RARE Scania Cabover Semi Truck, I Just Bought It! So Sick!

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  • @dirkmunk8352
    @dirkmunk8352 11 місяців тому +1031

    Congratulations, you are about the 13th owner of this truck. That yellow plate with BR-HZ-47 is the Dutch license plate (NL = Netherlands). I can send you the Dutch history of the truck, it is a 2.5 MB pdf file. Those RDW papers you found were the last government inspection report. From 2009 tot 2015 this truck was used to transport fair attractions. If you want a real cool Scania, try to find a Scania Longliner. It has a kind of apartment on board.

    • @doubledeckerbus-foundation
      @doubledeckerbus-foundation 11 місяців тому +64

      Yep , it's Dutch I noticed it directly ;-) Nice to see this truck in the USA ;-)

    • @spekhans
      @spekhans 11 місяців тому +75

      @@doubledeckerbus-foundation De naam "Vermolen Amusement" was ook al een hint ;-)!

    • @Schmokkie1984
      @Schmokkie1984 11 місяців тому +19

      @@doubledeckerbus-foundation I noticed it directly too ... the "Schausteller Betrieb" -> german language and means showman company

    • @doubledeckerbus-foundation
      @doubledeckerbus-foundation 11 місяців тому +21

      @@spekhans Klopt, Ik heb echter een tijdje in de USA gewerkt en gewoond en je komt er veel Nederlandse namen tegen, die ze totaal anders uitspreken daar ;-) Dus Dat was mijn eerste attentie toen het woord "Amusement' en dan de weggever de NL plaat an de voorkant... Leuk hoor zo'n Scania daar te zien...
      Ik kwam in de jaren 90 een Nederlandese politieauto tegen compleet met striping en al... uiteraard met Amerikaans kenteken.. daar keek ik wel van op
      .

    • @martijnderu9115
      @martijnderu9115 11 місяців тому +11

      Yes Hollands Glorie in the States 🙂

  • @MrHewes
    @MrHewes 11 місяців тому +599

    The speedo will work once you put a paper tachograph in it. Also the injector pump should tune up real easy! Also you can pull a fuse to loose the speed limiter! If your stuck for parts I can get most things and ship them out 😎

    • @MrHewes
      @MrHewes 11 місяців тому

      @@budddove6480 it’s sent

    • @whitesnake370
      @whitesnake370 11 місяців тому

      ​@@budddove6480 I'll take 2

    • @WillChandlerFLD120
      @WillChandlerFLD120 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@budddove6480😂

    • @shaunbarrett5599
      @shaunbarrett5599 11 місяців тому +25

      Speedo will work without a tacho in it

    • @YourLocalJohnBoy
      @YourLocalJohnBoy 11 місяців тому +6

      You’re a legend mate! Your comment needs more likes to be seen!!

  • @mrolsen6987
    @mrolsen6987 10 місяців тому +83

    Finally you got a modern truck in the US!
    A Scania from 1996 😁
    Cheers from Northern Sweden! 🍻

  • @marcusjosefsson4998
    @marcusjosefsson4998 10 місяців тому +56

    As a former Swedish trucker I can only congratulate you to a great truck!
    The Scania V8's sound awesome, especially when they're climbing a hill at full throttle.

  • @zachtermonia6684
    @zachtermonia6684 11 місяців тому +298

    the 144 means that the truck has a 14 litre engine and the third 4 means that its a 4 series. the 530 means how much horsepower it had , and the remote is to lift and lower the back air suspension, oh and the truck is already piped

    • @KINGV8KING
      @KINGV8KING 11 місяців тому +11

      It could still be made louder😄

    • @zachtermonia6684
      @zachtermonia6684 11 місяців тому +11

      @@KINGV8KING yes but u need to make the pipe twist all over the place😂

    • @17snooker
      @17snooker 11 місяців тому +9

      Trucker Tin Channel in the Uk

    • @marknewell7355
      @marknewell7355 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@zachtermonia6684that's just for the crackle

    • @WillChandlerFLD120
      @WillChandlerFLD120 11 місяців тому +2

      Dang 530 pretty good for that little truck

  • @t.w.3
    @t.w.3 11 місяців тому +330

    Sounds like it's already straight piped.. The Scania V8 sound is legendary. I drove trucks like these for many years. Great quality, and great ride if the suspension is in good working order. Watch the cooland and oil.

    • @Erik.Troeen
      @Erik.Troeen 11 місяців тому +16

      yes this is straight piped

    • @alfredogamming525
      @alfredogamming525 11 місяців тому +4

      yes i love the scania v8 open pipe is lovley

    • @dwightcorbett8889
      @dwightcorbett8889 11 місяців тому +1

      Sure is, awesome sound.@@Erik.Troeen

    • @davelemmen4283
      @davelemmen4283 11 місяців тому +3

      and remember when a scania v8 aint wet of oil on the top its broken 😂.

    • @Charlie_..
      @Charlie_.. 10 місяців тому +2

      Scania mal passieren…
      Eiropean drivers of this type had to put a sticker on it with „SUPER“, because the truck wasn‘t…
      I prefered and still prefer trucks from Eindhoven, they are really tough, oh, I mean DAF

  • @helgelarsen4850
    @helgelarsen4850 10 місяців тому +100

    A tip about tipping the cab: Always remove all objects in the back of cab. Be sure the doors on the cabinets on back wall is secured. The cab tilts almost 85 degrees! Almost vertical!. Everything inside the cab WILL fall down onto the front window... (don't ask how I know...) AND the first time tipping the cab : it's always scary when the weight of cab tilts over the tippingpoint. This happens at around 70 degrees. So the last 15 degrees the cab is "freefalling". There is nothing you can do to stop it when it first goes over. A lot of weight on theese top-line cabs.

    • @automation7295
      @automation7295 10 місяців тому +7

      Americans don't seem to know how to tilt a cab proper, they aren't familiar with European cab-overs.

    • @woodlandwrench
      @woodlandwrench 10 місяців тому +8

      I drove a coworkers scania to the shop once for service and this absolute genius had a car jack in the top bunk. Let me just say it needed a new windshielda after.

    • @johan8724
      @johan8724 10 місяців тому +2

      Seen wine bottles flyin through the windscreen😂😂😂

    • @marcusjosefsson4998
      @marcusjosefsson4998 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@automation7295There's cabovers in the U.S. but not very common. The know-how is out there, you just gotta find the right guy to talk to.

    • @replynotificationsdisabled
      @replynotificationsdisabled 10 місяців тому

      ​@@marcusjosefsson4998us military veterans be like.....

  • @roberthildebrandt71
    @roberthildebrandt71 11 місяців тому +43

    As a truck driver in europe who currently drive such a V8 Scania i am really happy to see that one of this trucks made it to the US. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming videos with that truck.

    • @sgxbot
      @sgxbot 10 місяців тому +5

      this truck really needs a lot done. its pretty beat up. but if he does manage to fix all the problems its really a nice truck. just sad to see how bad of a condition its in

    • @roberthildebrandt71
      @roberthildebrandt71 10 місяців тому +3

      @@sgxbot yes very sad to see this truck in that bad shape.

    • @ChristosKourtis
      @ChristosKourtis 9 місяців тому

      How much is the avearge price in euros to buy a good old Scania like this here in Europe?

  • @Robert-nn5nm
    @Robert-nn5nm 11 місяців тому +203

    I drive a Scania V8 my self I'm actually sitting in my cab right now watching this 😂 you beating on this 144 is kinda grinding my gears because it's becoming a collector's item over here and almost the holy grail in Holland they are awesome machines 👍👍

    • @Halfstep2024
      @Halfstep2024 11 місяців тому +16

      It’s the holy grail to a lot of us Americans as well.. but I still wanna see it hot rodded a bit 😂

    • @Robert-nn5nm
      @Robert-nn5nm 11 місяців тому +24

      @j.rowland3488 i had no idea the Scania (V8) was so well known in America 😅 that's actually kinda cool 😎 👍👍greetings from a trucker from Holland.

    • @lornperkins4270
      @lornperkins4270 11 місяців тому +8

      Give him a little break he's brand spanking new to foreign trucks

    • @Halfstep2024
      @Halfstep2024 11 місяців тому +22

      @@Robert-nn5nm Not only is it extremely well known over here it’s a dream truck for most of us. I can’t name one truck nut that isn’t drooling over a v8 scania

    • @Halfstep2024
      @Halfstep2024 11 місяців тому +11

      @@Robert-nn5nm We look up to you guys a lot more than you may realize.

  • @denverhester351
    @denverhester351 11 місяців тому +228

    It would be well worth doing a series on it building it up.

    • @shush103
      @shush103 11 місяців тому +1

      There’s so many build video here

    • @jackie_v8
      @jackie_v8 11 місяців тому +4

      its a Scania so ya but only 2 axles :( but 2 axles is good for shows :)

    • @petrissmalga1993
      @petrissmalga1993 11 місяців тому +1

      Yes yes ❤

    • @oskich
      @oskich 10 місяців тому

      How it's built: ua-cam.com/video/vieNRFMQAA8/v-deo.html

  • @railasvuo
    @railasvuo 11 місяців тому +88

    I used to be a Scania mechanic. Very good trucks and the v8 is absolutely awesome

    • @rudolphbondefangerer5513
      @rudolphbondefangerer5513 10 місяців тому

      Some say that theres only two kind of truck, old Scania and new Scania. That is because they never drove a Volvo.I dont know, I have driven Scanias, and Volvos, I do think the Volvo win that fight.

    • @railasvuo
      @railasvuo 10 місяців тому

      @@rudolphbondefangerer5513 I have driven Scania, Volvo and Mann. Scania clearly wins. It is much better to drive than others

    • @rudolphbondefangerer5513
      @rudolphbondefangerer5513 10 місяців тому

      @@railasvuo You Sir, are just plain wrong. But its ok, its your right to be wrong.

  • @stubrodie1929
    @stubrodie1929 11 місяців тому +56

    I'm subscribing because I finally found a US channel that knows a real truck when they see one. I'm an ex UK trucker that drove one of these beasts for years and I've never found a US truck to even compare with a Euro style machine.
    All the things on it are light years ahead of anything we had here in 96. I moved to Vegas in 98 so this is one of the last ones I would've driven in Europe.
    Good luck with it and I can't wait to see how much fun you have with it.

  • @petse155mcconnell2
    @petse155mcconnell2 11 місяців тому +70

    144 530 14liter 4series 530hp 1 of the best scania ever built was the 4 series. That's called a Dutch pipe the exhaust system won't get a better sound than that. Plenty of parts here in Ireland I've a cab of 1 in my back yard😂

    • @dahlmasen3084
      @dahlmasen3084 11 місяців тому +10

      Those Dutch exhaust sounds horrible😂 A normal Swedish style straight pipe sounds much better👌🏻

    • @jurimerl7jak377
      @jurimerl7jak377 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes swedish or greek sound is beest, from turbine max 2m of pipe no Dutch styl have min 6m+ of pipe and sound like ak47....

    • @TinoNate
      @TinoNate 11 місяців тому +1

      I used straight pipe and I drive it nearly 250k miles on it without any problem.

    • @kaakster1
      @kaakster1 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@dahlmasen3084if it aint dutch it aint much

    • @sjors9110
      @sjors9110 11 місяців тому

      The Dutch number plate is still one 😂 nice and beautiful sound!

  • @hardstylez936
    @hardstylez936 11 місяців тому +187

    Cool to see another Scania in the US.
    It used to be a truck from a famous Belgium trucking company called Ronny Ceusters, it was a famous show truck that time. They only used the fifth wheel.
    After that it was sold to a fairground company in the Netherlands called Vermolen. They put the frame on the chassis to put a sleeping box on it and tow their attraction at once.

    • @Grappenmaker
      @Grappenmaker 11 місяців тому +8

      Willy ceusters

    • @hardstylez936
      @hardstylez936 11 місяців тому +3

      Of course, my bad, Willy Ceusters

    • @ignasv855
      @ignasv855 11 місяців тому +5

      The beast is still alive 🤩🤩🤩

    • @type3666
      @type3666 11 місяців тому

      So I think corect that are was a Ex former Willy Ceusters

    • @palmaken
      @palmaken 11 місяців тому +1

      I know that truck, I am Belgian also. Lol

  • @philmead7977
    @philmead7977 10 місяців тому +11

    Congrats on becoming the new owner of this legendary beast, and let's hope you give it the TLC and respect it needs and deserves. The very first truck i drove a few days after passing my HGV thirty years ago was a Scania 143M 450 V8, i had a few fights with the gears finding my way around the range change and splitter but we didn't take long to become very good friends, and let me tell ya, she used to pull like a freight train and the growl coming out of those twin chrome stacks was awesome. Hope you keep us updated on everything and enjoy✌

  • @Nils_Martin
    @Nils_Martin 10 місяців тому +25

    There's nothing quite like a Swedish truck. Simply the best! 🤘🏼🇸🇪🤘🏼

    • @pe.bo.5038
      @pe.bo.5038 3 місяці тому

      If you mean Volvo-Sure.Scania is mostly crap,now Volkswagen owns it!

  • @yvindHvaal
    @yvindHvaal 11 місяців тому +283

    Hi Bruce and congrats on a real truck. You need to use the clutch each time you shift gears. The tranny is fully synckromeshed and have low and high series. Burnouts is a no no.. the V8 has so much torque it will kill tranny and rear end. I'm sorry to see the truck in such bad condition. I drove Scania V8's in Europe for some 30 years. They are the most reliable truck if serviced correctly. Take care of it and don't wreck it!

    • @glossamano1899
      @glossamano1899 11 місяців тому +19

      No burnouts? Don’t wreck it? You’re kidding, this is Bruce we’re talking about.

    • @joblessgamers3296
      @joblessgamers3296 11 місяців тому +35

      @@glossamano1899 Thats a Scania we are talking about. not a pete or kw

    • @catdiesel7143
      @catdiesel7143 11 місяців тому +6

      A real truck ? A real truck first of all has a Cat for a motor seconde Peterbilt or KW them are real trucks I don’t shop at the dollar store 🙂 lol cool truck tho

    • @samsymes475
      @samsymes475 11 місяців тому +1

      It's hardly a real truck 🤣🤣

    • @-redo-6338
      @-redo-6338 11 місяців тому +22

      ​@@catdiesel7143💀🤡

  • @nerddomaingaming8
    @nerddomaingaming8 11 місяців тому +25

    I believe you can get a gauge cluster from the UK and get it swapped over to MPH

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-Lahaye 11 місяців тому +37

    Really amazing to see this semi truck over in The States now, I remember this unit from the yearly fairground nearby in the 2010s.
    Vermolen is a Dutch family active in the travelling fairground business for more than a century and they own quite a lot of rides ranging from the nostalgic carrousel to modern adrenalin rides.
    They travelled to fairgrounds all over the Netherlands but also Belgium, Germany and even further away.
    The truck is rough looking now, but I don't think it deteriorated that much when it was in the Vermolen family, the owners of fairground rides do care very well for their trucks, they were their shop window.
    Give it some care and TLC, getting the parts may be hard in North America.

  • @petereidenson8398
    @petereidenson8398 11 місяців тому +17

    Your best video ever Bruce.! Love to see that Scania in your hands . Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪👍

  • @damianhermsen1113
    @damianhermsen1113 11 місяців тому +60

    Really cool to see this thing ending in your hands, I used to work with that truck in the Netherlands!

    • @Nyx_88888
      @Nyx_88888 11 місяців тому +2

      must be cool to see it

    • @wantapgt
      @wantapgt 11 місяців тому +3

      That actual truck?

    • @MCdrivein
      @MCdrivein 11 місяців тому

      ​@@wantapgtthis truck was used on Dutch fairs, moving rides

    • @thomasmartinez4081
      @thomasmartinez4081 11 місяців тому +2

      Old Ronny Ceusters truck! 💪🏼

    • @Grappenmaker
      @Grappenmaker 11 місяців тому

      @@thomasmartinez4081willy ceusters

  • @trucksnorway
    @trucksnorway 11 місяців тому +85

    Remember to always open the grille when you need to tilt the cab up Bruce. Cool rig👍👍

    • @tntfreddan3138
      @tntfreddan3138 10 місяців тому +4

      And always remember to flare out the side panels of the hood as well, otherwise they will also get busted.

    • @automation7295
      @automation7295 10 місяців тому

      Americans don't seem to know how to tilt a cab proper, they aren't familiar with European cab-overs.

  • @waywardone666
    @waywardone666 10 місяців тому +6

    Hello Bruce, there's a Portugese guy named "Telmo Abreu" who's in Newark, NJ. He's restoring and maintaning the Scania's which once have been driven in the US in the 80's and 90's. I recommend to contact him if you need any specific information about the Scania Truck. Cheers from Germany and hope that the 164 gives you a lot of fun ;-)

  • @andewegster
    @andewegster 10 місяців тому +6

    So nice to see y'all have so much fun with an old Dutch Scania. And the awesome sound this v8 makes already! 💪🏼

    • @automation7295
      @automation7295 10 місяців тому

      People in the US are still too late. If you drive a Scania or any European truck, you would hear people say "What is that piece of junk? Get a real American truck!"

  • @Alwaysoverlandnz
    @Alwaysoverlandnz 11 місяців тому +115

    Can't beat the sound of a straight piped V8 Scania 🤙🏻

    • @fabiocammaroto9084
      @fabiocammaroto9084 11 місяців тому +5

      V8 iveco turbo star Is much better

    • @Alwaysoverlandnz
      @Alwaysoverlandnz 11 місяців тому +15

      @@fabiocammaroto9084
      Comparing a V8 Scania to an Iveco is like comparing a ..... Read more

    • @ianhagler3678
      @ianhagler3678 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Alwaysoverlandnz😂😂😂😂

    • @Dubiey
      @Dubiey 11 місяців тому +4

      @@fabiocammaroto9084turbo star sounds amazing straight piped but the scania 164 580 straight piped is the best in my opinion

    • @johannesritsma8563
      @johannesritsma8563 10 місяців тому +1

      @@fabiocammaroto9084we know, but they don’t. They all think “ Oh let’s overtake that Turbostar before i get to the mountain. Then the mountain comes and the only thing they are seeing are backlight of a Turbostar getting smaller and smaller in front of them.
      Turbostar V8 has lots more power than the Scania does.

  • @parkerbethke
    @parkerbethke 11 місяців тому +42

    absolutely amazing. I’ve been waiting for people to do this forever in the usa. Get in contact with some folks overseas, get that thang in nice condition and turn that motor up

  • @hilkolieberwerth3495
    @hilkolieberwerth3495 11 місяців тому +9

    Wow. Very curious how a Dutch Scania 144 truck ends up in the States! The photo shows it was a carnival hauler, probably moving the attraction through Holland, Belgium and Germany.
    About your question: there's no doubt in my mind that this truck was build by Scania Factory in Zwolle, the Netherlands. If you send them an email with the VIN you might get quite some information. Oh, and by the sound of it: this will be an "open" exhaust. Sounds great, as Scania V8 always sounds great.

  • @Mondeoman
    @Mondeoman 11 місяців тому +5

    The scania V8 sound is on par with the V12 rolls Royce merlin engine it's a legend. Those scanias were the truck every kid wanted to drive. As for the governor there will be a fuse you can pull to derestrict it but you usually lose the speedometer and tachometer.

  • @toddm.7746
    @toddm.7746 11 місяців тому +49

    Very cool, Bruce! Congrats! Can't wait to see more content with it. Remember, it's old, and the only way to make it completely reliable is to go front to back and fix, repair, or update everything. Like Blue Collar never got, it was fixed as needed. All these old cabovers can be made very reliable if completely restored.

  • @tylerbauer4256
    @tylerbauer4256 11 місяців тому +27

    Man that thing was a absolute show truck back in its time.... Absolutely sad it see it in this bad of condition... really hope you bring her back to her glory days

  • @philipmichel215
    @philipmichel215 11 місяців тому +4

    Scania's rock! This one sounds great! Congrats on such a choice find and look forward to seeing more of her in upcoming episodes. (fyi timmy gentry has a couple Scanias in his corral)

  • @user-ij7wx6oy7j
    @user-ij7wx6oy7j 11 місяців тому +3

    It would be cool to watch this being fully restored!. Can't beat the sound of a straight piped V8 Scania .

  • @auscambaiting
    @auscambaiting 11 місяців тому +35

    It would be cool to watch this being fully restored!

  • @HamptonSimon
    @HamptonSimon 11 місяців тому +60

    Completely normal here in the UK to see 600-800hp trucks, but we’re limited to 56mph. Unless you’re Irish 😂 those boys are trying to go back to the future.

    • @gertjanvangastel
      @gertjanvangastel 11 місяців тому +6

      You watch em coming off the train on Saturday night flying into Belgium.... It's a Irish thing!!

    • @adriandavis8907
      @adriandavis8907 11 місяців тому +3

      Haha 🇮🇪

    • @ajm407
      @ajm407 11 місяців тому +2

      @@gertjanvangastelhow do they do it with Tachos and all that. Didn’t think you could cheat them anymore.

    • @HamptonSimon
      @HamptonSimon 11 місяців тому +2

      @@ajm407 nature.. finds a way

    • @jb6319
      @jb6319 11 місяців тому

      ​@@ajm407Tachos ??? What are they ? Are they like a speed limiter ? 😂

  • @Robin190T
    @Robin190T 11 місяців тому +4

    It was a lovely truck back in the day ! Remember seeing it at truckshows in the early 2000’s when it was still from Ceusters

  • @johnmelling9950
    @johnmelling9950 11 місяців тому +1

    Scania are the equivalent of Peterbilt over here in the UK, widely regarded as the king of trucks. Its weird to see you guys so amazed by a truck that you see on almost every street over here.

  • @liamsullivan5654
    @liamsullivan5654 11 місяців тому +7

    Absolutely awesome! Come see more of them here in New Zealand, you've got a whole heap of followers over here watching your videos 🤙🏻🤙🏻

  • @WillChandlerFLD120
    @WillChandlerFLD120 11 місяців тому +19

    Don't break it Bruce! 😊

  • @MotherGoose264
    @MotherGoose264 10 місяців тому

    This is the video that made me subscribe. I've seen this truck around when it was new here in Belgium ( near dutch border ). Looking forward to see the follow up. Keep it up 🤘❤️

  • @hiltunentony
    @hiltunentony 10 місяців тому +4

    As my friend, a transporter said; if you want to find drivers, get them a Scania. Freakin’ king of the road! Drove one of those during my military service. They rip.

  • @AaronWatson396
    @AaronWatson396 11 місяців тому +9

    What a beautiful truck. Love seeing a scania over in the USA. Rare sight.

  • @Twisted_RC
    @Twisted_RC 11 місяців тому +13

    Now this is gonna be cool! Love Scania's 👍 Excited to see people in the USA know about Scania.

    • @dwightcorbett8889
      @dwightcorbett8889 11 місяців тому +2

      Indeed, we have some of them here in Canada too, though I don't personally know of anybody who owns one, but they're seen on the major highways from time to time.

  • @dwightcorbett8889
    @dwightcorbett8889 11 місяців тому +10

    I love the sound of the V8 Scania open exhaust. Awesome! There's some here in Canada, so I'm pretty sure you can locate parts for them in Florida. I wouldn't be too rough with it though, until you figure out how and where to get replacement parts.

    • @miles5600
      @miles5600 11 місяців тому

      Mexico has Scania

    • @justdrift3649
      @justdrift3649 10 місяців тому +2

      Scania's are also made in Brasil so a good place to start for part's too.

    • @Mitchez
      @Mitchez 10 місяців тому

      Scania is owned by Volkswagen group these days so maybe they can help you out

    • @IndigenousSteed
      @IndigenousSteed 10 місяців тому

      International dealership can get all the parts you need

  • @dixonqwerty
    @dixonqwerty 7 місяців тому

    Nice to see an American gets to enyoy our Scania trucks! My dad worked for Scania for almost 30 years. Greetings from Sweden boys!

  • @gunsforhire9864
    @gunsforhire9864 11 місяців тому +12

    If your gonna tilt the cab open the Grille up so you don't rip it apart. I used to work on them.

  • @kevink1725
    @kevink1725 11 місяців тому +7

    you have to put a paper tacho disk in it and then the speedometer will work, to switch well it is best to double clutch and give intermediate gas. it is a super good truck take care of it

  • @ArcticExploring
    @ArcticExploring 10 місяців тому +1

    You got yourself a good truck there, Scania is the king of the road.

  • @jerrythiger6748
    @jerrythiger6748 11 місяців тому +6

    Finally!!! Scania is manufactured in the city of Södertälje, just south of Stockholm. The V8 is sometimes called "The Södertälje Symphony Orchestra", because of its beautiful sound.

    • @johnvanhal2450
      @johnvanhal2450 10 місяців тому

      And manufactured also in Zwolle, Netherlands.

    • @jerrythiger6748
      @jerrythiger6748 10 місяців тому +1

      @@johnvanhal2450 The Zwolle plant is a assembling plant, yes

    • @johnvanhal2450
      @johnvanhal2450 10 місяців тому +1

      @@jerrythiger6748 I assume there's one in Brazil as well?

  • @erikceder3222
    @erikceder3222 11 місяців тому +27

    Never late in a V8 🥰 king of the road🇸🇪

    • @Texas21Texas
      @Texas21Texas 11 місяців тому

      I like that saying, thank you.

    • @ImForwardlook
      @ImForwardlook 11 місяців тому

      You mean king of the slowest truck of the road? Besides, going over 90 with that tiny wheelbase is suicide...

    • @MrAtterhagen
      @MrAtterhagen 11 місяців тому +1

      This is a short wheelbase scania, in sweden they are usually much longer

    • @ImForwardlook
      @ImForwardlook 11 місяців тому

      @@MrAtterhagen But they are still super slow, the Swedes tend to stay at 50...

    • @shanewilson4400
      @shanewilson4400 11 місяців тому

      @ImForwardlook bc theyre limited, take the limiter off and it'll go faster

  • @srbaker
    @srbaker 11 місяців тому

    I've lived in Sweden for more than 8 years. It's nice to see y'all saying "Oh! A Scania!" It's just "a truck" over here. Hell, I'd help you import one if you wanted.

  • @MuscatelTom
    @MuscatelTom 11 місяців тому +1

    I love the sound those v8 scanias make. Cant wait to see more on this unit

  • @peterfrijlink8804
    @peterfrijlink8804 11 місяців тому +22

    Wow nice Bruce! And also nice that you drive a former dutch truck that have been driven in the Netherlands. Vermolen is a dutch carnival company.
    Have fun with the Scania.
    Greetz from the Netherlands

  • @richardcorner9262
    @richardcorner9262 11 місяців тому +19

    Finally a proper truck on this channel . Scania the best truck in the world , this one needs returning to its former glory , please do not tear it up have some respect.

    • @dwightcorbett8889
      @dwightcorbett8889 11 місяців тому +2

      Yep, they're not easy to find here. If he ruins it, he may not be able to get another one.

    • @zoneundertop
      @zoneundertop 11 місяців тому +1

      Burnouts he will keep doing, he's young & foolish.

    • @Kiljanderi
      @Kiljanderi 11 місяців тому

      A burnout wont kill a scania

  • @nicolaestan2302
    @nicolaestan2302 10 місяців тому

    Love and respect from Romania. We love Scania also and you have new subscribers now if you bought it. I want to see how you restore this beautiful masterpiece of engineering. God bless USA.❤

  • @brutus_inusa
    @brutus_inusa 10 місяців тому

    Ir's Amazing !!! Congrats your new truck !!

  • @MrCaprinut
    @MrCaprinut 11 місяців тому +5

    You need to use the clutch every time dude!
    Euro trucks has no gear gouverneur. It's all manual laubour. No wonder you don't get it in gear properly!
    Those gearboxes is silky smooth to operate when you do it properly.
    Greetings from a norwegian.

  • @JohnnyAFG81
    @JohnnyAFG81 11 місяців тому +3

    These sound amazing straight piped!

  • @StrokerStevens
    @StrokerStevens 10 місяців тому

    Congratulations! That is a pretty cool cab over. I still think something like that pulling my Camper would be super cool.

  • @the14BIGFOOT
    @the14BIGFOOT 11 місяців тому

    Great truck. Good service and parts ordered. Clean the cone top shaped spin oil filter on the top of the engine as well as the normal oil filter. Best truck in world

  • @chrisriddell5491
    @chrisriddell5491 11 місяців тому +7

    That was 100% a mobile fair ground truck, there is loads of export scania used parts if you check bruce best of luck with it from the UK...

  • @MCI1392
    @MCI1392 11 місяців тому +7

    You should take your time and check what parts you need, and get someone who can ship everything to you. It would be worth it. / A Swede

  • @eezergoode8588
    @eezergoode8588 9 місяців тому

    Scania are great trucks. My first trucking job was in an S500. Flat floor. Glass down to your knees. Fridge and microwave. Bloody loved it.

  • @clintferguson8328
    @clintferguson8328 11 місяців тому

    love the way it sounds, have fun sir.

  • @MrJokkoma
    @MrJokkoma 11 місяців тому +8

    I'm glad you bought a swedish built truck, it will be interesting to hear what you will have to say about it in some time. Also your channel is very good greetings from Sweden!

  • @julientruckpictures
    @julientruckpictures 11 місяців тому +4

    Old Ceusters transport at the origin and after that he went to Netherlands and USA, a real legend than you have now in your hand for some truck fans here in West Europe 🤩

  • @markvangemert918
    @markvangemert918 11 місяців тому

    Congratz! You bought yourself a former fairground truck! I am from the Netherlands and i can tell you.. that truck goes on forever! V8 !!!!

  • @righttobloodydissent
    @righttobloodydissent 11 місяців тому +3

    Nice paint job on it Bruce, can't wait to see you fix her up.

  • @fs22.....
    @fs22..... 11 місяців тому +3

    That truck is from the place where i life, every day i see that sort of truck driving on the road, the truck like you have is special here

    • @MitchWelters
      @MitchWelters 11 місяців тому

      Zo speciaal is een 4 serie niet hoor 😂

    • @fs22.....
      @fs22..... 11 місяців тому +1

      @@MitchWelters ja k bedoelde die scania eigenlijk niet🙃

  • @loganburnett5879
    @loganburnett5879 11 місяців тому +1

    As in sure many people have already pointed out, the majority of our trucks DO have 5th wheels on them, this truck was what you'd call a showman's truck (alteast in the UK) you can haul loads in configurations that aren't usually legal, but for circuses/fairgrounds, they can obtain a licence/permit (I believe) that allows them to bypass that.
    Usually you'd have 1 of 2 configurations of trucks and trailers
    1. A semi truck unit with a 5th wheel and a trailer
    2. A semi box truck with a nearly equal length trailer pulled by drawbar or dolly
    (Both of these configurations being limited to a length just under 19 metre's, around 62 feet)
    The picture you showed of it driving in Europe is close to the 2nd configuration in setup, but alot longer, because of the showman's load he is hauling.
    Just to go off on a tangent, showman's trucks are some of the only examples of more than one trailer being hauled in the UK, it's usually something like a truck with a box on the back, pulling a ride, then pulling a caravan, which is a cool sight to see when usually we're limited to a just under 19m configuration for both of our configurations.

    • @sgxbot
      @sgxbot 10 місяців тому

      there is a 3rd type thats similar to the semi box truck. its a truck with a container chassis installed on it that takes containers or special swap bodies that fit on this chassis. most of the time they also have a trailer that does the same. thats the more common one if you see a semi box truck with a trailer. real semi box trucks with a fixed box usually are smaller 12t trucks like the scania p250 or the mercedes atego. they also tend to not use trailers as much

  • @JosevanEijl
    @JosevanEijl 11 місяців тому +6

    The truck is from Juni 10, 1997 (according the Dutch licence plate) This truck is used for transporting the equipment of a mobile fair company. Most of the mobile fair companies use trucks which had done a lot of miles (kilometers in Europe) and therefore are cheap to buy. The mobile fair companies don't travel a lot and also not long distances. Also the fifth wheel is used a lot in Europe we have lots of trailers. FYI the text "Schousteller Betrief" is a German tekst. These trucks don't have to pay roadtax (Maut) in Germany

    • @TheDiner50
      @TheDiner50 10 місяців тому

      Yea fifth wheel is almost essential as soon as we are talking about anything but just a box lorry. Oversized cargo van. Even with a cargo bed or a box on the back axle your most likely still pulling a dolly behind you with a fifth wheeler on it. It is a very short trailer with a fifth wheeler on it And in turn you can hook a full on EU trailer on it. Or even just strait up running a link trailer that connect to a lorry with just a fifth wheeler on it. It accomplishes the same thing in practice. Just depends on the lorry/truck fleet usage.
      Never seen a cargo box single axle that also pulls a wagon. And ontop of it being a truck/lorry with a fifth wheeler??? What a odd creature this was in its past life. It was pulling a wagon trailer. When nowadays we are mostly running the USA style trailers on a dolly trailer that in turn connects to a lorry/truck without a fifth wheeler built onto it. That is 3 vehicles in the road train. 3 different registered vehicles. A wagon is a complete vehicle that do not need a dolly. A trailer needs a fifth wheeler connection. Agen it is complicated but point is that fifth wheeler is VERY common in EU. Even in the lands of Scania. Maybe just less common to have it on the lorry/truck. Still plenty of them exist.
      Agen with licenses we in Sweden run up to 25.25 meter long vehicle trains without a fifth wheeler on the turck. Behind it you just connect a wagon trailer OR a dolly trailer since that would give you that fifth wheeler to pull a truck trailer. A full sized EU trailer usually then end you up at 25.25 meter long. With the normal accepted max limit being 24m. But there are plenty of trucks with just a fifth wheeler all over EU and Scandinavia. You need to shorten a full size truck without a fifth wheeler OR the trailer needs to be shorter to fit in 24meters. Why it is far more common to get the exemption for 25.25meters transport.
      You can also run a link trailer from a fifth wheeler truck and reach up to 25.25m or less if you need. But link trailer trucks are a bit more rare of a vehicle on the road. Useful to ditch the link part or the trailer for tight places to load and unload. And still keep the capacity of any other vehicle combination. But links are the rare one for sure. Nothing else.
      Accepted weight limits are general up to 64 000kg hole road train weight. And with some licenses up to 74 000kg. Just rare and limited to special road ways and bulk transport of wood etc. It is hard to get and experimental. Still with exceptions you can get the green light for more ofc with the right paperwork. Military for example.

    • @turnip5359
      @turnip5359 10 місяців тому

      "what's a kilometre?" - British person

  • @the7tongardengnome
    @the7tongardengnome 11 місяців тому +6

    Kool truck. Use to drive Scania full truck and trailer 18 wheelers for a living. My first day was a nightmare reversing up to a loading dock. Took an hour. What made it worse was all the dock workers and office staff were watching in amusement 😂

  • @sauliaalto
    @sauliaalto 11 місяців тому +7

    Great video Bruce! The truck is in pretty bad shape but it was still fun to watch. A little tip, when using reversing gear, hit some main gear first, because reverse gear is not synchronised and there is no clutch brake 😁

  • @masonandmepowerwheelsvids1690
    @masonandmepowerwheelsvids1690 11 місяців тому

    Time never been more excited to click on one of your videos. I love these trucks.

  • @nicolindqvist7473
    @nicolindqvist7473 11 місяців тому +6

    Remember, its a synchronised gearbox, so use the clutch

  • @drew5271
    @drew5271 11 місяців тому +4

    Bruce you are a legend sounds amazing dude I see that many Scania V8 in Britain they are amazing and the sound with the straight pipes I’m buzzing for you dude also the yellow number plate at the front shows a NL in the blue bit is that the truck is from the Netherlands don’t sell it make it look like new with stacks and tune it up 👍🏻

  • @truckerjay
    @truckerjay 11 місяців тому +4

    if you want to change the dash to MPH just get the cluster from the UK, also a good place for bling is a company called KUDA, i see its missing lots of trim and run up ramps are gone.. tops lights will come on with high beams, should be a switch to select bottom light and top lights

  • @R..W
    @R..W 10 місяців тому

    It was a Dutch truck used to get from town to town with the stuff form the fair. awesome truck we see trucks like that one here all the time 👍🏻

  • @edwardgrafton4663
    @edwardgrafton4663 11 місяців тому

    Hey Bruce Wilson that is a really nice looking truck over here in my country the Scania and Volvo are the two main trucks you see more off them on our roads than any other trucks but you see different ones as well.

  • @svanteleo1011
    @svanteleo1011 11 місяців тому +4

    You forgot to switch up to high range on the gearstick. thats why so high rpm. that 4 and 3 serie scania gearsticks there is a pushdown ring on the bottom of the stick to enable/disable high/low range.

  • @bluesky2680
    @bluesky2680 11 місяців тому +23

    Great one Bruce. My son is a diesel technician for Scania Group in Australia. The 770hp V8’s are nuts

    • @Appydem
      @Appydem 11 місяців тому +1

      I prefer the Australian or South African configuration, European specs look soft with that single axle

    • @2FlushMegaShit
      @2FlushMegaShit 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@AppydemMost scanias here in Ireland always have a lift axle, or double drive but not a lot

    • @Vensku86
      @Vensku86 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@AppydemEuropean and American trucks are so light 😂
      But European still have fennoscandia, Finland and Sweden have real mass with these 😎👌
      In Finland 76 metric tonnes, 3-5 axles at the truck, and even 6 axles at trailer. 👍
      And Scanias and Volvos everywhere in Finland, third one is Mercedes.

  • @vilhelmiina.
    @vilhelmiina. 10 місяців тому

    My stepdad used to be a truck driver in finland and growing up i used to spend summers sitting a scania, neat to see one in the states.

  • @patrickdiks8930
    @patrickdiks8930 10 місяців тому

    Reminds me a lot of my old 144L 580. Brings back good memories.

  • @edwardstephens247
    @edwardstephens247 11 місяців тому +4

    This truck is amazing!

  • @henksmits8800
    @henksmits8800 11 місяців тому +4

    Scania 4-series! I used to drive these from 2005 -2012 in the Netherlands. Now I drive a newer Scania R-series😍

  • @zekerduzzz
    @zekerduzzz 11 місяців тому

    Nice to see a truck from the netherlands. Tale good care of this old beast.

  • @dbdecibel9381
    @dbdecibel9381 11 місяців тому +1

    Scania v8 allways sounds good, here in Denmark we have lots of them, at the night I can hear them pulling away from an nearby steel factory, It's music to my ears.

  • @benbowers8670
    @benbowers8670 11 місяців тому +11

    One of the best trucks you can get.
    Don’t break it, because they are an absolute fortune in parts.
    And just FYI, 90% of the charts in the UK or fifth wheel. Some are drag radios page on the country that they’re operating and some use drag Trailers to keep the height down.
    Talk to Trucker Tim in 🇬🇧 he has a UA-cam channel 😊

  • @theislandsc
    @theislandsc 11 місяців тому +3

    There are a lot of lobster boats running around up north with Scania’s in them.
    I’ve only ever worked on the old Yanmar/Scania 710hp inline 6 and those engine were bulletproof. The new common rail engines look to be the same.

  • @mikaelt3241
    @mikaelt3241 11 місяців тому +2

    Congratulations to the Scania from Sweden 🇸🇪

  • @tjoffe2444
    @tjoffe2444 11 місяців тому

    Thats awesome! I had a 4 series Scania before and you can get most of the common parts pretty cheap around europe. I used bisonparts from UK. If you contact Scania you might get a discount on original parts

  • @lolkerispens6807
    @lolkerispens6807 11 місяців тому +6

    Hello Bruce. the schania truck officially comes from Holland I saw your video I think damn I drove in there before. Yes I worked at the fair for a few years and I know this question to me how did that truck get to America. But I rode it when I was young. Vermolen was a fairground operator, this truck comes from the Netherlands Holland

  • @clemocesarus
    @clemocesarus 11 місяців тому +7

    One thing you should know. This ain't a eaton fuller shifter. You have to clutch in for every gear you go through. Otherwise, great seeing scanias in america 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Sohave
    @Sohave 11 місяців тому

    Greetings from Denmark, That is a real Euro truck, we got plenty of those Scania V8's here. But a small correction our long hauls here in Europe are done with 5 wheelers, they are not rare. The dedicated fixed trucks also have a longer wheelbase. The short tractors without 5 wheels are usually used for carnivals, traveling amusement parks and circuses to pool around caravans and equipment. The front trailer latch also suggests this had been a carnival tractor. ( looking more in dept I see the sticker on the side: "Vermolen Amusement" Yep no doubt that is a carnival tractor )

  • @rafox66
    @rafox66 10 місяців тому +1

    This truck was used to haul carnival rides around the Netherlands, pretty cool to see it in the US but it's probably going to need a lot of work.

  • @melvinthemechanic
    @melvinthemechanic 10 місяців тому

    Funny to see you so happy about it. In norway we have 10s of thousands of those trucks and many many more just like it just with six sylinder diesel-biogas or some other fuels

  • @albertklose572
    @albertklose572 11 місяців тому +5

    It would be nice to see you restore the Scalia to its original glory! Nice! 🌴🌴🌴🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚛🚛🚛

  • @young12012
    @young12012 11 місяців тому +6

    This is an ex-showman’s wagon so basically it would have had something like a generator on the back to power the ride/arcade that it pulled but most trucks like his in Europe would have a fifth wheel on it to haul a trailer the same as in the us

    • @young12012
      @young12012 11 місяців тому +1

      Also the steps on that 4 series arr like gold dust so if you break them and need to replace then good luck haha

    • @freggs4906
      @freggs4906 11 місяців тому

      Probably towed a draw bar at the same time, thus the extended rear and weights.

  • @jonnymac8925
    @jonnymac8925 10 місяців тому

    That truck sounds badass in motion!

  • @NFSGamerful
    @NFSGamerful 11 місяців тому +9

    Hi Bruce, this thing used to belong a traveling fair (company or family). It used to be registered in the Netherlands and this is just the way these kinds of people liked to tow their stuff. We have loads of 5th wheel trailers here, but the traveling fair people tend to have their attractions behind the truck in the way you showed in the image and the guy talked about, the weights are just for added traction cause those things weigh quite a lot. Kinda nice seeing a dutch truck in the us

    • @miles5600
      @miles5600 11 місяців тому +1

      Reason why it’s an older truck and not a newer truck is because you’re not allowed to import vehicles younger then 25 years.

    • @magnusE7
      @magnusE7 10 місяців тому

      I was too comment on it.

    • @boxr_4214
      @boxr_4214 10 місяців тому

      @@miles5600 also the import tax on trucks is 25% so it helps a LOT with the price to have an older, less expensive truck if you're importing

    • @miles5600
      @miles5600 10 місяців тому

      @@boxr_4214 that’s true, although i would love to see a brand new scania in the US hauling

  • @forwow1885
    @forwow1885 11 місяців тому +3

    Hey I used to help build carnival rides with Vermolen, thats funny! Enjoy the Scania, I love these trucks!