It would be punishment to drive semi trailer at this job
#irl-trucking
rustic bolt
crimson turtle
protestor shouldn't have been in the road.
thick cedar
Heavy cargo pack in real life ☺️
in Turkey, Istanbul, e5 highway
The truck was scaina ✌️
tepid nova
noice
i once saw an iveco stralis
IN
South Korea!!!
and south korea doesn't need trucks it's tiny
eager lodge
I wouldn't say tiny, but... yeah.
crimson turtle
I drove past an iveco dealer on my way home the other day, almost took a pic to show @rustic bolt
plucky river
for some reason i've never seen a semi truck dealer in real life i just realized totally didn't forgot to hit enter on this reply
rustic bolt
They are everywhere here, though usually no new trucks are sitting in display because every one is built to order exactly how customer wants it
Best place to spot brand new ones is the harbour, thats where they most likely reside for a day or so after trip from sweden
plucky river
Well i live in america somewhat inland in a really tiny state to so yeah
rustic bolt
Yes and your trucks do not need to be custom made because there is no point in choosing different frames or axle configurations
fleet valve
im in Missouri and ive seen dealers along I-70
crimson turtle
Inb4 too mqny lights are unrealistic.
granite cosmos
It's a DAF, it's utilitarian in nature
rustic bolt
sigh
fleet valve
and i'd rather not see it again
fleet valve
fortunately i live in the United States of America, where most custom trucks are not as hideous
rustic bolt
But you do have those stretched abominations with stupid wheel arches
jaunty scaffold
Looks.... Unique
rustic bolt
Looks like pile of sh...
fleet valve
a pile of vomit
rustic bolt
Yup
fleet valve
it has that orange
uneven summit
i hate it
fleet valve
and... um... particulates
uneven summit
its ugly i would never drive that truck for 100 billion
fleet valve
this truck seems quite tasteful however
rustic bolt
Not those pipes
fleet valve
why not? just about every truck has pipes like those
rustic bolt
Too tall
fleet valve
seems fine to me
rustic bolt
Looks stupid with little sleeper
fleet valve
are these pipes short enough for you?
rustic bolt
Ugh
fleet valve
that one does
rustic bolt
facedesk
upbeat wedge
Mad photoshop skills I say
rustic bolt
Do you know what concept art means?
uneven summit
nauseated face
rustic bolt
yes, usually that aswell
concept art usually is drawn by somebody who is high on some sort of drugs
uneven summit
DrDog how do you do slanted writing
rustic bolt
* text *
fleet valve
reminds me of this
rustic bolt
I'll leave before i punch somebody over TCP/IP
fleet valve
no its fine, i got plenty of photoshops
uneven summit
facesmack
upbeat wedge
Lmao... Googled scania concept and found this on Pinterest https://i.gyazo.com/bf64c15b4b2f0e24e55dc9b9f3c83738.png
fleet valve
Scania? in MY Country?
rustic bolt
no, thats beautiful
fleet valve
no
uneven summit
how
rustic bolt
Ok, maybe not the Torpedo model but the normal 2/3 series is pretty
Most simple and beautiful engineering, can fix it with just a set of wrenches and its a strong truck
fleet valve
ok, what about this truck? i call this the "Mother-In-Law Transporter"
rustic bolt
Why do people do this
fleet valve
because they have no brain
rustic bolt
What kind of sadistic and twiste dmind produces that kind of puke
Also get out of my channel, this is so offtopic, go poison the #photos instead
rustic bolt
Riight
upbeat wedge
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger 😉
But cuz this isn't surreal life trucking...
toxic nexus
Who wouldnt mind seeing this added to ETS2 as a default truck you can buy?
surreal urchin
sterile cypress
That should be in ETS 2
rustic bolt
No
outer current
@thick cedar lol that doesn't even make sense, the trailer with the blade has 4 axles and the one with the tower has only 3
aren't the blades a lot lighter?
rustic bolt
im away 5 days and things are starting to appear in my truck.. Soon ill probably have scania leds all over place... not that im complaining
queen brook
🤔
heady ermine
😅
thick cedar
XD
thick cedar
hi
upbeat wedge
Feel free to enlighten us https://forum.truckersmp.com/index.php?/topic/51746-real-truck-drivers-answers-your-questions/
rugged belfry
rustic bolt
asnwered
crimson turtle
DrDog has become the scania fanboy he hates. tis a sad day for humanity
rustic bolt
?
fleet valve
that doesnt look like a truck
fleet valve
unless it has a payload capacity of atleast 1000 pounds its not a real truck
crimson turtle
yeah and I have an aventador parked in my mansions 15 car garage.
gaunt axle
I have to ask you a question
does it somehow happen when you see a skoda superb on the road and get angry because you are used to get annoyed by them in game?
outer current
ehhm yes
thick cedar
Ye
thick cedar
@thick cedar wanna see my car?
well not mine
@thick cedar yes
my dads
ok
nice truck
thanks bro
queen brook
But then it turns awfull when you realize you have opticruise
rustic bolt
its not bad
thisnone is smaart enough to be considerable
this one
it rolls and drives almost like normal would, the hills even
it even kills the speed to the top of the hill since it knows the downhill will push it to 90kmh
rustic bolt
i clean mine always when i have time, and when i wash it weekly
queen brook
But this new guy doesn't do that anymore
and im not waiting for that mess
when i get back to driving myself
rustic bolt
im blessed with co drivers that keep care of this
everything is fixed immediately if broken etc
queen brook
well bless them,
she doesn't even wash the truck on fridays
she just leaves it there and goes home
too lazy
once i spent 2 hours of my free time cleaning it for next monday
rustic bolt
1 guy even waxed this for some reason when he was bored in weekend
the wheels looked very shiny when i came to work on monday
queen brook
damn should really wax it myself too
rustic bolt
he had to wait like 15 hours to unload (Gg kesko) because they had nowhere to put the incoming stuff so he went fk it and pulled out a wax can and started waxing the wheels
rustic bolt
sometimes yeah
but yeah, long plates were told that somewhere in early next week they might have chance to unload, our trucks were only like 15 hours in queue
like, shy do you order so much toiletpaper and tomatos at once you cant warehouse them or send them out fast enough
why*
queen brook
😄
Longest ive had to wait is 3 hours
because i didn't get my trailer on my trucks bed
For apparent reason
for some*
rustic bolt
seriously there was 3 full combinations of toilet paper and 1 of our jumbo trucks were full of tomato
queen brook
toilet paper lmao
rustic bolt
yeaah
queen brook
why does someone need so much
rustic bolt
i dont know
and now i have good 3 hour wait atleast
i drank already almost full pan of coffee so i cant even sleep anymore
somebody entertain me
zenith bough
Morning all! Regional flatbedder here
rustic bolt
Guessing murican one
zenith bough
#Murica
zenith bough
T680
rustic bolt
Ok..
rustic bolt
well, heres my baby on the other side of the lake. cba to walk infront to take a pose
Scania G450
rustic bolt
Yup
zenith bough
See, all of us Muricans aren't clueluss. 😉
rustic bolt
Only majority
zenith bough
lol
rustic bolt
Also dont mind the puddle under the trailer, its nothing serious
rustic bolt
Oh look at you two lovers
zenith bough
13 speed, 500hp MX-13
queen brook
13 speed fuller?
zenith bough
yep
zenith bough
lol no
queen brook
Same here
zenith bough
2-13 is all floated
zenith bough
lol you get it
zenith bough
What are you dragging around? Anything today?
queen brook
Just finished, earthmoving a bit
zenith bough
Before I got it filthy >.>
queen brook
it sucks the shifter in
zenith bough
lol yup
queen brook
Cummins is good ye
rustic bolt
Your volvos has nothing volvo but chassis am i riggt
rustic bolt
Why am i not suprised
rustic bolt
Doubt it
zenith bough
In our climate, I guarantee it
rustic bolt
More stupid engine that anyone can fix it
zenith bough
That, and noone wants to work on that crap
LOL
Cummins are as simple as they get man
Well, maybe Detroit.
But.
rustic bolt
I wouldnt touch a detroit 2 stroke
rustic bolt
But then again, im the kind of guy that americans made best engines in 1950
rustic bolt
Noo not glowplugs
zenith bough
hahaha
rustic bolt
270,000km i like numbers with zeroes
upbeat wedge
Is it only me or does it look like the wheel is on right side?
rustic bolt
now that i look at it, lol it does
probably because camera got tilted picture showing unevenly the road
upbeat wedge
Makes sense. For a moment I thought your company had bought used trucks from UK for whatever reason 😁
rustic bolt
used trucks? Whaaaat
Please, only brand new till they are driven few years and then changed
rustic bolt
You broke it?
zenith bough
@queen brook lol what did you do to it?
queen brook
I just pushed it down to get 1st gear on
The clutch jumped up
Then didnt wanna go down anymore
queen brook
Not at all put keep it in 1st and then start moving when youre starting the vehicle y know
Ofc traffic lights are a problen
But it goes in gear so np really but needs to be fixed
crimson turtle
ToO mAnY LiGHtS
rustic bolt
indeed
zenith bough
Lol geez
queen brook
disgusting
rustic bolt
hideous
queen brook
❤
crimson turtle
Compared to the hideous amount of dirty old dafs and renaults, it was nice
zenith bough
Awesome!
umbral ore
Hi
queen brook
We going again
And yes its dusty
Dont blame me
@rustic bolt best foam to clean
ye?
rustic bolt
yes
outer current
english please
rough surge
heu.. i have this truck..
rough surge
I have this truck to the daily xD but good, as long as it rolls ..
rustic bolt
Oh no?
thick cedar
cobalt ibex
What type of duck is that?
thick cedar
sexy AMK23
thick cedar
lethal tendon
Volvo showtruck I saw today
Scania T V8 I also saw today.
It had straight pipes and it sounded great when leaving the services.
queen brook
Nah
lethal tendon
?
rustic bolt
kill me...
queen brook
Have fun
When you get to drive a DAF you will feel the pain
MAN isn't so bad
ZF or automatic? @rustic bolt
lethal tendon
RIP
rustic bolt
Automatic
tired vessel
@rustic bolt TGX truck??? 👌🏾
rustic bolt
Yes, TGX 28.440, its trash
crimson turtle
ah the ultimate fleet truck
queen brook
Feels more like you're calling it names by saying "ultimate"
crimson turtle
not really, fleet trucks are boring and poverty spec, much like MAN build quality.
crimson turtle
all depends on spec tbh, same as any truck
rustic bolt
Theres clear difference between Scania and Man
both are equally cheaply equipped
MAN is not designed for any spined creature, especially human, no arm rests, steering wheel adjustment doesnt exist..
queen brook
You know what feels terrible?
Volvo FH 500 seats
Stilll cant get over the back pain
But dog the gearstick is used as armrest
If it has one
queen brook
Fullers 4th gearslot just hits the sweetspot
For a perfect armrest
@zenith bough
Agree?
But like isnt the light switch better than zf
rustic bolt
maybe
queen brook
Really only good automatic boxes for trucks are opticruise, allison and powershift 3
Duck iShift
Well i still hope that scania would produce manual trucks without having to pay for it
And sisu too
But i guess no
rustic bolt
Allison? Good?
iShift is too smart, thats why it throws errors all the time
Opticruise with ecoroll and map topography and GPS
zenith bough
Lol, Allisons are nice. I still prefer Eaton
And yeah, 4th gear does make a great armrest while rolling. Lol
ebon harness
untold magnet
How that man truck?
rustic bolt
Man is horrible
queen brook
Man is manly
outer current
you don't see that often on german highways lol
must be pretty interesting to drive
zenith bough
That's really cool.
zenith bough
I think I'd rather haul the cylinder. :P
zenith bough
Just a little. Lol
queen brook
We have had 550 tonnes too
valid mural
omfg
queen brook
Thats from oulu actually
zenith bough
2 trucks attached to each
zenith bough
Not a single truck
valid mural
2 hours for 300m
zenith bough
No thanks
rustic bolt
its funny how people totally underestimate the power required to do thesekind of things
outer current
there's an ALSTOM (now General Electric i think) factory in my hometown and they make like gas turbines and transformers for power plants
these things are heavy af
but they mainly transport the transformers by rail
outer current
ELY?
lethal tendon
Nice
mint rapids
I somehow saw a Peterbilt in Middle-Eastern France (couldn't picture it) yesterday, must have cost an arm and a leg to import...
shadow gust
Lmfao
rustic bolt
only way to drive the Mercedes tge highway bits, knees on the wheel and making coffee
desert bluff
I don't know why trucks crash and kill people
thick cedar
WHO said renault sucks
https://youtu.be/9nY7Xfu47vw?t=3m9s Someone betta buy me this truck lol
rustic bolt
i know you like the new scanias, here you go
desert bluff
Smexy
thick cedar
My new furniture for my room got delivered in that truck
rustic bolt
Lmao
drowsy glen
I think the new scania has too big nostrils.
The 6 series ones were perfect
Then they oversized them on new gen
crimson turtle
lol I can't unsee that now
drowsy glen
Lol
rustic bolt
Also the lights in the intakes are stupid
drowsy glen
Exactly
crimson turtle
Those lights are also completely useless. they're just like extra DRLs
rustic bolt
yup
queen brook
Next gen scania doesn't look sweet imo
queen brook
wait @rustic bolt opticruise can be usen as semi automatic gearbox too?;:D
rustic bolt
Yes
You can drive it in automatic and give it orders to shift or drive full manual where you need to shift all the time
But it wont roll in neutral with manual mode
willow minnow
Austrian Number plate
rustic bolt
it doesnt even look close to austrian?
willow minnow
yes, but i see this is Finlandese Number plate
rustic bolt
naturally
rustic bolt
only manual man i driven was a 2 axle semi truck.. high cab (about same age as above) it was absolutely horrible experience.. the cab springs are way too soft so it was swinging all over the place
Scania's highline is bad, but the Man was worst
queen brook
You know the feeling when you need to pass 16tn bridge when your truck weights 20tn
Loaded
Didn't take the risk
rustic bolt
lol
theres a tomato farm that has a weight limited bridge that says for 2 axles 26 tons.. the bridge is about 1.5m long
you cant get both axles in it same time
rustic bolt
yeah
it doesnt matter how heavy you are, you cant get 2 axles same time on the bridge
so basically it should be able to hold anything
kinda useless weight limit sign
queen brook
uhhh the casette which i may be driving somedayh
Is the 11 meters wide snow plow
damm
hot hearth
@queen brook 
queen brook
Ahh
queen brook
@rustic bolt want planks?
crimson turtle
Damn that thing squats
crimson turtle
Looks like the fronts really high
Maybe it's just the camera, but even empty it looks lower at the back
queen brook
Maybe cuzz axles lifted
fathom lagoon
:((
rustic bolt
Man... sigh
crimson turtle
Scania... sigh
wispy shuttle
sexy scania
rustic bolt
hmm sexy trailer.. I wonder who gets a nee trailer hmm...
rustic bolt
a normal 2.6m 4.4m
yet even the refrigerator looks better than volvo
inside height is 3.9m i belive
vapid scroll
crimson turtle
I'm not gonna lie, that's quite nice.
rustic bolt
oh no..
queen brook
Whats wrong 🙃
rustic bolt
you are becoming even lazier than a casette driver
untold magnet
Sannia bus!
rustic bolt
Scania's engine that is
crimson turtle
jees, I bet that was an experience
rustic bolt
I got it mostly straight even
crimson turtle
doesn't look like a very big yard either
rustic bolt
no its not
crimson turtle
also clean your bloody windshield
rustic bolt
theres a parking lot in the opposite side which is full of loaded trucks and trailers
it has maybe space for 4 trailers in line
50m ish?
you can see out of the windshield
but yeah it hadnt seen a pressure washer for a week or so
crimson turtle
I remember the last site I was on, the site I saw that over the top Volvo. there was a dude there that loaded the trucks and parked them ready for the next morning. And I've never, in my life, seen someone drive a truck so badly even I could do better. It was cringeworthy
took him 3 or 4 tries to park it in a bay. he was making rookie mistakes left right and center
rustic bolt
right
thick cedar
😂 😀
floral coral
I have a CB in my truck but I rarely hear anyone through it
rustic bolt
havent had CB for last.. 2 or 3 trucks
queen brook
Why do you need a CB when driving general cargo
or something
So you can yell to others i suppose?
rustic bolt
it was mostly just to entertain us when driving close to each other
played games etc over it
nowadays each truck has their own phone so we just call via that and do group calls
queen brook
I always mute my CB
When i get the instructions where to tip
You don't even know how damn annoying excavator operators are
rustic bolt
"Dump next to me"
queen brook
Usually not
The only thing what 1 guy said was
"Tip it in a damn fat carpet"
Nothing else
then he started talking bs in CB
Thats how the tradition to mute it came from
And i still can't do carpets
atleast that well
rustic bolt
Atleast its not the legendary "Just tip it in middle of the yard" from a reciever that hardly pays attention.. Untill he realizes, Oh crap, he actually has a tipping bed
queen brook
😄
rustic bolt
theres some legend going on that such thing happened at some company that usually recieves their goods in a box on pallets, some guy was bringing seedbags? or something on a truck with tipping bed..
queen brook
And tipped them ?
rustic bolt
yup
queen brook
Lmao what
rustic bolt
managed to tip the truck's load in the yard
he was opening the trailer doors when the guy had woken up what he just said
crimson turtle
tbh unless you're laying a driveway or a road surface you never need to lay carpet. that's the excavator drivers job.
queen brook
No, Easier to make a carpet with a truck
Excavators usually don't have time
to do it
loud sonnet
any one drive daf 106
rustic bolt
a what?
loud sonnet
loud sonnet
i am after pics of the rev counters lol
i make virtual rev coounters for the game but carnt seem to find a good image
rustic bolt
ah
rustic bolt
lmao
wispy shuttle
...
rustic bolt
not that license
rustic bolt
i seen many
crimson turtle
most of our quarry trucks are MAN, and the odd scania
rustic bolt
You dont have anything better unfortunately
crimson turtle
tbh if my dads old scanias anything to go by, I'd rather the MAN.
crimson turtle
that's why they ended up back with Volvo
rustic bolt
drool
crimson turtle
oh my god that's awful.
queen brook
🤤
rustic bolt
I driven exactly same colored one that was a 6x4 log truck
That thing lifted
not logs but axle too
crimson turtle
it was early 2000s, P380 I think?
queen brook
rustic bolt
Scania and Volvo would've chained up at that point, i lifted axle and went steady climb with the power of Cummins and eaton fuller
rustic bolt
I'm sorry, you never got to drive a scania then curly
i dont think P380 has even 6 mugs in it
crimson turtle
maybe he just got a lemon, but it was the most unreliable rig he's had
queen brook
This thing is waiting for me tomorrow
crimson turtle
the company went back to Volvo after only 2 years of scanias
queen brook
Should i be hyped?
rustic bolt
many axles atleast
crimson turtle
that looks super clean
rustic bolt
oh that is that
rustic bolt
probably
rustic bolt
please tell me thats not automatic
queen brook
it is
rustic bolt
then you might need some stronger medicine to get through the day
remember to not use automatic anywhere where is anything else than flat terrain
queen brook
I remember when i was loading at the same time with tihs
When it left the
Umm what is it again
Yard
something came in my pants
(note the joke ye)
rustic bolt
it was not brown
rustic bolt
Heeheeeheee
queen brook
and the straight pipe
It was amazing
I need to record it next time
When it starts to rev
rustic bolt
But it sure didnt sound as beautiful as a 3 series
queen brook
I've never heard a 3 series ye
rustic bolt
You'll know its a 3 series when you hear the turbo
Anyways, one time was sitting in my truck doing paperwork with window open at my regular food place by the highway, started to hear a distinct sound of an 3 series Scania starting to climb the hill, (That is like a 1 kilometre away from the place i sat at), Then started to roll down and prepare for the little bump before offramp to my food place.. At that point i already knew who they were.. Nobody else than pair of H.Widjeskog's 3 series scanias on straight pipes..
rustic bolt
Neither do you eat on this route unless you are fast..
I am fast enough that i can eat royally and have a 30 min break
rustic bolt
yeah
i tend to pack up some emergency lunch aswell and eat at the dock if i have like 10 mins left of the break on the clock
(Because seriously, who uses the "work" button on the tacho)
queen brook
Yeah
rustic bolt
But yeah, in my line its generally good way to measure if you working at fast enough pace and are on time, if you have time to stop by for quick eating at south
and a great motivator too
if you want to eat properly, work faster
rapid brook
@loud sonnet theyre called tachometers by the way.
rustic bolt
??
queen brook
What
rustic bolt
wrong channel perhaps?
thick cedar
Noice
thick cedar
So you DJ for BBC radio 1 and drive a bus.
rustic bolt
Riiiight
outer current
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/297802046822809601/349322440012464132/IMG_20170821_155414.jpg got drive in this truck today with my cousins colleague
They also have an Arocs with a tipper, that one was a hooklift
queen brook
Does this thing do anything else than warn about some useless thinhs
Things
@rustic bolt now i understand your context
rustic bolt
Yellow dashboard in man is normal
thick cedar
?rank subscriber
rustic bolt
Hah
queen brook
Everytime it just grinfs
Grinds
When i go to 8th gear
And then it pops off gear
I dont get it
rustic bolt
Comes out when there is no pull on?
queen brook
When it starts pulling
rustic bolt
Its not properly in?
queen brook
It is
The guy who drove before me told that
"It sometimes does it"
Now it does everytime
rustic bolt
Linkage issue probably
rustic bolt
Does it get oil
queen brook
I dunno, im here waiting for Pekanti's service guy
To come over
Its not even monday yet
ember dome
Hi guys. I'm the trucks driver from indonesia. Greetings from indonesia
This is what i drive. Old mitsubishi fuso
rustic bolt
exotic thing
ember dome
This is the transmission
rustic bolt
Oooooh I like that one
ember dome
Manual 8 speed from eaton
rustic bolt
it has syncrons?
ember dome
Yes it is
ember dome
Yup
rustic bolt
@queen brook likes that for sure, Its been years since i drove eaton but i drove the 13 speed
ember dome
Now i got a new trucks from my company
This the trucks hino ranger 500 series. Not sure that's the type or not
ember dome
Yup i dont like it either
rustic bolt
Indeed..
rustic bolt
the older fuller stick
older type atleast
not a twin splitter
normal range + splitter in high range
ember dome
@queen brook how to use that type of transmission are they use a clutch too. I never drive a truck like that
queen brook
The thing is it doesnt have a clutcj
Clutch
Only a clutch brake
Its hard to explain ye
rustic bolt
or well, you dont use the clutch really
when you want to shift up, you just pull it out of gear, and stick next one in
no need for clutching
downshifting needs more practise since you need to rev the engine while your are in neutral, before moving to lower gear
queen brook
Dont rev it too hard 👍
rustic bolt
splitter only requires to lift off the throttle and it just splits when the pulling stops for a moment, it slips the gear then
Its bit like love making, you need to cuddle it right from the right places
vague frost
I just spotted a next generation Scania.
molten basin
I was on vacation in Norway and every 15th truck was a new generation Scania
dapper bone
SCAN(dinav)IA you know :)
wispy shuttle
lol wow
ember dome
@molten basin take a picture please.
molten basin
This One was in Sweden
rustic bolt
volvo...
queen brook
Wait you working today?
queen brook
Actros ye
rustic bolt
Yup
chech computer, check brake system, check ECU, and comprrssor air dryer malfunction.. oh and the derpy gauges
And you asking me why volvos are bad...
queen brook
Atleast you didn't have to drive an actros
serene mason
It's only an amber warning man stop being a big girl
Complains about driving them, I have to fix them when you guys are wimps and don't wanna drive them
queen brook
You must be a real man to fix volvos
rustic bolt
@jölli
@queen brook
Potter, theres a reason we dont drive these
They are broken out of factory
rustic bolt
Yup
Nice trucks there
Status report on volvo. The rev gauge is now stuck all times at ~6000rpm
And it has exhaust leak somewhere
I can smell it in cabin
naive cape
broken as intended
rustic bolt
Yes
ember dome
You guys complaining about driving good european trucks. I'm here just my isuzu 😄
serene mason
@rustic bolt My family has run Volvo trucks for 20+ years with no major issues, you fleet drivers are just rough on your gear
rustic bolt
Not our trucks, loaners because we running out of our own
queen brook
Did you see "my" man yesterday ye?
rustic bolt
Yes
queen brook
:o
queen brook
Pro center?
serene mason
Anyone else at work this morning?
rustic bolt
no im still drunk
serene mason
I've got some local drops this morning and then I'm back in the workshop this afternoon so I envy you
rustic bolt
i feel sorry for. you having to drive tgat thing
serene mason
Don't feel sorry, I'm in a tidy FH 540 that I do the inspections on anyway so it's not a pile of trash truck. I wouldn't let them on the road 😉
rustic bolt
the FH750 i tried, it was awful to drive
and it had 50,000km in it
the steering is just awful
serene mason
How do you mean?
rustic bolt
its too light
its numb
it takes no effort to turn the wheel
thats what bothers me
serene mason
It didn't have that dynamic steering did it? Where it's seriously light at low speeds and then self centres when you're reversing?
serene mason
Strange... what do you normally drive?
rustic bolt
Scania G450
Maybe because Scania still uses real hydraulic power steering, it feels like driving
serene mason
You drive rigids or attics?
rustic bolt
rigids i guess
serene mason
Artics*
rustic bolt
one with full trailer behind and box on truck
serene mason
Yeah that explains it, I'm not a fan of how the Volvo stuff handles as a rigid
rustic bolt
yeah but that was semi trailer puller because it had 2 trailers behind it
you know, semi trailer + dolly + semi trailer
serene mason
Yeah
rustic bolt
even being 6x4 it was horrible to drive, usually 6x4 or anything with double tyres on both rear axles are quite stiff to drive, it was awfully light
serene mason
Possibly a production spec issue
rustic bolt
So they all are that bad
serene mason
Imo not really
I either drive this FH or an R580 on saturdays cause none of the drivers want to do the Saturday run
Both trucks feel similar
serene mason
The boss must want a v8 jacket off the scania salesman
rustic bolt
.. suprise
When i was picking p the truck off Scania dealer, the salesman actually told me that hardest part is convincing the people that you dont need V8 for that job..
serene mason
I suppose it's a big scania legacy and people just want the power
rustic bolt
yup or the sound
granite cosmos
wait, scania dealers don't try to upsell you beyond what you need? 😮
rustic bolt
no
You tell them what you want in a truck, and what sort of job you are doing and what are the usual weights.. they come up with best engine fitting for that
serene mason
R730 every time lol
rustic bolt
eww
only thing where thats logical is 76 tonner log trucks
thats where you need power
granite cosmos
why stop at R730, when you can get R850? 😛
rustic bolt
no you cant
granite cosmos
they eol-ed that?
rustic bolt
or well.. you can take a R730 and take it to any powerhouse to be repogrammed for like 1500hp
But thats when you'll start murdering your driveshafts
serene mason
Well they have to warrant the truck so they need to have the power at a safe level or you start breaking stuff like you say
Same with Volvo
rustic bolt
or.. take a R560, chip it for 980hp on original clutch, then go to a hill pulling, and burn the clutch
🙄
serene mason
I had to do a clutch conversion on a fh16 a while back. Should have seen the size of the clutch/flywheel I took off
rustic bolt
^^
either way, i like the G450, never seen as economical truck than that.. under 30l/100km on full loads
serene mason
Yeah it's all personal preference really. My Dad bought a new 750 last year for the price of a 540 and he somehow gets 30l/100km out of it
I drove it and it sometimes tries spinning the wheels at 44t when it's wet, it's an animal for the work it does but my dad loves it
rustic bolt
wierdo
serene mason
How come?
rustic bolt
Absolutely no need for 750
serene mason
I agree with you but if someone's happy driving it then leave them be, just like you're happy with the 450
rustic bolt
True, guess diesel is cheap
heavy needle
look what I found today in my town
steep atlas
truckn in merica
still valve
polish truck
carmine chasm
Phoenix Feeds in the USA
queen brook
@rustic bolt it's not casette btw