Scania, Volvo, Mercedes vs American trucks. How can you stand them?

Ouh yeah! our managment do the same.... they choose trucks like kids toys! and what we get? thing we do not need are in option list, but some things we need are not in list... one of the latest mistakes Mercedes Actros Megaspace with 2kWt auxially heater! This winter (-37 dgr C!!!!!) drivers were ready to kill manager who did not read carefully option list!

 

Well I wish that I could have pms but unfortunyly I don't, sorry EH EH!
Propobly you got some.I miss my truck and so what!Sure I am mad with the system here but can be solved with airplane ticket I might be temperemental like a Scania and so what, we macht!

 

I wish that I had a pm but, may be you have it.I miss my truck so what!
I know that I insanely mad with the U.S system but I can solve with one
airplane tiket.Yah....I might be teperemental like a Scania so what!! WE
macht!!!How cool is that!!

 

To suggest a globalized market to offer compact little EU trucks of any fashion to compete with a big Pete or KW for the American infra-structure is downright offensive----- :smt066

We got more than enough high-tech EU rigs over here already----- Volvo & Freightliner are bad enough-----
But your state of the art EU on-highway trucks look just like our yard mules-----

 

Junk yard truck made of end of life semi They cut a half of frame, removed one axe and... mul tows trailers form parking to workshop!

But sometimes I see short versions of long range trucks, like this columbia


There are workshops in Ukraine and Russia, they convert US semis to BDF 20' container haulers.




You'll be surprized, International Russia make 9800I, 7600 semitrucktor! And they offer Euro-IV and Euro-III calibrated engines, so they sell ISM and ISX w/o EGR!

 

what about rear axle on that columbia is that 3rd axle from that tractor or other axle i mean this axle from american 6x4 are to weak for single drive


and did you mean 20ft container or bdf (7150-7450-7820?)


btw is there a problem with legal weight on that colubia on rear axle if i am correctly it is 10.5t in UA and RUS

 

EU trailers weight distribution is different. 66% to trailer axes and 33% to fifth wheel. yeah, more traction problems on wet road, but first trailer axe is the lift axe and used for traction help.

about conversion... they put subframe and we can use BDF ore haul 20' coontainer. This system works with full air suspention ECAS only! I did ECAS retrofiting on many US trucks. Unfortunatly it is difficult to find used 12V ecas components here and I have to add voltage doubler (12-24V) and small batteries. Anyway ECAS is really good and reliable system. Saves shocks, stabilize bars and avoid roll over accidents. Trucks runs better, less ait consumption.

About budget of conversion to ECAS.

Well, 6x4 rear air suspention with Wabco 25pin unit:
$100 for used ECAS controll unit
$20-50 for ECAS remote controll
$70*3=$210 for new height sensors
$100-150 for used but good valve unit ore $50 for bad and $50 for remanufacting
$100 for air lines and fittings
$200 for installation and programming.

May be not so cheap, but... belive me it is a good deal!

 

i ask about overloading that drive axle 5th wheel is near drive axle not as on coe ....

same problem is also on conventional trucks in Hungary they have 10t +500kg tolerationor by special approval 11t+500kg

edit i mean weak as capacity tandem us axles are usually rated at 62-63t so 1isnt enough for 38t ......so does they put other stronger axle or just 3rd axle from us truck?

and what about frame length for 20ft/bdf from cab to rear of chassis for C7450 is necessary at least 6850mm (if truck dont have more frame than twist lock )how they made this ( i mean extension it is thin chassis)

 

extention is not a problem. US trames are easy to convert.

 

http://www.magnum-route66.renault-trucks.fr/

one more EU truck will appeare in the USA soon... they test Magnum on route 66.

Magnum may be with Mack PLD engine ore with D12/D13/D16 by Volvo..