American ATTEMPTS to Drive European Semi Truck. (Big Fail)
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As a American I sadly, but rightfully, say the extreme majority of things made in Europe are MUCH better quality than made here in the United States now.
Username don't lie
Your not wrong, there at least 10 years ahead in tec
Different cultures.
Americans like new stuff and Europeans like quality stuff, in general terms.
The entire design philosophy is different in Europe and the people actually building the products take pride in their work.
Your so right.@@AdurianJ
I am a truck driver in Europe. I drive a Scania S730. In this version of the truck, you can choose from three different boxes. Manual is most common in the Netherlands (you can search there) because there are a lot of old-school drivers or automotive freaks in the good sense of the word. Automatic gearbox with a clutch like in a manual one (I have one for heavy transport), you can drive like a lazy person in automatic mode or in manual mode. And there is also an automatic transmission, of which there are actually the fewest, but most are for sale because fleets change them like gloves because drivers who drive manuals don't sell them because they are too good, unless they look like your truck... Seriously, it's the most damaged Scania I've ever seen I've seen them, there are even better ones in our scrap yard, I don't know how it's still on the road legally, I think it was intended for export to Africa because I can't think of anything else.
If you are looking for the most powerful versions, look for Ireland (you have to be careful because they have LHD and RHD trucks) and the Netherlands. Just make sure it is not marked as typically EXPORT and every seller will sell it for export, but this is how we mark trucks that are not suitable for anything except renovation, like yours.
I hope I didn't offend you. Greetings from Poland
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Agree. Most of the personalized Scania's especially with custom paint its common they are very good maintained and driven with care.
Thank goodness you've said pretty much everything here that I wanted to say. My preferred gearbox are either manual or automatic, as I'm not a fan of the clutch-in Opti-cruise gearbox, or at least I couldn't stand the thing I was driving that had one. I learned to drive rigid, and artic (semi) in a manual Scania, 2008 model, but drove a number of different types of trucks and buses, including tipper trucks. As you said, there's no way either of Bruce's trucks would be allowed on the road here in Ireland. The Garda (cops) would throw the book at you! LOL You'd be jailed for even trying LOL I was even nervous in the P320 Scania rigid I was driving, it was such a heap of junk.
Right this truck in a police control would get right to scap in Europe
Don't change to round tanks bruce..send the square tanks off to be refurbished. If you put round tanks on it, you would be seriously messing up the original look.
I mean it's not even gonna be original when he's done? Lmao
They will not fit with a wider frame but he keep the original frame i would keep the tanks and there are polished stainless ones aswell
You should never see them because he's gonna put the skirts back on... Rather than ruining the truck. It's funny how backwards yank transmissions are.... Actually it's crazy how backwards yank trucks are.
Yes yes yes. Save european style. ❤
Why do I find it ironic that round fuel tanks belong on an old American cabover vs square tanks.
I think round tanks would look great.
That truck has plenty of power, it only has a narrow power band. That green zone on the rev counter is there for a reason: shift at the top of the green and select the gear that drops it to the bottom of the green (experience) and it will pull like crazy.
The later generation automatic gearboxes are actually awesome, because the computer does all the figuring out which gear to select for you and after multiple generations they're pretty good at it. Many automatic Scania's had (have?) a pre-select feature: you tell the truck which gears to use when standing still, drop the clutch and it will launch, so you can still have "fun".
Yea the Americans would not understand how awesome a automatic gearbox is until they work driving in roundabouts and EU like traffic. Really the earliest automatics in Scania was not that bad to begin with. They are air robot controlled manuals like most trucks in EU. And Scania introduced automatic gearboxes in like 1995 or 1998 whatever. 2002? Anyways due to it being "new" and to please skeptic old timers/drivers. Well. The truck still has a clutch pedal. Yes. And it was only really used to start and stop. When in motion the clutch is not used. The automation did the gearshifts. And I have driven one as a temp replacement truck like in 2019. No working AC and the hole thing was on the very end of useful life. The truck was worn and truly time to be retired.
It did a extremely good job at shifting gears and behaved very well for being so old. But it was EXTREMELY painful to forget that you had to push in the clutch at a red light... It would idle so happily in such a low gear that only ones you hit the brake to completely stop did the truck start to remind you about the fact it was not a fully automatic gearbox. You honestly forgot driving it that you where not in a 2013-2016 fully automatic truck with generations of refinement or anything. And when reversing or driving off it was just a normal manual EU truck. Just no gearstick.
Still the dum USA manuals and even the 12 speed EU manuals are just more fun and part of what makes it more then just a horrible job.
@@TheDiner50i belive the reason for keeping the clutch pedal was because they hadn't figured out the finer control of the clutch needed for full automation. Later on they switched to an electric actuator instead of the air actuator and did away with the clutch pedal, although you could still opt to have it depending on the purpose of the truck. The current generation has "clutch on demand" wich really is the best of both worlds. It operates as a fully automated transmission but you can press and use the clutch manually when you want
In Europe, the Scania 144 engine produced 1,000 horsepower... And Scanias were normally used in transport. ua-cam.com/video/dhmaqsKhUxw/v-deo.htmlsi=yFMy-kohv7XTefPB
In European trucks the power is more down low. The idea is when you go up a hill, the revs come down, but the torque comes up. Power is torque x revs, so you don't have to rev high plus in a hill the power doesn't go down so much when the revs go down.
@@markkulehtinen4733Having the power band much lower in the rev range also saves on fuel and I think that plays an even greater part for manufacturers.
Mercedes for example managed to lower the power band of their OM473 engine with 400-500 revs by changing the injection system. That move, together with some additional redesigns, saw the fuel consumption drop with up to 8%, while delivering the same amount of torque.
In 1987 I ordered a standard cab Volvo, but it was Volvo straight through. The 6-cylinder engine sounded like a sewing machine. The drive for the fuel pump was connected by an open driveshaft that had leather u-joints. The manual transmission shifter was connected to the side of the transmission, so the shifter was just ahead of my hip. It was tandem with only one drive axle that was rated at 53,000 lb. with a lift axle behind. I worked heavy haul with my three-axle trailer and an additional flip over fourth axle. I also used an additional axle on the gooseneck as needed. People thought I was nuts to have ordered it, but it was the most reliable and powerful truck I have ever owned. I ran it for 6 years and wanted to buy another but was told there was not enough sales, so they discontinued it in North America.
Volvo has still a six, but the power is up to 750 DIN hp, depending on the model and engine. Different engine configuration, but very similar power as Scania V8's max 770 hp.
That tachograph was common in the U.S. as well. Had the same function as a log book, but recorded functions of the truck. Speed, braking, idling time etc and any law enforcement officer could pull your graph and check it out.
Not very common at all
@tonyanderson6493 well , LTLs used them a lot. When I started at Overnite, the tachographs were still in the tractors....not working but still there.
Tachograph was invented in USA
@@tonyanderson6493it was extremely common in the United States for decades! They started using them in the early 70's in trucking if I'm not mistaken with a sort of pen to make the markings when the vehicle started to move, speed, hard braking, and stopped. In 85 they came out with a digital tachograph. But the tachograph was invented for the railroad in the 1800's. You might want to learn something about the topic you speak on before you comment. Kinda makes you look like you don't know anything! Hell I'm sure you could even do a quick Google search and find out how much is true and how wrong I could be then hold a legit debate!
Its called "Fahrtenschreiber" in Germany..
If you're still looking for a rear frame off a Scania truck have a look here in Australia we have fucking heaps of them and almost all are factory twin axles. Might be an option depending on cost.
I mentioned in a previous video how he could find one in NZ/Aus, and should look at rigid/tandem units with the longer chassis since that's what he wants. buy a whole scrap unit and container it back to the US and then he has other spare parts he might need.
This is a good shout! And it'll be rust free!
Hmm a bit far away here aren't we?
@oliverspray2752 well, he's not going to find what he wants in the US that easily, here in Aus/NZ we have lots of Scania twin drive axles with a long wheelbase, Europe is pretty much just single drive.
The Tachogragh card system has now been replaced by a digital Tachometer.
They are used primarily to ensure Drivers do not exceed safe Driving / working hours. Great video Bruce!
Plus it logged your speed. So the police could check if you didn't exceed the speed limit for the truck.
@@Denhalen79 Yes indeed it does!
Doesn't trucks in the US have a tachograph so you don't be able to tamper with driving ours regulations?
No "tachograph" in US... we have ELD (Electronic Logging Device
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@@Xv1p3rCr0 Yes, after decades of resistance European style communism is destroying American trucking too.
I live in Brazil, here in Brazil we use a lot of scania, if you need parts, you can buy them from Brazil.
The reason for short European trucks, are the maximum length of truck + semi (total length) on many roads. If you use a longer truck, you must use a shorter semi - less goods you can transport.
The speedo could actually start working if you remove the torn tachograph disk. Needs to be closed and locked properly for speedo to work.
It looks like a One Day disk, only good for 24 hours and then you are supposed to change to a new one. That's why you have those thick black bands, it's been over-written again and again and again. / B.
A long time ago (1980's) I was working as a Bus Driver in a big Bus Depot, and when the man who changed the tachograph disks was away on his holidays I filled in and did his job. It was Kienzle in all the buses, 7-day sets but mostly old mechanical wind-up tachographs. Yes I did get my fingers cut a few times, but not all that often. / B.
Yep, that really true
Seeing Americans float gears in a synchronized gearbox🥲 rips my heart out😭😂
That’s true please use the clutch
Never knew they were synchronized. I’m so used to unsynchronized and floating.
@@leshopper7863 European lorries have all been synchronised since the mid 50's
@@frankeinfish nope, a lot trucks like DAF, Iveco, MAN, Fiat, Pegaso, Bedford TM, Foden, ERF, Seddon, could be with Fuller box in the 70,80,90'ies ..
Yep, you need to disconnect the gearbox from the torque you get from the motor to make the split-gear to move in. Might even be a switch on the clutch that needs to be activated before the switch-up happens.
That's a super old tachograph. They used to use those paper discs to track how long you'd been driving and make sure you took your regular legally required rest breaks. Now it's fully digital and you just pop your drivers card into the machine, then just before 4.5 hours it starts telling you it's time to pull over and take your required 45 minutes break, before being allowed to drive for another 4.5 hours. It tracks non-driving related work too such as loading and unloading, and it switches from driving mode to "other work" mode automatically whenever the truck is stopped. There's a lot of rules over here in Europe about how much work you're allowed to do, both on the road and driving related stuff, so the tachographs make our lives much easier :)
Spoken like a true slave.
as a Swedish citizen who now lives in U.S.A i can tell you driving a Scania is way more comfortable then driving any other truck out here.
When comparing chassis alone, American trucks are actually more comfortable than the shorter Euro trucks and this stems from simple mechanics - longer wheelbase = better ride. But Euro trucks usually get air suspension on their cabs so it's about even. The US solution is cheaper, the Euro solution exists solely because of the regulation restricting the length to 18 meters.
@@JAnx01 25 meters in Sweden nowadays
Here in Finland the normal max. length is 34,5 meters. The normal max. gross weight is 76 metric tonnes. On specific routes with a special permit the max. gross weight may be over 100 metric tonnes. Special transports may be longer/wider and heavier. This is why we have up to 770 DIN horsepower engines in normal trucks.@@JAnx01
@@aktiemannenActually 34,5 meters since august 31.
@@JAnx01 just saying from experience I’m truck driver here in Southern California sleeping wise American trucks has an advantage because the are bigger however driving American trucks has no shot
It was really nice to see Aaron and you on the video. He has really come a long way since your early days. Very proud of him. He also brings out a different, softer side of you. Your patience with him learning to shift the Scania was great. You were very good at that and not critical of him. It was a pleasure watching two brothers enjoying each other's company and seeing the love you have for each other. It's all about family, and yours really shined in this video. Thanks, Bruce! 😊♥♥
Remember...your never late in a V8! The thing on the dash with the paper disc is the old style tachograph or tacho. It records speed hours driven and breaks. In the UK we can only drive 4½ hours before we have to have a 45 min break. We can only drive 9 hours a day extend to ten,but you have to borrow from the next week and lend back! The gearbox,1 2 3, pull the collar 5 6 7 is called a range change,if it has a grey switch on the top of the stick,that's called a splitter that halves the gears so it's 1...1½.....2....2½.....and so on.hope this helps.
That truck would look NOT okay with roundies. Spend the buck and fix the squares or replace them for sure. Cool to see it coming along. I could deffinatley get behind following the progress on this build.
I'm gonna say it again; that is surface rust. It is fine. Unless if you poke a screwdriver into it and it comes out of the other side of the frame, its fine. Great videos though :)
It’s stage 3 cancer teetering on 4. Better to just get rid of it instead of fighting it again.
@@lookingbehind6335 it's a Scania. Its designed to handle way worse than some surface rust. Zero rust there is structural so far so it's very easily fixable, sand blast it and paint it and it'll be good for atleast another couple decades. The only thing not salvageable is the battery box
What @Robyn says. That isnt serious rust.
As a Scania engineer myself its really fun and cool watching this:) Good luck!
Offer him a visit to Scania. Make a tour and give him chanse to drive new one.
@@justasking8996 Would love to, but we don’t build Scania trucks at my work place, the truck are build in the Netherlands, one of the bigger factories, we only do the engines at my work. Otherwise, would love to invite em over. Have a nice day! ☺️
Yet another amusing video of you Americans trying to drive that Scania (yes I'm from the UK).. I would love to come over there and show you all the "in's and out's" of it and how to drive it properly.. You mentioned about importing a newer one but wanting one with a manual gearbox.. you might struggle to find a big horsepower Scania with a manual box to import because auto's have been the standard thing for a long time in Europe and manual's in any make of truck are very rare now, infact Scania don't put a manual box in the 730 and 770 they are all auto's from the factory...
Tag axle & full fenders for the win & ease.
Only really need to use 4 gears bobtailing. 2nd high, 4th low, 5th low & top a time & use the torque off idle. She'll fly 🚚🤘
The rust is surface. Blast, prime, paint.
Love these vids thanks... keep em coming.
Fly? I bet it won't do even triple digits without a change of axle gearing.
@@ImForwardlook I'm sure it would do triple digits without a gear swap! It just needs the right tune and definitely a much longer powerband. It's just like a Mack engine where there's 6 minutes of turbo lag and 8 seconds of boost before you run out of real estate and you gotta reel her back in for the next gear and she falls flat on her face every time!
@@ImForwardlooki drive a r 620hp v8 scania and had her on 175 kmh which is over 100mph and stil had space under my right foot. They're fast i can tell you.
@@johan8724 You mean there are actually Swedes driving over 56 mph? A rare sight for sure.
@@ImForwardlook If you talk miles? No. But without speed limiter 110-120km/h
Have you seen trucks for sale in Brazil or Argentina? Here in south america, the trucks everywhere are cabovers, because they're produced in Brazil (MAN, Scania, Vw, M.Benz, etc) and Argentina (IVECO)
European trucks are much shorter than American ones because of the way European law defines overall dimensions. The limit in Europe is 18.4 m or about 55 feet for both truck and trailer. If you want to ship 40' containers, your cab is limited to 15' additional length.
But Sweden has a max lenght in 25 meters though.
34,5m
those are called B-Double consists. the swedes only drive high amounts of cargo due to the hills and mountains. it is therefore cheaper to have 2 trailers instead of 1.@@DaB55
In Finland 34.5m and 76tons
I worked on the DAF (in the Netherlands) chassis production line for a few years, Instantly subbed! Cant wait to see what you do with this truck.
The third lift axle in scania allows them to have a crazy tight turning radius and a funny subtle rocking motion back and forth in the cabin, cuz of the super short wheelbase, just like a nice rocking chair
I went to college in West Germany in the 70s I used to drive Merc Semi on Autoban. This is graph is everything. Time Card, Speed, KM per Hours etc. I used to put new one everyday and turn them in at home port.
Used them for years in Finland. I never saved them just to be sure. I had one set for the day shift and another for the night shift.
Totally right - our roads in the UK are so narrow a longer USA Spec. unit simply wouldn't fit - the guys in the UK who drive these are super skilled.... UA-cam is great for finding random stuff like yours - Thanks for the video....
That round paper that you took out and looked at is a single-use tachograph sheet that you have to fill out. Those sheets were used by old trucks. Tickets go into analog tachographs, today there are digital tachographs that use cards that last for 5 years. By the way, I am a truck driver by profession.
the rectangular thing is a heat exchanger for the hydraulic retarder. The smaller lever on the dash is to set how much the retarder works. When bobtail it will lock up the rears, works regardless if you're in gear or not. Can hold back a loaded truck going downhill, similar to using jakes.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT FLOAT THE GEAR CHANGE THE GEARBOX NEEDS THE CLUTCH and sometimes you have to double the clutch
Slowest transmission in the industry, absolutely horrifying.
@@ImForwardlook if you think its slow, your shifting wrong...... its fast as hell and you can run a toyota out on the red light if you want ;)
@@Joel.V. Compared to a Fuller? I don't think so...
Tachographs are used in Europe to record drivers hours and rest breaks. Now tachographs cards are used they have a chip like a bank card, the round paper discs are out dated and not used much anymore.
The tachograf is primarily for timekeeping. It registers whether you have enough breaks i.e. 1/2 hour every 4.5 hours. And that you keep 11 hours break between days. It is in all commercial vehicles.
Hey Bruce,in a previous video you removed fuse number one to disable the limiter this also disables the speedo. Back in the day if you needed to push on through the limiter in those scanias if you flicked the ignition key on and off really quick you could drive on through the limiter too,just not at night because your lights would flash on and off too😂
So I've heard...................
Being from the general area of Ceusters, i was at first, restore that thing back to it's original glory. I remember them. But seeing your vision adapt as time goes on, I'm curious what you'll make of it. At the very least you're keeping it alive.
So heres 2 things you wanna know from This video.
1. The Tachograph is a Control system for both the Cops to stop drivers from Sleepdriving and To protect the drivers from Companies pushing them to work more hours than its safe.
The Paper one Is no Longer in Use we have a Digital card one now its like a Visa or Mastercard and It stores your Driver telemetry ,speed operating hours etc... It should only have 1 line not a Charcoal drawing on it and as soon as the line closes your Paper is considered invalid and you will pay a fine for it. It's a 24h full circle. If you dont have a paper in the Red light will always be on so people just leave it in.
Since the Tachograph is a standard that Tach on the SCANIA is Not For SCANIA only. Its a Universal. So It needs to be tunned for the truck, the Wheel RPM and even Tires on it to show accurate Speed. They are made adjustable form the factory to fit many trucks in the generation.
So even when people send you a working one you still have to find a shop to properly tune it or they should do it in the EU truck and then send it to you. Tuning it is a Yearly job every time you get ready for Inspection pre registration. You can get a Mph UK one or a EU continental one designed for going to UK from Eu it has a typical added Yellow Smaller line with Mph markings on it.
That's also why it doesn't look like it belongs there. Its not designed for the SCANIA dash.
Digital one Just collects data so the Speedo is now Made by the Truck manufacturer. The card Tachograph collects data from the gearbox.
2. Sadly this gen of SCANIA and this Gearbox is one of the spongiest we have. Trick to it is Do not Force it into Gear you basically just Push into the direction of the gear apply little pressure and wait for a moment it will slide in smoothly. It takes getting used to. But it's only SCANIA and only this gen.
And one more thing Manual from latest Gen is gonna be pretty hard and pretty expensive. Due to Emissions regulations and overall advancements in technology, auto gearboxes are now the Standard. Only Smaller and Construction Trucks have Manuals as option.
We had Auto's as early as 1998 in Mercedes Actros its called Telligent. And later MAN in 2000s. The problem with MAN ones is they were fully automatic you just had D N R and crawl. So The system really couldn;t cope with hills and stuff and eventually even MAN gave up with full automatic.
Mercedes on the Other hand always made Telligent as Manual-Automatic with Sequential shifter, clutch assisted.
So basically you select gear Press clutch and when you release it switches. Auto mode allows you to fully let the Computer choose but you can still suggest the gear. Telligent is not an Automatic in the American sense, it's Automatically operated Manual with Sequential mode.
And Most of Autos are that now, Sequential Automatics. They don't have the clutch pedal anymore, but are still technically Manuals with Auto mode. Because Automatics are basically junk when it comes to power delivery and maintenance cost when it comes to heavy loads. Its fine in cars, not here. And they can be a Pain in the ass when Inching. Only Last gen SCANIA and Mercedes pretty much any gen are really good at inching.
SCANIA avoided as much as they could and Only latest gen has Auto as defaults, But Most companies don't even offer Manual as option.
very intresting seeing the diffrence keep the cool stuff up!
Yeah those are oldschool tach discs, keeps driver on check how long he been driving. Blue collar would be good to have same rear lift as Scania has
Most trucks with air bags already lift up and down..They use them to hook and unhook..They don't lift as high tho..
@@randyscott8660 doesnt have remote controlled tho?
For what? These guys are in the south.
Greetings from The Canaries sir!! You’ve got a new follower here☺️ Love your videos!
I’m now 26 and I’ve always been surrounded in trucks since I was a kid. We ve got a pair of 420 by the way, pretty pleased with them.
You should bring out local fans to attempt to drive a semi. Would be dope content.
Hi Bruce and greetings from Düsseldorf/Germany. Now I'm a follower of you. I'm a scania fanboy. 😊
Please use the clutch properly. Fully press it ALL the time. Respect that it is not a USA truck gearbox. It litterly is the only part of the truck that is not going to tolerate the abuse your giving it. It is happily going to do burnouts and get a new rear end or even paint job. But it is not going to keep taking the clutch and gearbox trashing. It is the one valid thing Volvo got over Scania and that is gearbox and drive train reliability and toughness. The Scania requires deep care to manage the gearbox and clutch. It is really picky and hates winter. Funny for a Swedish truck but that is the truth.
And if you get a new Scania Manual. Please for the love of god make sure to use the clutch right from the start.
I can't even count how many manual Scanias I have driven along my career. Starting from 3-series 400hp V8. Never broke a single gearbox. But i've heard of it. Volvo manual gearbox is the only one in the world that gets stiffer to change by the time goes by! :D
6:43 us always your clutch you can do 2L-3H go up for 4H-5H-6L-6H. In the Netherlands we talk about “Stapel-Splitter bak”. The button on the site is the splitter. The ring is the pile button.
I wish i could find the same kind of historical pictures for my old T812
You got me to laugh when showing that tachograph disk: it was there for a very long time !
I really want to collect a variation of working trucks from all fields thats used here in norway, that scania is a really short wheelbase and its more use in mid europe or flatland europe, come to scandinavia you can hardly find single axel
It depends of the kind of work of any truck.. Most of the trucks in EU are with two axles and the trailers with three. That was because the TOTAL Gross Tonnage was 40 tons.. And in some countries, we had to comply ALSO with the EVERY axle's tonnage.. Now ,with the new length and tonnage regulations, things are changing.. You 'll see it in Norway too.. Up to now it was a matter of balancing weight and total length because of the 40 tons and 15,5m total length...Now you see many "new" trucks on the roads..
Honestly should lean more towards euro style modifications, keep the single rear axle (maybe use an american axle from a Freightliner or something) but you really ought to keep the scania looking as euro as possible. Yes there was a twin axle at the back and maybe go down that route but stretching out the frame like you usually do really isn't for the scania
That's the whole point of doing a stretched frame and twin screw! Because you don't see it! What's so great and makes a build stand out? Sure ain't putting out another cookie cutter and tossing it in with the rest of the batch looking like everything else!
kinda depends on where in Europe, in Scandinavia they tend to have twin axles for the rear too, it's mostly just in the rest of Europe that the trucks only have two axles. Might have to do with grip, ice, steep hills, etc.
@@curtismahood3629 yes but how often do you see a Euro style custom truck in America? Not often I'm guessing, it's like Harley Davidson motorcycles....you see flash custom jobs and they're a dime a dozen but you never see a different take on because they've all been done to death. A euro style custom truck will stand out in any truck show across the USA
@@harleyrobertson6746 one of the main reasons to do an American style build over a European style is the cost of importing the parts. If it was a Harley it would be the same as building it in the states maybe a bit more expensive but they're sold all over the world so the parts are readily available almost everywhere! A scania in the US is a whole different story and the prices to import the parts is some times just as much or way more than said part not to mention the time it takes to get the parts.
@@curtismahood3629 you can still do a euro style, use an american single axle but paint and interior in a euro style
Don't know if someone already wrote a comment about it, but all trucks in the EU are limited to 90 km/h (56 mph) electronically, which i believe the red light at 1:35 indicates.
The brightest changes of the red light the closer you get to the limiter
Factory Scania Transmission is synchromesh therefore you have to use full clutch peddle on each gear change & do not double clutch like old fashion US TRANS.
Old fashion? You mean faster and better performing...
@@ImForwardlook Not really faster, but more durable. The first thing to wear out on a manual transmission is the synchros. Unsynchronized transmissions don't have that problem.
I love that Scania truck and it shows how Europeans were designing trucks way more modernized then what we do here in America! Now my favorite truck on the property down there at Bruce's Place would be The First Blue Peterbilt that he got and my second Favorite Truck would be The Cabover Freightliner Blue Collar,, I'm just not too fond of the New Peterbilts they're coming out with these days and I wish that Peterbilt would bring out another extended hood 379 which is my overall Favorite Truck! 💪🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Just imagine a Scania with the COE cab and the frame length of the American tractors - the size of the sleeper you could have! Like a small apartment...
I ve been saying this all the time...
For the love of V8 that Scania just got you one more subscriber with a notification bell on waiting for content love v8 so much nothing beats an V8 Scania
Hi , Bruce why don't you try to buy Scania parts in South America ? They drive also Scania in South America,New Sealand and Australia.Maybe you can get there a other chassis with dobbel axles in the rear. That paperdisk you can put in the speeddominator is a tachograafdisk. In Europ you have to juse that every day . Police and others can see you don't drive to long hours and to fast. Nowadays we have digital tachograafs so police can read it out when they drive past you.
What about Mexico? Remember seeing Scania trucks on the road over there…
He said the import fees, tax and shipping makes it almost impossible. He can get a rear half for 1/4 the price and modify it.
Its New Zealand not New Sealand 😂
Plus all of ours are 6x4 or 8x4 chassis we dont have single axle trucks here not allowed our weights are too high and 90% of trucks here are 600hp+ mostly 730hp and 770hp
@@lookingbehind6335 think he did look for import from europe, not from brazil or mexico
Did anyone else see the tacho card he pulled out jeeze that's been in since it was built lol 😅😅😅
Its nice to see your brother around
Keep up the good work looking forward to seeing it finished
Scania has to be one of my all time favorite. I grew up in Zimbabwe Africa.
We have a lot of leftover trucks from Europe and America. They last for ever in bad road conditions.
I m a truck driver here in The USA unfortunately I drive a freight shaker.
I still dream to be in a 379 one day.
What did you think to the old British ERFs.
Cummins.
Oh Bruce you have got to let Amber drive the Scania cabover she Im.sure would find it easy if you told how the shifting works etc. Go on let her be involved. NOT involved enough on the channel she really is an amazing beautiful woman and You Sir are a very lucky man. C'mon Amber!!😊
Summit trucking in Manassas,Va had Scania in late 90s early 2000..I drove a 113m conventional took some getting use to be was fun
The tachograph has turned black! 😂 Listen to Marty Mone; Slip the Clutch 😂
In the end its a 26 year old truck. its gonna have alot of issues. needs a full restore not just a hotfix
So the truck started its life in Belgium and ended up in the Netherlands seen the pics at the end.. And Vermolen is a typical Dutch name :)
I mean the Dutch licence plates in the cap made it the most obvious.
Yeah the taco is to record the driving hours which traffic police can check especially if vehicle involved in an accident as the HGV driving hours are strictly monitored over here.
If you are going to change over to tandem then check out scandinavian spec. Almost all scania's in scandinavia are 3 axel. With lift rear or lift "pusher" or tandem. In scandinavia we have 50ton total in the hilly lands.
This truck has done more miles than the Space Shuttle..looking at its general condition..must be over 20 years old..been across Europe and Scandinavia the whole of its life. I notice she's running lumpy too - these are usually sweet as a nut
Its a 4 series scania, iirc they were built until ~2002 or somewhere around that.
I do like the idea of stretching the original frame out, honestly it would be a little funny to see if stretched out longer than you would with any american truck
That said, the original frame isn't TOO bad, the problem is you'd have a lot of work stripping the frame back to metal to get it repainted
Also, I should mention euro size rims are different, im not sure if it was put on american rims when it was imported
I never used a 3 over 3 manual gearbox. I drove 4 over 4 and 4 beside 4 boxes. The 4 over 4 had a paddle on the front of the lever that switched between low and high ratio and a rocker switch on the side that could split each gear.
The 4 beside 4 (Renault if i remember right) worked by going into neutral after 4th gear and shoving hard right on the gear lever to take it into high range, you then went back to where 1st was and that would now be 5th gear the same as 4 over 4.
When you're used to manual gearboxes, it isnt really that hard to learn.
Those clips at the end needed sound , straight pipe v8 scanias sound godly
Have to say I enjoy this quite a lot seeing you find out that those pesky European trucks also can be nice 😅
The best truck in the world, I had the honor of driving a Scania 143 M 500 horsepower beast of a truck. Changing gears is a bit tricky, but you learn quickly. Excellent video... Hi from Serbia.
''The best truck in the world'' Already disagreeing with you
Love the videos with your brother man keep putting him in more
just for information the little toggle switch on the top side of the lever is the splitter, what you were calling the splitter on the bottom of the stick is actually the range changer (or two speed rear axle if you prefer), in the main box you have three forward gears which are each split hi/lo making six speeds in total (low first/high first, low second/high second and so on) once in third /high split you then pull it into neutral split it low and pull up the range changer then select first again and do it all over again in high range giving you a total of twelve forward speeds and effectively four reverses. done MANY thousands of miles in these motors back in the day - (when we still had clutch pedals !) the 14 litre 500 horse V8 is a beast, pulls like a train fully loaded. its slightly smaller engined sister the 123 uses a 12 litre 440 horse straight six and THAT pulls like a train too although without the spine tingling soundtrack of the V8.
If u are trying to find a nextgen Scania (2016-forward) with manual gears, that will be a challenge. Manual is so rare nowadays, hardly anyone wants that because Scania's Opticruise (brand for automatised gearbox) is so much better than manual. Volvo and Mercedes-benz does not sell truck with manual gears anymore in europe
The reason being that people can't drive anymore, companies need cheap steering wheel holders. Only an idiot would prefer an automatic, luckily Finns still appreciate Fullers.
@@ImForwardlook tell me how automatised transmission make you a bad driver? I have been driving now 12 years and always with manual but i still prefer automatic, does that make me also bad driver and idiot? Ps, in Finland only truck with fuller is Sisu, and it also has an automatic transmission as standard, you have to pay more for a manual
@@ImForwardlook lower running costs is the reason for manuals going extinct, not the inability of the driver to swing a stick around. There are other ways to satisfy your love for fondling "sticks" if it's such an important part of your life.
Companies bought the automatic trucks because of less maintenance and lower fuel consumption. Very few people want manual transmission any more in Europe there's no reason for the manuals anymore
@@ImForwardlook What does a gearbox have to do with how good of a driver you are? Don't get me wrong, I like a manual for fun in a car.
But for example the opti cruise if we are talking Scania was more than 10 years ago already better than a manual. It would allways do what you told it to and even could do stuff you can forget in a manual. O program and it sounds like it's raping the gearbox on how fast it shifts (quit driving more than 5 years ago so haen't had a chance to expreince the new version)
On top off that 600-700+ hp with over 3000nm of torque, couple of misstakes and bye bye driveline.
I have never liked European trucks until you got the Scania lol. Living in America... we like big hoods, big sleepers, and loud jake brakes. Something about that Blue Scania you showed is fire 🔥 Lift axe may be the way to go. Plus it looks cool. Would be cool if you imported a new one.
I love my 2022 Scania, it is so quiet that a baby can sleep next to it.
Bro check out Scania torpedo and you'll be amazed
Don't import! The blue one is like a Tesla with combustion engine! You don't do shit without an OBD reader if something brakes! For ex. every time you change an injector you have to calibrate it. Now, when NA don't have any Scania service network it's a suicide to import one. That next gen Scania is a masterpiece and a master in winter as earlier Scanias. So it's sad that NA is not able to drive this beaties! And it is possible to get the Scanias with long nose and longer cabin. Search for Scania Torpedo!
Parts also might've be available in Brazil as they use whatever down there maybe worth a look. Beautiful truck great post!!!!
really liked all the old pictures and videos of the scania Bruce
American trucks....crude and unsophisticated ! (compared to European models)
By the early noughties, many trucks had g/boxes that didn’t need the use of the clutch. Now they are mainly automatic.
When you say 'automatic' they are actually manual gearboxes but shifted by ECU controlled pneumatics.
Early '00?
Dude our lorries have been synchronised since the 50's!
@@frankeinfish Synchros wear and US/Canadian drivers do a lot more miles per year than European drivers.
@@rich7447 Lorry grade synchros does not wear faster than any other component in the gearbox and no, NA drivers do not drive longer distances than their European counterparts.
I mean how would that even work? there's only so many hours in a year and last I checked they didn't have any more hours in America...
Sure the *average* might be lower in Europe due to more short-haul but the European long-haul trucks gets just as much, if not significantly more, kilometres on them.
@@frankeinfish You are capped at 9 hours of driving a day in Europe. North America is 11 hours of driving and 14 hour total work day. Along the east and west coast and in a few central cities drivers have to contend with traffic, but most of the rest of the country you don't have those delays and North America also has the advantage of allowing commercial trucks to run at the same speed as the rest of traffic. That means an average of 70 mph, not 90 kph/54 mph.
EU long haul drivers average 10,000 to 11,000 km (6,200 to 6,900 miles) per month vs the US where regional and OTR drivers are averaging 500 miles a day (10,000 miles per month).
It's the miles/month that makes long service intervals important.
I used to drive a scania 164 580 brake 14litre good trucks apart from the rust issues... good luck with it hi from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
164 is with 16litre engine and 144 with 14litre. If im not wrong 144 530 was most powerful 14litre.
really love the montage, ronny ceusters really has the best looking trucks here in belgium
I learned manual shift when I got my truck license. But I like the automatic gearboxes nowadays. You can still manual shift with those automatic gearboxes when needed.
Auto gearboxes when towing in small or big trucks are actually safer downhill.
In a manual with a heavy load when you need more engine break you can mishift and gain a dangerous momentum.
Boa noite. Tenho te acompanhado a um tempo você tem feito um ótimo conteúdo parabéns. Poderia colocar legendas em português Brasil por favor nem tudo dá para entender . Estou achando muito legal esse Scania no EUA.
Desde la computadora podes poner subtitulos automáticos en inglés y después hace clic en traducción automática ( ya habiendo seleccionado el inglés) y selecciona el idioma portugués, no es perfecta la traducción pero se entiende más
@@alanpereira4974 Muito obrigado.
Day five of asking for Ryan to do all the work and Bruce films why is nobody talking about this?😂
Because he can’t do any work bud get over it please
Day four of that getting a little bit annoying.
Bruce I went and watched all the old videos of Air Force cab over “after burner” and blu collar today. Man I do miss you messing with the old junk. I think blue collar is over due for your attention bro. Time to make him great again. Blue paint to match the peters. 18 speed swap!! Man it would be great. Keep up the great videos bud.
The tachometer is for a recording of your day’s work plus register your speed and you break time , I hated it plus you can only do 56mph in the uk
1:19 that a Tachograph, for monitoring the hours and rest time on a journey.
That is called a Tachograph, for logging drive time, breaks, etc. It's an old style one. They changed to digital in 2012.
Analogue tachograph logs your speed and time you set the mode switch to the pair of hammers for work ,bed for your rest periods and the square with diagonal line is the period of availability
If you think the 96 Scannia has allot of systems, you should see the new ones. Between cameras and even more sensors and automated systems. They are incredible but incredibly complex.
Would love to see you save as much as is feasible.. Think you'll lose lots of the presence of the truck with no farings and small tanks.
Still looking forward to whatever yoiu do to it, so long as it gets a new life instead of a scrap yard like most things do and this probably would have.
Anything made of thinner steel is going to be bad. The frame and larger furnishings should be savable. But it's making all those air lines and clamps and trays and brackets and... and.. and.
Northern Europe would be like your NE states for road salt/ proximity to sea and being quite wet generally. Everything rusts.
It'll be a massive job to do it right but you'll have a hellofa truck to show for it at the end.. Looking forward to it, the more detailed the better IMO.
Now, finding and importing a Scania T Model Longline would be game changer!
Ayyyyup. Rust is a bit of an issue in a wet country where tons of road salt is used because with 17.000.000 people in a country the size of a stamp, just a handful of unpassable roads already cause extreme traffic jams.
And yeah, the truck's short. It has to be, it has to be able to get into villages with streets that are literally as old as the USA (as a country) itself. The fairground attraction operators have to be able to get onto the old market square.
Those operators also often have the nicest, most decorated trucks because they're from individual owners.
After your buddy tortured the gearbox and clutch so much that my heart bleeds, I'm curious as to how you would get along with the first series of the Mercedes Banz Tiptronic from that time??? Note the stick only goes back and forth...!!!! Back then, many truck drivers still had to really learn how to shift the thing without ripping out the stick ;) ;) ;)
South Africa has I think every truck here.... my dad's Merc, clutch in to take out and clutch in for the next one.... maaaybe tell your bro to try that.... 🤙🏻❤
Love the freightliner cab over
Yes it is and at the weigh station or checkpoint the inspector will open that up put it in his "dvd" player and give u tickets on how many times you went over 80kph based on engine rpm . also u had to pay right then and there . no pay no move.... At least in the 1990s when I was there. Cool truck .
The paper disc behind the clock’s is tachograph it’s for recording your driving time and breaks etc…
Abreu Truck Services in New Jersey specializes in Scanias. They have parts and modify them
You can get the new gen with a manual but they only done them to order so very rare, also look up Trucker Tim he's also restoring one in the uk and his rust was a lot worse
You can get with twin axle standard from factory in europe too
Here in europe we have laws that your typical truck lengt with trailer can be 16.50 meters/ around 650 inches. Because of the small roads, thats why you mostly see short cabovers(unfortunaly). Eventough i love the look pf amarican trucks, it amazes me to see te differance in driver comfort! And btw, the styling customazations are not normal at all for the most big companys. Loving the content fellas! Greetings from the Netherlands(where te truck came from)!
34.5 m / 113 ft in Finland, but just cabovers, as conventionals are not made in Europe anymore (except some customized show trucks).
@@jaakkoiswatching6437 yeah we have those here to with special rules and restrictions to keep on certain roads. And they can be 25,25 meters in the Netherlands. You also need to have a special license for them here.
@@dennissnel9629 Here 34.5 m and 76 t combinations are "normal", no special rules, restrictions or license required.
@@jaakkoiswatching6437 Vlastuin in Netherlands still makes the Scania Torpedos by order. For normal traffic in Europe.
@@markusylitalo8376 They do, the price makes them rare.
Double skin chassis are very prone to chassis "heave" from rust as in the Scania situation and you will get it eventually in your Pete too with that double skin set-up.
The tachograph is used for checking on speeding, but it is mainly used to check that the driver takes his obligatory rest periods. In Europe, we like our heavy transport drivers fresh and rested. Tired drivers make accidents.
It also gives the driver power to push back against unrealistic demands from their employers. With the system, employers can't cut corners at the expense of drivers.