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No, Difflock only engages on these new DAF's below 5mph, and will continue to be engaged till what ever speed you want. Just have to swing left and right to disengage it after

Suck at what? Being very new to Editing videos, I hate editing at the best of times. So this is all I could of done. And if you mean about the driving, then I'd like to see you try in the same conditions with 44t hahaha! Either way, I still dont appreicate hate comments, especially from someone with no videos themselves hahaha!

Chains might of worked but it was pure Ice underneath and all the way up as you can see the tractor was struggling too

We've had the CF for ages and recently with the new ones we are now in the XFC, much better ground clearance! Never tried a volvo. But it all depends on the tyres and power in my opinion

@ u don’t beat a swede I work for my family on2000 acre arable fa in Worcestershire my fh is fabulous loads of grunt best gearbox daf. Is sold on price not quality our demo worse on fuel hated hills don’t pull box is miles behind fh.

I like the Auto for ease and on the normal roads. But I put it in manual most of the time when climbing on round twisty roads. Much more control then

It's not an automatic gearbox but an automated manual gearbox and there is an option for a clutch pedal.

No Truckers no deliveries,no shop workers no shops open etc etc....Believe me not all farmers would have gone to so much trouble as this one did.I know from experience delivering and collecting from farms for many years.

Absolutely

Safety in the truck? You mean with all the warnings? ⚠️

Especially in the ice and snow! I had no grip at all and he plowed up that hill!

Glad you enjoyed it

I'd love to experience that! Must be great fun! But the way I see people drive on those icey/snowy roads at speed is crazy!

Yes and me! I't felt like it was going to slide across but lucky with the tension on the rope he kept pulling me 😎 Glad you got into trucking! I've never looked back! And you can earn alot of moneys from it too!

I've never thought of the Cat Litter. I'll have to try that too!

How do you reckon that then ?, I spent 50 years as an international driver and was in some serious snow not these sprinklings...It you raise the suspension you are putting the weight onto the trailer not the tractor unit , just think about what you said, if you lower the suspension on the unit you increase the weight on the unit its basic common sense...That's providing you're loaded because light or empty wont make a blind bit of difference..

The only way I'd be able to get more weight on my axle would be to lift the mid lift. OR I could of lifted the body of the container and put the majority of the weight on the Hydraulic Eam which would put pressure on the drive axle and take some of the weight off the chassis of the trailer. But with this being ice, It would of made a little bit of difference but at the same time being dangerous as it would break the Ram and make it unstable

@@TomFewtrell Well surely lifting the mid axle would be the sensible solution, as for containers and rams you’ve lost me there …Mid lift are a menace in poor weather most milk tankers in Ireland have a lift axle behind the drive axle and with Volvo this can be a rear steer and also lifting when required meaning with the weight transferred to the drive axle it’s like having a double drive…I never liked or drove mid lifts either a rear lifting or 4x2 , on ice the heavier your drive axle is the more traction you have ,I always disconnected traction control with a 6x2 lift in bad weather…

@@dermotmcglinchey282 I had the midlift up, Diff Lock in, and trsction control off (so it doesn't bog down). It's hard to explain about the tipper ram without showing in a video sorry

@ Raising your suspension on the unit doesn’t help , lowering it would be the solution but with a mid lift it might not work , as Zi said I has zero interest in them as I seen many guys in trouble with these..I was in the Swiss alps with a rear lift unit we had been diverted of the motorway due to a serious accident I didn’t have chains but couldn’t lift the rear axle but could transfer 90% of the weight to the drive axle, in those days it wasn’t air suspension , the traction was incredible …On a 4x2 dumping half of the air on the drive axle gives it far superior traction with the diff lock on if going slowly…Don’t worry about the ram I know nowadays there are some very modern systems I don’t even know exist 🤷🏻‍♂️…

Many trucks here in Sweden use Slir ej a sand system that you can activate from the cab, not sure if other countries have that or similar systems, quite helpful, and yes the manul/auto can make a huge difference, not driven in winter or slippery condition beyond Eurotruck but i have even in the game noticed a huge difference when in manual, and yes i do drive heavy trucks in real life, but only winter driving was during school :)

I have mine 80% in manual. Unless it's motorway driving. As we travel down Wales all the time the retarder can't keep up with up and down the gears. I had it in manual as soon as the snow was on the road 😂

You need everything to help in Sweden! As we don't get snow in the UK much, it's not worth the money. But I feel like this could be a bad winter in the UK with lots of snow!

@TomFewtrell yeah we had first snow a few days ago and temp dropped to -10 but now back to +8

Exactly

I hate the Scanias, so unfortunately with the seating position and padding. The DAF is so much nicer to drive, I know it's alot less powerful, but it's much nicer to me. Plus I get a "feel of the road" more in the daf, where as the scania feels like I'm wollowing around. With out fleet and the amount of snow we have normally, we don't see the need for them and we are going to a farm on every journey so there is always a farmer with a tractor 😎

@@TomFewtrell you can get better seats from scania i had mine fitted while it was being built to my specs

If I kept the trsction control on, it would end up cutting power to the drive axle and I'd loose momentum. Traction control works well if I didn't have Diff Lock engaged. As it'll stop that one side of the wheel from spinning. Going over cattle grids with traction control on can be dangerous as it tries to brake and kicks the back end of the unit out

We don't use snow chains, plusnwe are going to a farm every time so there is always a tractor available. If I lowered the tyre pressures it wouldn't make much difference with the type of tyre I have on (summer road tyre) plus id have no way of pumping then back up from my unit.

@m1pete what an insufferable wanker you are

My older DAF was able to lift the axle at any speed. But these new ones are so locked down for safety reasons it's annoying.... I prefer a mid lift, but I'd like to try a tag and see the difference in the same conditions

My older DAF was able to lift the axle at any speed. But these new ones are so locked down for safety reasons it's annoying.... I prefer a mid lift, but I'd like to try a tag and see the difference in the same conditions

@@TomFewtrell It is a big difference running a tag compare to a mid lift. cause the mid lft move most of the weight to the front axel and not the drive axel when you lift the axel. With the tag you move most of the weight to the drive axel and you get more friction towards the ground. Only thing you need to think about is your fifth wheel placement so you do not have that too far back...Kingpinn needs to be center drive axel or one notch forward so you still have some weight on your front axel also. 4*2 and mid lifts are not going anywhere in the snow around here at least. Here in Norway we use 6*2 and 6*4 for for most grip.

​@@TomFewtrellAll of these new ones are able to do it in the nordic countries, even with our higher 50-53ton weight limit. Otherwise no one would buy them for being completely useless half of the year.

Yes exactly! Plus being in a truck, we have a bed and night heater so i was very comfortable just waiting for the farmer to help anyway haha!

Really 🤔

@scottkreiger6386 @terjevigerust . We never use chains. And for the fleet of 20-30 trucks we have at one depot, it'll cost a lot. Its easier to get the farmer to pull us to the farm

Thanks 👍

Midlifts nice on the Road and better balanced for corners but very numb and unpractical on soft ground and tight spots that's why nearly all timber lorrys are on a double drive or double drive tag you dis the best you could with what you have.

It's always the farmers around here who keep the lane clear.

not in the UK, thats why we are so bad at driving in the winter, summer tyres all year lol

not in the UK, thats why we are so bad at driving in the winter, summer tyres all year lol

also, apparently no snow chains to put on in an "extreme weather" event like that...all respect goes to the farmer who did all the work and saved the driver and the public from waiting hours on the blocked road...

@@FiFtY2303 yeah the farmers do a fantastic job, somefarmers even plow the snow to help the local Councils / Goverment, yeah no snow chains either, if the UK goverment made a law that you have to have winter tyres and snow chains that could really help everyone

can be good driving on the fresh snow not where other vehicles been, that can help

​@@ScottishLad. We don't get extremes of snow and ice to warrant winter tyres. I agree if you're out in the Cairngorms or really rural Perthshire then you may benefit having a winter tyre, but haulage firms aren't going to spend the money on full winter tyres. They're all crying poverty. And the other problem is they don't last as long, cost more per unit and if the ambient temperature is too high can get very wrecked very quickly. I agree snow chains should be on every wagon but again the cost of equipping for a few days a year probably isn't worth the cost to a haulage company.

Haha! Thank you! I reckon i would of got alot further if i had the DiffLock in long before the hill, and had some speed up, and also keeping to the snow itself instead of someone elses track that had turned to ice. Hopefully tomorrow is a better one!

There's a good reason not to engage the diff lock over 5mph it 's unlikely it would take anyway and it would cause damage , driving with the diff lock on can put you into the ditch...

Yes, we were all on electric bikes