Yeah these Exceptional Engineering document series are great! I've watched them all. There is always an agenda though. I'm not saying they don't deserve a praise, but here they promote German engineering and production capability. I don't mind it and it's not agressive but it's visible nonetheless.
Super cool! No drama, even better. I'm surprised there wasn't a time dilemma and some supervisor job on the line... Stupid documentaries are getting old. This was awesome, just explaining the process. Good job for once.
Again? I'm waiting for them to do it the first time. US manufacturers have always put profits over quality and that hasn't changed, now other manufacturers from around the world are following in the profits over quality model. Look at Mercedes Benz, ownership of Chrysler taught them how to produce the cheapest crap possible and to hell with consumers. Nissan got the same lesson from Renault that was also a Chrysler partner, there isn't the desire to keep quality up.
What did they show here that’s unique or novel? This is exceptionally common for how any mass produced vehicle is made anywhere in the world, including the US.
Phillip Kuntze go buy yourself a Mercedes with 50,000 miles on it and experience everything breaking on the car. Fixing anything cost double of fixing the same thing on an American car. BMWs and Mercedes are prone to electrical system problems as well with moderate mileage on them. Been there, done that. American car quality is at an all time high.
By watching those two videos form Volvo Trucks and Mercedes Trucks head to head, you can clearly define the differences in engineering philosophy. Everyone is unique for a reason. Nice to watch both, while they are making the way by which the products carried all over the Europe and entire world.
unbelievably precise but still not good enough without us mechanics to diagnose and fix the trouble boxes. engineers if you are reading- SIMPLE ENGINEERING IS ALWAYS THE BEST ENGINEERING.
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informative 'n educational 'n entertaining … the logistics of the assembly/ production are staggering. audio cutout from 34:04 - 35:09 … thanks for the documentary.
I worked and retired from a Freightliner truck plant. We are a sister company of Mercedes under the parent company Daimler. 25 years of building trucks. I miss it everyday.
Good doco :) Also blows my mind the amount of holes in the chassis, you know if you took your own truck to get certified with that many holes it would never get road legal....science and engineering still get me everytime
They are rebranded as Detroit diesel in North America. They are also built in Detroit Michigan. I work in them at Freightliner dealer and I like them a lot. As long as you do proper maintenance they last a long time.
@@black10872 No paccar engines are only in Kenworth and Peterbuilt trucks. Freightliner/Westernstar is owned by Daimler so they us Mercedes engines and some Cummins.
@@dieselgaint Yep and the 60 series is still the most reliable engine i have ever seen and worked on. Mercedes Benz would have been smart to keep a lot of that architecture, But they know more and i work on these new engines more than anything else. severe turbo oil feed issues so far.
TIME ELEMENT ... from the first truck it rolled out on its early production until to this point in time, the word capitalized above are well defined as time goes by or i should say the productions time was in it's finest to waste no time ... for TIME is GOLD was truly defined ... guten morgen
American Companies work in quarters, not long term. Even IF they say they have a "long term strategy", they don't. That is just a wish list if things keep going well. Asian and most European companies look very long term and understand that quarterly earnings are a bad way to measure any companies success or failure. Styx song "The Grand Illusion" has a line "America spells competition" and that is 100% true. We are in competition with quarterly earnings 4 times a year. Sad but it's how we do business in our market economy. There is no rule that says companies must do this, they choose to because it's easier to run a short sprint vs a long distance marathon.
Asian and European companies look long term yeah no they dont. They are trying to ban engines for no logical purpose sounds like very short term thinking when engines have never damaged the damn environment more than electricity.
Interesting fact: Ford wasn't focused solely on manufacturing vehicles. He was focused on changing and evolving the manufacturing industry for decades to come. Proud he would be.
I've never seen one of these trucks in the United States. They look like really nice trucks. They like Peterbilt, Mack or Kenworth trucks with big cabs, lots of lights and lots of chrome in the USA. They're kind of like the Harley-Davidson or Triumph of semi trucks!
at 15:03 we didn't see any inserting of the piston rod bearings (O: oh, boy, let's repair something after the full assembly ? how about ordering "a lost bolt or nut?"
Wow. This is what I could call a smart factory.. they make it look just easy peazy, building a big ass diesel Truck like this.. I just wonder, where the hell do all these Truck end up..??! I mean 400 trucks PER DAY?! that's like tens of thousands of trucks per month.. how the heck do they even sell that many trucks to create that much of a demand.. who's buying all these trucks ??!!?!?!
They must be selling them to third-world sh*tholes. The States don’t end up with them, but the crazy Russian dash cam videos are shot from behind the windshield of these things.
It's nice to see Mercedes employees wearing a jumpsuit type uniform . when you look at American car and truck manufacturers they dress like they are at a backyard bbq. Then you wonder if the quality is there!!
Why is it that german workers tend to wear blue bibs or jumpsuits? I am American and I tend to agree with you about what is worn in American manufacturing operations.
I hope that the plastic Zip Ties used inside the Chassis to tie the wiring of the truck will not fail under extreme hot or cold temperatures or with time and vibrations
A very good presentation. I wonder if nowadays film footages such as this is shown in university business schools. Back when I was in university business administration, they never bothered. They only showed you how to crunch the numbers. If business schools dont show film footages such as this nowadays, then all is I got to say is that university business schools are very short sighted.
They stopped using those cabover designs in the 70s and 80's for a good reason here in the US. It's too hard to get in and out of, and there just isn't enough space inside. I think they have those small roads in Europe and need the turning radius.
@Derek Charette You left out quite a bit. If everyone is so poor, why are they buying all these trucks? The fact is that for every industry that is automated, many more are created. Who makes the robots? Who designs them? Where does the materials come from? Who maintains the trucks? Maybe don't be so envious of the "filthy rich" and find a career that can make you rich. More people are getting rich everyday. You never will if you're just a victim.
The days of assembly line workers doing low skill repetitive tasks and expecting upper middle class wages are just about over. Education and retraining is the way forward. All these factories require massive numbers of highly skilled people to set them up and keep them working.
@@joshhutchison6201 "arrogant peace of mind " wtf is that? Do you mean the ability to be satisfied with what I have and not make myself miserable just because someone has more money than me?
A lot of fluff is mentioned but several facts omitted. For instance the PVC sealer fills every seam where spot welds or interrupted line welds leave an opening. The tightening of fasteners is shown but the tracking of most fasteners, not just the engine fasteners, will be tracked. If one is not correct then it is either flagged for later correction or is alerted for immediate action.
@@GeorgiGeorgiev-ne9ps but japan doesnt build reliable cars. Toyota yes nissan mazda and honda no. Toyota gain a reputation of reliability from using Chevy engines
2:28 they prove their worth on only 5 continents? I'm guessing they left out Antarctica but what other continent doesn't have Mercedes? I bet even Antarctica has Mercedes, maybe not a semi, tractor or lorry depending where you are from, that they are referring to in this episode.
It’s just nice to be able to watch something interesting. No garbage or sponsors/an agenda. Just pure info
Yeah these Exceptional Engineering document series are great! I've watched them all. There is always an agenda though. I'm not saying they don't deserve a praise, but here they promote German engineering and production capability. I don't mind it and it's not agressive but it's visible nonetheless.
Super cool! No drama, even better. I'm surprised there wasn't a time dilemma and some supervisor job on the line... Stupid documentaries are getting old. This was awesome, just explaining the process. Good job for once.
Extremely meticulous, thorough and efficient. Unbelievable precision!!! Wow!!!
What an amazing process to make trucks in a perfect way which I personally appreciate them for doing their jobs excellently!
It's amazing to see such dedication, genius and drive in one huge assembly line.
I really wish the US would put this much care into building products like this again
Tesla will put them all out of business.
Martin Zitter I'm still waiting...
Again? I'm waiting for them to do it the first time. US manufacturers have always put profits over quality and that hasn't changed, now other manufacturers from around the world are following in the profits over quality model. Look at Mercedes Benz, ownership of Chrysler taught them how to produce the cheapest crap possible and to hell with consumers. Nissan got the same lesson from Renault that was also a Chrysler partner, there isn't the desire to keep quality up.
What did they show here that’s unique or novel? This is exceptionally common for how any mass produced vehicle is made anywhere in the world, including the US.
Phillip Kuntze go buy yourself a Mercedes with 50,000 miles on it and experience everything breaking on the car. Fixing anything cost double of fixing the same thing on an American car. BMWs and Mercedes are prone to electrical system problems as well with moderate mileage on them. Been there, done that. American car quality is at an all time high.
What a serious case of OCD. And well done!
Yeah, it's like Japanese-level OCD. . .and that's saying something. Very impressive.
Precision everywhere!!- well, except for the ceiling fan at 8:20
Amazing you noticed that! It does seem to be out of balance.
what a catch .. :-)
lol
Are you part of the background watcher group?
Lmao
It's just nice to be able to watch
something interesting No
garbage or sponsors/an agenda.
Just pure info
A pretty impressive factory to say the least. German engineering at it's finest. Those truck cabs are the tallest I've seen.
Wow, love that coating on the engines!
It looks poorly executed to me I dont know why
By watching those two videos form Volvo Trucks and Mercedes Trucks head to head, you can clearly define the differences in engineering philosophy. Everyone is unique for a reason. Nice to watch both, while they are making the way by which the products carried all over the Europe and entire world.
I'll give them this, they got a solid soundtrack...
A weird mix of classic rock and movie soundtracks...somehow it works.
unbelievably precise but still not good enough without us mechanics to diagnose and fix the trouble boxes. engineers if you are reading- SIMPLE ENGINEERING IS ALWAYS THE BEST ENGINEERING.
I've been there. Simply amazing!
Cool!
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this Chanel should have billions subscriptions,
informative 'n educational 'n entertaining … the logistics of the assembly/ production are staggering. audio cutout from 34:04 - 35:09 … thanks for the documentary.
THE DEFENSE TRULY SHINE DURING THE ENTIRE PROCESS... very good lawyers.
Looking forward great 👍 truck
I just wonder how greatly everything works together to make a huge and beautiful truck which sounds to me like an amazing Art job !
Nice to see Black Sabbath providing documentary music.
The genius people. Incredible technology. I can't imagine the world without of Germany end without of Mercedes
This is beautiful! It’s like a piece of art in watching it with popcorns 🍿
I worked and retired from a Freightliner truck plant. We are a sister company of Mercedes under the parent company Daimler. 25 years of building trucks. I miss it everyday.
Vote it up, nice video clip, thank you for sharing it :)
Awesome video.👍
It took some very smart people to workout organise the complete layout of this truck factory amazing must have taken years of trial and error
Excellent video.
Thank you.
İt was realy amazing, and seeing knowloge how to do that progress of a hundred year was admired me.
The paint inspection lady is gorgeous :-)
What an awesome documentary hard to believe that they can do that and get it right so many pieces awesome
Germans are Wunderbar ! Well done
It's late at night and I am watching it 😀
Very good
Incredibly clean and efficient
But most be an incredible boring job to stand on an assembly line.
You are going to deliver this thing to doorstep, wow 😱😱
Great work 👌👌👌
Awesome factory
Good doco :) Also blows my mind the amount of holes in the chassis, you know if you took your own truck to get certified with that many holes it would never get road legal....science and engineering still get me everytime
Manufacturers do a lot of testing and have many years experience, so they tend to be more trusted than a backyard mechanic.
The engines that are made in Mannheim are also used in Freightliner trucks here in America.
Would that include the Detroit variations and also the upgraded engines that start at 400hp?
They are rebranded as Detroit diesel in North America. They are also built in Detroit Michigan. I work in them at Freightliner dealer and I like them a lot. As long as you do proper maintenance they last a long time.
I think they changed it. I think PACCOR engines are in the Cascadia models.
@@black10872 No paccar engines are only in Kenworth and Peterbuilt trucks. Freightliner/Westernstar is owned by Daimler so they us Mercedes engines and some Cummins.
@@dieselgaint Yep and the 60 series is still the most reliable engine i have ever seen and worked on. Mercedes Benz would have been smart to keep a lot of that architecture, But they know more and i work on these new engines more than anything else. severe turbo oil feed issues so far.
TIME ELEMENT ... from the first truck it rolled out on its early production until to this point in time, the word capitalized above are well defined as time goes by or i should say the productions time was in it's finest to waste no time ... for TIME is GOLD was truly defined ... guten morgen
Wow amazing
that factory is the most advanced,most efficient high tech places i have ever seen Mercedes has always built high quality cars and trucks.
good videos.
American Companies work in quarters, not long term. Even IF they say they have a "long term strategy", they don't. That is just a wish list if things keep going well. Asian and most European companies look very long term and understand that quarterly earnings are a bad way to measure any companies success or failure. Styx song "The Grand Illusion" has a line "America spells competition" and that is 100% true. We are in competition with quarterly earnings 4 times a year. Sad but it's how we do business in our market economy. There is no rule that says companies must do this, they choose to because it's easier to run a short sprint vs a long distance marathon.
True, and very apt Styx reference.
Asian and European companies look long term yeah no they dont. They are trying to ban engines for no logical purpose sounds like very short term thinking when engines have never damaged the damn environment more than electricity.
Lll lol ppppp0pp00p00pp0pp00pppp
Excellent product , prolific production capabilities . Benz had always meant reliability and comfort
Since the mass production of cars . 👌👍
Interesting fact: Ford wasn't focused solely on manufacturing vehicles. He was focused on changing and evolving the manufacturing industry for decades to come. Proud he would be.
Amazing Documentary!!!!!!
I've never seen one of these trucks in the United States.
They look like really nice trucks.
They like Peterbilt, Mack or Kenworth trucks with big cabs, lots of lights and lots of chrome in the USA. They're kind of like the Harley-Davidson or Triumph of semi trucks!
Truck checking lady 😍
stay away from the factory women! she packed with stds guaranteeed
That's fookin amazing!
@23:57 Glad to note that I use the same brand of monitor as do Mercedes Benz at their very sophisticated plant.
if i hear "as if by magic" one more time from the narrator.....
El Tigre 5 more years coming right up!
Amazing!
love the maiden!
Which one? 38:17 or 39:50? :D
14:02 - wow there is a black guy working there... love from Africa..
Pretty cool.
at 15:03 we didn't see any inserting of the piston rod bearings (O: oh, boy, let's repair something after the full assembly ? how about ordering "a lost bolt or nut?"
Impressive precision
Amazing technology
43:17 wow an American working there. JK He stole all the donuts.
Good choice of background music.
I subscribed because of the background music 🤘
The massive tow vehicles that tow busses use Goodyear tires too in Germany.
Japanese and Germans make a great team, Genesis🏁.👍
proud..my actros....still serve....now over 1M Km..on odometer.....and running strong....2640 MP3
Wow. This is what I could call a smart factory.. they make it look just easy peazy, building a big ass diesel Truck like this.. I just wonder, where the hell do all these Truck end up..??! I mean 400 trucks PER DAY?! that's like tens of thousands of trucks per month.. how the heck do they even sell that many trucks to create that much of a demand.. who's buying all these trucks ??!!?!?!
They must be selling them to third-world sh*tholes. The States don’t end up with them, but the crazy Russian dash cam videos are shot from behind the windshield of these things.
Great.
Mercedes...🤘
I saw several clips in this video that was in the Volvo truck build video.
I love the fact that they used the soundtrack from "The Rock".
A little Ozzy Osbourne.
A lil Black Sabbath never hurt anybody
"Aces High" at about 40:00
@2:40 the good old days..... Safety 3rd💪🏼
Thumb up for Paranoid... yeah \m/
It's nice to see Mercedes employees wearing a jumpsuit type uniform . when you look at American car and truck manufacturers they dress like they are at a backyard bbq. Then you wonder if the quality is there!!
Why is it that german workers tend to wear blue bibs or jumpsuits? I am American and I tend to agree with you about what is worn in American manufacturing operations.
One thing that separates the pros from the pack is attention to detail. That's true of pretty much everything in life.
38:18 im in love!
She is pretty isn't she?
Awwwww!!!!
I like the American trucks
Would never buy anything from Mack Truck
I agree. I think they just look better. I don't like the lack of a "nose" on these things. That being said, these are still pretty nice.
@@MsSaudm I drove Mack tri axle dumps for two years. The only real complaint i got is its short wheel base. Its hard to make sharp turns when loaded.
I hope that the plastic Zip Ties used inside the Chassis to tie the wiring of the truck will not fail under extreme hot or cold temperatures or with time and vibrations
Zip ties will outlast any other component on any vehicle.
Mix up the word
" So-called"
With........
" it's named"
" it's called" or
" kind of" or
" sort of"
Every once in awhile.
you'll get more thumbs up! 👍
A very good presentation. I wonder if nowadays film footages such as this is shown in university business schools. Back when I was in university business administration, they never bothered. They only showed you how to crunch the numbers. If business schools dont show film footages such as this nowadays, then all is I got to say is that university business schools are very short sighted.
34:05 sound stops.
Cont'd back on 35:09
thats fascinating but is that guy @ 31:55 really rocking grey sweat pants at work and in public???
They stopped using those cabover designs in the 70s and 80's for a good reason here in the US. It's too hard to get in and out of, and there just isn't enough space inside. I think they have those small roads in Europe and need the turning radius.
Mike Keith in Europe they are only allowed to be a certain length, so to maintain capacity in the trailer, the cab over design makes the most sense
All these automation and build techniques make assembling the truck cheaper, yet every year consumers pay more and more. Hmmm
Their automation also includes the extraction of funds from YOUR wallet.
@Derek Charette You left out quite a bit. If everyone is so poor, why are they buying all these trucks? The fact is that for every industry that is automated, many more are created. Who makes the robots? Who designs them? Where does the materials come from? Who maintains the trucks? Maybe don't be so envious of the "filthy rich" and find a career that can make you rich. More people are getting rich everyday. You never will if you're just a victim.
The days of assembly line workers doing low skill repetitive tasks and expecting upper middle class wages are just about over. Education and retraining is the way forward. All these factories require massive numbers of highly skilled people to set them up and keep them working.
@@jaswats9645 First of all, not everyone has the arrogant peace of mind that you do.. Secondly, what do you do for a living, doc?
@@joshhutchison6201 "arrogant peace of mind " wtf is that? Do you mean the ability to be satisfied with what I have and not make myself miserable just because someone has more money than me?
A lot of fluff is mentioned but several facts omitted. For instance the PVC sealer fills every seam where spot welds or interrupted line welds leave an opening. The tightening of fasteners is shown but the tracking of most fasteners, not just the engine fasteners, will be tracked. If one is not correct then it is either flagged for later correction or is alerted for immediate action.
42:11 Transformer's music is fitting
What would Henry Ford think?
" If by Magic" Science is better than Magic.
Science isn't science anymore they wont prove shit anymore they just push rhetoric.
EPIC MAIDEN #1: 38:17
EPIC MAIDEN #2: 39:50
Japan and germany are the fathers of cars. Quality 100% strength strong. They never die
And, in the US we make cars for quick use, ready to be thrown away for the next one.
Huh japan has a lot of shitty engines and engines they literally built under license from American companies germany has had tons of epic fails.
Let say Just japan makes most reliable cars. (Autobild)
@@GeorgiGeorgiev-ne9ps but japan doesnt build reliable cars. Toyota yes nissan mazda and honda no. Toyota gain a reputation of reliability from using Chevy engines
@@jdrok5026 lol
I love technology but this is what scary there's like not many people working at this Factory imagine the future less people to work
@38:21 My GOD she is so gorgeous. I am in love with her
These stuff is fascinating to me . . Mankind cre3these stuff. . Our small muscle like brain thought of these . . WOW .
Built better than a Freightliner
2:28 they prove their worth on only 5 continents? I'm guessing they left out Antarctica but what other continent doesn't have Mercedes? I bet even Antarctica has Mercedes, maybe not a semi, tractor or lorry depending where you are from, that they are referring to in this episode.
Biggest doesn't mean best. Kilmer says aging Mercedes are endless money pits.
Peterbuilt all day bud haha
I was gonna comment something similar. You beat me to it.😂😂
Kilmer's a clown.
they all are unless u go back to the 60s. they designed that way
262800 trucks a year. Around 50,000 cities/ towns in the world.
28:51 "not a single screw is lost."
2 seconds later 2 lost nuts laying between the rollers.
Well, he did say screws...
Cute little baby monster trucks they have in Europe they're funny looking Benny Hill mini trucks
Is anyone going to talk about why the audio cut out at 34:06
PLC is the best friend and the enemy of manufacturing.