The video from Canada was 160,000 lbs payload racing up 12% grade!!!! Give me a old kt 800 a 18 speed full lockers. Stone stock 800 hp then a few adjustments... 30 year old tech out pull #### near any thing. Or go bach a little farther 16v92, for the detroit fans. The eu influence toke us the wrong way. The video of the eu coes looked nice. But I'm to sleep on that shelf behind the seats? Heck I fill up a us sleeper. I saw a good day cab. And yes we have day cabs with sleepers bigger than the trucks from that video.

the last video i show it in the truck stop to some american drivers they said that is not possible is fake. i turn arround and left.

don't ruin my day please.

Originally Posted by sdaniel

The video from Canada was 160,000 lbs payload racing up 12% grade!!!! Give me a old kt 800 a 18 speed full lockers. Stone stock 800 hp then a few adjustments... 30 year old tech out pull #### near any thing. Or go bach a little farther 16v92, for the detroit fans. The eu influence toke us the wrong way. The video of the eu coes looked nice. But I'm to sleep on that shelf behind the seats? Heck I fill up a us sleeper. I saw a good day cab. And yes we have day cabs with sleepers bigger than the trucks from that video.

No the bunk def ain't as big as us trucks but they are not as small as they look either, most are 800mm wide some 900mms thats almost 3 feet, narrow by your standards I know and true some trucks you may have to push the seat forward a little but an eu cab has much more room to move around than a classic style us truck, they are much much higher inside aswell as wider, the seats are where your wardrobe is so it's no problem stretch the arms out in all directions when pitting on the sweater you can stand fully upright in fact I'm 6'1" and I can barely reach the ceiling in my cab and that's stand on the 4" engine tunnel, here's this pic again so u can see what I mean: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/...c516e302b9.jpg

I def don't agree they are taking us the wrong way, it's the only way! Fuel prices are getting higher $10 + a gallon here now and still rising, trucks here are now doing 12 mpgs at 88000lbs, higher with your type of weights, the biggest danger if war breaks out again in the middle east fuel prices are going to skyrocket and you are in serios danger of not being prepared!

Originally Posted by sdaniel

The video from Canada was 160,000 lbs payload racing up 12% grade!!!! Give me a old kt 800 a 18 speed full lockers. Stone stock 800 hp then a few adjustments... 30 year old tech out pull #### near any thing. Or go bach a little farther 16v92, for the detroit fans. The eu influence toke us the wrong way. The video of the eu coes looked nice. But I'm to sleep on that shelf behind the seats? Heck I fill up a us sleeper. I saw a good day cab. And yes we have day cabs with sleepers bigger than the trucks from that video.

Nah you can't say taking ye the wrong way, we're not experiencing the same technical problems as you guys concerning the emissions equipment on the trucks, sure initially they caused problems but they have mostly been long sorted out, trucks here are very reliable, generally u wouldn't expect any issues of any kind till well past 500k and then u could only expect very minor ones except for paccar engines, Those nearly broke me! Also I can't figure out how a great engine like Volvo gets redesigned in the states and then gives the trouble I'm reading about on this forum, I had 2 volvos here, bought them new, sold them both with 1m on the clock and spent no money on them except for servicing , tyres and light bulbs ( they both constantly blew headlamp bulbs ) I sold alot of my scanias locally, my neighbour has one with 2m+ on the clock, except for minor things like alternators , starters and usual bits n bobs it hasn't given any problems and he works it hard on tanker work and generally doesn't get too concerned about servicing, so it can't be the wrong way!

Originally Posted by Scania man

No the bunk def ain't as big as us trucks but they are not as small as they look either, most are 800mm wide some 900mms thats almost 3 feet, narrow by your standards I know and true some trucks you may have to push the seat forward a little but an eu cab has much more room to move around than a classic style us truck, they are much much higher inside aswell as wider, the seats are where your wardrobe is so it's no problem stretch the arms out in all directions when pitting on the sweater you can stand fully upright in fact I'm 6'1" and I can barely reach the ceiling in my cab and that's stand on the 4" engine tunnel, here's this pic again so u can see what I mean: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/...c516e302b9.jpg

I def don't agree they are taking us the wrong way, it's the only way! Fuel prices are getting higher $10 + a gallon here now and still rising, trucks here are now doing 12 mpgs at 88000lbs, higher with your type of weights, the biggest danger if war breaks out again in the middle east fuel prices are going to skyrocket and you are in serios danger of not being prepared!

Hey, is this the inside of that Scania Longline "The Blue Griffin" ???

Originally Posted by InTranzit

Hey, is this the inside of that Scania Longline "The Blue Griffin" ???

Yup that's the one. Problem with finding a picture that shows the size of a euro interior is getting an angle on it, it's only possible from a long cab, the only one in Europe is the Longline but the front part is identical to a normal topline ( except the colour! ) it's hard to demonstrate the actual room in a euro cab, on the other hand US trucks look huge in pictures but when u see them in real life they're tiny! I know the likes of US VOLVOS have loads of room but compared to a classic US truck, they can't be called small!