When you talk about the steps up to the cabin, you forget that almost all European drivers (and the passenger) leave their shoes on the top step. They do not want to drag dirt into the cabin, and drive in their socks. The top step is completely closed to the outside by the door, so the shoes stay there, and do not get dirty from the outside. The "shoe box" is there by design.
Exactly! When I drove trucks, all over Sweden and Norway, and spending 3-4 days and nights with the cabin being workplace, livingroom, bedroom, office etc. the shoes stayed outside. So comfy not having to wear them all day, and less dirt in the cab. I mostly drove Volvo tho, and they had one thing that was better than on the Scania, the shoes didnt get wet as easily on the "shoe step" on the Volvos. Otherwise, the Scania was nicer for the most parts.
@@DennisJonsson-m7ncould not agree more. I drove r500 in Norway , not so much on north , only about 200km above Trondheim. But shoes where always wet till we fix the rubber around dors where two ends of it meet just above shoebox. Scania have the best driver oriented and most cozy cabin of all trucks i drove.
@Joffboff-do1nn 330hp? 🤣🤣🤣 I don't think you can find anything over 15 litres, and those are 450+ hp. And Scania actually makes the biggest and most powerful class 8 diesel, if I remember correctly. And what's so special about an air ride seat? Those were around going back to when I was a kid in the 70s, at least.
He Americanizes it too much I’m out, I quit watching anything he did with the first Scania after he cut the roof off of it, that was monumentally stupid
I have been driving trucks in mines in Australia for a long time and I have to say nothing compares to a Scania when it comes to comfort and technology they are amazing.
Leave it original. It's absolutely beautiful, totally authentic and a real eye opener to the American market about how good things can be for the same kind of money as you guys are paying for 1990s tech.
@@Zodopod You took the words right out of my mouth, and Im a Gothenburg native(home of Volvo), that truck would be with some veterans club, at the most.
90's, come on.. A new Volvo or a Freightliner is near as up to date as you can get here, but idk if they cost the same. Kenworth and Peterbilt though.. yeah I guess they have some work to do but they are not that bad.
I'll still stay with a conventional. I'm in the deep south and radiant heat from the engine is always a problem, it just gets damn hot. Also don't want to deal with having to batten down the hatches so my stuff doesn't go everywhere when the cab has to be tilted forward. Last complaint, I have yet to meet anyone that likes the adaptive braking as there seems to be a problem with the system loosing its mind when you have a vehicle merging from an on ramp and the thing just goes full on with the brakes. One other thing, I had read that they used a V8 as a means of using less room under the hood. An inline six is a balanced engine, a V8 is not. All that being said I don't have any brand loyalty and it is a very nice truck with a lot of desirable features. I currently drive an International so it's not like I have a Rolls Royce.
Fun fact, the mile is officially defined as 1.609344 meters. Using the imperial system is literally just using the metric system but with extra unnecessary steps
For a country that recently elected a 34 count felon an adjudicated rapist a prolific liar all his life and a complete bonehead as President no, hell will freeze over before America joins the 21st century...
@M5E3495 Vintage trucks are cool if they truly are vintage.....which TBF, I am _highly_ sus that the Freightliner actually is. Otherwise, it's just forcing "retro" on everybody. Like, I don't force others to play my N64.
Here are some ideas for videos I'd like to see: - How do a regular american trucker feel about the experience of driving a European truck? Let them drive it around for 15-20 minutes and share their feelings. - Maneuverability/handling comparison. Let some truckers use it for shuffling some trailers around a yard, and hear what they feel on handling and visibility. - Efficiency. How does it compare in running costs ( in a few months when you have some data to comapare)
He can't allow anyone else to drive it. He's the only person allowed to in the US. It's because he is classed as a Scania employee doing demonstrations.
We need to see actual serviceability and repair cost of scania and do a comparison to Peterbilt guaranteed Peterbilt wins every time cus scania don't have parts in America or technicians in America not to mention how expensive it would be to even repair a scania. Repair costs are far higher when electrical issues occur all them sensors and actuators and wiring yeah u won't have that problem with Peterbilt built. Simplicity is key not technology
14:30 Tech tip, with long pressing remotecontrollers parklight button You can activate light inspection mode. In that mode all lights come on and off one after another so You can inspect them.
That's so cool, I've seen so many people on the road with burnt bulbs all around. Most egregious one was this guy in a dark motorway in the middle of buttfuck nowhere with no rear lights whatsoever. And the car was black!
It's fairly normal for owner operators to load up their Scania with a bunch of lights, decals and other small accessories. He could use European mod parts. I am a little curious to see him apply American sensibilities to Scania mods. Could be cool or look like complete crap but if it's cool to Americans 🤷♂️
I never understood why all Americans screamed that cabover trucks are shit. Until today, when I saw a 2007 American cabover, that's still, is the latest and greatest in american cabover technology in 2024, and it has the same technology as euro cabovers did in the 80s. Yeah, I'd be screaming that cabovers are shit too if that's all I knew.
Bruce, also behind the sun visor on the drivers side there is an extra flap that folds down, Very useful when the sun is at low angle, early morning or late evening
Try filling up a trailer to max weight and have a good old seasoned skeptical driver try it with the 770, Both power and turning radius. Just driving the truck alone does not say much. Remember when you was in Sweden and tried out the trucks there.... they were loaded up so you could see what they were good for.
Two things you failed to mention; - the difference between the Scania and the Freightliner when thinking about cab insulation. You can drive the Scania and talk to your passenger, at normal conversational level. With the Freightliner, you would have to shout to make yourself heard. Secondly - Stand back and compare. The Scania is a BEAUTIFUL truck. The Freightliner is more 'utilitarian'. I have to ask why that is? Is it that truck drivers in the US are seen as second class citizens, and don't merit the luxury of a comfortable ride and the technology that could make their job safer and less stressful? Bruce, thanks for bringing these issues to a wider audience!
And what’s bad is the “real truckers” in their 379/389 W900 complain about any little bit of driver comfort the truck makers put in the trucks. There’s one guy I know that took the frame off his seat, removed the air ride to make it sit lower without any thing to cushion the bumps except the seat cushion, but constantly complains about back problems.
@@sortebill I mean those type of drivers it’s usually all they have in their lives and they are huge bullshitters and have to look cool and talk big to lift themselves up from what they’re lacking. It’s why they are so opposed to change and modern automatics because they don’t understand the new stuff. But the truck makers haven’t made it easy, the trucks have not change hardly at all in the last 30 years other than the engines. The brand new Volvo VNL from what I’ve is the most radically changed American truck since forever. And autos were trash until Volvo and Mercedes began bringing over their euro design ones. What’s funny is all the long hood guys bad mouth Mack’s and western stars because they’re not a Pete or KW but the Mack’s and WS’s are the ones that are generally doing the toughest work in the industry as log trucks, heavy haulers, dump trucks
My Dad had a similar experience back in the 1960's, needed a truck real fast but the local (British) couldn't deliver one for months. Decided to try an obscure Swedish manufacturer (Volvo!) and was promised immediate delivery. It was a freaking revelation, comfortable, almost luxurious, compared to the British trucks he owned.
The roof and grill lights, yes. They can be programmed via the scania diagnostic software. It's literally an option to tick. Don't even need to tilt the cab to check and top off the oil level. Can get the oil level up on the dash, and there is still a conventional dipstick and oil fill under the grill, in red, below the electric wander lead for the cab tilt.
When you run across these big trucks up in northern Parts of Sweden, drivers tend to stick a lot of extra lights on them to avoid collisions with moose and reindeers at night.. I mean like 14+ extra highpower lights.. I remember meeting one of those way back..Could have been 3kms away I saw like a pillar of light lighting up the clouds, bright as day coming towards me in the night.. he had to step down his lights almost 2km away as I was totally blinded by then. I first thought UFO, then realised it was just another truckdriver enjoying his night turned to day.. :)
Same in Brazil. Once, coming back home at 4AM, I saw the beams approaching over the horizon, and it wasn't even foggy. As soon as the driver saw me, they went to low beam. I don't know if it was an Iveco, Volvo, Scania or VW, but sure as hell it was a cabover, bright as the sun LMAO
Not a trucker myself, but I have been informed by reliable sources that lifting the aft axle comes in very handy in winter conditions. It transfers a lot of weight to the one axle, and give a lot more grip.
@@TheSwampdoggydog havent seen any of those around. We have a couple with front lift axle, and i've seen some rolling around with only middle axle on the ground. And still knowing when to lift, and when to drop it on purpose, makes manouvering so much easier.
@@Ephoros couple of previous volvo trucks i've driven in my company here in Finland had midlift, but pretty much all the current ones we have are equipped with taglift or rear lifting axle. Also the wheel configuration was different, it used to be that the liftable axle in the middle only had single wheels whereas the current ones have dual wheel axles both in the middle and the rear.
That Freightliner looks like a 1970s truck. What you're seeing here really is forty years of technological advancement and sixty years of human factors application. European companies have been developing trucks for drivers and economy, US truck companies have been more concerned with putting chrome on turds.
Not true at all Many American truckers rather have A Truck that's MEANT for working like that Freightliner cabover or a early 1990's early 2000's truck And not to be drivin like a Car
@@mercade1349 So comfort is not an issue when you are working ? Really ? Personally i think that a person that get good comfort and pleasure when they do a job, stay in the job longer and like it better.
@@mercade1349, tell us that you're scared of technology without telling us, can't you understand that the reason that European trucks drive like a car for many reasons, driver safety being the most paramount, just because you are of the mindset that you need to float gears to be a trucker, complete BS and until you get out of that childish mindset, the US trucking industry will remain 10 years behind European trucking technology both in trucks and trailers.
@@mercade1349Yeah, no one in Europe does any WORK with their Scanias since they aren't MEANT for working. 🙄 Work is all Scanias do. They work and you can even be hella comfortable and sharp while you work alongside it. They work in the ice and snow of Arctic mountain roads and the dry warmth of the south.
When I saw the Freightliner, I had flashbacks to my childhood. I was born in '71... The crazy thing about European trucks is, that all the goodies you showed, are in every truck. The comfort and the design makes the difference. About the mirrors... in Germany you see more and more trucks with cameras instead of mirrors.
You forgot two things Bruce. The air controller got a magnet behind it so you can stick it to the cab when you’re outside. The infotainment system have apple CarPlay if you connect your phone with cable.
it has an acc (adaptive cruise control) probably little black box somewhere behind the grill. also think it has a radar on the right side of the truck for cyclists in your blind spot from the looks of it.
Having been a truck driver for over 40years I've driven Bedfords, Mercedes, Iveco, MAN, Renault, Volvo and Scanias, and the best was Scania, especially the Streamliner with a double bed over the top of the windscreen and a singe bunk behind the seats. The lat company I drove for was a Danish company, best job I ever had, driving throughout Europe. Great days!
For the deck: give decks plates hinges and lock-down nuts or something with cylinders, so it's easy to open up to show what's under there, but also for service. Have the deck divided into sections and have each sections openable. You can also have a cover made over those air tanks between the wheels.
This just makes me proud to be a second generation Swedish American 🇸🇪. Everything that comes out of Sweden has a different feel to it. I suggest that you keep the truck as European as it already is, Bruce.
You Americans with your "race categories" are kind of ridiculous. Doing everything in their power to be anything but "plain American" now you're "2nd generation Swedish-American" what does that even mean? Can you even speak the language?
A note about the stairs up to the cab. You see the top step is behind the door and is more or less totally enclosed. Most drivers will leave their outdoor shoes in there and put on inside shoes or clogs inside the truck itself. So, leave shoes on top step, go into cab and put on your indorr shoes. Leave the truck nice and clean inside :)
I work for Volvo Trucks Finland and I do love the iconic noise of straight pipe Scania V8 🤌 Nah but for real, I really appreciate the friendly competition we have with Scania. It really drives the technology on these big rigs at insane speed. Every month we get new insane innovations, that makes Euro trucks even more powerful, and enviromental than the last model was. I love my job, and my employer is really good to me. But you also have to appreciate your competitors. They are part of the driving force, that makes us better.
One thing you certainly do better is headlights. The adaptive ones that make sure you don't blind oncoming traffic while still having light in your lane is insane. Well, the insane part really, is how this is a new inovation.
The Volvo-Scania war has been an ongoing conflict for many years amongst northern European truckers and there is no sign of peace in sight. May the best truck win! 😄
There's a Long line XXL version of your truck. The cab is extended 40" and can be customized to your personal taste and budget. I saw one this summer. I'd never seen one before... Even when I've stopped trucking some years ago and now works as a certified electrician - I couldn't resist to ask permission to have a look. That thing was sweet - it had the works. The painting and decals were master class and the interior was unbelievable... The owner/operator had spent close to 100 Grand USD on a custom design. The bed could be lifted up and make place for living space, an office or making food - almost like a small appartment with all the creature comforts of a modern lifestyle. I prefer Volvo over Scania... more a personal preference than a real difference in quality - both brands are great. However the Scania Longline XXL is hard to ignore. It's like a mix of a European and an American truck. Getting the best of both worlds. The manoeuvrebillity, fuel economy, safety and creature comforts of a European truck and a spacious cabin like in an American truck. The driver assist in the Scania is adaptive - radar keeping up with the traffic and surroundings - keeping distance to other vehicles, braking when other vehicles slow down. Your cruise control can be set at a given speed - you can overtake and getting back in line without having to brake if traffic slows down - when you can overtake again - you just pull out and it accelerates back up to the set speed. If I remember correctly - you can have the high beam and the windshield wipers on automatic - the light goes back to normal meeting incomming traffic and the wipers adjust to the rain. You can leave them on without having to even think about it. Lifting the axles makes hooking up to a trailer dead easy. You adjust the suspension to the height of the trailer. Way easier to only having to adjust the jacks for driving. But it's quite funny to see your excitement over things that more or less have been standard for 25 years or more in Europe. But there's one big difference between the US and Europe. In the US the trucks are often owner/operator in Europe truckers are operators in general. It makes a change in what reliability means. In Europe trucking companies have service agreements which makes the unexpected much less likely. There's a big limit to the DIY - but it doesn't matter - because you don't have to. An American owner/operator might choose old school - because you can be doing DIY when things go south. In Europe it's preventive maintenance and in the US it's maintenance. Things brake down - but you can be doing a lot yourself. I used to go offroading in my younger days in all sorts of vehicles - I'm oldschool in offroad for the very same reasons. You can repair or at least fix something to limb back to the workshop. That's just not happening in a modern truck - you need the cavalry with the expertise and the right tools - read diagnostic tools. If I can ride in comforts not having to depend on my own skills - just throw in whatever makes life easier. Having to depend on my own skills - there's a lot I can do without. You reduce the list from nice to have to need to have. Drum brakes are a good example almost everyone can repair/fix drum brakes with basic tools. If I were an owner/operator drum brakes would make good sense. DIY could be the thing keeping you in business - working in your own time - you may not be paid... But you just don't have to pay others for the service. Time is money. You pay with your time. It's all about striking a balance. What battles are worth fighting and what are better left alone - leaving it and paying for others to deal with it.
Drum brakes in a truck? Really? That won't stop even if it's empty. I didn't see drum in a truck since early '00, almost 20 years ago. I never in my life broke down from brakes. I broke down from tyres, coolant pump, turbo, intercooler, fuel pump. All these are the same in old and new ones and they can fail on both. Once I had a bunch of warning on my dashboard, I called Volvo, they checked it remotely, reset the ECU and I was on the road in 10 minutes. They changed a sensor and some cabling on arrival.
The cruise control thing you were talking about to automatically slow down or speed up to maintain a safe distance is called ACC or active cruise control. Should even be able to do stop and go in built up traffic. Also the door is designed so that shoes can go on the top step, a lot of European drivers treat their trucks like a home, the cabin stays clean.
@@benjaminvissers2074 There's a bunch of names for it tbh, BMW uses active which so many cars come under bmw, it's also called distronic, dynamic radar cruise control, intelligent cruise control and smart cruise control. All used by different companies to do the same exact thing. I just stick with Active cause its easier
The argosy was originally known as the freightliner century class argosy. The second generation argosy is based on the cascadia and much more modern inside.
Hats off the the TH-cam/Google/Alphabet algorithm that took an innocent question I asked a couple of days ago..."Why do I not see cab-overs in US", see a good video on it talking about length regulations making long nose useful again. Today I see this fresh breakdown video that tells me that there are no new cab-overs in the US because no one would buy a 2006 cab-over truck. Excited to see the next video with a modern cab-over vs long nose. Liked and subscribed to be sure I don't miss.
Leave this beautiful Scania as she is, just European, don't let Americans see these differences, don't ruin her with Americanness. Scania compared to this American peanut is like a beast, beautiful. These bare frames and open wheels do not fit European trucks.
Hhhh. I love it when male drivers refer to their vehicles being "she" for me it's mostly other way around. I refer to the ones i ride or drive as "he" .
Many have their outdoor shoes on the top step so they don't drag sand, water and mud into the cabin. In Sandinavien, you don't go inside with dirty shoes and get dirty, but inside the house the area is kept clean. Especially when there is snow, slush and mud, you mustn't get on the nice wooden floors. On the upper step they are locked by the door but do not spread dirt in the cabin. You can show it to the American truck drivers too.
DONT!!! Americanace your 2025 Scania. Leave it as is you got it from the factory. I bet the audience you are going with it are more interestid seinng what an Europen truck looks. instead you having you poking around in it to "Ameiricanace" it. Leave it at as it is.
@@PieterPatrickyea idk about the rest of europe but in sweden i have seen some wild scanias, and that’s just from walking to school through a small part of a small industrial area. So i don’t get the whole thing with keeping it european
@@sihiri_kabari mostly us Scandinavians doing it. also a fair amount in denmark. but here in sweden we do over do it every now and then. dont get me wrong i love my job even more because of it.
It's a demonstration model, it should be stock or very close to stock so that it actually represents the factory models. The yank style deck plate might be interesting but it might look like dog shit, I like full width plates but on a demo truck they make no sense as they hide too much.
The radar is mounted down in the front bumper of Scania and not up with the camera behind windshield.😉 And the words you we're looking for are adaptive cruise control, which will slow down or even stop the truck in heavy traffic when there is a car/truck/anything in front of the truck and then it will accelerate again to set speed.
Bruce, you need to come to New Zealand and see Scania’s working next to American trucks and then go to Australia and go through road train school and drive a road train in Australia that would make a great video.
@alexhampton2802 In Australia there is a mix. Kenworth, Mack and Volvo are locally made. Kenworth making bonneted (hooded) and cab over. On the long haul, heavy freight runs, the American style seems more prevalent.
@Bruce Wilson you should do a turn radius comparison between the cabover's and the ordinary US truck (perhaps the Peterbilt) , you can also see if the lift of the rear axle affects the turning radius of the Scania
😂When you came from Canada with that old scania (in the video) told you "what would you say if you were driving a new scania.? Well let me put it this way: you couldn't be more in love.....just like I am.
For towing you would probably use the front air hockups instead. Right under the remote for tilting the cab in the front grille there are some more of them.
The loghts at the front can work at the same time, i don't know if its just a button or a thing with the software, also wen the truck has a ext switch u can program thar so wen u hit the highbeam toggle it gives u a sort of disco light were the top one flashes the the middle one then the top one again enz. (Also diagonal). The distance rader u mentiond is called acc - addaptive cruise control. I would say check some clips on youtube about the dutch trucking culture to make it a clean great looking machine
Through its entire production, Freightliner assembled the Argosy in Cleveland, North Carolina. This facility produced vehicles for both North America and for export, as well as glider vehicles. In Australia and New Zealand, Freightliner replaced the Argosy with its Freightliner Cascadia conventional (bonneted) truck
I know some folks used to a truck with a hood will say that the cab is cramped, but Bruce didn't choose the tallest standard cab, as the taller ones have things like a flat cab floor with 6 foot plus headroom and rotating front seats like an RV, which gives more space. The EU have recently altered the minimum sleeper cab requirements for cabovers and the next generation of trucks will be about 15-20% larger inside to improve their aerodynamics and crashworthiness.
He said in the video why he didn't go for it, It's a Scania owned demonstrater and each trip needs to be pre-approved via Navistar & the govt, so he wants to be able to haul it on a lowboy.
EU allowed longer cabs but only one manufacturer used that exception - DAF. They extended the sleeper part by one foot (~30cm) without changing anything else. Mercedes showed the new aerodynamic Actros and they still use the same tiny sleeper as before.
@@sic22l Did you see their presentation video in which they hint at Daf while being very defensive and arrogant like "drivers don't need a bigger cab but a well organized cab" : typical Daimler attitude...
@@luluczs Typical corporational talk. Big truck operators know that if one manufacturer will release a properly big cab they will have to buy it to compete for drivers. They don't want that war because in Europe drivers are to save money, not spend money on them. And since truck manufacturers need to live in good terms with their bigges clients they know they can't step out of line.
@@luluczs Daimler constructed their Trucks for bosses, not for drivers. At the presentation of the new Actros the designer brag about the design. I don't se any design, for me it looks like a fridge. 😂
Watching this almost makes me tear eyed. So many memories riding along with my grandpa while he was alive. Mainly went along between 1994-2004, but in 2009: R.i.P 🥲 BUT! I am happy (hence my smiley choice; sad but happy) for the 29y I had him in my life (I'm born 1980) and his last years were not nice to him. Usually it was like every day home from hospital he had a week in hospital so his demise gotta been a relief for him. Sometimes it is better for us to give up and go on but he kept on all the way into "the eternal stubborness"... And also know some of the parts of the truck due to beeing part of the production line, or more exactly the powdercoating part so some parts been inspected and maybe even went thru my hands but only smaller things and nothing like an internal engine part or something but quite fun to see the end product. /DBB
These lights on top of the cabin, you call it Skylights (presence lights), have a reason to be there. Here in Europe, all trucks and buses have it, or just only two white lights. Is to mark the presence of the truck in roads that are coming from a little hill or are in the other side of highway with rails or bushes in the middle. As the lights are above the driver head, the going driver knows there is a truck coming and turn the high beam lights off. To avoid blind the truck driver. Nice?
Scania uses HERE Technologies for their integrated mapping and navigation system. HERE Technologies already has North American truck mapping and routing. You could possibly switch the mapping files on the sd card with North American mapping files and it may work. Contact HERE Technologies and they may have a simple solution.
If you, if it's using HEAR technology, as you say, scana knows that truck was shipped here to the United States, so you would assume that they would put the North American maps. On that SD card
@Dirtay427 Scania is using HERE Technologies and so is International, the LT series trucks are using HERE Technologies mapping and both International and Scania are part of the Traton group. An international LT sd card may just work or make a hybrid sd card using data from the Scania Europe sd card with international North American data.
i love it when truck manufacturers advertise a truck but its not for sale, and its not clear if it will be for sale in states, but it needs to lose some weight to work with general freight here, the truck is nice and ill buy it
My first class 8 truck was a 1979 Shortbunk cab over Freightliner, 350 Cummins, 10 speed direct, with 370 gears. It was a good truck. It was a decent truck for what it was. That Scania is like a luxurious G Wagon!
Why does this Scania truck have all these safety systems? Well it's mandatory in the EU since 2022 which means all EU trucks since 2022 comes standard with the following safety systems: - Adaptive cruise control - Autonomous emergency braking - Lane keeping system - Lane change warning system - Blind spot monitoring system - Tire pressure monitoring - Reverse camera - Black box
The Scania screams I'm designed by George Jetson for Futuristic Trucking Inc. and the Freightliner or Peterbilt suggests designed by Fred Flintstone for Bedrock Trucking Inc.
Schoolbuses in Scandinavia have had air ride seats since AT LEAST the mid nineties, at least when you got them from Scania or Volvo... Air ride seats are not a luxury. They're just what the driver is supposed to have.
The sleeping area remote is propably for air heat pump, webasto and air conditioning and maybe some sleeping curtains, and to my understanding it has apple car play. If anything, I would maybe install the power front sunvisor that Ylivoimala guy talked about. Othervise leave it stock. Ofcourse get navigation maps and camera warnings.
That on the keyfob is so you can check all your lights before you jump in, nice feature. The new MAN trucks which in my opinion have overtaken scania now have a panel in the bottom of the drivers door with all the switches you normally forget to press before you get out, it's genius.
38:24 Trucker Tim from Trucker Tim of the YT channel, UK, says that the Dutch have the best modified Scanias (and other brands), so take a look,you may like lt and maybe you promote some new modifying culture in USA….who knows,right?
My company has just gotten me a K270 Kenworth and I have the same mirrors on your Scania and at first the mirrors are a total mind fuck and now after driving it everyday for the past 2 months I find myself just using the top convex instead of the lower mirror.
Adaptive Cruise Control and the radar for this sits in de middle between the lower foglights (that black square, thats the radar). This feature Is adjustable that means the gap you will maintain between the Scania R770 and the vehicle in front of you while driving (adjustable in settings of this system). Also this radar communicates with the brakesystem, that means when you're to close to the vehicle in front of you the truck will automatically slows the truck down or even to a stand still to avoid a collision.
when you using air suspension its recommended to take handbreak off, thats why its so hard to use, because ur changing height physics will push some rods and stuff to make it harder to move.
as a swedish trucker who’s driven almost every brand here the thing with the steps is that you can push or pull the wind deflector so you have access to step up to put the cables etc on to the trailer. you didn’t spec it wrong it’s just you who’s misinformed that you could do it 😅 it’s really common here with wind deflectors to save fuel
Gotta review some US vs Euro truck crash test footage. I know Volvo are crazy good, I'm sure Scania are competitive but its nuts what the cab can survive these days.
We had argosys in New Zealand up until 2020 the interior did change like more modern gauges but still old school style steam gauges and they had the 75th anniversary edition with custom embroidered seats. The newest ones had DD15 engines
When you were talking about the radio / infotainment system if you connect your phone to the usb port via a charging cable you will have full Apple carplay or Android auto functions on the screen also
That's a pretty good match up between the Scandia and the freightliner argue the last most modern cabin over freightliner. And probably one of the most comfortable cable groups out for ever built.
That axle should come up on it's own if there's not a lot of weight on it. That coffee machine is awesome, I used to love it when I was driving trucks, recently retired now! My last truck was an FH volvo & i loved the drive & ride in it
@placebodomingo9989 I wonder if there is a sensor preventing cab tilt if there is liquid in the factory option coffee maker - it kinda would make sense. 😅
Great videos! The cool thing about the Scania is that even though it has an automatic transmission, you can also drive/shift manually. On the right lever -> M|A button and then pull the lever towards you or push it away. Greetings from Germany
Well actually its a manual transmission not an automatic. But the gear changes are controlled by an ECU and a pneumatic system. Its got a clutch and gears just like a stick operated truck. The switch just takes control away from the ECU but the rest is pneumatic.
It's an automated manual or single clutch transmission, whatever you wanna call it. Volvo has a dual clutch in their lineup so it shifts without interrupting power, but Scania hasn't made one for some reason
@@AlexKall You can call it what you like mate but as a Scania Master Technician for a number of years before I retired I can assure you Scania do not call it 'Automatic Transmission'. They call it the Opticruise gearbox. However Scania do offer a fully automatic transmission called GRS905 / GRSO905 Automatic.
@@1chish the type of transmission is called automated transmission as it's a manual transmission that has been automated, not to be confused with automatic transmission which is something else. I agree with your first post, just stating what the type of transmissions are called.
23:27 It's called adaptive cruise control (adaptive tempomat). "you set a certain speed on the display and you can set a range at which the truck should be from the vehicle in front of you. If the vehicle in from of you slows down, the truck will also slow down and the other way around until you hit the set speed again". Is the way to describe it.
Let me add some things to the differences that Bruce already pointed out. The steer axle of the Scania is positioned far more to the rear as with the Freightliner. The result of this setup is that the weight of the cab and the engine + gearbox is almost completely on the steer axle. That steer axle is a 10 tonne (22,000 lbs) axle as far as I know, so quite a bit heavier than the standard steer axle of a U.S. tractor (12,000 to 15,000 lbs). The rear axles will be 13 tonne (almost 29,000 lbs) axles, so the two can carry about 57,000 lbs. The weight limit for the tandem axles of a U.S. truck is 34,000 lbs. The strength of the cab is another difference. Many U.S. truckers have no idea how strong such a cab is. It is not a flimsy affair like with U.S. cabs. These European cabs are made from the strongest steel, and mounted in such a way that they can move to the rear in case of an accident, thereby absorbing a lot of energy. Should Bruce Americanize the Scania? Certainly not, it will look stupid. There’s quite a lot of after market Scania bling bling available in Europe, use that. I know, it has to be imported etc. , but it will look far more authentic. What Bruce could do, is mount a Nedking LED nameplate with the name of his company over the wind shield, between the two roof lights. That is a quite popular thing in Europe, and I’ve never seen it on a U.S. truck. What is the purpose of a truck with a 770 hp V8 engine? Well, for instance pulling a 60 tonne semi-trailer over the steep hills and mountains of Scandinavia. It is not meant for pulling a 36 tonne (80,000 lbs) semi-trailer over the flat planes of the U.S.A. There is good reason why Volvo U.S.A. doesn’t offer the 17 litre D17 engine with about the same power as this Scania V8. What to use this Scania for? Pulling flatbed trailers with loads like very heavy bulldozers of excavators, there it would shine.
I'm not a truck driver, just a regular dude here in Denmark and I'm not surprised by any of the features of the Scania, it just makes good common sense 😊 if I had to guess the age of the freightliner, I'd guess it was at least 30 years old 😂
Yet that "Socalled" Stone Age Freightliner is probably more durable than a Scania All that Frightliner cabover needs is some Updated 2024-2025 parts and it can journey on for a few more years
@@mercade1349 You have clearly never even seen a Scania in real life. I have driven many miles in nextgen Scanias over the last couple of years and I have seen plenty with a million miles already. And here in Sweden we have much higher weight limits and bad roads, so we really put our trucks to the test. Unlike the Freightliner, that Scania doesn't need EGR or VGT to clear emissions
@@mercade1349, you are having a laugh, European truck engineering is years ahead of US truck engineering, you need to look back at some of Bruce's earlier videos with the 16-year-old Scania that you can see in the background in the workshop, European trucks are built to last, unlike Us trucks which survive on botch it and carry on.
@@davidjames990 yet American has 30+ years old trucks that STILL WORKING and has Lasted MORE THAN A 16 YEAR OLD EUROPEAN TRUCK....U just made yourself look stupid with that reply....wheres your old 30+ year old European trucks eh collecting dust being stored away...meanwhile your Next Gen Scania volvo and such breaking down and in the shops...all because of 1 small yet MINOR modernize tech failure Yet any old 20+ uear old European truck without All the pain in the rear advance technology will out preformed and outlast any New Gen Scania and such Think aboout THAT BEFORE REPLYING WITH ANOTHER AGNORRANT comment
Both rear axles have drive when on the ground, locking the power divider just locks them together. One step further on the diff locker switch will cross lock each axle completely.
When you talk about the steps up to the cabin, you forget that almost all European drivers (and the passenger) leave their shoes on the top step. They do not want to drag dirt into the cabin, and drive in their socks. The top step is completely closed to the outside by the door, so the shoes stay there, and do not get dirty from the outside. The "shoe box" is there by design.
Exactly! When I drove trucks, all over Sweden and Norway, and spending 3-4 days and nights with the cabin being workplace, livingroom, bedroom, office etc. the shoes stayed outside. So comfy not having to wear them all day, and less dirt in the cab. I mostly drove Volvo tho, and they had one thing that was better than on the Scania, the shoes didnt get wet as easily on the "shoe step" on the Volvos. Otherwise, the Scania was nicer for the most parts.
He showed that in a older video
Not necessarily "by design" but it’s been used as such.
@@DennisJonsson-m7ncould not agree more. I drove r500 in Norway , not so much on north , only about 200km above Trondheim. But shoes where always wet till we fix the rubber around dors where two ends of it meet just above shoebox. Scania have the best driver oriented and most cozy cabin of all trucks i drove.
@@tapio_m6861 it is "by design" then you buy a Scania...
As a European, I get flashbacks to the 70s and 80s when looking at a brand new American truck. They are more than a generation apart.
A lifetime apart
modern american trucks are more like european from the 50's...
16 liter engine that outputs 330 hp and so on.
@Joffboff-do1nn 330hp? 🤣🤣🤣 I don't think you can find anything over 15 litres, and those are 450+ hp.
And Scania actually makes the biggest and most powerful class 8 diesel, if I remember correctly.
And what's so special about an air ride seat? Those were around going back to when I was a kid in the 70s, at least.
You do realize this is a 20 year old American truck right?
@@dariusrucker7854So? It “was” 30 years old 20 years ago
Don’t mess with the Scania. Leave it as it is, don’t try to make it american. The cool thing about it is that it ISN’T American but it is in America.
do european mods
@DirtyDieselV8 These new ones look so good, they don't even need modding at all imo.
He Americanizes it too much I’m out, I quit watching anything he did with the first Scania after he cut the roof off of it, that was monumentally stupid
Scania owns it so not much he can do without asking.
Do swedish mods. Put the swedish Trux moose bar on it. And fill it with a lot of extra lights.
I have been driving trucks in mines in Australia for a long time and I have to say nothing compares to a Scania when it comes to comfort and technology they are amazing.
Leave it original. It's absolutely beautiful, totally authentic and a real eye opener to the American market about how good things can be for the same kind of money as you guys are paying for 1990s tech.
1990 you are to kind more like early 1970... In Europe that American truck would end up at a museum or veteran club...
@@Zodopod You took the words right out of my mouth, and Im a Gothenburg native(home of Volvo), that truck would be with some veterans club, at the most.
@@kentnilsson465 I live less then 4km from Tuve factory and Lundby so I know.. 🙂
90's, come on.. A new Volvo or a Freightliner is near as up to date as you can get here, but idk if they cost the same. Kenworth and Peterbilt though.. yeah I guess they have some work to do but they are not that bad.
I'll still stay with a conventional. I'm in the deep south and radiant heat from the engine is always a problem, it just gets damn hot. Also don't want to deal with having to batten down the hatches so my stuff doesn't go everywhere when the cab has to be tilted forward. Last complaint, I have yet to meet anyone that likes the adaptive braking as there seems to be a problem with the system loosing its mind when you have a vehicle merging from an on ramp and the thing just goes full on with the brakes. One other thing, I had read that they used a V8 as a means of using less room under the hood. An inline six is a balanced engine, a V8 is not. All that being said I don't have any brand loyalty and it is a very nice truck with a lot of desirable features. I currently drive an International so it's not like I have a Rolls Royce.
Next thing to import? The metric system.
Fun fact, the mile is officially defined as 1.609344 meters.
Using the imperial system is literally just using the metric system but with extra unnecessary steps
@@starstencahl8985 "American Customary Units" - because SI is actually the only Congress-ratified system.
The US doesn't use Imperial, in fact.
For a country that recently elected a 34 count felon an adjudicated rapist a prolific liar all his life and a complete bonehead as President no, hell will freeze over before America joins the 21st century...
Nah 😂
Sounds like a reasonal thing. The yards, inch, miles and whatever is just made up by someone just "hip hunching all kind of stuff"...
/DBB
That´s nuts! The Freightliner looks lika something similar to a 60-70s kind of European truck. A fan hanging from the ceiling 😂😂😂😂😂
My first thought was that these old vintage trucks are really cool...=))
SO true!
the oldtimers who hauled fish from Norway to south of Europe used to have those fans , like in the 70's 😂
Was looking for this comment, all I could think when seeing that was, that looks like it was designed in the 70s...
@M5E3495 Vintage trucks are cool if they truly are vintage.....which TBF, I am _highly_ sus that the Freightliner actually is.
Otherwise, it's just forcing "retro" on everybody. Like, I don't force others to play my N64.
Here are some ideas for videos I'd like to see:
- How do a regular american trucker feel about the experience of driving a European truck? Let them drive it around for 15-20 minutes and share their feelings.
- Maneuverability/handling comparison. Let some truckers use it for shuffling some trailers around a yard, and hear what they feel on handling and visibility.
- Efficiency. How does it compare in running costs ( in a few months when you have some data to comapare)
He can't allow anyone else to drive it. He's the only person allowed to in the US. It's because he is classed as a Scania employee doing demonstrations.
@@dogsnads5634 On public road. The yard test is no problem to do.
We need to see actual serviceability and repair cost of scania and do a comparison to Peterbilt guaranteed Peterbilt wins every time cus scania don't have parts in America or technicians in America not to mention how expensive it would be to even repair a scania. Repair costs are far higher when electrical issues occur all them sensors and actuators and wiring yeah u won't have that problem with Peterbilt built. Simplicity is key not technology
Bruce. leave that scania as it is. bullbar, lights ok, but don't mess with it. that's what they made US trucks for
14:30 Tech tip, with long pressing remotecontrollers parklight button You can activate light inspection mode. In that mode all lights come on and off one after another so You can inspect them.
That's so cool, I've seen so many people on the road with burnt bulbs all around. Most egregious one was this guy in a dark motorway in the middle of buttfuck nowhere with no rear lights whatsoever. And the car was black!
Same: "Dont mess up the Scania, dont touch it, leave it original."
He doesn't know how to pronounce the name right.
It's fairly normal for owner operators to load up their Scania with a bunch of lights, decals and other small accessories. He could use European mod parts. I am a little curious to see him apply American sensibilities to Scania mods. Could be cool or look like complete crap but if it's cool to Americans 🤷♂️
As a European that American truck looks like something straight out of Convoy. Everything about it just screams 1970s
I never understood why all Americans screamed that cabover trucks are shit. Until today, when I saw a 2007 American cabover, that's still, is the latest and greatest in american cabover technology in 2024, and it has the same technology as euro cabovers did in the 80s. Yeah, I'd be screaming that cabovers are shit too if that's all I knew.
i laughed at the big piano hinge on the door
They also have the gear stick connected to the gearbox with a FREAKING CABLE like a boat motor xD
In the US, but check out the last version of the Aussie Argosy, the gap is not as huge.
If he didn't specify, that is the latest US cabover, I would have thought it was made by Czech LIAZ in late early 90's. But no it is brand new.
@@vihreelinja4743 They now use gear cables o euro trucks that have a manual box...though the majority are autos
Bruce, also behind the sun visor on the drivers side there is an extra flap that folds down,
Very useful when the sun is at low angle, early morning or late evening
Volvo FH has a power roll down sun visor that's the whole width of the windscreen. Just push a button to roll it up/down.
If It wasn't for the TINY little LED-display on the dash you would think that Freightliner was from the 60:s!! 😂
Try filling up a trailer to max weight and have a good old seasoned skeptical driver try it with the 770, Both power and turning radius. Just driving the truck alone does not say much. Remember when you was in Sweden and tried out the trucks there.... they were loaded up so you could see what they were good for.
Two things you failed to mention; - the difference between the Scania and the Freightliner when thinking about cab insulation. You can drive the Scania and talk to your passenger, at normal conversational level. With the Freightliner, you would have to shout to make yourself heard. Secondly - Stand back and compare. The Scania is a BEAUTIFUL truck. The Freightliner is more 'utilitarian'. I have to ask why that is? Is it that truck drivers in the US are seen as second class citizens, and don't merit the luxury of a comfortable ride and the technology that could make their job safer and less stressful? Bruce, thanks for bringing these issues to a wider audience!
It is you won't have female Truck Driver
The American truck manufacturers idea of driver comfort is we put a windscreen there to keep the bugs out your eyes.
And what’s bad is the “real truckers” in their 379/389 W900 complain about any little bit of driver comfort the truck makers put in the trucks. There’s one guy I know that took the frame off his seat, removed the air ride to make it sit lower without any thing to cushion the bumps except the seat cushion, but constantly complains about back problems.
A split window and chrome mirrors makes you go faster. 😮
@@driver8703 Sounds like American intelligence hard at work there.
@@sortebill I mean those type of drivers it’s usually all they have in their lives and they are huge bullshitters and have to look cool and talk big to lift themselves up from what they’re lacking. It’s why they are so opposed to change and modern automatics because they don’t understand the new stuff. But the truck makers haven’t made it easy, the trucks have not change hardly at all in the last 30 years other than the engines. The brand new Volvo VNL from what I’ve is the most radically changed American truck since forever. And autos were trash until Volvo and Mercedes began bringing over their euro design ones. What’s funny is all the long hood guys bad mouth Mack’s and western stars because they’re not a Pete or KW but the Mack’s and WS’s are the ones that are generally doing the toughest work in the industry as log trucks, heavy haulers, dump trucks
My Dad had a similar experience back in the 1960's, needed a truck real fast but the local (British) couldn't deliver one for months. Decided to try an obscure Swedish manufacturer (Volvo!) and was promised immediate delivery. It was a freaking revelation, comfortable, almost luxurious, compared to the British trucks he owned.
Dont mess up the Scania, dont touch it, leave it original.
He never ever listens bro. Just a waste of time to advice him.
@@boy_ka84Haven’t even learned how to say Scania.
no let’s see how bad it gets I wanna see a pure american scania lmao
You can have stock scanias in mexico. Don't leave it stock.
Holland Style build
The roof and grill lights, yes. They can be programmed via the scania diagnostic software. It's literally an option to tick.
Don't even need to tilt the cab to check and top off the oil level. Can get the oil level up on the dash, and there is still a conventional dipstick and oil fill under the grill, in red, below the electric wander lead for the cab tilt.
Let the Skawnia look European. Don’t ruin it.
I can imagine him trying to turn everything american instead of keeping it original :/
so sick of the way he pronounces scania
If you want it to look European it needs a tonne more lights and dura brights
I would paint brush on it some Swedish flag theme and a blonde Swedish hotie
Americanize the scania
When you run across these big trucks up in northern Parts of Sweden, drivers tend to stick a lot of extra lights on them to avoid collisions with moose and reindeers at night.. I mean like 14+ extra highpower lights.. I remember meeting one of those way back..Could have been 3kms away I saw like a pillar of light lighting up the clouds, bright as day coming towards me in the night.. he had to step down his lights almost 2km away as I was totally blinded by then. I first thought UFO, then realised it was just another truckdriver enjoying his night turned to day.. :)
Same in Brazil. Once, coming back home at 4AM, I saw the beams approaching over the horizon, and it wasn't even foggy. As soon as the driver saw me, they went to low beam.
I don't know if it was an Iveco, Volvo, Scania or VW, but sure as hell it was a cabover, bright as the sun LMAO
Not a trucker myself, but I have been informed by reliable sources that lifting the aft axle comes in very handy in winter conditions. It transfers a lot of weight to the one axle, and give a lot more grip.
Very true. And if you get a trailer with a lift axle, it's like driving driving a tank. 😂
Also if the lifting axle is at the rear it makes the turning circle so much smaller thus easier to manoeuvre in tight yards or street corners
@@TheSwampdoggydog havent seen any of those around. We have a couple with front lift axle, and i've seen some rolling around with only middle axle on the ground.
And still knowing when to lift, and when to drop it on purpose, makes manouvering so much easier.
@@Ephoros couple of previous volvo trucks i've driven in my company here in Finland had midlift, but pretty much all the current ones we have are equipped with taglift or rear lifting axle.
Also the wheel configuration was different, it used to be that the liftable axle in the middle only had single wheels whereas the current ones have dual wheel axles both in the middle and the rear.
@@Ephoros
Front lift ???
That would make steering rather difficult
That Freightliner looks like a 1970s truck. What you're seeing here really is forty years of technological advancement and sixty years of human factors application. European companies have been developing trucks for drivers and economy, US truck companies have been more concerned with putting chrome on turds.
Not true at all
Many American truckers rather have A Truck that's MEANT for working like that Freightliner cabover or a early 1990's early 2000's truck
And not to be drivin like a Car
@@mercade1349 so do european truck drivers, that better ergonomics equal happier and more aware drivers isn't new
@@mercade1349 So comfort is not an issue when you are working ? Really ? Personally i think that a person that get good comfort and pleasure when they do a job, stay in the job longer and like it better.
@@mercade1349, tell us that you're scared of technology without telling us, can't you understand that the reason that European trucks drive like a car for many reasons, driver safety being the most paramount, just because you are of the mindset that you need to float gears to be a trucker, complete BS and until you get out of that childish mindset, the US trucking industry will remain 10 years behind European trucking technology both in trucks and trailers.
@@mercade1349Yeah, no one in Europe does any WORK with their Scanias since they aren't MEANT for working. 🙄
Work is all Scanias do. They work and you can even be hella comfortable and sharp while you work alongside it. They work in the ice and snow of Arctic mountain roads and the dry warmth of the south.
Love seeing the sign on the floor. "Södertälje" is the city it was built in and also happens to be my home town. The city is basically 50% Scania.
Plz Bruce. Dont mess up the Scania. Keep it as original as possible.
When I saw the Freightliner, I had flashbacks to my childhood. I was born in '71...
The crazy thing about European trucks is, that all the goodies you showed, are in every truck. The comfort and the design makes the difference.
About the mirrors... in Germany you see more and more trucks with cameras instead of mirrors.
You forgot two things Bruce.
The air controller got a magnet behind it so you can stick it to the cab when you’re outside.
The infotainment system have apple CarPlay if you connect your phone with cable.
Truck is called “lastbil” in Swedish. It’s a combined word of “last” = load and “bil” = car. “Bil” is and abbreviation of “automobil”.
Ah! Dat is waarom mijn moeder zegde dat ik lastig kan zijn. lol
23:20 Adaptive cruise control 👍🏼
Or Active Cruise Control
Man, I didn't see your comment! Now, well usually, I look like an IDIOT 😂
Also funny enough, I can't comment on what this particular Scania has but it can use LIDAR for that lol.
@@mateuszg9866Adaptive cruise control is what we call it here in the UK.
it has an acc (adaptive cruise control) probably little black box somewhere behind the grill. also think it has a radar on the right side of the truck for cyclists in your blind spot from the looks of it.
Having been a truck driver for over 40years I've driven Bedfords, Mercedes, Iveco, MAN, Renault, Volvo and Scanias, and the best was Scania, especially the Streamliner with a double bed over the top of the windscreen and a singe bunk behind the seats. The lat company I drove for was a Danish company, best job I ever had, driving throughout Europe. Great days!
I'm still amazed that You convinced Scania to hire you has an agent to make this happen.
Won’t last long after he bastardises it with American shite and ruins the beauty of it from the factory
It is the better truck, no doubt.
For the deck:
give decks plates hinges and lock-down nuts or something with cylinders, so it's easy to open up to show what's under there, but also for service. Have the deck divided into sections and have each sections openable. You can also have a cover made over those air tanks between the wheels.
This just makes me proud to be a second generation Swedish American 🇸🇪. Everything that comes out of Sweden has a different feel to it. I suggest that you keep the truck as European as it already is, Bruce.
Not just Sweden, everything European has a different feel. It’s just better in every way
Do you know Allt för Sverige? A tv program to go meet your Swedish family and learn more about your heritage
You Americans with your "race categories" are kind of ridiculous. Doing everything in their power to be anything but "plain American" now you're "2nd generation Swedish-American" what does that even mean?
Can you even speak the language?
A note about the stairs up to the cab. You see the top step is behind the door and is more or less totally enclosed. Most drivers will leave their outdoor shoes in there and put on inside shoes or clogs inside the truck itself.
So, leave shoes on top step, go into cab and put on your indorr shoes. Leave the truck nice and clean inside :)
Don't worry about the colour of the air filter in the Scania. It looks like it's activated carbon air filter for your extra pure air.
Correct.
genuine handpicked Swedish carbon lol
@@RunawayTrain2502 everyone knows scandinavian carbon is top notch
he allready put it the wrong way back i think xD
Filters out the smell of Texans.
I work for Volvo Trucks Finland and I do love the iconic noise of straight pipe Scania V8 🤌 Nah but for real, I really appreciate the friendly competition we have with Scania. It really drives the technology on these big rigs at insane speed. Every month we get new insane innovations, that makes Euro trucks even more powerful, and enviromental than the last model was. I love my job, and my employer is really good to me. But you also have to appreciate your competitors. They are part of the driving force, that makes us better.
One thing you certainly do better is headlights. The adaptive ones that make sure you don't blind oncoming traffic while still having light in your lane is insane. Well, the insane part really, is how this is a new inovation.
The Volvo-Scania war has been an ongoing conflict for many years amongst northern European truckers and there is no sign of peace in sight. May the best truck win! 😄
Indeed! Hello neighbour 👋
😮in South Africa you will see more Volvos than Scania thing is they more fuel efficient
Volvo makes much nicer trucks than Scania. Scania looks so ordinary, while Volvo trucks(Globetrotter XL) are the king of the road.
There's a Long line XXL version of your truck. The cab is extended 40" and can be customized to your personal taste and budget. I saw one this summer. I'd never seen one before... Even when I've stopped trucking some years ago and now works as a certified electrician - I couldn't resist to ask permission to have a look. That thing was sweet - it had the works. The painting and decals were master class and the interior was unbelievable... The owner/operator had spent close to 100 Grand USD on a custom design. The bed could be lifted up and make place for living space, an office or making food - almost like a small appartment with all the creature comforts of a modern lifestyle. I prefer Volvo over Scania... more a personal preference than a real difference in quality - both brands are great. However the Scania Longline XXL is hard to ignore. It's like a mix of a European and an American truck. Getting the best of both worlds. The manoeuvrebillity, fuel economy, safety and creature comforts of a European truck and a spacious cabin like in an American truck. The driver assist in the Scania is adaptive - radar keeping up with the traffic and surroundings - keeping distance to other vehicles, braking when other vehicles slow down. Your cruise control can be set at a given speed - you can overtake and getting back in line without having to brake if traffic slows down - when you can overtake again - you just pull out and it accelerates back up to the set speed. If I remember correctly - you can have the high beam and the windshield wipers on automatic - the light goes back to normal meeting incomming traffic and the wipers adjust to the rain. You can leave them on without having to even think about it. Lifting the axles makes hooking up to a trailer dead easy. You adjust the suspension to the height of the trailer. Way easier to only having to adjust the jacks for driving. But it's quite funny to see your excitement over things that more or less have been standard for 25 years or more in Europe. But there's one big difference between the US and Europe. In the US the trucks are often owner/operator in Europe truckers are operators in general. It makes a change in what reliability means. In Europe trucking companies have service agreements which makes the unexpected much less likely. There's a big limit to the DIY - but it doesn't matter - because you don't have to. An American owner/operator might choose old school - because you can be doing DIY when things go south. In Europe it's preventive maintenance and in the US it's maintenance. Things brake down - but you can be doing a lot yourself. I used to go offroading in my younger days in all sorts of vehicles - I'm oldschool in offroad for the very same reasons. You can repair or at least fix something to limb back to the workshop. That's just not happening in a modern truck - you need the cavalry with the expertise and the right tools - read diagnostic tools. If I can ride in comforts not having to depend on my own skills - just throw in whatever makes life easier. Having to depend on my own skills - there's a lot I can do without. You reduce the list from nice to have to need to have. Drum brakes are a good example almost everyone can repair/fix drum brakes with basic tools. If I were an owner/operator drum brakes would make good sense. DIY could be the thing keeping you in business - working in your own time - you may not be paid... But you just don't have to pay others for the service. Time is money. You pay with your time. It's all about striking a balance. What battles are worth fighting and what are better left alone - leaving it and paying for others to deal with it.
Drum brakes in a truck? Really? That won't stop even if it's empty. I didn't see drum in a truck since early '00, almost 20 years ago. I never in my life broke down from brakes. I broke down from tyres, coolant pump, turbo, intercooler, fuel pump. All these are the same in old and new ones and they can fail on both. Once I had a bunch of warning on my dashboard, I called Volvo, they checked it remotely, reset the ECU and I was on the road in 10 minutes. They changed a sensor and some cabling on arrival.
30:45 raising the axle can also be done to close in your turning circle
it looses even to his 25+ years old Scania
And increases traction in a pinch.
The cruise control thing you were talking about to automatically slow down or speed up to maintain a safe distance is called ACC or active cruise control. Should even be able to do stop and go in built up traffic. Also the door is designed so that shoes can go on the top step, a lot of European drivers treat their trucks like a home, the cabin stays clean.
I thought it was "adaptive" 😅 Same same.
@@benjaminvissers2074 There's a bunch of names for it tbh, BMW uses active which so many cars come under bmw, it's also called distronic, dynamic radar cruise control, intelligent cruise control and smart cruise control. All used by different companies to do the same exact thing. I just stick with Active cause its easier
Americans don't take the shoes of at home, some of them not even in bed...
2007!? I would have tought 1992 or something!
Its a misleading video, The design of that truck is literally from the early 90’s It’s also a rare truck… Nobody actually uses those for work
Even 1992 seems to new, atleast alot of it. Holy shit american trucks are outdated.
My bet was more like mid 80's.
2017 i belive he said even.
The argosy was originally known as the freightliner century class argosy. The second generation argosy is based on the cascadia and much more modern inside.
Hats off the the TH-cam/Google/Alphabet algorithm that took an innocent question I asked a couple of days ago..."Why do I not see cab-overs in US", see a good video on it talking about length regulations making long nose useful again. Today I see this fresh breakdown video that tells me that there are no new cab-overs in the US because no one would buy a 2006 cab-over truck. Excited to see the next video with a modern cab-over vs long nose. Liked and subscribed to be sure I don't miss.
Leave this beautiful Scania as she is, just European, don't let Americans see these differences, don't ruin her with Americanness. Scania compared to this American peanut is like a beast, beautiful. These bare frames and open wheels do not fit European trucks.
Its too late 😂😂😂
The white Scania (now parts truck) could be a better suited candidate for the American hybrid style truck.
@@BadAndUglyWite black end blue Scania together. 😊
Hhhh. I love it when male drivers refer to their vehicles being "she" for me it's mostly other way around. I refer to the ones i ride or drive as "he" .
You mean he SHOULD show Americans the differences, I suppose?
Many have their outdoor shoes on the top step so they don't drag sand, water and mud into the cabin. In Sandinavien, you don't go inside with dirty shoes and get dirty, but inside the house the area is kept clean. Especially when there is snow, slush and mud, you mustn't get on the nice wooden floors. On the upper step they are locked by the door but do not spread dirt in the cabin. You can show it to the American truck drivers too.
DONT!!! Americanace your 2025 Scania. Leave it as is you got it from the factory. I bet the audience you are going with it are more interestid seinng what an Europen truck looks. instead you having you poking around in it to "Ameiricanace" it. Leave it at as it is.
We would also pimp it here in Europe.
Nice airbrush, more lights and a bit chrome.
@@PieterPatrickyea idk about the rest of europe but in sweden i have seen some wild scanias, and that’s just from walking to school through a small part of a small industrial area. So i don’t get the whole thing with keeping it european
@@sihiri_kabari mostly us Scandinavians doing it. also a fair amount in denmark. but here in sweden we do over do it every now and then. dont get me wrong i love my job even more because of it.
It's a demonstration model, it should be stock or very close to stock so that it actually represents the factory models. The yank style deck plate might be interesting but it might look like dog shit, I like full width plates but on a demo truck they make no sense as they hide too much.
DONT!!! Tell this man what or how to do with his property.
The radar is mounted down in the front bumper of Scania and not up with the camera behind windshield.😉 And the words you we're looking for are adaptive cruise control, which will slow down or even stop the truck in heavy traffic when there is a car/truck/anything in front of the truck and then it will accelerate again to set speed.
Bruce, you need to come to New Zealand and see Scania’s working next to American trucks and then go to Australia and go through road train school and drive a road train in Australia that would make a great video.
Would love that. You guys in Oceania have it cooked, best of both. Do you find USA bonneted trucks are more popular, or European cab overs?
That's a great series right there.
Great idea for a video series to compare the Scania with American trucks both in Australia and especially in New Zealand...
@alexhampton2802
In Australia there is a mix.
Kenworth, Mack and Volvo are locally made.
Kenworth making bonneted (hooded) and cab over.
On the long haul, heavy freight runs, the American style seems more prevalent.
@lindsaybrown7357 yeah I read that, very cool that you guys get locally built Volvos (and MACKs) Volvo would be the most popular euro brand I imagine?
I love cab overs and I love Scania trucks. I hope this helps bring them to the US market.
Will probably have tarrifs put on them to protect the american truck market and they will be too expensive to buy.
23:00 Its "Adaptive Cruise Control" = ACC, i have that in my car. very handy.
That freightliner looks like it came out in the 80's, i would have never guessed 2007.
its looks like it was used in a Smokey and the Bandit film ( which I loved btw ) .
@Bruce Wilson you should do a turn radius comparison between the cabover's and the ordinary US truck (perhaps the Peterbilt) , you can also see if the lift of the rear axle affects the turning radius of the Scania
The biggest problem i have with your Scania is that there is no Griffen on the sides!
I agree with a big griffen logo somewhere on the cab but keep the rest as is.
Wow that's a 2006! It looks like an absolute relic!
It's like 1976
😂When you came from Canada with that old scania (in the video) told you "what would you say if you were driving a new scania.? Well let me put it this way: you couldn't be more in love.....just like I am.
That Freightliner looks like a mix of Leyland Roadtrain and Bedford TM from 40 years ago
The 1980's called it wants its cabover back. That Freightliner looks so ancient already.
For towing you would probably use the front air hockups instead. Right under the remote for tilting the cab in the front grille there are some more of them.
The loghts at the front can work at the same time, i don't know if its just a button or a thing with the software, also wen the truck has a ext switch u can program thar so wen u hit the highbeam toggle it gives u a sort of disco light were the top one flashes the the middle one then the top one again enz. (Also diagonal).
The distance rader u mentiond is called acc - addaptive cruise control. I would say check some clips on youtube about the dutch trucking culture to make it a clean great looking machine
Through its entire production, Freightliner assembled the Argosy in Cleveland, North Carolina. This facility produced vehicles for both North America and for export, as well as glider vehicles. In Australia and New Zealand, Freightliner replaced the Argosy with its Freightliner Cascadia conventional (bonneted) truck
I don’t even know why I started to warch thi video, but I really liked it! Good job!👍🇸🇪
I know some folks used to a truck with a hood will say that the cab is cramped, but Bruce didn't choose the tallest standard cab, as the taller ones have things like a flat cab floor with 6 foot plus headroom and rotating front seats like an RV, which gives more space. The EU have recently altered the minimum sleeper cab requirements for cabovers and the next generation of trucks will be about 15-20% larger inside to improve their aerodynamics and crashworthiness.
He said in the video why he didn't go for it, It's a Scania owned demonstrater and each trip needs to be pre-approved via Navistar & the govt, so he wants to be able to haul it on a lowboy.
EU allowed longer cabs but only one manufacturer used that exception - DAF. They extended the sleeper part by one foot (~30cm) without changing anything else. Mercedes showed the new aerodynamic Actros and they still use the same tiny sleeper as before.
@@sic22l Did you see their presentation video in which they hint at Daf while being very defensive and arrogant like "drivers don't need a bigger cab but a well organized cab" : typical Daimler attitude...
@@luluczs Typical corporational talk. Big truck operators know that if one manufacturer will release a properly big cab they will have to buy it to compete for drivers. They don't want that war because in Europe drivers are to save money, not spend money on them. And since truck manufacturers need to live in good terms with their bigges clients they know they can't step out of line.
@@luluczs Daimler constructed their Trucks for bosses, not for drivers. At the presentation of the new Actros the designer brag about the design. I don't se any design, for me it looks like a fridge. 😂
Watching this almost makes me tear eyed. So many memories riding along with my grandpa while he was alive. Mainly went along between 1994-2004, but in 2009: R.i.P 🥲
BUT!
I am happy (hence my smiley choice; sad but happy) for the 29y I had him in my life (I'm born 1980) and his last years were not nice to him. Usually it was like every day home from hospital he had a week in hospital so his demise gotta been a relief for him. Sometimes it is better for us to give up and go on but he kept on all the way into "the eternal stubborness"...
And also know some of the parts of the truck due to beeing part of the production line, or more exactly the powdercoating part so some parts been inspected and maybe even went thru my hands but only smaller things and nothing like an internal engine part or something but quite fun to see the end product.
/DBB
Adaptive cruise control is what it's called Bruce
Lol! 2007!! I thougt the American truck were maybe mid 70's. 🤣
Wow this truck looks so futuristic compared to what I'm used to seeing. It's really cool!
This model of scania trucks came out just like this one at 2016 in europe. Its like 10 years old already here.
These lights on top of the cabin, you call it Skylights (presence lights), have a reason to be there. Here in Europe, all trucks and buses have it, or just only two white lights. Is to mark the presence of the truck in roads that are coming from a little hill or are in the other side of highway with rails or bushes in the middle. As the lights are above the driver head, the going driver knows there is a truck coming and turn the high beam lights off. To avoid blind the truck driver. Nice?
Scania uses HERE Technologies for their integrated mapping and navigation system.
HERE Technologies already has North American truck mapping and routing.
You could possibly switch the mapping files on the sd card with North American mapping files and it may work.
Contact HERE Technologies and they may have a simple solution.
If you, if it's using HEAR technology, as you say, scana knows that truck was shipped here to the United States, so you would assume that they would put the North American maps.
On that SD card
@Dirtay427 Scania is using HERE Technologies and so is International, the LT series trucks are using HERE Technologies mapping and both International and Scania are part of the Traton group. An international LT sd card may just work or make a hybrid sd card using data from the Scania Europe sd card with international North American data.
i love it when truck manufacturers advertise a truck but its not for sale, and its not clear if it will be for sale in states, but it needs to lose some weight to work with general freight here, the truck is nice and ill buy it
Genuine question now, is the American trucks lighter than the EU cabovers?
I know the fully spected r770 weighs at most about 23000lbs without trailer
@@Swedfarmer1 yes, generaly lighter, my volvo vnl 670 weighs around 18k lb without fuel and all my junk
My first class 8 truck was a 1979 Shortbunk cab over Freightliner, 350 Cummins, 10 speed direct, with 370 gears. It was a good truck. It was a decent truck for what it was. That Scania is like a luxurious G Wagon!
And even a Mercedes AMG G65 is full Offroad capable, If you need it. 🙂
G-Wagens are tacky & shit, This isn't.
the top lightes are "Elk lights" ,very nice when your're driving in the mountains in Norway/Sweden/Finland
Why does this Scania truck have all these safety systems? Well it's mandatory in the EU since 2022 which means all EU trucks since 2022 comes standard with the following safety systems:
- Adaptive cruise control
- Autonomous emergency braking
- Lane keeping system
- Lane change warning system
- Blind spot monitoring system
- Tire pressure monitoring
- Reverse camera
- Black box
Adaptive cruise is not standart, lane keep only warning is standart, tpms only became standart from this year i think. Cameras not standart also.
The Scania screams I'm designed by George Jetson for Futuristic Trucking Inc. and the Freightliner or Peterbilt suggests designed by Fred Flintstone for Bedrock Trucking Inc.
That Freightliner looks outside better than inside. At the moment you were inside with your cam, it felt like a time travel back to the early 80s 😆
Schoolbuses in Scandinavia have had air ride seats since AT LEAST the mid nineties, at least when you got them from Scania or Volvo... Air ride seats are not a luxury. They're just what the driver is supposed to have.
The sleeping area remote is propably for air heat pump, webasto and air conditioning and maybe some sleeping curtains, and to my understanding it has apple car play. If anything, I would maybe install the power front sunvisor that Ylivoimala guy talked about. Othervise leave it stock. Ofcourse get navigation maps and camera warnings.
That on the keyfob is so you can check all your lights before you jump in, nice feature. The new MAN trucks which in my opinion have overtaken scania now have a panel in the bottom of the drivers door with all the switches you normally forget to press before you get out, it's genius.
38:24 Trucker Tim from Trucker Tim of the YT channel, UK, says that the Dutch have the best modified Scanias (and other brands), so take a look,you may like lt and maybe you promote some new modifying culture in USA….who knows,right?
We build beautiful D A F semi’s as well 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
Dutch style is the best and I’m a Brit lol
I still think he should modify the black scania to dutch specs.
My company has just gotten me a K270 Kenworth and I have the same mirrors on your Scania and at first the mirrors are a total mind fuck and now after driving it everyday for the past 2 months I find myself just using the top convex instead of the lower mirror.
Adaptive Cruise Control and the radar for this sits in de middle between the lower foglights (that black square, thats the radar). This feature Is adjustable that means the gap you will maintain between the Scania R770 and the vehicle in front of you while driving (adjustable in settings of this system). Also this radar communicates with the brakesystem, that means when you're to close to the vehicle in front of you the truck will automatically slows the truck down or even to a stand still to avoid a collision.
when you using air suspension its recommended to take handbreak off, thats why its so hard to use, because ur changing height physics will push some rods and stuff to make it harder to move.
Actually the newest in American semi technology is the 2025 Volvo vnl. Which ironically is also a swedish company
The VH line is so much better lol
@@playboy010227 And yet the interior of the 2025 american volvo is still from the last gen euro volvo...
And they're still not as good as the actual Swedish Volvos lol
@@Masterfighterx They are Americanized Volvos.
@@butchphillips873 Oh, I know, what I said pretty much says that.
as a swedish trucker who’s driven almost every brand here the thing with the steps is that you can push or pull the wind deflector so you have access to step up to put the cables etc on to the trailer. you didn’t spec it wrong it’s just you who’s misinformed that you could do it 😅 it’s really common here with wind deflectors to save fuel
The cab is the extended model so the wind deflectors can't be moved like the black Scania.
@ pretty sure we can move all wind deflectors no matter cab length
@Pengu_VR Well the cab has been lengthened almost the size of the wind deflector. So even if you could move it you won't earn any space.
@ i need to ask my uncle who works at scania in stockholm
Gotta review some US vs Euro truck crash test footage. I know Volvo are crazy good, I'm sure Scania are competitive but its nuts what the cab can survive these days.
Like the Moose test ??
@stephentootle6388 more like steel coils through the cab and 100kph into concrete lined embankments and off rased areas. Nuts stuff.
We had argosys in New Zealand up until 2020 the interior did change like more modern gauges but still old school style steam gauges and they had the 75th anniversary edition with custom embroidered seats. The newest ones had DD15 engines
Love youre brother behind the Camera. Great questions and commentary.
Agree with you! In my opinion much better than ryan with all his annoying coughing, sneezing and heavy breathing.
yes it's much more than "damn", "Jeez"...etc 😄
When you were talking about the radio / infotainment system if you connect your phone to the usb port via a charging cable you will have full Apple carplay or Android auto functions on the screen also
That's a pretty good match up between the Scandia and the freightliner argue the last most modern cabin over freightliner. And probably one of the most comfortable cable groups out for ever built.
That axle should come up on it's own if there's not a lot of weight on it. That coffee machine is awesome, I used to love it when I was driving trucks, recently retired now! My last truck was an FH volvo & i loved the drive & ride in it
if you're going to make coffee, do a full pot with just water first to get rid of that 'brand new' taste
And empty it before tilting the cab.
@placebodomingo9989 I wonder if there is a sensor preventing cab tilt if there is liquid in the factory option coffee maker - it kinda would make sense. 😅
You can mount a microwave in that cab. In the middle compartment. Have mounted it on many Scanias! 220v micro and inverter
Great videos! The cool thing about the Scania is that even though it has an automatic transmission, you can also drive/shift manually. On the right lever -> M|A button and then pull the lever towards you or push it away. Greetings from Germany
Well actually its a manual transmission not an automatic. But the gear changes are controlled by an ECU and a pneumatic system. Its got a clutch and gears just like a stick operated truck. The switch just takes control away from the ECU but the rest is pneumatic.
@@1chishthey are called automated transmissions.
It's an automated manual or single clutch transmission, whatever you wanna call it. Volvo has a dual clutch in their lineup so it shifts without interrupting power, but Scania hasn't made one for some reason
@@AlexKall You can call it what you like mate but as a Scania Master Technician for a number of years before I retired I can assure you Scania do not call it 'Automatic Transmission'. They call it the Opticruise gearbox.
However Scania do offer a fully automatic transmission called GRS905 / GRSO905 Automatic.
@@1chish the type of transmission is called automated transmission as it's a manual transmission that has been automated, not to be confused with automatic transmission which is something else. I agree with your first post, just stating what the type of transmissions are called.
23:27 It's called adaptive cruise control (adaptive tempomat). "you set a certain speed on the display and you can set a range at which the truck should be from the vehicle in front of you. If the vehicle in from of you slows down, the truck will also slow down and the other way around until you hit the set speed again". Is the way to describe it.
And a tip, release the parkingbrake when controlling the airride 👌
Let me add some things to the differences that Bruce already pointed out.
The steer axle of the Scania is positioned far more to the rear as with the Freightliner. The result of this setup is that the weight of the cab and the engine + gearbox is almost completely on the steer axle. That steer axle is a 10 tonne (22,000 lbs) axle as far as I know, so quite a bit heavier than the standard steer axle of a U.S. tractor (12,000 to 15,000 lbs).
The rear axles will be 13 tonne (almost 29,000 lbs) axles, so the two can carry about 57,000 lbs. The weight limit for the tandem axles of a U.S. truck is 34,000 lbs.
The strength of the cab is another difference. Many U.S. truckers have no idea how strong such a cab is. It is not a flimsy affair like with U.S. cabs. These European cabs are made from the strongest steel, and mounted in such a way that they can move to the rear in case of an accident, thereby absorbing a lot of energy.
Should Bruce Americanize the Scania? Certainly not, it will look stupid. There’s quite a lot of after market Scania bling bling available in Europe, use that. I know, it has to be imported etc. , but it will look far more authentic.
What Bruce could do, is mount a Nedking LED nameplate with the name of his company over the wind shield, between the two roof lights. That is a quite popular thing in Europe, and I’ve never seen it on a U.S. truck.
What is the purpose of a truck with a 770 hp V8 engine? Well, for instance pulling a 60 tonne semi-trailer over the steep hills and mountains of Scandinavia. It is not meant for pulling a 36 tonne (80,000 lbs) semi-trailer over the flat planes of the U.S.A. There is good reason why Volvo U.S.A. doesn’t offer the 17 litre D17 engine with about the same power as this Scania V8.
What to use this Scania for? Pulling flatbed trailers with loads like very heavy bulldozers of excavators, there it would shine.
Please, everyone who reads this comment, leave a similar comment: Dont mess up the Scania, dont touch it, leave it original.
I'm not a truck driver, just a regular dude here in Denmark and I'm not surprised by any of the features of the Scania, it just makes good common sense 😊 if I had to guess the age of the freightliner, I'd guess it was at least 30 years old 😂
You couldn't offer me enough money to work with that stone age Freightliner😂
Yet that "Socalled" Stone Age Freightliner is probably more durable than a Scania
All that Frightliner cabover needs is some Updated 2024-2025 parts and it can journey on for a few more years
@@mercade1349 You have clearly never even seen a Scania in real life. I have driven many miles in nextgen Scanias over the last couple of years and I have seen plenty with a million miles already. And here in Sweden we have much higher weight limits and bad roads, so we really put our trucks to the test. Unlike the Freightliner, that Scania doesn't need EGR or VGT to clear emissions
@@mercade1349, you are having a laugh, European truck engineering is years ahead of US truck engineering, you need to look back at some of Bruce's earlier videos with the 16-year-old Scania that you can see in the background in the workshop, European trucks are built to last, unlike Us trucks which survive on botch it and carry on.
@@davidjames990 yet American has 30+ years old trucks that STILL WORKING and has Lasted MORE THAN A 16 YEAR OLD EUROPEAN TRUCK....U just made yourself look stupid with that reply....wheres your old 30+ year old European trucks eh collecting dust being stored away...meanwhile your Next Gen Scania volvo and such breaking down and in the shops...all because of 1 small yet MINOR modernize tech failure
Yet any old 20+ uear old European truck without All the pain in the rear advance technology will out preformed and outlast any New Gen Scania and such Think aboout THAT BEFORE REPLYING WITH ANOTHER AGNORRANT comment
@@mercade1349 holy copium
Both rear axles have drive when on the ground, locking the power divider just locks them together. One step further on the diff locker switch will cross lock each axle completely.
Fans in the front is for having AC with the engine off when you’re sleeping for those who dont know. 😊
In scania u have a parking ac by the truck itself. And it blows like really cold air, not just move warm air around.