Comments by "Rimrock300" (@Rimrock300) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. You are mixing up some companies regarding Norway vs Sweden. Scania is 'borned and raised' in Sweden. Norway never involved at any point. Scania and Saab was a joined company from 1969 to 1995.
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  2. it's his job to talk
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  3. Regarding wheel diameter, it is the opposite. Often used on the US is 24 inch wheels/rims, about 115-120cm tire diameter, while standard in Europe is 22.5 inch, about 105-110 cm diameter. But 22.5 inch is also used in the US.
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  4. Your initial statement 'everything in America is from Europe, Americans copy' and bla bla makes the rest of your message kind nothing to take too serious) But you rise some good points also. You are maybe a young person? It's alright. What's important to a big part of the american companies and truckers is the large sleepers. They are often on the road for several weeks at the time, and enjoy the comfort of a big living space. The most practial driver cabs for those big sleepers are the traditional nose trucks, or 'conventials' as they say, where the engine is pushed up front and the cab is sitting not too high from the ground for easy going in and out, and walking into the sleeper. The long nose trucks are no issue driving on the big highways, and the length of the truck it self is not a part of the maxlength allowed, only the length of the trailer counts. When the front axle is way up front, the driver is not sitting on top of it, that makes the cab move around less (without adding advanced damperes and such) There are minuses as more noise from the engines, more difficult to get around in narrow city streets and such, but they can live worth it as the big sleeper is such a good advatage. Euro trucks, cab overs, is better for driving around in the cities. But cab overs are not just not so popular in the US. They got the trucks they like, and if many enough want's other kinds of trucks too, like Eruo cab overs, they will get it. Let's not worry about the americans and their trucks, they get the job done)
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  5. some, yes, there always are. But in the overall picture this was pretty good what we did see
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  6. Well, we were 'speeding' down a highway out in the desert towards Las Vegas, in 130 kmh, like most of the traffic some above the actual speed limit) in our rental car, and in the mirror I could see a big red Freightliner in the speedlane, passing uslike a bullet and disapeared in the horizon in 30 seconds. Speed limits. Yes. Speed limitiers on trucks. Nope. )
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  7. It's a Ford. And it got 3 carburators.
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  8. Yes. they really should. @milanbujna2957 
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  9. Is there still long waiting time for parts, electronic components
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  10.  @matsv201  the major truck manufactures typical started offering automated manual transmissions from about year 2000. Scania was a bit earlier, last part of 90's. Cars with automatic transmissons has been in eurpoe since the 1950's, about 50 years before it became normal in trucks. Fist with american cars, later on with typically in Mercedes and others. But manual transmission cars where muh more used. From year 2000 also more and more automatics in cars. People had more money, and wanted more comfort, first of all.
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  11. I've heard there has been lots of delays delivering trucks, and cars, in general last couple of years. Is parts supply better now, and waiting time shorter for customers
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  12.  @matsv201  Why do you mix in wheel dimensions used for trailers and special vehicles in here..? This is about the typical wheels used for highway trucks in Europe and the US. 22.5 in Europe, 22.5 and 24.5 in the US. It's not the whhels that makes trucks look bigger and smaller. Let's just stick with large sleepers and long length makes US truck look, and be, bigger
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  13. Your numbers are possible for 5 year old trucks. The truck in the video would be 2-300.000 Euro as new. A lot of custom work
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  14. Work is slow at Scania these days, lots of time hanging on youtube..Just kidding)
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  15. Will think a NextGen facelift is not far away) Current models have been in production since 2016 I guess. But, that is probably a big secret)
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  16. That's probably not far off. Straight six works fine for most transports
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