A Day Truckin'

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Well on Friday I decided I'd head on up to Palmy North to see my cousin who drives a 470hp Scania 6x4 tractor unit under contract to Toll/Tranzrail. I booked myself on the 7.25am Overlander, and arrived at Palmerston North station at about 9.45. I took a couple of pics (why not ) so I thought I'd post them here.

The Overlander:


The Scania at a big mill just outside Marton. In that container is 20 tonnes of Barley that will be tipped through a big grate just behind the trailer:


The Scania again, just before tipping. I found it strange that barley's not shipped in a big bulk tanker rather than a shipping container!


My cuz and his truck:


A really nice KW at the yard where the containers are picked up from (sorry about the dirty windscreen):


The inside of the truck. Anyone recognize what program we were watching on my Ipod? We were waiting for the truck to be unloaded- it was a powdery substance used to make PVC pipes, and had to be slowly tipped out- it took about an hour so we had to sit and wait.


It was an awesome day, soon he's starting a milk run between PN and Hawera which hopefully I can go on- should be great.

[Bluebird]

Hi Nice shots.. is that Scania got a 18 speed road ranger or is it just a straight 12???

[squirrel350]

Its been way to long since I've done a long haul trip last one I did was with PBT in a CH Mack HN - WN.

And countless others over the years all to different places.

SQ350

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (Bluebird @ Sep 27 2008, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Nice shots.. is that Scania got a 18 speed road ranger or is it just a straight 12???

18.

QUOTE (squirrel350 @ Sep 27 2008, 06:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Its been way to long since I've done a long haul trip last one I did was with PBT in a CH Mack HN - WN.

And countless others over the years all to different places.

SQ350

Yeah they're good fun. A guy down the road has a new Iveco Stralis painted in CourierPost colours and he does Turangi swaps each night with it. I want to try get a ride with him

Friday was just really round town, the longest trip was PMR-Marton whcih was only 30mins each way. The milk run should be better because it's longer, especially because it's in his boss' new 8x4 Scania 470 tractor unit!

[Ian Warren]

I just dont understand it ... a truck with more wheels than a 747 headscratch .... some reason .. a Jumbo carries a lot more containers

[Peppermint]

Looks great, wouldn't mine being a truckie myself to be honest.

[waka172rg]

someone should make a Scania 6x4 tractor unit and trailer for fsx

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Sep 27 2008, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just dont understand it ... a truck with more wheels than a 747 headscratch .... some reason .. a Jumbo carries a lot more containers

Yeah but I wouldn't mind betting the jumbo has bigger wheels

[SUBS17]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Oct 2 2008, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

18.



Yeah they're good fun. A guy down the road has a new Iveco Stralis painted in CourierPost colours and he does Turangi swaps each night with it. I want to try get a ride with him

Friday was just really round town, the longest trip was PMR-Marton whcih was only 30mins each way. The milk run should be better because it's longer, especially because it's in his boss' new 8x4 Scania 470 tractor unit!

I wouldn't be surprised if his bosses truck has an Opticruise thats what the latest Scanias use.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Sep 29 2008, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I wouldn't be surprised if his bosses truck has an Opticruise thats what the latest Scanias use.

Yep it does. Like cruise control except it holds a preset speed downhill aye?

[SUBS17]

No its an automatic gear changing system although it does have cruise control that will hold a downhill speed in a selected mode one of my mates drives them and thinks they are quite good.

[SUBS17]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 2 2008, 11:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just dont understand it ... a truck with more wheels than a 747 headscratch .... some reason .. a Jumbo carries a lot more containers

The worlds former biggest truck is heavier than a A380-800 fully loaded.
Liebherr
Empty weight is 224 Tons
Max gross weight 624 tons
A380
Empty weight 252200kg
Max T-O weight 590 tons
AN225
Empty 175 ton
Max T-O weight 600 tons

And BTW this truck has only 4 tyres
The heaviest road trains incomparison are up to 200 tons in Australia and they have 4 or more trailers although the world record is 45 trailers at 603 ton.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Sep 30 2008, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No its an automatic gear changing system although it does have cruise control that will hold a downhill speed in a selected mode one of my mates drives them and thinks they are quite good.

Oh right.. Yea it's definitely an auto and has that cruise control system as well.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (SUBS17 @ Sep 30 2008, 08:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The worlds former biggest truck is heavier than a A380-800 fully loaded.
Liebherr
Empty weight is 224 Tons
Max gross weight 624 tons
A380
Empty weight 252200kg
Max T-O weight 590 tons
AN225
Empty 175 ton
Max T-O weight 600 tons

And BTW this truck has only 4 tyres
The heaviest road trains incomparison are up to 200 tons in Australia and they have 4 or more trailers although the world record is 45 trailers at 603 ton.

SUBS , you forgot to mention the extra hour overtime at the beginning and end of the shift ... it takes that long to climb up into the cab , its been known some take their sleeping bags up and stay the week

[PiperDriver]

Thats some cool pics VAC. Reminds me of when drove that truck in Ozzy

[SUBS17]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Oct 4 2008, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh right.. Yea it's definitely an auto and has that cruise control system as well.

Yeah compared to previous Auto gearboxes on trucks the Scania one has hill mode(H) for hill ascent and descents which also adjusts the jake brake for descents on large hills. The cruise control is standard now days to be set on fixed speeds and normally for the latest trucks you can set the speed at which it'll apply the jake when its exceeding the set speed eg 3km/h. I think most brands now are going automatic I remember a friend of mine drove a Volvo with Eaton automatic which had tiptronic as well and appearantly the Opticruise has a manual mode.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=_9KQ_sYAIY4&...feature=related

Looks more like driving a car

[SUBS17]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 4 2008, 10:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

SUBS , you forgot to mention the extra hour overtime at the beginning and end of the shift ... it takes that long to climb up into the cab , its been known some take their sleeping bags up and stay the week

I stood next to one of those big dump trucks in christchurch 12 years ago that was brand new and it had 3 ladders to reach the cab and they were transporting the tray on a separate transporter.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv9r-Uy6q4g

This guys got it wrong I think
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VDUUAqUnk&...feature=related

[PiperDriver]

To bad that you didn't get to drive the truck

[Njbb1995]

Maybe he did he just doesnt want us to know

[SUBS17]

LOL they were on transporters ready to be shipped to the mines so they weren't going anywhere in a hurry its amazing the tray on its own is as big as a house. 2 x trucks = 4 x transporters with dollys.