Great video. I still remember taking a Hauler out to the guardian ruins when they were first discovered. SRV, no shields. The camping analogy is spot on. It's a VW camper.
I turned my Type-10 into an exploration vessel. "Stan Lee" ship ID is XLCIOR. If the Hauler is a VW camper, does that make my Type-10 akin to a tour bus with monster truck tires?
I agree, and it's awesome seeing Scott Manley, in a video, he got my into ksp, elite dangerous, I played one of the old school ones back in the 90s, but didn't really understand what I was doing, all of you videos I have seen so far really show how beautiful the game is, and has helped me make decisions on what ship to aim for next
This was my first ship purchase. I got my exploration elite rank in this ship. It got me to Jameson's. I love my Hauler, and I will never part with it, even though I don't use it any more.
Same here. Love the little guy. My first legitimate money maker lol. Honk, scoop, FSS, jump. Rinse lather repeat. This little ship got me an AspX. I am forever grateful.
I remember going to Maia in one of these, in the early days of the game. It honestly felt like I was out there, without any certainty of making it beyond skill and luck. Real stuff.
Haha! I have the same story to tell. I didn't know meta alloys could be bought anywhere, because my Googling about it was all about barnacles and where to find them, so off I went before doing any more research. My trusty Hauler could fit an SRV and a tiny cargo bay. Just what I needed!
Heh, these days, I can jump to Maia in about five minutes with my DBX or Phantom. More convenient, but less the spirit of adventure. Thargoid attacks notwithstanding, Maia stopped being the frontier when ships started to bump 50 ly jump ranges. Like building railroads through the Old West. It's progress -- and there's always a new frontier -- but it's a little sad, in a way.
Same story. Got a screenshot. Went with 2 pals, one in a Diamondback Explorer and the other in an ASP explorer. I now have a Conda for exploring. I hold that ship dear to my hearth.
The hauler for me feels like a classic car that can still go a decent speed down the motorway, where you something you sometimes just want to go back to and fly not because it's special or anything but just because it's sometimes nice to go back to and remember the good old days of going back to one of your first ships, indulging nostalgia and your first steps into the galaxy. Keep up the great work on these videos, enjoying every one.
Took my Hauler to Colonia. Loved every minute of it. So much so I tried to take it to Beagle Point. I had to abandon the journey, but hot damn, it was so much fun getting that little ship to a place it shouldn't have been to.
"Poinless tailfins" If there's one thing I learned through years of playing ED, it's that Frontier's ship designs are never completely pointless. There may come a time when those fins will have a reason. Just like the Dolphin, Orca and Beluga are suspiciously streamlined as if they were submersibles.
Same here. Adder is faster and looks better(especially with a ship kit), is still relatively cheap to transfer and rebuy, and it still has very good jump range. And it sounds awesome.
Same. The Adder was my first purchase, and oh man we had some good times. I used it for rare trades and a bit of bounty hunting, before I upgraded to the Mk.III, and I still have it collecting dust in storage somewhere. I might have to take it out for a spin soon.
They should have named it the "Shuttle". I use it all the time for shuttling between stations and it does that quicker and more economically than any other ship. Plus it looks like one I also wish they buffed it with slightly more speed, maneuverability and at least one extra small hardpoint so the madlads could pvp in it with meme builds
I'm sorry but when you squeeze out a turd, you don't go manually stuffing it with extra bits of corn! It is what it is and it's limitations are it's charm. Any more goodies built in and it's just the same as every other piece of crap bobbing in the bowl until you reach the 1st true milestone... Space Jesus (aka Cobra III). Honestly another hardpoint would make it too samey to the other starters. It's the limitations that provides the tension while smuggling. IRL of course you would slap another weapon on this (with gaffer tape and gum if need be). But as a gamer, you KNOW that tension is like our special sauce or 11 herbs n spices
I love these videos, and seeing a new one pop up in my notifications. I have 0 hours playing Elite Dangerous. Nope, don't even own it. Might get it someday when I have more time. Even without playing the game, these videos are fantastic. Keep it up brother!
I just got back from a ED hiatus and one of the first things I did was self-die to get back to the bubble, and call my personal, little not yellow space taxi. My ride back to ShinDez but most importantly, it was my Hauler.
My guy, you could literally sell me anything with the way you throw your pitch about these ships. You explained the hauler so perfectly. I personally love the little thing as well, great ship to teach you the basics of exploration and passenger missions. I love the way it looks, it is ugly, but reminds me of the Space Shuttle. Fat body and small, stubby, almost useless wings. Keep up the good work fam, love these videos.
That smiley face shot at the end is brilliant! Perfectly captures the charm of this adorable little POS. No ship in the game sounds as delightful as the Hauler. It chirps and coos like an unholy fusion of a Jetsons car asks Nyan Cat. Every engine noise conveys how happy the ship is to get to go play outside.
This was the first ship I bought. I did courier missions and would sometimes grab some commodities if they were cheap at the station I was delivering data to. I felt like 1 man and a van. A rust bucket that was cheap and got me to where I needed to go.
My first (real) exploration run from Ceos to California Nebula..before there were Colonies out there....then to Obsidian Orbital which ended with me getting stuck in the toaster grate around the mail slot. Thanks Beluga for costing me my exploration data and first rebuy. Was in a Hauler. Still love that little ship with dirty tuned 3A enhanced drives!
The Hauler was my first ship purchase. I used it for trading and exploration. And lotsa data missions. It also go me far enough for Felicity Farseer and made a visit to Trappist-1. I makes a great Bubble taxi. As to no bugs, my first hyperdiction came while flying it. Finally, your vids are the first I watch when I get home. You have a great way of approaching the ships and the production quality is great.
I only started playing ED this weekend, and I already love my little camper van hauler (I call her Betty). She’s got so much character. So I can only haul 24 units of stuff… and if I’m interdicted, I’m dead…. yeah so what, I load up on stuff, point towards the pay-check, turn on my FM radio and I’m trucking across the stars with a smile on my face. I can almost smell the interior, I can imagine duct tape holding circuit panels together, a squeaky captains chair… I know I’ll eventually get a bigger better ship. But I’ll only ever have one Betty, she ain’t ever getting replaced!
I love my Hauler. It got me my first 100M exploration credits and enough Fed rank to get Sol access. I just landed it on Mercury and watched the sun rise. I once cooked it on a jet cone trying to travel the neutron highway and after rebuy I named it Icarus. That's what I love about this ship. Anything I do in it feels like an accomplishment I snatched from the edge of possibility. It's like that joke about how bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly, but nobody bothered telling them.
You know these are fantastic videos when in one day you have more views than subscribers. 110% base engagement in 24 hours is probably a good sign to the algorithm gods here.
The hauler was my first ship. I bought it as soon as I got out of the Sidewinder. It made me enough money to get my Diamondback Explorer, *and* my Keelback, going out and scanning the water and earth like worlds. While I've since moved on, I'll never forget it. Here's to you, little guy
Thank you for these ridiculously consistent, high-quality videos. I used the hauler exactly as you described, as a space taxi. So many demanding, condescending, grumpy passengers. Eventually though, I made enough for a Type 6 transport. I went exploring to the Bug Nebula, a 6,000 light year round trip from the Bubble, made 13 million credits, came home. Never would have made it there in the first place without the Hauler, though. I've gone mining in a Keelback (a great experience) and I've tried out an Asp Explorer, which, to my surprise, I didn't really like flying. Eventually, I want to make the credits for something like a Python or a Krait, one of the really big, serious boats, but I always find myself coming back to the lower end, the vessels any fool could buy, with a little patience and persistence. Perhaps it's a reflection of my working class roots, I don't know. Maybe give a Viper your cinematic once-over. I'm planning on taking a Mark IV out for spin exploring. I think I have a pretty good build. I won't get a booster, though. They take up too much room, and honestly, I'm not in that big of a hurry.
Mark IV? Eeeewww. Plz tell me what system it's in so I can avoid looking at that flying, Space Herpes delivery system! Sorry, I'm just piss-taking (bit seriously, don't come anywhere near me in that gross, pus-trench of embarrassment). Love, at a distance- CMDR SMEG ;P
I've only been playing for two weeks and I love my Hauler. I just run around doing courier missions and trying not to run out of fuel or crash into stations.
Have to say man, you've jumped right up to the top of my favourite ED reviewers. I like your almost "in-universe" take on everything and I've had one or two genuine laughs. Can't wait to hear what you say about the Cutter ;)
As you've described it, Hauler is perfect for running road to riches as a beginner, or for errands late-game. I've got some sentimental value with it and my commander. My first weeks with elite was running cargo and later, passenger missions in a Hauler. I'm also a huge supporter of Zachary Hudson, who grew up on his family's Hauler, defending their cargo with a rifle. Very underrated ship, I think.
I really like that you factor in how a ship or an experience makes you feel, and how that has value, sometimes more so than whatever you might get out of a given ship. It's like how I want to upgrade all my modules to G5, to get that last little bit of the circle completed. Yeah it doesn't get you that much more than G4.9 or whatever, but it /feels/ good. I've never flown a Hauler, but I might give one a try now. Thanks!
I agree. Even though the Cobra III is arguably a better combat ship than either Viper variant, I love my Viper Mark IV better. Same with the Hauler versus the Adder. Like many other comments say, it was the foundation upon which I built my wealth (such as it is).
I just love the different approach that you take on your reviews. I don't know poetry, but I imagine this is it. And to do that about the Hauler of all things... You are the man!
I'm getting all nostalgic now. When Elite came out, it was much more difficult to make credits. I built my fortune on the back of the hauler, because it was simply only option I had. I have big ships and have crossed hundreds of thousands of light years... but I have never forgotten what the hauler did for me. Great video!
The Hauler was my first purchase. I used it to do the road to riches and it got me into my asp explorer and after that I went on distant worlds 2 and I owe it to the Hauler.
For me the Hauler was a stepping stone on my way to the Cobra Mk.III. I really didn't want to leave the starter systems with a Sidewinder, but I didn't have enough money for a Cobra. So I got a Hauler. It felt so much better than the Sidewinder; it jumped further, it could load more cargo. It has only one hard point which I left empty to get more jump range. While I was a bit down for not being able to get the ship I wanted, I was also happy that I didn't need to bring a starter ship. Right on the first system I jumped into I found this nice little looping trade route and I must have made enough money to get the cobra in about 2 hours. I didn't spend much time flying the Hauler, but I won't forget it. It was the ship that kick started my career, and I'm grateful for that.
I think this ship is great for aspiring explorers because later on it really makes you appreciate the module space of larger explorer ships. Trial and error with the hauler, realizing what I needed to be successful while exploring, at a small price point that at anytime I could crash into a planet and start over again. I started with a hauler, and after watching your video on the phantom, I'm well on my way of engineering it to be an exploration beast. Thank you for your video!
I just started over and was pondering a first ship. You've sold me. Holy moly. This is the kinda love I feel for my little Eagle Summit and I can't deny that level of commitment haha Really, really well done video bud
Awesome vids, it has put a new light on some ships, I didn't use when I played on Xbox one, lol right now until my keelback is ready to go, the hauler gets me back and forth from the system I enjoy bounty hunting in, to the system that has some ships I want, thank you for the awesome vids
I love the hauler for jumping round the bubble using it as a taxi as you mentioned. I would say with advanced thrusters engineered for drag drives it will turn in a very respectable 650 m/s + whilst boosting, which is fast enough to outrun just about anything on your tail so I don't bother with the hardpoint, sometimes not even a shield generator. It also makes a great job of surface scan missions if you stick a buggy hanger onboard or surface prospecting when you need to find materials for engineering. Great fun on the cheap.
The first ship I bought when I was a newbie back in the day. It's a reminder of those days when I was scraping by at a time when money was still hard to come by. It was quickly left in the dust once I got the Cobra, but it's the reason I got the Cobra.
I took a hauler out to Colonia pretty soon after I started playing. Probably not an experience I'd recommend, but one I will never forget. Was one helluva ride, and made me a decent chunk of cash eventually. Now it's sitting in a station exactly the way it was when it came back to the bubble, as a monument to coming up with really bad ideas and just running with it.
Just saw this video again and it always gives me nostalgia. This was the one little ship i used forever until i got my next one. It will always have its special place in the docking bay.
I Particpated in a hauler race Shinrarta to Maia Blackhole to the canyons of a Pleiades Nebula moon. I've got to say the noises this little ship made doing 52ly jumps and going 699 m/s made me giggle with joy.
I like my little Hauler. There's not a whole lot of use for it anymore, but it's nice to bring out when I'm going out to buy a new ship and and need to taxi it back to my home station for outfitting. I used it for light mission cargo carrying when I was just starting out, and it pretty easily got me enough money to move up to a Type-6. If the Type-7 is a space big rig, the Type-6 is a space box truck, and the Hauler is a space U-haul truck.
I owned a Hauler briefly, it served me well as a taxi to get to a station with a discount on everything I needed to outfit a Cobra III. I personally use a DBX for my Taxi now, over 60 LY jump completely packed with full fuel tanks and only light engineering + Guardian FSD, has a near 800 LY range without refueling, if it weren't for needing to be able to get around quickly to get back and help friends with stuff I'd definitely consider the Hauler instead as a much cheaper option.
Just started exploring - a cheap Hauler fit with a scanner and a bunch of fuel got me a few million credits in a quick trip outside the bubble. Buying a DBX soon to upgrade...but gotta love the Hauler. Will always keep it around as my taxi.
Great video CMDR! With my recently reset CMDR (FAOFF only now!) I decided to buy all the ships that I skipped before, and that includes the Hauler and the Adder. Both ships are actually better than I expected, but there are two things that I think are worth mentioning: both these ships have a very bright cockpit, sometimes you can't even read the hud properly; and both have a very limited view, and that's ok if you just hopping from one station to another, but it is more painful when exploring (my trackIR is almost useless). Having said that, I'm happy to fly these ships and start again with these small, hidden treasures!
Ahhh yes, I remember this beloved junker. The galactic equivalent of a man with a van... But without the paedophilia, tho still with the constant fear of getting pulled over due to my fledgling attempts @ smuggling. 1st cargo I ever hauled was illegal biowaste so it earned the charming title of ”The Poop Sloop”. Bless it's lil cotton socks, it was such a lil' ”Beater That (almost) Could”. Thanx, Pilot. I never would have thought I would get nostalgic over this system hopping sewage tanker, but you have made a compelling case in favour of it. Good job, kind Sir.
All it really needs to equal the Adder is a size 3 business class passenger slot locked and fixed to only that. It doesn't require a general slot space and can be morphed to fit the shape spare. It then gets a free update that isn't OP, gives the hauler the role of taxi, literally, and it also gives a starter ship to play around with passenger missions, even later game, where you'd have to lose a general slot to install it, and carry that extra weight whether you use it or not.
This is my first ship purchase. I was running "Performance Enhancers" and fish in the newbie area with it. I goofed up when I looked up where to get a 2A FSD and ended up getting kicked out of the nest for uprating this little ship at a drug smugglers den. And I still use it regularly. Because I get a hell of a thrill surfing the surface of stars to scoop in this glorified beer can.
I did my first Road to Riches run in a Hauler; from Asellus Primus to Maia. There things I learned during that time that I probably wouldn’t have learned until much later otherwise or perhaps not at all; the things that only come from flying something as basic and straightforward (and let’s face it, fun) as the Hauler.
I too love my little taxi. I like the boost noise. And with flight assist off, you can do some teal neat tricks in it. Spinning out of the slot is very fun!
"Jump range mediocre" no sir, no a ~50LY jump with t4 engineered FSD is amazing. I wish I had guardian add ons for my multiple taxis parked all over the bubble.
Wait wait wait, 50ly? In a hauler? An if I read right WITHOUT? Guardian fed booster? So I assume it is heavily stripped down, D-rated where necessary., lightweight engineering, maybe no shields? That’s what comes to mind for me, if this is the case then hmmm I can’t wait to get back to civilisation and get my hands on my hauler.
Still probably my second favorite ship of all time. From it's alien boost sounds to some of the ludicrous speeds and jump ranges you can get when you throw enough materials at it. Also a pretty sweet material farmer, if you don't mind the manual scooping.
This video fantastically reflects how I view this ship. I'm just getting into the game, and picked up a Hauler. The smart move might have been skipping to the Adder or Cobra Mk3, but I just love the look of the Hauler. It's charmingly ragged. In my headcanon, this is the ship my Commander started with, not the Sidewinder. Maybe it was an intersystem shuttle, or had been junked to pay off some bad debts. But to me, it's my ticket to the stars. I'm already planning my next ships and goals, but for now, I'm scooting between systems on meaningless cargo and data runs, enjoying the absolute freedom my Hauler brings.
You hit it right on the head. Mine is set up for taxi service, but it will boost to 699m/s. Not too many CMDR'S can keep up with me, if interdicted. Another great video Pilot. Again, I say, you are a Maestro.
Splendid video as always! I particularly enjoyed this one as the Hauler was my go to ship on two different accounts as soon as I could afford it (the fact that it's a little more adept at freight than the Adder gave it the edge - and it looks cooler - and as I'm not a combat pilot the Eagle wasn't going to be my thing). As you say it's got so much character and was great to start earning credits running light freight - no wonder folks often call it the Ford Transit van of Elite. Fantastic little ship for the price. Thanks again for your efforts on another great vid.
Every aspect of this ship made me feel like I was flying a soccer mom minivan. But in the best of ways. It's a ship with a lot of character to it, and I don't hate it. It helped me through a lot of early gameplay moments.
my hauler has gone through a lot, i bought it because i liked that it just looked like a little van, use it as a shuttle for a little while as well as a way to have a look at the systems nearby my home system, then turned it into an srv dropship for ground based sabotage missions, then tried to turn it into some kind of asteroid racer then back to an srv dropship. all that just because it looks like a van and has a cosy interior.
I took my first journey around the horsehead nebula in the beginnings of the game with my Hauler. I love it and i have max modded it (still the one i made the journey with) in my garage to honor it. It's a cute little ship!
The hauler was my first ship after the sidewinder when i was new and i used it to transport random goods across the bubble to earn myself enough capital to get a python. It was worth it and it was amazing
I have to tell you brother, your reviews are fantastic! Genuine opinions about the good, bad and goofy in Elite. You have my sub and I wish you well on your journeys through space!
I loved my hauler for rank grinding doing black box recovery. Just get some size 1 collector limpet controllers. You can fire the limpets, target the boxes, grab 3 and jump away before the bad guys jump in to kill you.
I stumbled on your review series by chance and boi am I glad I did. There's the most romanticised series I've seen and it makes me feel so positive about the game. It's adorable.
I feel the same way about this little ship. The "Toad", my hauler, was my first exploration ship. It took me all way way to Maia so I could get meta alloys for Farseer.
I had a hauler with a 60+ ly jumprange pre guardian fsd boosters. And with the right tuning, it's not a slow ship by any means... and if you want to have some really expendable fun, take it down some deep, narrow canyons. This ship, like the sidewinder, is meant to be misused and abused.
I used a Hauler for my first exploration. Striped at a star to take care of the kids. Came back to an out of fuel ship. Got called back to help with the kids again. By the time I got back it was too late to save the ship.
As a new player I jumped in the hauler right away. I couldn't stand the slow combat in the I decided I would be a delivery boy until I could Afford the Cobra mark 3. Early on I still went back to the Haller to make deliveries or to do a little light exploration because I didn't want to pay the rebuy amount on my fancy Cobra. It was really a good ship for what it was for.
I’ve fallen in love with my Hauler. I sold my sidewinder but kept the hauler. I got blown up in my type six... yet because I had saved my hauler I was able to go back to that great ship.
I pimped the hell out of mine, i even bought yellow paint and named it "Golden Retriever". Transferring it across the bubble costs almost nothing. I quit buying disposable ones and have never regretted it. With a 60ly range and 3A scoop zipping across the bubble with it takes almost no time.
I stepped from the Sidewinder to the Hauler, which I stayed in for a long time before moving onto the Cobra MkIII. I did a little exploring with it, and a lot of shipping, just because I was so new I didn't have any idea what I was doing.
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Great video. I still remember taking a Hauler out to the guardian ruins when they were first discovered. SRV, no shields. The camping analogy is spot on. It's a VW camper.
I turned my Type-10 into an exploration vessel. "Stan Lee" ship ID is XLCIOR. If the Hauler is a VW camper, does that make my Type-10 akin to a tour bus with monster truck tires?
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"I found land ... in a rowboat." Your excellent writing is what makes these vids so much fun to watch. Well done once again sir, o7
it amazes me how quickly you get these videos out without compromising the production quality
Me too.
I agree, and it's awesome seeing Scott Manley, in a video, he got my into ksp, elite dangerous, I played one of the old school ones back in the 90s, but didn't really understand what I was doing, all of you videos I have seen so far really show how beautiful the game is, and has helped me make decisions on what ship to aim for next
@@639wheeler I own a Krait Phantom ( Cecilia Payne ) because of him. It replaced my Anaconda ( Athena's Night ).
@@DanTKD87 I'm going to have to check that ship out, once I make some money mining with my keelback, and test out different fighters
I'm going to stop spreading this channel around in Elite communities. Quality is too high. Should be one of the top elite youtube Channel already
This was my first ship purchase. I got my exploration elite rank in this ship. It got me to Jameson's. I love my Hauler, and I will never part with it, even though I don't use it any more.
Mine too! And I also still have it, and won't get rid.
Same here. Love the little guy. My first legitimate money maker lol. Honk, scoop, FSS, jump. Rinse lather repeat. This little ship got me an AspX. I am forever grateful.
The Hauler, the transit van of ED
First thing that went through my head when I bought mine.
"Tranny" was perhaps an unfortunate name however...
Fer-De-Transit
now buying one again bc thats awesome
I remember going to Maia in one of these, in the early days of the game. It honestly felt like I was out there, without any certainty of making it beyond skill and luck. Real stuff.
Haha! I have the same story to tell. I didn't know meta alloys could be bought anywhere, because my Googling about it was all about barnacles and where to find them, so off I went before doing any more research. My trusty Hauler could fit an SRV and a tiny cargo bay. Just what I needed!
Heh, these days, I can jump to Maia in about five minutes with my DBX or Phantom. More convenient, but less the spirit of adventure. Thargoid attacks notwithstanding, Maia stopped being the frontier when ships started to bump 50 ly jump ranges. Like building railroads through the Old West. It's progress -- and there's always a new frontier -- but it's a little sad, in a way.
I'm at Maia currently, I visited the black hole there in my hauler
Same story. Got a screenshot. Went with 2 pals, one in a Diamondback Explorer and the other in an ASP explorer. I now have a Conda for exploring. I hold that ship dear to my hearth.
The hauler for me feels like a classic car that can still go a decent speed down the motorway, where you something you sometimes just want to go back to and fly not because it's special or anything but just because it's sometimes nice to go back to and remember the good old days of going back to one of your first ships, indulging nostalgia and your first steps into the galaxy.
Keep up the great work on these videos, enjoying every one.
Took my Hauler to Colonia. Loved every minute of it. So much so I tried to take it to Beagle Point. I had to abandon the journey, but hot damn, it was so much fun getting that little ship to a place it shouldn't have been to.
"Poinless tailfins"
If there's one thing I learned through years of playing ED, it's that Frontier's ship designs are never completely pointless. There may come a time when those fins will have a reason.
Just like the Dolphin, Orca and Beluga are suspiciously streamlined as if they were submersibles.
*coughs* type 10's spoiler
(Odyssey DLC)
If they brought back the Moray Starboat, that would be cool. But they won't 😢
I feel this way about the Adder.
#AdderLife
Mine s called Planet Express its the oldest ship on my hangar. Its just a perfect little beater 😎
You beat me to the comment! Lol
Same here. Adder is faster and looks better(especially with a ship kit), is still relatively cheap to transfer and rebuy, and it still has very good jump range. And it sounds awesome.
Same. The Adder was my first purchase, and oh man we had some good times. I used it for rare trades and a bit of bounty hunting, before I upgraded to the Mk.III, and I still have it collecting dust in storage somewhere. I might have to take it out for a spin soon.
They should have named it the "Shuttle". I use it all the time for shuttling between stations and it does that quicker and more economically than any other ship. Plus it looks like one
I also wish they buffed it with slightly more speed, maneuverability and at least one extra small hardpoint so the madlads could pvp in it with meme builds
Turn it into *_Sidewinder Two: Electric Boogaloo._*
I'd be all for that.
I'm sorry but when you squeeze out a turd, you don't go manually stuffing it with extra bits of corn! It is what it is and it's limitations are it's charm. Any more goodies built in and it's just the same as every other piece of crap bobbing in the bowl until you reach the 1st true milestone... Space Jesus (aka Cobra III). Honestly another hardpoint would make it too samey to the other starters. It's the limitations that provides the tension while smuggling. IRL of course you would slap another weapon on this (with gaffer tape and gum if need be). But as a gamer, you KNOW that tension is like our special sauce or 11 herbs n spices
It even kinda looks like some of the space shuttle concepts
o7
My Hauler earned the CR for my first major ship, the Krait MKII. Couldn't have done it without her. Hats off to the mighty Hauler.
I love these videos, and seeing a new one pop up in my notifications. I have 0 hours playing Elite Dangerous. Nope, don't even own it. Might get it someday when I have more time. Even without playing the game, these videos are fantastic. Keep it up brother!
I got it on the 31st of last month and have already put 70 hours in.
So many content creators do really well making videos. It’s a great game to watch others play.
Folks lets start to spread this channel around. It is too good for the current ammount of subscribers.
I just got back from a ED hiatus and one of the first things I did was self-die to get back to the bubble, and call my personal, little not yellow space taxi. My ride back to ShinDez but most importantly, it was my Hauler.
My guy, you could literally sell me anything with the way you throw your pitch about these ships. You explained the hauler so perfectly. I personally love the little thing as well, great ship to teach you the basics of exploration and passenger missions. I love the way it looks, it is ugly, but reminds me of the Space Shuttle. Fat body and small, stubby, almost useless wings.
Keep up the good work fam, love these videos.
That smiley face shot at the end is brilliant! Perfectly captures the charm of this adorable little POS.
No ship in the game sounds as delightful as the Hauler. It chirps and coos like an unholy fusion of a Jetsons car asks Nyan Cat. Every engine noise conveys how happy the ship is to get to go play outside.
I feel like you've described a trabant. Not a good machine, cheaply built, often it breaks down but it has a soul, a character. Love it
This was the first ship I bought. I did courier missions and would sometimes grab some commodities if they were cheap at the station I was delivering data to. I felt like 1 man and a van. A rust bucket that was cheap and got me to where I needed to go.
My first (real) exploration run from Ceos to California Nebula..before there were Colonies out there....then to Obsidian Orbital which ended with me getting stuck in the toaster grate around the mail slot. Thanks Beluga for costing me my exploration data and first rebuy. Was in a Hauler. Still love that little ship with dirty tuned 3A enhanced drives!
The Hauler was my first ship purchase. I used it for trading and exploration. And lotsa data missions.
It also go me far enough for Felicity Farseer and made a visit to Trappist-1.
I makes a great Bubble taxi.
As to no bugs, my first hyperdiction came while flying it.
Finally, your vids are the first I watch when I get home. You have a great way of approaching the ships and the production quality is great.
I only started playing ED this weekend, and I already love my little camper van hauler (I call her Betty). She’s got so much character. So I can only haul 24 units of stuff… and if I’m interdicted, I’m dead…. yeah so what, I load up on stuff, point towards the pay-check, turn on my FM radio and I’m trucking across the stars with a smile on my face. I can almost smell the interior, I can imagine duct tape holding circuit panels together, a squeaky captains chair… I know I’ll eventually get a bigger better ship. But I’ll only ever have one Betty, she ain’t ever getting replaced!
I love how the engine on the hauler wines like one of those white transit Vans
I love my Hauler. It got me my first 100M exploration credits and enough Fed rank to get Sol access. I just landed it on Mercury and watched the sun rise. I once cooked it on a jet cone trying to travel the neutron highway and after rebuy I named it Icarus. That's what I love about this ship. Anything I do in it feels like an accomplishment I snatched from the edge of possibility. It's like that joke about how bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly, but nobody bothered telling them.
I absolutely love the interior view of the Hauler, even more so because it was my first ship after the sidewinder.
You know these are fantastic videos when in one day you have more views than subscribers. 110% base engagement in 24 hours is probably a good sign to the algorithm gods here.
Here's hopin'
The hauler was my first ship. I bought it as soon as I got out of the Sidewinder. It made me enough money to get my Diamondback Explorer, *and* my Keelback, going out and scanning the water and earth like worlds. While I've since moved on, I'll never forget it.
Here's to you, little guy
Thank you for these ridiculously consistent, high-quality videos.
I used the hauler exactly as you described, as a space taxi. So many demanding, condescending, grumpy passengers. Eventually though, I made enough for a Type 6 transport. I went exploring to the Bug Nebula, a 6,000 light year round trip from the Bubble, made 13 million credits, came home. Never would have made it there in the first place without the Hauler, though. I've gone mining in a Keelback (a great experience) and I've tried out an Asp Explorer, which, to my surprise, I didn't really like flying. Eventually, I want to make the credits for something like a Python or a Krait, one of the really big, serious boats, but I always find myself coming back to the lower end, the vessels any fool could buy, with a little patience and persistence. Perhaps it's a reflection of my working class roots, I don't know.
Maybe give a Viper your cinematic once-over. I'm planning on taking a Mark IV out for spin exploring. I think I have a pretty good build. I won't get a booster, though. They take up too much room, and honestly, I'm not in that big of a hurry.
Mark IV? Eeeewww. Plz tell me what system it's in so I can avoid looking at that flying, Space Herpes delivery system!
Sorry, I'm just piss-taking (bit seriously, don't come anywhere near me in that gross, pus-trench of embarrassment). Love, at a distance- CMDR SMEG ;P
I still have my hauler after 1 month and gone well beyond 2,000ly outside the bubble so far :D
This ship is criminally under rated
I've only been playing for two weeks and I love my Hauler. I just run around doing courier missions and trying not to run out of fuel or crash into stations.
I get car vibes from the interior. I called mine the Honda Civic
Have to say man, you've jumped right up to the top of my favourite ED reviewers. I like your almost "in-universe" take on everything and I've had one or two genuine laughs. Can't wait to hear what you say about the Cutter ;)
As you've described it, Hauler is perfect for running road to riches as a beginner, or for errands late-game.
I've got some sentimental value with it and my commander. My first weeks with elite was running cargo and later, passenger missions in a Hauler. I'm also a huge supporter of Zachary Hudson, who grew up on his family's Hauler, defending their cargo with a rifle.
Very underrated ship, I think.
I really like that you factor in how a ship or an experience makes you feel, and how that has value, sometimes more so than whatever you might get out of a given ship. It's like how I want to upgrade all my modules to G5, to get that last little bit of the circle completed. Yeah it doesn't get you that much more than G4.9 or whatever, but it /feels/ good.
I've never flown a Hauler, but I might give one a try now. Thanks!
I agree. Even though the Cobra III is arguably a better combat ship than either Viper variant, I love my Viper Mark IV better. Same with the Hauler versus the Adder. Like many other comments say, it was the foundation upon which I built my wealth (such as it is).
I just love the different approach that you take on your reviews. I don't know poetry, but I imagine this is it. And to do that about the Hauler of all things... You are the man!
I'm getting all nostalgic now. When Elite came out, it was much more difficult to make credits. I built my fortune on the back of the hauler, because it was simply only option I had. I have big ships and have crossed hundreds of thousands of light years... but I have never forgotten what the hauler did for me.
Great video!
I come and go from ED. Your videos keep me excited to come back. Big fan!
Same here
The Hauler was my first purchase. I used it to do the road to riches and it got me into my asp explorer and after that I went on distant worlds 2 and I owe it to the Hauler.
I love using my hauler as a small taxi - with business crew cabins, its just perfect. It only requires a bit of imagination to fill in the blanks!
For me the Hauler was a stepping stone on my way to the Cobra Mk.III. I really didn't want to leave the starter systems with a Sidewinder, but I didn't have enough money for a Cobra. So I got a Hauler.
It felt so much better than the Sidewinder; it jumped further, it could load more cargo. It has only one hard point which I left empty to get more jump range. While I was a bit down for not being able to get the ship I wanted, I was also happy that I didn't need to bring a starter ship.
Right on the first system I jumped into I found this nice little looping trade route and I must have made enough money to get the cobra in about 2 hours.
I didn't spend much time flying the Hauler, but I won't forget it. It was the ship that kick started my career, and I'm grateful for that.
I think this ship is great for aspiring explorers because later on it really makes you appreciate the module space of larger explorer ships. Trial and error with the hauler, realizing what I needed to be successful while exploring, at a small price point that at anytime I could crash into a planet and start over again. I started with a hauler, and after watching your video on the phantom, I'm well on my way of engineering it to be an exploration beast. Thank you for your video!
I just started over and was pondering a first ship. You've sold me. Holy moly. This is the kinda love I feel for my little Eagle Summit and I can't deny that level of commitment haha
Really, really well done video bud
Awesome vids, it has put a new light on some ships, I didn't use when I played on Xbox one, lol right now until my keelback is ready to go, the hauler gets me back and forth from the system I enjoy bounty hunting in, to the system that has some ships I want, thank you for the awesome vids
I love the hauler for jumping round the bubble using it as a taxi as you mentioned. I would say with advanced thrusters engineered for drag drives it will turn in a very respectable 650 m/s + whilst boosting, which is fast enough to outrun just about anything on your tail so I don't bother with the hardpoint, sometimes not even a shield generator. It also makes a great job of surface scan missions if you stick a buggy hanger onboard or surface prospecting when you need to find materials for engineering. Great fun on the cheap.
The first ship I bought when I was a newbie back in the day. It's a reminder of those days when I was scraping by at a time when money was still hard to come by. It was quickly left in the dust once I got the Cobra, but it's the reason I got the Cobra.
I took a hauler out to Colonia pretty soon after I started playing. Probably not an experience I'd recommend, but one I will never forget. Was one helluva ride, and made me a decent chunk of cash eventually. Now it's sitting in a station exactly the way it was when it came back to the bubble, as a monument to coming up with really bad ideas and just running with it.
The Hauler does have a funny and kinda charming engine sound. This little fella doesn't deserve to be hated.
Just saw this video again and it always gives me nostalgia. This was the one little ship i used forever until i got my next one. It will always have its special place in the docking bay.
It is also *the* speed bowler. Cheap. Light. Handles well FA Off. I only recently discovered it myself, but I really like it.
Lets go bowling I meant hauling! Hey Space Cousin lets go hauling! :3
@@Vixen1525 Damnit, Roman!
@@ThePilot_ xD Yes. And thx. For your hearts. I really like your channel and your high quality content.
The Hauler is the stepping stone that becomes a hearthstone. Love that ship!
I Particpated in a hauler race Shinrarta to Maia Blackhole to the canyons of a Pleiades Nebula moon. I've got to say the noises this little ship made doing 52ly jumps and going 699 m/s made me giggle with joy.
I remember doing a Robigo run in a hauler. That's the kind of flying that puts hair on your chest. I will always love the space Geo Metro.
I like my little Hauler. There's not a whole lot of use for it anymore, but it's nice to bring out when I'm going out to buy a new ship and and need to taxi it back to my home station for outfitting. I used it for light mission cargo carrying when I was just starting out, and it pretty easily got me enough money to move up to a Type-6. If the Type-7 is a space big rig, the Type-6 is a space box truck, and the Hauler is a space U-haul truck.
I’ve taken the hauler to Sagittarius A... 2000+ jumps there and back
I remember when I was new to the game, the hauler was my second ship I got, did cargo runs for a while in it
I owned a Hauler briefly, it served me well as a taxi to get to a station with a discount on everything I needed to outfit a Cobra III. I personally use a DBX for my Taxi now, over 60 LY jump completely packed with full fuel tanks and only light engineering + Guardian FSD, has a near 800 LY range without refueling, if it weren't for needing to be able to get around quickly to get back and help friends with stuff I'd definitely consider the Hauler instead as a much cheaper option.
These videos are very encouraging. It's nice to have a video that is focused more on how the ship feels vs just the stats. Well done!
Just started exploring - a cheap Hauler fit with a scanner and a bunch of fuel got me a few million credits in a quick trip outside the bubble. Buying a DBX soon to upgrade...but gotta love the Hauler. Will always keep it around as my taxi.
Great video CMDR! With my recently reset CMDR (FAOFF only now!) I decided to buy all the ships that I skipped before, and that includes the Hauler and the Adder. Both ships are actually better than I expected, but there are two things that I think are worth mentioning: both these ships have a very bright cockpit, sometimes you can't even read the hud properly; and both have a very limited view, and that's ok if you just hopping from one station to another, but it is more painful when exploring (my trackIR is almost useless). Having said that, I'm happy to fly these ships and start again with these small, hidden treasures!
Ahhh yes, I remember this beloved junker. The galactic equivalent of a man with a van... But without the paedophilia, tho still with the constant fear of getting pulled over due to my fledgling attempts @ smuggling. 1st cargo I ever hauled was illegal biowaste so it earned the charming title of ”The Poop Sloop”. Bless it's lil cotton socks, it was such a lil' ”Beater That (almost) Could”.
Thanx, Pilot. I never would have thought I would get nostalgic over this system hopping sewage tanker, but you have made a compelling case in favour of it. Good job, kind Sir.
This honestly brought tears to my eyes, I was ready to give up on this game. The hauler is the first ship I bought. I’m going to give it another try
All it really needs to equal the Adder is a size 3 business class passenger slot locked and fixed to only that. It doesn't require a general slot space and can be morphed to fit the shape spare. It then gets a free update that isn't OP, gives the hauler the role of taxi, literally, and it also gives a starter ship to play around with passenger missions, even later game, where you'd have to lose a general slot to install it, and carry that extra weight whether you use it or not.
I love the hauler, I used it to start making real money doing passenger missions and there is just something about it that I love.
This is my first ship purchase. I was running "Performance Enhancers" and fish in the newbie area with it. I goofed up when I looked up where to get a 2A FSD and ended up getting kicked out of the nest for uprating this little ship at a drug smugglers den. And I still use it regularly. Because I get a hell of a thrill surfing the surface of stars to scoop in this glorified beer can.
I did my first Road to Riches run in a Hauler; from Asellus Primus to Maia. There things I learned during that time that I probably wouldn’t have learned until much later otherwise or perhaps not at all; the things that only come from flying something as basic and straightforward (and let’s face it, fun) as the Hauler.
Positive outlooks makes good watching. Thank you.
I too love my little taxi. I like the boost noise.
And with flight assist off, you can do some teal neat tricks in it. Spinning out of the slot is very fun!
"Jump range mediocre" no sir, no a ~50LY jump with t4 engineered FSD is amazing. I wish I had guardian add ons for my multiple taxis parked all over the bubble.
Wait wait wait, 50ly? In a hauler? An if I read right WITHOUT? Guardian fed booster? So I assume it is heavily stripped down, D-rated where necessary., lightweight engineering, maybe no shields? That’s what comes to mind for me, if this is the case then hmmm I can’t wait to get back to civilisation and get my hands on my hauler.
Yeah it is posible, and i love it
I bought a Hauler today, it was my second Ship. I now use it for Mining/cargo missions and it is great. Exploration is my next goal.
Still probably my second favorite ship of all time. From it's alien boost sounds to some of the ludicrous speeds and jump ranges you can get when you throw enough materials at it. Also a pretty sweet material farmer, if you don't mind the manual scooping.
i shedding tears, damn a lonely journey on those toaster ships are a dream that humanity should reach .
outside of my sidewinder, named Mattock, the hauler was my first ship. good memories.
My Hauler is named Planet Express and it serves as my postal service vessel. And it's my favorite way to pass time.
Love your videos mate, hell, this one almost made me cry ... the nostalgia kicked hard!
This video fantastically reflects how I view this ship. I'm just getting into the game, and picked up a Hauler. The smart move might have been skipping to the Adder or Cobra Mk3, but I just love the look of the Hauler. It's charmingly ragged. In my headcanon, this is the ship my Commander started with, not the Sidewinder. Maybe it was an intersystem shuttle, or had been junked to pay off some bad debts. But to me, it's my ticket to the stars. I'm already planning my next ships and goals, but for now, I'm scooting between systems on meaningless cargo and data runs, enjoying the absolute freedom my Hauler brings.
The air vents make me feel like I'm in my car. I love that dinky little space buggy
You hit it right on the head. Mine is set up for taxi service, but it will boost to 699m/s. Not too many CMDR'S can keep up with me, if interdicted. Another great video Pilot. Again, I say, you are a Maestro.
Splendid video as always! I particularly enjoyed this one as the Hauler was my go to ship on two different accounts as soon as I could afford it (the fact that it's a little more adept at freight than the Adder gave it the edge - and it looks cooler - and as I'm not a combat pilot the Eagle wasn't going to be my thing). As you say it's got so much character and was great to start earning credits running light freight - no wonder folks often call it the Ford Transit van of Elite. Fantastic little ship for the price. Thanks again for your efforts on another great vid.
Every aspect of this ship made me feel like I was flying a soccer mom minivan. But in the best of ways. It's a ship with a lot of character to it, and I don't hate it. It helped me through a lot of early gameplay moments.
my hauler has gone through a lot, i bought it because i liked that it just looked like a little van, use it as a shuttle for a little while as well as a way to have a look at the systems nearby my home system, then turned it into an srv dropship for ground based sabotage missions, then tried to turn it into some kind of asteroid racer then back to an srv dropship.
all that just because it looks like a van and has a cosy interior.
I cant believe I made it to Sag A* and back in this little "row boat". This is a great review of the Hauler!
I took my first journey around the horsehead nebula in the beginnings of the game with my Hauler.
I love it and i have max modded it (still the one i made the journey with) in my garage to honor it.
It's a cute little ship!
The hauler was my first ship after the sidewinder when i was new and i used it to transport random goods across the bubble to earn myself enough capital to get a python. It was worth it and it was amazing
I have to tell you brother, your reviews are fantastic! Genuine opinions about the good, bad and goofy in Elite. You have my sub and I wish you well on your journeys through space!
I loved my hauler for rank grinding doing black box recovery.
Just get some size 1 collector limpet controllers. You can fire the limpets, target the boxes, grab 3 and jump away before the bad guys jump in to kill you.
I stumbled on your review series by chance and boi am I glad I did. There's the most romanticised series I've seen and it makes me feel so positive about the game. It's adorable.
Thank you for making these videos. Your scripts are on point!
I feel the same way about this little ship. The "Toad", my hauler, was my first exploration ship. It took me all way way to Maia so I could get meta alloys for Farseer.
I had a hauler with a 60+ ly jumprange pre guardian fsd boosters. And with the right tuning, it's not a slow ship by any means... and if you want to have some really expendable fun, take it down some deep, narrow canyons. This ship, like the sidewinder, is meant to be misused and abused.
Central seating position and visibility makes it also way more likable than its bigger brother the Adder.
Very good hommage video!
Just started playing a few weeks ago. And I could not agree more on this video. Yes yes yes
I used a Hauler for my first exploration. Striped at a star to take care of the kids. Came back to an out of fuel ship. Got called back to help with the kids again. By the time I got back it was too late to save the ship.
I dropped my sidewinder for one of these when I first started playing, and I didn’t regret it.
I just love the enthusiasm and passion in these videos!
As a new player I jumped in the hauler right away. I couldn't stand the slow combat in the I decided I would be a delivery boy until I could Afford the Cobra mark 3. Early on I still went back to the Haller to make deliveries or to do a little light exploration because I didn't want to pay the rebuy amount on my fancy Cobra. It was really a good ship for what it was for.
I’ve fallen in love with my Hauler. I sold my sidewinder but kept the hauler.
I got blown up in my type six... yet because I had saved my hauler I was able to go back to that great ship.
0:47 "You're not going to be doing any kind of combat with it" Some AXI madlad: Observe
I pimped the hell out of mine, i even bought yellow paint and named it "Golden Retriever". Transferring it across the bubble costs almost nothing. I quit buying disposable ones and have never regretted it. With a 60ly range and 3A scoop zipping across the bubble with it takes almost no time.
I miss my Hauler. “Fried Neckbones” it was called. I used it piggyback my way to a Type-6.
I stepped from the Sidewinder to the Hauler, which I stayed in for a long time before moving onto the Cobra MkIII. I did a little exploring with it, and a lot of shipping, just because I was so new I didn't have any idea what I was doing.