Comments by "Rimrock300" (@Rimrock300) on "Bruce Wilson" channel.

  1. Well stated. Hope your comment will be seen by many. I live in Europe, interested in trucks, and must admit I find the looks and style of many US trucks very cool, but has grown on me over the years that kind of old school Peterbilt truck in the video could be fine as a hobby, or some small trips now and then, while one might want a more modern and possible more comfortable truck as the daily driver, to make a living.😊
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  2. This Scania is in the US, not Europe. And in Europe the styling of Scanias varies, depending on what country. Arrogant to demand the Americans can't style according to their taste and culture, just as is done all over Europe, Australia and so on
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  3. It's great everyone drives around in factory original Scanias in Europe. The Americans enjoy to style trucks according to their culture and taste. Bruce is reaching out to potential american customers, not Europeans, so why care
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  4. Interesting and well stated.
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  5. Presidental Order coming
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  6. Lol...talking about 'open minded' and in the next you are close minded with the attitude that trucks from YOUR place is the best ever:) North America would be filled up with Euro trucks if they where 'superior' ) I'm not even american
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  7. 'Sweden has not been treating us well! Their sending their cars and trucks, but won't take out wonderful MADE IN THE USA trucks and cars! I'll be calling the King of Sweden tomorrow.''
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  8. A longline would be something for the US. Hear they are working at one themselves now, possible ready towardstheend of this year
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  9. Scania knows all of this regarding marketing, but it's okay to mention it. The US market has not been a high focus to them the last decades, they have focused at several other markets. The US heavey truck market is VERY concervative, with the idea of a conventional hooded truck with big sleepers to be the one and only way, sticking VERY DEEP. With the larger number of foregin drivers behind the wheel in the US, things can slowly change. For now it's no big deal to them, they are just watching from the sideline, curious of the american's reaction to a euro cabover as of 2025. Of course there are a certain interest to something new and different. When, or if, Scania feels it actually could potentsially be worth allocating some of their people and resoures backing up Bruce more, they will do so. Sure, some business cards and caps, cups, could be fixed and handed out at shows. I am european, thinking Scania is a fine and cool truck, but I really don't care what they drive in the US. They got some cool trucks too. They can do whatever and seem to manage to get their goods from A to B, just like we do in Europe.
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  10.  @Muck006  Not worried about competiton, but want to see the production in the US, if for the US market
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  11. But that do not comes without practice) He has been several trips in Sweden the last year
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  12. It's an entertainment channel. There are cost of operating, creating content. Wrecking old trucks and cars is a part of the business. Seeing them sitting in the yard is boring and do not create views and income.
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  13. Scania Sweden is happy. With this demo truck in a potential new market, they first of all want attention around their brand name, and americans comeing looking closer at the truck. The 'drama' regarding Bruce to put some chromed stacks and other styling on the truck, or not, brings the Scania name out there in a larger degree, more views, more attention. This is marketing.
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  14. Nothing wrong to own antique cars and trucks, enjoy the art of operating them, preserve the history. Your friend is driving a truck to make a living, get goods from A to B. Of course he has to focus at operating current trucks. Sorry, can't stop development, it's all about hauling more goods faster, and at a lower cost, and higher comfort to the drivers, less health issues, less worn out shoulder and so on. If he takes an interest in antique trucks as a hobby, he can learn to operate them well enough if he wish. Of course he is a truck driver! There is nothing stupid about potentially less health issues after years in a truck!
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  15. The Scania is in the US and shown to a american audience. They are not so interested in what looks great in Europe, and the Euro specs. They are interested in what looks great in the USA. (Sorry if this sounds brutal. No harm intended. Peace)
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  16.  @NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m  The Scania is great and all, but as you mention, the US convential trucks, hooded, is what many truckers are used to and love. But there will always be someone that do not care about the style too much, first of all looking for comfort and effiency, and could be open for a euro cabover
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  17. A few new series Scania off road dump trucks are operating in some mine in Canada I've read, supplied via Navistar/International dealership,which now are Scania's sister company in North America. Not yet new legal new onroad Scanias so far I think. Maybe Scania breaking through sooner in Canada than possible in the US. that's all I got. Maybe google 'Scania Canada'
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  18. One can custom order fully manual, but that's just a very small group of owner operaters with some highly special wishes) A fleet owner offering manaul transmisson trucks would have a very hard time getting drivers in Europe these days) Not that drivers can operate them, but they want the comfort of automated transmissions an look back at the 80s when they drove manuals like a period long gone
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  19.  @MyCastleHepworth  oh no, heaven forbid, not thinking that at all!
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  20. the dishes are not that different but there is different (unharmful) bacterias in it since it's a different place of the world. Depending on how sensitive ones stomach is, it can take some time to get used to
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  21. Nobody cares about what's happening in your imagination.
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  22. There is a large interest for American trucks in Europe too, but then as a hobby vehicle. Truckers use the Euro trucks for work, to make a iiving, and then some of them have a older US truck, typically Peterbilt or Kenworth, as a hobby, bring it to shows in the summer time. Length restrictions makes most american trucks less suitable in Europe, except some few cases where it is natural to use a shorter trailer than the standard 45 ft.
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  23. that's possible trucks coming over from Mexico doing deliveries. There are quite many Euro trucks there, among else Scania
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  24. American trucks have in general never been a success as working trucks in Europe. In addition to the length, axles, another issue is drivers comfort, like more noise in the cab than euro drivers enjoy, and old style stick shift and so on. Euro drivers likes high comfort while operating trucks. They envy the large US sleepers cab, but thats a about it.
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  25. Fleet owners in the Nordics typically keep the trucks for 5-7 years, before replaced with a newer model. Some smaller company and owner operators might run these for another 5-7 years, next they are usually exported to the Middle East, Africa, if not used for parts locally. This truck is 2010-2015 and concidered having done it's job in the Nordics
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  26.  @simonnolloth6103  Scania failed more due to an flawed market launch strategy than the product itself. Now it's different times, and lessons learned
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  27. Are you a potential American customer?
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  28. It's fine to be open to new things, but still not forget about the old things
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  29. It's Scania's demo truck. He wants to present a a more driver friendly truck option to the US audience. One can take it or leave it.
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  30. From a recent Facebook message it looks like Bruce is specing a Scania, with a Scania representative. Says something exiting will arrive in the summer. It is like a new demo truck Bruce will dispose in the US. Demo trucks is an excemption. Can naturally not take commercial freight.
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  31. A great guy
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  32. It's a one off. It's possible, with a lot of paperwork, to get it road legal in the US as a 'demo truck' owned by the manufacturer. Will be allowed for 1 year at the time in the US
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  33. 770 hp is cool, but the majority of US 18 wheelers weigh in at max 30-36 metrict ton, mostly using 500 hp +/-. 770 would for sure be interesting for heavy haulers, especially often going into mountains, like out west, the Rockies
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  34. it's not about quantity...Finland is where he has a good friend who's into doing stuff with these trucks that he enjoys
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  35.  @hnorrstrom  They are well built, good instructons. One need to study the sketches closely, can in some instances easily mount some parts mirrored of what they are supposed, if not paying attention) Adviced to replace the original motor with a slower running 55t to 80t crawler motor for better control, more realistic driving
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  36. air hoses modified. too late. It is all over. it is americanized now.
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  37. and we all know how difficult it is to impress a swede. so all in all this is impressive
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  38. A standard 2024 Scania 6x2 590 hp tractor trailer is about 150K. Big sleepers makes many Us trucks more expencive. I know a new Peterbilt 389 is like 200-250K. I think there is more custom and manual labor invilved that make those trucks quite expencive, while the Scania production possible are more steamlined and standarized. The trucks are quite module based, which further help keeping cost down
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  39. lol...even though he has gotten a new 'friend', he still keeps his old friends, american trucks, don't worry
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  40. Yes, good advice. This is a 1 off demo truck for now. If Scania decide sometime in the future to go for the US market, all these details with airlines and electric will be taken care of and come as standard
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  41.  @Savagetechie  Not quite agree. I think this truck is first of all about getting the name Scania known to more US truckers. It is more of an 'attention getter', a 'forerunner', a gimmick if you like. A bit less important at this stage to show off factory spec's and all technical details. If this was the case, there would possible be a representative from Scania coming along to the shows, which there likely will not be. Later on, if Scania want do go for the US market, they will present themself all about factory specs, and it's easier when more people already have heard the name up front, seen videos, photos. Anyway, no big deal.
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  42. the truck has done it's job. Just having a bit of fun and creating some content before the truck heading to the scrap anyway
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  43. You're talking like the President..'Nobody ever heard about it before', as in 'I have never heard about it'
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  44. Euro truck for work, US truck for the truck shows) That's how it is to many euro truckers that got an older US truck as a hobby
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  45. Ok
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  46. Practically only way to get a new Scania road legal in the US is as a demo truck owned by the manufacturer. This is a truck model Scania offers, no 3'rd party suppliers would be involved.
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  47. yep, ww2 level technology and design, people just got tired of it. Modern Euro cabovers is something else
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  48. yeah. Nobody ever touches their Scania in Europe, everyone drives factoy original trucks, only.
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  49. If the interest for cabovers where high enough, Euro brands would establish plants in the US, worked their way through bureaucracy. But yeah, bureaucracy stops the brands selling trucks that is just imported from Europe
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  50. they are also using round wheels, stolen that idea from some hardworking stone age inventor. Sad.
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