irl-trucking

[formal minnow]

ah u dont run fuel but chemicals?

i tought u did fuel xD

[turbid latch]

If i have to go to a brewery, we only unload the trailer for them and then the rest goes to the bottling plant

Its just pure ethanol

UN 1170

[formal minnow]

ah

So is it adr then or no

[turbid latch]

Very

[formal minnow]

right

i may look into it for more money but yeah idk yet

if this company gives me license gotta stay there a few years i bet

[turbid latch]

Really the only disadvantage i have is that the police might stop me more often than others

And they really inspect the truck throughout

[formal minnow]

Right

but has that happend often

[turbid latch]

Well last month i was stopped 3 times

[formal minnow]

bruh :D

[turbid latch]

Its even more fun when they dont know what they are supposed to be inspecting

Asking me to show safety equipment used only for explosives transports

Thankfully its just one type of liquid so theres not much to tell and show them

Unlike some other trucks in our company

[formal minnow]

multi chambers ?

[turbid latch]

Yeah

All of them different types of ethanol products

[formal minnow]

:D

[turbid latch]

I might do 1-2 trips to Germany and the Baltics next year

[formal minnow]

nice

full loads are the best imo

no need to deal with what goes where etc

[turbid latch]

Yep

The only issue with driving the same stuff everyday to the same place is that if something unusual happens, it might cause some issues for you

[formal minnow]

yes

[turbid latch]

I once had to transport some different type of ethanol to a different bottling plant, i had to wait like 2 hours for someone to answer the phone

Since i had no idea where to go due to lack of instructions

Really frustrating when someone starts talking trash about you, thankfully my boss immediately handled it

[formal minnow]

:D

i hate it sometimes

cuz i have no driving times they let me wait 3 hours

[turbid latch]

Typical

[formal minnow]

yes

very hate that

especially on a friday

when your trying to be done on time as your going over for dinner always on fridays

[thick cedar]

Trucks look so beautiful

[lucid birch]

I probably will forget the once its really 1st of january 2024.

But Happy new year best TMP chat

[thick cedar]

U 2

[glad peak]

I'm going to do my ADR once i've passed my C+E in the new year

mainly just to get the CPC hours out of it

[spark galleon]

why are trucks in america very different to european trucks? like they are longer

[glad peak]

their trucks are free from length restrictions

european regs are heavy

their tractor units are more livable in size too because they can spend way longer away from home

the road networks are completely different over there too, they have so much space. Imagine trying to drive an American truck in London for example

[formal minnow]

nah

we got people in europe etc who live in truck for months too

and just because american trucks are big doesnt mean theyre good

[glad peak]

yeah I know, and I never said they were good I think about half of the truckers in america are owner operators

i'll be giving tramping a go thats for sure anyway

I'd love to be able to drive across europe

[spark galleon]

uhh i mean europe and usa are roughly the same

[spark galleon]

ok

[spark galleon]

i thought it was a gaming setup for a sec

[upper copper]

Nope, just a brand new chapter in my driving career

[formal minnow]

Nice

Well goodluck at your new job

[spark galleon]

can american truck teach how to truck irl at least basics

[zinc warren]

Of course, but not that much

It will teach you that you have to watch out what the trailer is doing etc.

backing up

maybe to expect the unexpected bcs ATS traffic is unpredictable

[vale shuttle]

yea i practice backing up trailers too. thats about it tho.. it hasnt really contributed much to my driving lessons

[old tartan]

Honestly bouncing back and forth between IRL backing and ATS backing has screwed up my ATS backing since the mirror FOV is very optimistic

[chilly ermine]

This may sound like a dumb question, but as someone living in the US, how close/far from driving a regular sized pickup truck is driving a rig?

[blissful locust]

theres a mod to correct it for ETS2, idk if its also a thing for ats

[old tartan]

It is

Just haven't bothered

[old tartan]

Not even. Still ~10ft vs ~60ft, bit of a difference, and it is felt.

[upper copper]

ohh its still the same company just getting a brand new one

[formal minnow]

ooh

nice

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

U guys are lucky with a bed in ur truck

I uh slept 2,5 hours and have been awak since 1 am and have to get ready soon 😭 no sleeping abilities in my van lol

[unkempt hull]

Every time I see a scania dash I freak.. WHY DOES IT LOOK SO GOOD

[turbid latch]

Its the better Swedish brand so its gotta look good in every detail

even though the stock seats suck a lot imo

[formal minnow]

because it do look good

[turbid latch]

-37 and no issues at all

[formal minnow]

Nice

No issues here but +10 degrees so

Vans seat was put in such a crap position

I got in was like why i cannot steer

Whoever used it put steering wheel sooo low xD

[formal minnow]

Finally some nice comforts vs my own car

[formal minnow]

Nice

[turbid latch]

It seems that the horrible cold is kinda causing problems for others

Some dude was using a welding machine under a Sisu

[formal minnow]

Maybe metal fatigue

Or hit something because he slid off the road

Never know

[turbid latch]

Or more radically heating up fuel

We did that once in army

But not with welding equipment

[formal minnow]

Welding equipment is probably nkt too good to use for that

[proper elbow]

Perfect place to load

[formal minnow]

[lucid birch]

Look its @formal minnow

[formal minnow]

Ok golf pleb

[lucid birch]

[spark galleon]

you guys have snow

where is it?

[turbid latch]

Finland

[spark galleon]

oh makes sense

[summer valve]

We've had snow in Finland for months

[spark galleon]

i think half of europe didn't have snow for new year's eve

austria poland ukraine russia czechia at least

i have seen some snow when we went south of kyiv but not in kyiv

[turbid latch]

Im currently in the very south

In Kerava

[spark galleon]

I don't know Finnish cities

[summer valve]

Sorry for your loss

[turbid latch]

😔

[spark galleon]

Only Helsinki Tampere and Turku

[turbid latch]

Well its very close to Helsinki

[spark galleon]

oh you mean kerava

[turbid latch]

Driving here sucks and its always very on the limit regarding driving times

And the whole factory is medieval

Thankfully its only once a month, unlike Hartwall which is every week now..

[formal minnow]

[magic girder]

First of all, everyone a happy new year, and lots of save travels, for me its time to get the first kilometer of the year on the odometer

[formal minnow]

[summer valve]

@turbid latch you in Lahti?

[turbid latch]

Home now

[spark galleon]

what do you need to become a trucker

[turbid latch]

Thursday is Lahti day

[summer valve]

Ahhh, saw a Simeon truck in the Lahti Gasum parking lot

[formal minnow]

license

[vale shuttle]

depends where you live i guess. in my country a car 🚙 license is required before you can drive trucks 🚚

[magic girder]

Multiple licenses, some techincal know how, be decent in math, lots and lots of training for administration, traffic/road rules and so much more, and ones you have your license, the real learning begins, and also don't expect a 9 to 5 job

[magic girder]

Thats required in almost every modern country in the world, and skme require you to have a car license for so many years, of you have to be a certain age before you can get a truck license

[vale shuttle]

fair enough

[spark galleon]

OKay

i am guessing it also costs a lot to get all of them

[vale shuttle]

assuming i pass my exam tomorrow it will have cost €5k to get my truck license + commercial exams "code95"

[spark galleon]

oh

not as expensive as i thought

[vale shuttle]

yea its not too bad

thats without trailer license. but again idk what prices are like for your area

[spark galleon]

my father wanted to become one

[vale shuttle]

ooo

[spark galleon]

but sadly he didn't succeed

[magic girder]

Depends, where are you from, here in the Netherlands you can follow a schoolcourse, 1 day a week school, 4 days working, and with the work you do, you pay the school and your licenses

[spark galleon]

Ok

I am from Ukraine

[vale shuttle]

yea and some companies offer to pay it for you if you work for them

[formal minnow]

just pay random office worker 50 bucks and case of vodka

and ull have c+e + everything else u can dream off

[vale shuttle]

[magic girder]

Not sure how it goes in Ukraine to be honest, but since its a country that goes by the european rules i think its the same you need

[spark galleon]

@magic girder do you mostly drive in the Netherlands or outside?

[summer valve]

I paid few hundred bucks in total for everything

[magic girder]

Car license, truck licence C and C+E, code 95, physical exam

[magic girder]

Only Netherlands

[vale shuttle]

car license cost me around €3k i think

and trailer im honestly not sure how much that will be

[formal minnow]

tbf once u got c

• e is "cheap"

only need lessons and exam

and that just depends on how good u are at parking and avoiding curbs

[magic girder]

I don't know how much it did cost me, i followed the school course, and did it that way, but when i got my B(car) license that did cost me 1950 euro, and i believe the C license was around 3k and the CE also around 2k, and then all the courses for code 95, which where another 1500 to 2k, also got my forklift license at 750 euro and my ADR which was around 750 too

[formal minnow]

your boss didnt pay for adr/ forklift

Also 750 for forklift u got scammed

or is it for the one that u hang on the trailer

[magic girder]

Got them via school, not via my boss, my boss at that time was a jerk

[vale shuttle]

forklift costs 500 at my driving school ex. taxes

[magic girder]

I'm allowed to drive the large container forklifts too, the school decided to instead of doing a simple course, also to do the warehouse trucks, and the heavy duty 12 tons and higher forklifts and that also included the Kooiaap

[formal minnow]

ah yeah okay

then thats not a bad deal

[spark galleon]

oh

ok

[magic girder]

And ADR was also a expende course, spend 4 days following that, but we also had the pleasure of using fire exthinguishers and fire hoses

[spark galleon]

how long does it take to cross entirety of Netherlands from north to south?

[formal minnow]

depends how fast u go

[vale shuttle]

not very long

[formal minnow]

rotterdam to groningen takes me like 2,5hours if i can do over 100

[magic girder]

With a truck, just a little more than 4 hours

[formal minnow]

but to the bottom of limburg your probably looking at 4 hours at 100km if not more

just depends on traffic

and what time your driving

[magic girder]

I did Drachten to Beek in 4 hours, so doing Eemshave to Maastricht around 4.5 hours

[spark galleon]

Ok

[magic girder]

I'm doing each day Roosendaal to Drachten, that just over 3 hours

[spark galleon]

I live in Kyiv (pretty much in the center of Ukraine) and when we were going to Ivano-Frankivsk (near Lviv) it took us a little over 6 hours on a car so I am guessing it would take 12 - 15 hours

[formal minnow]

How

how fast can the car go?

[vale shuttle]

car drives twice the speed of a truck?

it could but

[formal minnow]

if its all highway truck can probably do it in 9-10 hours

as im assuming we arent counting stops

also helps if the roads arent kaboomed

[vale shuttle]

[magic girder]

Average speed in a truck doing highway only sits around 70 to 80 km/h, times 9 is 630 to 720 km you do on a normal day, if you are lucky, you can do do around 800 if you can keep the speed up and use the 10 hours you can

[formal minnow]

or use magneto

and can go even faster

[magic girder]

Thats why i never go there, roads are to bad

[formal minnow]

lucky you

also wichever coworker used my van is either light or a troll

as they put my air seat weight way too low

but i forgot to adjust it back

[magic girder]

Been there twice, still have a trauma because of it

[vale shuttle]

ahaha

[formal minnow]

as soon as i enter belgium

[vale shuttle]

BONK just. at the border

[formal minnow]

within 5min my back pain x10

[formal minnow]

only place that dont happen is on antwerp ring

but it depends where u enter it

and wich road you use

[vale shuttle]

oh

[magic girder]

Imagine i went there twice in a volvo

[formal minnow]

[magic girder]

I prefer germany for driving over belgium for sure

[formal minnow]

u like stau more then backpain?

[magic girder]

Even if that means driving in stau

[vale shuttle]

🎵 baustelle 🎵

[magic girder]

Yes, because than you don't get backpain from the bumps and holes like you get in belgium, and Antwerpen and Brussels are also always full with traffic

[formal minnow]

tbf lately ive been lucky

with where i had to go / knowing not to follow gps

that i cut off alot of time / people

by just taking a 3km offramp into a construction zone

that passes atleast 30mins of waiting

bit of a ass move but usually i can take the exit depending if i need to return

aorund liefkenshoek e17 area

[magic girder]

And in germany you know, that they always have a Baustelle, but atleast they use the money to fix the roads

[formal minnow]

yes too much money but ye

only been to germany two times for work

besides the occasional shortcut

and its always fun to do vmax

untill someone cuts infront of you and then it takes 5mins to reach it again

but fun

[vale shuttle]

what does that mean

[formal minnow]

anyways ill brb imma shower ive been awake since 1am lmao

[vale shuttle]

oop

[formal minnow]

https://tenor.com/bD0lFhAIIuk.gif

[vale shuttle]

okayy

i-

[magic girder]

Been a few times to germany, on the highway i just kept it to 83 or 85, and in the van i only could go 100

[formal minnow]

Our previous was limited to 130

But that atleast reached it in decent time

Plus it was nice not having to be in 4/5th if your in the hilly area

This one just tops at -165 or so depending on conditions because brick

[magic girder]

Limited to 100 km/h and no cruise control, the long journey's always sucked, and he like to sent the van guys on the longest routes, van was cheaper than a truck and no tachograph

Once in a while we would get a trip to the Rurh, no one liked doing that one

[formal minnow]

Limited and no cruise control = find brick

[magic girder]

I had a piece of wood

[formal minnow]

Only one van has no cruise but its fine as noone uses ut now

But i bet in summer it might as collegas van they retrofitted cruise

But it has no ac

Wich is unacceptable imo but

[magic girder]

We also had no AC not in the trucks or vans, he was a absolute cheaps ass

[vale shuttle]

eww

[formal minnow]

Yea I wouldnt even work for anyone without cruise and ac

Automatic is bonus but

If i got highway 95% its ok

[magic girder]

Company doesn't exist anymore

[formal minnow]

Aslong as i got no jams besudes my music ofc

[formal minnow]

Wonder why

This the one that bought new trucks and reused the old crappy boxes

[magic girder]

Got taken over by another company, but only for the work, but funny thing is, after it got tsken over, 95% of the work they had went with the old main planner who begun his own company and now had a fleet of 20 trucks

[magic girder]

Yes

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Geussing he played it smart and bought out the rest so cheap fleet

[magic girder]

They did think they played it smart, because we had specialized pretty good paying work, but as soon as the customers heard who wanted to take over the company they looked for someone else to do the work, a few of those customers came from the company that wanted to take over, they jad a bad experience with them, so when the main planner announced he was gona start for his own, they all went with him

Also a part of the employees instead of going over, they quit and got working for the planner

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Nice

[turbid latch]

Is that an Econen

Or a NAV

[summer valve]

The screen on the dash next to the poppys?

[lucid birch]

I see people complaining about bumpy roads in belgium

And then u have me going to offroad in a 10x8

I feel every bump in my back

[restive shoal]

that is part of the work you choose rowan.

[formal minnow]

Rowan

U have enough fat

Theyll take the bumps

[restive shoal]

if i said that i would have been brought to hell by rowan cuz i don't know him other then rowan from discord

[formal minnow]

I know him for many years before meeting him irl lol

We always “bully” eachother

Its not really bullying but its fun

[lucid birch]

I report you to the mods

For bullying

[formal minnow]

Id say 1v1 me irl

But ur a 2meter t rex

[blissful locust]

so he has tiny arms

[spark galleon]

who has driven on their truck in the Uk

[magic girder]

I know a bunch of blokes from the UK, awsome bunch of guys, but never driven there my self

[lucid birch]

All i did was drive a truck in ets2 in the uk drove on the wrong side for 20min found out and alt f4ed

So never going there irl

[delicate shale]

Nice!

So what do you guys think of the autonomous truck tech that is being worked on?

[summer valve]

Doubt it'll become a thing in Europe

[delicate shale]

A European company called Einride is testing in the US.

[magic girder]

To be honest, just leave that crap, i have a anti collision/ distance from vehicle in front of me system, and i like that system, usefull when needed, and can be switched off, lane warning system is the first thing i switch off, most annoying system there is,
Tech can be nice as a addition in helping a driver, but a human is still the best operator on the road, a computer can't see things a human can, and also can't make the same disisions a human can make, there are plenty of video's of tesla's autonomous driving where if the driver did not react it would have resulted in a crash because the tesla did not see something, or did something else what could cause a accident

[magic girder]

Love driving in the UK on ETS2, with Promods

[delicate shale]

I have the same stuff in my International LT. We can only temporarily shut it off. Comes back on every 15 minutes.

[magic girder]

I can turn them off until i restart

[delicate shale]

I'm jealous. My truck sounds like an arcade sometimes

And I own a 2022 Model 3. Autopilot is nice if you need to send a text or do something else real quick. But thats it

[magic girder]

Anti collision i can't turn off, that always on, distance keeping i can turn off, but 95% of the time i have it on, and lane warning i switch of as soon as the engine is on, it picks up on other things than the lines too like water on the road

[turbid latch]

Ye

[magic girder]

To be honest, no tesla for me anytime soon, i don't like the look of them models, and also i don't like electric cars, but well thats just me, and as far as the autonimous driving, i'm the driver, not the car, the whole reason i'm a truck driver is that i want to drive

[delicate shale]

I uses Autopilot for twenty miles once on the highway. It was extremely boring

[magic girder]

Assisting systems to help avoiding accidents, i'm all for those, but let the driver drive

[delicate shale]

Electric cars are pretty nice. I have an outlet in my garage and a 350 mile range(563 km)

[magic girder]

I drive a diesel and do around 900 to 1000 km on a full tank, and can fill up 200 meter from my house

If i really watch my right foot i can do 1150 km

[delicate shale]

I meant my personal vehicle. My work truck is diesel

[magic girder]

Thats my personal vehicle a diesel car

[delicate shale]

Oh ok

That's awesome

[magic girder]

Has almost 220k miles(350k km) on it, and never skipped a beat, last year i did over 40k km

[delicate shale]

I moved right beside my companies terminal. I don't want to drive after 950 km in a truck

Owner operator?

[magic girder]

Employee

[delicate shale]

Same here

[magic girder]

Its a 44 km 27 mile one way, so 88 km 55 miles a day

But i love driving, so i don't care

[delicate shale]

That's not bad

Netherlands?

[magic girder]

Drove from Barcelona(Spain) back home to NL in 22 hours in my car

[magic girder]

Yes

[delicate shale]

United States, Ohio

[magic girder]

Just over 1750 km 1090 miled

[delicate shale]

Thats awesome

I never leave the states

[magic girder]

I moved away from where i work, had a 12 km commute, but could buy the same house for 50% less just a little ways away then where i lived at that moment

[delicate shale]

I'm a local driver. 480 km to Chicago and then back home.

[magic girder]

There reason was not so awsome, but it was a fun drive, started driving at 9 ish in the morning, and arrived at 6.30 the other morning, kept driving all day, just a few small rest/ eating stops and 2 fill ups, filled up in Spain because cheap, drove all the way through france and filled up in belgium again, had a spare 5 liter jerry can, which i had to use, and made the border on bassicly fumes

[magic girder]

I'm a local driver too, do about 525 km each day, same route

[delicate shale]

Ever thought of coming to the states to drive?

I looked into driving I'm Europe before. But the pay was less unfortunately.

[magic girder]

I did when i was still single, but i'm im a long time relationship, and ee don't want to leave the family etc behind, although my partner loves New York city, he has been there on holiday, and to be honest, i like the look of the americam trucks, but for me they are so unpractical

[magic girder]

I don't have anything to complain, but thats also because of the work i do, and my working years for the company

[delicate shale]

You don't want to drive in NYC. It's a pain in the ass! Low bridges and weight restrictions everywhere

People double parking, so you can't make turns

A wrong turn could cost you a ticket

[magic girder]

I know that, than i think i would go more into the long haul, but not for a mega carrier, don't like companies where you are just a number instead of a human

Or work like i do now, depot work

[delicate shale]

I work for a family owned carrier, but we're turning corporate. Over 4000 drivers and 73 terminals.

We're a smaller version of FedEx Freight

LTL companies in the US are paying around 120k or more a year though.

I think UPS is over 130k

[magic girder]

I worked for a family owned company, 80 ish trucks, 120 to 130 employees, but everything on first name basis, 1 warehouse, own mechanics and truckwash, got taken over in 2020/21, and now its a company with over 380 employees and 6 warehouses, and everything is now on last name basis, mechanics are gone and the truckwas is closed for over a year since its broken
To be honest, i like my work to much, and my pay is always good, otherwise i might be looking into going someshere else

[magic girder]

The work i do is for DHL going to multiple depots

[delicate shale]

Oh cool. So your doing LTL work

[magic girder]

Bassicly yes, load at the first depot, drive to another, switch trailers, drive to another one, switch trailers again, and go back and unload, and then done

[delicate shale]

Same thing I do

[magic girder]

I love what i do, doing it for 6.5 years, and still enjoy it every day

[delicate shale]

15 years here. 13 with my current empl

[magic girder]

I'm since februari 2016 with my employer, so almost 8 years

[delicate shale]

Nice

[magic girder]

And to be honest, i know more people at DHL than i know at the company i work for

[summer valve]

It's a kitakamera

[delicate shale]

You could work all over the world with them

[turbid latch]

Oh you have it separately

[summer valve]

Ye, don't know why it's not connected to the camera button on the infotainment unit

[magic girder]

I know, but i don't want to be employed by DHL, i know how they work, atleast here in NL, was employed at DHL in 2015 for 4 months, and i said never again, you are a complete number for them.
With the work i now do for DHL its different, i'm not employed by DHL, but with my boss, but the only thing i do is the depot work for DHL,
And to be honest, i also for the depot work not want to be employed by DHL, because they bassicly run a complete shit show, every day i'm shaking my head on how they do things and how they want things to be done, but me not being employed by them, takes away me worrying about those things

I have a lot of good "coworkers" and also a lot of people i'm friends with at DHL, and those people make up a lot of the good things

[delicate shale]

Sounds like a good employer to be with then

[magic girder]

Things where a little better in the past, but it could be worse for sure, most things are just done by 1 phone call, although since 1st of januari we don't have a 24/7 mechanic anymore, which sucks, since i'm working at night, normaly if something breaks, we could call the number and they would take care of it, now i have to do things my self, but i have a mechanical background, so i can get things done my seld, and have the number of the dealer of my truck

[turbid latch]

Been to 2 gas stations already and none of them have winter diesel available

Better be at the next one or im gonna get a bit nervous

[sinful tiger]

Happy belated new year everyone. How’s your first shift back after celebrating the start of 2024? I’ll start

Couldn’t have started any worse quite frankly

Can’t have a single second of enjoyment with a Renault

[muted forge]

hi, has anyone got a good truck interior picture at night time???

i need it for a assignment

it would be wonderful if someone helped me

[proper elbow]

You mean like this?

[sinful tiger]

I can’t offer any help as my pictures are boring, mind if I ask what the assignments about? Sounds interesting

[muted forge]

Yea, that’s good pics

[muted forge]

It’s about truck drivers and there sleep

How does sleep affect there brain and body functions

[sinful tiger]

What is sleep

You can summarise the whole piece perfectly. Quote me: “Sleep? Never heard of him”

[proper elbow]

Easy

There isn't any to begin with

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Theres none

[muted forge]

👍👍👍

[formal minnow]

Nice

[turbid latch]

Ngl i slept like crap aswell

[formal minnow]

When i work i am glad if i get 6

Lol

[turbid latch]

I dont have to sleep in my truck but the constantly changing sleep schedules are pain

[formal minnow]

U dont have a set schedule?

Ud think h do seeing u basicly drive full loads to factories that its possible

[turbid latch]

I mean i do

[formal minnow]

But yeah the changing sleep schedule is pain

Once i have a day off i sleep 12 hours if not more in one go usually lmao

[turbid latch]

Either i do morning shift or night shift

Morning shift starts at 3 AM and ends on 3 PM

Night shift other way around

Every week it changes

Brewery days can take up to 15 hours so they screw up the hours

[formal minnow]

Im glad we aint got night shifts

Only really doing night is confainer

[turbid latch]

My colleague had to do his shift from 6 PM to 6 AM today

[formal minnow]

And they can choose if they wanna do night or day afaik

[turbid latch]

Night shifts are actually okay for me

More salary and less traffic

And i can load and unload in complete peace

[formal minnow]

Yes

I aint a morning person if i had choice id probably take night

Then i also never have the issue of needing to fix my sleeping schedule if i have few days off

[turbid latch]

Fair

Having no rush is good too

Unlike in Kaukokiito

[formal minnow]

Oh for sure

The times they rush us in the vans for trying to get somewhere just before time limit

But then get mad we wont make kt

(They refuse to pay the speedingticket)

[lucid birch]

I have to do online code 95 trainings

[distant shell]

Not a truck but my job IRL

[formal minnow]

Good enough

[lucid birch]

What brand is this?

[distant shell]

VDL Coach

[lucid birch]

Ahh the dutch company!

[distant shell]

Yeah

I drive with turskish too lol

[blissful locust]

bova?

[distant shell]

Futura Magic

[lucid birch]

looking good

[lucid birch]

looks perfect to me

still have to be in this program for 40min.

Everything had to be above 60%

so now im done for the next year for code 95

[formal minnow]

[silk zephyr]

The joy of getting loaded for hauling scrap metal

New trailer but not so new since the front axle doesn’t lift

Even tho it should

[proper elbow]

The song goes it never rains in southern California

That sure as hell can't be said about the Netherlands

[blissful locust]

isnt it valid for 5 years

[lucid birch]

Yes but u need 35hours of elearning or practical lessons.

So if you do 7 hours a year

[blissful locust]

damn

[lucid birch]

People think getting ur truck license is it

No u also have to maintain your code 95

With boring days

[vale shuttle]

and medical exam

[magic girder]

Some are boring, some can be fun

[spark galleon]

can you find european styled truck in america or vise versa?

also what trucks do they use outside of north america and europe?

[magic girder]

For both yes, there are people that have imported european trucks to the US and US truck to the EU, and in the 70/80's Scania did sell truck in the states, but stopped after a few years

[magic girder]

Lot of parts of the world either have thier own truck manufacturers like Russia, China, Japan and some other countries, or they just use the european or american brands, some countries like Australia and New Sealand use both American amd European truck.
Lots of parts of africa and the middle east tend to use old european trucks where they start on thier second or thier live after thier usefull life in Europe,
South Amarican countries tend to use a mix of European and American, where countries like Brasil and Chile most use European designs, but localy made and designed for thier needs

[magic girder]

In the USA you can find about 200 to 300 ish Scania 2 and 3 series, 2 Scania 4 series both owned by a youtuber, and a 2013 R730 10x4 heavy haul truck, a 2006 Scania R420 owned by a stunt team, a DAF 95 owned by a carnavalride guy, and Paccar has a few DAF test trucks, and Navistar has a few Scania test trucks running in the states.
There are a few companies that still run the old 2 and 3 series every day on the states, one company has 10 of them in the construction and earth moving work, and also does heavy haul work with them, and then there are multiple other companies that run 2 and 3 serie dump trucks, most run in the upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Conneticut, Massachusettes and New York city area, thats also where they where sold mostly in the 70's and 80's

in Canada you can find about 10 to 15 various Scania trucks, 4 and 5 series owned by farious people, most are owned by Dutch or Belgium guys

Also to import a truck into the USA it has to be 25 years or older, with a few exceptions, and for Canada 15 years old.

For Europe there is not a age restiction to bring a vehicle in, aslong as it does pass its inspection

[magic girder]

American trucks also can be found in Europe, but most are only show trucks, as its not economical and practical to use them for work, with a few exceptions offcourse

[magic girder]

To make his time full, mandatory 4 hour online schooling for the code 95 course he is following

[proper elbow]

Renewal

[proper elbow]

Lot of towing companies also tend to use peterbilts or even scania tcabs for towing trucks

[magic girder]

A few do have have pete's KW, internationals or Freightliners, but thats mainly possible because of the permits they run those trucks on, and with these permits the lenght isn't that much of an issue, but at the same time those companies also run the smaller normal european trucks for like city work etc cause the large trucks are to big to run there

[formal minnow]

Hello lads

Nother day to have barely any sleep

[magic girder]

Niel Yates Recovery has K100 and a lonestar wrecker, but most trucks they run are either DAF Mercedes or Scania's

[magic girder]

Good luck, sucks that it happens

[proper elbow]

Naturally the last ones are more beneficial

I'd assume they use up less diesel, oil etc than some old longnose

[formal minnow]

Yeah

Gotta hope im done in time i have to gk to garage with my car as my exhaust is broken or loose

[proper elbow]

Remove it

upgrade

[formal minnow]

Bro when i start it up it sounds good for like 2 seconds

Cuz the xhaust

Ill record it later xD

[proper elbow]

Bad bentheim

[proper elbow]

Emsflower

[formal minnow]

[gilded violet]

Can someone explain whats the difference between Holland Style Trucks and Danish Style trucks?

[spark galleon]

Thanks

How much has someone driven maximum in 1 day?

[formal minnow]

one is holland style

and the other is danish style

[gilded violet]

But whats the difference? they look exact the same

[formal minnow]

[gilded violet]

👍

[formal minnow]

think danish style is purely based on the interior stuff

as they use danish pluche

but other then that it is basicly the same yeah afaik

[proper elbow]

Last pickup of the day

I hope?

[formal minnow]

im home already

[turbid latch]

Back again in this silly place..

For once my trip to Lahti isnt interrupted by some nasty surprise

[formal minnow]

[turbid latch]

Only small issue was trying to find a gas station with working AdBlue pumps

[formal minnow]

adblue is ass

and shouldnt have been invented

useless junk

[turbid latch]

Found one before Lahti but the pistol was so frozen that i spent like 10 minutes trying to fill it up

[summer valve]

We just fill up adblue at our company hall

[turbid latch]

Theres the teboil station infront of our depot but uh

Only one pump is working and its the one that isnt what to use rn

[magic girder]

In europe you can drive 9 hours a day, and twice a week 10, max speed is either 80 or 90 km/h, but you won't drive that speed all the time, so the average speed is around 70 to 80 if you only drive highway, if you also drive local roads the average drops under 70 quickly.

So doing average 75 km/h over 9 hours is 675 km a day.
With the 10 hours its around 750 km a day, and if you are lucky, and you can keep the speed up, you can do around 800 km a day

[restive shoal]

at school we work with 60 kmh average when creating a route as school work. and 1 minute to load or unload 1 pallet

[magic girder]

Like i said thats only when only doing highway driving, going on smaller roads the average drops quickly below the 70 to 60 km/h and sometimes even lower depending on the work, also had days that my average speed was just 30 to 35 km/h, but the only thing i did was city driving with loads of stops

[formal minnow]

my average is like 60

and im doing mostly highway and at 100 lol

[restive shoal]

sad can't use it at school. a example was
start utrecht
first stop hamburg
second stop polish city
third stop berlin, hamburg or another polish city
last stop utrecht.
and we had to work with 60 kmh even tho its mostly highway as you can see

[magic girder]

I will see what the avg is on my truck doing 525 km highway and 150 local delivery work a day

[formal minnow]

ill check tomorrow at end of day if i dont forget

[magic girder]

I know it in about 1 hour

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

I park here. Good luck everybody else

[formal minnow]

why no use strobe

[magic girder]

Cause cheap, means no strobe

[formal minnow]

nono

he added some cheap one

atleast he had in his old one

[magic girder]

O yea, thats true

[formal minnow]

i wish my van had strobes

maybe then my coworkers would see me 😭

only time i get a flash back is if i pass them going same way or if its on a n road but i never see them there really lol

[proper elbow]

No use in a one way street

[formal minnow]

who cares

bycicles can come other way ii geuss 😂

[proper elbow]

I ordered bunch of new ones today. Which are higher, bigger and brighter

[formal minnow]

nice

if my ocmpany lets me get truck license first thing im adding to the truck is beacons

and some strobes

as all the dafs dont got beacons nothin

and i doubt theyd let me get a brand new truck at start lol

[proper elbow]

Doubt it. Really only use them if I'm parked against traffic or backing on public roads

[formal minnow]

Yes

but u have them anyways

[spark galleon]

alr

it has to be hard to spend so much time away from family and friends

[proper elbow]

I love being alone

[formal minnow]

Daring to think i have friends

[magic girder]

Over the last night(trip 2) and day the truck did over 2 shifts 641 km, 525 are done by me, 121 km by the day shift driver and the average speed is 61.7 km/h,
I also did a reset of trip 1 on the last day of december so we started of with 0 in the new year and we don't reset that to see how much we do in a year, and that has 1374 km on it so far, and 58.9 km/h average with a average fuel consumption of 25.1 l/100 km

[magic girder]

Thats the life of a truck driver, i'm home everyday, but some are away from home all week and some even multiple weeks to a month or even months

[formal minnow]

yes

but thats also decided by the driver if he wants to be home or not

i dont think id mind to be in truck all week

if that means paid for food

• extra money to sleep in truck

aslong as i got acces to a shower / clean toilet atleast once a day idc

[magic girder]

Or do nightshifts, the night bonus etc is the same if not more than the money you get for the food and to stay in the truck, and the benefit is you are home everyday

[formal minnow]

yeah but my company dont do nightshift

besides container and im not sure if i wanna do that xd

[magic girder]

Its also work not everyone is able to do

[formal minnow]

yea

i mean im pretty sure the container work for our drivers is easy

as theres no dock work nothing its just usually pickup and dropooff the trailer and get new one or take the container of

and sometimes they do put it on dock i think

[magic girder]

Easy work, the container terminals can maybe a pain

[summer saffron]

A34 is standstill haha good job I pulled over for rest an hour ago

[timid storm]

Peter built 567 loading feed

[lucid birch]

Reallife ATS

[timid storm]

Real life mod released

[lucid birch]

Nicee

Im excited for 8th of January

Will be driving a tipper truck then fulltime

[timid storm]

Niceee Peter built?

[magic girder]

Spending the 45 minutes nicely

[daring sail]

but why did they steal the 645 euro's?

[magic girder]

Cause they stole 44 million, and this was a accident robbery to get rid of evidence

[daring sail]

So smart

[magic girder]

They rented a bike, but the bike got a sort of stolen, and to prevent them from fimding out the broke in the rental company unknowing some people where still working there, so they staged it as a robbery, and that 645 euro was was they stole, and they deleted the files

Serie is called Berlin

[daring sail]

Smart criminals

[daring sail]

Thanks

[magic girder]

Also i can advice to watch La casa de papel, that serie has to do with this serie

Its all about smart thieves

[daring sail]

Gotta finish watching "The Rookie" on Netflix first but thanks

[magic girder]

In the weekends its the Rookie too, my bf isn't to much into La casa de papel, he watched 2 episodes but was not a fan of it and i loved it, so when i have my 45 i'm watching a episode of Berlin currently amd weekends we watch the Rookie together

[proper elbow]

Last one of the week

Day trip Antwerp

[magic girder]

https://youtu.be/1Aem4uwth-Q?si=UsDLF3aMtIUNKzEV

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Bit dirty

[lucid birch]

Nope, a MAN i'm from Europe, The Netherlands.

[lucid birch]

Capri always complaining

[formal minnow]

[lucid birch]

Ur the one that broke ur van

here is the proof!

[formal minnow]

That wasnt my fault

Went to fuelup terminal not working so employee came to vheck and was like well unlock it as ur dutch

But are u sure your allowed to fuelup excellium diesel

Like i care diesel is diesel i aint paying

[silk zephyr]

Well shit

[proper elbow]

Found a suitable use for the strobes lol

Construction site on a chempark

[lucid birch]

Excited for monday

Contracts signed, got the keys to my truck.

And first day will be driving alone but also in a group.

We have a project with 5 different trucks from the same company!

Let the new trucking journey officialy begin!

[formal minnow]

Just use it wherever

[formal minnow]

Hope ill spot you

[lucid birch]

i hope i never spot you

[formal minnow]

[glossy charm]

🤘🏻

[lucid birch]

U drive this?

Or are u the recovery truck

@glossy charm

[glossy charm]

@lucid birch i am from the recovery team 😅

Big Trucks for big problems 😅

[lucid birch]

Woahh sick!

[glossy charm]

Thanks

[trail pond]

A clean truck is a park truck

[formal minnow]

Tell that to the europeans

Lots of driving and they look brand new

[proper elbow]

How does that even work

[proper elbow]

5am till 8pm perfect timing

[formal minnow]

@magic girder

What time u think ur at n3

[magic girder]

In around 1.45 hours

[formal minnow]

Oh

I wont see you theb lol

Im leaving my mom in 40

No reason to blind everybody then

[magic girder]

That wait is to long

[formal minnow]

Yes

My mom wants me to leave she already went up

[formal minnow]

@magic girder u close yet

[magic girder]

Going onto the A15 from A27

[formal minnow]

Small chance we see

[spark galleon]

what is the diff between a semi truck and a truck

[formal minnow]

Noob spotted

[magic girder]

👋👋👋

[formal minnow]

[magic girder]

Semi truck is mostly reffered to as truck with trailer, a truck is mostly reffered to as a box truck without a trailer

[winged gust]

i whould send pics of my 4 trcuks but idk how to get verified

[magic girder]

#info message

[magic girder]

All your truck?

[delicate shale]

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/05/aurora-and-continental-pass-first-major-hurdle-in-commercial-self-driving-trucks-deal/

@magic girder thats the tech I was talking about

[magic girder]

For the person who was interrested in the average speed and trip distance, 67.4 km/h was the last night average, it could be a little higher if i had turned of the engine when switching trailers, 90% highway driving 10% local roads and industrial area and company lots, total weight between 20 to 32 tons today

[magic girder]

They can keep it far away from me

[lucid birch]

Ur a 9 year old truck spotter

woahh

[spark galleon]

alr

[blissful locust]

went from van driver to 9 year old truck spotter
what a downgrade

[lucid birch]

I think a 9 year old spotter is better

then being the local daf

[formal minnow]

ur rig?

[winged gust]

na i have more

king of american roads tbh

[glossy charm]

From my boss

[formal minnow]

So u dont drive it?

[glossy charm]

This is a show truck for events here in germany

[formal minnow]

#irl-media then if its not your rig

[glossy charm]

Off, okey

[fast adder]

me and my dad ye

[restive shoal]

you drive the blue one?

[fast adder]

not old enough to drive but I fix it always

[formal minnow]

so #irl-media then

[fast adder]

nice one lad sound

[blissful locust]

real question: is it yours🤔

[tame shale]

Yes

[lucid birch]

U own all those trucks? @tame shale

[tame shale]

I think he was asking about the video

No, these are not my trucks
this is a rally

[lucid birch]

“Share pictures of YOUR truck”

[tame shale]

1 truck is me dad

[lucid birch]

Then share a pic of ur dads truck or us #irl-media / #photos

[tame shale]

Ok sorry 😁

[lucid birch]

All good just for the next time 🙂

[proper elbow]

Imma just wait in my car till the truck warms up

[formal minnow]

[lucid birch]

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

Snowing a little again in Germany

[proper elbow]

I'm doomed

Going from Wuppertal, to loading in koblens and unloading is headed Venlo

[daring sail]

tiny truck

[restive shoal]

tiny with 5 axles 4 of those are powered.

[daring sail]

my bike has more axles than that truck

[blissful locust]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1087409501264687288/1192222052225122404/uncaption.gif?ex=65a84a4f&is=6595d54f&hm=a24f2f1ce9731d4783a0bbc5ffc7b1416cc3916ec176a2c25b17f6c49a47ae7c&

[restive shoal]

so you have more then 10 wheels on your bike?

[daring sail]

yes

[restive shoal]

what kind of bike do you have then?

[turbid latch]

The thing Jeremy Clarkson drove on Top Gear

[restive shoal]

960cm they are allowed to be 12m

[daring sail]

10-wheeler

[restive shoal]

wich one?

[restive shoal]

i only count 8 wheels

[formal minnow]

Goodluck lmfao

Bruh just signed cmr and he came back out running “u didnt pht the date”

Couldve done it himself but

[lucid birch]

10x8

Today transporting Gravel and Sand

Around 52-60tons

Per trip total weight including the truck.

[formal minnow]

• another 1000 with you in it

[daring sail]

[lucid birch]

9 min left

Go faster 30min break!

[formal minnow]

[restive shoal]

so the fine is less then what the company makes?

[formal minnow]

Its legal in his truck

[restive shoal]

50 ton max

[formal minnow]

Theres exceptions

[rugged cape]

Do you really need 8 wheel drive

[restive shoal]

He has 10 wheels 8 are powered

[rugged cape]

That's why I asked sir

[restive shoal]

Rural terrain, heavy load yes its needed

[rugged cape]

Doubt

[restive shoal]

One axle is allowed to hold 10-11 tons so if you weigh 60 ton yes you need them all Maybe not all powered but if that is the only config you can get so be it

[lucid birch]

I go offroad so yes

[restive shoal]

Rowan, you know how volvo has fmx Scania has xt so they are higher of the ground. Your MAN is also higher of the ground does it have something similar to Scania and volvo?

[summer valve]

If it has something similar with either of them, it's Scania.

[lucid birch]

Dont know

I just know i got this truck

And it somehow works.

And i know the basics.

[lucid birch]

Yes for offroad and some big hills.

We go fully offroad on sand etc

So we need all wheels to have power

To not get stuck

[rugged cape]

Offroad tyres

[lucid birch]

Offroad tyres arent the way to go offroad

If u put offroad tyres on a Volkswagen golf u can go a bit offroad

But not the same as a 10x8

[restive shoal]

they aren't the same weight but but its true

[proper elbow]

Jumped to 00.00 as I pulled the parking brake

Gonna have some schnitzel with the farmers

[formal minnow]

enjoy

[restive shoal]

only 2.556 km more and then you have 100k

[proper elbow]

Quick mafs

[wild bobcat]

lol

[blissful locust]

container is doing 😛

[winged gust]

umm

[formal minnow]

Skill issue

[silk zephyr]

On the snowy roads

But it short lived

[formal minnow]

[silk zephyr]

My operator tells me to use google maps so you wouldn’t get stuck… then maybe send us a message during the night so we can anticipate it for the next day

Because for my defense I only know one road I don’t know any small ones

[formal minnow]

Relying on. Google maps not to get stuck is stupid

If they dont want to risk it they should give u truck navi

[silk zephyr]

Or atleast tell me a good road to take so that I don’t get screwed. Because I don’t know all the side roads that leads to a road I know

Im stuck since 6 a.m then they tell me all the others are already at their destination

Im never gonna be on time for sure

[proper elbow]

Pallet literally got declined for that

New automatic system at Plus DC's is way too strict

[formal minnow]

thats stupid

i get it if the whole pallet is basicly flat

but thats clearly no damage on product

[restive shoal]

plus oss?

[proper elbow]

Yep

[formal minnow]

[turbid latch]

A semi truck was upside down

[formal minnow]

rip

hope driver is ok

[turbid latch]

Yea he was, atleast judging by the fact he was walking in circles talking on a phone

Pretty sure he was doing max speed

In conditions like these there can be slippery spots randomly everywhere

[formal minnow]

yeah

slippery spot + steering or something at wrong time maybe add some braking

probably spun and went into a ditch

[turbid latch]

Polish DAF drivers

Gotta salute them for trying to doing max speed against the limiter on ice

[formal minnow]

chef not happy otherwise

its definetly not lack of driving experience or something

as im sure thy know how to drive in snow seeing they get that in poland

[turbid latch]

My uncle is a trucker in Estonia and its sadly too common there that they have to do super tight schedules

With worn tyres and trucks

[formal minnow]

oh yeah

'rare to see them in a brand new truck

ofcourse maintenance lacks

as they rarely go back to origin country

[turbid latch]

He now works for a chemical transport company too and he says that its so weird when you can drive without hurry

[formal minnow]

haha

yeah im glad i dont get rushed

just adds unnesecary risk

resulting in these kinds of crashes

[turbid latch]

Having to clean road salt is very uncool

Couldnt see anything from the mirrors while driving

[formal minnow]

im surprised my mirrors havent salted up

[silk zephyr]

White nose with the snow

[restive shoal]

ah zaandam is better, but that pallet will also get rejected there

[summer valve]

@turbid latch this you?

[turbid latch]

Uhhhh

Im at Lempäälä so prob not

Dont have company logos on the trailer

[summer valve]

Ahh, then it wasn't you

[turbid latch]

Only a huge wheat thingy and Koskenkorva propaganda

[summer valve]

[turbid latch]

So clean

I dont even wanna see what the front of my truck looks like now

[proud schooner]

smol, yet big also very cute Scania imo

[summer valve]

@turbid latch veri gud rer fogs

[turbid latch]

As long as theres something red visible 👍

[summer valve]

The rear fogs turn the reversing lights on for some reason

[turbid latch]

Convenient on the motorway

[summer valve]

My coworker called me to ask why I'm driving with my reverse lights on

[turbid latch]

Welp

Rims not so chrome anymore

[rancid vault]

Does anyone Drives a garbage truck? I Love it!

[formal minnow]

Got to love being in this temp

And having to wait 20 mins outside because thats how they setup their office

Not even shielded from cold notbing just death by cold

[blazing dome]

t’es chez quel entreprise

?

[formal minnow]

Speak english

Also that your truck?

[blazing dome]

yh

[blazing dome]

i just ask him where he work

beautiful hu?

[blazing dome]

in 4k

[proper elbow]

What you need is a pressure washer

[blazing dome]

yeah 1 time per month

[restive shoal]

i would say end of the day. just the dirt of and its good

[silk zephyr]

I faced this yesterday afternoon so yeah

[turbid latch]

Snöw

[pseudo hull]

Does anyone take part in the strike in Germany?

[turbid latch]

Best overtaking spot on my trip

[proper elbow]

Got new flashers

Higher and brighter than the others

[silk zephyr]

When you’re doing oversize loads from time to time?

[formal minnow]

Longer cable or no

[formal minnow]

no

[silk zephyr]

[formal minnow]

I drive this does this count @lucid birch

[pastel vessel]

[formal minnow]

always bully

for once its a actual truck and it still aint good enough for him

[lucid birch]

Rules are rules

[formal minnow]

[proper elbow]

Mostly for show n stuff

I use my truck to shunt on Fridays and all the polish and Romanian people from heisterkamp know our beacons/strobes vehicles have priority lol

And for city centers when I have a city-trailer. I usually park against traffic so people can't drive into the loadingramp

a few of my colleagues have them aswell and ofcourse all the nijkamp drivers who are stationed at our location

not flashing when you come across either wessels or nijkamp colleagues is really frowned upon here lol since everyone is on a first name basis

[formal minnow]

Why they think that

[formal minnow]

Tbf i dont know many by name and i still flash

They just dont see it usually

Stupid weak drl being used as highbeam

[proper elbow]

because they get verbally abused if they dont

[formal minnow]

Lol

[proper elbow]

But all the regulars already know

[formal minnow]

Im geussing that is if they come onto company yard

We have plenty of stupid drivers come in and park infront of office

[proper elbow]

Or front at the docks

[formal minnow]

Note, we have 2 office one at parking for wh1 and main for wh2

No matter what they needa park at office 1 and walk

Some have to go to wh1 park infront of office 2

Then try and turn around

Like bruh

Theres a sign for a reason

[proper elbow]

We don't have any of that signs n stuff

[formal minnow]

If its busy i cant even unload

Then they start yapping why i go before them

We also got a rule, warn them to wear safety boots or shoes

If not chase them

With a forklift

[proper elbow]

What's a safety shoe

[formal minnow]

My coworkers once asked me why i didnt run over some guys feet

[proper elbow]

We only do safety-flipflops here

[formal minnow]

As he got warned didnt listen

And kept comming back in flipflops n sock

[formal minnow]

Yea

The best safety is the power of vodka and dirty sandals and sock

[proper elbow]

We're not so strict when it comes to just about anything

[formal minnow]

Dont forget the tshirt that doesnt fit

Aslong as they arent loading and stay on a designated walking path they technically dont have to wear them by law

But

[proper elbow]

That's why we get all the 5 star reviews from foreign lkw drivers😎

[formal minnow]

Thats usually to the office only

[formal minnow]

Here if someone is rude or wont move for drivers we tell

And theb warehouse makes them wait lmao

So did u have much issues with the protest? @proper elbow

[proper elbow]

Not much

[formal minnow]

Or did u have no jams or anything

Thats nice

[proper elbow]

Just 1

More money for me

[turbid latch]

@summer valve Is it raining down south

I am losing my sanity up here north

[formal minnow]

Nice

I had such a short day today

I was finished by 10:10

So took my time going back etc

Need the hours to be as high as possible

[silk zephyr]

I swear this kind of load is a nightmare to attach mostly around 6 rolls of those

[summer valve]

Didn't rain when I went out for a walk. Haven't been at work tonight

[turbid latch]

I got pretty scared when the car showed like -2c outside and all of sudden it started raining like crazy

[formal minnow]

[fleet basin]

Can never have too many lights

[formal minnow]

Man i wish i had evem one of thosw

[summer valve]

You drunk?

[lucid birch]

Oh god its so early

[turbid latch]

I slept 2 hours 👍

If i had work today then i stg

[rancid vault]

I Work since 3pm

[lucid birch]

[restive shoal]

does that sun visor even work? with how high its located.

[lucid birch]

Idk i look at the roof

Im tall

[rancid vault]

I can't post Pictures :(((

[restive shoal]

you need to verify

[rancid vault]

How