Trucking general chat - was Forum/Sub-forum proposal

boardsuser1

Would anyone here be interest in having a forum such as the above mentioned started up for truckers and all truck related topics for discussion etc?

Note: title changed to reflect thread repurposing.

neris

Irishrigs.com

boardsuser1

neris wrote: »

Irishrigs.com

I know that exists on facebook,was looking for something of a similar nature here on boards but with added anonymity that you don't get there.

Rave.ef

Dono is there many of us here

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Dono is there many of us here

I’d love to know how many of us exactly that there is here though

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I’d love to know how many of us exactly that there is here though

Would be interesting to know. Be good if it took off even for lads to show off theyre rigs or the strange and wonderful things we encounter on a daily basis

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Would be interesting to know. Be good if it took off even for lads to show off theyre rigs or the strange and wonderful things we encounter on a daily basis

There’s a few alright around here as I was PMing a few of them.

I think just myself and Truckermal are the most obvious on account of our usernames.

Be interesting to see would other trucks come in here and state that they actually are.

I’ll be throwing up a few threads here and there when I get the chance, my personal life is crazy busy at the moment.

There’s also a thread on the new Scania L series I started last week.

Can’t beat a Volvo though

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

There’s a few alright around here as I was PMing a few of them.

I think just myself and Truckermal are the most obvious on account of our usernames.

Be interesting to see would other trucks come in here and state that they actually are.

I’ll be throwing up a few threads here and there when I get the chance, my personal life is crazy busy at the moment.

There’s also a thread on the new Scania L series I started last week.

Can’t beat a Volvo though

I know I actually seen it just before I picked up on this one. Not gone on it but I don't have much love for the new gen s ether.

I'd agree 100% with you on the Volvo. That would upset all the scania boys tho

osheen

Another vote for Volvo here, hai.
Do have a soft spot for MAN though

boardsuser1

osheen wrote: »

Another vote for Volvo here, hai.
Do have a soft spot for MAN though

The MAN look nice on the outside, on the inside they are s not cheap though, also the auto box are a bloody nightmare.

The manual 4 over 4 version I find unusual in that I had to take off in second rather than 3rd in a Volvo or Scania.

The Mercedes Actros in manual are far better than the Axor.

As for DAF :rolleyes:

Mc Love

I do like trucks but I wouldnt be a massive fan. My fav manufacturer is US based Freightliner and subsequently Mercedes

boardsuser1

Mc Love wrote: »

I do like trucks but I wouldnt be a massive fan. My fav manufacturer is US based Freightliner and subsequently Mercedes

They are a nice truck, they won’t be viable here though due to their size.

The most a truck can be here in length legally 16.5m so if they were commissioned by companies then the payload would be tiny.

Now there are trucks longer than that here such as road trains etc but permits are required a lot of the time.

I’d love a go at one in my job though

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The MAN look nice on the outside, on the inside they are s not cheap though, also the auto box are a bloody nightmare.

The manual 4 over 4 version I find unusual in that I had to take off in second rather than 3rd in a Volvo or Scania.

The Mercedes Actros in manual are far better than the Axor.

As for DAF :rolleyes:

MAN is what I drive and as far as the box gos at times I'd be chewing the steering wheel with frustration. Had a rare 4 over 4 one for awhile too and going through the high low range just as slow. But they have a handy little button saves the left leg a lot. Can't beat the i-shift tho.

As far as the Yankee machienes. 70s Cab over Pete

neris

Rave.ef wrote: »

I'd agree 100% with you on the Volvo. That would upset all the scania boys tho

sure they get upset with a scania if it doesnt say V8

boardsuser1

neris wrote: »

sure they get upset with a scania if it doesnt say V8

Some of those V8’s wouldn’t pull the socks off ya.

The only thing I like about Scania is the fuel economy is good, seriously big tanks though, 1400 litres all in.

A DAF xf had more power than it on take off even when fully loaded.

neris

i was looking at dafs on the continent last year and some of the yokes out there have 14 & 1500 litre tanks as well but the dafs are alot more popular abroad then here and better value 2nd hand aswell. Cant see the point of some of the V8s especially the bigger ones over here they do shortish runs on flat road and the dont need all the power. see 1 near me pulling from a chocolate factory to dublin port that probably spends more time in traffic crawling along

osheen

Thing with the DAF I've always found is that the likes of the 45 and 55 are hard to beat for multi drop around towns plus they take a fair bit of abuse. Remember when they updated them all the way back in 1999 or 2000 the base level was was like a spaceship compared to the mitsubishi s or Volvo fl's in the 7.5t - 18t, fancy trip computer and cruise lol.

Rave.ef

V8 is handy on the hills and they sound nice but I don't like how narrow the scania is. Apart from the newer FH one of the nicest trucks iv driven would surprisingly be the Renault T series. Dumbed down Volvo I know but a lovely truck.

boardsuser1

I actually don't mind the DAF xf's if i am to be truthful, plenty of power in them, the dash lighting up like a christmas tree and the auto boxes refusing to go into gear was my most major issue.

In a job i had 2 years ago i had a DAF LF rigid, all i can say is i have never driven anything as bad as it.

Some of the V8's are poor on power, the Scania Topline i have at the moment isn't great going up hills empty, let alone full and to cap it off the engines were turned down from 90 to 85km/h and the 5 km/h is very noticeable especially on the motorway when other trucks fly by.

I wouldn't mind a spin in one of the Renault T range, drove a Renault Premium 270 and loved it even if it wasn't very powerful.

The Magnum is the one for me though after Volvo and Mercedes, i'm in love with those trucks, i know it's basically a volvo under the skin.

First truck i ever drove was a 2001 Iveco with Ford Running gear, after that a 2003 version of the same truck with the Fiat running gear,i went for the 01 every time.

In relation to the DAF 45/55 yeah you are right on the abuse bit for multi drop but they are still a heap, economical around the city in fairness.

Rave.ef

The magnum is a fair beast alright. Really like the first generation. Think they were the first with the flat floor. Was in a place in nenagh a few weeks ago they have a class 95 rigid and drag magnum. The longest thing Iv ever seen.

Trouble with the likes of the lf and all those 7.5t - 10t is there built to be short haul and lacking the air seat.

Comfert wise it's had to beat the MAN TGX, what she lacks in acceleration she makes up for in comfert. Renault T wouldn't be far behind.
Those new DAFs are a lovely truck and the box has been improved in them too.

osheen

Yeah I detest them no power at all but its all about the running costs . Funny enough I always liked the Renault premium in a rigid as well probably due to being so similar to Volvo.
Pity they discontinued the big Magnum cabs, just look like nothing else out there and anyone who spent proper time in them sings there praise

SCOOP 64

Would this forum be more towards Artic drivers rather then C/C1 drivers ?

boardsuser1

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Would this forum be more towards Artic drivers rather then C/C1 drivers ?

Nope, both rigid and artic.

C/C1
CE/C1E

I started out in rigids with a C licence but now i'm in an artic with a CE licence and i will never ever go back to a rigid as a daily driver unless it was one of the trucks i mentioned earlier.

It's slowly gaining ground here as well which is a good step, rome wasn't built in a day and all that.

Rave.ef

I wouldn't think so

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

The magnum is a fair beast alright. Really like the first generation. Think they were the first with the flat floor. Was in a place in nenagh a few weeks ago they have a class 95 rigid and drag magnum. The longest thing Iv ever seen.

Trouble with the likes of the lf and all those 7.5t - 10t is there built to be short haul and lacking the air seat.

Comfert wise it's had to beat the MAN TGX, what she lacks in acceleration she makes up for in comfert. Renault T wouldn't be far behind.
Those new DAFs are a lovely truck and the box has been improved in them too.

Do you remember the Magnum that Jeremy Clarkson bought on Top Gear for a challenge years ago? the thing cost him £5000, if i had a place to store one i'd nearly buy one of them.

Here in Cork there was a magnum down the marina for ages and she was weathering badly, a 1997 reg, it's gone now, hopefully not scrapped.

Rigid and drag magnum is rare, did you get a photo?

I agree on the comfort of the MAN, cab is fine and spacious also, as you said, it makes up for the lack of power, i'll never forget my first day in one doing muti drop, took about 2-3 hours to actually remember to take off in 2nd and not 3rd :pac:

Those DAF's were a pain in the ar$e if you didn't know how to knock off the sensors that alert you to stay in lane.

Rave.ef

Not a great one but only one I took.

colm_mcm

If you're wondering where the trucks end up and what they get up to!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10vy3h

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Not a great one but only one I took.

Some length is right :eek:

Used for equestrian purposes by the looks of it.

Seen this one on donedeal, a bit tired, but would be a nice restoration project.

https://www.donedeal.ie/trucks-for-sale/renault-magnum/17361732

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Some length is right :eek:

Used for equestrian purposes by the looks of it.

Seen this one on donedeal, a bit tired, but would be a nice restoration project.

https://www.donedeal.ie/trucks-for-sale/renault-magnum/17361732

Living quaters and 4 horses. They are becoming rare enough. O learys have one of the last of them and a lad in mitchelstown has 2 he used to show I think. V8s as well as far as I remember

Rave.ef

colm_mcm wrote: »

If you're wondering where the trucks end up and what they get up to!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10vy3h

There was a cork hino spotted there recently. Stickers still on and all

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

There was a cork hino spotted there recently. Stickers still on and all

This one?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/16603202247/

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

This one?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/16603202247/

No was an lit tractor unit. But I'm sure she's still earning her keep too

neris

https://twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/951323216307474432

Rave.ef

That man is a legend.:-D

boardsuser1

Talk about crossing the finishing line in style :pac:

boardsuser1

Old video but who here would try it?

https://www.facebook.com/d2mcanal/videos/942439599147066/

Rave.ef

Id give it a go but would want to be a small tractor unit like the one in the video. Long wheel base 6X2 xl cab would be bit trickier

Rave.ef

Got a love the yanks
https://youtu.be/NXhZ6jlqFTI

boardsuser1

I feel for the trucker here.

https://twitter.com/gardatraffic/status/951413081460084736

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Got a love the yanks
https://youtu.be/NXhZ6jlqFTI

You’d be hard pushed to get a truck as loud as that here.

neris

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I feel for the trucker here.

https://twitter.com/gardatraffic/status/951413081460084736

I live on a main road with a 3.5t weight limit off the m50 and any truck delivering to the areas beyond me who has to go the "normal" route has an extra 20 minutes added into their journey. The weight limits not policed. 1 nimby (taxi driver) in the area tried to get an anti HGV Facebook group going last year which failed spectacularly. Personally it doesn't bother me and see some nice yokes passing the house. Though did come out of the house at 7am one morning few weeks back to find a wareberers parked up having a cuppa across a few of the neighbours driveways

Rave.ef

Dublin is hard going at times. I was going to a site in ballsbridge last year on a nearly daily biases 6x2 and 45 foot flat. Only way to get to the gate to back in was around a restricted (big wide) road or an illigel u turn at a junction just below the site. Sometimes you just can't win.

You'd get the odd scania wit stacks or side pipes but our exhaust brakes are nothing compared to the jake brakes.

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Dublin is hard going at times. I was going to a site in ballsbridge last year on a nearly daily biases 6x2 and 45 foot flat. Only way to get to the gate to back in was around a restricted (big wide) road or an illigel u turn at a junction just below the site. Sometimes you just can't win.

You'd get the odd scania wit stacks or side pipes but our exhaust brakes are nothing compared to the jake brakes.

The 2 places I had issues with weight limits were in Limerick near Mary Immaculate College and in Tralee near “The Bullring”

I was in a coach each time but I literally had no choice owing to my intended destination.

Even near where I live there is a road called Blarney Street, it clearly states the road is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles and is a 3T weight limit, using to schools/business/residential areas there, trucks have no choice but to travel down it.

boardsuser1

neris wrote: »

I live on a main road with a 3.5t weight limit off the m50 and any truck delivering to the areas beyond me who has to go the "normal" route has an extra 20 minutes added into their journey. The weight limits not policed. 1 nimby (taxi driver) in the area tried to get an anti HGV Facebook group going last year which failed spectacularly. Personally it doesn't bother me and see some nice yokes passing the house. Though did come out of the house at 7am one morning few weeks back to find a wareberers parked up having a cuppa across a few of the neighbours driveways

2 of my relatives are taxi drivers, they hate truckers and on one occasion one of them tried to make my life hell on a narrow bridge trying to get me to reverse the Artic, cops called the works so I know how twisted some of them are.

What is the general opinion of residents to HGV’s passing through?

Coming out of the house and seeing the truck obscuring a persons property isn’t ideal.

Rave.ef

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

The 2 places I had issues with weight limits were in Limerick near Mary Immaculate College and in Tralee near “The Bullring”

I was in a coach each time but I literally had no choice owing to my intended destination.

Even near where I live there is a road called Blarney Street, it clearly states the road is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles and is a 3T weight limit, using to schools/business/residential areas there, trucks have no choice but to travel down it.

Blarney st isnt ideal for a big van never mind a bus and Shanakiel isnt much better. To be honest I'd hate to be facing into a multi drop in cork city if I didn't know it because you know yourself it's easy make a stupid little mistake when your under pressure and a lot of the north side a street just narrows all of a shot.

boardsuser1

I’d hate to be explaining this to the boss.

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2018-01-12/truck-destroyed-after-hitting-cheshire-bridge/

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

Blarney st isnt ideal for a big van never mind a bus and Shanakiel isnt much better. To be honest I'd hate to be facing into a multi drop in cork city if I didn't know it because you know yourself it's easy make a stupid little mistake when your under pressure and a lot of the north side a street just narrows all of a shot.

Bin trucks go down Blarney Street, the full length of it,full sized trucks at that.

As for multi drop, you’d see 18T rigids on all parts of the street delivering to the corner shops.

I’ve seen 53 seater coaches doing school runs and having to reverse into City View Mews.

boardsuser1

This happened on Gurranabraher Avenue where it heads for Blarney Street in October.

There was a sign here advising it wasn’t suitable.

https://www.facebook.com/CllrThomasGould/posts/1713205158724481


It has happened to many including myself once in Wexford in a rigid bit nowhere near that level.

The Gardai had to stop traffic for the truck to reverse the full way back up the hill.

Rave.ef

I remember that residents were onto prendeville that Google maps were sending hgvs up there.

I know I see it myself every day I just meant it's tough for someone who would have no idea of the area.

I remember a few mounts ago i was going to a place in Waterford for the first time just beyond WIT. Not in the IDA it's a building on it's own and it's a bit hidden. At the end of that road it's all residential and 3.5t. If you passed it you could get yourself into a lot of bother in an artic.

boardsuser1

Rave.ef wrote: »

I remember that residents were onto prendeville that Google maps were sending hgvs up there.

I know I see it myself every day I just meant it's tough for someone who would have no idea of the area.

I remember a few mounts ago i was going to a place in Waterford for the first time just beyond WIT. Not in the IDA it's a building on it's own and it's a bit hidden. At the end of that road it's all residential and 3.5t. If you passed it you could get yourself into a lot of bother in an artic.

Yeah google maps did indeed send trucks up there.

Anyone who is an outsider from the area who gets caught up in it has my full sympathy, clearly because they would be none the wiser to it.

As for Waterford, is that in Ballybeg?

boardsuser1

Renault Magnum
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90331239@N02/17692889603/in/album-72157645202110204/

This Volvo was an artic tractor unit before being converted to a rigid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90331239@N02/16704139908/in/album-72157645202110204/

Renault T460, lovely truck.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90331239@N02/27662968410/in/album-72157645202110204/