spare just to do the whole shenanigans

but thats a shitton of money

[formal minnow]

the transport part is definetly cheaper then ud think but yea

plenty of eu scanias being imported these days

[blissful glade]

scandinavia says hi

[magic girder]

Depends on the rear axle, most eu trucks easily run 100km/h in a decent rpm range, also a 4x2 is a little sketchy, but if you got a 6x2 or 6x4, its much more stable, there is one company that imports EU scania's reguraly, he owns 5 or 6 Scania trucks

The white one is in Canada, and the red one in the US the owner of the red truck has 10+ Scania's running, all 2 or 3 series

[formal minnow]

Those are original us trucks tho i believe

Alot of scanias being run in us are by former dutch people who moved wich is kinda funny

[magic girder]

The red is an import, also the white one

[formal minnow]

Theres a tractor dealer or smth

And they got us trucks

And then one scania that the owner drives 😂

[formal minnow]

Ah didnt know

Cuz ive been seeing very old pics of it

[magic girder]

They red one is for a long time in the US, the white one has been imported to the Canada a while back

[formal minnow]

Yea

I saw it come across a fb page a while back

[magic girder]

All canadian

US

[formal minnow]

The yellow one is a scania sold original i believe

Runs in new york

[magic girder]

New Jersey

[untold oriole]

does being a fleet mechanic count as real life trucking 😎

[formal minnow]

No

[untold oriole]

😫

[patent bolt]

Well neither does being a van driver

[dim hollow]

watch Swen pull out a 42 site power point presentation of how driving a box sprinter is considered driving a truck in the netherlands

[patent bolt]

Ha he can try and pull out how long of a presentation he wants,as long as it’s driven on a B license it’s not a truck

[dim hollow]

I just don't understand why they call it like that. Here in germany sprinters and similar are called trucks as well to somewhat of "officially", despite them being classified as cars and driveable up to 3,5 tons with a B license as well.

[patent bolt]

Here we basically call the “cargo van” and that can be anything from a Toyota Hiace to a sprinter

[dim hollow]

in germany we call them "transporter" which is the german term for "cargo van(s)" basically. Nobody calls them trucks, unlike police who work with their official guideline terms n trash

[blissful glade]

Why is the trailer so far back

No wonder they have 0 traction in america

[rugged cape]

Green one is ex-Norwegian

[rugged cape]

Probably different steer and drive axle weight regulations

[formal minnow]

working on becomming trucker

i am starting lessons soon

just gotta wait and be told when

[formal minnow]

i think the fifth wheel sits further forwards normally on us trucks

[blissful glade]

Ye would be same with the insanely rear weight loaded trailers coming from Germany, where they have 3000kg in the first 7m of the trailer and 10000kg in the rear, those are really fun to drive especially in winter.

[formal minnow]

why not tell them to reload the trailer?

[blissful glade]

Because it's illegal in Germany due to weight restrictions

[formal minnow]

thats what happens at my company theyll just reload the whole trailer because idiots put 3-5 tons + in the front

against the wall

😂

[blissful glade]

On top of that they're not going to unload and reload hundreds/thousands of trailers weekly

[formal minnow]

if its loaded properly in the first place wont have that issue

[blissful glade]

Yes but it can't be

[rugged cape]

4x2 ❤️

[blissful glade]

Not only do you get 0 traction on 6x2 setup, you have to drive with rear axle lifted to even get any grip to begin with and the whole truck is like a swing

[rugged cape]

4x2 can load 19 tons total in front and 24 in back in Norway

[blissful glade]

Sure it isn't as bad during summer, but it's not always summer

[rugged cape]

That sounds weird

How much can you be total on each unit

[blissful glade]

48t on a 17m 6 axles

In total

[rugged cape]

That's not too bad

[blissful glade]

I live in Finland so pretty much same as all Scandinavia countries

[rugged cape]

24t on truck and 24 on trailer sounds good

But with the German trailers, good luck

[rugged cape]

You can't be 50 there?

[blissful glade]

If it's a bad weather i just put as much weight on the rear axle as possible, even if it breaks the law

[blissful glade]

I don't know the regulations per axle/length etcetcetc but I'm sure u can do more than 50 if there are more axles

I mean a 2525 can go 78tons so

[rugged cape]

But on 6 axles

17m

We can be max 50, 52 with margins

[blissful glade]

I guess it's possible if all the wheels are twin tyres

[rugged cape]

Weird, guess I've been overweight there then

[formal minnow]

its not overweight if u dont know whats in your trailer

[magic girder]

Cause weightdistrubution

[blissful glade]

🇳🇴

Full white V8 Scania gang

[formal minnow]

Gonna geuss u aint drive that

[sinful tiger]

I believe sharing mistakes and a just as fair as sharing lovely photos, with that being said I’ve had my first little dink as a HGV driver, I reversed into the fence because I was told it would be easier than driving in, I was then told that I should’ve driven in forwards by someone else in the same company. No damage to the trailer, minimal crowbar effort required to straighten the pole and brackets, bit red faced and a few apologies was all that was needed

[magic girder]

If you drove in forward, was there enough spacw to turn around, or did you have to reverse back intonthe street

[sinful tiger]

As I stated above, I was told to reverse first before then being told to drive in forwards

I only had enough room to park in the space requested once 3 vehicles had moved

[magic girder]

Than you did the right thing to reverse into the lot, and that fence, shit happens, and its only a small ding, when there is not a lot of space i prefer to reverse in, so i can drive out forward into the street, if you have to reverse into the street, you won't always be able to see cars, and hitting one of them is worse than a fence/ fence post

[formal minnow]

Rather a little fence pole then a car

[magic girder]

100% true

[formal minnow]

The one thing ill miss when i get to truck properly

Is just being able to pull off the highway and into a mcdonalds prking lot for your breaks / the toilet

As even a small truck usually doesnt fit in their parkings of most mcdonalds

[sinful tiger]

Who’s to say you can’t?

Service stations have McDonald’s in them

[formal minnow]

Not common here

Only one i know of out of my head

Is the one at the border with belgium

Theres usually not often a restaurant on the rest stops

And most of the times their toilets u gotta pay for so

I dont like that

Could go in a bush but try n avoid that

[blissful glade]

Midnight paper roll loading action

[neon valley]

eh I already wrecked the bottom of my cooler trailer door

you cant always see everything in a mirror thats about 2.3 meters away from you anyway

A bit fcked

Someone on our Yard did this tho. With a 25ton coil inside

[blissful glade]

Switching from day to night on the fly after taking one of our broken down trucks trailers, trying to survive staying up nearly 30 hours before I can get on ferry and get to sleep beauty of trucking sometimes

(I got a 9 hour break in-between in the same ferry I'm going to in a few hours but stayed up because I thought I'd have normal schedule 🤓)

[blissful glade]

Did the legs give up or did he forget to put them down, should avoid putting a trailer on its legs with that kind of a load in it anyway unless there's a support beam available

[neon valley]

wha

no he just reversed into it wrong and it collapsed

and no, there is no need for an extra beam to support that, our trailers are always loaded with 23 to 28 tonnes and the legs are just fine

[blissful glade]

I mean I understand if it's evenly spread, I'd just assume if 25tons is directly on top of them if they are worn in any way they'd give up. Don't know that much about them tbh never had to deal with such loads/weights

How did he reverse wrong though?

[neon valley]

no idea, wasnt there to see it

and no, the Legs are rated to 20 tons each

the Coil sits perfectly in the middle of the trailer

[blissful glade]

Oh right nevermind then, makes sense. I've heard about trailers tipped though from having too much weight in the front

[neon valley]

its also a very normal weight, 25 tones will make about 39-40T of total mass

I've had 28T load with a CNG Iveco

glad those are gone

piece of shit

[blissful glade]

I currently have 37000kg load on me total around 66000kg 25,25meters but I have never hauled a singular object that weights so much like a coil or an engine block or something

Always been full loads

Usually paper

[neon valley]

nice

I dont have a foto sadly of a coil cuz new phone

[blissful glade]

Usually I drive pretty lightweight stuff, from 3-10tons which Im grateful for because they're such nice loads

[neon valley]

ye nice powah while being fully loaded

[magic girder]

Swapped from the CF to a XF for tonight

[formal minnow]

oo nice

this kolega has weekend

1800 km and 36hours in 3 days

😂

how u like the xf so far? @magic girder

apparently talking to a coworker a while ago we are getting one soon

as drivers can choose between daf / scania

[magic girder]

Its really nice to drive with

[formal minnow]

no tededem yet?

[magic girder]

Nope

My CF has 145k on it sofar, and hasn't been in the workshop for anything

[formal minnow]

nice

[magic girder]

The only thing it has been in for is the APK but that was a in and out in 5 minutes

[formal minnow]

yeah

to be fair if u need to have major components serviced on a truck

at a apk with such low mileage

something is off

also btw @magic girder apparently fuel cost gon go up again

[silent bough]

diesel is still 1.90 aud lmfao

used to be around 2.35 during the lockdowns for diesel

[formal minnow]

diesel is like 1,50

[silent bough]

the ole days when diesel was cheaper then petrol

[magic girder]

About 15 cent

[magic girder]

Diesel betweem 1.45 to 1.70 and petrol isnhere between 1.65 and 2.00

[silent bough]

98 is cheaper then diesel currently which is pretty sad

[magic girder]

98 is here around 2.20

[magic girder]

The only thing they did was a oil change and the filters

[formal minnow]

yeah

but i meant

if u have severe wear on parts

that it needs replacing that soon

[formal minnow]

too much imo

keep it as is

they earn enough on it

[magic girder]

Some.people can do that, trust me

[formal minnow]

ofc yeah

[magic girder]

The olvov had been towed in whennit was 6 months old because of a broken fuel line

[silent bough]

98 is i think a dollar 65

dunno i dont remember

[formal minnow]

tbf

that could be due to faulty product

if thats al it had not bad

[neon valley]

My brother in christ

I reached the highest average consumption yet

Before emptying the truck I had 41.9L/100km

[formal minnow]

How

[magic girder]

Damn, when i run at 23l/100 km i'm already thinking its high

[blissful glade]

[neon valley]

Well I was running lot of hills with 20t through cities

[neon valley]

Gah damn

[magic girder]

Last night, also drove a lot 90

Lowest i had was 17.8L/100 km

[neon valley]

When locally I only drive 90

I aint got the time dawg and dont care about fuel

[magic girder]

I mostly drive 80 or 83, only when i'm late i do drive 86 or 90

[thick cedar]

weekend here!😎

[silent bough]

wouldnt that aero on the top be practically redundant?

[summer valve]

[neon valley]

needs to be a full spoiler

but every bit helps

[formal minnow]

shoulda put drl + markers on

[summer valve]

Will do that in the future. Some other things I have to do before that tho

[neon valley]

I think he means putting ur lights on

not any extra

[formal minnow]

yes

[neon valley]

Like dis

but you dont get an OEM illuminated mercedes logo

[summer valve]

They're on

[formal minnow]

Dont look like it

[summer valve]

Edited photo + filter on the camera

[blissful glade]

https://i.imgur.com/sIKlMA1.png

sun+filter = no bueno for lighting

[thick cedar]

🙂

[patent bolt]

Nice Italian flag

[thick cedar]

that's Hungarian!!!!!!😂

[neon valley]

nah mate thats Italian

[formal minnow]

thats the pizza flag

[neon valley]

ayo, anyone trucking in Poland here?

[stray rover]

There's a guy but I forgot his name.

[acoustic drift]

Connected these batteries to find out the starter is crap 🫤

[formal minnow]

kolega kaput

[magic girder]

We there is a agreement that if the truck ia half full it needs to be filled up, and you start the day and find in on almost a quarter instead

[formal minnow]

if u got shifts on a truck

fill it up fully

if its your own truck

unless you go on vacation or have a few days off and know it may be used

then fill it up too

[magic girder]

I drive the night shift, and other drive the day, the night shift is not allowed to fill it up due to safety reasons, so dayshift has to fill it up, and they also have to load and unload each day next to the pump they can fill up, and the rule is, when its half way, just fill it up, we can do about 2.5 to 3 days on half a tank, so i still should be able to make it, but i rather just fill it up and be sure

[formal minnow]

i see

just tell him to fill it up

and if he dont u gon talk to lead

if you arent allowed to

maybe last 2/3 days but maybe something happens and it starts using mass fuel amounts so u runout u never know

[magic girder]

Sent him already a message, did not respond yet, so i just will fill it up

[magic girder]

If the tanks are both filled, we can do about 3500 to 4000km, but most of the day drivers only fill up 1 tank, then we only can do about 2000 to 2500 km, and thats also what the last person did who filled it up

[formal minnow]

why wont they just fill both

they lasy??

most pumps u have 1 on each side

put in both nossles

[magic girder]

We should be able to make it 4 to 5 days on 2 full tanks, but to be sure the company policy is to fill up when half full

[formal minnow]

and itll both be filled in notime

[magic girder]

Filling up both diesel tanks and adblue is faster than filling up 1 LNG tank

[formal minnow]

tbf

i bet lng takes alot of extra bs

[magic girder]

They are, i just take a few minutes extra to do both

[formal minnow]

its litterally case put in terminal one

put hose in and on

then go back do the other one

[magic girder]

It does, i'm happy i don't have to do that anymore

[magic girder]

Not all pumps allow for that, so i just do side by side, but thats only a 10 to 15 minute job total

[formal minnow]

most pumps ive been too

have 1 lane ones aswell

so u can pump both at once

just a case of pay attention piotr doesnt pulup

and take one of ur hoses for his tank lol

[magic girder]

The one i go to today is a 1 lane, but with a nozzle on each side

[formal minnow]

yeah

so easy to do

[magic girder]

It is

But some are just lazy

[formal minnow]

definetly

i always fuel up in the morning tbf

[magic girder]

Since i don't do the day shift, i don't have to fill up, but when i did day shifts, i always look what the truck was and what for tank(s)s it had, and under half way i always filled up and the end of my shift

Unless it was a truck that drove international, had drove the next day to belgium, than we left it, cause fuel is cheaper there

[formal minnow]

yea

u can fuel up at any pump or?

were meant to only do at dcb pumps

wich is very annoying when ur empty and needa do a 40min detour

especially on van lol

seeing i can do 450 ish

and then i needa look for a pump depending how much i still gotta go

[magic girder]

Only BP pumps

[magic girder]

Filles up again with almost 900 liter, have 1200 liter total

[formal minnow]

Better then me

U dont have to look

If u can get any bp

[magic girder]

They preffer the Express pumps, those are cheaper

And the ones that are off the highways

[formal minnow]

Ofcourse

I dont pay any attention to that

I take wichever pump lets me use my card xD

[strong otter]

Let’s see them ac controls for your rigs

[blissful glade]

I have respect for American truckers and their proud culture for 500 yr old blown up 200hp trucks

What's with the manual elitism in america, just curious

[magic girder]

I have to say, the old trucks have more charm, and are much more fun to drive, even if they lack some comfort

[blissful glade]

I do have to say I much prefer driving an older series r scania than next gen

After 2 yrs of next gen I've driven a 520 V8 streamline for a little over a month now and it's so much better in so many ways

Can't compare to an S series though, never driven

[magic girder]

Netherlands today

[formal minnow]

yea

im glad i didnt get sent that way

i for sure wouldve flipped most likely lol

surprised my wind assist kicked in only once today

[magic girder]

They got a top of almost 180 km/h in windspeed

[formal minnow]

damm

yeah i for sure woulda flipped over

if i was sent that way

even if i had some load

3/4 tons will be blown away easy xD

[magic girder]

Just drove with a empty box trailer, was kinda sketchy a few times, but loaded won't be much better, only got 6 tons in it, although i will have the wind from the rear, so will drove a little better

[formal minnow]

yea

i geuss youd be fine usually in a truck compared to van

i had to cross a bridge at a16

near breda

idk if u know it

but everyone was forced to go slow and i decided mmm

i will drive next to a dump truck XD

[magic girder]

Drive that everyday

[formal minnow]

let him block the wind

[formal minnow]

oh nice

im so tired i gotta start at 5 am again tommorrow

trucks early = next day late start + short trip usually

meanwhile ive been starting 5am all week besides tuesday wich was 6

[magic girder]

Did the same a few years ago, i was loaded, and a empty truck wasn't able to crossz so i drove next to him to get him across

[formal minnow]

and not being done before 4/5

[formal minnow]

yeah

if someone flips they do that too

ask someone whos loaded n heavy

to block wind to get it straight

then drive paralel to get off

[magic girder]

Yep, best way to do it

[formal minnow]

i think he noticed too as he slowed down a bit as my van was struggling with the wind to get some speed

im surprised u drive a16 alot

as i rarely see your coworkers there

[magic girder]

I go from Zwolle to Roosendaal

[formal minnow]

some day ill be delayed / having waited so much

i will see u

xD

[magic girder]

Most that drive to belgium take de A27 A58 and then on to the border

[formal minnow]

yea

i see them there sometimes

and if im in zwolle region

i sometimes see one or two

depends

[magic girder]

Drive over the bridge around 2300 to 2400, going to Roosendaal, and between 1.30 and 2.30 going back to Drachten

[formal minnow]

right

well if im delayed enough

ill probs be in groningen region or smth

as those days im usually really late

ill let u know next time maybe by chance were close

u start at 15 right?

[magic girder]

I leave first at around 17.45 from Drachten to Heerenveen, and then back to Drachten, then i leave at 20.00 in Drachten, be round 21.10 in Zwolle, where i leave between 21.30 and 22.20 for Roosendaal

[formal minnow]

ah ok

[magic girder]

Start at 17.30

And done at around 5 to 6.30

[formal minnow]

and then sleep all day xD

[magic girder]

Yes

[formal minnow]

i loved being up at night n sleeping in the day

idk why

iwas unemployed but still

was only annoying when i had to buy groceries and i slept too long 😂

[magic girder]

I also love it, always been a night guy

[formal minnow]

id rather drive at night

its calmer

less chance of traffic

no idiots in cars

• can see better of the nice trucks with lights

lol

[magic girder]

Enough idiots still on the roads

[formal minnow]

true i geuss

but its less

:)

[magic girder]

And enough police chases, especially the border region

[formal minnow]

really?

ive never seen one so far

also havent seen any accidents happen yet / bad ones

geuss thats a good thing

[magic girder]

There is a lot of drugs running happening in that region, seen multiple chases with prepared cars for it, where they can switch of the rear amd brake lights

[formal minnow]

that doesnt surprise me yeah

also i feel like theyd get away with it way easier during the day

then speeding fast at midnight

wich stands out alot more xd

[magic girder]

They just drive normal, untik the police tries to pull them over

[formal minnow]

ah

[magic girder]

But ones they flee, they can switch of the rear lights

[formal minnow]

yea

[magic girder]

And also seen some arrest on the side of the road

Accidents

[formal minnow]

ive seen accidents

but its just rear ends usually

in traffic

[magic girder]

Seen more than that

[formal minnow]

i havent

i geuss its easier for you to find them

seeing people probably driving and tired

[magic girder]

Worst was a 17 year old kid that took his parents car for a joyride, crashed with 170 into a truck, got airlifted, but survived

[formal minnow]

that sucks yea

u saw it happen?

[magic girder]

Not directly

[formal minnow]

not something u wanna see happen either tbf

[magic girder]

True

[magic girder]

That will explain why i can't find cables for speakers in the back of the cab, time to buy some wires and run them to there and install some speakers

[neon valley]

Talkin bout speedin

Got caught by a camera yesterday

I would have braked but I just overtook a LIDL driver and he wasnt much behind me

I guessed a speeding ticket is much better than a nearby accident and a pissed off driver

[magic girder]

That sucks

[neon valley]

88km/h

minus 3

5 over

[summer valve]

Here they wouldn't even bother

[neon valley]

I still dont understand the 60 and 80 limit in Germany

but you can do 70 in a city

explaint me that logic

[neon valley]

oh, I saw a better spoiler today

it was a german military truck right

yknow they have low cabins

they had a big container on the back

and used 2 solar panels as a Spoiler

ngl need that for our Truck

can stay at a truck stop playin xbox all day with no problem

[summer valve]

I don't really mind the spoiler

[neon valley]

I think it looks oogly

[summer valve]

Does the job tho and I'm not gonna go buy a new one

[neon valley]

buy solar pannels

[summer valve]

No

[neon valley]

yes

[summer valve]

Got no use for them

[neon valley]

bragging rights

[summer valve]

Still, got no use for them. If you want to buy them for me and pay for getting them installed, sure but otherwise no

[magic girder]

Where was this?, since here they only ticket you when you are 7 over

[formal minnow]

No

I got a ticket for 5 over lol

[magic girder]

In town, yes, 5 and over, highways 7 and over

[magic girder]

https://snelheidsovertredingen.om.nl/ you can see what you had to drive in order to get a ticket

[magic girder]

Then you where going already more than 7 over the limit, and the ticket you got was already with the correction, since under 100 km/h its 7 and over between 100 and 120 its 8 and over, and above 130 its 6 or more

[blissful glade]

🇳🇴

[neon valley]

A2

and yes, they ticket you for 5 over

[formal minnow]

8 over on a n road

So 5 over ticket

[strong otter]

Manual runs better and longer then auto here

[strong otter]

Mines not old

[magic girder]

Than you where doing more than 7 over, and with the correction you got a ticket for 5

[formal minnow]

Did u not see the msg above that xD

[magic girder]

I did, but just a small explaining, one thing know that its from more than 7 and above i tend to just drive 86 in traject controls because i know i'm save, and i about overtake anyone

[formal minnow]

yea

im always doing 105 on gps

not gps

on speedo

can probably do 105 trough it

but with 100 im already overtaking everyone xD

[lucid birch]

To tall, tunnel closed 5min.

The tunnel is 4meters and the truck is 3,95 the detection point it on a small bump in the road. So we keep getting denied into the tunnel.

So both sides to closed for us to turn around

[formal minnow]

[neon valley]

never seen that

I swear to god I would still find some polish drivers to just go through

[formal minnow]

i mean

usually they let u get close to the front

often ill see a car or two infront of the truckds

make em unable to still force trough

[lucid birch]

Not possible

The traffic lights turn red above the road

And much more

[magic girder]

More than 6 years ago with the club out for drive, my truck is the red one at 2.17.
We went from the Nothern part of the Netherlands, takimg a scenic route to the Krone factory in Wertle Germany for a factory visit, after a great lunch and factory tour we went back to the Netherlands to close the day off with a dinner, that day we drove about 500 km, multiple trucks, including my self had to fill up along the way to make it.
https://youtu.be/ZYO8SjqxEO0

[neon valley]

ayeeeee Werlte

I spent the night there once

and also got some new Krone trailer from there

[blissful glade]

holy shit, air fryer is a godsend for on the road trucking

ive always used microwave but tried air fryer now, i can literally make normal meals on it

[neon valley]

ye air fryer is good

[formal minnow]

if your doing somethin like this again

can i maybe tag along? :D

[magic girder]

This is from the group i'm in, they are based in the north, the 3 nothern provinces

[formal minnow]

ye

but i meant to just join u in the ride

lol

if u got a empty seat

[magic girder]

If i have roof should be possible, but we drive only in the Nothern part of the Netherlands with this group, there are also other groups, but did not drive with them yet

[formal minnow]

i dont mind driving a bit

[magic girder]

Thats a good thing

[formal minnow]

woulld have the wrong job otherwise

[neon valley]

I went to visit this company the other day

300km one way

they transport cars

its a very interesting line of work, but jeezus I just cannot live with the small cabin

[gentle canopy]

TG3 TGM 15.250

Neu-Anif/Salzburg, Austria

[magic girder]

the moment you realize you have driving with all those trucks in the picture, and none are driving for the company anymore, first one has been taken out the fleet and been exported in 2018 already, and the last one in 2021

[formal minnow]

[neon valley]

I couldnt drive that

the seat doesnt go far enough back and lean

[blissful glade]

Koleka truck

[gentle canopy]

The truck was delivered and the right air bellow was already broken

And if you throw your bag in "nicely" every piece of plastic makes a noise, you can't even sit nicely bec the seat is Harder than wood

We nicely call it the plastic bomber

[formal minnow]

Tf u expect when your boss orders kurwa spec

[patent turtle]

I'm burning

[silent bough]

pathetic

[patent turtle]

Bro 43°C

[silent bough]

lightweight

[patent turtle]

Not in France 😂

[silent bough]

baguette 🥖

[patent turtle]

schnitzel 🇸🇪

[magic girder]

What a line up

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

When they load incorrectly so a pallet with a tip sensor thing on it falls over

Somehow the sensors things on it didnt fallout to indicate it was flipped so

[patent bolt]

Last time I checked it’s always the drivers responsibility to make sure their load is loaded and secured properly

[neon valley]

Does this qualify as a dangerous actio

[formal minnow]

u drive dis ?

[formal minnow]

i mean

no

but theyll cry

becuz phone

double standard laws tbf

im more distracted grabbing my water bottle

then texting real quick

[neon valley]

I wasnt even texting, just took a pic lmao

[formal minnow]

so #photos

not here :D

[dim hollow]

You should go there too mr van driver

[upper copper]

😜🤫🤩

[stray rover]

Can you show your truck?

[stray rover]

Beautiful ❤️

[upper copper]

Thankyou😁

[upper copper]

Interior shot

[stray rover]

Amazing interior ❤️

[formal minnow]

oooo

[patent bolt]

For some reason I’m incredibly grateful you didn’t take that picture further north.

[formal minnow]

Lol

[upper copper]

🤦‍♂️😂😂

[verbal cape]

It took a while but my new ride is on it’s way to volvo for the finishing touch 😄

[upper copper]

Damm, looks good, what size the crane? An 100 or?

[verbal cape]

140

[upper copper]

Ohh not bad, I've only driven one with a 19 for your average home construction material, nothing major at all

[formal minnow]

all that aluminum nice

u gon polish it?

[verbal cape]

Ofc

[formal minnow]

what lights u added

or that stuff not on it yet

[summer valve]

This is one way to spend the day at work.

[hot pollen]

Any UK drivers here?

[neon valley]

Hopefully not 😂

[hot pollen]

Why not? haha

[neon valley]

Nah jk, I wouldnt want to drive there

Seems way too much of a clusterfuck ngl

[hot pollen]

Yeah certainly is. I want to branch out more towards Europe

[neon valley]

Germany is mostly nice

[hot pollen]

My hometown

[neon valley]

Everything is well signaled so no worries into running a bridge thats too low

Also lmfao, this Netto where Im at are some real C words

They are angry that I wont take some of their empty boxes and shit

I told em I cant take em, they would just bounce around in my trailer damaging it

They called my company abd netto amd everything

[hot pollen]

Haha what did you office say?

the*

[summer valve]

Still on the exact same spot

[magic girder]

Sometimes life is unfair and good people leave to early, we gona miss you on the road, R.I.P.

[neon valley]

Not much. Company asked what was the problem so I told them, they said it was understandable and leave me be. Netto even told me I dont have to take any boxes from them lmao

[rugged cape]

Small road

[formal minnow]

Lost a coworker? 😢

[magic girder]

One of the night drivers from DHL, he was from another depot than i drive from, but saw him sometimes in one of the depots, or saw him a few times a week on the road.

[formal minnow]

sorry for your loss

[pure karma]

Aw I’m sorry man

[stray rover]

I'm so sorry for your lost @magic girder 🖤

[patent bolt]

I do kinda wonder which one of those you drive

[neon valley]

Why would I?

My Company aint at the Event and there is nothing wrong with not having a full show truck

You act like youve paid for your entire truck and have some sort of show truck. Nevermind not even having a complete cabin

[lucid birch]

"For random truck pics, use #photos"

[neon valley]

Lmfao

This is why Im never active here

Stupid ass rules

[lucid birch]

Not stupid

[thick cedar]

@neon valley please as Rowan mentioned could you use #photos next time for such pictures? 🙂

And thank you mr mod Rowan

[lucid birch]

No Problem Mrs Mod Cora.

[neon valley]

They are, I said it back then and I say it again, dictatorship like no Server Ive seen

[lucid birch]

Its not ur server so you have to deal with the rules.

u can always leave the server

[neon valley]

There is a good reason why I took like 10 people from here to my own Server

[lucid birch]

^^

[patent bolt]

What are you even talking about

[lucid birch]

Ya Noxii stop flexing with ur showtruck!

[patent bolt]

Nah I can’t flex it cuz apparently I don’t have a complete cabin

I suppose I’m missing like half the seats and all

And wall

[blissful glade]

Yay, I guess