irl-trucking

[proper elbow]

Little bit more to the south

[formal minnow]

Ah cuz i sww one wessels there

And one passed me abit ago on a7

Im heaeing towards groningen right now

[proper elbow]

Scania with a black 2 axle trailer by any chance?

[formal minnow]

No both had wessels trailers

U driving with a black 2 axle right now?

Im heading to veendam and then back to company probably

A28 to a12 all the wy back

[proper elbow]

No I'm in Belgium heading Germany

But we have new black krone city's that drive in that area regularly

[formal minnow]

Ay

[mossy wasp]

s

[formal minnow]

no

[magic girder]

I don't know who designed it, but damn this looks ugly

[formal minnow]

it is

and they say 500km range

but with weather + big loads and crap aero itll do maybe 250 :D

[magic girder]

Don't forget hills or mountains

[heady kettle]

It looks so ugly 🤮

[formal minnow]

Yup

This will never work because the infrastructure isnt there for trucks

+. Takes hours to charge

They shouldve just made it with the pantographs

And throw it to germany only for the region that has the powerline things

Those trucks that run there have “small” batteries to run max 100 km or so unpowered

[magic girder]

In my work if i would leave with a full battery i would have to recharge about 3/4 of my run or i would not make it, and for international i would not work at all, 500 km range is about 65% of what some drive in a day

[daring sail]

Looks depressed

[formal minnow]

I drove more in my van today

Also u will realistically maybe get 300 km max

Then u must find a chargespot for trucks

Hope theres no white plate bandit having45h break there

[magic girder]

And if the 500 is realistic as they say whe you hit 400 km, you gona look for a charger too, 100 km is nothing

[formal minnow]

Yea

In eindhoven at the truckwash

They removed the 15 or so parking spots

And changed them to electric parking

Im not sure if its finished yet

But a lzv wont fit there

And its already tight spots the same size but now massive charging pole in the way too

So basicly all the spots for the truckstop there is gone

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/439171627788402701/1161385151998210129/FB_IMG_1696966161738.jpg?ex=65381b35&is=6525a635&hm=788f76c926df7c521dab3b86de828aa435ee42d99a653ac2a602dd020ce19595&

[daring sail]

The grill looks like a sad face

The headlights being the eyes

[magic girder]

The time when you had a small box on your day cab as a sleeper to get extra loading space, 200 to 250 hp, 6 or 8 speed transmission, was a different time for driving and living in a truck, these day everyone wants a big large cab, but to be honest, i wouldn't mind such a truck as long as the seat is good

[stable prairie]

I think I'm too accustomed with everything my XG+ gives me.

[magic girder]

They are comfy and large for sure, compared to that Mercedes even huge

[formal minnow]

[silent bough]

mercedes somehow developed an even bigger forehead

[formal minnow]

Gotta love doing 2km in 2 hours because of a small fender bender

Belgium sucks ass

[formal minnow]

Aah to confirm jt even more

I have aquired a gift from the police in belgium

[stark totem]

[blissful glade]

Gotta love these ridiculous serpentine climbs to mountain passes, at least the weather is still bearable

The views are nice tho

[formal minnow]

those views are very nice indeed

i geuss as soon as it becomes moderately icy itll become a 💩 show

due to east european drivers that are not prepared at all

[blissful glade]

there was already some chaos in the areas i was driving today last weekend due to snow

usually it just depends on luck and timing how the roads will be

snow + good tires = driving on concrete

but u can do nothing against ice except

except put chains on

but yeah the southern/eastern european 2axle heroes not only have smooth tires they also have weight on the rear of the trailer due to silly weight limitations down there

[formal minnow]

yeah but noone is gonna put those on

if theres only a tiny bit of ice

probably also depends how they are loaded

nor will they have winter tires

weight on a 4x2 should be fine

if they put it all in the rear its just terrible loaders

[blissful glade]

oh for sure not, chains are used mostly in the north where the roads are often slippery

[formal minnow]

or they are stupid and dont load trailer evenly so they wont have issues lol

yeah and only when its proper weather for it i bet

because noone wants to spend 20mins minimum putting on and taking em off

for like a few 100meters of ice

😂

[blissful glade]

if u put chains on u usually drive 10km+ with them on

sometimes 50+

but thats very rare and usually during night

[blissful glade]

pretty sure u arent allowed to put a lot of weight on the driving axle down in south

[formal minnow]

What kinda weight limits apply then

should be fine to load on the front

[blissful glade]

i dont know the exact limitations, but i know for a fact that the limitations for axle weight is pretty harsh especially in germany

[formal minnow]

aslong as your not putting 15 tons on the axle XD

[formal minnow]

maybe

but i bet most trucks thatll come to sweden / norway etc

[blissful glade]

once winter comes, people here often overload their axles

[formal minnow]

arent going trough germany much

[blissful glade]

and no one really cares

because its safer that way

[formal minnow]

yeah

more grip

thats good

[blissful glade]

most weight ive had on my axle while lifted was 19tons

i was gripping on even ice

hahaha

[formal minnow]

because winter + weight on rear of trailer means u cant go uphill i bet

[formal minnow]

u mean u raised your rear axle or

[blissful glade]

u can barely go straight if u have weight on rear of trailer because it lifts the front aswell as pulls you down, on top of acting like a slingshot

[blissful glade]

yeah

11-12 tonnes with it down

[formal minnow]

xD

[blissful glade]

also the biggest mistake people do on ice is braking

[formal minnow]

Best to let it slide right? especially in trucks

aslong as u dont touch them u got more control

as u wont lockup i geuss?

[blissful glade]

if you want to brake, controlled brake pumping is the only option

[formal minnow]

i dont have any experience on ice or have been told what to do

right

[blissful glade]

once u hold brakes, they lock up and ur sideways

[formal minnow]

Yeah

a few weeks ago in rain

a truck slowed down for roundabout

and his trailer was like

https://tenor.com/Jdj8.gif

:D

[blissful glade]

the best option is to just stay at a proper speed, and see far ahead and if something happens, just steer dont overreact and dont brake unless last option

[formal minnow]

someone was about to pass him so that was good that it didnt happen 2 secs later lol

[blissful glade]

just let it go and try to steer

[formal minnow]

Yeah

dont go faster then u can stop without braking

i see trucks in rain like heavy rain

still 2 meters of eachother its stupid u cant see anything cant even stop in time during normal weather that close

[blissful glade]

rain actually makes the ground quite slippery

[formal minnow]

meanwhile people do that in winter too when u shouldnt really be braking in certain places :D

[blissful glade]

everytime it rains, especially if i have my rear axle down i will start spinning empty when pressing gas

on loewr gears

[formal minnow]

maybe you got a foot thats too heavy

[blissful glade]

well yeah but also no, the difference is crazy comparing to dry (ofc)

[formal minnow]

obv

[blissful glade]

its like u have to press 40% as opposed to 100%

when its raining

if u want to have 0 slipping

[formal minnow]

i want my van to slip

[blissful glade]

but i mean its not slippery while driving, just when starting to move

[formal minnow]

my old van sortoff wanted to "Slide" a bit in rain in a corner

if you had load in the right spot

but my new one is like

no

😂

[formal minnow]

Yea

[blissful glade]

often times when accidents happen on snowy weather its just bad reactions in my opinion

overreacting etc

or just being plain dumb

[formal minnow]

i mean

you will have dumb people

but also people who just quite frankly dont have the experience

im going to finland this winter and will probably be driving a bit in my friends car

maybe not as much because this time i wont be the only one with license

i mean i wasnt then too but my friends gf doesnt like to drive if she doesnt have to

but ill def try to get some braking experience etc in snow

if i can safely ofcourse

[blissful glade]

hahaha yeah, its better to be safe than sorry driving slower but id be lying if i said i wouldnt be pissed off at all the girteka heroes driving 60km/h when u can easily drive 80km/h or more

[formal minnow]

im not gonna smash it on a deserted road with ditches

Ofcourse but theyre not used to it

they probably go there one winter

for 2 weeks

and then never again

because their company is 💩

[blissful glade]

i think the companies that send trucks north should have "dedicated" trucks that come here

some do

[formal minnow]

Yeah

so drivers can build up experience

[blissful glade]

but some just send the literal shitboxes with no chains even

[formal minnow]

ah yeah

i watched the show on national geographic when i still watched

idk what it was but it was in norway in winter mainly on the mountains

and always the balkan east european etc with no proper equipment / experience or just impropely loaded by companies

that struggled to get uphill etc

When it should be doable easily

[blissful glade]

yeah usually more often than not the weight distribution is the issue i think

[formal minnow]

alot of time u cant even blame the drivers

as these days alot of companies will load you

[blissful glade]

maybe down south, but here we literally refuse to bring a load to x place if its improperly loaded or we tell them they have to figure out where we can move the load or something

and they cant do anything about it legally

[formal minnow]

Yea

i geuss its annoying when u havem ultiple drops

u want to keep the drops together etc

for easy loading / unloading but yeah

[blissful glade]

i had 2 drops this week, first drop was on the first 9 meteres of the trailer and rest was at the back, spent 30 minutes moving the pallets back and forth because of this garbage curtain trailer

[formal minnow]

:D

geuss they were busy so couldnt quickly unload that

and reload it for ya?

id love to have full loads / unloads

[blissful glade]

i could have asked them to do it but idk i just told em bring me a pallet jack and i do it myself

[formal minnow]

fair

id let them do it its probably faster

benefit of trailer tho u can move to the side

and still get past it easy

[blissful glade]

it was a customer, they could have done it but i mean if something happens ehh

[formal minnow]

but for me thats not possible in my van haha

[formal minnow]

Yeah

can always ask if they got a electric pallet jack u can use

[blissful glade]

but u also dont have that many metres and pallets of stuff to move haha

[formal minnow]

here at most companys u can depending if u must load / unload yourself or are able to atleast

[formal minnow]

yea

but its very annoying when my planners make me drop

then load with more drops still

especially if its a big heavy american pallet

:D

and that the next drop doesnt have a forklift

[lucid birch]

Bought new shoes for my new truck driving job

Looking fancy

[formal minnow]

Surely your boss would give u those

Are u on vacation now or @lucid birch

[lucid birch]

Im working morning shifts

[formal minnow]

Ah kl

[lucid birch]

I paid 160for them

[formal minnow]

Cuz everytime i check your location it shows u at ur home

[formal minnow]

Give him the bill

[lucid birch]

I can explain

[formal minnow]

He must provide and if u want certain he has to pay %

[lucid birch]

Wait let me screenshot

I have to work 176 hours this month

I did 160hours

Meaning all my days are like 5-7hoursss

[formal minnow]

Lol

[lucid birch]

And those 16 hours still going up

Its only 11october

[daring sail]

Payday must be nice

[lucid birch]

Yes boss has to pay me 40hours a week

Even if i work 30hours

[daring sail]

Sounds even more nice

[formal minnow]

Meanwhile my boss keeping part of my money

😟

[lucid birch]

Jeez leave that company right away

[formal minnow]

I mean

Thats a bit of a overreacting thing to do

Over a speeding ticket

[lucid birch]

Ohh

[summer valve]

Skill issue tbh

[lucid birch]

[formal minnow]

It was only like 20 over so its fine

We gucci

[stark totem]

Most common thing to say, it was only 20 over

[magic girder]

My last month was 268 hours, minus my break hours, left me with 232 paid hours

[rose rose]

Amateur numbers

@magic girder only work Like trucker here

[magic girder]

Well, i have months with more hours to be honest, summer time i'm over 300 hours a month easy

[rose rose]

That is how u make something, this 160 hours is 9-5 job not trucking

[magic girder]

My base pay is based on 40 hours a week, doing 50 to 55 a week currently, and summer time close to 60 to 65 a week

Als had 80 hour work weeks in the past, but that was also a hard time

I'm pretty happy being a company driver, no worries about all the paperwork, truck and maintance and all the bills, and i work for a pretty large company that treats thier drivers good, i'm allowed to do some light modifications to the truck, and have my "own" truck and a set route and work

Although my own truck has been a long time dream, but in today's market i feel saver to stay as a company driver than to start for my self, and i love the work i do

[magic girder]

If i wanted to go into the same work i'm in, thats a hard market to get into, and where a lot of foreign drivers are in, there is money to be made for sure, but its not really worth the hassle for me, i have a relationship, own house, oldtimer truck and a large workshop to work on cars etc, and how much i love trucking, in my time off i don't always want to be into trucking, or atleast have to worry about paperwork etc in that time

An my free time is already limited enough, i have a old Scania truck sitting that i'm restoring, but in the last 2 years i maybe spend about 5 hours on it, and then also family and stuff, so free time is limited enough for me

Thats for sure, lucky enough i have family thats also into trucking, so that makes that aspect a little easier, and my bf is know to the lifestyle too, cause his dad is a truck driver too, so that makes that also a lot easier, and he loves trucking too, but a social life outside of trucking is hard, and even harder in my work since i always work at night

[rose rose]

“Only the best is good enough”

“Nothing is imposible”

[magic girder]

I bassicly have only 1 best friend he is a driver too, still have other friends too, most are on the road too, had friend that are not on the road, they quickly became no friends just because of time and not understanding the work we as drivers do each day.

Wish i could retire when i'm 45, probably have to work till i'm 70 ish

[magic girder]

True, als longs as you keep your dreams up

[magic girder]

Most times yes, sometimes second best can be good enough too

[magic girder]

I don't need the biggest and most expensive house, i don't need a new car every few years, my car with 210k miles is good enough for me, when grocery shopping i just buy most times the cheaper option, cause why spend more on the same item when you can save money on it, most of my clothes are second hand, so only the best is good enough is not always the best option

Money also can be decieving, i have more respect for people who can pay for thier stuff than take a loan out or have credit for everything, if you can save up money and buy a new car, or almost new car every 10 years, i have more respect for those than who have a big loan on a car that they switch out every 2 years because the bank says they can

I also live my life, i try to save money as well, but thats more for the future to be able to live and do fun things too, and you only live once, and when your gone you can't take it with you

[rose rose]

Yes.. That’s true

[formal minnow]

The only real way to make money as a owner these days is probably by just chartering for one company and one company inly

So that u can still make some money lol

[rose rose]

Ha?

[formal minnow]

Nice

[proper elbow]

What????

Where lines

[formal minnow]

See youve got yourself a gopro aswell very nice

[proper elbow]

What's a gopro

[formal minnow]

Otherwise theyll ban

Cuz a phone is dangerous but a golro aint

[thick cedar]

Just saw a Ford cab over in the UK 👀 didn't even know they existed

[rugged cape]

Miniekspress

Got a table

[formal minnow]

Nicee

is that cupholder easy to reach when driving?

i find mine super annoying

and im not using the ones on top of my dash as those are absolutely useless and then i have to reach over further forward

[rugged cape]

Yes

[formal minnow]

nice

mine are ok but the big one wich is only useable is complete other side of the center console

[magic girder]

Ford F-max

[thick cedar]

🔥

[thick cedar]

thanks i was lookin all over the internet but couldnt find the name or any sign they existed

[magic girder]

They are made in Turkey, they are mostly sold on eastern europe, there are a few running in western europe

[thick cedar]

heres to hoping we start seeing more in the UK 🙏

[magic girder]

They slowly selling more and more

[rugged cape]

All over? just google ford semi truck

[pseudo pebble]

I've seem a couple in Norway. All of them had Turkish plates. I think they're getting more common in Germany now though.

[formal minnow]

Cuz theyre cheap junk

[pseudo pebble]

People say they're better than they thought

But idk

[formal minnow]

Its ford

Its junk in the end

[pseudo pebble]

I'd like to try one

[formal minnow]

[pseudo pebble]

Found
On
Roadside,
Dead

[pseudo pebble]

That wind deflector looks funky

Nice truck though

[formal minnow]

hard times so we got a new driver

[proper elbow]

Almost time for a asphalt ride along

Pictures sure to follow

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

This is why I love international driving

More km= earlier at the retirement of the truck = getting a brand new one first

[formal minnow]

tbf if id have a truck

and its 100% just me driving on it

id rather keep driving it till 1mil +

[proper elbow]

Total 56 hours ain't bad really

[formal minnow]

if its got no major issues

how tf u only have 28 mins waiting 😂

[proper elbow]

Big smile and a nice attitude go a long way

[formal minnow]

i do that too

and i still wait

:D

[proper elbow]

Along with speaking the counties language or show that you're really trying to

[formal minnow]

yesterday i waited 2 hours

because the company was stupid

lmao

[proper elbow]

I've waiting for long times this was a good week in terms of waiting

[formal minnow]

i easily wait 2/3 hours

because im in a van

so no driving time so they just tell me to suck it up lol

[proper elbow]

I waited 9 hours because the goods werent even produced yet

[proper elbow]

You don't get paid those hours?

[formal minnow]

i do

but id rather be home 3 hours early

[proper elbow]

Oo okay

[formal minnow]

as ill get those 3 hours either way

by wasting time

[formal minnow]

Lmao wtf

[proper elbow]

Usually I won't be home that night anyways so I couldn't care less

[formal minnow]

aslong as you aint spending weekend in truck

[proper elbow]

I wouldn't mind a weekend in a truck

Not even allowed tho

[formal minnow]

i mean

that means no toilet most likely

no showers

[proper elbow]

They have to pay for a hotel then

[formal minnow]

no thanks

[proper elbow]

All the Maxi autohof's have hotels with them for weekend stays

You get discounts even as a club member

[formal minnow]

i geuss they get used by non polish latvian drivers etc

[proper elbow]

I've come home on Saturdays a few times I couldn't care less

[formal minnow]

because those companys care bout their drivers

while the other want cheap cheap

[proper elbow]

True

[exotic shard]

Comming next month !

[restive shoal]

new MAN?

[exotic shard]

It is !

[formal minnow]

u drive dis tho?

[lament oar]

Passed my HGV test today!!!

[proper elbow]

Asphalt time

[exotic shard]

Yess

[stray rover]

Congrats

[sterile flint]

That looks alot like Ahola Transport's trucks

[rose rose]

You can drive only automatic?

[formal minnow]

thats like normal these days

its rare to even find a company that offers proper manual

i had a event i was at and there was a driving school

and they were like if u want to learn manual your fked

as youll just be using the paddles to shift and then u get manual auth these days

very very few schools still got a proper manual left

due to the stupid euro 6 rules etc

@proper elbow did u survive? :D

[rose rose]

In Croatia, you must drive manual in driving school, in last idk 10 Years you drive tandem composition, before that you Are learning on classic truck+trailer composition, idk what is called on english but truck is 18palets and trailer 15, 2 axels on trailer, but front one is steerable.. I recently drive v8 manual E6 and it is such pleasure to drive manual these days when all automatics around us

[formal minnow]

id love to have manual

not for my daily driving

but id love it for if i get my own personal truck for hobby you know

[proper elbow]

i did

2 runs from amsterdam to amersfoort

[formal minnow]

nice

recorded anything or took some pics? :D

[rose rose]

Like this

[formal minnow]

dolly drawbar tandem

i think

[rose rose]

And this is manual V8 Full Air… pleasure

[formal minnow]

My dream truck is a scania torpedo v8 on full air

[strong otter]

6 speed?

[formal minnow]

looks like it

[strong otter]

Why can’t it be without rang selector

Cause there’s tons of 6 speeds with no selector. I didn’t even know that was a thing

I understand why 10 13 15 and 18s have selectors and splitters. Cause at that point you would shift all the way to passenger seat😂

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Extra money probably

[lament oar]

No

It’s an automatic test

Bit if you passed your manual car license

You can drive either

But you pretty much never see a manual truck now anyway, Atleast in the UK

[stable prairie]

Another day in paradise...

[proper elbow]

Just the first one I send

[rose rose]

12 speed, you have 123 then switch to 456 and every speed u have low and high

[regal juniper]

can you send the whole interior and exterior pls?

[lucid birch]

and now even dming me

ur in amersfoort

wtfff

[formal minnow]

[rose rose]

I can when i took this truck again, this one is driving spain and it is from my friend, i sometimes help him and load his truck if he can’t

[strong otter]

Ok that makes a lot more sense. Why does the instructions not have a splitter indication tho

[rose rose]

0 of them have instructions here, maybe in user manual haha
You have 2 switches and That’s it, it is not hard at all, at first you change gears slowly until you realize how to do it, then it starts to be routine.. It is bit Tricky to go from idk 16 speed transmission to 12.. you can easily put in wrong gear

[fossil canyon]

truck festival

[trail pond]

One of our driver had a little problem this week

[regal juniper]

ok

[blissful locust]

did you take music from your home country with you

[fossil canyon]

This is me mixing music from my hometown, I am currently living and working in Sweden

[fossil hedge]

Saw a Scania with a 'stop hybrid - go v8' sticker text

[regal juniper]

country?

[rugged cape]

Sweden

[regal juniper]

nice

[rugged cape]

No

[formal minnow]

[regal smelt]

[dreamy dirge]

[formal minnow]

Nice

[mellow socket]

Good morning people

[rose rose]

That feeling when u stop on Asten for 20min and left without 250€ 🤪

[formal minnow]

how

[rose rose]

Shoping 🤦🏻

[silk zephyr]

a well needed break this morning

[mellow socket]

a fellow renault driver what config you got?

[formal minnow]

Whatd ya get

[rose rose]

socks for hoses, clogs, stickers, some electric parts 🤪🤪

And some pins 🤦🏻

[formal minnow]

[silk zephyr]

460hp with a faulty ECU for some reason

That appears randomly then disappears

[mellow socket]

same config as me... except i dont have the ECU problem. I have the RPMC (RPM Control) fault. no matter what it keeps yelling reduce RPM to min. except it is already at min RPM

[silk zephyr]

I started with this one who had faulty injection so the engine shutted off out of nowhere on the highway at max speed is quite scary

After 1 week of working they changed it for that one I shared previously

[mellow socket]

eek, i started with a 5-axle renault tipper, the DEF pump wasnt working so the truck was always running on 40% power

[silk zephyr]

I mean it was running fine. Until the engine shuts off 3 times in 1 morning

[mellow socket]

noice ... not

[silk zephyr]

Sometimes my company asks me for late night flatbed work from the factory to the docks next to it

It really differs compared to my metal tipper

[mellow socket]

oh damn... thats something i wouldnt wanna do

im happy with my crane

[silk zephyr]

If you could see the many polish (love you guys ) drivers with their semi trailers that are not really made for this kind of transport

Or heck even the trucks are not powerfull enough for this

[mellow socket]

i dont think i wanna

[silk zephyr]

Nope. I mean on the flat bed the 460hp are quite efficient (for a short distance)

[mellow socket]

have no clue tbh, im more of a tandem driver

[silk zephyr]

Thank god at the driving school I learned on both types of trailers

[mellow socket]

yeah i can drive both, but im jsut limited to a tandem trailer with this truck

[silk zephyr]

You have less blindspots with a tandem than a semi trailer

Except you’re like 18,75m long max here

[mellow socket]

yeah, hence why my boss likes them. he says they are safer

i mean im happy with my wood crane : )

[silk zephyr]

Meanwhile me having to get out in case the crane operator dropped metal stuff on the floor infront of my trailer or tractor wheels

[mellow socket]

wasnt me

[silk zephyr]

The satisfying thing of it all tho: tipping the trailer (opening the doors first of course) then put in neutral and take off the handbrake and the load pushes you forward

Welp tomorrow is resting time

[mellow socket]

yeah, i loved that when i drove the tipper. now i just hope it doesnt happen when i tip with my new truck... cuz ya know... sideways be like

[silk zephyr]

I wish once I get enough experience and maybe a new truck in the future is to have a camera above the tipper so I can be sure that the damn thing is empty

[mellow socket]

i recommend it, really is helpful. i had one on the 5 axle tipper and was so useful.

even when just driving

[silk zephyr]

It’s a tipper trailer but this one can go anywhere even tho it has no steering axles and no deporting on the rear or front

[mellow socket]

i mean, if you know how to drive it and know how it runs and reacts... you take this places people would have guessed

[lucid birch]

Always good to see

All resting hours done ✅

[zenith hawk]

[restive shoal]

ronny ceusters?

[stark totem]

Yes

[restive shoal]

saw it from the color skeme on the outside, they have nice trucks.

[stark totem]

yeah true the color is pretty well known

[restive shoal]

some trucks look like they're only show trucks and not work trucks

[stark totem]

haha thats what they always get to hear, because they are always so clean. but its a quick picture and go

[daring sail]

Looks nice and cozy.

[summer valve]

It do be

[formal minnow]

I really need to get me some red leds in my cab

[magic girder]

When your best friend has a night shift for the first time in 2 years, just been for 7.5 hours on the phone with him, when he drove night before we had records of 12+ hours on continiues calling

[formal minnow]

[rugged cape]

Good morning ❄️🇫🇮

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

What areas u drive in finland?

[rugged cape]

North

Transit usually

[daring sail]

Looks peaceful and beautiful

[lucid birch]

Healthy trucker life

Yes i know im a McDonalds truck driver

But burgerking is just better

[formal minnow]

nah

burger king and mcdonalds are shit

[lucid birch]

Whopper is the best

[formal minnow]

the last time i had bk again

it was a dry as f burger

no thanks :D

[formal minnow]

Nice

Koleka spec

[hard trellis]

lmao sadly yeah since it´s a blue collar truck

[rugged cape]

What does blue collar truck mean

[hard trellis]

basically construction truck

[rugged cape]

I've never ever seen a 4x2 construction truck

[hard trellis]

rarely goes on construction sites anymore. i mostly deliver to factories

[formal minnow]

If its just tipper use 4x2 are common here

Cuz it can be used for agri stuff too then in seasons

If it runs cement trailers too its usually a 6x4/2

[rugged cape]

Ban 4x2

[formal minnow]

Why

[summer valve]

Break time. Got some sandwiches and coffee

[formal minnow]

Nice

I tried making myself a nice sandwich yesterday

I failed

Cheaper to just buy a fresh one at a small sandwicb shop

[summer valve]

I just got some butter, cheese, ham and pickles on mine. Can't fail that one

Got a notification about a burnt light like 5km before my break area. Decided to change it while on break, didn't have a correct Torx bit in the truck

[rugged cape]

Pickles are so good

[summer valve]

I bought a kilogram of pickles last night

[rugged cape]

I have some Lebanese made pickles that's really good

[rugged cape]

Nope

[rugged cape]

Good morning

[formal minnow]

Wats the temperature

[rugged cape]

-1

[cold lava]

Why can't I talk in vc? @thick cedar

[formal minnow]

This isnt the channel for that

[formal minnow]

Oh not that bad

[cold lava]

And while that was being said my question could still be answered

[rugged cape]

But was it?

[rugged cape]

I mean it's the most slippery so not that good either

[formal minnow]

No

[formal minnow]

Thats annoying yeah

[rugged cape]

Why?

[formal minnow]

Because slippery?

Aka try not to eat 💩 walking

[rugged cape]

Not a problem

[rugged cape]

Walking is a hard skill to master

[formal minnow]

It is for me when slippery

I got balance issue’s

Very fun whenever i got a big pallet i gotta turn on my liftgate

[rugged cape]

Just balance

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Nice

[stable prairie]

Found one of these the other day 😆 They are rather... pink...

[summer valve]

Do you drive that tho?

[stable prairie]

No, I drive an XG+

[magic girder]

Just stopped this on the truck next to me, not sure how save this is, but i would not drive with it

[tawny moth]

a few rusty nuts? 🔩

[formal minnow]

bro that looks like a doorlock

[tawny moth]

what am i looking at

[formal minnow]

in one of the nuts

😭

[tawny moth]

😂😂😂

[formal minnow]

also most of those nuts are not on properly

or they sheared of the bolt somehow and were like this is fine..

definetly not safe tho

[magic girder]

More than half of the bolts are to short, the nuts are only half on

[formal minnow]

id call the cops

and just make em aware of it

[tawny moth]

a lot of bolts don’t go all the way on trucks tho

[formal minnow]

every single truck ive worked on

[magic girder]

Did that, they where gona look at it

[formal minnow]

the bolts always went all the way with some spare

after the nut was on

[tawny moth]

not on trucks

[formal minnow]

it did

[magic girder]

And they should go all the way with spare threads

[formal minnow]

i worked on trucks

[tawny moth]

yes usually more than the ones on those photos but not all go all the way

[formal minnow]

normal is like a cm what i saw atleast

[tawny moth]

defo needs to be checked

[magic girder]

I think they swapped the steel wheels for alcoa's but not changed oit the bolts, amd the worst thing is, its a rental truck

[rugged cape]

Yup

Less thread = less strength

[magic girder]

= less safe/unsafe at all

[rugged cape]

No

[summer valve]

Do you drive that?

[tall sorrel]

at least he have all of them . well ok they are rusted ...

[sterile flint]

barely visible on camera but its snowing rn and our truck is still on summer tires 😄

[dreamy dirge]

tires are shivering?

[sterile flint]

Maybe, just have to be carefull with traction in some places

[proper elbow]

I was rocking summer tryes all winter long last April or whatever it was when it started snowing all of the sudden

I think it was march tho

Woke up in the middle of Germany to a big pack of snow

[sterile flint]

have heard stories from my teacher about German people taking snowy weather unnecessarily cautiously

[silk zephyr]

Unloading this early at 8:23

When empty with the rain this bad boy loves to spin

[rugged cape]

Not really unnecessary but they will usually come here on summer tyres and have a hard time

I think I overtook like 5 of them on Sunday

[silk zephyr]

Welp thank god I returned. At the depot

[radiant canopy]

What is wrong?

[silk zephyr]

Tire was flat

[feral bison]

[feral bison]

I have to get it washed but the local truck was is closed

[proper elbow]

Ai ai ai

[fossil canyon]

Lmaos

[daring sail]

What happened?

Heard tire screeching but didn’t understand what happened

[proper elbow]

Car that approached behind didn't see the traffic jam so had to avoid last second, but there was a car there so they collided

That why I always keep a big distance between the vehicle in front of me untill there's some vehicles behind me. Never know if a trucker doesn't see it and slams into you

[formal minnow]

L

[tawny moth]

yeah i do the exact same

not worth some idiot going into you and then you going into other people in front

[silk zephyr]

[formal minnow]

Yep

[lucid birch]

Tomorrow i have to drive a Mercedes 😭😭

Give me my scania back

[proper elbow]

So sorry to hear that

[magic girder]

If its a new one, good luck, if its a older one, yes please

[lucid birch]

its actros from 2016 i think

[magic girder]

Those are not to bad, mp4 first gen was still decent

[lucid birch]

Our mercedes are worn out

Because of the work we do

They cant handle it

[lucid birch]

Its bad

I hate mercedes

Seat is bad

Drives bad

Automatic shifting is bad

Steering is heavy

[formal minnow]

[silk zephyr]

From what I can tell from Mercedes it seems the retarder is shit aswell

[formal minnow]

Would you say, its retarded?

[silk zephyr]

Nah it's just bad in my opinion from how my friend who has one it struggles to slow it down.

[daring sail]

A quick fix is to retire so you don’t drive the Mercedes

[lucid birch]

I give it a 1 star review 😭

Its time to retire buddy 🫡

[proper elbow]

At 800?

If it were any decent it would go atleast 700 more

[lucid birch]

We retire trucks at 600-700k

But scania has a delay of 1-2years

These Mercedes are already driving a year longer then they should’ve

[formal minnow]

no

[lucid birch]

When u have to unload in Amsterdam City Central on a sunday

And ur not allowed to be in the city on sunday

Normally takes me 1-2hours to unload 3 adresses

Now i did it in 40min 😂

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-the-hedgehog-classic-sonic-sonic-origins-sonic-origins-animations-gif-25528432

[formal minnow]

[feral bison]

Just got my truck washed

[magic girder]

Damn thats early, 1.5 million was normal for us, the newer lease truck go with 1 million, some truck we had where close to 2 million before the where sent for export

[formal minnow]

@proper elbow u meant these 2 axle ones or

[mellow socket]

you drive for HAVI 😍

[lucid birch]

Yes but its my last month

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

Where dat

I'm 2 days at the warehouse rn

Not on the phone with colleges much

I know who dat is tho

[formal minnow]

Apeldoorn

At sils

[proper elbow]

Oh

I see

Got the legendary blue man today

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

Onto the next one

[formal minnow]

is it manual

i geuss it is but

[proper elbow]

Yellow one is

Blue one isnt

[formal minnow]

nice

good way to keep up your manual skills in a truck

anyways i have a 5am start tomorrow

and i do not look forward to it

[proper elbow]

5am is my standard time

[formal minnow]

okay but like

i am not a morning person

[proper elbow]

Throwback to this beast

Asphalttruck for as long as nijkamp used it

Until we got it as a terminal truck

[magic girder]

XF105 is the best

[snow timber]

Waarom heeft die man geen kenteken?

[formal minnow]

Why are u talking dutch

If u look properly it should be clear why its got none

Big trip today

[rugged cape]

@formal minnow where are you

[rugged cape]

I've been here

[formal minnow]

Not in finland yet

But ill be in that area from 6-12 February i believe

I think we have a stop in rovaniem

[hushed topaz]

SCS please?

[formal minnow]

Doubt u drive these

[uncut vapor]

H

[hushed topaz]

Nah, in our company we use this trucks (Scania P, Renault K440 and Another Renault K440 but 2006)

[proper elbow]

Omgekeurd naar MMBS

Don't know the English word voor that

[proper elbow]

So you're allowed to drive it with T license (tractor). Its limiter has been put on 40kph also

[restive shoal]

25kmh without license plate

[proper elbow]

We tried to do the same with the red one but it's n longer allowed

[proper elbow]

40

It's a tractor according to the law

[restive shoal]

yes and without plate your only allowed to go 25 with plate your allowed to go 40

[proper elbow]

Possible idk bout that

Technically it has a plate

We've never had issues with it

[restive shoal]

i think most don't care because then they can drive 40 as well

[restive shoal]

sad we can't have personal license plates

[proper elbow]

One could argue the trailer has a plate so 40kph

[formal minnow]

Okay but do u drive it

Because the trucks in those pics arent any of the ones u sent either earlier so

[formal minnow]

Who ghost tagged me

[proper elbow]

Divers week lol

Retrieving a truck from a driver ho had a little hand incident and went to the hospital

[formal minnow]

Oof

[proper elbow]

Retrieval successful

[formal minnow]

Nice

[rugged cape]

Dirty

[muted shell]

empty one tank, fill up the other

[muted shell]

why does every Scania sound like it has rod knock?

[muted shell]

Did they just change the headlight design for this new Volvo?

[cobalt onyx]

It overall also became more streamlined for fuel efficiency afaik

[rugged cape]

Three years ago

Soon four

[summer valve]

Only got one tank

[muted shell]

By "emptying one tank" I meant "taking a piss break"

[summer valve]

I use the WC in terminals. Not on gas stations

[muted shell]

I forgot it's called WC in Europe

[formal minnow]

Sameee

Id rather hold it 12 hours if i cant find a mcdonalds or at a company

[muted shell]

lucky, because if I take just 1 sip of water I have to go in like 30 mins

[formal minnow]

Im basicly immune untill ive gone atleast once not counting my wakeup one

Then i can hold it a few but if i can avoid having to go i do

[formal minnow]

https://youtu.be/7D3BECoTdiI?si=9b3z7EuNyCV0egjr small clip of me driving thanks to @lucid birch

Streamsniping trucker_dylan

[lucid birch]

drives like a crazy man

[sinful jewel]

https://youtu.be/8Kdv3QLrkxY?si=_GErBfgwhmekRkav

[formal minnow]

Noo it wasnt that bad

Yesterday i did a speedbump and im pretty sure i lifted all tires of the ground

And i didnt even go fast

[magic girder]

Verify your self, and you will be able to do that

Click on the banner/name of the server, then connected roles, and then follow the instructions there

Little rough, but the best type there is is

How many km

Okay

Would love to drive a XF105 again best trucks i drove

Thats something completely different

[formal minnow]

Its not worth it for that bro

[proper elbow]

In terms of vision

.....

[formal minnow]

We have no vision

Alltough thats not that bad

Not like ull see anyone closely infront walking if the table wasnt there

[thick cedar]

Table more important than vision

[formal minnow]

Ofcourse

[magic girder]

And then one of my coworkers complains about a pig on the dash, thats in the corner placed behind the lightbox the pig is a problem, but the lightboxes not

[lucid birch]

Planning; Rowan u have to leave at 5:15 to be on time at customer 1 at 8:30 in the morning.

Also planning:

Im there 7:30 i could have slept an hour longer!!!!

[formal minnow]

Relatable

The amount of times ive arrived somewhere at 7 after 5 am start

For them not to open till 9

[rugged cape]

Also planning expecting me to drive this in 19,5 hours

[lucid birch]

Yes I agree

U can do it in 19,5hours

[rugged cape]

Yeah right

82kmh average with 80 limit

[formal minnow]

[lucid birch]

Germany Havi trucks are ugly compared to Dutch Havi

[blissful locust]

no money for painted bumper but they can paint the thing behind name badge 🤔

[formal minnow]

Spoiler always comes painted lol

[blissful locust]

this i mean

[summer valve]

That's called a mask

[blissful locust]

damn

[astral idol]

nice my old tet company at school time

[summer valve]

Ebic

[astral idol]

yes, good company

[summer valve]

Yes. Been in this company for little over a year now and I've really enjoyed it

[astral idol]

nice. my tet was 7 years ago there

[summer valve]

Nice

[astral idol]

my ex worker tools

[formal minnow]

U drive scrap or

[astral idol]

last year yes now not

[hard pollen]

I really need to get out of the warehouse and van driving... any tips on this trip im about to begin. The drivers at my workplace really hate the job. They dont even like trucks. So the tips i get is. "be a taxi driver"

[dreamy dirge]

The words can't say the much that I like that Volvo

[summer valve]

It's still pretty basic but I'll get some more stuff for it probably next month

[formal minnow]

If ur company has vans just ask if u can go on em for a week as ridealong/driver

See if u like it

Better then taxi tbf

Dont needa deal with drunks

Unless u meet pjotr at parking for 72h on friday evening

[hard pollen]

I drive the vans and i grow up in a taxi so xD i had enough. Me need truck. I'm saving on upgrading my license and there was an offer but, i go technically blind

[proper elbow]

What kind of business you work at? That all the drivers say they hate it?

[hard pollen]

retail. that takes drivers that own their box trucks and they make a contract that makes them into workers. 1/3 driving. 2/3 working in the warehouse. its bad. but it pays good.

[hard pollen]

also its a big retailer with a small fleet. really small. most of the times things are left behind. Rules? nope. overtime in the road. why not.

[proper elbow]

If you really wanna drive trucks then ditch that company, there plenty of good employers out there and 90% of them will pay your license partially or in full, if you agree to stay at that company after you get your license for a couple of years.

What country you in?

[hard pollen]

thats what im looking for. i had an offer from a friend(+1 point) for driving a box truck. manage things myself. like house movings and small works. but he dont want to help with the license.

[hard pollen]

Greece. im planing on leaving

[feral bison]

Saw my good friend @rain skiff

[formal minnow]

Nice

[lucid birch]

72hour?

Weekend rest is 48

[formal minnow]

Oh

Well whatever

It took me 3 hours to do like 16 km

Bit of fog and everyones iq on driving goes on 0

[formal minnow]

Apparently its cuz someone on a bike got killed in the tunnel that sucks

[restive shoal]

@blissful edge is this allowed?

[blissful edge]

[last salmon]

Again? @blissful edge
Wasn’t this posted before as well?

[formal minnow]

No, also imagine thinking we use screwdrivers

We just dont replace lights till the fleet manager does it lol

And if its on and needs gone we got hammers for that

[lucid birch]

Mercedes going to the retirement home

🫡

[lucid birch]

Its this one

[fluid pewter]

damn those graphic settings are insane

[restive shoal]

it has the ik mag alles lampjes (im allowed to anything lights)

[rose rose]

🤔😁

[lucid birch]

Mercedes out Scania In

Woop woop

[formal minnow]

Nice

[astral idol]

[fleet basin]

Got few more work lights

[formal minnow]

Can never have enough

I wish i had some on my van

I cant see anything reversing in dark/ rain since i dont have a camera on this van

And my reverse lights are useless 😆

[fleet basin]

Thats true. And such small investment to avoid thousands of euros of damage if you hit something

[formal minnow]

I mean

Depends what id hit

If i reverse straight into something the most damage id have is perhaps a broken light housing depending how high the thing is i hit

The other part well uh yes

But yeah if j do start for myself with a van or something even if i got truck license because cheaper to start out

Its definitely getting worklights allround

Its very annoying to not have it

[rugged cape]

Neste

[rugged cape]

In Rovaniemi?

[summer valve]

Aapiskukko in Pälkäne

[rugged cape]

Does it sell Karhu

[summer valve]

Yes. This ain't Jari-Pekka

[rugged cape]

What's Jari-Pekka

[summer valve]

Type of Neste that doesn't sell any alcohol

[rugged cape]

Karhu is good

[summer valve]

I don't like it myself

[rugged cape]

Opinion denied

[summer valve]

Änänäs better

[magic girder]

When you got a fb notification about your memories, and the first thing i see is a pic from 6 years ago from my first truck,

[formal minnow]

[silver moth]

Man is that beautiful

[rugged cape]

What

[twin rover]

Volvo is the best

[formal minnow]

No

[twin rover]

Yes it is

[restive shoal]

Iveco v8 turbostar is the best

[twin rover]

No daf xf 105 v8

[restive shoal]

You just said volvo is the best

[twin rover]

Yeah but both

[silver moth]

Nope

[proper elbow]

My ranking probably
MAN
Scania
Volvo
Iveco (new ones)
Daf
Mercedes
Renault's + old ivecos

[devout sorrel]

iveco pick up trucks are goated tho

especially the 1990-2006 ones

[rugged cape]

Yes it is

[rugged cape]

Your ranking is wrong

[magic girder]

What???? Did you ever look under the cab of one

[rose rose]

Hahahahhaha he knows 😂

Friend told him

[proper elbow]

Doubt it

[rugged cape]

MAN bad

[young karma]

yipee i love london

[blissful locust]

same thing i saw when we were almost at hotel for school trip lmao

[proper elbow]

MAN is the beastyest beast of them all

Pure power and comfort

[feral bison]

Cleaning time

[formal minnow]

I needa wash my van its so dirty

[feral bison]

I'm cleaning the wheels and rims, even though nobody will see the back rims

[formal minnow]

[silk zephyr]

DAF

[proper elbow]

New sideskirts

Helping out warehouse

Raining steel pipes

Too much money? Vacant next gen as terminalvehicle

[formal minnow]

bruh

go home

its weekend and beer time

[serene heron]

yo what grafics mod is that? (ngl thats a great shot)

[proper elbow]

Free beer at the end of the night

[formal minnow]

bro

at my company theyll start at 4

real annoying when u gotta unload still and noone is in the warehouse :D

i dont drink tho

cuz i aint gonna risk it as i live far away

cant get cought

[summer valve]

It's HCT time

[rugged cape]

A bit of power and a bit of comfort

[proper elbow]

Preparing for monday

[rugged cape]

Are you dutch

[proper elbow]

Mhm

[proper elbow]

I've driven 2023 Scanias and 2023 man's but the man's definitely more brutal and requires somewhat skill and knowledge to drive. Scania is just shift in gear and go

Imagine

19 year olds teaching 15 year olds how to drive👍

[rugged cape]

How so

[proper elbow]

Drives entirely different

I guess you could say driving a scania is more like arcade mode

Easy straight forward

[rugged cape]

That's how it's supposed to be

[proper elbow]

[sterile crow]

New in this Discord. 🙋‍♂️ Hello, fellow drivers!

This is my girl as well!

[hot sphinx]

s

[summer valve]

You drive that?

[lucid birch]

I think its one of those hey my dad drives this

Kids

[wind echo]

Nono but i now him that dos driver’s it

[tulip ferry]

Kolega problem!

[formal minnow]

Okay so i doubt u drive that

[formal minnow]

and therefor it doesnt belong here

[tulip ferry]

This was mine like 5 months ago

And drove it for 2 months because it kept breaking

[lucid birch]

I know the reason why it keeps breaking

Its from belgium

[tulip ferry]

Damn

[lucid birch]

For legal reasons this is a joke

[formal minnow]

For legal reasons im saying its true because it is

[tulip ferry]

I bought it from a guy kinda shady so, I resold it and came across it like 2 weeks later, laughing on the inside knowing about the problems. Poor guy

[lucid birch]

We once had the dubble trailer (LZV) at havi and it broke down in the parking lot.

All the cars where blocked in from the employees

So no one could go home