irl-trucking

[queen brook]

docker

or whatever

i had to google it

[storm tangle]

Ow haha

[queen brook]

konttihåmås are having a fun time

[rustic bolt]

Greedy bastards

[thick cedar]

hey kontti job is fun

[storm tangle]

4k? Dude here they lose their jobs bc automatic machines😂

[queen brook]

But there is a thing to that

I don't get paid extras

Well kinda yes

[rustic bolt]

Yeah

its 16€ a base

[queen brook]

Yeah the tables have turned

[rustic bolt]

plus extras

[queen brook]

But do you get paid for sleeping 9 hours+

[storm tangle]

I get paid every hour. Including extras at christmas and beer. Lots of beer

[rustic bolt]

no

[queen brook]

yeah that would be stupid

[rustic bolt]

but day moneys

[queen brook]

I mean basically, even tho i have 1 euro bigger wage than dogman here

He still gets more

because of extras

[storm tangle]

If my boss doesnt pay while sleeping in a truck its a bad one. Here they must

[queen brook]

Yeah

and that

[rustic bolt]

ass if

[storm tangle]

Thug life trucking😂 😂

[queen brook]

But of course you need to get paid more whne you drive a Sisu 😉

[rustic bolt]

well.. i mean, I can work and not enojy anything else

[storm tangle]

Haha

[rustic bolt]

But i work 3 days a week anyways

[queen brook]

Because you drive a majestical thing

[rustic bolt]

So screw you Jölli

yeah

i drive my hours in 3 days

[storm tangle]

Rather work at a office and not mind trucking at all 😂

[queen brook]

I mean my last 2 weeks have been just sitting at the office

Sipping coffee

[rustic bolt]

I had entire last summer on red.. I try to hold back for this one

I drove a 3 shift truck alone last summer

[queen brook]

And maybe dropping off a few beds

[storm tangle]

Nice haha i did garden work fgs

[queen brook]

I mean i have been sweeping still

even tho its late june

But we still have gravel stacks there and there

that we need to get rid of

[storm tangle]

Gf is too. Doesnt get travel money😟

Nice pay tho

She does 60/70 haha aint normal

[thick cedar]

40 hours in 2 weeks?

ohhh

[queen brook]

i think i had 60 hours last month

only

[rustic bolt]

Wow

[thick cedar]

i get like 60-80 hours in a week

[storm tangle]

I do different. This week 60with tomorrow and next week maybe 20 idk

Depends how much houses are sold😂

[thick cedar]

well when i work its always +10H days

[rustic bolt]

I work 12 hours usually, sometimes it stretches to 18 for certain reasons

[storm tangle]

I dont life to work anymore.

Yeah thats shit broken shifts

[thick cedar]

well this is just temporary

[storm tangle]

If i work 8 its enough or even too much

Yes sir

[thick cedar]

well when working time goes much faster than sitting in home

[storm tangle]

When i am off, i have a shit day for sure

Not always😂

[thick cedar]

il do that when i have to drive 6h to the destination

[storm tangle]

I dont have time to think tho.

[thick cedar]

yeap

thats why i m doing this

[storm tangle]

Never knew my dad till he stopped driving😂

Jk eh

Hahha

[thick cedar]

well thats a life of a trucker

[storm tangle]

He drove to everywhere in and out europe. Maybe sometimes home on a sunday and a good day on saturday

I dont wanna be like that.

Its fun when ur young. But not fun when you got a wife and kids

[thick cedar]

but first you have to get a wife

woow

[storm tangle]

I did flower transport a while to france. Never seen my own house that time. 😂

Buddy had it worse. Just got a kid. In 3 months 24h at home

Or as a wizard

[rustic bolt]

women are trouble

[storm tangle]

A woman thats knows how to cook is golden.

[queen brook]

ok lol nvm i took it way over

I doubled my last paycheck

16.20€

only 80 cents

[storm tangle]

They are Trouble indeed. But free sex aint bad.

[queen brook]

I kinda remember it was 17

But no 😦

[thick cedar]

still i make like 13.63€/ hour

[queen brook]

@rustic bolt we are at the same stage.

Unlucky

I cant flex anymore

[storm tangle]

For sure i am gonna move to a different country

Everyone getting paid nice. Here i am a broke ass fcker

[queen brook]

Yeah i kinda thought so that 17 was too high

[storm tangle]

Beats sweden

[queen brook]

I was doubting it myself

[storm tangle]

😂 😂

I had a co worker from syria one of the good ones. Works 19h aday ffs. 3jobs

Damn. I in 8h

Yeah but dont let them work morning shifts they dont use a clock😂

Haha i met one of the 8000😂

Muhammad liked kids.. it aint my book tbh👀 its a fact btw before rascism card. Read their booky

Uhu

From my time i had too much time and read every shitbook

Yeah. Your young thats why😂

Same here

Just shave ur mustache🍆 😂 😂

I am gonna eat some and head to bed👌 freakin munchies😂

Have a good one👌

Same. 31 and got nothing more then ball hairs on my face😂

Thats for sure. And ur first shaving too👌

Haha bit curly

[queen brook]

string trimmer?

[storm tangle]

I do it. Wanna be smooth😁

😂

[queen brook]

wait you didnt get what i meant with the string trimmer did you

Mehg

it was an bad joke anyways

Ignore t

[storm tangle]

Only ignore my gf mostly😂

😂 😂

With a fist. They wanna have the se rights as man. They get them😂

[queen brook]

Theres always an Dutch truck in Oulu that is going all over the flower shops

[storm tangle]

Samw

[queen brook]

Its a pretty nice looking volvo ngl

[storm tangle]

They had real nice trucks still do indeed. Remember Zurel? They used light gold for their name on the truck

😂 😂

[queen brook]

is it actually Zurel

i need to check it out

when i see it again

[storm tangle]

Zurel is dead a long time

[queen brook]

The company is called Heyer

[storm tangle]

Really now off hehe.

Heyer has nice ones. Blue lights

[queen brook]

If im not wrong

Its this thing

that drives around here

[storm tangle]

Yeah.😎 😎 😎

[queen brook]

osbuddy is better

even tho runelite is open source

I used to

Not really interested anymore

i have heard from my friends

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[thick cedar]

Iveco is bad?

[dull narwhal]

Yes

[rustic bolt]

its cheap italian shit

[thick cedar]

what about Renault?

[rustic bolt]

Italians cant build cars, neither electrics

[dull narwhal]

Iveco is ford

[rustic bolt]

its been getting better after volvo bought it

[dull narwhal]

Ford as the car company

[thick cedar]

so best is scania and worst is iveco?

[dull narwhal]

Ford created Iveco as a truck brand so...

🤷

[rustic bolt]

worst is iveco. period, the best can vary between daf and scania

[thick cedar]

what about Mercedes or MAN

[rustic bolt]

HOpeless

their automatics are aboslute pieces of shit

[thick cedar]

I drive manual

😉

[rustic bolt]

Doesnt still help the absolutely miserable steering wheel of a MAN

[dull narwhal]

MAN is horrible

[rustic bolt]

you cant adjust the damn wheel at all in the MAN

[dull narwhal]

They're powerful, but horrible

[thick cedar]

Mercedes?

[rustic bolt]

and not really powerful either

Mercedes is somewhat good.. they just suck at automatic gearboxes

it shifts all over the place

[thick cedar]

I drive manual 😃

no problem

[rustic bolt]

so you drive some late 1990s mercedes?

[dull narwhal]

The company im getting a summer job with hopefully have 2 Merc's

[thick cedar]

nah I drive a 2010 tacoma

[rustic bolt]

because as far as i know, mercedes has not made a single manual since like 2000s

[thick cedar]

do u live in the USA or EU?

[rustic bolt]

EU

of course

[thick cedar]

uh

[rustic bolt]

i'd kill myself if i were in USA

[thick cedar]

Every Mercedes I see is manual

with very few exceptions

[rustic bolt]

if you live in US, you dont even see the mercedes trucks

[dull narwhal]

The merc's we have are auto

[thick cedar]

ik

Ok we are talking about trucks

not about cars

?

[rustic bolt]

of course

[thick cedar]

Ok

[dull narwhal]

[thick cedar]

Ye ik

[dull narwhal]

Merc as in the MP4

[thick cedar]

I have no idea what truck I should get in ets

[dull narwhal]

Your choice

Looks + Power = Happy person

[rustic bolt]

Mercedes and powershi(t)/(ft)... the worst combination ever

[thick cedar]

i think I’ll go Mercedes scania or Volvo

[rustic bolt]

Cant go wrong with scania or volvo

[cosmic condor]

Scania and Volvo is 👌

[queen brook]

There are many opnions about that.

[serene mason]

Very mixed opinions

I drive the very last of what I’d call a Volvo

[queen brook]

Volvofanboy roflmao 😂 😂 👌 👌 🔥

[storm tangle]

Yeah i aint denying it😂 🍆 💦

[serene mason]

But you’re a renosu fanboy

[storm tangle]

Renuso?

[queen brook]

:o

[patent bolt]

Heading in to the proper part of the country again 😎

[long sparrow]

proper

[patent bolt]

North is the proper part

[patent bolt]

1am on the arctic circle almost 700m above sea level

[rustic bolt]

Beautiful

[gusty hare]

thats 1am

??

[rustic bolt]

yes

[feral kayak]

In southern france, we passed by a truck with 2 plates on the trailer, 1 from Spain (E) and a red one, what is the Red plate for (no nation codes or symbols just letters and numbers like a normal plate)

[small swan]

That's just a trailer plate I think

[feral kayak]

Not all of them have it

Googleing it it is a spanish plate for trailers, What I found weird is that a polish trailer had one

[patent bolt]

This bridge is so nasty to drive under as it actually moves and my trailer is about 4.26 😩

[glacial remnant]

Rip

[storm tangle]

Mostly there are measured lower then its 👌 keep that in mind before ur trailer is a convertible

[patent bolt]

Hehe yeah and doesn’t help the fact that that bridge moves up and down with the tide

Was another driver that smashed his trailer there recently cuz the bridge had moved 😬

[storm tangle]

Hehe, thats fckd,

We had one too, that didnt knew if he could go under the bridge at my old job😁 strangely, i didnt see him the next day

[rustic bolt]

Oh well, its just a carrier

No damage done

[storm tangle]

Inside was broken of the carrier. Including up of the box, he drove with 40kmh in the bridge. Cost approx 20k€ 😀

[outer current]

Why and how does a bridge move up and down with the tide??

[patent bolt]

Dingy time now, wonder how seasick I’ll get this time

[long sparrow]

lmao

[patent bolt]

Funny thing is that I’m heading out to a tiny tiny island too

[desert bluff]

aww soo tiney

[storm tangle]

😂

[serene mason]

Meet my new sidekick

[rustic bolt]

Awww

[serene mason]

He’s called Toby

Literally just wiened off his mother, gonna train him up proper

So he can carry all the straps around 😂

[queen brook]

handyman?

[patent bolt]

Almost finished loading

[queen brook]

It sure is nice when someone else loads your cargo

😉

[patent bolt]

Haha that’s certainly true

If only the bloody ferry could show up now too so I could get back to the mainland :/

[patent bolt]

Jesus seems like the next ferry won’t leave until half past 9 tonight 😑

[long sparrow]

Wow

Sleep then 😄

[desert bluff]

drive ur truck fast enough to just skim the water @patent bolt

[cosmic condor]

[patent bolt]

Ha yeah if that was only possible with 20 tons of salmon on

[desert bluff]

😂

or

just give the fish to penguin

sorted

[cosmic condor]

Wrong pole @desert bluff

[desert bluff]

damn

forgot

[sweet hearth]

🇨🇾 Chyprian truck, Greeks company and driver 🇬🇷

[storm tangle]

them greeks and their open pipes... like a bit of a crackle but most of them, push it too much imho

[rustic bolt]

Most of them spund like honda civics in hands of teenagers

Sound

[storm tangle]

^^

[queen brook]

Their scanias with v8's sound like nonstopping farting

[crimson turtle]

Speaking of new sidekicks 😂

[sweet hearth]

I have it on video

[patent bolt]

I just made it back to the mainland and god I’m gonna run out of my 15h before my drive time 😬

And funny thing, there was these narrow tunnels along the road so I thought I’d pull aside when I got off the ferry and let some of the other 3 trucks drive ahead cuz we all know it’s nicer to be behind another truck in narrow tunnels. But ofc all of them had the same idea and pulled in in a nice line behind me...

[storm tangle]

😂 😂

[rapid warren]

What are you think of this beauty queen ❤

[crimson turtle]

looks like a dustbin truck.

[cosmic condor]

Not for me

Looks like a delivery truck for me

[crimson turtle]

Looks disproportioned to me

[cosmic condor]

Scania S is da best next gen Scania

[karmic galleon]

^

[rapid warren]

no, thats a truck like with BDF Tandem (irl)

[storm tangle]

@rapid warren heard a lot of good storys about the G. We are getting a P but it takes forever building the box

[rapid warren]

haha 😄

[rustic bolt]

R450 is good enough

G in the nextgen is bit too low

I never seen a next gen G...

[cosmic condor]

My school has S450

[rustic bolt]

I dont tjink they are making G series rigid chassis yet

[cosmic condor]

Yeah

[rustic bolt]

It usually takes some years for them to push out the rigid chassis (not the german BDF trash, real ones)

[cosmic condor]

Agree

[rustic bolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/327961061674450945/464052187346108426/IMG_20180704_140458.jpg

Just moment ago friend on other discord wanted everybody to spot, everything wrong with this (not just the brand)

How many do you find? I got 5

[cosmic condor]

I dont know that much about the things that are wrong yet

[rustic bolt]

1. Wrong air connectors
2. Hitch in wrong place
3. The wierd german combilock swap body instead of proper one.
4. 60 series wheels
5. There are 2 hitches

[cosmic condor]

Ohhhh

[rustic bolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/327961061674450945/464073798296010762/IMG_20180704_140643.jpg

Seriously germans, what is this

[storm tangle]

P serie, guess the G is there too.

[rustic bolt]

Thats wierd looking

Side doors that is

Are those just normal curtain trailer rear doors?

[storm tangle]

normal side doors,

like these ones, only the lock is underneath, custom build box for movings

use it for storage, so ppl have their own boxes we store, put them in a truck, get a forklift and out in the warehouse

[rustic bolt]

Those are not normal doors

Normal ones dont use those thin shit latches that can be snapped off

[storm tangle]

i really doubt they will snap 😉

[cosmic condor]

They can snap

[storm tangle]

have it your way, everything can snap tho
but not with us, can tell you that.
Every little detail has been thought of, from interior, to the box and inside of it

[rustic bolt]

I have snapped one of those squishy levers

It was in some schmitz megatrailer

[storm tangle]

This not a cheap ass smitz 👀 the box was more expensive then that p.o.s. from sodertalje

[rustic bolt]

Who made it

[storm tangle]

Little company in Venlo. Dont know the name tho. Just drive to it without looking

Good coffee tho

Kbk ? Not sure

Kbk is the builder for sure. Had to look it up

[rustic bolt]

Never heard

[storm tangle]

Local company

[outer current]

@rustic bolt there's a reason that truck is how it is. There's two hitches because tandem trailers use the lower and drawbar trailers use the upper one. And different connectors because apparently there used to be a different system a few years ago. I've seen it on other trucks as well, not too uncommon. idk about the container locks and the wheels though

[rustic bolt]

Choose one ffs, lol

Drop the midaxle toys already

Also i wamt to kiss you, you didnt call drawbar/fulltrailers as tandem

[outer current]

😂 who does that anyway?

[rustic bolt]

People who think the only trailer that goes to a hitch is the bloody middle axle toywagon that is useless

[outer current]

I just hope SCS adds drawbar sawp body trailers and not the stupid tandem ones

[rustic bolt]

Yup

They are so stupid and only used in like 2 countries

[outer current]

I would say 90% of swap body trailers here in Germany are drawbar trailers but we also have tandems

[rustic bolt]

Though, i feel like driving 1+1 drawbar isnt a great fun either lol

Short nasty and plain dangerous on ice

[outer current]

True

Though thats not really a huge problem with the kind of brakes they have from what I've heard. Could be wrong though

[rustic bolt]

Yes it is, atill

Still

Brakes dont save you when that trailer decides to come on the left lane next to you.. because slap a loaded container on it, take a tur mn, and at best the trailer is comimg to say "hai" as you are turning

Single axle dollies are the most dangerous thing there is

[outer current]

I think the drawbar is so short that it can't really "overtake" you though

I think you guys have longer drawbars/dollys

[rustic bolt]

Not really

Tje drawbar is about 1.5m long

Its possible for the ttailer to swing almost with full width to the lane next to you

[quaint tulip]

isn't the drawbar/dolly of the tandem fixed with the rest of the trailer?

[outer current]

On our german drawbar trailers it definitely is

But it's not a tandem then 😛

[rustic bolt]

Dolly and drawbar is different things

Dolly is a solid arm midaxle trailer with 5th wheel, used to hook up semi trailer to a rigid chassis, drawbar is the bar that can move up and down that connects a full trailer (axles in both ends, front axles are mounted on a turning base, like 5th wheel) and the rigid's hitch

[outer current]

and the latter one is called Drehschemel in German, no idea what the english word for the thing is

[rustic bolt]

Well, if semi trailer supports partly itself, then full trailer would mean it has axles on both ends and carries its own weight entirely

I dont think therr is a real word for it in English, so full-trailer it is

[outer current]

yeah your full trailer is a Drehschemelanhänger but Drehschemel just refers to the front axle and drawbar, idk if there's an english word for that part of the trailer

[rustic bolt]

Not really

There isnt one, because england never seen such trailer

There is no definition for it

[serene mason]

We call them drags here or turntables I’ve heard too

Usually on postal trucks with the stilt bodies

Idk the word for them

[willow cove]

Found my twin!

[thick cedar]

oh

meanwhile in sri lanka, the lorries are just

riced,

the drivers are idiots,

and it's sometimes awful

but, I still like sri lanka lorries

[rustic bolt]

I certainly don't

[dusty flicker]

Lol

That's everywhere in the Indian sub continent

[karmic galleon]

👀

[queen brook]

Yeah

What is that

[serene mason]

So someone drove across the front corner of my cab today

[thick cedar]

jesus sri lanka

with your buses

[cosmic condor]

@thick cedar Its a lorry, not a bus

[thick cedar]

no

no

we were driving by

and i found a ricer bus

[candid solstice]

@serene mason does your wagon have the emergency brake system?

[serene mason]

It was parked

I saw the cab rock when I was on a job and then a van floor it away

White van man, never gonna find it...

[candid solstice]

typical scum

did it damage much? or just a scrape?

[serene mason]

Mostly scratches, the corner bumper and step panels are cracked, the headlight surround is loose at the bottom and scratched up, so is the bottom of the drivers door but that looks like where he’s dragged the repeater on the door a little

And my wind deflector on the door is all fucked up

[candid solstice]

oh shit, that sounds quite expensive, guessing there's no CCTV in the area you were parked either...

[storm tangle]

Damn, and the scum drives away,. Atleast have the decency to admit you made mistake, go to the driver and solve it but people just drive away, damn shame those people. I mean, thats what insurance is for

[thick cedar]

I'm over here having to deal with the idiotic drivers of sri lanka

[storm tangle]

Easy day. Already going home👌

[thick cedar]

JUST

WHY

Idiotic CTB bus on the wrong side and speeding

ONGL

The CTB Bus Brake checked me

I ALMOST

CRASHED

[rigid jay]

You sure it wasn't because you're on your phone

[thick cedar]

I'm pulled to the side rn

[rigid jay]

Ah alright

[thick cedar]

Aand there he goes

blasting the horn and doing illegal overtakes

[serene mason]

Got it looking as good as I can now

If it was the other side I would cry

There was A LOT of paint transfer and I’m surprised I got most of it off

Managed to get the bumper sitting sorta true

And a shitty black repeater

[desert bluff]

what did you do lol

[serene mason]

Nice assumption

Scroll up my man

[karmic galleon]

Rip

[serene mason]

I cry

[storm tangle]

Ffs i can imagine its too cry but they aint gonna repaint it?

[desert bluff]

😡

rip you

[serene mason]

Probably not

We’ll see

The whole thing needs painting really

The front is pebbledashed a bit

[cloud sapphire]

tolle Trucks.

[storm tangle]

if not, its quite sh&t man, its not even a old truck imho

[serene mason]

Shit happens, but pretty unlucky for me as it was my birthday aswell

[storm tangle]

thats some bad luck bro, but congrats tho bit late 😄

[queen brook]

Washing dayy

Yay i guess?

[rustic bolt]

A volvo

[queen brook]

yeah

that

@serene mason volvo expert

tell me what you see wrong with this thing

[serene mason]

2 things stick out

You’re part of the frilly curtain brigade

And you’ve had a tow/pull at some point

[rustic bolt]

frilly curtain brigade 🤣

[serene mason]

I always see them over here with tartan curtains that take up half the door windows

[queen brook]

the only thing wrong is the trailer

Thats how you kill yourself

[serene mason]

Damn if I was on my machine I would get dogs tipper incident up

That was with a Volvo too 😂😂

[rustic bolt]

haha

[serene mason]

My shape tho right

*drives round the corner to see a Volvo on 6 wheels into the cafe

Aaaaand it’s over

[queen brook]

someone got killed here a few years back

with an semi tipper

[rustic bolt]

suprised, i am not

[queen brook]

That happens when you let stupid people try to tip it

he was trying to tip it while being like

you know

whats the word im looking for here

[serene mason]

Not level

[queen brook]

jackknifed but

not the hardcore version

[serene mason]

I’ve seen many tippers on their side before they even get to tip

[queen brook]

the trailer apparently disconnected from the fifth wheel or whatever

and fell ontop of the cabin

Ouch, that must have hurt

[serene mason]

Shit

[small swan]

I just found out that my neighbour drives this

[storm tangle]

so we can welcome Jolli to the club Potter? 😄

[serene mason]

That’s a lot of reach

And Jolli has always been in the club

He just doesn’t drive in the winter because he’s too busy clearing snow

[storm tangle]

👌 😎

[queen brook]

I mean

you cant even get an semi out of the yard

during winter

[paper bear]

what hapened @serene mason you scrape her?

[queen brook]

But when you have Sisu, you can always lift the bogie

😉

[serene mason]

Some twat drove into it on an estate in Newcastle

I saw the van but I couldn’t get over fast enough to catch his reg

[queen brook]

real estate?

[serene mason]

Industrial...

[queen brook]

Yeah yeah

what an flummery

Tarnation!

[serene mason]

Well it’s happened and I’ve made it look as well as I can make it look for now

I’m surprised that it only did the bumper and the headlight surround

And it didn’t rip the diffuser off the front

[queen brook]

Oof

[serene mason]

I’m trying to convince the boss to give it a full respray and do the sign writing again

[queen brook]

Before the rust takes over

Or was it that bad?

[serene mason]

The whole front is stone chipped and the bumper chevrons are nearly back to the primer, probably crap paint on the bumper and just road abuse on the front end

The truck was originally cherry red so I’m guessing the spray job wasn’t the best, or the soap was too much for the paint

[maiden shard]

we need a Trucker Discord Server

awesome that we have so many real life truckers around

[rustic bolt]

not really

we dont need a separate discord

[maiden shard]

Only for people who want

its their mind

[rustic bolt]

i hate having million discords

I already have too many, more than fits to the sidebar

[hidden solstice]

I have 34?

[rustic bolt]

How do you keep track of stuff?

I got 14 and thats way too many

[hidden solstice]

I don't

I'm active in like 15

[unkempt shadow]

I love my iveco truck

[serene mason]

Bold

Although I love my truck, I’m always torn between the fh3 and the 6 series

Bruh trucks are so beautiful in their own ways

[small swan]

Can I come in the trucker discord server as a bus driver? 🤔

[cosmic condor]

@small swan perhaps

[serene mason]

Only if you go 90k 😂

[queen brook]

Dude

Ivecos belong in the recycling center

Thanks

[naive gulch]

My frozen meat truck.

[crimson turtle]

That's a funny looking Atego

[rustic bolt]

Not sure if its atego even

Looks way older

Some junkyard special

[serene mason]

Where the hell is that

Looked the plate up, brazil

[rustic bolt]

Frilly curtain brigade! (© Potter) nice.. fully his truck?

[queen brook]

Or owned by googlw image searcj

Who knows

[rare prairie]

Fully owned by him for the last 10 years.

[queen brook]

Are you dutch)

@rare prairie

If yea, then no wonder you belong in the frilly curtain brigade (©Potter)

[rare prairie]

Scottish

[storm tangle]

Just standard curtains even tho i am dutch.

[unborn kayak]

RubberDuck,s 2003 Scania 164g 580 V8

[serene mason]

Today’s ride

[thick cedar]

@unborn kayak i saw this scania a place in Norway 😛

[worn pelican]

Behind the wheel of a 1986 Pete 379 with a 9 speed gearbox

Went snow driving just outside Chicago, IL

[remote iron]

Oooooooh. Snow. Bring some to me in the UK

[worn pelican]

No more snow, it's summer time now

[remote iron]

It’s melting here

[queen brook]

9 speed eaton issa joke

[unborn kayak]

@thick cedar Yup im from Norway 😃 XD

[thick cedar]

This is what i do

[queen brook]

konttihåmå

[thick cedar]

😂

[patent bolt]

Not a truck but Jesus the power in it 😎

[tender sparrow]

P100D?

[rustic bolt]

Mr. Fancy pants

[paper bear]

meh, nothing beats driving a manual

even if its slower than a tesla

well, even if it has 200 hp

or 150

still fun driving

[serene mason]

I’d walk a Tesla out on the backroads

Steelies or trainers 😂

[paper bear]

yeah, teslas arent the best with corners ey? 😄

heavy af

[cosmic condor]

Are you guys talking about boats?

[paper bear]

we are, this one is called a tesla

😃

[serene mason]

Canal barge

But give me a well balanced car like a 3 series or a civic over a tesla

[paper bear]

evo

[cosmic condor]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBUrC2Ayl0/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=186w78jeeoqdv this is a car for you @paper bear

[paper bear]

no

never share anything like that again.

[cosmic condor]

Why not?

[serene mason]

Evos have plastic engines

Put any power to them and they decide they don’t wanna be a solid block

Or the gearbox destructs

[paper bear]

thats why you dont be stupid and shoot for more power without forged parts

or just keep it stock

¯_(ツ)_/¯

and the gearbox, aslong as you dont drop the cluth when launching it then it will be mostly ok

i know mine is on its way out tho

[cosmic condor]

You own a evo?

[paper bear]

thats mine ^^

[cosmic condor]

Evo>Impreza

[paper bear]

:someone who agrees, thank you

[serene mason]

Wait

How many secrets are you holding back man

[paper bear]

😄

[serene mason]

When I get my turbo on I’ll have to drive up to you and race you man 😂

[paper bear]

haha we have some decent roads up here, nice and rural

[cosmic condor]

@paper bear how much HP?

[paper bear]

its an fq-360

[serene mason]

I was hanging out the back of a Glaswegian bird for a while so I’ve had my share of Scottish back roads

Very bumpy 😂

[paper bear]

yeah, but totally worth it for some of the twisty roads

[cosmic condor]

Cool

I have just tuned Alfa Romeo 156

[paper bear]

what kinda power do they have?

[cosmic condor]

My Alfa Romeo had 190bhp stock. My Alfa has around 250 bhp now

2.5 liter V6

[paper bear]

wow, never expected that

[cosmic condor]

Fwd

Sportwagon

[paper bear]

😄 haha, fun

[cosmic condor]

Coilovers

Performance exhaust

[paper bear]

burns through front tires like paper?

[cosmic condor]

ECU tuned

And yes if you do clutch bomb

[serene mason]

Fwd 😬

[cosmic condor]

Fwd cars arent bad

[paper bear]

apart from the fact they cant get the power down when turning 😄

[serene mason]

They suit 1.2 corsas to stop round lads wrapping them

That’s about ot

It

[paper bear]

you got a pic? @cosmic condor

[serene mason]

Unless it’s a Honda then no fwd

[paper bear]

its yours right?

[cosmic condor]

Yes. The black one is my stepdads

[paper bear]

imo some black alloys would look nice on it

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[cosmic condor]

2007 year model, no rust anywhere, cost 700€ with broken engine, engine repair cost 200€, ECU tune cost 500, exhaust was already there, full cost 1400€

[paper bear]

not bad, the paint is a bit faded but other than that

[cosmic condor]

Selling prices for these are around 2500€ in good condition

I like the rear door handles

[paper bear]

they are different, ill say that

probably confuses a few people?

[cosmic condor]

Yeah 😂. All of my friends have asked: "how do you open the rear doors?"

[paper bear]

how many miles though?

[cosmic condor]

127000 kilometers

So 79k miles

[paper bear]

yeah, its 10k kilometres more than mine

and yours is a year younger

[cosmic condor]

This has been a family car tho

[paper bear]

yeah, thats good mileage for an estate car of that age

[cosmic condor]

Yeah. Its amazing car

And it has 6 speed manual

[paper bear]

👍

[cosmic condor]

No automatic trash

[paper bear]

yeah, you actually drive it. i drove a skoda octavia in iceland last week, 6 speed auto. that thing was boring

[cosmic condor]

My stepdads Alfa Romeo is automatic 6 speed. Luckily it has the pedal shifters so you can actually do something else than just sit

[limber vale]

any fellow e36 owners haha?

[cosmic condor]

@limber vale come to finnish colleges parking lots. You will find too many e36 bmws there

[limber vale]

haha really? i have a 93..too fun

[cosmic condor]

Yeah. 90% of the cars are BMWs

[limber vale]

ah, i live in the us, arizona

youll see them every now and then here

[cosmic condor]

I see more BMWs than actual good cars here

[serene mason]

I have an e46

[limber vale]

just take care of them and youll be good lol

[serene mason]

They can take abuse though

[limber vale]

hell yeah dude

[split hearth]

guys where did the turcking pics go

[limber vale]

above

[serene mason]

There’s this whole stigma around BMWs but they are really good cars imo

[paper bear]

the stigma is about the drivers 😉

[limber vale]

whats the stigma over there?

[split hearth]

for a good moment i thought the old red alfa was a seat ibiza

[limber vale]

In the us their fairly sought after

[serene mason]

Asshole driver, no indicators shit like that

[cosmic condor]

Psst, anyone wanna buy some trucking licenses

[limber vale]

oh gotcha lol

[serene mason]

Just to stop people moaning

Strap much?

[limber vale]

i was gonna say 😂

[cosmic condor]

Safety is number one priority

[limber vale]

eek, is that a 50gal tank? take it you dont travel too far in that though

[paper bear]

there are 2 tanks on that? i think i see 2....

[serene mason]

1

[paper bear]

isnt it like a 100l

[serene mason]

Pretty much

[paper bear]

thats whats on our lfs.....

[serene mason]

We don’t stray too far in it

[paper bear]

is the other tank your hydraulic oil?

[serene mason]

Yeah

For the big fassi on the ass end

6 ton metre 😂

[paper bear]

some size of crane, what is that? like a 30m radius? 😄

[serene mason]

Just reached the end of the bed

reaches

[paper bear]

haha 6 ton metre, great 😄

[serene mason]

Lifts barely a ton at full reach

So that Bridgeport on the ass end was fun

[paper bear]

what doe that thing weigh?

like a ton?

[serene mason]

Nearly 2

Surprisingly heavy for its size

Had to get it out with pinch bars and roller bars

It’s hard graft moving small stuff like that cause you can never get the jacks in

Always using bars and blocking it up first

[paper bear]

mate, your job sounds ace. that kinda stuff just sounds like good fun

im sure the novelty wears off, but a new challenge every day? 👍

[serene mason]

People always say shit like “oh you made that look easy” after you graft like fuck to get something up and moved

[paper bear]

haha, "yeah was no bother" you say out of breath and exhausted

[serene mason]

Yeah, straight to the cab and a bottle of water out the fridge

Well not in that one 🤬

But yeah the novelty wears off but it’s still a good job

Nothing beats when you’re on a job with one of the versas

Roll up like johnny big balls with the nooteboom, a CNC on the neck sheeted up and the versa sitting on the back

[paper bear]

with the shades on 😎

[serene mason]

You see that going up the road and it’s instant rubberneck

Hate to sound like I’ve got an ego

But you get more people in general, not just drivers when you’ve got a load like that

Looksie

Compared to having a flat on

[paper bear]

what can i say, i would give it a good stare

looks amazing

[serene mason]

Aye but it’s a good 30-40 minutes getting the sheets like that

Sheet

Really the only downside of the job is that you’re doin til it’s done

But it’s reyt, as long as he keeps paying me he can keep giving me work

[paper bear]

yeah, like wise.

cant just leave when its 17:00

[serene mason]

Yeah I never waste a 15 in a week

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/eJNj95aoFKg?t=180

just saw this clip

in a compilation

not the thumbnail

[serene mason]

Yeah I saw that a few week ago

Silly twat loading it that high

[limber vale]

@6:00 a honda is pulling a peterbilt 😂

[paper bear]

@6:00 an idiot destroys his clutch

that is the difference between hp and torque...

[limber vale]

hahah

[rustic bolt]

Honda has neither of tjose

[crimson turtle]

I have to admit, Honda make amazing lawnmowers. Mine chops through 1,5m high grass like it's a golf course green.

If only they made cars that powerful.

[high nacelle]

They do. That’s the problem

[crimson turtle]

I suppose it is lol

[serene mason]

200hp is plenty for a coke can

[shell breach]

They do make engines that are powerful. Thing is, they are not used for road cars

minus the acura NSX

[rustic bolt]

Turbodiesel mower

At what point does it become a combine harvester

[queen brook]

Unm

We have an turbodiesel mower actually

[rustic bolt]

Tractor -__-

[queen brook]

Gianni Ferrari turbo 4 something

Well not ours but basically ours

Since we are in the same concern

[crimson turtle]

Combine harvesters don't cut grass, so never

[patent bolt]

At the Scania workshop for like 2h now, anyone notice what’s wrong in the picture btw? 😉

[cosmic condor]

Ye. Its a Volvo

Why you take Volvo to Scania workshop

[patent bolt]

Cuz an air suspension cushion on the dolly exploded as I was about to couple it up with the trailer

[cosmic condor]

Ohhhh. Rip. You ok tho?

[patent bolt]

Yeah luckily I was in another truck as I was about to move it next to it when it happened 😂

[cosmic condor]

Glad to hear that you are ok

It could have ended worse

[patent bolt]

Lots of this can end worse in this profession, but most of the times they don’t 😛

[paper bear]

Yeah man. Some gravel could've been kicked up. Deadly stuff... 😆

But nah, I've heard one go, they make quite a bang.

[rustic bolt]

They do

When 12kg of air leave a vessel in milisecondd, it makes quite a bang

[paper bear]

And I'm missing the football :D

Got to take a 45 :/

[jaunty lily]

Get off your phone!

[paper bear]

You'll notice the engine is off 😆

[jaunty lily]

I know lmao

[paper bear]

But nah, worst thing is having a 45 min break this late on

[unkempt shadow]

Going to Czech Republic

[paper bear]

👀

[split hearth]

i want that renault

Volvo give SCS license pls

[cosmic condor]

Its not about volvo only

[frail tartan]

what

scs has a volvo license

[crimson turtle]

Volvo only share an engine with Renault. They don't own them.

as you can tell by the shitty Renault quality everywhere but the Engine.

[outer current]

Volvo does own Renault trucks @crimson turtle

[abstract grove]

???

is that true?

[rare prairie]

Yes

[unkempt shadow]

Yes

In Poland the dealers of volvo and renault trucks are together

[outer current]

Volvo bought them back in 2001 I think

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/A7l2pUnBTn8

holy shit 😄

the trailer is bending so much haha

https://youtu.be/A7l2pUnBTn8?t=219

this time stamp ^^

[visual hawk]

Ya know I've seen bigger idiots on the road, people do alot to save/make money

[patent bolt]

Big problem boss 😂

[polar harness]

oh dear

[karmic galleon]

👀

[rustic bolt]

How long did he drag that thing?

I dont see rrason to put height limit into a parking lot

[jaunty lily]

aaa and its a new scania aswell

[unkempt shadow]

Typical Multiplayer guy

[jaunty lily]

Duh

lmao

He probably went from MP to real life and crashed into some people wondering how he isnt banned yet

[unkempt shadow]

Yup

[rustic bolt]

Sigh

[serene mason]

I’ve had an airbag go off on me when I’ve been underneath the truck

I was literally deaf for about 10 minutes

Tinnitus isn’t fun lads

[queen brook]

Can this thing work for a week please

Without doing something stupid

We just got it back monday

and the same problem is back

Tempature just keeps on redlining

[small swan]

Did you drift the thing over there

[queen brook]

no 😄 yard is just too dirty

but all of our sweepers are i dont know where

and no wheel loaders here

[small swan]

ah

[rustic bolt]

Cummins heats up, thats normal

[gloomy portal]

temperature red lining, does it just stop near the red line or actually go in the red?

i'm guessing you flushed out the coolant and that stuff

[storm tangle]

Put on the heater. Windows open

[gloomy portal]

well multiple flushes through coolant tbh

lol just direct the A/C to the engine 😂

[storm tangle]

A/c i still roll the window😎 😂

[gloomy portal]

haha

@queen brook you sure the temperature sensor isn't dead 😂

[rustic bolt]

I dont know, my log truck had the most lively temperature gauge, it sailed everywhere between 80-120c during pulls

Could be cummins feature

[gloomy portal]

if it still works, just carry on

you only fix it when it's broke 😂

[rustic bolt]

Yeah, it never had any issues, it just loved to warm up.. i dont blame it, considering the amount of fuel going through

[gloomy portal]

at least the heating works quicker when you need it i suppose

[rustic bolt]

Yeah

Not really

Yeah

[gloomy portal]

rip

[rustic bolt]

Because it had a load dependant fueling

Basically once it detected that theres more weight, it lets through more fuel than normally possible

[gloomy portal]

ahh

[rustic bolt]

But still, it had larger and higher pressure turbo than by default

And the fuel screws also turned up to 11

[gloomy portal]

no wonder it overheats

lol

[rustic bolt]

Yeah

And usually i drove out of the packs so that once i floored it, i didnt lift off untill i got on the asphalt road

[gloomy portal]

lol

[rustic bolt]

Pipe open sometimes for like 15 mins even without fully lifting off after initial gear up

Especially in winter.. couldnt stop at anything

Few times some small cars got bit hurry to get out of the way

[gloomy portal]

:/

[rustic bolt]

They had their early warnings, you definitely heard it before you saw it

[gloomy portal]

lool

[rustic bolt]

Once friend called how far i was from the mill, i told him about 7km... Yeah.... i hear you

[gloomy portal]

err

i dont think they should be that loud xd

[rustic bolt]

Loud enough

[queen brook]

cummins is supposed to be loud

[rustic bolt]

It did have silencers etc, not for long after i got to drove it, they kinda burnt out on like the first pull

Then i just threw the empty cans out and ran a straight chimney behind the cab

[gloomy portal]

lol

[rustic bolt]

If only i had an EGT gauge on it, id lived to know how hot it burnt in the exhaust

Because its not exactly low temperature where the silencing material burns at

[gloomy portal]

just stick a thermometer in it

infact that would melt loool

[rustic bolt]

Probably

Steel glows red at some 1200c or something...

[gloomy portal]

does it glow?

[rustic bolt]

Not far from it

[gloomy portal]

jesus

[rustic bolt]

I mean, we sort of burnt the old turbo just by the exhaust temperature

[gloomy portal]

is that just poor design or something

[rustic bolt]

No

Just not its intended use

Too small turbine housing compared to the amount of crap coming through

Started to rrstrict too much and overheated

[gloomy portal]

oof

this looks like a toy truck, yano them cheap things you get for little kids 😂

[rustic bolt]

Dont bring that up again

[gloomy portal]

lol

[rustic bolt]

And its a garbage truck frame

[split hearth]

need that in ets2 nooow

[rustic bolt]

Never

[queen brook]

They changed the tempature sensor

But it keeps on overheating

for some reason

[rustic bolt]

does it overheat or is the sensor just broken

[serene mason]

If it were wiring it would read hot as soon as you turn the ignition

Unless it’s a faulty sensor then that bitch is cookin

[rustic bolt]

has anyone looked at the actual radiator how clogged it is?

[serene mason]

How does the radiator look

Bastard beat me to it

[rustic bolt]

:D

[serene mason]

It’s either that or the water pumps had it

[rustic bolt]

yup¨

and since they changed the sensor, they must've also added fluid to it

so its not the lack of coolanet

[serene mason]

I’d hope they’d fill it back uo

[gloomy portal]

i wonder if they flushed it out a number of times

yano, clean it

[rustic bolt]

why bother cleaning it

[serene mason]

But then again it’s down to jolli to check it

You only flush a system if the oil and coolant have mixed

[rustic bolt]

yeah

or when changing colours

why owuld you do that, i dont know

[gloomy portal]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[serene mason]

It’s nasty and it takes most of the day

[gloomy portal]

has there been an oil change tho

[serene mason]

What

You’re drifting off here man

[gloomy portal]

nvm

[rustic bolt]

I dont know, but i got a beer

my weekend starts now

[paper bear]

are the tires fully inflated?

[serene mason]

Is your tacho on work?

[gloomy portal]

is it dead yet?

[rustic bolt]

when you have changed muffler bearing last time?

[paper bear]

ahh shit, thats what it is!

[rustic bolt]

Or maybe the adjustable powerband is out of tune, and causes it to overheat

[gloomy portal]

seafoam

[serene mason]

No that’s to do with the turbo encabulator

Separate system

[paper bear]

https://youtu.be/Ac7G7xOG2Ag

[serene mason]

Mmmmmm

They showed my class that video on our first day of college

I was creasing and most of the class thought it was legit

[rustic bolt]

lol

Oh no

now i know what causes the overheating!

they forgot the radiator insulator on!

[serene mason]

https://youtu.be/r0wMIF6EPfY

[rustic bolt]

Oh yes

[serene mason]

i shoulda linked the first video

but damn this the shit

best thing on youtube

[rustic bolt]

Yup

[patent bolt]

Early morning in Finland 😎

[thick cedar]

beautiful

my favorite truck

[patent bolt]

Weather turned crap while entering Norway 😬

[maiden shard]

i have a question is Renault T good ?

[rustic bolt]

Beat an iveco, thats about it

[unkempt shadow]

Iveco is the best

[visual hawk]

Iveco is the first truck i ever bought in ets

[queen brook]

@rustic bolt how many HTC's you have remaining?

I saw one of your volvos

With only a semi behind it

[rustic bolt]

Volvo?

No volvo anymore

[queen brook]

😮

[rustic bolt]

that was changed to scania

[queen brook]

was it Karhu then?

[rustic bolt]

probably

[queen brook]

It was the same paint and everything

oh

[rustic bolt]

we got next gen pulling the meat train now, then we have the MAN for the long foodbox

[queen brook]

man with an automatic gearbox amirite?

[rustic bolt]

unfortunately

[queen brook]

oh man

zf is like

A lot better

even tho it's bad

but it's better than automatic

If you know what i mean

[patent bolt]

Is this what they call “home with an ocean view”? 🤔

[storm tangle]

Big aquarium you got there👌

[patent bolt]

Ha that’s true 😂

[candid solstice]

Just don't go swimming ;)

[serene mason]

Damn Volvo must make amphibious trucks now

I’ve had a really sheet day today

[patent bolt]

Nice one potter 😃

Weekend at home is a no no here, heading down towards Oslo this weekend

[serene mason]

Man I haaaaate volvos own anodised light bars

[patent bolt]

I actually kinda like it, I think it fits well with this truck 😛

[long sparrow]

Why is the road so clear 👀

[serene mason]

He’ll be in the middle of nowhere

Not every road is busy all the time

[candid solstice]

*she

[rustic bolt]

Because nobody drives at middle of the night in some random highway

[paper bear]

i mean.... i do