irl-trucking

[formal minnow]

And u earn shit during training right

[elder roost]

3 days, take it or leave it 😂

Have you proved to be a bit of a sh*thead or is this the usual way?

[jagged tiger]

Hello. im 16 yo and i wanna have a trucking career and owning my own truck, i have been looking at scania 500r or a volvo fh500 i have looked for used trucks and i found both of the models 2021 for 30k should i get a new or a used? (if my options arent good u can give me advice on what other trucks are better!) i know its early but i want to know for what and what budget i should try to save up for

the price makes me wonder why its so cheap. its a new model and it just seems suspicious

[formal minnow]

Real

[formal minnow]

Go get all yur licenses first

Bussiness licenses and whatever u need

[jagged tiger]

gotta be 18 it aint like in america wheere u can get form 16

[fast yarrow]

In America you have to be 21 to have a commercial license

[jagged tiger]

oh i didnt know im europe so yeah

sorry

[fast yarrow]

Your good just informing you

[manic sandal]

by tag teaming it means he is in the truck with you yes?

[formal minnow]

Yes

[rugged cape]

Where you from

Greece?

[trim mango]

Yeah it’s pretty shit $900 a week but it’s been hard to find a trucking job with no experience.

[trim mango]

Nope, this is how Prime runs their program

[lean oracle]

So 3600 a month? How many hrs?

[quartz moat]

damn too far from me

doing a hgv bootcamp and looking for options

[sinful tiger]

We don’t have vacancies anyway

And only 1 day artic 2 night artics unless you want boring 18t

[quartz moat]

ahh i see i see i think im too far away anyway

[trim mango]

There is no set amount of hours. We just run when loads are ready or not

[lean oracle]

Yeah ik how much y aveeeage tough

[vital rampart]

Hi

[west drum]

70-80 hours a week that I would assume he does

Without e-log, could be a different story lol

[regal smelt]

What’s driving hours?

[ember ginkgo]

.

[silk zephyr]

Can’t imagine the massive fine to pay later

[west drum]

.

[magic girder]

Its a van, so no driving hours

[silk zephyr]

Makes sense then

[tardy star]

Nice scania

[regal smelt]

I drive a van with the funny book, so I can just say shit about my times

in the book all i gotta write down is when i started etc, and the km and the city etc, its easy to type bullcrap in there, not proud off it, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

[regal smelt]

i have seen sometimes some vans off your company

[daring sail]

Same, they always cut me off for no reason!

[lean oracle]

They can’t drive for shit

Always with their foglights on at daylight

[formal minnow]

Dont lie u never seen one

[daring sail]

I see enough on the highways

[formal minnow]

Mmm

Take a pic next time

Check if itsnt a foreigner

If its not its probably me

• always fogs on and no width marker

[regal smelt]

Fun

[rapid warren]

BAG?

[blissful locust]

no, purse🗿

[rapid warren]

?

[daring sail]

What u do

[umbral epoch]

blocked

[ivory patrol]

Long kollega

[queen brook]

short koleka

[ivory patrol]

True

[queen brook]

Familiar company

[ivory patrol]

How so

[queen brook]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/323725520439083011/1288203563431886972/20240924_201726.jpg?ex=671ddbcf&is=671c8a4f&hm=3cf1ab7402e48047a2dd96dda97977d65fc4ca3778457f2ef152329c00ade30e&=&format=webp&width=353&height=627

Looks like were on the same team

[ivory patrol]

Oh yeah, you have little longer combination

[queen brook]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/323725520439083011/1293666405648044167/IMG20230225105453.jpg?ex=671df4fa&is=671ca37a&hm=d417bda566d20cfc691b6855467b76c4eaa963ca4b0b0f32b8ede9933443b2c8&=&format=webp&width=808&height=627

Almost

[ivory patrol]

You forgot your 3rd trailer

[queen brook]

Funnily enough this was from 2 years ago when the port dudesons had a strike

We did do some funky stuff with trailers then

[ivory patrol]

Thats what ive heard. I heard that you guys had 3rd trailer too

[regal smelt]

to many Lights on front

its glowing like a 🎄

gotta pay now around 180-250€

[formal minnow]

L

[ivory patrol]

"your vehicle can be seen on road, so heres your fine have a great day" lmao

[regal smelt]

it's not even much, i am happy that they didn't seen my illegal headlights

But they didn’t complain about my curtains blocking almost whole driver and passenger window

[lucid birch]

at this point i call it "ugly"

[formal minnow]

JEzus xD

[regal smelt]

Taste things

Had to remove some lights and remove the cross

[formal minnow]

how did u get the flashers in headlights

[regal smelt]

RGB Bulbs

[formal minnow]

Well no sht

but its obvious more then just that?

[formal minnow]

alright

[regal smelt]

it costed like 7€

best money

[formal minnow]

damm

[regal smelt]

so i bought 2

[formal minnow]

Why 2

[regal smelt]

easy install and works

[regal smelt]

one for the normal lights and one for the license plate

[formal minnow]

lol

u got em in rear too?

[regal smelt]

yeah 💀

[formal minnow]

show xD

[regal smelt]

i will do a video on monday if you remind me i am to lazy to walk down

[formal minnow]

bruh

L

[regal smelt]

basically T10 W5W are used for the parking ligts and license plate lights

they do show an error on screen that their broken but it is because off different bulbs aka aftermarket

probably because off the voltage difference

[formal minnow]

Yea

aka take out for inspection

[regal smelt]

and fair to say, they take around 10 seconds to actually wORK

[regal smelt]

yeah

i got a video off them booting up

and put goofy music over it to post on tiktok

there

[formal minnow]

xD

Shame my car doesnt have them for drl

id throw em in

[regal smelt]

your sprinter are the drl

what drl you got?

[formal minnow]

i got same as urs

But im waiting for my truck

so im not gonna buy stuff for van

and the truck has led drl

[ancient oar]

How do you even back those up to the ramp looks kind of difficult to drive ngl

[queen brook]

as long as you have space you can just think that the first trailer is the truck and it goes like a normal 25.25m combination

but if you dont have space then idk, just reverse the trailers individually

I havent really driven them so I dont really know

[ancient oar]

Oh alright

[queen brook]

Only forwards

Not backwards

and only once 😄

[ancient oar]

Was for sure nice then ig to have that trailer combo

[queen brook]

Its good for terminal to terminal transport because you can fit a lot more (obviously)

But nowadays seems like they are used for everything, even your average supermarket distribution

[ancient oar]

Most are those rigid chassis that have these kind of combinations

[ancient oar]

Yea

Is trucking nice and a good job or no?

Cause currently I'm doing truck mechanic and when I finish that I want to maybe start driving for a company

[queen brook]

id say so

[ivory patrol]

If you have the time to disconnect them then yeah its a good idea, but its not rocket science xd

[ivory patrol]

Not hard. You get the hang of it once you start doing it

[lucid birch]

Truck is not straight

And the dolly is on an angle

Try again

[ivory patrol]

Doesnt matter

[summer valve]

As long as the bridge can be lowered into the trailer, it's good

[lucid birch]

[ivory patrol]

This. And youre not blocking acces to the bridge next to you

[summer valve]

I once blocked it cuz I originally had to put my truck in there and the lift didn't open on the rear so I just didn't care to reconnect it to the trailer and just blocked it for ~2.5 hours

[queen brook]

average kv2 experience

with a hct

[thick cedar]

I thought double trailer banned in England

[summer valve]

#irl-media

[lucid birch]

How is this a double trailer?

Thats just a tandem

Or rigid with trailer

How you want to call it

[ancient oar]

That looks nice and good backing up skills

I want to get into trucking but first have to finish my job then

[thick cedar]

Oh its a seperate trailer tho?

[lucid birch]

Its a trailer behind a normal rigid

[jaunty idol]

yes. lithuanian plates. See 1 of them almost everyday on uk roads

[tall sorrel]

not a double . it's a 20" swap carrier truck with a 20" swap carrier trailer .

[thick cedar]

Oh wowza from long long away

[thick cedar]

So… a double mini?

So mini its not classed as one as it is still full suze of normal one?

[formal minnow]

its basicly just like a normal tractor trailer

[ionic heart]

Yeah, it’s just a tandem. Pretty common down here on the south coast, surprisingly.

Definitely nice to see, and fully legal :).

I think we even upped our max vehicle length to now like 63 meters? (I’m not sure, don’t quote me on that.)

[lucid birch]

63 meters?

dont u mean 18,55 meters

[regal smelt]

fair

if you need parts for your sprinter lmk

[formal minnow]

xd kk

[restive shoal]

longer then finland?

[rapid warren]

austria has an absolute length of 18.75m - usually we stick to 16.50m tho 😄

[restive shoal]

rules for NL
truck and trailer alone can be 12M
truck + trailer is 16,50m
rigid with trailer is 18,75m
car transport can be 20,75m
circustransport is 24m
and then you have the special transport with its own rules

[formal minnow]

Circus can even be longer im pretty sure

as their vehicles are registered differently

just in the netherlands they dont use it often and just drive a few times

[sleek nebula]

Why can’t I send images 😭

[formal minnow]

Cuz u aint verified

[trim mango]

Huh, I’m not hiding how much they pay during training phase lol it’s public information on their website

[lean oracle]

Can be over 16.5 most are due to economics reasons like aerodynamic or bigger bed for the driver

[lean oracle]

I ain’t saying u hiding am just interested

[blissful locust]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-dog-glasses-dog-glasses-wtf-wtf-dog-wtf-gif-11114902363326536726

[lucid birch]

If its a new earodynamic cab it can be 16,75 for truck trailer

Or 19,00 for tandem

Only 25cm bigger

[formal minnow]

u dont drive?

[sleek nebula]

my dads photo and tha

i went with him

[formal minnow]

#irl-media

[sleek nebula]

Oh mb i didnt see

[ionic heart]

Meant foot, tbf

[lucid birch]

Ya okay make sense then

[ivory patrol]

Not perfect. Still takes time to back it up.

[thick cedar]

So cool

[west drum]

The nice part about playing ats/ets, you don’t have to deal with breakdowns 😂

[trim mango]

You live in US?

[formal minnow]

He dont

[daring sail]

He is from Texas

[elder roost]

Loaded the wrong load today.. dispatch told me to load 429 was supposed to load 421. 2 hours wasted. Both loads was supposed to leave on our companys trucks. Still they wouldnt just change the paperwork and smile..

Both trucks LNG powered. Customer wouldnt know the difference.

[formal minnow]

lmao

thats dumb

[elder roost]

Dented dispatch as usual

[formal minnow]

easier and cheaper to just stick with the wrong load

[elder roost]

Agreed

And 421 and 29 are the same location...

Just webstore vs physical...

[formal minnow]

lmao

stupid

[summer valve]

Feels good to be back at work

[restive shoal]

@jade tangle when you going back to work

[summer valve]

You want payment by google play giftcards

Nah, usually the scammers are the ones who message me directly

[queen brook]

said no one ever

[summer valve]

I'm the type of person who'd rather be at work than at home doing nothing

[queen brook]

It was a yoke but yea

glad im going to work tomorrow

running out of of money

[magic girder]

I feel you
Being at home with my bf is nice, but after a few days boredom sets in, and i want to go back to driving

[lost crow]

👍

[formal minnow]

[formal minnow]

Damm

Bet that snow on roof is frozen solid

[daring sail]

Just drive to spain to melt it

[rugged cape]

No

[rugged cape]

Was on the phone with my buddy he is in Spain with 20°

[formal minnow]

Nice

[stark tinsel]

Let him Kooik

[summer valve]

Apparently I need to improve my economic driving

[daring sail]

Turn down the music that wastes a lot of fuel

[summer valve]

Hell nah

[lean oracle]

cuz?

[summer valve]

Saves fuel and money

[rugged cape]

Clean again, for a few meters 😊

[daring sail]

wow did u visit spain that fast to melt the snow of ur roof

[rugged cape]

I'm an effective driver

[daring sail]

Clearly yeah

[astral idol]

[summer valve]

Helium cargo

[formal minnow]

tf u carrying empty pallets?

[restive shoal]

whatever this is called?

[summer valve]

I got a fully loaded trailer but because of the ABS fault in the trailer, the scales are out of wack

[rapid warren]

I'd call it "Luftpolsterfolie" but idk the english word for it and cba to yank up another Google Rameater Tab for deepl

[summer valve]

Bubble wrap

[rapid warren]

ah

thanks 😄

[summer valve]

There's literally a quad at the rear of the trailer

[lean oracle]

bubble wrap

[summer valve]

#irl-trucking message too slow

[formal minnow]

Lol

[elder roost]

Long ass day today😂

Almost finished finishing the seedbed with the Väderstad 😂 started trucking at 4, 18 hours of work so far..

[rugged cape]

Bubble wrap

[restive shoal]

#irl-trucking message

[rugged cape]

Can I help you

[restive shoal]

[formal minnow]

Urs?

[pastel echo]

No, I just sometimes take photos of trucks

Like, you know

[formal minnow]

#irl-media

[daring sail]

stop backseat moderating

[sudden spindle]

Just a 750hp Volvo

[rugged cape]

Should've bought a 780

[daring sail]

When was first snowfall in Norway?

[summer valve]

Millions of years ago

[rugged cape]

Idk early October sometime, if you're asking this year

[daring sail]

Oh wow

[daring sail]

Thx i didnt know

[pastel echo]

Oh, ok sorry

[cosmic flame]

Yeah but the photos people send shows what truck drivers drive, which is classed as IRL trucking isnt it?

[pure bridge]

If it's their own truck.

[cosmic flame]

Yeah but it shows the Trucking industry

If you get what I mean

[formal minnow]

TOOB

[plain citrus]

i want too

[plain citrus]

sweet daf

[plain citrus]

boss cleaning again

[summer valve]

[queen brook]

Squeaky clean

[formal minnow]

Man i want proper snow for once

Aslong as i dont get any residential adres

[formal minnow]

Waiting for boat?

[queen brook]

No just came to work

[formal minnow]

Ah

Someone else drives it when hr off or na

[queen brook]

3 drivers 2 trucks

We all work 4 weeks on 2 weeks off

[plain citrus]

nub snow

[stray rover]

This is my truck here in Brazil

[daring sail]

Yes

We get some snow here maybe once per year but not much

[formal minnow]

Damm fancy

[rugged cape]

First time this season

[lucid hound]

Norway?

[rugged cape]

My buddy slid in the ditch in front of me

[gilded panther]

oof where in norway is that?

[gilded panther]

[rugged cape]

Sortland

[gilded panther]

ooo be safe

[gilded panther]

Finland i believe

[lucid hound]

Ok ty

[gilded panther]

i think i had the first snowfall right before October tbh (Norway btw)

[formal minnow]

U give him a tug or

[rugged cape]

Of course not

[ivory patrol]

what camera do you use

[lean oracle]

@rugged cape bhahaha i bet u went on cb and laughed at him

[rugged cape]

Nextbase 380GW

[rugged cape]

We were already on the phone

[lean oracle]

Ah

Bet it was lot of laughing

I’m thinking of getting cb for mine

Aka ask mechanics if we got some laying around still

[daring sail]

I can install for cheap price

[lean oracle]

Why? They do it free or a few beers aka Friday walk and grab vs them walk and grab it 😂

[elder roost]

Sweden today🤔

Not even super singles, im impressed

[rugged cape]

Noone uses them here

[lean oracle]

True all got the headset on and be calling each other

[fleet basin]

Finland

[lean oracle]

Same thing if you go up north

[fleet basin]

Yep but im in south

[elder roost]

Headset and mental asylum group calls from 3:00-15:00😎🥰

[lean oracle]

Don’t matter for me your up north 😂

[formal minnow]

id only do that if the whole gang has headsets

as all our car kits are ass quality

even the standard build in ones

mic so far away from driver

On my van its on the driver side dash

right below the indicator stalk

where all the fkn wind noise is

I hope in my truck its better

[formal minnow]

Very nice

[lean oracle]

its iveco, it wont

[daring sail]

Winter wonderland

But for u winter hell land?

I'm not sure if snow is very nice when trucking

[rugged cape]

Not a problem

[rugged cape]

Poor lady 😂

[formal minnow]

Friend just staring like

get tf up i dont wanna wait

[rugged cape]

Pleasant when propane trucks are using both lanes 😂

[regal comet]

thats actually mad

[ivory patrol]

Still waiting for a new truck

[formal minnow]

Meanwhile me

who is waiting for his own fkn truck

atleast scania finally started building up the new rigid for the driver who will get it

then i can take his truck lol

[ivory patrol]

Lucky you. We are getting new daf its not bad but daf doesnt produce any powerful truck

[formal minnow]

well

the scania isnt for me

its for the current driver of what will be my truck

unless he decides no dont want it

[ivory patrol]

Yeah, for me scania is the best brand ive ever driven. It has the best chassis, interior and looks.

[formal minnow]

ive drivne scania and daf

scania on driving lessons

and a daf on code 95 test

and the daf was absolute dogshit

[ivory patrol]

What kinda daf

[formal minnow]

If i wanted to on scania i could floor from start be fine

and on the daf i had to feather or itd shock so much

uh

no clue just the new onses

not xg tho

previous

[ivory patrol]

This one?

[formal minnow]

yea

I did like tho how sensitive the brake was

for low speeds

(i didnt)

[ivory patrol]

Yeah they are pretty strong too

[formal minnow]

doing 20

touch brake lightly

skrrt

💀

had to let go of brake or itd be so violently stopping and shaking

[ivory patrol]

Nah its not, just underpowered

[formal minnow]

its ass

[ivory patrol]

It looks like one but it works so

[formal minnow]

Bro the one i had my test in

had 30 fkn warning lights on

[ivory patrol]

Yeah maybe that makes things little bit harder

[formal minnow]

Maybe

[ivory patrol]

Our truck has worked pretty well

[daring sail]

Oh wow that's some snow

[elder roost]

You get used to it, it can be a challenge at times. But mostly a welcome one

[rugged cape]

Usually never a problem

[regal comet]

snow is not a problem

ice is

[rugged cape]

Nah

[regal comet]

for a supertrucker like u its no problem

[daring sail]

Where are u located

Looks amazing

[rugged cape]

In Talvik now

Weekly rest

[daring sail]

Oh ur very very far north

[rugged cape]

Usually

[daring sail]

I’d love to visit Norway next winter.

[elder roost]

Well, snow can become a problem when the brainlets decide to put a snowplie where i need the space to swing a corner..

[summer valve]

Usually never a problem if you ain't a koleka

[rugged cape]

Never a problem

[regal comet]

cotton has snowplow on his truck

pushes 2 axle kolekas out of the way

[frozen trout]

Missä on noin paljon jo lunta 😵

[summer valve]

Lahti has. And probably Kuopio as well (if not more)

[frozen trout]

Copy that, drive safe

[daring sail]

⛄️

Did u build a snowman already?

[rugged cape]

39hr break over, let's go

[lean oracle]

Couldn’t wait 6 hrs more? Now u gotta compensate it xd

[lean oracle]

Foggy

[daring sail]

How much meters u think

[lean oracle]

Vision was about 100/150 lol

Way back was spots it was better

[daring sail]

Ah thats not a lot

[lean oracle]

But that’s top of Maasvlakte road so yeah utter shit

[rugged cape]

Nah wouldn't make it to loading. Going to Amsterdam for a week before I need to compensate so it's no worry

And also that is illegal

[lean oracle]

What’s illegal?

[rugged cape]

Full weekly rest in the truck

[lean oracle]

Ah

So why stil do 39 lol

[rugged cape]

What do you mean

[formal minnow]

hes wondering why u did 39

if ur not doing full rest

[rugged cape]

Because that's when I started my week to be at delivery place when they open at 7:30am

[lean oracle]

Coulda done 24

[rugged cape]

Bruh then it would be sunday

[restive shoal]

Double clone is still learning

[rugged cape]

Starting at 4:30pm to drive 30 minutes to unloading to wait until 7:30am means I'd have to compensate 21 hours compared to 6. And needed to start my next weekly rest at Saturday compared to Sunday

That's why 39 is better 😌

[elder roost]

Dont worry, they are newbies and dont understand loading/unloading windows yet. Also screw unloading windows, if I arrive within open hours and theres free personnel just lemme unload.

[rugged cape]

Usually it's fine but everything is closed on sundays. I was once delivering to a hardware store. The store closes at 9pm but the goods receipts close at 4pm and I was there at 4:30pm. They refused to unload me at 4:30pm so I had to wait until 8am the day after and it was the same guy I had asked earlier that unloaded me at 8am. I was mad

[elder roost]

Yyp thats why we mostly only service customers which we are allowed to unload ourselves with their equipment. Mostly constructionsites. They just leave the keys in👍👍

[rugged cape]

Most places will do that but not in big cities. They used to be nice about it but not anymore

[elder roost]

Agreed, we specialize in "just in time" around the clock deliverys. Love it! But self unloading with a rototilt excav when its been a while is tedious when unloading 51 pallets one at a time🫠

[rugged cape]

I mean the guy unloading me understood the situation and told me that it was stupid but that he couldn't do anything since his boss said no

[elder roost]

Usually thats the way it is.. also if you was allowed "everyone has too" is bullshit that ruins everyone s fun..

[rugged cape]

But my traffic manager knows and he will prioritize those who unloads

[rugged cape]

I asked him what they would do if I had my own forklift to unload with after 4pm and he didn't have an answer

[elder roost]

Yup, we sloved the self loading issue with some of our customers by simply having us truckers "work there" on paper.. which is stupid. But insurance companies gonna insurance companies..

[elder roost]

Same... Delivering to Bauhaus is a very specific PITA that way..

Worst case scenario we can self unload with a palletjack and the liftgate in a few hours..

[rugged cape]

But you are working in your company unloading cargo for your company so they have insurance

[elder roost]

Not that simple in Sweden sadly...

[rugged cape]

Well we unload garbage ourselves in Sweden so I never had that issue

In Boden and Kiruna they're nice but in Umeå they can be difficult

[formal minnow]

How would that take a few hours?

[elder roost]

Liftgate and loading between the truck and trailer to access the liftgate.. try it

[formal minnow]

unhook

[elder roost]

Yea, depends on the customer, its not as simple as being able to generalize. Every customer has different insurance that interoperates with ours different. For example when are not allowed to self load at Gyproc. But we can self unload Gyproc deliverys.

[elder roost]

Ah yes no shit

[formal minnow]

unless u got doors on front of trailer

[elder roost]

Yea, how would you do it with a palletjack?

Even with opening doors..

[formal minnow]

well u can just walk from truck to trailer then

it shouldnt take oto long

unless ur walking like 100 meter from truck to warehouse and back with each pallet

[elder roost]

Dont help when puttin the pallets on the ground.

[elder roost]

Have you ever tried? You realize its 51 pallets?

[formal minnow]

yes

shouldnt take more then a total of 2-3 mins per pallet

[elder roost]

Yes

[formal minnow]

so it wont be several hours but still ofc a hour or 2 at max

[elder roost]

That ads up to 2+ hours anyways..

So "a couple hours"

[formal minnow]

i wouldnt call 2 hours a couple

id say a couple is like 4+

[elder roost]

A couple is literally 2 hours..

You do realize you have to move 18 pallets to the truck > move truck > unload > repeat?

[formal minnow]

Does your trailer not have a liftgate?

[elder roost]

Nope

[formal minnow]

well u didnt say that

i assumed it had

[elder roost]

We only use the truck gate only as a last resort.

Maybe once a month, and to do extra localwork when getting home to earlt

[elder roost]

We legaly cant have one on 27m combinations for some odd reason..

[formal minnow]

Thats stupid

[elder roost]

Some "fair competition" bs

[formal minnow]

here most combinations have a liftgate on truck and trailer

theyre ofcourse only 25.25 here but still

[formal minnow]

What kinda bs is this

"oh u can carry 18 more pallets?"

"no liftgate on trailer for you"

making u be slower lmao

[elder roost]

Well its allowed up to 24 meter and 25,25 eu combinations for some reason..

[formal minnow]

yet u can throw a cage monkey on it

may aswell allow the fkn liftgate

[elder roost]

Also the truck is technically a 19, pallet and the trailer 34 but we rarely do that..

[formal minnow]

i mean easier to have some extra room

makes it less annoying to turn around with a pallet etc

then u can turn inside the truck vs the fkn liftgate

the amounts of times ive almost fallen off

[elder roost]

Well since we do constructionsites we deal with a lot of "sea pallets" of odd dimensions so the extra 40 cm each is for that bullshit

[formal minnow]

yea

i love when i have to load those kinda pallets

usually if your lucky u have 2 american pallets that are 1 meter wide

[elder roost]

Its all i do😂😂😂

[formal minnow]

so i can still fit them next to eachother

but i have times where i got 120x120 pallets

load 3 and im basicly full

very fun when planners then still want me to load 3 euros

Yes it fits but its very fkn annoying to have to try and cram them in

[elder roost]

Well we ship what fits luckily😂 and our contracts are multi delivery, so if we end up saving one 8 hour trip thats good for the books.

[formal minnow]

oh yeah definetly

meanwhile i once got send on a detour of in total 2 hours away from company ish

on a return

then 2 hours to company from there

geuss what?

228 and 240 high

that does not fit

dumbass planners sometimes

they know my height yet just do not check for the height with customer

[elder roost]

Sometimes our final delivery looks like this... Which is a bit dumb..

[formal minnow]

[elder roost]

Racecar load 😏😏

[lean oracle]

Bros strapping down when he has “solid” walls and isn’t in Germany 😂

[rugged cape]

80% forward and 50% to the sides and back is the law 😃

Average Swedish gated area

[lean oracle]

yeah but thats usually on open trailers and such

in closed trailers with solid walls it cannot get out of it

[rugged cape]

It's on everything

[lean oracle]

put a bar behind and u solid

[rugged cape]

Yes it can

[wispy sail]

items in trailers can very easily shift around in transit and ive seen it first hand

[lean oracle]

bruh not even a ribbon n that chain

u know what that calls for, the ribbon cutter 3000

i mean i have containers

[rugged cape]

Enough speed and momentum and it's going to take the walls with it

[sacred junco]

hvor kjører du?

[wispy sail]

Yes, ive seen a fewa ccidents here in canada where straps werent used properly and the trailer blew in half

[lean oracle]

the ones i get loaded at one company been a while i went there, theyll actually at the end use two pallets and straps trough one of the rings so it has force cant move backwards, and they fill gaps, but like today 2x container loaded and nothing tied down but like also no space for it to move

[lean oracle]

dnt let the mods see this

[rugged cape]

Yeah that's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Once I was at a place and they put an extention cord in the air to not get run over but guess what, I still ran it over 😂

[lean oracle]

haha but thats fine that will tear apart

that chain woulda done damage

i mean

u dont have a chain cutter

i mean i dont have one at work cuz they dnt want us but ive had it 2x i had to go somwehere and get a container unlaoded, no 3x already , i dont have often the boxes be unloaded as in at a dock

and had to ask them for cutters or shit

one time i went and theyre like: open it up
me: i will once u gimme a tool to cut it

they had non and i didnt but there was a handy man who had like angle grinder so that worked

[rugged cape]

Is that a bus

[sacred junco]

yes

its rare

but we sometimes get busses

[queen brook]

Need more light

[lean oracle]

i gotta get some led lights for in the truck man, so theres a small vibe in, but also perhaps replace all interior leds for red leds

few guys have that but its also way better in the morning and evening in the dark

[formal minnow]

This is why they should hang something lf it

[formal minnow]

U only got poppies as rsd lights?

[rugged cape]

I just put in a simple led strip

[lean oracle]

yeah as said gotta get smth

but the led is nice for when parked

[queen brook]

No I have leds

[lean oracle]

but when door opens or lights go on when turn it off red be nicer as it isnt as bright

[formal minnow]

Nice hat

[rugged cape]

Turn it off

[lean oracle]

yeah i do during day but in morning when dark needda have it on sometimes to see what im writing on cmr, hence i wanna perhaps change the color of those, but i also wanna just add some leds but i gotta get a adapter then cuz one has my dashcam one has phone charger and theres only 2 plugs so yea

[elder roost]

Its drywall dipshid

[elder roost]

Wanna tell more? You must be the expert

[elder roost]

Its 900mm packs of drywall😂

[rugged cape]

Luckily we load 1200mm drywall

[rugged cape]

Finally some new tires

[daring sail]

Chunky

[alpine finch]

Got my truck license some days ago
The game changed to serious mode now🫡 🤣

[rapid warren]

Congrats!

[formal minnow]

Congratulations

[cedar owl]

Cars always get wrecked while the truck is basically unchanged

[ancient bear]

Congrats! Welcome to the club!

[daring sail]

What did you do!

[stray rover]

Congratulations!

[formal minnow]

Smoll

[stray rover]

Not much for being a P370

[formal minnow]

Atleast u got a bed etc so

[void totem]

what can this even haul

[cobalt onyx]

Smol cab

[formal minnow]

Same as any other truck

[magic girder]

Nice and tight

[void totem]

it has less power than most rigid trucks around me

I doubt it’s hauling anything more than 15t even if it legally can do more

[magic girder]

Can do 50 ton if needed, it won't be fast, we had P340's and hauled 33 tons of load, 50 tons total

[lost crow]

Stand still

[rugged cape]

Actually more since it's probably lighter

[rugged cape]

Not on a 4x2 I assume?

[magic girder]

Yes, just a 4x2 semi with a 3 axle trailer

[rugged cape]

Is that legal

[magic girder]

50 ton total weight is allowed in the Netherlands 10 ton per axle

[wise thistle]

I have a question, do yall real truckers use "best roads" (highways) or "small roads" irl?

[magic girder]

Depends on where you going, but most is on highways, and the last few km's on smaller roads, although it may happen that sometimes its faster to take the smaller roads

And it also depends on the type of work, and which country you are in

[wise thistle]

Lets say Slovakia for a example, normal 18-21 tonne haulage

[wise thistle]

Is there a way in ets2 to make gps work like that? Btw ik i should say this in #ets2-modding

[rapid warren]

you can only chose on "fastest", "best" or "country roads".

[wise thistle]

I know that

[magic girder]

I don't have any experience with Slovakia, but i do with Hungary, there are some highways, and they are expanding the highway network, but for the 5 hours one way i did there, was 30 minutes on highway, rest on local roads

[wise thistle]

Is there a way I make the navigation adaptive or something

[magic girder]

Also depend on where you going, if you go from the Austrian border to Bucarest, its all highway, i went from the border to Lake Balaton and then down to Pecs, only along lake Balaton was highway for me

[magic girder]

Not really, it will pick from one of the options thats available, but in the map you can set waypoints

[wise thistle]

Hmm, alright, what setting do u use when driving

[magic girder]

I honestly do not know

[wise thistle]

Oh, it's all good, thanks for helping

[rugged cape]

Small roads, we don't have many highways

[wise thistle]

What country?

[rugged cape]

Norway

[wise thistle]

Makes sense

[blissful locust]

for some reason i have that on my phone

[regal comet]

lol p series tractor trailer

[regal comet]

thats a stupid ass claim

[summer valve]

[formal minnow]

Not really

Small p tractors and similar are usually at max maybe 360hp

[regal comet]

ok and?

you can get 500hp on the p series?

[void totem]

You’re a stupid ass claim

[regal comet]

we pull fully loaded 25,25 m combinations with a p series up here in norway

[void totem]

well this one isn’t

😭

[regal comet]

lmk when you actually have a say in this

kiddo

[void totem]

ok

cry

[rapid warren]

[summer valve]

Doesn't mean it's needed to have 500hp

[regal comet]

exactly

u dont need a V8 for everything

[summer valve]

You can't even get a V8 in a P series

[rapid warren]

I was about to say 😄

[regal comet]

I know

lmao

[rapid warren]

Only R and S have the V8 option afaik

[summer valve]

And looking at NL, it's literally as flat as can be. 300-400hp is plenty enough there

[rapid warren]

you gonna have issues in austria tho

[summer valve]

Depends on how heavy the load is

[rapid warren]

well, I had with my 360hp on empty my issues already - dont wanna see the situation if I would've had cargo in it lol

[lean oracle]

Plenty of tunnels and bridges disagree

[regal comet]

we have 10% inclines here no problem

your country is flat as shit

2 axle warriors

[summer valve]

[lean oracle]

Bruh if I got 26 ton on the trailer I’ll leave tunnel at less than 70 if I don’t let it run to a 100 downhill

[summer valve]

70 is supposed to be slow?

[regal comet]

haha

[magic girder]

Depends on the tunnel, just above 70, slowest sofar climbing was near Maastricht where i got down to 66km/h with 30 tons of load, started the climb with 83 km/h

[lean oracle]

We actually got something called traffic here not where y barely see any cars or trucks

[void totem]

bro lives in the north pole

[magic girder]

We run with 480 hp into France, Germany, Austria, Danmark, UK Luxumburg, and sometimes Spain and Italy

[regal comet]

in one of the tunnels on my route I have around 35 km/h at the top and thats when I have 90 km/h at the start of the incline + kickdown

[rapid warren]

480hp are okay for austria

[summer valve]

I've done 40kmh uphill on a 120kmh highway. 70kmh isn't slow

[magic girder]

We did run those same loads/routes till a few years ago with 400 and 410 hp trucks, they even used one of the P340's for France

[rapid warren]

💀

[magic girder]

Lot of the trucks where FH400 or XF410

[rapid warren]

trying to drive with 340hp in austria aint a good idea

[regal comet]

why does the traffic even matter? I have 60-70 km/h before hills on 80 km/h roads to eco roll... Doesnt matter what traffic I have behind me, they can drive past me or I will let them pass later on

[magic girder]

Later on we got some FH440, and XF105.460, but also Actros 420, and MAN TGX 440

[summer valve]

We run a FH460 that hauls literally has a gross weight of 60+ tons.

[magic girder]

The older FH's performed great, even with 400 hp, although some did not like the new 460's when they came out

[restive shoal]

same for 450

[magic girder]

A FM7 also can have a 48 ton load and still pull it, although not as fast

[magic girder]

450 will do just fine

[rapid warren]

I'd say so too, but everything below 400 is..... well.... savage 😂

[magic girder]

No, thats just fun, especially with a manual gearbox

[rapid warren]

💀

[regal comet]

paid hourly, no problem

[magic girder]

I love a good challenge, in ETS2 i drive a CF with 340 hp and a 8 speed manual, love the challenge

[restive shoal]

weekly in austria, 450hp and 12 speed manual or 16.

[magic girder]

The best

[rapid warren]

I've seen it on Rowan's Server :3

[restive shoal]

sadly i am not allowed to drive it

[rapid warren]

yeah, but still.... I dont wanna be a pain in the behind on the highway yk?

[magic girder]

Also do not forget, 40 years ago it was normal to have 320 to 380 hp, if you had a 420 or 450 hp V8 you where the man of the road, and now people complain when they have 450 or 480 hp

[rapid warren]

Yeah, I know 😄

[magic girder]

Why not

[restive shoal]

no license yet, tho tomorrow exam module 1

[magic girder]

It also will drive without a license

[formal minnow]

The truck doesnt judge

[restive shoal]

the driver does, kinda like tho weeda drivers cleaning his truck every possible time exterior and interior

[magic girder]

Well, thats the best driver there is

Pride is his truck and work

[restive shoal]

i should have taken a photo of a different truck last saturday, dude made it look like he drove a rally with it

[magic girder]

I know a few that are the same

[formal minnow]

Very fun when u clean

and next day u must go trough a muddy road

to get to company

[magic girder]

Fun moments

[rugged cape]

And driving hours weren't enforced as much, so more time on your hands

I could manage less HP than my 500 but I already struggle with driving hours so

[magic girder]

I just drive 83

[rugged cape]

Well you don't have hills

[magic girder]

We have some small ones

[rugged cape]

No

[magic girder]

Yes, we have Limburg, and de Hoge Veluwe

[rugged cape]

100 meters

[magic girder]

Limburg is 300+ meter

[summer valve]

Great light placement

[cobalt onyx]

Oh look, Nubtu in a VW

[summer valve]

Hated it. Luckily it's far gone

[cobalt onyx]

Still in the Volvo LNG?

[lean oracle]

You don’t even clean your van yourself tough

[summer valve]

Yup

[formal minnow]

Okay and????

[trim mango]

Are you guys trucking for the money or actually like to drive? What is your “why” ?

[rapid warren]

mixed. I like to drive but also the money fits way better than on my old job

[summer valve]

Both

[thorny folio]

This set up for hydraulics is amazing compared to my last company

[haughty ore]

Hey, does any1 know if having a hgv license will help with personal car insurance ? (Class 1 c+e)

In the uk btw

[magic girder]

Both

[magic girder]

Depends on the insurance company, for me it does as i'm insured via a truck insurance company, not sure if a company in the UK offers the same

[haughty ore]

yeah was hoping it does because I literally get extortionate prices so was hoping once I get my class 1 that might go down abit cuz obviously you'd be a more qualified/responsible driver

[magic girder]

I don't know how insurance in the UK really work, i know it has to do with age etc, but i don't know how they calculate the rates

[haughty ore]

Yeah I can't really find much info on it either I'm 18 and a one year license holder and can't get anything under 5,000£

It's kinda cringe

to be fair I do live near london but 5k is abit unpayable

[magic girder]

Thats, expensive, i pay 51 euro a month

[haughty ore]

I wish, and funnily enough the car I was looking at was a 2006 1litre polo

60bhp

[magic girder]

I know its expensive over there

[formal minnow]

Buy a car that no teen drives and itll already be alot cheaper lol

[jaunty idol]

Prolly not

Paid over 2k for civic xD and this year, with hgv licence i managed to get comprehensive for 1200? 102.73 monthly if im not wrong

I mean, 2k for the 1st year holding car licence for like 3-4 months

[haughty ore]

How old are you tho

[jaunty idol]

23

I was 22 when bought the car

[haughty ore]

yeah im 18 and a one year license holder doing my class 1 next week

[jaunty idol]

Or 21 lol XD don't remember

[haughty ore]

and cant get insured on anything

well i can if I wanna pay a arm and a leg

[jaunty idol]

I guess the only option is to get a new car, some cheapest sht as insurance companies look different on the new cars for some reason, but i bet you can't afford one. So you pay 5 grand or you have to ask your parents to be named drivers

[haughty ore]

Funnily enough if I put my dad as a the main driver its 3-4k more expensive than when im first driver

it makes 0 sense

[jaunty idol]

Wtf

[haughty ore]

and he's a 37 year license holder clean record 9 year no claims

so idk xd

[jaunty idol]

Insurance companies in the uk is actual scam and noone even care about it apart from young people wanting to drive

Which is sad

[haughty ore]

yeah if they don't want us driving on the roads why not age limit the license to 21 or somethin

[jaunty idol]

Still confused they didn't glue themselves in the middle of m25 trying to do something about it lmao 😂😂

[haughty ore]

don't talk about the m25 i have ptsd

[jaunty idol]

Cmon man, you're about to finish your licence, and drive on m25 everyday in a truck 😅 do you know how painful it is when you are fully loaded?

[haughty ore]

atleast when there is a 4 hour delay I'll get paid

[jaunty idol]

Thought same when i started driving

There is no money they can pay me for driving there, or waiting in huge traffic jams

[haughty ore]

Well if its hourly then yeah

but if its fixed per day

then no

[jaunty idol]

I am on hourly pay, still want to drive and not sit and wait

Even tho im on containers 🤣

[haughty ore]

Yeah I get that but atleast you're not wasting time haha

you still get paid for sitting in traffic yea its not fun

[jaunty idol]

Its exhausting, its different to sit and get paid like me now, in a truck stop, than in a traffic, moving the truck every 5mins

But it is what it is, i wanted to, no one forced me to drive lorrys

[lean oracle]

U don’t know how painfully steep tunnel downhill is having a tank container being 27 ton and it not be full to bring and no bulkheads nice n slammy

[summer valve]

Light 62.5 ton load

[magic girder]

Nice

[formal minnow]

Nice

[ivory patrol]

Its not

[formal minnow]

cuz its a daf right

[formal minnow]

Ah

your next to polski express

This is not aalsmeer

[ivory patrol]

Nah, its underpowered

[formal minnow]

uuh

near hoek v holland

a15 end

[queen brook]

Maasdijk

[blissful locust]

i think hz logistics is located there, just a guess

[daring sail]

Don’t hide from me muhahha

[formal minnow]

yes like i said

at a20 end

[queen brook]

You said a15

Silly

[formal minnow]

Shush

I forgor it was 20

[daring sail]

Ur getting old

[magic girder]

He already has dementia

[daring sail]

Are those the western lights??

[lean oracle]

No, they’re the southern lights

[blissful locust]

south eastern

[daring sail]

Wow is he from Australia

[upper copper]

Last load of the week💪🏼

[lean oracle]

yes

[lean oracle]

im no tipper driver but with trailer being long and heavy loads, wouldnt u wanna tip it halfway first get good weight out of it before fully raising it/ less stress on the ram and less change to tip

[upper copper]

what im unloading here is wet ish sand, so the quicker i can get it raised the better, also the ground thats in front of me leans a lot to the side so i have to just unload where im at and then move when either the sand is all the way out or just in the end of the trailer

[lean oracle]

`ah

so if it was just noraml sand aka not wet n such u wouldnt go up as fast as possible but get some weight out first?

[upper copper]

well i would still stand the same place and raise it as high was possible no matter what is inside of it

cause it just needs to be unloaded in the same pile/area same with the grain and sugar beets that we drive currently, i normaly dont do a lot of dirt or sand hauling

[muted shell]

taglift?

[pseudo bone]

Nighty night

[ivory patrol]

My english is not that good so idk what youre saying, but the middle axle is the drive axle and you can lift the back axle (non drivable)

[muted shell]

yes, that's what I meant. I thought for this type of trailer config you need 6x4 in Finland?

[ivory patrol]

Mmm no, its 6x2

But both rear axles need to be dually

[muted shell]

ah, makes sense

[ivory patrol]

And if its a truck like that it needs to have atleast 3 axles

[rugged cape]

Not allowed to post photos while driving here btw

[rapid warren]

who cares

[rugged cape]

The ones who banned me probably

[rapid warren]

they really ban for that now?

[rugged cape]

Idk, this was 2,5 years ago

[rapid warren]

ah

[ivory patrol]

Just state that you are parked

[rapid warren]

[gritty dagger]

@timid hedge at least I get a real life sized wheel today 😂 tho I can’t take this one home

A bit hard I think

[summer valve]

Just say it's a private road. Rules don't govern that

[formal minnow]

Tbf that genuinely looks like one

[summer valve]

80% of roads in Finland are private

[timid hedge]

wow

[timid hedge]

if 80 percent of roads in finland are private

what makes it a private road? whats the difference between a private road and public road?

i thought roads in most places are from the government?

[summer valve]

Private roads have a private owner.

[rapid warren]

And how do you see that? Can you drive on them? If so is it paid or free2use?

[summer valve]

Most are open to public, some are not

[rapid warren]

But how can you tell? Signs? Or tells the Navigation System that?

[timid hedge]

oh yes of course but 80 percent of them?

why arent they from the government?

😭

[summer valve]

Idk

Easier to just assume every road is private

[rapid warren]

[formal minnow]

Exactly

[rugged cape]

Parked in 60 kmh 😂

[lean oracle]

private property man

[restive shoal]

clean that truck

[fleet basin]

Ive had no time for that this week 😅

[blissful locust]

speedometer froze

[regal comet]

whats the point of wheel chocks

[vale shuttle]

some companies require it, like KN in the netherlands. its because the trailer can move when you're loading / unloading but most of my colleagues dont use them

[regal comet]

why would the trailer move

only way I could see it move on a flat surface like that is if someone pushes the release valve

[gritty dagger]

huh ?

the what

[regal comet]

?

[gritty dagger]

oh the yellow thing i didnt know the word in english

well to stop it from moving when ppl load the trailer

[regal comet]

why would it move

?

[gritty dagger]

Driving a truck in the trailer bounces it quiet a lot can cause it to move. Also if the break on the trailer stops working it can save it from moving

common sense ?

[regal comet]

if there is a risk of the trailer moving while loading if the parking brake is engaged then it should not be on the road

[gritty dagger]

huh

[regal comet]

you dont know how trailer brakes work?

[lean oracle]

thats mostly when they unhook trailers, but when the truck is tehre like i never chock it

[gritty dagger]

its extra percation what do u mean

[regal comet]

"Also if the break on the trailer stops working"

[gritty dagger]

if something happens to it it could help

idk what else to give u

[regal comet]

its just unecessary and a waste of time

[lean oracle]

it has to do with safety, plenty places they unhook trailer, and then what theyll do is go in with ellectric pallet jacks and for instant load it with 1ton pallets front to back, the weight could move the trailer a bit and then without chocks it could slowly move away from dock a bit , enough to have the ramp fall out

[regal comet]

thats not really a problem dude

it will never move enough

[lean oracle]

u ever drove a truck?

it literally can

[regal comet]

i have far more experience then you

it cant dude

[lean oracle]

plenty docks the back of the trailer vs where the ramp is located and fold open can be quite a distance

[lean oracle]

u have "more experience" than me yet you have never driven a truck, ahve u even ever worked in a warehouse with docks? cuz i have

shit can move

[regal comet]

lmao

u are funny dude

[lean oracle]

ur saying shit without having experience so pls just dont say shit u dont know about

[regal comet]

dude just reading this sentence gave me a stroke

the trailer will never move enough for the "ramp to fall off"

if there is a risk of the trailer moving from loading and unloading then that trailer should not be on the road

[lean oracle]

bro theres plenty of docks where the gap from the rear bit of the trailer the ramp can rest on to the start of where the ramp starts already be 15to 20cm

and most are 30to 35long

add a angled trailer not being in straight or not fully against the back of the dock against wall and that becomes bigger

[regal comet]

okay? but the trailer still wont move enough lmao

[lean oracle]

it can

[regal comet]

it cant

otherwise its not road worthy

[lean oracle]

most stuff while on parking brake can move a tiny bit

same as when u put steering lock on and can move it a tiny bit

shit can move evne if braked, not much but enough

[regal comet]

it wont move enough

ever tried pulling a trailer with the parking brake on?

lmk how it goes

with good friction

[lean oracle]

u never driven a truck u said so yeah shut up, a trailer with brakes on can be moved bits

[regal comet]

haha

you are a fool dude

"u never driven a truck"

🤡

[lean oracle]

yeah and thats 7months ago, i got my license

[regal comet]

okay thats the whole point dumbass

[ionic heart]

Watch your language please.

Plus, why are we causing an unnecessary argument

[formal minnow]

Nice joke

[gritty dagger]

it has happen at our work, people load the trailer they dont have those chocks, when they drive out from the trailer the ramp has moved just a bit of the truck, and the truck weighs a bit so it coplases it and u can get hurt it may not fully fall out but its as said from double clone safety

better safe then sorry but maybe you dont understand that

Maybe its also better for you to jump of the semi truck when getting out to save 5 miliseconds and destory the legs and feets

idk and i dont care what you do but thats how it is here

id rather keep my workers extra safe then something happening to them and it being on me and me feeling the guilt of them getting hurt or badly hurt

[formal minnow]

Ive seen trailers go up and down 30 cm

when forklift / ept etc drives in or out of the trailer

no chocks is deadly then

if it moves too much

[regal comet]

didnt u fail ur test?

stick to ur van dude

[formal minnow]

Okay? and

[regal comet]

keep seeing bro

[formal minnow]

whats wrong with failing a test

ive got my license so i obviously am more then capable to drive a truck

[regal comet]

keep ur eyes open dude

[lean oracle]

just ignore the guy, guys being a prick wanting to start beef

[regal comet]

haha

[gritty dagger]

You know there is companies that comes with a wheel loader and puts a huge damn brick thing infront of the truck for safety as well lol

It wasnt invented for no reason there is a reason behind it

[regal comet]

what the hell are you saying?

[lean oracle]

i seen thos vids, but also a excevator when move just pound the inside of the trucks tipper and be like nope

[formal minnow]

i mean if u got a wheelloader and big concrete stones etc laying around

may aswell use that to support trailer instead of spending 2k on a pin holder

[gritty dagger]

yeye but some places do

[formal minnow]

Yea

alot of bigger companies in belgium have the supports for trailers

but thats usually because they have alot of containers on dock at all times

so its smart to put them under as half the time those arent loaded right anyways

[lean oracle]

i seen a 40ft being loaded and by a forklfit and not be supported on the front

back basically 2tires kept coming loose one fully and one basically almost all barely touch ground and front just stay on, no front support and loading with a forklift flying in

if that wasnt chocked it be jumping over the parking lot

[upper copper]

Loading some sand👌🏼

[proper elbow]

Is it bros sole purpose to prove strangers wrong on the internet?

[regal comet]

https://tenor.com/view/pettydrake-funnydrake-drakefunny-drake-gif-22897864

[proper elbow]

Judging by the message history I was correct

I've heard of backseat gaming but backseat trucking a whole new thing

[ivory patrol]

If the surface is icy it could move. Ive heard stories like that

[regal comet]

thats a whole different thing again

but yes

and if you have been driving for a while and the tires are warm in combination with snow etc

[ivory patrol]

How

[regal comet]

just is dude

embrace it

[ivory patrol]

How

Tell me how it is different

[regal comet]

do you use studded tires in the summer?

do u use chains in 20+ degree weather?