irl-trucking

[proper elbow]

Usually I have like 5 or 6

[proper elbow]

Hit 90k

[rose rose]

Then i confused you with someone here im not sure 😂

[proper elbow]

Oof

[restive shoal]

I dont see anything but oke

[proper elbow]

Its

Dirty

So much so the front sensors stopped working

[restive shoal]

I couldnt see them

[proper elbow]

This morning there were ice spikes hanging from the sunvisor

Not getting cleaner anytime soon

[formal minnow]

I was meant to clean mine last week

And then planner kept crying i had to deliver a pallet at our warehouse first

[summer valve]

Fresh feeling after driving

[proper elbow]

I'd wash if i could

Our truckwash is kaputt

[blissful locust]

get bucket of water and a sponge then

[formal minnow]

Go truckwash

[lucid birch]

tomorrow and friday i will have a drive along day with 2 companies

that i might gonna start working at mid december 👀

tipper truck work

[proper elbow]

Big belly incoming

[lucid birch]

[formal minnow]

he already has

[daring sail]

is it even worth washing with this weather

[proper elbow]

Doubt it

[formal minnow]

Yes and no

Salt is bad

[daring sail]

That’s true

[formal minnow]

Itll get back on it again but that way u can properly clean windows / door handles etc

[daring sail]

Hmm

Is spraying water on a car or truck enough to remove the salt?

[formal minnow]

Uh

If u got enough pressure yes j geuss

Weak water outta a hose wont do much

[daring sail]

Hmm alright

Good to know, thanks

[magic girder]

https://youtu.be/xbsb-056dO8?si=ogPRnthnWoKygdCP

[lucid birch]

First time on a MAN 👀

[formal minnow]

Finally something MANly about you

[blissful locust]

🗿

[proper elbow]

Aka first time driving a REAL truck

🌈 at zaandam

[lucid birch]

I drove scania

And volvo

[rose rose]

On or in? 😂😂

[fringe idol]

What song

[eternal wagon]

anyone here a trucker in the usa?

[formal minnow]

theres a few yes

[summer valve]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ah1BnxXuwUZZWqOAUgQYc?si=h-JRACcsTNS6NNqnqiLcGw

[rugged cape]

No noone

[eternal wagon]

damn it

[sinful tiger]

Very sus to say

[proper elbow]

Got permission to stay overnight on the company premises

[formal minnow]

Nice

[proper elbow]

Doubt this will ever bore me

[proper elbow]

that is indeed truck

[formal minnow]

Ur rig?

[thick cedar]

No, my best friends.

[formal minnow]

Should be in #irl-media then

[thick cedar]

But I experienced it. So.

[formal minnow]

“Your truck and experiences”

Aka in your truck

[night reef]

I experienced air travel so I must be a pilot

[formal minnow]

[daring sail]

truck

[lucid birch]

This might will be my new truck 👀

Will have one more conversation with the owner of the company. And if they say yes i got a new job

[daring sail]

Very useful truck for a flat country

[restive shoal]

for sand yes to trow in the sea for more land where we can put the refugees in

[daring sail]

Cool

[lucid birch]

They mainly transport sand.

And clay, etc

[daring sail]

Oh didn’t know that

[lucid birch]

We use this much here because netherlands is based on mostly waterbased soil

So sometimes the groud has to be hardened again

So these tippertrucks are very usefull here

[simple cradle]

Time for Wintermod. 🤙🧂

[dense cipher]

yellow

[simple cradle]

Keeping traffic rolling 27 hours a day 8 days a week 💪

[molten aspen]

💪🏼💪🏼🚨🚨

[formal minnow]

so wich ones yours out of the scania and daf

[silk zephyr]

Welp they forced so hard while loading the bars that it broke the welds off

[formal minnow]

well

why tf are they ramming it in so hard

[silk zephyr]

They push into it

So that they can adjust the rear

[lucid birch]

Poahh Kuzee driver

[blissful locust]

https://tenor.com/view/bornskywalker-dap-me-up-woody-woody-handshake-woody-toy-story-gif-26021440

[silk zephyr]

And now at the docks the unloading machine died that’s gonna be a fun week-end

[restive shoal]

Mid work?

[silk zephyr]

Yup

[smoky lodge]

.

[blissful locust]

tie a rope around your chest, attach it to your load and pull

[silk zephyr]

To put it in the boat?

(Yeah we’re loading a boat)

[restive shoal]

No in the plane

[blissful locust]

cant you try with a forklift that has fork extensions

[silk zephyr]

Let’s just say that the boat is quite far from the shore when you look at it from my pov

[blissful locust]

darn

[blissful locust]

oh i thought that was a dock

[silk zephyr]

Yeah it’s a small one if you could say

Since 5 p.m we’re doing back and forth from the factory to the docks

For this boat so atm we’re waiting for the guy to fix it

[restive shoal]

Do all 9 trucks look like this from the out side? Without what you've added and the others did with their trucks

[summer valve]

3 look like mine (mine included)

[restive shoal]

And the other 6? Just a tractor with trailer?

[summer valve]

We got 12, forgot our old 3 FH3s. But yeah, we got 3 of the similar trucks to mine, mine included, 5 globetrotter FH4 rigids, 3 FH3 globetrotters and one of the FH3s is a semi, then we got a low roof FH4 with a non removable container

[restive shoal]

Oke, good luck with your trip today

[magic girder]

Driving without valid card...
O nice, tacho decide to not read my card anymore, time to use the paper log

[proper elbow]

New wheelrings

Switched to open instead of closed ones

Rear axle aswell

Some Alcoa nut covers even

[uncut vapor]

Alcoa ❤️

[civic siren]

pure love
i have a sticker of a rim on the back of my phone xD

[empty glacier]

Anyone here who has recently passed CDL exam in California? Do I need to study the other endorsements for the written exam? I learned that there are lots of them(hazmat,school bus, tanker,multiple trailers, passenger). Should I also study them even if I am only getting a license for my trucking?

[formal minnow]

unless you are going for them

u shouldnt need to study them lol

also california sucks

earn enough and get out

[dense monolith]

When painted parts? :)

[summer valve]

When I get/have time to paint them

[idle imp]

Hyvä päivä!

[grim orbit]

the amount of times ive seen u on road is incredible

[proper elbow]

Oh bugger

If one of yous finds a wheel nut somewhere between Hengelo and Kassel please ship

[magic girder]

So, got my truck ready for christmas

[blissful locust]

damn

[formal minnow]

nice

[void fractal]

i cant add a photo here sadly, but i finaly found a photo from my old truck i used like 2yrs ago.. had both a led-sign and the same poppy with led-light under it

[magic girder]

Get verified and you can post pictures

[lucid birch]

The scania today 👀

Sitting next to it the first 2 loads. After that i will drive.

[solemn hatch]

Looks a bit dirty

[lucid birch]

Its a tipper truck

[proper elbow]

First to arrive

[formal minnow]

Man isnt even being paid yet and already working

[formal minnow]

And last to leave surely

[lucid birch]

Thats called investing in the future.

Already learning stuff

[formal minnow]

[void fractal]

.. How do i get verified ? 🙂

[formal minnow]

uh

u gotta connect your tmp account

thats all i remember

[spice solar]

Hey @void fractal!

Verification

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Click on the server name "TruckersMP",
Select "Linked Roles" in the dropdown-menu,
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[void fractal]

THank you 🙂

This is from my "old" truck, i used too drive 😉

[turbid latch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1111339295324782604/1184239671652384920/IMG20231030192129.jpg?ex=658b4023&is=6578cb23&hm=be23340282d3ceeb6a6d4bf7417d6fcd0598d4dd35f029576b2ad42b5316ce13&

[summer valve]

[turbid latch]

Mm Posti, my biggest rival on motorways, along with Samat

[summer valve]

Gotta love going 83kmh on cruise

[turbid latch]

My truck is "supposed" to do 83 aswell but for whatever reason the limiter is 87

[summer valve]

My truck is limited to 84 but I've decided that 83 is good.

[turbid latch]

Understandable, i go 83 during winter since the liquids push the truck like crazy

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1111339295324782604/1184244401816489984/IMG20231116013857.jpg?ex=658b448b&is=6578cf8b&hm=c7ea278f80eab9e697bbb46b102dda4f3304e498f9608a645b7bc87b03eab34d&

[summer valve]

I can believe that

[solemn hatch]

Get a new photo

[summer valve]

It is a new photo

[turbid latch]

I hate winter, even though snow fits with our company's livery colours

[solemn hatch]

[summer valve]

12th of December

[solemn hatch]

Ohhh okay, you just keep using the same spot

[summer valve]

Yup

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

Driver called in sick. Got a call at 4am that I'd be spending the day with a city trailer in Amsterdam

[formal minnow]

U in his truck too or

[formal minnow]

Ur rig?

[queen bough]

yep

[formal minnow]

Nice

[queen bough]

thanks

[rugged cape]

Winter is good

[soft drum]

https://tenor.com/view/gifpet-truck-drift-snow-gif-16073163

Winter is best

[proper elbow]

No

My own

[turbid latch]

Not in a situation like this

[rugged cape]

Lift axle put chain

[turbid latch]

It was fully loaded so i couldnt lift the axle plus we cant use chains or studded tyres

[soft drum]

F7 + tow too service

[turbid latch]

Thankfully gravel helped

[rugged cape]

Yeah they tried implementing that EU law here but that was disaster

Lots of people stuck like you there 😂 also why no chains?

[turbid latch]

Our own finnish laws for ADR transports kinda prevent that

Since the stuff that i carry is considered highly flammable, i cant use anything that could create sparks

My colleague got fined by the police because of the only shovel in the truck being rusty

[formal minnow]

Ph cuz nk flashys

I tought ur license had 77 as start

Geuss that was the old one

[rugged cape]

While here you are required to carry 7, even with ethanol. I had a friend transport propane mix and his onspot was faulty so it was making sparks for several km before someone flashed him down

Laws are funny sometimes

[turbid latch]

Fr

I do enjoy driving abroad more since the traffic culture and laws are more enjoyable for me

Only been to Norway and Sweden once onboard a LNG truck but the Baltics are quite familiar now

[rugged cape]

I'm in Finland now 😄

[lone prawn]

My dad does road Trains in Australia

There really big trucks

[rugged cape]

@turbid latch I just met your colleague

[turbid latch]

Where exactly

Somewhere Southern Finland?

[rugged cape]

Palojoensuu

[turbid latch]

Oh thats very north

I think our company has over 300 trucks in use rn so i wouldn't be surprised if you could find them that up north

[mellow sable]

arent you that vlogger from sweden???

from youtube

[summer valve]

No

[mellow sable]

awwwww

[summer valve]

I've never been to Sweden with a truck

[summer valve]

You drive that?

[turbid latch]

@summer valve Do you drive Posti trucks only

[summer valve]

We drive mostly posti

[turbid latch]

And you probably do full hours then

[summer valve]

Yeah

[subtle peak]

I have experience from trucks too...one time I could count how many leds volvo's headlight have. from sidemirror..safetydistance is too difficult to keep, fortunaly that kind is rare.

worst tailgater ever, but not too rare. just not like truck under 10 meter from my tail. Before say: you drive too slow. nope, I drive legal speed with gps.

[rugged cape]

Why are you counting how many leds the headlight have

[rugged cape]

Just let traffic pass

[subtle peak]

could..not not count, cause drive ahead is priority as like keep safetydistances. was example how close that driver was. Sure I let, but in 80 speedlimit truck should go at max, if not tampered in finland.

[turbid latch]

Off to Lahti again from Koskenkorva

[rugged cape]

Good vodka

[summer valve]

Finlands Chicago

[rugged cape]

Limit at 90

[turbid latch]

Gotta make sure Finns get their long drinks

[summer valve]

Gotta love that Hartwalls shop is like 2 minute drive from my work

[turbid latch]

Based

One of our depots is next to the factory

[summer valve]

Our company hall is ~5 minute drive from Fazer factory shop

[turbid latch]

That makes me a bit jealous

The main depot and HQ is in the middle of nowhere on Rajamäki

And theres only the booze factory

[summer valve]

I sometimes just go and buy bunch of bread and sweets from the Faxers shop. There's a Fazers sweet factory coming right next to Postis depot

[fringe idol]

ill be getting the license next year

[turbid latch]

BECE

[summer valve]

Love how early we started the greet

[turbid latch]

Welp snow everywhere

[summer valve]

Lahti atm is pain. Close to 0°c weather

[turbid latch]

Bruh, here its nearly -12

Gotta love our wacky winter

[summer valve]

So, be prepared to use gravel while in Lahti

[turbid latch]

💀

[summer valve]

I was pulling dolly from under a trailer with a full container on top of the truck and I still had to use gravel

[turbid latch]

Bruh

When i go to Estonia next week i cant wait to see salt absolutely everywhere

Its so weird

[rugged cape]

Come drive Hamarøy for me next week

We swap

[turbid latch]

💀

[summer valve]

@turbid latch you in Lahti yet?

[turbid latch]

A slight problem happened

Nobody is able to take my cargo there due to the strike thingy

So some dude at Anora called and told me to go to Rajamäki instead

[summer valve]

[turbid latch]

Hartwall had told Anora about it but not my company..

Good thing they called me just before Tampere, otherwise i wouldve been screwed since i need to take the Valtatie 12 normally

[summer valve]

[sinful tiger]

I just realised I don’t think I’ve shared any drone footage while I’ve been here

[silk zephyr]

Like a glove

[summer valve]

Time to head to Vantaa

[formal minnow]

nice

[sweet crown]

https://tenor.com/view/winter-is-coming-jon-snow-game-of-thrones-got-gif-16908557

[turbid latch]

I wish i could decorate my own truck a bit more

But it being used by me and my colleague kinda makes it difficult, plus company policy

[rugged cape]

@turbid latch now I see your colleagues everywhere

[formal minnow]

okay and im sending you to read this channels description

also in general uk curtains are ass

[rustic geode]

Bit hostile that. Removed Image either way.

[formal minnow]

your trailerlights that covered in snow

or do they just not work

[summer valve]

Small problem

[formal minnow]

atleast you have sidemarkers that are good n bright

ive seen trucks with 0 rear lights

u flash them and tell them the problem and they just keep going

💀

[turbid latch]

Seeing Simeon trucks does always make me smile ngl

But i like to think that Kaukokiito has the best looking liveries, i often admire them

[rugged cape]

Windy mountain descent (ASMR)

[formal minnow]

nice

[rugged cape]

You are npc

[formal minnow]

no

[magic girder]

When both left lanes have to merge right, and even truck drivers think driving on the most left lane is a good idea, well, they later had to merge in behind me

[formal minnow]

accident?

[magic girder]

Road works

[magic girder]

6 years ago, such a good driving truck this was, then almost brand new, got sold beginning this year and is now driving in another country on the globe, but where not sure

[proper elbow]

Definitely yes

[proper elbow]

There's a old pic somewhere on the internet of one of our old rigids cruising in Tajikistan or something

[magic girder]

Have some of our old trucks in lots of countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, Dubai, South Africa, Congo, Chili, Argentinia and some other places

One running in Ukraine and one in Russia

[rugged cape]

Zipper merge

[magic girder]

Yep, but a lot of people do not understand how it works

[formal minnow]

i hate the people who zipper merge way too early

especialy on on ramps

[magic girder]

This was more like, o i habe to merge, let me drive untill the verry last moment when i almost hit the arrow trailer to merge and i just merge anyway if there is space or not

[formal minnow]

Bruh

[restive shoal]

sounds like my bus driver this morning

[formal minnow]

I always merge as late as possible

But if u get up to the trailer your way too late

Thats atleast 2/300 meter under a red cross

[magic girder]

Yep, atleast

[magic girder]

Long time since i have been here, 5 minutes is long enough tbh

[proper elbow]

Shunting a few to to side

[magic girder]

Spend 45 minutes, but its shiny again, love it when its clean

[formal minnow]

nice

i take longer to do my van and itll still look shit

[magic girder]

Mostly i take about 30 minutes, but spend some more time on things like the inside of the doors and the small spaces between the airdeflectors and steps

[formal minnow]

my inside is pretty clean besides the floormat

as i needa find where the damm vacuum is at the company

and then just pressure wash the rest off and clean the floor

[magic girder]

I have a hose and and a broom

[formal minnow]

i have nothing

:D

[magic girder]

But it was wash day at they depot, and they forgot my truck like always

[formal minnow]

thats when u start complaining to the boss

[magic girder]

Did complain to DHL a few times about it, but the person who has was duty is always a different one, and they not all knoe my truck has to be washed too

[formal minnow]

thats annoying

cant u just park it straight in the washbay

when u go home

maybe then theyll know to wash it too xD

[magic girder]

Truck does a day shift

And they don't care about it

So they don't bother to get it washed

[formal minnow]

thats annoying

i geuss the other guy who used to drive it is still sick?

so you got some random who dont care

[magic girder]

100% correct, and from what i have heard and saw there where 5 different drivers this week, so each day another one

[formal minnow]

id complain to the boss

im sure theyd want to keep you happy no?

[magic girder]

Won't do anything, already tried, all they is say, its that, or we don't have the work, no one wants to do the day work for longer periods, so its either different drivers for 1 or 2 days, or no work at all

[formal minnow]

right

so it sounds like they just have employees

who dont want to work

and instead of trying to get good employees theyd rather piss of the longitme ones

[magic girder]

Not really, the day driver does get about 30 delivery and 10 pickup adresses to do, spread over 2 trips, and everything has to be done in certain time spaces, and also lot of city driving

Start at 7.00, load and leave, with about 15 to 20 adresses, on industrial areas and 2 city centers, some have to be delivered before 9 and some before 10, and at 11.30 you have to be at a certain adress to pick up return loads than go back to the depot, where you have to take 45 minutes, and then you will leave about 13.30 again with about 10 to 15 deliveries and pick ups, and at 15.30 you have to be at a certain adress again to pick up and then you have 6 adresses to pick up in about 1 to 1.30 hours

[formal minnow]

that sounds like a nightmare

with us if we cant make it it just gets cancelled

or we try to have someone else get it if possible

[magic girder]

They tried to get someone, and also had someone but after a month he said, max a week at a time, cause its hard work,
And if we cancel, DHL is pretty easy, its all or nothing

[formal minnow]

yeah

its kinda insane that they even try to push that speed onto trucks

when its like almost impossible to do those kinds of pickups / drops

[magic girder]

Did it my self, if you lucky you only got 15 to 20 adresses a day, and can do a little slower, but having 25 to 30 is a lot and you don't have much time

[formal minnow]

i geuss thats why i often see them on van doors instead of dock

and they screaming at me to move

cuz its faster then going on dock lol

[magic girder]

Yes, because of that

Everything has to happen fast, also with some of the pickups, you have to be there at a certain time, if you are not there, they just close the door and go home, and that does cost a lot od money

[formal minnow]

why doesnt your planners then split it on 2 trucks

so its achievable 😅

[magic girder]

Than DHL will give both trucks that amount of adresses, our planners don't have anything to do with the DHL routes

Thats all done by DHL

[proper elbow]

More than enough space

[formal minnow]

Do u never have weekend? 😂

[sweet terrace]

Cave

[magic mist]

Anyone trucking in the UK. Contemplating switching from retail to trucking. Asked about in uk trucking groups and just got negative feedback and told dont bother.

[tall sonnet]

Not a trucker as such but got my artic license some months ago and never got started after seeing how shite the pay is for most jobs amongst other reasons, assuming u can even find a job as they all want 2 years experience minimum. You're basically stuck doing shitty agency work or working 60 hour weeks for 30k until u have that 2 years experience

If you're in/near the golden triangle you might be alright but other than that i'm not sure it's worth it

[magic mist]

Golden Triangle?

[tall sonnet]

https://www.morganking.co.uk/blogposts/warehousing-and-the-golden-logistics-triangle/

[magic mist]

bugger. lol

[tall sonnet]

I'm in the south east which is dire when it comes to trucking jobs as it is even putting the 2 year experience requirement aside

[magic mist]

Im north essex. like just shy over an hour west of felixstowe

[tall sonnet]

You're probably alright then if u dont mind commuting to felixstowe area

Not sure 1 hour each way would be too fun long term though unless u can get a tramping job

[magic mist]

I used to do a 70miles commute when I worked in Clacton. Up at 6am to get to work for 8. To sit there for half hour to be let in by the boss as he was late 🤣.

One person recommend goldstar as they do driver training and get a job at the end of it or something.

Might have to have a word with my uncle as he's a driver for Tesco. Or does something related to driving for them.

[tall sonnet]

The only thing with those kinds of deals is that you're usually stuck with that company for a few years. From what I've heard the best option is to fund the training yourself if funds permit and then you're free to join whichever company you want

[lavish nebula]

nice

[magic mist]

I did wonder that actually. From a bit of reading. They provide the training once your in you pay the cost of the training back.

[proper elbow]

That was from yesterday

[magic mist]

Took me couple hours to clean my BMW 🤣

[trail pond]

Got the new 12 inches in

[blissful locust]

https://tenor.com/view/appurajosh-gif-22180913

[green vessel]

I don't really drive them, but I fix em

Including trailers

[formal minnow]

Why you hiding in the office

[lavish nebula]

It's a motel

🤣🤣🤣

[formal minnow]

so you got a massive ass sleeper

and u still go into a motel

[lavish nebula]

That sleeper isn't that big and we have three people on that truck and we go out on the road for 2 months and it's a 98 engine loud at the first 10 days you want to pull your hair out

[formal minnow]

why are there 3 people in one truck

[lavish nebula]

Because we are a family

😑

One person drives the other person does all of the mechanical work and the other person does all the paperwork for the company and loads and that makes all three of us on the truck and we are also a family so it works out

[formal minnow]

but wouldnt it just work easier if ud have the mechanical / paperwork person at home in a office lol

if repairs must be done then u come home lol

[lavish nebula]

That's not how we do it when the truck breaks down out on the road the mechanic is already in the truck with all of his tools and parts and I can just repair it right there

We travel 48 states I am not getting the truck towed back to the office

[formal minnow]

seems super inefficient lol

[lavish nebula]

Plus I've been doing it for 20 years it works really well

Even my brother is doing it with his wife

Repairing new brakes

[lucid birch]

Its really normal in America

3 people in a truck

Multiple people having their truck license meaning more hours you can drive

If you have a mechanic with you they fix the stuff

Someone does the paperwork getting new loads etc

You can make some good money

Everything in their own hands

[lavish nebula]

Exactly

[turbid latch]

3 AM shift hella fun 🫠

[uncut vapor]

Starting 02:30 am

[turbid latch]

Weird to think this counts as ADR in a way

[proper elbow]

What have I done to myself 😫

[restive shoal]

getting yourself stuck?

[proper elbow]

Almost

[restive shoal]

Almost is not completely. Did you get out?

[formal minnow]

ofc he did

otherwise it wouldnt be almost

im geussing his dumb truckgps sent him trough a countryside road vs just a direct road into whatever village

[proper elbow]

It was the only road that fit a truck

Rest was dirt

[formal minnow]

ah

annoying then

[proper elbow]

Literally every warehouse employee is sick or day off...

Now you got only the lagermeister and 3 drivers doing the loading

[formal minnow]

overtime money ya know

[proper elbow]

Gotta unload tomorrow at 8am 500 meters from the warehouse so easy day tomorrow

Christmas calm has begun

[formal minnow]

thats nice

i love sleeping in

going to be pain to sleep 6h max again when i work lol

[formal minnow]

id recommend actualy setting gps

sometimes it just stops tracking if u dont have a destination set

and turns off

[rose rose]

I was in truckjunkie shop today and again spend 150+€ 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

I need to retour fast because my GF will kill me

[formal minnow]

what did u even buy lmao

[proper elbow]

Heaven

Dual steer axle and front lift axle

[rose rose]

windshield curtain, poppy hats, hose socks, winter hat.. idk 😂

[formal minnow]

[rose rose]

Every month same story 😂😂

[formal minnow]

😂

might aswell just spend the 10k in one go

and get the extra daylights sidemarkers grill lights etc installed

[rose rose]

Can't... At least bought truck with all extras

[turbid latch]

Another fun Hartwall day

[proper elbow]

Wipers gonna be making overtime today

[proper elbow]

Not risking wet shoes today

[formal minnow]

U dont take ur shoes off?

[lucid birch]

Not everyone drives on socks

🤡

[turbid latch]

Made it into Lahti even though i nearly got stuck 5 times before the city

Cant go too fast or too slow on literal ice

[formal minnow]

i dont in my van but once im in a truck they come off lol

[proper elbow]

Put the factory floormat over my own

I usually do

Throwback when we had the red one

The mighty quartet

[formal minnow]

your truck?

[rugged cape]

I was about to say at least remove the cloth mat before I saw the one underneath. You can drive a volvo instead to avoid that problem

[small patrol]

nope

not even my effup

[formal minnow]

so it shouldnt be here then

[proper elbow]

Day 2 of no warehouse members

[formal minnow]

how small is your warehouse if they can go days without any if people are sick

😅

[proper elbow]

Small team but large portion is interns from trucking school that have a school day.

We only have 6 docks

[formal minnow]

ah

i geuss its mainly your own trucks comming in / containers

vs lots of outside trucks

[proper elbow]

Yes

99.9% own trucks during the week

And a lot of p&o ferrymasters on friday

Done✅✅ leaving tomorrow 8am because a brother needs rest too

[proper elbow]

🫡 what a horrible way to go

Especially for a truck driver

[formal minnow]

backup truck?

[formal minnow]

may he rest in peace

atleast he fought trying to prevent it

[summer valve]

Nope

[formal minnow]

new truck?

[summer valve]

Nope

[formal minnow]

then what

[summer valve]

Different shift

[formal minnow]

so u get the bad truck then

[summer valve]

1.038 million km. Wouldn't say it's bad

[proper elbow]

Not nijkamp wessels retiring trucks at 7/800k

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

i dont get that

like if its bad luck and downtime alot / big high wear yeah go change it

but if it requires basic maintenance and keeps on going with 0 issues

why change it out

[turbid latch]

Its not necessarily the transport company's decision always

My employer has agreed with our sole customer that we replace the truck every 2-3 years with a new one

To minimize the risks of breakdowns and other stuff

Simply because the truck does over 1300 kilometers every single day so a breakdown would complicate stuff a lot

[bitter bane]

So you're telling me the truck does 55 kilometers of driving every hour 24/7?

including stops to load, refuelling, traffic, rest times

[turbid latch]

We start at monday 3 AM, we do total of 7 trips between two factories

Each trip is somewhere around 700 kilometers, so about 9 hours of driving, 75 minutes of loading and 75 minutes of unloading

We drive the truck as a pair so its pretty much constantly on the move till Thursday

[bitter bane]

Insane tbh

Very impressive

[turbid latch]

4,900-5,000 km in a week

And something like 1600L of diesel

Bought in December 2021 i think

[lucid birch]

Leasing

So they get sold to different customers via the leasing company and the original gets a new one

On a monthly payment plan

[proper elbow]

We don't lease

The great thing of nijkamp is he owns 100% of trucks trailer warehouse. No debts at all

[lucid birch]

[formal minnow]

damm

but i geuss they drive them till they die / arent worth fixing

[formal minnow]

https://www.tiktok.com/@ianvanderweide/video/7314243948187274528?_r=1&_t=8iLWxw23zRQ @proper elbow @lucid birch

[proper elbow]

Basically yes

[formal minnow]

especially after they said u can come back

[proper elbow]

Baby stacker🥹

[formal minnow]

these pallets are so ass

all the weight on one side i hate them

[cobalt wyvern]

Every day my need for a peterbuilt tuning pack grows
https://youtube.com/shorts/Pd1FCCwk74E?si=ciljmco45BGsUTL0

[formal minnow]

Every day my hate grows for people posting google pictures etc

[rugged cape]

Skill issue

[blissful locust]

if only i could find the small pallettrucks at work when i need them

[proper elbow]

Could do this all night

Koleka wrong dock

[formal minnow]

a door is a door

[restive shoal]

sure, but if the others like where the trailer is when its idk 20 doors to the left.

[proper elbow]

Very good very nice

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

how come nijkamp gets beacons but wessels doesnt

[proper elbow]

Nijkamp is a asphalt/tipper etc company

So most don't have spoilers to match with the tippers height. And beacons etc because well roadworks

This is one of their 10x4 or whatever that I drove when I was practicing with tipping

[formal minnow]

yeah forgot about that

[proper elbow]

Finish!!!!

Last time it was past 12 on a Wednesday was maybe 3 years ago

[formal minnow]

Haha

Taking that overtime pay hah?

Kinda shows u cant have a warehouse rely purely on school interns

[turbid latch]

Man the flashbacks to army

[proper elbow]

You can

It's worked for so many years

But the current group is just so unbelievably lazy

I'm not even joking I was in bed at 2am and got called 4 times at 4am that I had to couple a city trailer and go to Amsterdam slept right through all of em.

[turbid latch]

Eugh

[silk zephyr]

Well shit

[bitter bane]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1078610344274046992/1101153451980886108/AA389780-7C85-47CF-ABBD-46AFF86D6CE5.gif?ex=658d8691&is=657b1191&hm=57a214a22f93b6b07313151927d335497daac90380792a66ed8cde30dce9b37d&

[proper elbow]

Setting up the warehouse for the Christmas party

Gonna line up some tractor units inside

[turbid latch]

And now full steam towards Lahti again

[sacred burrow]

🤩

[formal minnow]

Bruh

Thats when u just put phone on airplane mode if they gonna call u that late

If they know your sacrificing yourself for them to keep stuff running lol

[formal minnow]

u even drove truck this week besides yard work? 😂

[proper elbow]

Yes

Switching trailers at bebo a lot

Whole 7 minute drive

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

may aswell just taken the yard truck over to there

[proper elbow]

The terminal goes a whole 35kph that ain't gonna be it chief

[formal minnow]

they sometimes take our terminals into waalhaven

if they could go to botlek they probably would lol

[turbid latch]

🫠

[zealous harbor]

dude is playing my summer car irl

[proper elbow]

My truck leading the pack per the usual

[formal minnow]

why u left ur interior lights on

gonna be sleeping in truck or

[proper elbow]

Nah idk

Grabbed something from inside and just didn't turn them off

[rugged cape]

They must be weak if they are on

[twin rover]

On the way too Aarhus denmark

With a container

[twin rover]

then we got our container

[lucid birch]

Trucking company Christmas party count aswell here right?!

[formal minnow]

if it includes lots of beer and free

then yes

[thick cedar]

why everyone is fat ?

[proper elbow]

truck

[formal minnow]

Cuz they drive dirt

get in drive eat and drive again

[formal minnow]

having a party by yourself are ya

[lucid birch]

Not really nice to say right?

[proper elbow]

Entire area lit by just those 3 scania's

[proper elbow]

3 of us are just doing the finishing touches

[formal minnow]

then ur drunk and forget the trucks are on

and u get blinded :D

[mellow socket]

I mean its flashing right? I must have plugged the correct cable in then

[lucid birch]

Ya i saw those

Hope Jeffrey will enjoy it.

Finally he will drive a real truck.

[formal minnow]

hes getting a new truck again?

didnt he get his mercedes like 2 years ago

[lucid birch]

Yes

But he gets a brand new scania R530HP V8

And goes from combi to trailer

[molten aspen]

😎😎👌🏼🤩

[lucid birch]

Cleaning timeee

[lucid birch]

My new truck ❤️🚚

[uncut vapor]

Holidays ✌️

[blissful locust]

pretty big car 🤔

[lucid birch]

Enough space for beer

[blissful locust]

thats what the dump bed is for

[loud sand]

[restive shoal]

what has this to do with irl trucking?

[daring sail]

Twitch = streaming platform
Trucker use twitch to stream

[rugged cape]

Bro it's just an emoji

[formal minnow]

one gonna be yours or

are those drls in the top light housing btw? is that new on scanias or

[blissful locust]

🤔

[molten aspen]

Am I myself

[blissful locust]

idk, are you?

[molten aspen]

Yes

[proper elbow]

Great succes

[formal minnow]

[lucid birch]

🫡

[formal minnow]

Now needa try meet u in the man

[mellow socket]

Another MAN driver

My current truck

[rose rose]

Good morning and Merry Christmas 🎄

[rotund karma]

waow

[formal minnow]

You too

i hope you are home koleka

and not in truck

[rose rose]

Im home 😊

[formal minnow]

nice

[formal minnow]

[turbid marlin]

nub nub nub

[lucid birch]

Will it be yours?

[molten aspen]

Not yet 😉

[silk zephyr]

My day was going great.. until this guy ended in my blind spot and my trailer’s deport rear

[restive shoal]

oof

[formal minnow]

doing gods work

taking out evs

[silk zephyr]

[formal minnow]

dont even get why people will drive their cars into depots

like drive straight to where u have to park

dont go behind trucks

🤦‍♂️

[uncut vapor]

🤦‍♂️

[silk zephyr]

The context is that I was on the middle lane to go forward Im guessing he was going forward too. But I had to merge slightly on the right because of the people on my left but I didn’t saw him in my right mirror

[formal minnow]

I dont get that

If im in my car in a position like that ill wither stay back if i think they needa turn off etc or similar

Or try get at a off angle in front so they can see me

[formal minnow]

I even have in my van that if they do that i cant see them

Hate the people who stop exactly with passing etc in your blindspot

[proper elbow]

Going solo on warehouse cleanup

[proper elbow]

I wonder what the boss' preferred truck brand is?

[blissful locust]

i think its terberg

[dim hollow]

Defo Volkswagen

[restive shoal]

not wrong

[proper elbow]

Yes

[formal minnow]

any terminal tractor is always terberg usually

they got a monopoly on it

then in america its a different brand that used terberg in a partnership to get it more us compliant etc

😂

its a monopoly by like 3 companies worldwide last i heard xD

[magic girder]

Back in the CF after being sick for a week and having the holidays

[formal minnow]

drive safe koleka

[magic girder]

Thanks koleka

[formal minnow]

[mortal flame]

So this channel is where real truckers play truckersmp damn

[formal minnow]

yes

[restive shoal]

is thi supposed to be a picture?

[summer valve]

Yup. It's a picture on my end after restarting, it's not anymore

[turbid latch]

Hmm

Silly ADR labels, looks completely safe to me

[formal minnow]

yes

make sure to heat up the cap as u open it

[turbid latch]

I dont even know if this is dangerous anymore

Since its ethanol waste but theres water mixed in it

So at that point its technically booze

[formal minnow]

Yes

drink some

[turbid latch]

Tried once just for fun

[formal minnow]

hah

[turbid latch]

98,5%, even a tiny amount felt horrible

[formal minnow]

:D

[magic girder]

Its not the liquid thats dangerous, its the damp that comes of it thats still flamable

[turbid latch]

Hmm

It feels a bit weird that there is no any water available here

Considering the hoses sometimes leak stuff

[lucid birch]

Ride along with a friend of mine! 💪🏻

[supple star]

Seems like scania

[lucid birch]

A big vault

[lucid birch]

Tipper truck👀

[warm lake]

Smooth operator ;D

[formal minnow]

And wich one of these do u drive

[warm lake]

My grandpa owns all you see there mate @formal minnow

[formal minnow]

So you dont drive any of them?

[warm lake]

And has more on the left but they aren't in the photo

[warm lake]

I drive

[restive shoal]

oke but capri asked where the truck is that you drive

[warm lake]

Oh yees, I misunderstood

Now I realised

:D

the mercedes

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

this is almost a year ago now

at the polish border

[warm lake]

With Czech Republic or ? @proper elbow

[proper elbow]

germany

guben

or gubin

[warm lake]

I have never been there

Still :D

[magic girder]

The new XF is small

[formal minnow]

looks wider tho

[magic girder]

Its a little wider, and slightly longer, but thats it

[formal minnow]

i mean every cm counts

if your spending lots of time in it

[magic girder]

True, but standing up height is the same engine tunnel in the XF is lower than the CF, but head space is the same

Also storage above the windshield is smaller in the XF than the CF

[formal minnow]

thats also due to the window being bigger on the new gen right

[magic girder]

Yes, and also with the model of the roof which is lower

[formal minnow]

yea

So that adds to somewhat less storage

[magic girder]

Yes

[blissful locust]

they all got smaller

[magic girder]

The XG+ has a huge cab, parked to one sometimes, but then my CF is a small boy

[blissful locust]

yes

[turbid latch]

🥳

Only a week or two and this truck is gonna get replaced

[restive shoal]

i can't count how much km?

[summer valve]

700k

[turbid latch]

700k

This truck is gonna be used for plane fuel transports next year

All i know about my new truck is that its gonna either be a Volvo or Super Scania

[restive shoal]

i hope scania cuz then it comes from zwolle the netherlands

[turbid latch]

I have no experience with Volvos plus i love Scanias so i really want the Super

[blissful locust]

doesnt sweden have its own factory

[restive shoal]

yes but they only make electric sadly

[blissful locust]

https://tenor.com/view/champoy-el-risitas-kek-issou-etu-gif-17837830

[magic girder]

Best is to stay away from volvo

[summer valve]

I'd rather drive a Volvo than a DAF.

[magic girder]

They also produce diesel trucks is Sweden, more the special orders like heavy haul etc

[restive shoal]

nope, ive been to scania zwolle. sweden is fully electric zwolle and in france are the rest of the trucks for europe and africa, asia and nz australia

[magic girder]

Bruce wilson has been to the factory in Sweden, and he had a factory tour and they showed how they put in a diesel engine into a truck, and he has been there only a week ago

[restive shoal]

are you sure it isn't a older video?

[magic girder]

But i know, all the electric trucks are build in Sweden, but they also do diesels

[magic girder]

I'm 100000% sure

[restive shoal]

mind sharing it?

[lucid birch]

They make diesel scanias in sweden

[magic girder]

https://youtu.be/_ba6Ego2bX8?si=m3q57-IOHHg4vRbf

[lucid birch]

They even make hybrid and electric trucks in the Netherlands

[magic girder]

Factory tour starts at around 32.30 minutes

[lucid birch]

Only the main department is in sweden

[magic girder]

Not sure on those, but i know they do the diesels for sure, and Zwolle is the largest production plant they have

[restive shoal]

oke not my truck but topic related. ive seen this truck in zwolle

[lucid birch]

Havi the company i worked for orderd 6 hybrids

They were made in the Netherlands

And they had problems with everything

So 12people from sweden flew over

[magic girder]

Well, then they do build them thier

[lucid birch]

To look at it

[summer valve]

Sounds like a typical vag

[lucid birch]

Like they couldnt use the coolers when they were driving electric

Because they needed the revs from the transmission

And they were under 800

On electric

And much more that was installed wrongly

And totally broken

[magic girder]

That sucks, did they fix all the problems?

[lucid birch]

Nope

They can use the hybrid part of the truck but they still need the diesel engine to run separately

To cool

They were now looking into electric PTO’s

But one of those combi’s costed 650k

And already about 100k extra for just broken stuff

That scania has to pay

[magic girder]

That sucks, so the purpose of those trucks is totaly useless right now

[lucid birch]

Yep

Video from when i was still working

At that company

The trucks look amazing and the hybrid part works perfectly

But with coolers on it

Its just totally broken

[magic girder]

Money well wasted

[lucid birch]

Yep

They ordered 6

6x 650k

[magic girder]

Few million down the drain

[lucid birch]

Ya but scania has to pay everything above that

Due to contracts

Scania promised to deliver working trucks

[magic girder]

Atleast thats somethinh

Time to fill up with a few hundred liters

[civic hollow]

I have a question for real life trucking that I am trying to figure out. I am planning to get a Class B CDL. when I do get it, am I able to drive a day cab truck with a dump trailer with it or no?? I been researching it and not getting answers. I know I can drive a dump truck. But I am wondering can I get a day cab truck with a dump trailer with the Class B CDL. I hope I am allow to put it in this IRL trucking colum.

[formal minnow]

uh

theres like 1 or 2 american truckers here that showup occasionally

so i doubt anyone here is able to answer that and its best to ask your driving instructor as he may know

[civic hollow]

I thought I would give it a try

[formal minnow]

@feral bison might be able to answer

hes a usa trucker afaik

[civic hollow]

awesome

[turbid latch]

Mmm salt

Looks nice on a white truck 🫠

[magic girder]

Had 950 liter in total i had to fill up with, have 1200 liter tanks

[turbid latch]

Where is it snowing like that

[blissful locust]

up north

[summer valve]

Nelostie, between Lahti and Mäntsälä

[turbid latch]

I hope it doesnt snow when i drive back south

[formal minnow]

i hope it snows when i come

😄

[magic girder]

So, trailer is loaded with 8 pallets, time to do the last night of the year

[lucid birch]

32min for 8 pallets

oof

[turbid latch]

Yeah of course its snowing like crazy

Eughhh

[magic girder]

I have not even loaded them, have moved the truck of a coworker from the parking to a door, and after that did a get a oliebol and a drink and been talking with other coworkers, and i also even left early , officially i still had to wait another 15 minutes before i could leave, but everyone was early today,
I just have been parked 1.15 hour to get 10 pallets loaded, spend that time cleaning my interior and talking with a coworker, i'm bassicly getting paid to do nothing

[magic girder]

Flashy time

[formal minnow]

[magic girder]

So, thats it for this year, last pallets unloaded, time to park the truck and off to a new year

[sage helm]

Hey new to the game looking for a convoy

[restive shoal]

i don't think #irl-trucking is the place to look. #looking-to-play-ets2 & #looking-to-play-ats are better placex to look

[sage helm]

My bad kinda new to discord to

[formal minnow]

i wouldnt say your new to discord if u have a account for almost a year

[formal minnow]

[sage helm]

I downloaded it and never used it until recently so....

[sage helm]

If u don't like me just say so

[wheat gust]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/307538159091187713/1087463560742965299/v14044g50000cg9hfv3c77u0d6qtokrg.mov?ex=659c525c&is=6589dd5c&hm=ce1b727021f5b02c31708ff8e8a20230b1d6b4c26df3b5495ed2666f136cd53b&

[formal minnow]

XDD

[upper copper]

Sugar beet buss

[warm lake]

Hope the day will go as planned

[thick cedar]

Is truck driving hard? Like all the way through career

[summer valve]

Hard if you don't know what you're doing.
Easy if you know what you're doing

[formal minnow]

You also need to love the job

because otherwise youll probably not enjoy it

[thick cedar]

So its a matter of experience and trail n error

[formal minnow]

as youll get to deal with people who treat u like shit because they think your worthless

[thick cedar]

That’s humanity

[turbid latch]

And what kind of truck driving you do also matters

I hated delivery truck stuff but liquids transport is enjoyable

[thick cedar]

I see

[formal minnow]

cuz less people to deal with

[turbid latch]

And loading/unloading is easy

[formal minnow]

just hook up and watch pump a bit i bet

[turbid latch]

Ah yes watching

I surely do that all the time

[formal minnow]

xD

tbf for the start just look a bit and then when u think ur almost done

as i geuss u know how long itll take roughly for certain amounts

[turbid latch]

For the truck it takes exactly 30 minutes to load up

And trailer takes 38 minutes

[formal minnow]

and i geuss normally it shuts off automaticly

because u give it a max amount to go in

depending on temp

[turbid latch]

Really the only thing i do during that time is make sure the compressed air doesnt go too low

[turbid latch]

Yeah

Dont have a better photo but its literally just waiting

[formal minnow]

u always do full unloads

or depends on where u go

[turbid latch]

On a normal workday i go to the chemical factory fully empty, load the truck and trailer full and then transport it to the bottling plant, where i unload all of it