I've been playing this game since the week before it released in 2016 (was given a preview copy). What industries are local to each garage totally matters. Like, go to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington) and you would probably make a lot of money with logging trailers, but not down in say New Mexico. So to make this more accurate, you would need to figure out which industries are available and set up the garage to cater to that industry. I know that with the two most recently added states, they've also added new industries, so that is totally a thing. Also, totally accurate that a truck with a specific trailer, therefore forced to haul specific cargo, will not make as much money as a truck that can haul any trailer. Either way, I like these tests, keep it up! Earned a sub!
That's awesome to here. I am going to be testing the different locations next as many viewers have mentioned that and I'm very curious for the outcome. Thanks for watching and commenting, I look forward to testing further
Thanks for the advice. I am planning on testing the locations next as several viewers have mentioned that now. I am excited to see the results. Thanks for watching
I was going to ask that question. IRL say the central valley in CA runs a lot of milk and refer loads. North west has a lot of produce, garden/landscaping plants, butter, etc. (dry and refer).
The problem with this is that it's not just placing a trailer in a garage. The success of a trailer is dependent on where it's garage is located and the freight available close to that garage. For example, if you place a hopper trailer in a garage/city with good access to hopper loads, that trailer will be successful. A hopper placed in a garage/city where reefer loads are more accessible means the hopper will likely lose money. The game is smart enough to figure that out. I have two garages that are strictly dedicated to chemical tankers (my tanker division) and they top the list of my highest performing garages. But I can't put chemical tankers in any garage. I also have a few strictly heavy haul garages. I look at the companies and loads close to a garage and put the appropriate trailers there.
I definitely thought they would be too. Another viewer below mentioned that cities makes a difference so we will be testing that in the very near future
I agree with you on all of it and appreciate you doing something no one else has dared to do! To add my opinion for anyone in the future.. Hazmat trailers have to be placed in a shop, in a city that has a Gas Company in it because the AI will not go outside that city looking for work. Pheonix and Portland for example both have "Chems" companies in town, close to the garage and the Bots will run them trailers every day. I am truly surprised to see no trailers made more money because I have way more "no work" and "return with no works" without them😲
No problem I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate it. I enjoy trying things like this to help out the community. I will be testing your advice with the cities for my next test. I agree with you that would definitely make since, so I'm excited to actually put it to the test lol
I would pick a garage in each Capital city of each state. Pick same trucks and drivers levels for each garage. Then put Reefer, Grain, Lowboy, Drop Deck, Flat Bed in each garage. This will help see which trailers are used most in what areas.
I like that idea as well, another viewer mentioned something similar to that. I'll have to give it a try for sure. Thanks for watching. I'll definitely be making another follow up trying different things
Perfect! Not so long ago I was looking for this exact info. Thanks a lot! Ill be waiting for the follow-up video with the advised info from the comments about the cities and trailers 🤟
Awesome I'm glad I was able to help and you enjoyed it. I am putting together the cities right now as we speak in game to start testing it. Should be another week or so and it'll be up. Thanks for watching and supporting
Nice pick, it's one of the best. I have a few more major tests in progress right now to further prove the best setup for employees. I do have a Playlist guide on employees with everything I have already tested. Thanks for watching
Compressed gas tanks bring in the most money for me, especially out of Cheyenne and Denver, they usually find a backhaul out of Tacoma and bring in around 50k per load. I have them dedicated to only compressed gas tanks. Just need drivers with a minimum of level 2 hazmat and they are good to go. Average daily profit per garage is between 85K-100K since the drivers are high level now.
Thanks so much, it definitely took alot of effort to make. I just got done filming my next employee test, now I still have to edit it and get it up on the channel this week. Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed it
@redbelliedgaming any time! I definitely just max out the hazards first then go on to balanced for my employees. But yeah I was just about to buy some trailers but I'm glad I watched your video first! So far I have 68 employees and 1 reefer trailer lmao
Great video. I would expect the trailer to matter on the place you as many people mention. But it makes harder to make the video has you need to investigate the places out. But it was a great effort 😁 One question regarding this video and the other of the employees. Do you think this is different on ETS2? Keep on doing this very interesting and helpful videos. Thanks
That's actually a very great question. I would say this is actually going to be the same results for ets since they are the same game basically with all the same updates. I am definitely going to be doing more follow up videos on employees in the future, trying out the difference between cities is my next goal however as you know, that's alot of work so it'll be a while before that one. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and supporting
@@redbelliedgaming Just gotta look at the logistics map and click on exports. If the city has compressed gasses like propane, ethane, etc I would run compressed gas tanks. Second option would be lowboys if the city has exports for those. If it has neither then it's a less profitable garage that could probably only run van trailers.
Hey thanks for the support I'm glad you enjoyed this video. I've got alot of other tests and how to's coming out for this game. American truck simulator is definitely one of my favorites for sure. Welcome to the community
I do believe you are correct. Several other viewers did mention that as well and said the same thing. I will be giving that a try and testing it out very soon. Thanks for watching and commenting
So this confirms that the better options is to not have any trailers, I’m surprised that the refrigerated trailers didn’t make it to the top, since usually there’s good jobs for that kind of trailer, not to mention the fuel tank, I’ve seen that is the one with the most profits per mile
I agree. I thought for sure the reefer trailer and fuel tank both would've been the best trailers. It does confirm tho, the best option is no trailers lol. I hope this helps and you enjoyed. Thanks for watching
This was a base line test starting with no leveled up drivers and letting them level their self up over the time frame. I will be making more videos on employees in the near future testing several more things including their skill levels Thanks for watching
In my practice 3 garages (15 drivers total with a Long Distance skill of minimum 1) with a basic 6x4 (ATS) and 4x2 (ETS2) truck, in a strategic location do better than a seasoned team anywhere on the map with maxed skills and vehicles, at a much lower cost. To be honest, if the user does not utilize the real economy mod, he/she needs to get up to 3 to 5 mil cash to snow ball the game. SCS never changed this fact.
I absolutely agree with you, many viewers have mentioned this and I will be testing locations next to see what is the difference Thanks for watching and commenting
Trailer utilization is based on what is in the local market for the garage. So, a fuel tanker in a location with nobody shipping out fuel will not make any money.
I actually thought i used the base in game car haulers however after reviewing your comment, I did use a mod for the car haulers for this and that's my apologies. The car hauler mod is located in the mod workshop Thanks for watching
Unfortunately car haulers were the worst for employees no matter what city it was. It was better off leaving no trailers with employees. Thanks for watching and commenting
Doesn’t location matter as well, so if you have a car trailer in the farmland or timber area it’s not going to do as well as if it was close to a city location where they have car dealers?
Trailers are for wasting money, it don't really matter how much money trailers make, your always better off without a trailer because trailers "filter" the return jobs and will make your trucks return empty more often. This is the same reason that some trailers are better than others, the trailers that appear more often across the map will make more money. Trailers are definitely affected by location, but some trailers have more locations than others.
That is correct, I tested every option now for employees and your better off with no trailers and slightly upgraded trucks that have 500-600 hp for employees Thanks for watching and commenting
Lol, thanks for the advice. I did just get a new mic for this video, so I am still playing around with the settings and distances to get them right. Thanks for watching
I've been playing this game since the week before it released in 2016 (was given a preview copy). What industries are local to each garage totally matters. Like, go to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington) and you would probably make a lot of money with logging trailers, but not down in say New Mexico.
So to make this more accurate, you would need to figure out which industries are available and set up the garage to cater to that industry. I know that with the two most recently added states, they've also added new industries, so that is totally a thing.
Also, totally accurate that a truck with a specific trailer, therefore forced to haul specific cargo, will not make as much money as a truck that can haul any trailer.
Either way, I like these tests, keep it up! Earned a sub!
That's awesome to here. I am going to be testing the different locations next as many viewers have mentioned that and I'm very curious for the outcome. Thanks for watching and commenting, I look forward to testing further
You have to make sure the yard has access to the cargo for the trailer your using. And the drivers have the correct endorsement
Thanks for the advice. I am planning on testing the locations next as several viewers have mentioned that now. I am excited to see the results. Thanks for watching
Yes exactly like the tankers work better in Texas and Cali
Yes check the cargos in the each area where your garages are
I was going to ask that question. IRL say the central valley in CA runs a lot of milk and refer loads. North west has a lot of produce, garden/landscaping plants, butter, etc. (dry and refer).
@@redbelliedgaming Looking forward to it to see how much of it is accurate as a SIM.
The problem with this is that it's not just placing a trailer in a garage. The success of a trailer is dependent on where it's garage is located and the freight available close to that garage. For example, if you place a hopper trailer in a garage/city with good access to hopper loads, that trailer will be successful. A hopper placed in a garage/city where reefer loads are more accessible means the hopper will likely lose money. The game is smart enough to figure that out.
I have two garages that are strictly dedicated to chemical tankers (my tanker division) and they top the list of my highest performing garages. But I can't put chemical tankers in any garage. I also have a few strictly heavy haul garages. I look at the companies and loads close to a garage and put the appropriate trailers there.
That's awesome, several viewers have mentioned that and I will be testing that out very soon to depeas well.
Thanks for watching
Very helpful reply. For us newbies it might take some time, I guess.
Wow I never would've guessed the outcome on this. I thought fuell trailers would be best.
Great video
I definitely thought they would be too. Another viewer below mentioned that cities makes a difference so we will be testing that in the very near future
I agree with you on all of it and appreciate you doing something no one else has dared to do! To add my opinion for anyone in the future.. Hazmat trailers have to be placed in a shop, in a city that has a Gas Company in it because the AI will not go outside that city looking for work. Pheonix and Portland for example both have "Chems" companies in town, close to the garage and the Bots will run them trailers every day. I am truly surprised to see no trailers made more money because I have way more "no work" and "return with no works" without them😲
No problem I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate it. I enjoy trying things like this to help out the community. I will be testing your advice with the cities for my next test. I agree with you that would definitely make since, so I'm excited to actually put it to the test lol
I would pick a garage in each Capital city of each state. Pick same trucks and drivers levels for each garage. Then put Reefer, Grain, Lowboy, Drop Deck, Flat Bed in each garage. This will help see which trailers are used most in what areas.
I like that idea as well, another viewer mentioned something similar to that. I'll have to give it a try for sure. Thanks for watching. I'll definitely be making another follow up trying different things
Perfect! Not so long ago I was looking for this exact info. Thanks a lot! Ill be waiting for the follow-up video with the advised info from the comments about the cities and trailers 🤟
Awesome I'm glad I was able to help and you enjoyed it. I am putting together the cities right now as we speak in game to start testing it. Should be another week or so and it'll be up.
Thanks for watching and supporting
As a beginner i picked drop deck trailer nice video ill be upgrading all my drivers
Nice pick, it's one of the best. I have a few more major tests in progress right now to further prove the best setup for employees. I do have a Playlist guide on employees with everything I have already tested.
Thanks for watching
and here I am using 90% reefers. Thanks for this! Very informative
So glad I was able to help and you enjoyed. I will be doing more tests very soon to even further this information.
Thanks for watching and commenting
reefers and low boys for me
Thank you for this informative video! Waiting for more experiments!
You are very welcome i will be doing more experiments very soon to further our knowledge
Compressed gas tanks bring in the most money for me, especially out of Cheyenne and Denver, they usually find a backhaul out of Tacoma and bring in around 50k per load. I have them dedicated to only compressed gas tanks. Just need drivers with a minimum of level 2 hazmat and they are good to go. Average daily profit per garage is between 85K-100K since the drivers are high level now.
Nice job on the video. I know this wasn't a quick video to make.
Thanks so much, it definitely took alot of effort to make. I just got done filming my next employee test, now I still have to edit it and get it up on the channel this week.
Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed it
@redbelliedgaming any time! I definitely just max out the hazards first then go on to balanced for my employees. But yeah I was just about to buy some trailers but I'm glad I watched your video first! So far I have 68 employees and 1 reefer trailer lmao
Great video. I would expect the trailer to matter on the place you as many people mention. But it makes harder to make the video has you need to investigate the places out. But it was a great effort 😁
One question regarding this video and the other of the employees. Do you think this is different on ETS2?
Keep on doing this very interesting and helpful videos. Thanks
That's actually a very great question. I would say this is actually going to be the same results for ets since they are the same game basically with all the same updates.
I am definitely going to be doing more follow up videos on employees in the future, trying out the difference between cities is my next goal however as you know, that's alot of work so it'll be a while before that one.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and supporting
@@redbelliedgaming Just gotta look at the logistics map and click on exports. If the city has compressed gasses like propane, ethane, etc I would run compressed gas tanks. Second option would be lowboys if the city has exports for those. If it has neither then it's a less profitable garage that could probably only run van trailers.
Indeed that was my question if the area had any effect on the profitably ... well done.
Thanks, im very glad you enjoyed the video. Excited to share the results from testing the location differences
Liked and subbed. New to this game so this helps me out knowing how to make money.
Hey thanks for the support I'm glad you enjoyed this video. I've got alot of other tests and how to's coming out for this game. American truck simulator is definitely one of my favorites for sure. Welcome to the community
I think that sometimes certain trailer types do better based on location.
I do believe you are correct. Several other viewers did mention that as well and said the same thing. I will be giving that a try and testing it out very soon.
Thanks for watching and commenting
So this confirms that the better options is to not have any trailers, I’m surprised that the refrigerated trailers didn’t make it to the top, since usually there’s good jobs for that kind of trailer, not to mention the fuel tank, I’ve seen that is the one with the most profits per mile
I agree. I thought for sure the reefer trailer and fuel tank both would've been the best trailers. It does confirm tho, the best option is no trailers lol.
I hope this helps and you enjoyed. Thanks for watching
I've always been told to use the reefer trailer for years. Were the drivers fully leveled up? what endorsements did they have?
This was a base line test starting with no leveled up drivers and letting them level their self up over the time frame. I will be making more videos on employees in the near future testing several more things including their skill levels
Thanks for watching
In my practice 3 garages (15 drivers total with a Long Distance skill of minimum 1) with a basic 6x4 (ATS) and 4x2 (ETS2) truck, in a strategic location do better than a seasoned team anywhere on the map with maxed skills and vehicles, at a much lower cost. To be honest, if the user does not utilize the real economy mod, he/she needs to get up to 3 to 5 mil cash to snow ball the game. SCS never changed this fact.
I absolutely agree with you, many viewers have mentioned this and I will be testing locations next to see what is the difference
Thanks for watching and commenting
@@redbelliedgaming No prob.
Trailer utilization is based on what is in the local market for the garage. So, a fuel tanker in a location with nobody shipping out fuel will not make any money.
I have already tested that theory check the video out here
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Can you share a video which mods to use for ATS?
I do actually have a few different videos on mods on my channel. I am planning on making another one very soon as well.
Thanks for watching
Now I’m glad I never bought trailers. Also how did you get car haulers? Is it a mod or dlc? I wanted to get some but can’t.
I actually thought i used the base in game car haulers however after reviewing your comment, I did use a mod for the car haulers for this and that's my apologies.
The car hauler mod is located in the mod workshop
Thanks for watching
@@redbelliedgaming ok thank you, I was looking for car haulers.
Curious where car haulers do best at.
Unfortunately car haulers were the worst for employees no matter what city it was. It was better off leaving no trailers with employees.
Thanks for watching and commenting
I thought container trailers would do alright too
Doesn’t location matter as well, so if you have a car trailer in the farmland or timber area it’s not going to do as well as if it was close to a city location where they have car dealers?
That is what a few other viewers actually said as well. I will be testing that in an upcoming video about a week or so from now
Why don`t you have your employees do heavy hauls with the lowboy trailers?
I let the employees haul whatever they choose, lowboys were my best profiting trailer so I'd say they probably did
@@redbelliedgaming Ok, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Western Star and Sterling are the heavy haulers
Trailers are for wasting money, it don't really matter how much money trailers make, your always better off without a trailer because trailers "filter" the return jobs and will make your trucks return empty more often. This is the same reason that some trailers are better than others, the trailers that appear more often across the map will make more money. Trailers are definitely affected by location, but some trailers have more locations than others.
That is correct, I tested every option now for employees and your better off with no trailers and slightly upgraded trucks that have 500-600 hp for employees
Thanks for watching and commenting
might want to back up from the mic a bit but nice video otherwise!
Lol, thanks for the advice. I did just get a new mic for this video, so I am still playing around with the settings and distances to get them right.
Thanks for watching
How do you unlock the mops