irl-trucking

[serene mason]

It’s 80t max on cat 2

But it all depends on you axle weights and how many axles you’re running

I can go short of 70t with the 4 axle trailer

[paper bear]

ahh, i thought the unit had like a max trailer weight it can pull?

ignoring cat

we have a daf, on cat 2. so it can pull have a 80t max gross, but it is actuallly rated for 150ton

[serene mason]

Spec from DAF

You see a lot of dafs on special types though

And mercs

The likes of ruttles have mainly dafs and mercs now

[paper bear]

yeah ive seen plenty of mercs in heavy haulage

no super singles on your volvo

[serene mason]

On the front

I think super singles look well on the midlife but I’ve drove my dads that has super singles on and it feels a bit understeery compared to mine

Midlift

[paper bear]

yeah, i really like the look of super singles

[serene mason]

But mine has a half steer on the midlift so it could be that tbf

[paper bear]

you fathers doesnt?

[serene mason]

No

[paper bear]

yeah i guess that could be it

[toxic burrow]

that old interior

Old dashboard

Anyone else like the new daf interiors

[paper bear]

theres a lot older than that..

thats fairly decent in contrast to....

https://www.bastrucks.com/files/cms/content/IMG_1725_b1444229837.jpg

[queen brook]

ugh zf gearbox

[sacred berry]

its a brand new 67 plate lol its not old the newest daf interior out there @toxic burrow

[toxic burrow]

well I just like that its gauages are better setup for me and show me what I actually want to know

[serene mason]

Tbh the manual ZF isn’t the worst

Auto yes, absolute dog 💩

[sweet aspen]

Aww cmon daf why you gotta put that dark plastic trim.

And are daf CF’s really that bad

[prisma spire]

Meanwhile in Florida

[willow cove]

Could be worse

[prisma spire]

5th time this month

[willow cove]

U.S. Express can’t drive anyway

Proves that theory

[prisma spire]

The worst part is he's blocking the only road to a CSX Railyard the other road is too narrow for 53ft trailers

[willow cove]

I dont really blame him

If he made that turn a little wider

He probably wouldve made it

[rustic bolt]

easily could've made it

[prisma spire]

He was backing into a door. He should have swung left

[rustic bolt]

either way

empty trailer, you could spin it even around itself in place, no harm done

[prisma spire]

I also blame the poor lighting at my warehouse my camera does a good job at hiding that

[rustic bolt]

Why do you not have worklights on the trucks?

[prisma spire]

The light directly above the entrance should have been replaced by now but they won't replace it untill its fully blown out

[rustic bolt]

Mounting couple lights pointing in like 45* angle backwards to the left and right somewhere in the neighborhood of the trailer legs would do much

[prisma spire]

Good point but there's so many other things that can be done here but nobody wants to spend the money

[rustic bolt]

seems like for hundred dollars you could make your life so much easier

[prisma spire]

You realize I'm not the one driving

[rustic bolt]

yeah but im just wondering the fact that why nobody does it in the states

[prisma spire]

Its a fleet rig so i dont know if they're even allowed by the company

[rustic bolt]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[willow cove]

Ew fleet trucks

🤢

[rustic bolt]

if i'd have a truck and trailer that were basically mine to drive even if fleet truck, i'd atleast would do some minor things like that to make life easier

[prisma spire]

BTW its a Freightliner Cascadia

🤢

[willow cove]

Even worse

[rustic bolt]

doesnt win any beauty contests

[willow cove]

But there is a pretty nice christmas tree cascadia not far from where i am

[rustic bolt]

ugh

[paper bear]

Yeah, seems American trucks a mainly bone stock

Like the ones I've seen barely have any working lights

Maybe its because there's so many large fleets

[willow cove]

It really depends on the co

Budget and stuff

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/zmNnX_42l8g apart from all the chrome side panels

i kinda like it, just too much chrome

[toxic burrow]

Chrome equals lag

[rustic bolt]

way too much chrome

[toxic burrow]

Way to much lag

[paper bear]

haha thats irl btw

[rustic bolt]

obviously

[serene mason]

Too much shiny

Way too much

[rustic bolt]

indeed

[crimson turtle]

I bet the reflection from the chrome as anyone overtakes must be great.

[robust bolt]

$pause

sry...

[serene mason]

Don’t you just love it when you go over your driving time cause some idiot can’t park at a truckstop

[rustic bolt]

Lmao

I go over time all the time

[paper bear]

your driving time? or your 6 hour working period?

[serene mason]

Driving time

[paper bear]

didnt you just stay still? and wait?

[serene mason]

Oh crap yeah!

Well ain’t it my lucky day

[paper bear]

lol,

[serene mason]

Still probably a couple minutes over my 15 stretch though

[paper bear]

wait

what? so you went over your driving time?

or you didnt?

15 stretch? you mean your 15 minute break followed by a 30?

[serene mason]

No 15 hour day

[paper bear]

oh, i see now

[serene mason]

I’m in my driving time but 3 minutes over my 15

I’m gonna get slaughtered when vosa bring in that new rule next month

[paper bear]

what new rule?!?!

[serene mason]

They are making it so they can do you on your last 28 days

[paper bear]

....

[serene mason]

Yup

Eeeeveryones gonna get pulled next month

Green operator or not

[paper bear]

well, atleast i know ive got a clean record, or ive had a clean record the last month or so

but damn

all fun and games...

[rustic bolt]

Thats how its always been, 28 days

[queen brook]

Disc tachomether

You can go over

Real good

[serene mason]

I always used to watch my dad pull a wire on the disk tachos

Take the card out though

Or dirty black line

[queen brook]

Or you can just use multiple disks

Thats what big boys do when they go snow driving

[serene mason]

Tbh I’m too young to be clued up with working around disk tachos

I’m probably the baby in here actually

[queen brook]

I drive a disk tacho, its easy actually

Tho you need to write too much

[serene mason]

Ive driven disk tachos but I throw the disk away cause why not

[paper bear]

but the cards hold a lot more info than the last 28 days

i dont even know how far they actually go back

[storm tangle]

Disk tacho, i think a lot of drivers want that nowadays instead of that plastic card😁

[patent bolt]

The ones that want them is the ones that wanna drive around the clock.

[storm tangle]

Yeah but know a guy who drives flowers with a card and does it still. We have a disk tacho but we dont get them miles while doing a moving

[shy owl]

when you get kicked for having "too high average ping"

but it says "Average: 26 Max: 600"

[rustic bolt]

Cards hold some months before they need tl be cleared

Usually done automatically and uploaded to a company database

[paper bear]

every 28 days they need to be updated

but they hold some info from like a year or 2 back

one of my collegues says shit he done like 2 years ago was still showing up

so who knows

[willow cove]

Riding on water. Im a god

[bleak beacon]

OhMyGod

[silent fog]

nice

[serene mason]

Stealth low loader tho

[serene mason]

Who remembers this lmao

[lyric echo]

Lol

[paper bear]

healthy

[maiden shard]

what you guys Think do i need change Tire ?

Truck: Renault Magnum 480 Driven:695.019 Euro5
4x2 Tire: 315/70/R22,5

[paper bear]

that?

hmmm, nah thats doesnt look bad at all

especially when you compare it to what i found the other week.

i took a pic

gimme a sec

this is on an 8x4, the second steerable axle

dont take my word for it though, i cant actually see what your photo is aiming at

[rustic bolt]

That treading has failed

[paper bear]

yep

got changed straight away

[rustic bolt]

Those renalt tyres should be fine for some thousands, though its 4x2... So it could become dangerous if starts to slide most likely sliding around and jacknifing

[paper bear]

those tyres look fine to me, plenty of tread left

[rustic bolt]

Not plenty but still has few thousand km left

Depends is that summer or Winter compound

[paper bear]

summer?

[rustic bolt]

Yes

Summer tyres are harder rubber than winter so they last longer

Winter ones need softer compound so it slightly lives between road to improve grip when starting to move, but soft rubber wears faster

[maiden shard]

@paper bear what did you do to your Tires 😂 ?

[paper bear]

its what happens when you combine a lot of miles and sharp rocks

[maiden shard]

ow

[serene mason]

Still a few mm on them drives

Keep her lit son

[paper bear]

i had a blow out later that day on a different tyre

[maiden shard]

Perfect Snow Goes away of My Renault Magnum 480

[serene mason]

Talking about mechanical failure

[maiden shard]

wow lol

[paper bear]

is that

leaf spring?

[serene mason]

Yup

[maiden shard]

one thing i hate is waiting

[serene mason]

I drove one of the trucks forward to load the trailer and get my unit under it

Drive down the little ramp in our yard

BOOM

[maiden shard]

oh man that hurts

[paper bear]

your volvo?

[serene mason]

first thing I’m like are the legs down or something

Nah one of the others

[paper bear]

phew

haha

[serene mason]

Mine needs an airbag on the back of the cab

[maiden shard]

Like Leaving Alone my Renault in open place of Company Garage

[serene mason]

Pissing out

She gets a good bath when I can though

[paper bear]

a few days ago we had an air bag burst, a small one that lifts an axle but still went with a fair bang

[maiden shard]

Well i dont get an name for my Renault

Today i had a good view on an Road Between Latvia and Russia

[serene mason]

What’s on the back

[maiden shard]

Wood

but for me it is like
branch

And Look what i found Standing by an Hotel

Wonder how that English Taxi Got there

[queen brook]

This is a trucking channel

😡

Why is that truck pic an screenshot may i ask?

@serene mason give your sc so we can exchange some volvo pics ;)

Or maybe even Sisu

[serene mason]

Ham-mnan

Anyone else feel free

[queen brook]

I was wondering

What tf

Is this thing

Uses Volvo's engine and cabin, Sisu's axle solution but the transmission is made by the company building these

[serene mason]

Wat

I mean a cabs a cab really

[queen brook]

But its by a chinese company so what can you do

/shrug

[serene mason]

Probably bare minimum Volvo wiring

I like the size of that gen cab but I’m not a massive lover of the looks

[queen brook]

That thing on the top

Its just

No

New Volvo FH's cabin is actually pretty comfortablr

Since i drive one on a daily basis almost

[serene mason]

Yeah it’s comfy inside and there’s plenty of space

[queen brook]

Tho we have a sleeper

Not an globe

[serene mason]

You’re not moving around as much to look around the fat mirrors like on the old ones

[queen brook]

I still dont like the manual gearbox tho

[serene mason]

No

Very numb

Barely any feedback through the cables

Volvos need ishift imo

[queen brook]

It has more lights now

And an LED warning light or whatever its called

Pretty much basic looking

And ofc new trailer

[serene mason]

Same company?

[queen brook]

Yeah thats our truck indeed

[serene mason]

500?

[sweet aspen]

On my way down the I-5 through central California, spotted this beauty

[maiden shard]

i call my Truck as Beauty

[sweet aspen]

And this simpleton

And this other peterbuilt! Forgot I was on video mode! Lol

[maiden shard]

Truck with that Trailer

[sweet aspen]

Carrying his entire house

[maiden shard]

yep

[crimson turtle]

Either Circus or gypsies I would've thought

[desert bluff]

probs circus

[final umbra]

i would say gyspies if it was a circus they probs would be in a convoy

[serene mason]

@queen brook I thought you were adding me on sc bru

[crimson turtle]

@final umbra It's easy to get split up, I've seen circus trucks turn up 2-3 hours later than everyone else (source: circus turns up in the car park opposite my house every few months)

and I like to see the trucks. They've always got atleast one "show" truck

Usually a Scania T or some sort of American truck

[queen brook]

@serene mason oof

There we go

[patent bolt]

Lots of northern lights tonight 😎

[bleak beacon]

Woooaaah

[wet sequoia]

Nice

[serene mason]

Ffs your name don’t lie does it

[polar harness]

You have to love @barren token

[barren token]

everyone love's me @polar harness

@serene mason that my old job use to drive that lorry up and down the uk

[barren token]

keep the old girls on the road

[thick cedar]

Omg

that pic with northern lights 👌🏻

[sweet aspen]

@barren token is that a daf?

[maiden shard]

yes it is

[sweet aspen]

Cf?

[maiden shard]

i think yes i dont have much known with DAF

[sweet aspen]

Oh I love dafs

Most classy euro trucks out there in my opinion

Look what I saw today 🤣

[maiden shard]

lol is that VW ?

[sweet aspen]

Yup

Every year when I go to the snow

[maiden shard]

😮

[sweet aspen]

I stop and take a picture of it

I have about 6 pics of that

You can see the paint fading each year

[maiden shard]

in 1 day and my Renault Magnum got 6 years old 😄

[sweet aspen]

Lmfao

[maiden shard]

i need buy for her something 😂

[serene mason]

It’s a foden, not a daf

[barren token]

@maiden shard is a foden but it looks like a daf cos forden wos takeover by daf same as ERF is takeover my MAN

[maiden shard]

oh

[barren token]

foden and erf of the best lorries

[serene mason]

Tiny snowfall from this morning

[wet sequoia]

"tiny"

[maiden shard]

That is much Snow

[paper bear]

Snow is just water. But white. Keep her chappin! Haha. :D

[wet sequoia]

@serene mason is it snowly getting worse? 🐨

[serene mason]

Well it ain’t getting any hetter

Better

Roads closed everywhere

[maiden shard]

https://www.tenor.co/u5Gd.gif Renault Power

[dawn wadi]

@maiden shard Renault Sux

[maiden shard]

what the hell have all problem with Renault

its only a damn truck

[dawn wadi]

Its ugly as F

[rustic bolt]

Hardly any snow

[serene mason]

This is england tho

Anything more than 2cm and the country goes into termoil

Still got class tho

[paper bear]

eww, that midlift

[rustic bolt]

That midlift lools retarded

Like seriously full on "Kill me, end my suffering"

[serene mason]

That’s my dads old wagon lol

Esteppe axle for bulk haulage

[rustic bolt]

Why is that loophole not even plugged still? You have a 4x2 chassis where you mount a small trailer wheel and get like 4 more tons of weight

[serene mason]

Less weight more load

It’s still an extra 2 wheels braking tho so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[rustic bolt]

Hardly matters

[serene mason]

I’m not a fan of them either but it’s a good truck still

[rustic bolt]

Does it have brakes even?

Some support axles dont even brake

[serene mason]

Yes like 7.5 tonner brakes

[rustic bolt]

Useless

[serene mason]

Meh I don’t make laws so idc

It’s a good truck, I’ve looked after it for the first 4 years of its life

[rustic bolt]

Ah

[serene mason]

Btw

All that lovely sheeting and roping and you guys snag me on a little midlift 🙄

[queen brook]

@serene mason bitch please

How does it come

England is in chaos after more than 2cm

[serene mason]

We aren’t prepared as a country

[queen brook]

Last year we got 30cm in one night and everything was okau

Okay*

[serene mason]

Nobody can drive in the wet, let alone the snow

It’s so uncommon that it snows here so people just don’t know what to do

[queen brook]

I wish i got that place from Destia

To drive a plow truck but

I was too unlucky

Needed atleast 2 year experience of driving an plow truck

But how can you get experience if you cant drive one

🤷

[serene mason]

It’s like that with any job nowadays

[serene mason]

Close one today boys

[wet sequoia]

hoh

[paper bear]

you can do this fairly frequently up the a9 as theres so many laybys

almost everytime ive had to go up there its a 4:28 or something close haha

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/01/16/49B370B800000578-5448635-image-a-109_1519921389573.jpg

[patent bolt]

Our company received our first NextGen today

My god I’m glad that’s not mine at least 😂

[serene mason]

Nah yours is 👌🏻 bro I love the bullbar on it

And @paper bear I believe it’s been mental up Scotland

Everywhere’s been shut over the past couple days, you can’t get anywhere up the east coast

And now most of the south west and into wales cause of that storm emma

[paper bear]

yeah. literally everywhere but where im at has crazy snow. im in the south west of scotland, not much.

like 20 miles from where im at, its crazy snow. but dry, clear roads all day where im at.

sucks

[serene mason]

I had fun coming from Norwich, tried for the a17 then heard on local radios it had just been closed, so I tried carrying on up the a47 then a couple of tipper drivers called on the cb that there was accidents cause of the snow so I had to turn around and go back to Norwich then down to Cambridge, across and up to Birmingham and back up to Preston

Was pretty choppy to about thetford then the roads weren’t too bad

[paper bear]

i remember 5 years ago, in march we got it real bad here, like the same as whats happening in the east. Just since london didnt get it it wasnt talked about on the news

we didnt have power for a few days

winds were crazy, just snow drifts everywhere

snow piled up atleast 8 ft in someplaces at the side of the road, adter the farmers cleared it

[serene mason]

Yeah isn’t that the last time this Siberian crap happened?

[paper bear]

im not sure, i dont remember much of where it came from just remember that it was 2013 and snowy, real snowy

was only 14 at the time 😄

got back from like norway a few months before aswell

so went out in our ski gear haha

[serene mason]

That was the year I passed my car test, and I thought I was young 😂

[patent bolt]

Tho Potter mine is getting replaced next spring as it's 3 years then 😛

But talked with one at the office and asked if those are the new standard here and he said nope, I will most likely get an S series with a bit more equipment on it as that R series there is more of a short haul route we bought it for

[maiden shard]

Someone smell the Diesel of The Scanias

[serene mason]

Is the bar yours or did the company put it on?

[patent bolt]

All the stuff on my truck is something the company put on, like we bought them like this

We got some snow here tonight too 😎

[maiden shard]

looks pretty good Noxii

[patent bolt]

More snow 😎

[rustic bolt]

Neat

[patent bolt]

Yeah just gotta dig out those rear lights all the time

Positive thing is that no one dares to drive close to me due to the huge snow cloud I’m carrying behind my trailer

[rustic bolt]

Thankfully my trailer still uses hot lightbulbs so they melt themselves

Also the refrigerator is frozen, but i dont care. I have floor heating

[patent bolt]

Cheating

[rustic bolt]

Naaah

Technology

It just has big water webasto and water circulation in the floor, stuff stays cool with just that in winter

[patent bolt]

Yeah that’s true

[rustic bolt]

Truck actually uses the engine coolant aswell

[patent bolt]

Well can’t be any filter since I didn’t use any filter 😝

[rustic bolt]

Or just bad white balance

And dark

[patent bolt]

Blue hour

[serene mason]

Who goes to s bloody fair in this weather

[umbral meadow]

They probs run it half price @serene mason lol

[paper bear]

gypsys...

like josh

[bright skiff]

bouta head off

[distant sleet]

loooooo

[rustic bolt]

heh

[paper bear]

well.....

[distant sleet]

happy Bambi

Remember me?

Umairzx

I used to be in LFS

[paper bear]

i do

[distant sleet]

Congrats on viva LFS partnership

I’m in viva now lol

[serene mason]

‘Partnership’

Never really is, they just want to make you a statistic to their member count

Also, I officially hate eu maintained anything now

I’ve spent all day rewiring all the lights on my dads Dutch trailer, nearly every wire to each lamp was twisted and taped together

As soon as we got this bad weather, all the salt had destroyed every joint to the point where it swelled the tape and green yackum came out

Small example

Water in the junction box frozen up

What a bloody mess

[rustic bolt]

ummm... What

how are the electrics done there?

[serene mason]

That was just wiring going to one of the rear lamps

All the copper oxidised and went to that crappy green dusty stuff

I traced a load of wiring under the chassis and to the junction box that did the same

[rustic bolt]

no anykind of protective tubing that the cables run inside?

[serene mason]

Conduit? No

[rustic bolt]

wow

who made the trailer

[serene mason]

Tbh most of the wiring is either twin core or 7 core but it had been cut into everywhere in the past

Don’t need conduit when it’s already protected

[rustic bolt]

Still

[serene mason]

I ran new 7 core wires down to the junction box from the suzis then ran twin core back up the chassis for all the side markers then 7 core to the rear lamps from the junction box

Basically rewired the whole trailer

[rustic bolt]

Aaaanyways, never solder, just crimp and heatshrink everything

and preferably put tape on the crimp, then heatshrink on top

[serene mason]

Yeah heatshrinks.... ew

[rustic bolt]

thats how i done electrics and never had problems in trailers or trucks

[serene mason]

Yep

Well every joint was twisted and taped

So I’ve had fun

[rustic bolt]

tape doesnt hold

[serene mason]

No shit

[rustic bolt]

yeah..

[serene mason]

I saw tape and then what looked like a marble

At the back of the trailer

Unwrapped the tape and it was all that green dusty mess

[rustic bolt]

hnnngh

[serene mason]

The only good part about the job is that I’m also self employed from when I did side jobs as a mech so I wrote a fat invoice out to him and he’s gonna bill the company who owns the trailer for a full rewire

[bright skiff]

How dare you expose me @dense kraken

Jk lol

I was waiting for someone to notice XD

[bright skiff]

sexy XD

[outer current]

Heading off with a google image? 🤔

[paper bear]

heading off to the next job

😉

[outer current]

Heading off with a google image? 🤔

[paper bear]

of course

[storm tangle]

About to stay home 😁

[bright skiff]

lol

[bright skiff]

XD

[storm tangle]

😂 😂 😂

[serene mason]

Man that is a milky ass coffee

[storm tangle]

Yeah, forgot to buy coffeebeans, so this was the only thing we got some latte machiatto for my girl, caffeine is caffeine 😄

[queen brook]

Dude legit all of these people

Claiming google images as their own trucks

Good thing reverse image search exists

😡

@rustic bolt the 1st ever one in finland

Its finally here

[sweet aspen]

About to head off

[queen brook]

Im actually suprised that people start to use next gens as transfer dumps

[thick cedar]

those tow trucks look nice

[bright skiff]

Towing the trash away (the ford)

Yes I am a Chevy man

[thick cedar]

That just reminded me of something I’ve spotted

https://youtu.be/c3h9x7E5h-o

[paper bear]

Reverse image search never seems to work for me. The original image doesn't actually show up. Just ones fairly similar or completely off

[serene mason]

So uhhhh

I just bagged myself a section 59 in the car 🙄

[paper bear]

section 59?

[serene mason]

Section 59 allows the police to give drivers a warning if they are reported to have used their vehicle in a manner which causes "alarm, distress or annoyance".

The clutch kick was worth it tho

[paper bear]

so if they use their vehicle at all. got ya

[serene mason]

I set off from a stop sign sideways and there was a copper in a van hidden behind parked cars

When he pulled me over I said, well at least I stopped at the sign

[paper bear]

How did he take that?

[wet sequoia]

xD

[patent bolt]

Not every day you’re out on a farm with these trucks picking up cargo 😎

[rustic bolt]

Chilled live cows?

[patent bolt]

Nah direct routes you know, milk straight from the farm to the store. Filling them milk cartons directly from the truck 😉

[serene mason]

How often do you move about @barren token ?

[barren token]

every sunday till december

[serene mason]

Mental that

[barren token]

only 23 lorries to move

[serene mason]

Jesus how big is that fair

What’s it called?

[barren token]

17 rides

http://www.farrarsfunfairs.com/

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[upper gust]

^

[karmic galleon]

😂

[upper gust]

ban

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/zeHMCKpXXvo?t=42

they do sound amazing, i have to agree

and look nice too.

can see why so many people love them

[rustic bolt]

Yep, the note from the V8 just sounds damn good... and gets better the more it has to work

Though, the newer engines sound worse

they sound too refined and pure

[paper bear]

and the new 730 sounds like a vacum cleaner whilst it spools up

but once it goes into like 7th, that thing still sounds beastly. the roars are amazing

[rustic bolt]

nah

I'd say the best sounds you get from an 4 series V8 or the 5 series

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/PtKJJdUPAG0

when a lady stops to look at it you know its a good looking truck

an older lady

without being too offensive 😃

[rustic bolt]

damn right

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[jolly igloo]

trucks are good and more hevery Wight to use for stuff but im more fancy sports cars because faster and lighter

btw https://youtu.be/IRCjeuCt9b4

[paper bear]

yes.....

[rustic bolt]

...right

[crimson turtle]

ok....

[rustic bolt]

you arent only one

[crimson turtle]

"hevery wight" triggered me the most.

Not only is he comparing trucks to sports cars. He's doing it on a Trucking discord. that's never gonna end well.

[rustic bolt]

I still belive that punch over TCP/IP should be a real protocol and possibility

[rugged badge]

where is Anriandor

[rustic bolt]

Not here for sure

[rustic bolt]

i dont know

[serene mason]

people feel the need to prove their stupidity to us for some reason

[serene mason]

Sunday funday

[stable python]

wow what truck is that?

[crimson turtle]

imma say volvo.

Only because that's what he usually drives.

[paper bear]

thats his fh16, yepers

[serene mason]

660 beast 👌🏻

[crimson turtle]

Found an old pic of my dads Scania. uncomfy bloody thing.

[rustic bolt]

Why? Imo 4 series is probably one of the best scanias to drive

[crimson turtle]

seats just didn't quite compare to the old Volvo. The truck itself was fine

[storm tangle]

You also got your knees in the opener of the door? So when you move your foot a bit, its going on lock? My dad drove it for a day when was with him back in the days.. what a p.o.s. but were both volvo man tbh😁

[rustic bolt]

Explains many things

[storm tangle]

No joke. The volvo from 91 of us, is better then the 4 series imho but everyone has is opinion ofcourse

[patent bolt]

https://i.imgur.com/bIRIK5v.jpg

I HATE mondays!!!

[paper bear]

i have to agree, there is much comfier trucks than scanias.... and comfort is high up on the list for me.

[queen brook]

Talking about Sisu Polar

When we talk about more comfy

[serene mason]

The version 1 volvos are comfier than the 4 series imo

I’d have to agree with Curley, the seats aren’t the comfiest

[serene mason]

Cheeky 45 then blastin her home

[patent bolt]

15h later and I have finally arrived, time to hug the pillow now for the next 9h 😴

[grizzled violet]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuN7anK2gOdqWAAENarYY2Q

[maiden shard]

Finnaly i got it

it called by me (кондиционер) i dont know how they called in English

[rustic bolt]

Lpoks like electric air conditioner

[maiden shard]

i think it called so in English not sure but i think it is

[rustic bolt]

I never seem those in use

[austere crag]

Looks’like plane air conditioner 😂

[paper bear]

This is fun to drive over...

[wet sequoia]

it looks rock sollid

[paper bear]

The road is. But the bog below it isnt

[wet sequoia]

rip

[paper bear]

The digger they've got. A small 12 ton digger, when it moves the whole road ripples

[wet sequoia]

XD

nice

[paper bear]

Also, its sharp rock.

Trying not to get a puncture...

All fun and games

[wet sequoia]

where are you going anyway?

[paper bear]

The rock road goes into the woods

For the forestry

So they can access trees

I'm tipping rock there. So we can build the road

[wet sequoia]

ah

[barren token]

https://www.facebook.com/arnold.woofwoof/videos/947484132074018/ centre truck pulling on at Stamford 2018

[serene mason]

Topper driver bambi

Tipper*

Aka suicide jockey 😂

[crimson turtle]

@rustic bolt that's because you'll never need air conditioning.

[pine slate]

Be meaning to post one of my rig. I'm not pulling that trailer anymore, hauling cars right now.

And for my time off I had to haul my mom's pickup with mine to her house.

And I just noticed that the pic of my rig I posted is also my profile pic....

[rustic bolt]

Im proud of what i started, slowly picking up more and more professional criminals into this channel

[pine slate]

I hear ya, but I try to keep it legal

[rustic bolt]

We all do

But public usually looks for the driver's head no matter what happens

[pine slate]

I agree

Not the greatest picture, but this is what I'm doing now. Working on getting a better trailer to hold more vehicles

[paper bear]

Suicide jockey? Haha

[serene mason]

Yeah tipper drives are mental

especially in 8 wheelers

Also I’m playing jenga today

Not exactly ‘heavy haulage’ right now but damn curtain work is boring

[maiden shard]

me and my truck at Harbour

[polar harness]

Ewww reno

[maiden shard]

whats the problem by that truck

i dont understand this

[polar harness]

Joking I don't mind them just said it before someone does

[maiden shard]

maybe it is ugly for yall but hey its still a truck

[polar harness]

Yeah it's ugly as but does its job

[maiden shard]

yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnMUoBeIK6Q i hate when i see this

[sly vapor]

Renaults are horrible looking but they are good

[polar harness]

Meanwhile this looks good

[maiden shard]

Scania 360

[sly vapor]

Thats amazing aha

[polar harness]

Or

[sly vapor]

Or

[maiden shard]

Here Some Scanias we have 2 in my company wich drives

[sly vapor]

Fun fact never driven a Scania

Volvo and DAF

[maiden shard]

Atleast SCS know how to make trucks they builded it 10/10 i love my Renault ❤

[sly vapor]

or was it a MAN

[maiden shard]

its 2 Scanias on that pic

[sly vapor]

Yeah my message got cut off. Was saying I cannot remember if it was a MAN or a DAF that I have driven... one of the two anyways

[maiden shard]

oh ok

[sly vapor]

I have always wanted to try out the Scania but never gotten round to it

[maiden shard]

i even drive an Motorcycle tho

I love it Air Conditor or something i dont know how it called on english

[sly vapor]

I have a BMW X3 and I used to have a small motorcycle

Air conditioning 😛

[maiden shard]

Here is an Front View of my Renault

[polar harness]

Air con

[maiden shard]

Renault is not an famous truck for some truckers but for me its Very Famous

[polar harness]

Everyone's there own different opinions

[maiden shard]

yeah

Beautiful views i had with it tho

i am trying get Wifi in my truck but it is very hard

[polar harness]

Busy then @barren token

[crimson turtle]

Love that old Foden

can't be many of them left on the road

[patent bolt]

Now she’s nice and clean again 😎

[serene mason]

For how long

[patent bolt]

Probably an hour or so 😂

[paper bear]

Getting there.

And I can see what you mean by suicide jockeys.

Currently on hire for another company and they are mad

[serene mason]

Didn’t know krone had their own tyres

[storm tangle]

😁 also in the next dlc 😂

[dense yacht]

1€ for tires

[queen brook]

@maiden shard Why is that renault picture from Mascus

🤔

@serene mason thoughts on that

https://gyazo.com/6408f52fd3c6e5eddb622e0d846262b1

Exactly same pictures

Can yall stop lying "This is my truck"

I don't get it

whty

https://gyazo.com/ed76595fd0053838359364ae49cf0ad7

ayylmao

[storm tangle]

ffs 😂 hey guys, i am off to sweden, will send a google pic of it 😂

[queen brook]

Oh man, i made him leave this discord

[rustic bolt]

Some people try too hard

[queen brook]

But dw

im here

to get the truth out

[serene mason]

We are savage

I love it

[storm tangle]

My Renault is sold 😭

[rustic bolt]

Good

Buy something nice for once

[storm tangle]

😂 😂 😂

Cant wait for next month, when the new scania comes tho. Even though the volvo got my heart more 😁

😂 😂 😂

You got sun lotion?

[rustic bolt]

No neef

Looks like they are used to it

[storm tangle]

😂

[barren token]

@crimson turtle the still on the road just been use on fun fair

[queen brook]

I just feel bad that he left this discord

because of expose

but 😦

what can you do

[rustic bolt]

Oh well...

[paper bear]

wait, the magnum guy was fake too? omg. my life is a lie

https://youtu.be/1SFGXsEDezs

this sounds nice

https://youtu.be/iT08-zzFt0I

this sounds just as good

[storm tangle]

walter his dad is the owner, the son is the show man, the dad likes it more clean
If you like daf's, Nagtegaal is one i can recommend, stopped when caught and started a truckstyle businnes and caught again, but his daf had a badass sound tho

[paper bear]

yeah, i like the dafs

just found thiiis

https://youtu.be/VwnqGk-6S8U

would love to have a horn like that 😄

[queen brook]

My truck 😄

[serene mason]

My truck 😎

Didn’t one of us call someone else out for that same scenery pic in the magnum

[flint ice]

Thats from a top gear episode mate

[queen brook]

No it's not

It's @serene mason's renault @flint ice

It even has air conditioning

[serene mason]

I was in top gear round that corner, I know that much

Who is @flint ice tho

[serene mason]

No this is my magnum

[paper bear]

http://www.truckinginfo.com/fc_images/news/m-scania-urban-hauler-1.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/oblongs/images/a/a0/PeggyWe.png/revision/latest?cb=20140914060708

[serene mason]

It’s better looking than an esteppe converted truck or a Dennis eagle

[paper bear]

im sorry but its just so ugly

[queen brook]

That is

Garbage truck chassis

[rustic bolt]

And it looks like its going to beach everywhere with that cab

[queen brook]

Basically P series

in next gen

but not so ugly

I mean uglier

oof

[rustic bolt]

P series still sits half above the axle

not entirely front of it

[queen brook]

Well i mean

It's starting to look nicer

After you add that

into it

[rustic bolt]

It still looks retarded without jaw

[queen brook]

you just need visor and V8

OOf

Im not sure if these other dudes understand what i mean

[rustic bolt]

no

[queen brook]

but still

[rustic bolt]

the 5 cylinders are good enough for the trash

[queen brook]

nmnmn

well i maybe yeah

[rustic bolt]

You might be able to fit V8 sideways under the cab

[queen brook]

or behind the cab

🤔

Or into passangers seat

[rustic bolt]

Do it like in older buses and flip the V8 on its side and put it under the bed

[serene mason]

It looks better than any other refuse truck on the market, you have to give it that

Also, garage day 😏

[paper bear]

I have to disagree Volvo make some nice garbage trucks.

I never thought I'd say that...

"Nice garbage trucks"

what's happening to me?

[patent bolt]

Actually I don’t think that new Scania is so bad, and it’s built like that for a purpose and that ain’t to look the best

[crimson turtle]

https://www.facebook.com/bigtruckdriver3/videos/721973974664404/

[serene mason]

Those extremely low cabbed volvos are esteppe conversions so half of the cab isnt even a Volvo anymore

Like this

Nothing lines up properly on them

Also how many hours do you guys normally do a week? Asking for a friend lmaoooo

[rustic bolt]

Can i get more jpeg?

arouind 100?

no wait week

i dont know

40-50ish probably

[serene mason]

Usually 50ish for me unless we have big jobs on

Then it looks like this

[paper bear]

the garbage truck ive seen is a higher cabbed one

private company

i think

spotlights all over it

[rustic bolt]

Worklights are important

[paper bear]

worklights are, but im talking spotlights on the front

which im fine with,

i didnt say they werent 😄

[outer current]

we mostly have Mercedes Econic garbage trucks here

[rustic bolt]

garbage

garbage garbage trucks

[outer current]

I can't tell how they handle but they're pretty nice and comfy 😛

[serene mason]

Who’s company?

[rustic bolt]

yours i guess

[serene mason]

🤷🏻‍♂️

All the trucks are sign written

No decals here

[bright skiff]

My t450

[rustic bolt]

Its so cute and small!

[bright skiff]

Ikr

lol

[crimson turtle]

pure 'straya bullbar

[serene mason]

I like Aussie trucks, gotta love a good T904/908 cattle truck 👌🏻

They just look so mean, and the square tanks

[queen brook]

Gl

[serene mason]

Layby life lol

[paper bear]

for the night?

[serene mason]

Nah just stopped for a fag

I’m parked up near swaffham on the a17

Headed back to the yard for another trailer so we can finish this move off in norwich

[barren token]

just keep driving no need to stop for a fag lol

[paper bear]

some companies dont allow people to smoke in their vehicles.

i dont smoke. But i can see why you wouldnt want to smoke in that beauty

[storm tangle]

I never smoke in a truck. I am not washing by hand to get a yellow ceiling in it😁

[queen brook]

Snus is a good alternative

Just throw it off the window after youre done

[toxic burrow]

Best way to ruin a great truck is too smoke in it

[patent bolt]

http://www.syab.se/assets/uploads/syab_174.jpg

http://www.syab.se/assets/uploads/syab_188.jpg

I just found some pictures of the old trucks I used to drive while getting my license xD

http://www.syab.se/assets/uploads/syab_141.jpg

This one as well, with those floppy stairs which you banged your knees on some thingy that flopped out while opening the door all the time xD

[storm tangle]

Love the pictures man👍

[queen brook]

Where all the Sisu's at

@patent bolt 😠

[patent bolt]

Haha we don't have any SISU trucks here 😛

[queen brook]

I have seen some Sisu pictures from norway tho

[patent bolt]

Would love to try a new one of them tho, we have a SISU truck up here as a lumber truck tho that I've met along the road a couple of times

[queen brook]

Mainly for earthmoving

But can you handle the Eaton tho 😛

[patent bolt]

Never tried but meh can't be that hard

[queen brook]

I have driven one for 2 years now and i still get grinds

Downshifting is pain in the ass

[patent bolt]

Worst stick shift has to be the Volvo ones, so freaking hard to get in gear

[queen brook]

Atleast our volvo's manual is horrible

the stick has no resistance in it

[patent bolt]

That blue Volvo above I used to drive a bit alone with another mate at school and jesus the gearbox on it was a nightmare

[queen brook]

So you don't know in what gear you are in

[patent bolt]

Ha usually there's so much resistance in volvo gearboxes that you need to be the hulk to even get it in gear

[queen brook]

fuller basically sucks the gear in

when you are in the right RPM's

[patent bolt]

Well that's nice then

[queen brook]

Volvos gearstick is so sloppy for somereason

[paper bear]

I find this scanias gear stick to be horrid to get in gear.

Its as if it doesn't want you to match the revs.

Goes in easier if you're not matching em.

[paper bear]

Pete bogs

[paper bear]

Peat?

Idk

[serene mason]

You just have to be smooth with the scanias and it’ll drop right in

I prefer my volvo, but I do like having a go in the boss’ son’s scania

When the gearbox is cold tho

They can be a pain

[grand dawn]

379 pete with a 3608 Caterpiller motor 18 speed trans twinstick

[willow cove]

My 379 with a Cummins N14 525HP, 18spd Eaton, twin stick as well 😛

[rustic bolt]

What is with the twin stick fetish?

[storm tangle]

Nice weather to unload a removal 😐 😁

[sweet aspen]

I want to turn my ingame truck into a reality one day...

[serene mason]

Glad I’m back under a low loader

Some of the buckles like to flick open on this trailer tho

[paper bear]

Why does it have curtains on it? What you hauling underneath there?

[serene mason]

Anything lol

9t and 8t forklifts are in it right now, but it’s a good trailer cause you don’t have to sheet your load

[paper bear]

Why would you sheet forklifts?

[serene mason]

By load I mean if there’s a machine on the neck

[paper bear]

?

If there's a machine on the neck you sheet it?

[serene mason]

Generally yes, unless the weathers fair I’ll sheet my loads

[paper bear]

Why's that?

[serene mason]

You don’t wanna get water on and in a CNC or a lathe, or most engineering based machines

[paper bear]

Ahh, forgot you don't just move forklifts...

I kinda classed you as forklift hire.

My bad, but yeah I can see that now. You don't see many flatbeds with sheeted loads round here.

[serene mason]

Ew no we don’t hire anything out, that’s how you ruin good kit

[paper bear]

I mean, like a customer hires the equipment and someone from the company drives it.

We have a crane hire part of our company.

That's how we roll, they hire the crane and the operator.

[serene mason]

Well you could call it that

I’m mainly on the forklifts so I get all the inside work in engineering firms, but I do like having a play with the crane trailers when I can

Today I moved a few CNCs around inside, put them exactly where they marked the floor for them to go, they were happy with the placement and now they want them all moving again... they probably messed up where the ancillary parts go like conveyers etc

But at least I know what I’ll be doing and it’s Friday so I ain’t rushing 😂

[paper bear]

Yep, did you have to do any special training for those sizes of forklifts?

[serene mason]

Well there’s no real license for forklifts, there’s just training on them, the boss gets some guy in and we just use our kit for the training

Used the same guy for my hiab too, not like I get to use them much but it’s useful to have

Our mechanics building a deck plate to go on the 5th wheel of our scania so we can use it for small cardboard balers

[maiden shard]

i do not understand any word haha

[serene mason]

What do you not understand

[maiden shard]

Many Things .-.

no know of Trucks but only Gameplays

[serene mason]

Why are you in real life trucking then

[maiden shard]

i dont know just looked in some channels i am Fresh new here

[queen brook]

@serene mason cant he still be lurking around

😡

I know that we have claimed this channel

But still

[serene mason]

Yeah fair point

The mechanics building something like what’s over the 5th wheel

But it will be flat and have plenty of rope hooks 👌🏻👌🏻

Instead of the boards on that

[rustic bolt]

Awww cute!

[serene mason]

@paper bear

[paper bear]

Ahh we call them tickets arose and here. Telehandler tickets, forklift tickets.

Excavator tickets

Hiab tickets you get the point

And I was just curious if you needed a new ticket to go over a certain size if forklift

[serene mason]

Well the last training I did was on a 9 tonner

I did the little 1.5t training, then on a 7t and then 9t and I got a fresh card each time

[serene mason]

So the steam cleaner pipe burst just as I was ready to rinse off so I’ve roped myself into getting a crimp end on the pipe, washing my truck again, washing the Scania and I’ll probably end up on a job tomorrow 🙄 ah well

Poor trucks gonna sit there all streaky... I hosed it down the best I could but by the time I managed to find a hose it already started drying

[willow cove]

Look at this bad girl 😉

For sale as well

[pine slate]

nice looking ride

[serene mason]

Is there an ad to look at for it?

[last dagger]

Can I import it to Austria

[rustic bolt]

no because it would fail all requirements

[harsh tapir]

Shes for sale

[rustic bolt]

i'd really hate to drive that trailer or do any manouvering with it

[serene mason]

At least the rear axle on the trailer lifts

[rustic bolt]

still

[harsh tapir]

It's actually pretty easy

If ur going around a corner just lift up the pack axle I figured that out the hard way after I pulled the tire of the rim

[rustic bolt]

why not just build it with steering axle on the rear, its not that difficult

[harsh tapir]

cuz i run such heavy loads that it would break something cuz all i haul is fats going to the killin plant and sometimes ranch cattle so i am usually weighing 102000 pounds in gross

and plus the dots where i live are nothing but just a bunch of u know whats

[rustic bolt]

45 tons hardly sounds heavy tbh

shouldnt justify a need for 4th dual tyre axle

[harsh tapir]

The only reason is I can get by with that much weight is because ur allowed so much weight per axel and tbh I can haul up to 140000 pounds

[rustic bolt]

meh

thats not really a solution to just add axles to a semi trailer to load more, it becomes more and more train with every axle

[serene mason]

But America work their axle weights and spread for crossing bridges

[rustic bolt]

yeah

its wierd

[serene mason]

So more axles is less stress on the road surface

[rustic bolt]

and then they just squeal and change tyres every month

because nobody seems to have invented steering axles in that continent

[serene mason]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[harsh tapir]

I am thinking about keeping the truck and trailer and just let my dad drive it since he works for me which that sounds funny a dad working for his son and get me a new truck with 3 drive axels and a puller the get a new Wilson trailer custom made with 5 axles but that whole set up is going to cost about $700000

[queen brook]

I don't think any truck and trailer costs 700k

[rustic bolt]

dollars

thats like 500,000 euros

i dont even want to know your tyre costs for a year lol

[harsh tapir]

But I am getting a 2018 peterbilt gliderkit and u have to add all the stuff for the truck and add all the lights for the trailer cuz it's not going to have the basic lights there's going to be a total of 2000 lights on the trailer from Wilson and between me my dad and 3 other drivers I spend about 1million on tires cuz all my trucks have 4axles total and all my trailers have 4axles

[rustic bolt]

holy shit

[harsh tapir]

And we only pull grain trailers I 5 of those and 5 bull wagons

All Wilson and peterbilt besides the my truck which is becoming the farm truck

[rustic bolt]

1 million on tyres is just damn insane for a year

[harsh tapir]

Yea

But that's and estimated cost

[rustic bolt]

still

my company with around 15? trucks and trailers, some of which are overlenght and running on special permits, i dont think we still break even 250,000 mark on tyre maintenance

[harsh tapir]

We run all 48 states

[rustic bolt]

and?

ours run 24/7 aswell

pretty much 1000km/day

and we have seasons

such as winter

[harsh tapir]

The only reason y it costs so much is we have 3 times out of the that all we haul is cattle and of course we never do the speed limits and we are always over weight and we run are grain trailers is where most of the cost comes in because are summers is when we are hauling alot of grain and going out in the fields wheat stuble is rough on the tires

[rustic bolt]

Shrug

[harsh tapir]

Like we always say
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
If not for
Bull haulers
The fast lane
Would rust

[paper bear]

america are a generation behind us

thats why they aint got hardly any steerable axles

[harsh tapir]

well its kinda hard and not reasonable to put steer axels on a bull wagon

[storm tangle]

Are they using synced gears, finally? Just curious tho

[paper bear]

"its kinda hard"

for you?

whys that?

[harsh tapir]

well u see us bull haulers just lick to get the job done and we are heavy haulers that pull oversize loads to whats the point in it

[vapid harness]

Why would we need steerable axles.

[paper bear]

to save tires, and increase manoeuvrability when loaded

[harsh tapir]

screw manoeuabiltiy

[vapid harness]

I can understand it in Europe with how tight those places are, but there's literally....I can only think of a few areas I've been that I've of used that capability.

Probably some areas in Los Angeles, maybe if Iever chose New York City - never been there.

.....I mean, honestly, the heavy haulers use them already.

[harsh tapir]

we don't got to LA or new york they when i see it is more axles more weight and the more u can haul the more u get paid

[vapid harness]

Mmhmm.

How's that ELD mandate hitting you bull haulers, driver?

Ya'll keeping it under the radar?

[harsh tapir]

its hitting us pretty bad first off animal wellfare and for me and my other 4 drivers we haul from coast to coast all the time and we are based out of kansas but the closest pete dealership said they will cut the power to the ELD in my trucks for free cuz i am a regulare customer