yeah.... we work in kilos and tonnes
#irl-trucking
paper bear
paper bear
its not quick....
uncut bronze
doesn't have to be
paper bear
depends what you hit...
๐
i dont do that heavy haul stuff as much now tho, so i havent got a video to show you
heaviiest ive been with the daf was 185k lbs
or like 84 ton
uncut bronze
and that's just you sitting in the cab
paper bear
thats just my lunch in there
uncut bronze
haha, impressive
paper bear
those bridges 
zenith bough
Yeah, that's some nerve wracking stuff
paper bear
dont like bridges when youre that heavy
zenith bough
260 axles lmao
Look at how flat the tires look due to the weight. Straight up pancaked
zenith bough
Amazing what a little fuel and tires can do
queen brook
36t is not the max heere
paper bear
oh here he comes
paper bear
"hi my name is Jolli and my Sisu could haul that tranformer on its own"
zenith bough
Lol
zenith bough
Just like all American trucks are garbage, right?
paper bear
noname?
zenith bough
eyes roll into the back of my head and fall out
lean wave
Can someone deliver 80t of popcorn please?
lean wave
Lmfao
paper bear
me and Jolli are just joshin
queen brook
Flex ๐
lean wave
Better flex that truck when it's pulling my popcorn
paper bear
that truck flexes when its pulling nothing
zenith bough
Lmaoooo
queen brook
Also i need to be pulling a trailer tomorrow, i hate it already
The gravel rally begins
They need over a 1000 cubic meters
verbal cape
queen brook
bright zealot
Nice socks
humble grail
paper bear
Look at that pose
queen brook
Im sexy and i know it ๐
bright zealot
๐ฎ
uncut bronze
where are the flipflops?
stiff sand
In the Moto Services making the showers messy
tribal forum
What happened to it? @thick cedar
thick cedar
I riggidy riggidy rekt it
humble grail
Oof
humble grail
Looks nice. The only thing disturbing me is the bullbar
tribal forum
Ouch
Well atleast the bullbar did it's job though
That's why it's there to protect the beauty of it lol
Also please add a other front mirror thingy
bright zealot
What did you hit?
paper bear
Or people just catch them on things in tight spots cos it adds an extra length to your vehicle...
"Koleka magician"
thick cedar
@bright zealot ran into the back of a flatbed semi
zenith bough
Whoops
queen brook
thick cedar
tribal forum
Yeah but its really not much or noticable
misty hollow
oof
zenith bough
Dang, that's rotten luck
zenith bough
Did the tranny make a bunch of god awful noise or did a warning light just come on without symptoms?
thick cedar
I parked it on Sunday, came back Tuesday, and suddenly I had a fault out of nowhere.
stable lynx
Finally get to meet my recruiter tomorrow, and start testing Friday for the state examiner, I will do the final exam near the end of May
zenith bough
Beware the lies of the recruiters ๐คฃ
Congrats Fallen
That's strange @thick cedar
thick cedar
I turned the truck on again and the code was gone
lean wave
Could it just be a semi faulty sensor?
zenith bough
Faulty driver for sure
Jkjkjk
๐
Ugh, I have to renew my DOT medical card next month
thick cedar
Well, methinks it's in the wiring harness.
Dispatch sent me this message. I just found it. Pissing myself laughing.
young stirrup
I want to be a trucker so badly
languid vale
It doesn't seem like a very interesting job to be honest
cosmic condor
paper bear
It is
I had to load half of it somewhere. Then the other half somewhere else. And they're all different sized
uncut bronze
It is bambi here, the primary koleka ๐
paper bear
uncut bronze
Advantages of a box, you can't see dodgy loads from the outside
uncut bronze
I've seen worse
Like wooden beams being strapped vertically to the back of the rest the load
And at a bit of an angle, making them catch wind really easily
paper bear
Niiice...
uncut bronze
Makes you nervous sitting behind that on the motorway
paper bear
Or driving it....
uncut bronze
Tbh, i think he thought that was fine
brazen ridge
tribal forum
If it has a truck in the background it belongs here lol
And also did somebody smash your mirror? Dang
mint furnace
@cosmic condor Do you have an outside picture of your truck?
Would be nice to see the Volvo from the outside
cosmic condor
Not on this phone
queen brook
Its the schools volvo
twilit pivot
๐ค
brazen ridge
This is called the specially designed wood shovel, not the ladle you saw in normal life. @tribal forum
queen brook
jcb wheel loaders
ugh
bad
really bad
I've driven Lundberg 6200LSE, Volvo l60g l60f l110e l220g l45g, Wille 655c 455b, Jcb 409 new model and Jcb 419k
jcb's were the worst of them
and lundberg
tribal forum
@brazen ridge What?...
river sphinx
How to I get my trucking license in uk do I need a car license?
candid solstice
Of course
would be a little silly not to have a car license before getting a trucking one :p
paper bear
What on earth is that cab modification?
zenith bough
Not just silly but downright dangerous lol
round panther
@paper bear it's the longline conversion
formal minnow
Probably is to create a small extra safe workspace or something
patent bolt
Aye unless Scott is Swedish he certainly did not see that truck on the highway.
And Bambi is gonna pull a "Final Destination" I see 
uncut bronze
are you sure that is sweden? looks like a dutch diversion sign there
paper bear
I don't want to talk about what happened with that load.... ๐ but I got it there... After a bit of drama
uncut bronze
did it "shift"?
paper bear
You could say that... Let's just say that's the scariest moment of my career. ๐ 
patent bolt
Or well yeah Nukes might be, I dunno but I know enough that it's not in Murica at least ๐คท
uncut bronze
And i think that benz dealer is Van Maas
patent bolt
I saw it in a Swedish group earlier with yet another one claiming he "saw it on the highway" so that's why I thought so
But yeah as far as I know that truck has a cap like that because it has some measuring equipment or something under it
uncut bronze
Might be a scanner to see the quality of the road surface
hexed fulcrum
maybe its a really effective sun visor 
candid solstice
So I've had this question for a while, I've seen a few trucks drive past me throughout my life and I've heard a message about a "warning - something" from outside their cab, what's the actual warning supposed to be? It's pretty loud, you can hear it with their windows and doors shut
hexed fulcrum
๐ค
uncut bronze
overspeed maybe?
@candid solstice could you give a few more details on the situation? where were they driving, approx what speed, etc
candid solstice
The one that I saw earlier today was an Antos rigid, low speed driving
He actually went by twice and heard it both times
Audible enough to hear "warning" but not the full thing
uncut bronze
hmm, i don't know. never had something like it myself
do you happen to know what brand it was?
candid solstice
The company?
uncut bronze
no, the truck
uncut bronze
ohh, duh
candid solstice
It was a rigid so it can't have been an Actros
candid solstice
Is it really that loud? o_o
outer current
https://discordapp.com/channels/307433337126125568/323725520439083011/576436795336818698 ? there are plenty of Actros Rigids
uncut bronze
attention assist maybe
candid solstice
Really? I thought Actros did not come in rigid forms
uncut bronze
might've been the truck thinking the driver was falling asleep (or had a fault in the system) and gave the audible warning
patent bolt
No, it's some 3rd party stuff
There I've never ever ever heard of any trucks having something saying "warning" usually it's just buzzers going off if you have something wrong like too little air in it or something
My thought on it might be that they had the lift down, ergo it said warning to actually warn people walking by of it ๐คท
candid solstice
patent bolt
It could also be something similar to the one inside the cab this guy has
Informing the drivers to check the mirrors when turning
candid solstice
It was definitely inside the cab and not outside, but it was really loud
patent bolt
Hmm yeah never heard of any brand having anything saying "Warning" and I've driven every brand except Renault IRL so I think it might have been mounted by the companies you hear it in
It's usually in the cities right, delivering to stores etc?
candid solstice
Yeah, it was a rigid box truck with a rear axle that lifts
Can't remember what the name of the company was now
patent bolt
Yeah I'd suspect that it's due to the fact that it deliveries to stores etc and often are in cities etc where people are around it and so on and therefore the company have mounted some sort of warning thingy in the truck asking the driver to check blindspots or something each time he moves I dunno ๐คท
uncut bronze
or maybe something to warn pedestrians to stay out of blind spots?
since it's loud enough to be heard on the outside
3rd party makes sense. i thought it might've been something for merc since i haven't driven those
paper bear
sounds like some safety feature, sure as hell wouldnt have that on for long
paper bear
tco?
oh overspeeds
yeah, our tachos arent audible warnings
ive had a few... ๐
yeah, when your tacho goes in for its calibration
they can change how long it takes to get an overspeed
minimum 10 seconds, maximum 1 minute
before you get it
yeah, i can let mine run over for a good bit, then it gives me a warning when im like 5-10 seconds away from getting one
i think it was thursday, i wasnty really paying attention, look down and im doing 105, managed to get it back down without even getting a warning
patent bolt
Aye the overspeed warnings, my truck got plugged into a Scania workshop once to check the error codes it had gotten to try and figure out what was wrong with it. He saw like a long list of error codes of the same sort and clicked on what to check more info on it and it said "Overspeed" xD
formal minnow
xD
patent bolt
Nah not here
paper bear
within 30 days of you getting one
patent bolt
Here they gotta bust you actually committing the offence they can't be like "uh a computer told us you did this"
paper bear
yeah, i remember something about them being pretty pointless
or you need 3 on the same day
either way, no need to pay too much attention on them
patent bolt
Nah I've never done
Letting it roll down hills is called "eco driving" saving fuel and the environment so they shouldn't complain about it ๐คท
paper bear
but sir, slowing down for a 30 zone is wasting fuel, saving fuel and the environment by not slowing down.
hexed fulcrum
goes 80 through 30 zone
formal minnow
thats why i go 140 if im alone in car on 80 road trough the fields
faster is better for co2 right?
digital moon
Now i understand the backproblems! @formal minnow
formal minnow
the road goes between the fields
digital moon
lmaooooooo
thick cedar
That happened in Louisiana. ๐
long talon
oof
zenith bough
Yikes, that had to have hurt.
formal minnow
dont worry itll buff out
stiff sand
when was the last post about REAL LIFE Trucking actually done in here as i cant seem to find it
stiff jungle
smh
queen brook
Kkontent
heady sentinel
destroyed
heady sentinel
patent bolt
And what exactly are you on about?
patent bolt
I did yes.
patent bolt
Yeah so quoting that went well for ya.
paper bear
dont be too quick to judge
i know its a surprise that noxii drove a nice lorry once upon a time....
heady sentinel
its only because so many people put random pictures of trucks, its rare to see someone post a pic of a truck that they actually drive lol
patent bolt
Think I've only posted pictures of truck I've driven or drive in here ๐ค
paper bear
yeah, a few of us actually use this channel as intended
patent bolt
Except Moho 
candid solstice
Seeing a lot of random talk here that would be better suited for #general. Also, if no one has anything to say that is related to this channel, then nothing needs to be said at all.
paper bear
And you just added to it. It's not like the conversation was continuing. It ended an hour ago.
Leave us to it moh. Since we're the only ones that use it, it's not getting used for anything else.
candid solstice
That's because as a moderator I have to actually say that, you don't need to take it into your own hands.
Even if only a select few people use it, otherwise it leads to backseat moderation where people who think they know the rules, don't actually know them at all and say the wrong information
cosmic condor
Stuck again?
thick cedar
That is an absolutely beautiful paint skin
thin condor
humble grail
cosmic condor
stable lynx
CDL Test date set: May 30, 2019 at 10:30 AM. I can't wait
lean wave
Good luck
thick cedar
You got this
humble grail
Well, that's weird, i guess
obsidian merlin
tall sorrel
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/323725520439083011/578142846113153034/IMG_20190514_133555.jpg for those who don't know what it is , it's simple , it's two Single Axle Dolly for coupling two or three trailers together.
uncut bronze
and now in english
tall sorrel
oups sorry , edited
heady sentinel
lol
even i knew that, and i'm pretty sure jolli uses them daily so idk why he didnt recognise them
paper bear
nah, jolli barely uses them
heady sentinel
Oh
patent bolt
Dolly
paper bear
Theyre designed for moving the glider engines.
round panther
yes
paper bear
whats the bad side?
hexed fulcrum
sun
thick cedar
first pic. overloaded ramps
paper bear
overloaded ramps?
hes a tail lift kinda guy, ofcourse we arent smart enough to understand him. pinacle of intelligence
always parking in the fuc***ng way on small streets
๐
how dare they drive on MY road. filthy peasants....
dreamy olive
bright zealot
No hands?
dreamy olive
One hand and yes its a van still learning for truck licenses
patent bolt
The question tho is does a van qualify as a truck.
ocean jolt
well it ain't a car
hexed fulcrum
but it aint a truck aswell
ocean jolt
and it's bigger thn a silverado which is considered a truck
ocean jolt
pickup-truck
patent bolt
Nope.
That's what Americans refer to yes, but it's not a truck. A truck requires you to have a CDL or at least C license in EU to operate and anything you can drive on B isn't a truck it's defined as a car.
hexed fulcrum
^
ocean jolt
i'd say as long as it's a 3.5ton or more its a truck
patent bolt
That's literally the definition of truck duh, more than 3.5 tons and you basically need a C license to operate it
ocean jolt
we refer 3.5toners as "camionnette" in france, litteraly "little truck"
ocean jolt
nah yo can drive up to 3.5tons with a B
patent bolt
I've just said that.
You can have a C1 license to operate trucks between 3.5 - 7.5 tons.
ocean jolt
patent bolt
Congratulations you found Wikipedia.
patent bolt
According to what country?
You do realize that those definitions change depending on country!
eager abyss
^
hexed fulcrum
in germany you can drive with a Van with a normal car driving license but you cant drive with it when its final mass will be 3.5 tons so Vans are like something between a truck and a car
eager abyss
We donโt have pickups in the UK, meaning literally nobody buys them
So therefore here t would not be considered a โtruckโ
patent bolt
As I also pointed out earlier to drive a thing called "truck" you need to have at least a C1 license, anything driven on B is not defined as a truck in that way.
hexed fulcrum
we have Pickups in germany but no one buys them because they are literally useless
patent bolt
Here people mostly buy them to haul trailers or their caravans
eager abyss
The UK has a fantasy with expensive German SUVs and small cars
While China for instance still buys MPVs
hexed fulcrum
most of the people here buy a sedan like an Audi A4
patent bolt
Ah Switzerland 
paper bear
Thaaanks for the info?
heady sentinel
At bambi
thick cedar
@paper bear i saw what you wrote earlier so I responded
paper bear
that was jolli, i commented on the mystery "overloaded tailift"
thick cedar
oooooh nvm then
thick cedar
Vans are vans, guys...
They're slapped on heavy-duty truck chassis, depending on said van, but a van is a van. It's all in the design.
patent bolt
Hmm not really, that's as previously said also depending on region
Most smaller vans here which you can operate on a B license can't handle anything heavy and is basically just made for smaller packages
thick cedar
depending on said van
But... No matter how big it is, it's still called a van ๐ค
I'd say this is about where you'd start calling it a truck
And even then these are still called courier vans/panel vans here
As far as I can tell a van is anything with a wall between the interior and exterior that has no windows designed specifically for transporting cargo.
Passenger vans do exist but after a certain size those become buses and are arguably mini buses depending on where you are.
I love conversations like this so much tbh
round panther
van
thick cedar
v A N
round panther
vAn
pure wigeon
Box Truck
round panther
Tox Bruck
hexed fulcrum
its a van that is a box with wheels
paper bear
Also if it's not got twin wheels at the rear it's a van
thick cedar
These courier vans in the U.S have dual rear wheels. But are still called vans. 
patent bolt
Well as I said earlier anything you can drive on a B license isn't a truck, to drive a truck you have to at least have a C1 license.
hexed fulcrum
i mean some people overload their vans and its over 3.5 tons
paper bear
im talking eu limer
patent bolt
Not just some, the police had like a check of that one morning in Stockholm and I think it was something like out of 60 ish, 54 of them was overloaded. It was like some insane statistics
patent garnet
Check the statistics 
rare prairie
patent bolt
That's where @queen brook got his license
heady sentinel
lmfao
patent bolt
The difference tho is that I don't have a Norwegian license so ha that worked well for ya Mr Ditch Boi!
paper bear
ooouch thats a good one, Mr ditch boi
humble grail
๐
leaden sapphire
๐
heady sentinel
This is so sad
paper bear
i know what slippery is boi ๐ ask your girlfirend 
cosmic condor
humble grail
cosmic condor
paper bear
wtf is the red label on the dash?
lean wave
I'm not Finnish, but I'm guessing something about the log book? But I might be completely wrong
uncut bronze
tried putting it through translate, returned nothing that made sense
lean wave
yeah, without accents, something about treadmill 
karmic galleon
"logbook needs to be filled after every drive"
fierce sparrow
Ah... sweet hot may...
uncut bronze
Eventhough that picture was taken last year, in april, in a car
patent bolt
Yeah somebody missed the memo "Real life TRUCKING" apparently 
obsidian merlin
formal minnow
๐ฎ
humble grail
rare depot
deep vapor
vernal comet
bet that was a fat paycheck
zenith bough
Definitely not a bad one
obsidian merlin
Buddy of mine, it just left the yard today. They've been waiting on permits and weather. 2 of them big sobs are enroute to ND
thick cedar
When on break with a Glaceon keychain thing, must try stuff.
It just falls in front of my face if I move sadly
paper bear
Luckily... ๐
thick cedar
Pffft
coarse wind
oak crypt
cosmic condor
paper bear
?
uncut bronze
The picture doesn't even show the full scania, we can't read finnish and there's no context
paper bear
You not see this?
ocean jolt
translates to: "It's old but safe"
uncut bronze
I do not bambi, looks like a proper discord bug you got there
ocean jolt
nah the guy deleted it
ocean jolt
when i opened the channel it showed but disapeared
paper bear
For me
uncut bronze
Luckily for me, not everything
azure badge
My old truck..
humble grail
finite hearth
What have happened, @azure badge ?
humble grail
What happened to it?
azure badge
I rolled down a hill right into a tree...
azure badge
This old Peterbilt..
humble grail
Oof
formal minnow
how do u just roll down into a tree
azure badge
I misjudged a corner, in the rain
formal minnow
oof
winged wing
looks like more internet pic buttttt idk
sinful heron
its not
winged wing
it is
sinful heron
k kiddo
eager abyss
grabs a box of popcorn
sinful heron
OK what do you want kid?
candid solstice
That's enough.
azure badge
Wait which pic?
thick cedar
Opened my curtains and the sun burnt my eyes
I'm way too used to cloud cover and night driving
sudden lava
anyone here work with Load1?
thick cedar
Are you... Irish?
thick cedar
Looks that way. I've got some Irish blood in me and a few Irish friends you seem to resemble ๐
idle chasm
Whole combo full of sausages... ๐
humble grail
thick cedar
y u m
neat shadow
I am for rusia
patent bolt
Wait that's racist
I mean dude, you can't identify Europeans that way. I mean I'm from Scandinavia does that mean I must be blonde and blue eyes and all that?
paper bear
Youre not? 
paper bear
I don't have anything against gingers, do you muz?
paper bear
no need to sweat it, our conversations are always safe.... 
patent bolt
Ha you know EVERYTHING is wrong when Bambi is the one that says it's "safe" xD
paper bear
i am the definition of safe
rare prairie
Passengerin
paper bear
UK?
pure wigeon
Judging by the side of the highway he is on I would say yes.
dusty flicker
I guess that was pretty much obvious
oak wadi
Looks like Jan Josef Liefers 
paper bear
fluid phoenix
Hello
queen brook
With the squad
paper bear
Nice๐
queen brook
steep current
steep current
Mhmmm
rugged cape
queen brook
Thats not even badly stuck
paper bear
Jolli will go and get it "stuck" if you want
queen brook
mint furnace
Cool one
Looks like they are doing a shakehands
queen brook
Atleast the beda didnt collide lmao
sinful heron
The post thats on pinterest?.. Sure
stable lynx
Yep, that picture is all over the internet
maiden swan
@obsidian cradle please only post pictures of your ACTUAL trucking.....not something you stole off the internet to try to look cool
proven elbow
frigid sun
tall sorrel
beautiful Scania you got here Jacoby
cosmic condor
Its not his
mint furnace
Jรถlli, let me ask, what is that trailer for?
I have never seen that kind of trailer before
queen brook
ground material transportation
mostly used in finland
Better alternative for a semi tipper
paper bear
Sometimes it's more efficient to use a semi
paper bear
Quicker tipping
cloud holly
Is sisu chinese
proven elbow
"Sisu Auto is a truck manufacturer based in Raseborg, Finland. Its name comes from the Finnish word sisu meaning guts, grit and determination. Sisu Auto has a subsidiary company, "Sisu Defence", producing high mobility tactical vehicles for military use. Wikipedia"
thick cedar
rustic bolt
semi tippers are not only stupidly dangerous, but you cant carry much anything in it too
paper bear
They're more efficient for short trips
rustic bolt
not really when a truck can carry more than a semi trailer alone, and then you just drag that small casette trailer with you aswell
thick cedar
Those little dirt dumpers are so dumb... In the U.S we have full-size dumpers! Not those 20ft minitrailers
rustic bolt
because the laughable weight limits of south europe (and even worse of US), they tend to be short, and at worse, they have single tipping cylinder all the way in the front of the trailer... so it comes to a short footbase, a 5th wheel that is definitely not a rigid and stable connection.. it makes them really unstable if you need to tip them at any angle
the 5th wheel is one of the worst things, it makes it flex so much that it increases the risk of tipping alot
and the longer the tipping cylinder is.. weaker it get, and more unstable as you lift it further up
also as if US tippers could even carry a load.. yes they may be long but they still cant carry nothing because of the laughable weight limits
thick cedar
We have overweight permits, y'know...
Which most dumping companies have. They also have more than two axles 90% of the time. Sometimes more than four on the trailer alone and it's almost guaranteed the truck has three axles.
And if you have half a brain on a relatively level surface you'll lower the landing gear to stabilize yourself a bit...
Even our concrete trucks have a liftable fourth axle.
rustic bolt
lol, so much for quick dumping.. when you need to raise and lower landing gears
thick cedar
Doesn't take that much time. Also, I've only ever seen one guy actually do it. everyone else just dumps and runs
Posted some pictures of big boy dumpers in #photos
thick cedar
It's America.
We do almost everything bigger and better.
rustic bolt
about same size as jรถllis little dumpster
better? we can argue on that
bigger sure
clumsier aswell
candid solstice
oh how I've missed drdog's rants
rustic bolt
I just love making fun of americans and their primitive machinery
rustic bolt
much more agile and better to drive
and naturally.. heavier
take a look inside one, and it definitely is stuck in 1960s
paper bear
Would like to see a cassette move more than an artic in a day
rustic bolt
whats an artic?
paper bear
Semi
rustic bolt
casette moves more
paper bear
Cassette is slower to unload
thick cedar
paper bear
And how much more does it move?
thick cedar
This says 1960's to you? O.o
rustic bolt
well the modern casettes are running at the 76 ton gross limit, and more
hows your semi? 40? 44?
paper bear
Sooo how much does it move?
rustic bolt
i dont know, ask @queen brook
hes the mass man
I driven everything but the ground materials
paper bear
How much does your cassette move jolliii
thick cedar
I can haul 44 tons with this rig. 88,900lb weight limit.
rustic bolt
im rocking 68 tons on my new combination... a small upgrade from the 60t now with a new trailer
and its couple metres longer
thick cedar
60t? What kind of setup is it? I know our road laws are different, I'm just genuinely curious how different they actually are
rustic bolt
thick cedar
Gah, I'm jealous.
rustic bolt
3 metres longer trailer than before, 1 more axle and so on
thick cedar
I wish U.S companies ran these.
rustic bolt
i do lol
thick cedar
It's a straight truck, definitely goes to shops
paper bear
See when you're grossed out, are all your axle weights near limit?
rustic bolt
been there, done that with the long trailer :P
thick cedar
Same.
proven elbow
so you saying tractor trailers cant go to shops?
i mean i go to some pretty tight lots 
rustic bolt
most shops dont have proper loading dock even
only the larger grocery markets may have an actual dock
other than that, its tail lift time
thick cedar
Dude.
Talk to me about tight when you back into the Sprouts dock on Colfax in Denver. ๐
And I know some EU docks are tighter than that, coming right off the road at a 90ยฐ angle holding up traffic
๐
rustic bolt
narrow alleys and reverse into a small garage, a typical places in the city centres
snug, but fits
proven elbow
I don't bump docks anymore on the often 
my customers dont have loading docks
thick cedar
Built for straight trucks without trailers, but when you gotta get it in, you get it in and make that paper, baby!
rustic bolt
of course, some places i cant go with the new trailer, simply because its so long, but most places that i went with the old trailer, i can fit with this one too
proven elbow
did it for a while
rustic bolt
thank fuck no
thick cedar
I hate them myself hahaha
rustic bolt
single loading point and then like 10 to 15 drop offs
proven elbow
i love LTL
thick cedar
Wastes so much time
rustic bolt
thats my day
paper bear
Ha all you lot and your docks.
Half of our sites are farms or old houses. Talk tight when you're down a not suitable for hgv Road 
proven elbow
did that too...hauling chickens
rustic bolt
dont be so high and mighty, I been to the potato farms and tomato farmers too
thick cedar
I've been there.
Loaded to 35T going across a little bridge with a 5T weight limit.
I was sweating bullets
rustic bolt
12-14 hours it seems to be the day lenght
paper bear
Yeah it's more just country roads. Sites usually in some field packed to the heavens with materials placed in all the wrong bits
Construction sites basically. Barrels of fun
thick cedar
I've heard construction driving ain't too bad
Oh god, loggers.
I wouldn't want to do that job and my hat is off to those guys and gals.
rustic bolt
Muzolf... I started my career there
i was thrown into the deep end right from beginning
nah it was fun
you just need to be bit of a creative side to survive
thick cedar
Part of me would like to try it... But man I hate chains and I'm not creative or good with my hands
I know ๐
rustic bolt
yup
thick cedar
oh
Not here
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pneumatic tighteners
thick cedar
Our chain systems are still all manual and archaic
rustic bolt
yes, and it does move
thick cedar
Also, I meant tire chains :P
rustic bolt
the wood packs and finds its place, and the automatic tightening keeps it going...
theres no place where you cant go with a liftable drive axles
thick cedar
I still see flatbed drivers getting out to adjust their chains and straps here
rustic bolt
lmao
thick cedar
Nothing is automated I don't think
rustic bolt
talk about ancient americans
rustic bolt
im suprised they even have primitvie ABS systems
thick cedar
RIGHT?
Dude, the all-wheel disc brakes and automatic slack adjusters, as well as hydraulic fifth wheel releases are so nice
thick cedar
I honestly don't know. I just know they work since I had to keep from running over someone who walked into traffic the other day
Trailer ABS is garbage, however...
thick cedar
Yeah we do have air brakes
rustic bolt
yes, but do they have the traditional lag to them
thick cedar
Yup
thick cedar
That shit's horrifying
proven elbow
i have zero problems with my brakes 
thick cedar
"Why am I not sto" jar
rustic bolt
well yeah, but the laggy pneumatic brakes are thing of a past, been for like 30 years soon
thick cedar
Bobtail is aids
rustic bolt
no more half to a second lag on brake release or when you press it
rustic bolt
thats been eliminated in europe in like late 90s
muzolf a european truck wouldnt be enough.. they'd need also actual trailer with the ABS EBS electronics with it
thick cedar
If I'm honest
If I could have any American truck, it'd be a Volvo. It's the closest thing we have to an EU truck as far as build quality goes.
rustic bolt
and still theres nothing volvo about it except the body
thick cedar
It's the nicest American truck I've ever driven
And has all of Volvo's latest safety features that are on the FH model over seas iirc
proven elbow
not a fan of their forward collision mitigation system tho
rustic bolt
as far as i know about the american "ABS" system, its a single pin mixed with in the light plug that says "I'm braking now" to the trailer
thats it
thick cedar
I hate collision mitigation systems in general.
Know why?
rustic bolt
or more like the truck sends a signal to the trailer, hey, i'm braking.. do something sensible
absolutely no feedback and talk between the truck and trailers ABS units
makes it absolute shit
thick cedar
rustic bolt
also you lose all the nice stuff like axle scales, height adjusting from the truck for entire combination.. and many many other nice things
thick cedar
15MPH.
Collision mitigation systems don't work.
At.
All.
thick cedar
It's still a shitty system.
It didn't even realize I was getting close.
Never engaged.
Didn't apply the brakes.
Nothing.
It's useless.
rustic bolt
sounds like shit truck
proven elbow
...k
rustic bolt
the emergency brake system works just fine in all trucks i driven in europe
and boy do they stop
thick cedar
All it does is get scared by low Bridges and tunnel signs, jamming on the brakes when it doesn't need to.
rustic bolt
and i had not a single misjudgement and mistake judgement from it
mercedes and freightliner.. same shit as far as i know
thick cedar
Not even surprised
rustic bolt
and theres the american
proven elbow
not american
thick cedar
I laughed the other day when I saw a semi hauling an old trailer without ABS locked up the trailer tires. The trailer hopped up and down for like 50ft
proven elbow
but thanks for assuming
rustic bolt
tbh, shouldnt be speaking of ABS anymore, its way better system than that
it does much more than just ABS
rustic bolt
well.. first came ABS, then the EBS, which is Electric brake system, meaning theres electronics in the front, and old air system in the background as backup, reducing brake lags etc stuff
thick cedar
CBS.jpeg?
rustic bolt
EBS pretty much allows the trailer to send data back to the truck aswell.. such as axle masses, and various other features you can program to it
thick cedar
I want this technology.
rustic bolt
up to 1 second is acceptable as far as i know in inspection
or well.. thats the activation lag
the release is usually half second longer than the activation lag
thick cedar
It'd be nice to have an EBS to mitigate that lag honestly
If for nothing else
rustic bolt
thats originally what it was created for
eliminate that needless delays when you need to brake to stop
basically reduce all the useless variables from stopping distance
thick cedar
Duuude!
rustic bolt
as the mass increases, and braking axles.. the braking distance gets lower funny enough
thick cedar
It's actually really hard to cook brakes here.
I've been pretty stupid trying to learn how to drive mountains properly and I've never even made them smell
I always use my engine brake though, and snub brake to scrub speed off
rustic bolt
yes but its also most likely been through the most brake and clutch rebuilds ever
thick cedar
yeee
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either way... the stopping distance on the dry road is less than 70m pretty much always
thick cedar
That's fantastic compared to our stuff
rustic bolt
no idea whats thats in inches and gallons but who cares
thick cedar
^
A semi being able to stop in under half of that is... Ridiculously amazing imo
Why are we so behind?!
Actually I'm almost certain it's to cut costs
Oh my God! How are used Scanias so cheap?!
rustic bolt
yeah... thankfully we have the kind of people with mindset where "This is not good enough, it can be made better" where as american tech is Eeeh.. my grandfather designed this during WW II, im sure its fine even up to date
define cheap
rustic bolt
eeh... 14000 gets you probably some old driven in thing
thick cedar
Actually no
I'm thinking of trucks with 500,000 miles on them
Our trucks are stupidly expensive even when used
rustic bolt
well.. companies and owners tend to update their trucks fairly regularily
norwegians for sure switch trucks like their underwear
thick cedar
Well
There's a Scania T from 2001 on this site at $57,000 USD
Most expensive used one so far and I know why
rustic bolt
you tend to get like 400-500,000km 2013 trucks from there fairly regularily
norway is probably only place where i'd buy a used semi truck anyways
thick cedar
My truck has 300,000 miles on it
And it's a 2017
๐
rustic bolt
mine has 776,000km and its 2016
its 2 brothers been swapped for nextgens already as they passed 1.1 million mark
thick cedar
These trucks sit a lot...
thick cedar
The only thing keeping me from moving to the E.U is how cucked they are and how hard they're gonna tax me for being a car guy
I pay almost nothing for registration and insurance here, same for gas
rustic bolt
eeeh.... its not that bad in finland atleast
as opposed to some green and gay france and germany
yeah
thick cedar
I hope so. Otherwise you guys would be boned
rustic bolt
you just need to know the certain loopholes when it comes to car building
thick cedar
$6 a gallon
To hellll with that
rustic bolt
especially if you really want to get into engine side tuning etc have it still street legal
thick cedar
I plan on staying away from any country that has a "CaRbOn TaX"
Because that's stupid.
Let me have fun dammit
rustic bolt
eeh
my toys are all old enough that they dont comply with any emission laws or requirements
thick cedar
taxing private car owners
not taxing big corporations who emit countless greenhouse gasses from plants
What's old enough though?
Can I still rock my 90's cars?
rustic bolt
1989 chassis
thick cedar
well, I have always wanted an AE86
rustic bolt
diesels got first emission crap on like 1994
so i just went for old enough chassis to not be included in that shit
thick cedar
But a gas engine from the mid 90's should be okay?
rustic bolt
i dont touch petrol toys ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
thick cedar
ohh
rustic bolt
diesel makes power, petrol is a cleaning aid
thick cedar
How's the Volvo wagon TD market there? >~>
rustic bolt
volvo turbobricks are in favour
though.. they are heavy so that effects on its taxing unless you register it as a van
But then again..
theres no point in driving a petrol volvo either because the diesel becoems cheaper in the long run anyways
simply because its so heavy
rustic bolt
245 then
thick cedar
"Smiles per gallon"
thick cedar
I'm so fortunate to have this job, so I don't really have to care about it either
rustic bolt
exactly, when you work in something that is not a deadend office drone job, you have money left for toys too
thick cedar
In America that's a huge accomplishment actually
Since most people end up stuck in cubicals these days
๐
rustic bolt
yes, but atleast you got ever changing view from that cubical
thick cedar
I actually prefer cabovers
rustic bolt
rather than staring at the neighbour's brickwall across the street
thick cedar
This
Cabovers are so much more manageable in a city, my god...
A 4x2 Scania R-500 I think would do the job just fine.
No need for these absolute units
Really wish SCS would show the classic Kenworth K100 cabover some love in ATS. Or maybe an old Freightliner.
thick cedar
I mean
I have a what, 350 in my American semi? Sucks up hills.
rustic bolt
"I wanted to get a V8 but none of the benefits, so i chose the R500"
meanwhile an old R480 pulls just as hard as a 500
thick cedar
Things I don't know because I'm not euro spec ๐
rustic bolt
basically the 500 and later, 520 engines are the engines for those stubborn customers who wants a V8 but no benefits of it
yes
thick cedar
Oooh... Classic Scania 143. Want one of those
rustic bolt
unless you go chip the 500, its fairly lazy
thick cedar
Just popped into my head.
If you could have any EU rig, what would it be?
rustic bolt
considering the fact that my 450 pulls harder than the 500s
6x2 taglifting, limits removed R560 or R580 and then go get it optimized at some truckpuller and shoot off to norway
thick cedar
Norway doesn't restrict truck speed?
thick cedar
That's another thing that bothers me...
If I want to do 80 in the U.S, I actually can in some places and in most places outside California I can do 70-75MPH
rustic bolt
you have straight flat roads
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and shit brake systems to make the collisions fatal when needed to
thick cedar
๐ ๐
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well.. norway is pretty much all just mountains and narrow roads
thick cedar
๐
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and it gets snow
thick cedar
Norway sounds like my kind of place
Now I wonder... Do you get paid by the km? Or on salary? Or perhaps hourly?
rustic bolt
im on hourly
thick cedar
Is it possible to be paid by the km?
rustic bolt
yees, its the worst way to get paid
thick cedar
Although since your trucks are so slow I'd imagine-yeah
rustic bolt
yes and sometimes may be days when you dont drive that much
so paying by km is the worst
thick cedar
Do you get paid for being in your truck regardless of whether you're moving?
paper bear
Mate my truck will go just as fast as yours ๐
paper bear
Hourly
rustic bolt
i got my hourly pay, then some norwegian drivers get solid sum per day, and then the worst of all is the pay by km
thick cedar
God, hourly would be amazing
I can get hourly pay but that's local driver pay
Top of the ladder drivers basically
Here if you do OTR you're a rookie
And doing local means you're a veteran
I've never understood that but eh
rustic bolt
because rookies can be thrown out to the world for months at time
thick cedar
$20 USD an hour for local here
rustic bolt
veterans are most likely already family men who care about being home
and prefer doing local stuff where you get home daily
paper bear
thick cedar
I actually switch between local and dedicated when they need my help >~>
$120 for six hours of work makes me squirm with happiness
rustic bolt
but yeah, i'd never be able to reach same level of pay for a day if i'd get paid by km and drive whole day
so thats one thing thats cutting off some job oppoturnities
rustic bolt
so i havent bothered to switch out for the long distance driving
but im looking into the norway and sweden driving
thick cedar
Maybe you can find an hourly deal there
rustic bolt
or even solid sum per day
thick cedar
That would be great
rustic bolt
i dont think many offers hourly pay for international driving
rustic bolt
pay per km i'll never do
thick cedar
I'm doing pay per mile at 62 MPH as is
rustic bolt
because the little i know, is enough to know that some days are slow where you may not get to move anywhere because of external conditions.. especially in winter time you sometimes just have to sit it out... and those kind of days are not good
rustic bolt
i can count the times only with 1 hand when i'v actually had to sit out the weather here, but i hear its bit different kind of ballgame in the norway
thick cedar
Broken ass trucks don't help my miles either
rustic bolt
last time was in january? i think when we had a party on side of the major highway infront of a hill that was in proper mirror ice
rustic bolt
sat there for like 4 hours, one tried to get up the hill, almost made it, and then came back down... so the rest just stopped on the side and sat out and just stood in the middle of the highway in circle talking trash
while watching a salt truck go up and down the hill
thick cedar
I have bags of ice melt and salt rocks in my external toolbox
rustic bolt
then somebody came with a B-double full throat, we watched wether he got up or ended up coming back down, he went up... we deemed it grippy enough that we could get up too..
thick cedar
I'm getting my Doubles endorsement this week c:
rustic bolt
what i heard, there was pretty much tens of trucks infront of every major hill on that highway section
thick cedar
Jeeez
O.o
I'd love to haul our super doubles
48ft lead with a 42ft pup
The 48 footer is usually a reefer and the 42 footer is a Dryvan
rustic bolt
I mean.. from what i heard.. this part of the road was lined up with trucks
whole section
rustic bolt
all the worst hills of the entire highway are on that section
thick cedar
You drive in Finland?
rustic bolt
yeah
rustic bolt
because we ripped them probably off with the height adjusting when you are resting against the rubber?
thick cedar
rip Muzolf's trailer
paper bear
if i won the lottery, i would definately move thetr
its so nice
if they let me ๐
rustic bolt
accidentally
but you know what sort of sinkholes the damn grooves infront of the docks are
pfft who needs a camera
unless you got double decker trailer, always go for the hit
rustic bolt
especially at KKK since some of the loading ramps are the folding type you need to push yourself against the dock so that it can reach in
thick cedar
Scratched and dented it slightly
paper bear
weve all done it at some point
its why you dont get nice lorries as soon as you start ๐
inner dirge
Pictures, videos and other suggestions of dangerous driving is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: using a mobile phone while driving on a public road, driving with excessive speed on a public road, showing illegal/unsafe/unfit vehicles and/or mods. Dashcam footage is an exception, so long as you did not cause any danger yourself.
thick cedar
rustic bolt
ignore it
paper bear
yeah, always have ๐
inner dirge
Yes, common sense too actually
thick cedar
It was this dock. Caught that trailer trying to 90 in with the tandems all the way forward like a moron
inner dirge
As long as the driver doesn't take pictures while driving it's good
thick cedar
Same
rustic bolt
Goodbye nights, see you again in autumn
paper bear
thats from your old one right?
thick cedar
That's a hilarious rule because I'm going to take pictures whenever I want in my own truck regardless of what anyone thinks.
rustic bolt
exactly
inner dirge
That's up to you
rustic bolt
especially when theres absolutely nobody on the road
thick cedar
^
rustic bolt
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
cats have suicidal tendencies, birds come and go.. only thing you dont really want to hit is a moose
thick cedar
You know how many deer I've seen pureรฉd on the side of the road?
We're taught to mow them down here
thick cedar
Telling a real trucker not to do something is just a surefire way to see more of it especially on the internet
queen brook
Also who tf needs cameras on a casette
rustic bolt
You bet
queen brook
When you got mirrors
thick cedar
thick cedar
Gridlocked traffic.
rustic bolt
if you cant reverse into a damn hole, you shouldnt be reversing or driving nonetheless
queen brook
Also i just almost did an big oopsie
My trailers front was a bit down and my trucks nose up
Like a V
I just decided to go full yolo, got it in tho
rustic bolt
well when you adjust your drawbar right, it wll go in almost always unless you are in absolutely wierd terrain
queen brook
It wasnt the drawbar