The Finnish guy is very Finnish. Doesn’t smile all the time, doesn’t interrupt, no constant nervous smalltalk, just listens and replies. All business. Very Finnish. Takes some time to get used to but as soon you do, you just relaxe
I have a feeling that talks a lot more and jokes when talking finnish, he has a really stereotypical rally english around B1 level. So he only says thing he is confident that he gets/pronounces right
@@mrm1885 I think Lapin Kulta beer is for tourists only. Finns seem to drink stuff like Karhu or Sandels if they want quality and Pirkka or Kotimaista if they want a cheap one.
god dang it:)) it's that a hard drink, like when i was in Romania I tried that so called "palinca" and we almost fked our reception desk girl in the hotel:), one of the hardest drink like i think was 70 or maybe 80 vol alcohol @@DuBstep115
That is one of the cleanest, sharpest cabs I've ever seen Bruce. The driver can get to everything without over reaching, plenty of storage and lights. Plenty of lights!!! And a coffee maker!?!?!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!! LOL
@@matsv201 Its not for everyone. But you have the exact same deal with car pimping.. So this is no different. It mist be a really nice Office, this one. And that is all.
Kinda sad this adventure is over. I really liked Ville and you guys had great chemistry and I am in love with that shop! What a fun journey this has been! Today I was out in one of our oldest peterbilts , a 2001, picking up milk at our dairies here and just had to shake my head, thinking of what the log haulers and farmers would have thought if they saw This Scania coming down the road. I probably would have had a line of Semis and pickups following me farm to farm to talk and gossip about it.
@@miikahamalainen5343 There is no dealer support and we can hardly get parts for our trucks, which are super common, due to shortages. With our type of industry, I dont know the type of scania that would work for us. But I would absolutely love to drive one. Our Boss and his Father both drove and still own, the cabovers that they first had when they started the company, so rocking the design wouldnt be an issue.
Bruce, if you are coming back with the family I would recommend late May or early June so you can experiense the nightless nights. Especially at north where sun does not set at all that time of the year.👍
This is very special, it's not enough to talk about it, you have to experience it yourself. You work with your car till it gets dark... Then you suddenly realise it's midnight... And you have to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning... So I hope you can sleep also when the sun is "high" above the horizon... 😉
That is an assume looking truck. Those extra lights is a 4x4 truck owners dream in the United States. I like the wood grain & leather super nice touch. Then converting it to a true straight drive. That team does great work hands down. That looked more like a luxury car than a Semi truck. Coffee maker was a nice touch. US needs to open the door for Scania Trucks.
3:25 that Right-Turn signal activated camera is SO GOOD. Well I don't know about the quality of that one mounted here, but I know how good they Can be atleast. In the new Volvo I drive, it works perfectly in any weather condition, any time of day, and its quality is so good, you can see if the biker (bicycle) right next to you (in the camera) has shaven or not before going to work that morning.
I'm currently on vacation in Florida and I've gotten to see American trucks up close, they look a lot bigger in pictures than in reality. The cabin of the Scania is huge compared to the Peterbilt, I sat in one and almost got shocked. Otherwise, the trucks here are built lighter, well, in Finland we drive with twice the total weight than in the US
I can say that American trucks are smaller than their European counterparts other than sleeper pods. The US trucks can be longer in wheelbase, but for obvious reasons this can't be the case in Europe. Width, height etc European are larger, if you cut the sleeper pod off a US truck, it's pretty small, narrow, rattles, uncomfortable and generally of a different era (past, long past). I'd go European all the time, truck wise. The US pop out propaganda of how great the US truck is (and of course everything else US), it's only really believed in the US. Back in the 60's they could believe it for real, but really over the past 3-4 decades Europe has led the way for truck and driver comfort.
Back in the early 90s my dad drove a V1 Volvo FH a got the chance to drive a KW back in NZ. He said he hated it. The KW was uncomfortable, rattled like he was going over speed bumps with no suspension, and nearly killed his back. So he was euro trucks for ever on. I drove an V1 when I first started driving and now I'm driving a V4 FH (Not had the experience of a Scani yet but will do shortly) the comfort from the V1 to a V4 is far more better, so I would love to know how to euro compare to the US first hand.
@@cpbtrading4822yep. The attitude persists in Australia. People don't like the digital dash in new kenworth's and call them daf's even though they are still pos kenworth's for the rest of it.
I'm a swede with finnish ancestry, and I just love how sparse ville is with his words 🤣 growing up in Sweden I've learned to fill the silent pauses, but something in me would prefer to be like ville 😆
Such a good series of videos from this trip. I was keen on watching every video the day it got put out. Good work Bruce, hope you had fun here in Finland, although it certainly seemed like you did. :D
its funny how american truckers are so deadfast against emissions and DEF, say it doesnt work, and stuff, its just that american trucks are decades in the past compared to european and asian trucks. Like this one, 650 horsepower v8, running DEF, having strict emissions rules but still can output really good power, have crazy good torque, and have really good reliability at the same time, also, the automatic transmissions in scanias are so good, drove a r650 '18 from 2018 until 2020, after a crazy accident that flipped the truck and made me have to retire from trucking.
@kizi86 sorry about your accident...glad you lived to talk about it. I agree, the US is so backwards when it comes to trucking, only after some serious modifications can the US engines crank out 600, 800 and possibly more HP, and as for automatic trans.....still far behind the European market
The 650 is a phenomenal truck finished to a very high standard. The spot lights with the lazer light in the middle is like daylight when lit up.The dipped dash is just a bit of class. The 360 camera system gets used a lot on municipal vehicles or ones in big city centres. Its a great thing for eliminating blind spots. It has been a very productive week in Finland for you bruce and can't wait to see what you end up doing to your own Scania. 👍
I can't blame anyone for hating on our trucks. Our country is stuck in the past with pre-historic infrastructure. Yeah our old school trucks are pretty cool, and long nose trucks look cool. But european design, is all about driver comfort, and being efficient.
These builders did a lot of work ,to change this transmission over. id say this is the most advanced shop, you've ever worked at. 😊 Gotta get this guy to Florida show him a good Time. No work, truck pulls, alligators, tannerite, mud racing.
as a finn i must say, the sentiment is really nice. But if the shop owner leaves his shop behind for holidays, he maybe want to see something else than work when he travels abroad - and his family probably has a strong say in whats beeing done :)
@@leiflillandt1488 I know, I'm German. 🙂 Like: If we wanted to say _Porsch_ we would write _Porsch_ -- the _e_ in Porsche is not an ornament. It is there and doesn't want to remain silent.
Bruce maybe you'v already got them organised, but just in case don't forget your 2 small light up Michelin Men for the cab roof of your new truck, they may be easier to find over there than in the USA.
@@ImForwardlook well, his own scania literally was a circus wagon, before it was imported to north america - so its a perfect fit. (i happen to read dutch & german, finnish and swedish - and understood the decals on his truck)
Shout out to Ville I hope I spelled that right for hosting you while you were there and to you for for some great videos!! Some of us would have never gotten to see something like this!! Thank you!!
ville was just polite :-) As a finnish speaker i can say that the pronounciation in the end was getting closer, but it wasnt there yet. But to a finn that is no surprise, nobody from outside finnlands gets anything pronounced correctly after just a week. I know people from england living here since >10 yrs and while theyre understood - everyone immediately knows they did not grow up here. Finnish language, is the most literal there is by that i mean: they pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters - and A is AAAAh like in the dentist chair.... an E is always an E like Energycrisis .... if something need to be stretched out, they would use two letters. so his name Ville is very different from vi-leh as foreigners pronounce it. Finnish kids learn the pronounciation in school like this: Yli-voi-mala Vil-le - that forces you to not ignore the double "l" as many foreigners tend to do. (ps: voimala is what we call powerplants, yli is basically the finnish "super" in this context - ylivoima would be superpower) Allright, lecture over - lets get a mulled wine (glögi in finnish) and spice it up with some rum ..... brumm brumm
I applaud you for going out of your comfort zone, visiting europe, especially a nordic country, i hope you had a great time buddy 😁 invite ville to florida 😁
@@rkan2 It has been so enjoyable to see him like a kid in a candyshop! I am still hopeful he will give some attention to Volvo too! I mean, I like my Volvo :D
Me, as a biker, realy like the turning signal cameras. 👍🏾😎 Thx to Matti from 🇩🇪 If I would have let the shifting changed to manual, I would have change it into a 3-stick-shift, where the sticks reach up to your ears. 😁
i am sure the truckes also love bikers who keep in mind that trucks have blind spots. Its natural selection otherwise. As a ordinary-car driver, i have that in mind - i hang back so, that i can see his mirrors - it means he also can see me then, i give him room to manuver - I dont hide in his blind spots... etc. The cameras are a nice touch, but the mirrors are more common. Driving the big rigs for a living is not the easiest life. No matter from where you are i try to make their days not worse with my presence. Bike safe out there... cheers with beers from finland
Man I've been around trucks my whole life and I've never seen this type of truck repairs. My hat's off to you for the great videos and the impressive work that you and Bob do. Wish I could help out on 1 job just because I enjoy seeing anything turned from bad to great 👍 keep up the great work and I'll be waiting on your next video. Be safe and keep them trucks outta the scrap yard....
So since both this manual swapped truck and the blue donor truck are both Norwegian trucks, that should interest you to visit Norway! The blue truck is from Thor Tenden Transport in Stryn. All their trucks are with that stylish paint job. Also, most of europe use only 2 axle trucks, but in Norway the norm is 3 axle trucks. Some with lift axles, most with tandem drive. So go hit up some trucking videos from the western part of Norway, see the scenery and the trucks they drive and the roads they drive on. I myself drive mobile cranes here. Great series Bruce!
There's no rule about 3 axles.. but it's the most convenient for weigth distribution and for winter driving. Eller kan du referere til en bestemt lov jeg ikke har hørt om? Vi har derimot fritak fra diverse EU bestemmelser når det kommer til distanse mellom hytte og tralle på semi.
Wow! What a unit Bruce! That place is the custom shop of 'custom shops'! The interior alone, on the cab says a lot about their attention to detail! Very cool stuff!😄👍👍
You should visit Finland during the summer if you want to see Sun and enjoy warm weather with the whole family. Late May or late July is typically best for the weather. If you want to take your family to the Santa Claus, I'd recommend early March because that should definitely have a lot of snow still and nice weather.
Great progress my man. You've discovered the E in the end of Ville's name and you can even pronounce Ylivoimala already. Most people also probably think Finns such as Ville are not very talkative, but in reality it's just that actual casual conversation in English is something that people are not very confident about at first, but I see Ville is progressing in that aswell. My advice is that you should get wasted together, if drinking is your thing.
Bruce you had some problems with the pronunciation of "y", it's somewhat close to "e", and "i" is always pronounced "e", etc (which means there are more letters that differ, but maybe you speak (and can read some) Spanish, then you are much closer! The spelling in Finnish is arrived from Swedish and Latin, even though there are no other connections.)
Dunno when you are trying to haul "big" in the USA. I drive now and then scania or volvo with 1058 hiab. Both of them are 5 axel, trucks weight about 30-32tn wihtout load (~66 000 - 70 500 lbs) max is 42tn with load (~92 600lbs) truck alone. Add an trailer and we can go up to 76tn (~167 5000 lbs) total weight.Trucks and trailers we use we get payload about 30-35tn (~66 000- 77 160 lbs) mostly it is our mobile cranes counter weight.
Started watching your videos a few months ago, when I found them just zooming around youtube for Scania stuff. And now already you visited here just a few hundred kms north of me(live in Vaasa)!😮 Been a TREAT watching these from your trip!! Best wishes to you Bruce, and a Happy new year also!🎉
USA has had a long lasting problem of having too insular markets that do not need to innovate. US car industry in the early 90s was decade behind everyone else, because they didn't have real competition and were lulled to think that customers would not want anything innovative.. Seems that truck side is still the same. Opening up markets spawn competition and give customers what they want, not just what they can get.
@@MrJurssiМожно свами немного согласиться,но в СССР поставлялись такие грузовики,как финнская SISU,чешская TATRA,даже начали собирать тягачи Kenworth T800 на заводе ZIL в 90-х годах,но с развалом СССР все поставки прекратились.Хотя чешская TATRA до 2000 годов поставляла свои грузовики нефтяникам России.
@@titan_forward Tatra is Czech made truck well known from Paris Dakar competiton. Maybe they have as much possibilities to buy trucks from abroad as in former CCCP. Back in the day when CCCP became Russia and they transported cars and stuff from finnish harbours all trucks used were european and even some International trucks were used.... as we know International Navistar and Scania is owned by Traton owned by Volkswagen group...
Bruce at ylivoimala is like a kid in a candy store : "I would like to have this, this, this, this and... well give me one of everything". Are there any plans for Ville to visit you in the states to review your trucks/US trucks in general?
Used to drive a Scania 143M (500hp) back in 1992, that had 1,400,000 kilometres (870,000 miles) on the clock. It had a 18spd Road ranger fitted and would do 100kph(62mph) in 16th. I was told it was good for 160kph(100mph). Never go to test it out. Had a big exhaust, sounded so sweet. At idle I reckon you could almost hear the sound of each blade of the turbo spinning around at the exhaust tip.
That looks like a really sweet truck! Cant wait to get a P chassi truck to go RV'ing in! P chassi with the XT package and full air suspension for the ofroading camper with a need for ... 200 gears :D
Those two headlights right under the windscreen... I flashed my headlights to a car that brake checked me once, at night... They shined so bright I swear I could have identified every single grain of dust on his dashboard! 🤣 Almost felt sorry for the guy!
never witnessed that kind of roadrage here in finland (brake checking in mean, self defense with lightbeams is legit in my books) You can find those lights also on normal cars in finland, many of us drive through roads that have no artificial lighting and we have frigging deerswarms everywhere, so the bullbar is no decoration, and the lights have an entirely pragmatic reason. most important are the positional lights on the top of your cabin - because it tells oncoming cars there is a truck cabin coming over the crest which leads to me switching off the farlights sooner - no one needs 60 ton veering off course as an oncomer. If you still dont understand, the cab is invisible to me as a car-driver until the headlights underneath come over the crest - that is the time the trucker is blinded by my own -entirely pragmatic- extra lighting. But if a cab has little lights on top of the cabin, i know whats coming - and react faster preserving the truckers nightvision better :)
Yes, if you ever see a LongLine you gonna love it. Ask around and also check the Renault Magnum. They stopped making them but those trucks are still around, take a ride in one of those.
I drove one of those from UK to Romania and back in the 90s when they first came out. One the first cabovers to have a flat floor in the cab. Great to live in but a bit rock and roll with the high cab!
Swedish truck, owned by a Dane, modify by a Finn and reviewed by an American 👍🏻
And used in Norway before 😃
And viewed by a Brit
the UN of trucking
Hotel: Trivago
SUOMI MAINITTU!
The Finnish guy is very Finnish. Doesn’t smile all the time, doesn’t interrupt, no constant nervous smalltalk, just listens and replies. All business. Very Finnish. Takes some time to get used to but as soon you do, you just relaxe
I have a feeling that talks a lot more and jokes when talking finnish, he has a really stereotypical rally english around B1 level.
So he only says thing he is confident that he gets/pronounces right
After work and a few Lapin Kulta a different man probably :)
@@mrm1885 Last time I saw someone drink that piss we were still using markka as currency
@@mrm1885 I think Lapin Kulta beer is for tourists only. Finns seem to drink stuff like Karhu or Sandels if they want quality and Pirkka or Kotimaista if they want a cheap one.
god dang it:)) it's that a hard drink, like when i was in Romania I tried that so called "palinca" and we almost fked our reception desk girl in the hotel:), one of the hardest drink like i think was 70 or maybe 80 vol alcohol @@DuBstep115
That is one of the cleanest, sharpest cabs I've ever seen Bruce. The driver can get to everything without over reaching, plenty of storage and lights. Plenty of lights!!! And a coffee maker!?!?!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!! LOL
Yea.. probobly taking quite a lot of money. Nothing of that looks even close to cheap
@@matsv201 Its not for everyone. But you have the exact same deal with car pimping.. So this is no different. It mist be a really nice Office, this one. And that is all.
HE'LL YEAH BROTHER
Usually scanias are the most expensive trucks comparing to other brands , iveco being the cheapest
i thought its normal i have never been in usa truck are them made out of plastic {sorry for bad inglish}
Kinda sad this adventure is over. I really liked Ville and you guys had great chemistry and I am in love with that shop! What a fun journey this has been! Today I was out in one of our oldest peterbilts , a 2001, picking up milk at our dairies here and just had to shake my head, thinking of what the log haulers and farmers would have thought if they saw This Scania coming down the road. I probably would have had a line of Semis and pickups following me farm to farm to talk and gossip about it.
Maybe you should then invest in one 🤔
@@miikahamalainen5343 There is no dealer support and we can hardly get parts for our trucks, which are super common, due to shortages. With our type of industry, I dont know the type of scania that would work for us. But I would absolutely love to drive one. Our Boss and his Father both drove and still own, the cabovers that they first had when they started the company, so rocking the design wouldnt be an issue.
The thing I like about European trucks is how quiet they are when passing them. Plus they are designed for narrow roads. Scania is one of the best .
Is the best👍
That interior is *classy* - incredible work from Ville and crew.
@ 00:46 you experienced something amazing.. You just saw a man from Finland smile IN PERSON!!! 😄😁😂😉 Be proud.
It must be strange to come home to 1971 in the truck world. 😅
It’s so wholesome to see an American embracing culture through a passion, trying to get a grip of the language etc. Keep doing what you are doing man!
Bruce, if you are coming back with the family I would recommend late May or early June so you can experiense the nightless nights. Especially at north where sun does not set at all that time of the year.👍
This is very special, it's not enough to talk about it, you have to experience it yourself.
You work with your car till it gets dark... Then you suddenly realise it's midnight... And you have to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning... So I hope you can sleep also when the sun is "high" above the horizon... 😉
That is an assume looking truck. Those extra lights is a 4x4 truck owners dream in the United States. I like the wood grain & leather super nice touch. Then converting it to a true straight drive. That team does great work hands down. That looked more like a luxury car than a Semi truck. Coffee maker was a nice touch. US needs to open the door for Scania Trucks.
and volvo, and m.a.n, and mercedes....
Standard in every European long gauler.
@@zoolkhan Volksvagen owns both MAN and SCANIA and MAN is the cheaper product if you cannot afford a SCANIA.
3:25 that Right-Turn signal activated camera is SO GOOD. Well I don't know about the quality of that one mounted here, but I know how good they Can be atleast.
In the new Volvo I drive, it works perfectly in any weather condition, any time of day, and its quality is so good, you can see if the biker (bicycle) right next to you (in the camera) has shaven or not before going to work that morning.
I'm currently on vacation in Florida and I've gotten to see American trucks up close, they look a lot bigger in pictures than in reality. The cabin of the Scania is huge compared to the Peterbilt, I sat in one and almost got shocked. Otherwise, the trucks here are built lighter, well, in Finland we drive with twice the total weight than in the US
I can say that American trucks are smaller than their European counterparts other than sleeper pods. The US trucks can be longer in wheelbase, but for obvious reasons this can't be the case in Europe.
Width, height etc European are larger, if you cut the sleeper pod off a US truck, it's pretty small, narrow, rattles, uncomfortable and generally of a different era (past, long past).
I'd go European all the time, truck wise. The US pop out propaganda of how great the US truck is (and of course everything else US), it's only really believed in the US. Back in the 60's they could believe it for real, but really over the past 3-4 decades Europe has led the way for truck and driver comfort.
Back in the early 90s my dad drove a V1 Volvo FH a got the chance to drive a KW back in NZ. He said he hated it. The KW was uncomfortable, rattled like he was going over speed bumps with no suspension, and nearly killed his back. So he was euro trucks for ever on. I drove an V1 when I first started driving and now I'm driving a V4 FH (Not had the experience of a Scani yet but will do shortly) the comfort from the V1 to a V4 is far more better, so I would love to know how to euro compare to the US first hand.
@@cpbtrading4822yep. The attitude persists in Australia. People don't like the digital dash in new kenworth's and call them daf's even though they are still pos kenworth's for the rest of it.
I'm a swede with finnish ancestry, and I just love how sparse ville is with his words 🤣 growing up in Sweden I've learned to fill the silent pauses, but something in me would prefer to be like ville 😆
Respect to all stoic men out there. We may not say much, but we think a lot.
I think you would love the movie Sisu. When the main character finally says something, the movie is about to end.
So very impressed with what they can do over there! Excellent job. I but you're now hooked for life to SCANIA, right? Awesome video.
scania is the king of trucks right?
@@verbatimdk Scania is the king of the road
Such a good series of videos from this trip. I was keen on watching every video the day it got put out. Good work Bruce, hope you had fun here in Finland, although it certainly seemed like you did. :D
That R650 is sick...beautiful inside and out. American manufacturers have a lot to learn.....
you can clearly see that there is more competition in europe than in peterbilt nation.
Thats the problem, they don't have to learn, they have closed the market and can go on and on selling their US trucks..
its funny how american truckers are so deadfast against emissions and DEF, say it doesnt work, and stuff, its just that american trucks are decades in the past compared to european and asian trucks. Like this one, 650 horsepower v8, running DEF, having strict emissions rules but still can output really good power, have crazy good torque, and have really good reliability at the same time, also, the automatic transmissions in scanias are so good, drove a r650 '18 from 2018 until 2020, after a crazy accident that flipped the truck and made me have to retire from trucking.
@kizi86 sorry about your accident...glad you lived to talk about it. I agree, the US is so backwards when it comes to trucking, only after some serious modifications can the US engines crank out 600, 800 and possibly more HP, and as for automatic trans.....still far behind the European market
@@kizi86 imagine how good they could've been with no emissions crap
Great to see the Ylivoimala shop. Very nice and clean setup. Looking forward to seeing more of their work. Safe trip back home, and merry Christmas!
The 650 is a phenomenal truck finished to a very high standard. The spot lights with the lazer light in the middle is like daylight when lit up.The dipped dash is just a bit of class. The 360 camera system gets used a lot on municipal vehicles or ones in big city centres. Its a great thing for eliminating blind spots. It has been a very productive week in Finland for you bruce and can't wait to see what you end up doing to your own Scania. 👍
Even in Finland we know term Florida Man. Sauna is the cargo of this truck.
Ylivoimala has worked on my dads 2004 r series Scania also. Cool to see the shop that our truck was in. Merry Christmas Bruce!!!
Great series of videos. Look forward to the engine swap getting done and how the truck performs out in the US
I can't blame anyone for hating on our trucks. Our country is stuck in the past with pre-historic infrastructure.
Yeah our old school trucks are pretty cool, and long nose trucks look cool. But european design, is all about driver comfort, and being efficient.
FJB
You should modify your Scania the style of Scandinavian trucks. Don't Amaricanize it! :D
I'd actually love if he gave it some American flair. It's Bruce's truck now.
agreed - arctic heating all the way, and snowchains
Why european style, just good to see , because i see so many in europe this is nice to see the American vision of pimping a Scania
These builders did a lot of work ,to change this transmission over. id say this is the most advanced shop, you've ever worked at. 😊 Gotta get this guy to Florida show him a good Time. No work, truck pulls, alligators, tannerite, mud racing.
Ville should definitely be invited to Florida to see and compare European and American trucks and get to ride some of the trucks.
Mud, gators and tannerite is not such a good time outside of usa..we have truck n tractor pulling in eu too
as a finn i must say, the sentiment is really nice. But if the shop owner leaves his shop behind for holidays, he maybe want to see something else than work when he travels abroad - and his family probably has a strong say in whats beeing done :)
What’s crazy about it is that the shop isn’t even that sophisticated. At least not from what they’ve shown on video.
@@michaelkonstantellis3075 why you say that?
Wow that dash makeover is totally awesome, very eye catching but soothing at the same time. Great videos from Finland !
Damn, your Finnish is getting better! Impressed! Yes Vill-eh not just Vill 🤣 Kempel-eh, Perkel-eh 😂🤣
Yes, these letters are not simply ornamental.
He'll be fluent before we know it😂
@@McGhinchYou see, it's almost like Spanish, Italian, Latin, etc
@@leiflillandt1488 I know, I'm German. 🙂 Like: If we wanted to say _Porsch_ we would write _Porsch_ -- the _e_ in Porsche is not an ornament. It is there and doesn't want to remain silent.
Bruce maybe you'v already got them organised, but just in case don't forget your 2 small light up Michelin Men for the cab roof of your new truck, they may be easier to find over there than in the USA.
The fat guys are so silly and turn the truck into a circus wagon.
@@ImForwardlook well, his own scania literally was a circus wagon, before it was imported to north america - so its a perfect fit.
(i happen to read dutch & german, finnish and swedish - and understood the decals on his truck)
I’ve seen a couple Volvo VNL in the US with the light up Michelin men mounted on top cab.
Loving the Scania content Bruce.
Merry Christmas mate.
Cheers Pat🇦🇺
They seem like a great bunch of guys. I’ve met a few Finn drivers and all such great guys.
You need to come here in the Summer to see the powertruck show 😊
Shout out to Ville I hope I spelled that right for hosting you while you were there and to you for for some great videos!! Some of us would have never gotten to see something like this!! Thank you!!
I wish this was available here in the US
Bloody impressive build by Ville and his crew! Nice pronunciation on the Finnish, as a non-Finnish speaker you sounded fluent!
ville was just polite :-) As a finnish speaker i can say that the pronounciation in the end was getting closer, but it wasnt there yet.
But to a finn that is no surprise, nobody from outside finnlands gets anything pronounced correctly after just a week.
I know people from england living here since >10 yrs and while theyre understood - everyone immediately knows they did not grow up here.
Finnish language, is the most literal there is by that i mean: they pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters - and A is AAAAh like in the dentist chair.... an E is always an E like Energycrisis .... if something need to be stretched out, they would use two letters.
so his name Ville is very different from vi-leh as foreigners pronounce it.
Finnish kids learn the pronounciation in school like this: Yli-voi-mala Vil-le - that forces you to not ignore the double "l" as many foreigners
tend to do. (ps: voimala is what we call powerplants, yli is basically the finnish "super" in this context - ylivoima would be superpower)
Allright, lecture over - lets get a mulled wine (glögi in finnish) and spice it up with some rum ..... brumm brumm
Bruce, love your content. If you ever want to feel like a kid in a candystore, you have to visit the truckstar festival in the Netherlands Assen
He could allso go to Zwolle and maybe visit the factory there...
What a beaut, as a swede, im proud
nice pfp!
I applaud you for going out of your comfort zone, visiting europe, especially a nordic country, i hope you had a great time buddy 😁 invite ville to florida 😁
These gentlemen have such strong business sense and Scania is just a strong Foundation!
Bruce they have been so welcoming to I’ve seen a humble side to you I’ve never seen before well done
You need to go to The Netherlands, near Assen, the Truckstar Festival on 27 & 28 july 2024! If you like Trucks Overload!
I think he is already making arrangements :D
@@rkan2 It has been so enjoyable to see him like a kid in a candyshop!
I am still hopeful he will give some attention to Volvo too! I mean, I like my Volvo :D
What an awsom series. Just to see how they do it is amazing. The craftsmanship is awsome.
You should go to forest with finnish timber truck drivers, there you could see some driving skills.
Me, as a biker, realy like the turning signal cameras. 👍🏾😎 Thx to Matti from 🇩🇪
If I would have let the shifting changed to manual, I would have change it into a 3-stick-shift, where the sticks reach up to your ears. 😁
i am sure the truckes also love bikers who keep in mind that trucks have blind spots.
Its natural selection otherwise.
As a ordinary-car driver, i have that in mind - i hang back so, that i can see his mirrors - it means he also can see me then,
i give him room to manuver - I dont hide in his blind spots... etc.
The cameras are a nice touch, but the mirrors are more common.
Driving the big rigs for a living is not the easiest life. No matter from where you are
i try to make their days not worse with my presence.
Bike safe out there...
cheers with beers from finland
@@zoolkhan I always keep in mind, when I don't see the driver, he can't see me either. But this works only with mirrors. 😉
My respect for you went up considerably after your trip to Finland Bruce. God bless from Norway.
I think Ville is the Fin with most spoken words on UA-cam in 2023
There is this other Fin on the "Hydraulic Press Channel" that speaks quite a lot, and in English too.
Isn't Kimi Räikkönen on UA-cam any more? 😁
@@leiflillandt1488 Mostly old clips, but I don't know what he has done in 2023.
Man I've been around trucks my whole life and I've never seen this type of truck repairs. My hat's off to you for the great videos and the impressive work that you and Bob do. Wish I could help out on 1 job just because I enjoy seeing anything turned from bad to great 👍 keep up the great work and I'll be waiting on your next video. Be safe and keep them trucks outta the scrap yard....
You have a knack for making enjoyable videos. Keep up the good work. I'm not even into trucking but I can't wait to see more.
So since both this manual swapped truck and the blue donor truck are both Norwegian trucks, that should interest you to visit Norway! The blue truck is from Thor Tenden Transport in Stryn. All their trucks are with that stylish paint job. Also, most of europe use only 2 axle trucks, but in Norway the norm is 3 axle trucks. Some with lift axles, most with tandem drive.
So go hit up some trucking videos from the western part of Norway, see the scenery and the trucks they drive and the roads they drive on. I myself drive mobile cranes here.
Great series Bruce!
There's no rule about 3 axles.. but it's the most convenient for weigth distribution and for winter driving.
Eller kan du referere til en bestemt lov jeg ikke har hørt om? Vi har derimot fritak fra diverse EU bestemmelser når det kommer til distanse mellom hytte og tralle på semi.
@@norwegiandude8709 Rule som i norm =) Endra så det ikkje blir misforståelsar.
Wow! What a unit Bruce! That place is the custom shop of 'custom shops'! The interior alone, on the cab says a lot about their attention to detail! Very cool stuff!😄👍👍
"it's so freaking cold outside here"
- T-shirt weather for Finns..
😁🤘
30 years in Finland, cold is always cold
Finnish people b*tch about the weather 24/7, too hot, too cold etc
-30 C or -22 F on weather forecast for Finland this week 🥶
Super impressed by his eye for detail on this truck!!
Trucker tim and bruce would be sick👌
No, would spoil it
loving all this stuff you've been doing in my home town region
kempelemies?
Job well done, great job Ylivoimala Finland 🇫🇮 Hieno homma Ylivoimala, teiltä löytyy osaamista 👍👍👍🇫🇮
They need to come over here now, take them to Semi Casual!!
💯👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You will be a Scania expert soon Bruce.
I was just thinking, from zero to expert in just a few videos 😅
What is the advantages of going manual instead of the autoshifted one? I mean, the autoshift can do manual too.
@@henrikcarlsen1881 The owner have some specific job even the trailer isnt standard
@ stihl... not yet he still struggle with a shift pattern 14:27
@@henrikcarlsen1881 you have slightly better control over the gears in tight corners and steep slopes
You should visit Finland during the summer if you want to see Sun and enjoy warm weather with the whole family. Late May or late July is typically best for the weather. If you want to take your family to the Santa Claus, I'd recommend early March because that should definitely have a lot of snow still and nice weather.
So funny hearing that -8°C is very cold for someone. Cheers from Finland!
Yeah but we complain when its +25 "det är så varmt 🥵" thats nothing for an Florida man 😂 skål
Merry christmas to all an to all a wonderful holiday,
stay blessed. never stressed this season everyone.
Great progress my man. You've discovered the E in the end of Ville's name and you can even pronounce Ylivoimala already. Most people also probably think Finns such as Ville are not very talkative, but in reality it's just that actual casual conversation in English is something that people are not very confident about at first, but I see Ville is progressing in that aswell. My advice is that you should get wasted together, if drinking is your thing.
Bruce you had some problems with the pronunciation of "y", it's somewhat close to "e", and "i" is always pronounced "e", etc (which means there are more letters that differ, but maybe you speak (and can read some) Spanish, then you are much closer! The spelling in Finnish is arrived from Swedish and Latin, even though there are no other connections.)
youre spot on, ville would be much more talkactive in his own language, under the influece and in the sauna :)
And without a camera pointed to his face. Yes.
but you have to remember that some of us are still like "leave me alone, I know what I am doing" type of people! 😂
Hope you enjoyed the Oulu region. Merry Christmas!
We really need to get these to America
Man, that workshop is awesome.
As a finnish viewer this was so cool to watch thanks and welcome back again :)
Very informative/proffessional videoing...well done Bruce!
Dunno when you are trying to haul "big" in the USA. I drive now and then scania or volvo with 1058 hiab. Both of them are 5 axel, trucks weight about 30-32tn wihtout load (~66 000 - 70 500 lbs) max is 42tn with load (~92 600lbs) truck alone. Add an trailer and we can go up to 76tn (~167 5000 lbs) total weight.Trucks and trailers we use we get payload about 30-35tn (~66 000- 77 160 lbs) mostly it is our mobile cranes counter weight.
Started watching your videos a few months ago, when I found them just zooming around youtube for Scania stuff. And now already you visited here just a few hundred kms north of me(live in Vaasa)!😮
Been a TREAT watching these from your trip!! Best wishes to you Bruce, and a Happy new year also!🎉
Btw. your timing wasn't bad either, this week we're looking at constant -25 to -35 degrees celsius up here🥶😅
God Jul (Merry Christmas) from Sweden..🎅🏼
Bruce your trip was awesome I hope you go back ,to Finland again everyone there seems so very nice and fun to hang around
That unit needs a HornBlasters sponsorship…
USA has had a long lasting problem of having too insular markets that do not need to innovate. US car industry in the early 90s was decade behind everyone else, because they didn't have real competition and were lulled to think that customers would not want anything innovative.. Seems that truck side is still the same. Opening up markets spawn competition and give customers what they want, not just what they can get.
Damn right 💯👍🏻
Sounds a much like Soviet Union 😅😂
@@MrJurssiМожно свами немного согласиться,но в СССР поставлялись такие грузовики,как финнская SISU,чешская TATRA,даже начали собирать тягачи Kenworth T800 на заводе ZIL в 90-х годах,но с развалом СССР все поставки прекратились.Хотя чешская TATRA до 2000 годов поставляла свои грузовики нефтяникам России.
I think on the truck side is a lot bigger gap as on the car side😂
@@titan_forward Tatra is Czech made truck well known from Paris Dakar competiton. Maybe they have as much possibilities to buy trucks from abroad as in former CCCP.
Back in the day when CCCP became Russia and they transported cars and stuff from finnish harbours all trucks
used were european and even some International trucks were used.... as we know International Navistar and Scania is owned by Traton owned by Volkswagen group...
Thankyou Bruce, safe journey home and happy Christmas Happy New year
Beautiful job. Nice to see somebody with talent doing quality work.👏👏👏👍🏻
Now its his turn to come over to Florida and maybe do some trucks in florida or help you install your engine
Bruce at ylivoimala is like a kid in a candy store : "I would like to have this, this, this, this and... well give me one of everything".
Are there any plans for Ville to visit you in the states to review your trucks/US trucks in general?
Beauty of a machine
Thanks to everybody! This Serie is awesome.
The shop achieves things on a daily that the rest dream of.
Before you go Bruce dont forget the AC compressor! Hope you had a blast :>
Strands spotlights are awesome👍🏻
I think the word is build quality. Really awesome that you got to take a trip up to finland. 73's.
King of The road
LOVE THE TRUCKS COOL GUYS IN FINLAND ROCK, NICE ONE BRUCE
Used to drive a Scania 143M (500hp) back in 1992, that had 1,400,000 kilometres (870,000 miles) on the clock. It had a 18spd Road ranger fitted and would do 100kph(62mph) in 16th. I was told it was good for 160kph(100mph). Never go to test it out. Had a big exhaust, sounded so sweet. At idle I reckon you could almost hear the sound of each blade of the turbo spinning around at the exhaust tip.
What a great wait to end the series, Merry Xmas Bruce.
Perfect, everyone working together for a common goal. Cooperation, what a concept!
Good job there, thank you for the video Bruce
This gotta be the most chatty Fin I've ever seen !!!!!! Great video and awesome truck!!!
I just love these trucks and would love to drive one❤. Been a certified CDL Truck driver for over 28 years
They did a very good conversion to that Scania R650 to manual... 👍
Great videos man! Merry Christmas
That looks like a really sweet truck! Cant wait to get a P chassi truck to go RV'ing in! P chassi with the XT package and full air suspension for the ofroading camper with a need for ... 200 gears :D
Those two headlights right under the windscreen... I flashed my headlights to a car that brake checked me once, at night... They shined so bright I swear I could have identified every single grain of dust on his dashboard! 🤣 Almost felt sorry for the guy!
never witnessed that kind of roadrage here in finland (brake checking in mean, self defense with lightbeams is legit in my books)
You can find those lights also on normal cars in finland, many of us drive through roads that have no artificial lighting and we have frigging deerswarms everywhere, so the bullbar is no decoration, and the lights have an entirely pragmatic reason.
most important are the positional lights on the top of your cabin - because it tells oncoming cars there is a truck cabin coming over the crest
which leads to me switching off the farlights sooner - no one needs 60 ton veering off course as an oncomer.
If you still dont understand, the cab is invisible to me as a car-driver until the headlights underneath come over the crest - that is the time the trucker is blinded by my own -entirely pragmatic- extra lighting. But if a cab has little lights on top of the cabin, i know whats coming - and react faster
preserving the truckers nightvision better :)
Hope you gave him a good tan 😂
Hahahaha they really are super bright!
That is one of the cleanest, nicest, tasty cabs I've ever seen...usually custom cabs are over the top, this one is perfect
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Bruce and family
Jost Kupplungen is a German Company from Neu-Isenburg / Germany. Near of Frankfurt.
Greetings and merry christmas from Neu Isenburg, Germany😃 Grüße und frohe Weihnachten!
Love the Scania trucks as well as some of the other European trucks.
Merry Christmas Bruce to you and your family, hope you have a great one. 🎄
Yes, if you ever see a LongLine you gonna love it. Ask around and also check the Renault Magnum. They stopped making them but those trucks are still around, take a ride in one of those.
I drove one of those from UK to Romania and back in the 90s when they first came out. One the first cabovers to have a flat floor in the cab. Great to live in but a bit rock and roll with the high cab!
Now all the European truck manufacturers are going to invite you. Will be fun seeing you in Germany, Italy, France, Czechia etc.