When you know that Swedish trucks are hauling the worlds longest and heaviest road trains on the other side of the planet, it makes you proud to be Swedish
id like to see a link, In Australia we pull 4 trailer road trains on public roads all over the state of QLD and WA so please let me see your Swedish trucks
@@TindogTravels Uhm, Volvo has manufactured 50.000 trucks in Australia since 1972, mostly for the Australian market. To my knowledge, the Volvo FH16 10x6 700hp rated at 175 tonnes is not that uncommon in the Australian outback. Even the Volvo FH16 6x4 is fairly common down under (but maybe not for the longest road trains).
I feel like USA an EU are like the complete opposite, here trucks have had automatic gearbox for quite a time now but until very recently the large majority of the cars where manual, and for you guys it seems to be the other way around 😅
The explenation for that is pretty simple. In the early age of automatic gearboxes, they needed alot more fuel than a manuels gearbox. Give that fuel is much cheaper in USA the higher consumption, wasnt as big of a problem and they became popular. Today that automatic gearboxes are much more efficent they also become popular in Europe. Trucks in the USA are often owner operators and given the low population density repair shops are far away when you break down they need to be able to fix it them self, that is much more difficult with an automatic gearboxes. In Europe Truck driver are usely employed and repairshops are on every corner and automatic truck gearboxes are more efficent because they are basicly computer controlled manuel gearboxes.
@@seenile6962 pickup truck ? We don’t have a lot of those here, when you buy such a « large car » especially if it has a big engine, you gonna have to pay and extra fee for it, and then they make people buy a SUV wich is polluting just as much and is 10 times less practical 😅
I-shift is a robotized manual gearbox. I have driven that truck model and it's no different from a normal passenger car aside from the driving position and size of the vehicle. Very comfortable. And I was involved in the development of that truck model.
At the time of filming, this truck had the most powerful factory engine in any commercial truck. Volvo was the first to reach the 700hp mark with the FH16 700 in the late 2000s. Then came the Scania R730 with the 730hp, 16.4L V8. Then came the Volvo FH16 750. Now, Scania has the title for the worlds most powerful truck at 770hp and a mind boggling 3700Nm of torque. No other European brand makes engines with over 650hp anymore. Mercedes stops at 625hp, MAN went back to 640 after touching 680hp with the 15.8L V8 in their previous generation. All others are still in the low-high 500hp ranges. Edit: On the wheels, when in crawler gear, this truck has a torque output of 113 742Nm of torque. That's 83 892lb ft. It's not just the engine, but the really low gear ratios of the transmission makes it able to pull insane amount of weight. Edit 2: I also think I recognise the harbor. If I'm not mistaken that's Gate 6 of the Gothenburg Harbor. The big red and blue cranes you cane see in the distance in some of the shots are part of Gate 3 and 4, operated by APM Terminals.
The Volvo 700hp only had the title of worlds strongest truck for a few minutes actually, Scania reveled the 730hp at the same show and stopped Volvo's whole show, Volvo had to take down the banner that said worlds strongest truck during the show to save face and minimize their total PR campaign failure after hyping it up for months, fun times.
I think other brands have (anymore) no ambition in a competition to have the most HP. Above 500 HP is a small segment and less lucrative for the most manufacturers
@@E33Tpro doesnt sound right as Scanias 730hp is less than Volvo 750hp and only few years ago Scania introduced 770hp engine, so Volvo was at least few years with the highest hp.
Volvo trucks has made some amazing commercials over the years, Van Dammes epic split for one. What surprises me with this stunt is not that they managed to get it moving but that the hook/connector/whatever you call it could hold the load from at least ten times more than allowed.
Ten times is not really a problem. The safety limits are somewhere near 15x to 20x the allowed amount to be able to withstand some seriously heavy abuse for several years on end. They go through some of the hardest material and construction testing you can imagine.
@@Dan23_7 Yea, the jaws on the 5th wheel are the normal weak point. Although I have seen one trailer that snapped the Kingpin off, flush with the rubbing plate.
@@nicksykes4575 Do you ever watch “mega machines” channel ? They video massive diggers and dozers getting moved around quarries etc. Som of the low loader angles compared to where the cab is makes you wonder how 5th wheel or kingpin stay intact 😂
Used to drive between east and west of Norway crossing some steep mountain roads five nights a week for four years in a Volvo with I-Shift. Hurricanes, snowstorms and icy steep hills were common, but only once did I have to use the manual override on the transmission. The I-Shift-system is superior when it comes to traction and shifting automatically. Also rarely used chains, because of our way of loading trucks, winter tyres and liftable axles. In the winter, I usually put around 19 tonnes on the two rear axles of the tractor unit, and could lift the rear one to get about 22 tonnes on the driving axle in a pinch. That gives a lot of traction when needed.
@@neovo903 duh "inertia is greater" ´cause 750 "is greater" than 188... Still a TRUCK should be a lot stronger than a HUMAN, not just 750/188 = ~4x times.
It sould. What is in sweden and finaland just called a truck. A double articulated 25meter long vihicle is in a lot of countries called a road train. Also worth saying that 30 meter (or 32 meter, quite exactly recall) can be transported with a permanent permit. Standard truck weight was recently expanded to 74tons. The only thing you need for 74 tons is a standard truck-trailer license. And they can go pretty much anywhere with in the country (apart from places with special bans of case). And we do that pretty much on a regular service going into central Stockholm with flatpack concrete buldings. Intresting there is no hight restriction what so ever. If it fit under the under pass its fine. If you have a 10 meter high sailing boat and you map your route out not going under any underpass. No problem. Also over size load can be pulled with no permit or simple permit. This is the most common heavt thing on swedish roads. They are generally not very long. Like 18 meter or so. But can be 4 meter wide and typically they try sqezing it in under 4.8 meter in hight do clear most overpasses. This is a strange thing in sweden. Most heavy manufacturing is inland in smal towns that nobody heard of. The reason is hydro power. Because back in the 18 century prior to both electricity and steam was a thing, they had to build all those stuff right nexto waterfalls. So loads of industry grew up nexto inland waterfalls. Untill 1970 most things was just transported on chanells. Then railroad. But then the stuff grew to big to be transported on railroad. So that is the reason we have loads of huge trucks The timer and ore industry have just followed along.
@@Aquarium-Downunder We sort of don´t use the term in Nordic countries. But the people down on the continent usually call our trucks for road-trains. Of cause, when they go down to Germany they have to split them on two trucks. The thing is that we have mostly double hinged trailers, they are quite a bit longer than the normal single or semi hinged. At least when pulling lumber, the double hinge are exactly double as long as the semis. And semi trucks are quite rare. Most trucks used truck bed with a double hinged trailer, than if its a long truck, there is a semi after the dubble hinged trailer. That would make it 4 lumberstacks long, its the same length as 3 semi trailers.. I did find two videos of nordic trucks that only exist here. Some of them are actually pretty common, some are a bit rarer. th-cam.com/video/wZB-qZj2GBs/w-d-xo.html The first one is probobly just a finish thing, have not seen those here. Second one is really about the lifter, but there are loads of trucks there, looks like there are both 2, 3 and 4 stackers. And nowdays there are high and low stacks also. The high stack fit about 30% more. Third one extreem loads. Those are actually fairly common, even at normal roads. Of cause, loads that big is a bit more uncommon. The fourth one is the multi modular container for gravel. Those are just about everywhere. They also commonly have to changer, so they can run 3 shipments with one truck. Its really nice becasue then you can order 3 different fraction and just pay for one transport. Fifth one is a tall 4 stackers. Those are a bit more uncommon. Really just exist in the north, Down here south they usually run mostly 3 stackers. The thing with the 4 stacker is that they can´t run them with a crane on the truck. So they can´t load them self, they have to swich trailers. So they have to drive to a parking lot to swich trailers, that is only a point if they have very far to drive, that is never the case down south. but up north that is pretty common. Our north is very similar to your outback, but we got cold and raindears in steed of warm and kangaroos. The sith one is also really common. But they usually drive around with a trailer behind it to load. When the logs are carried to the saw mill they ground down all the roots and branches to make heat, electricity and fuel of.
@@Aquarium-Downunder There was a other video as well. I think those videos was really good. Showing stuff that is fairly common to us, but uncommon in the rest of the world. th-cam.com/video/aUuYiTApccI/w-d-xo.html A other supersize load. Those are very common on some routes, typically between a place that makes stuff and the harbor. And it can be like 100 or 200 km. And typically the last 5-10km is right throw a city. (well, the outskirts) Second one is just a normal road gravler. I guess they wanted Norway here to. Norway have smaller trucks than Sweden and finland. The text is all wrong here. This is road maintenance, not anti slip graveling. The third one is a huge 4 stacker with a crane, those are only legal in Finland, not in Sweden. That truck is probobly 34 or 35 meters long, but only got one trailer. Those trucks as far as i know, only common in Sweden and Finland. And this one is 2 or 3 meters longer than is alowed in Sweden. The fourth one is a ultra large timer truck. This is sort of a cheat. They run it on sort of a farm equipment license. So its excluded from all maximum load limits. They also have a special concrete road bed for it, so its also excluded from the normal maximum axle load. Looks like they are runing almost 20 ton per axel. That is pretty much train loads. The fifth one is a normal snowplow with gravel and/or salt dispenser. There is probobly over a thousand of those. Really common. The last one a dual modular asfallt transporter. Those are a bit trickier than the gravel transporter. The video kind of missed the point of them. It need a second wagon to fully work. Those are also super common. Wouldn´t suprice me if you had those in Australia to. Would work just as well there.
@@matsv201 We have some trucks with 100's of wheels for big loads that need police escourts for things getting mover from point A to mines. The army has trucks with up to 10 wheel drive
Scania has the most powerful production truck engine at 730 horsepower, then Volvo overtook them with this 750 horsepower unit Last year Scania came back with its 770 horsepower engine that produces 3700nm (2728,98 pound-force feet) of torque
A company near me has 3 T cab 770’s My bro was saying Scania don’t actually produce the Tcab, it’s a Dutch firm that builds them from the S model. £750.000 each they are. My bro is a truck mechanic and diesel technician, he also drives a Volvo 750 💪🏼💪🏼 for ALB transport near Southport They have a fleet of 750’s and a good old 4 series 580 Scania, manual gearbox of course 😁
Considering researching & developing new tech is something not only EUROPE but the rest have done ,its just that in usa you have the impression you move on but you guys dont have tough laws so you dont improve engines gearboxes tyres and so on as much as you think. This is without trying to insult but usa in terms of cars/trucks are behind the rest since you have next to nothing laws for them.
Hi Ian, In Finland the trucks can be up to 35 meters long, 4,4 meters high, 2,6 meters wide and total weight of 74 ton. on public roads! And the strongest truck at the moment is the 770 hp V8 Scania. You are wellcome to ask any thing abaut europeean trucks! th-cam.com/video/VkTTS0cyRVA/w-d-xo.html Film from Power truck show Finland th-cam.com/video/l1-jxTpCtLE/w-d-xo.html Greetings from a truck driver in Finland!
Keep in mind: This engine is availble in the U.S. as well and not only in Volvo Trucks. It's also available for marine usage. However, one of the most popular engines in U.S. Trucks is actually a joint venture. As far as i know, while paccar bought DAF in the late 90's, the engineering of the MX-13 engine is still done as a joint venture. The MX-13 engine is used in Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAFs alike. Freightliner and Western Star use Mercedes engines (or rather - Daimler Truck, since last year..) and Volvo Powertrains are in MACK Trucks (for example) So, this isn't just a European exclusive ;) oh and - the FH16 shown in the Video is a special heavy duty version with 325 Tonnes of capacity from the factory. Mercedes calls the Actros Hevy Duty Version "SLT" and it has "ultra hevy duty couplings" capable of up to 1000 Tonnes and up to 8x8 drive (so all axles are driven) - i'm sure Volvo also has such a special version and it's absolutely bonkers
GO figure that there are Volvo powertrains in MACK since Volvo OWNES MACK since they bought Renault Trucks and they in turned owned MACK at the time. ;)
There is a video when Magnus is competing in strongman and he faces of against a bigger dude in armwrestling, magnus ends up snapping the other guys arm
For me nothing beats a V8 Scania. There are many videos with them doing drive by's. Compare them to other makes and you'll be hooked! Guaranteed 😍😍😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Volvo trucks are pretty beast mode. Anther difference is Euro trucks tend to have modern interiors. In Australia obviously we use both and the American olschool style are decked out nicely. However i have to admit with my last job we had an new Mercedes that was all modern and it was a really nice change.
Altough this rig seems ridiculous, because it's so long and so many containers, but it is actually not that far off from what this truck has to do in reality. This truck is not your regular semi-truck that is transporting regular goods on the road. This is a heavy hauler, the kind of truck used for special hauls (not american so no idea how to call it in english), super heavy industrial equipment, wind turbines and so on, the kind of hauls where roads have to get blocked for them to fit through. Some of these loads actually get up to 400-500 tonnes Would be fun to look at a video of one such super heavy haul
It's the same cab size as all Volvo FH cabs, the 16 in the model is irrelevant to the cab size a 500hp Volvo FH has the exact same cab if desired as it can be ordered with a low cab or flat top too for vehicle fuel delivery applications where low forecourt canopies would restrict entry with high cabs. The cab is comparable to Shania Highline formerly Topline, Merc's Mega space or DAF's Super space cabs. All makers have the same engine, gearbox and wheel combinations as ghe top end cabs but with small "squat" cabs (low roof line, flat with top of the doors). Typically though all cabs are the larger cabs unless local or day work use only. Few trucks sold today in the UK (where I know more about), have day cabs (no bed short length cab (front to rear)). The majority are sleeper cabs single bunk, then double bunk then day cab configuration in that order of majority.
I'm a trucker for DHL UK, we drive Volvos, previously I've driven the new gen Scania, would be nice to see the Volvo FH16 750 "rival" Scania V8 S770 going through this same challenge.
Well, you got something called friction as well. Try count how many wheels that truck is pulling. Each wheel is putting out resistance. From what I can count, there are 392 wheels in total on all those semi's (that's not included the truck itself), and that's a lot of rolling resistance which the truck still need to pull.
I know its not a truck, but it is still awesome pulling power: I used to have a 5.0 L V10 VW Touareg, and on TH-cam is a video of it pulling a Boeing 747.... th-cam.com/video/WmM-635RR6o/w-d-xo.html
750 tons is 1,653,466.97 pounds,so save your Google for today ,Your Welcome AND JUST TO LET YALL KNOW ,THIS IS A PAYLOAD DESIGNED FOR TRAINS AND CONTAINER SHIPS.
For a stock factory truck this is really awesome. Imagine how hard it must have been to start such an ammount of weight. But as a railroader i think, yeah 750 hp for 750 tons, normal, 1 hp per ton, go full throttle, let torque converter convert, and wait for the train to get up to speed :D
Actually no. The Volvo I-Shift is an automated manual transmission, its essentially a manual (13+2 crawler gears) with a computer system assisting in selecting the correct gear for any situation.
750 hp is not limit on serial production trucks in Europa. Its Scania R 950 SERIAL producto´ions. Of cause it can make tuning and more power ,but transmission not handle more then 1600 hp./ 5000 Nm.
@@toomasargel8503 the engine can easily produce 1150hp continuously, and does so from factory (just a retrofit from the normal engine in the factory) but the cooling of the truck limits it to a continuous max of 770hp, remember that 770hp is made to haul so it’s no good if you can’t use it
@@toomasargel8503 true, but for daily use, we dont usually go above 500 HP. Plenty enough for hauling 40-44 tons which is the maximum allowed weight, atleast in my country, depending on the truck/trailer combination you use. Speedlimit is 80 km/h and trucks are electronically limited to 85-90 km/h so 450-500 HP is kinda the sweetspot.
Both i-shift and Scanias Opticruise are however no longer sychronized, since the computer and the robotics are so fast, and so accurate that they do not need a syncromesh, so to save on parts and repairs they have removed the syncros in newer models. i think volvo got rid of theirs in the FH3 and scania in the Next Generation
Alright, so you've done big trucks, long trucks and powerful ones. How about good looking ones? Found a 1.2h long video should you have time during dinner 😄th-cam.com/video/B2P-JDUaL6U/w-d-xo.html Take care, P
The truck was straight out of the factory, with a full tank of fuel and NO extra modifications to it. That takes balls the size of crash helmets to try and succeed like that.
Thanks bro! The Swedes make great cars and trucks! It was so sad what happened to SAAB! Thanks GM!! Idiots! The legendary Saab 900 turbo alone! I was lucky that my girl friend`s father had one in the early 80s. It was out of this world! So sad! Regards from Finland!
Kitos/ Thx Jari. The 900 Turbo sure was a beast in its own way. Lol i remember a family from south Sweden visited us and Percy, the husband just bought one of these and back then it was very hyped so he went out started it up for a while, then took a cpl of laps around our area to warm it up 😊
Automated-manuals have been pretty common in European commercial vehicles for about 20 years. I passed [my test] in a manual in 2003, but rarely do I see a manual vehicle. If there is a manual about at work, I'm one of the few drivers in the company licensed to drive it. Over here if you take your test in an auto, you can only drive autos. All that said I wouldn't like to actually use a manual for work. Manuals are rare nowadays, so If I do see one, it's usually an old shed of a vehicle. So while I like a manual gearbox, modern tech is much nicer to live with & nobody wants to sit in a rattly old cab.
I havnt seen a fully manual in decades... a while those manual-automatic hybrids was a thing where the truck had like 4 manual gears then there was a automatic shift up half gear. Go back a bit more (like early 80tys) those half gears was half automatic. That is, you dont neet to clutch but you still had to hit it. There was also some version with 4 split gears. (I never seen those, only heard about them)
To such a degree that they had to allow students to take their test on these "automatics" (in manual mode) because it's hard for the schools to get hold of used trucks with a manual gearbox.
Back in the day you had to pay extra for automatic shift, but from what I understand this has now shifted, and you actually have to pay extra for a manual shift truck here in Norway
@@luketickner5305 no there not, there’s variants busses run a fully automatic transmission like you find in cars, cement trucks run automatics where I am in Australia local bin trucks are automatics…
i drive a volvo daily and nowadays it's all automatic gearboxes.....when you want a manuel transmision you have to pay more then a automatic that's why it's all automatic now, and volvo truck have space enough inside and trucks in europe are compact on the outside, i work in the event branche and i love to see american truck but i'm gladd i drive a volvo here because in know for sure that i can't go at the tight places that i needed to go in a american truck ......even with the volvo i drive it's all about inches and sometimes i need realy all of them when you have to go to an old city centre or a festival but hey there you learn to drive....greetings from the Netherlands
Automatic gearboxes for truck have advanced in leaps and bounds for heavy vehicles. I remember when they were first coming on the market and the doubts that old-school truckies had about them. I was lucky enough to have a run in an automatic prime mover pulling a B-double from Mackay to Gympie 10 or so years ago. No, I wasn't driving, I was hitch-hiking. But the driver and I had a great yarn about the truck and how good the box was. I'm an ex-truck driver, so we had a good old yarn.
Allison's were the first auto that I remember but now with computers, automated manuals are extremely capable. If a little weird to drive at first. This vid shows the importance of gear ratios.
Truck driver's wife here. I thought cab-overs were regarded as old hat in the US? Looks like Volvo has converted you back! Amazing trucks, incredible build quality and built-in ROPS to beat anything after-market can offer. Also, according to the husband, some of the comfiest seats around, a bit important if you're doing long days and huge distances.
The last factory long nose truck we had in Europe was the Scania T cab last built in 2005. The newer T cab we see in Europe and Brazil are made in a shop, not by factory
@@Daniel-zv5mi see adan answer. It was years ago the last official T Scania left the factory. The Dutch usually rebuild Scania and Volvo trucks to make them nose.
Ian if you look on you tube just came on titled transponder Bathurst trucks no cars 2022 on candid tourist site It's the transporters going through Bathurst in on for the race this week end on the 9th If your interested nice rigs Cheers mate
Hi just a bit of background from here in Ireland/Europe. Volvo really are the pioneer of truck auto trans here in Europe with the iShift. It is ultra reliable, tough and smooth. I personally know loafs of truckers and every last one of them rave about iShift.
Well, in Baalbek Libanon the moved stone blocks around 1000 tonnes in ancient times, there are still stone blocks in the quarry that weight 1600 tonnes! Also the Egyptians moved stone blocks that are insanely heavy over long distances and with bumpy roads and up and down hills, that is just on another level!
It is a super great truck. Expensive tho but they could have gone faster but the "stopping" afterwards is a challenge to (you just can't stop so many tons with just a truck if it was going faster). But yea, Volvo do great machinery/engineering
If you're interested in heavy haulage, look for some videos of power station transformers being transported, ALE transport and Allelys, plenty of vids on TH-cam. How they move those around is just epic.
thats cool but i once saw a police range rover here in the UK pull a fully loaded truck and trailer out of the way when it broke down causing traffic jams..
Hey! Loved this video; thought you might be interested in watching what I believe is both the longest and heaviest road train ever pulled by a factory truck! Enjoy th-cam.com/video/nJB6rAEFQLo/w-d-xo.html
it makes you realize how efficient trains are when it comes to moving huge amounts of cargo, a single locomotive can easily pull a few thousand tonnes at considerable speeds
Magnus placed on podium several times and won the worlds strongest man one year. He is also kind of known for breaking his opponents arm the only year armwrestling was a part of WSM. He had experience of it as opposed to most of his opponents.
i love how european car manufacturers present their cars like as if theyre a piece of art with stunnig music and camera work. And here we are in the truck industry putting in final boss fight music portraying their truck as the only thing capable of beating thor
I would be more wary of the amount of air needed to release the brakes of all those trailers. I hope it is a two piston pump and not a single piston air pump on it. Mind you neither would be capable of producing that much air.
Remember my first ride in a Volvo FH 700 I- shift...( first time I-shift) Had loaded a bottom section af a windmill tower... totally 220 tons.. I thought: you will never get out of here... uphill climb to start with.. started up. and what happened? knocked the pedal and engine went to 2000 rpm... 2-3 secs...hysticically... and then we started mowing... and got almost soundless... out of the harbour... hilly climb afterwards... no problem... austrian/german/italian alps no problem...it a beast
If you compare Volvo trucks to Scania Trucks, then i am afraid that the Scania has the edge in preformance. But both Volvo and Scania are good trucks to use.
I passed my class 1 licence in 1987 and my lorry had a 6 speed synchro box..... my first job.... a bloke throwing the keys to me for a motor with a 10 speed spicer box, crash box, double de- clutching
I currently own a volvo vnm630 here in the USA with a D13 motor and i-shift trans. I went from a freightliner to volvo and haven't looked back since. I just wish they still offer us the D16 motor.
BTW, the Volvo I-Shift transmission is available in the US for the Volvo VNL (but not that insane 750 horse powerplant). Also, that trailer setup reminds me of a double stack intermodal train, without the well cars...
the length of the whole thing lets me say empty. a full 40 foot container weights arround 30 tons, 2 on top of aech other would be 60 tons per trailer. But it was 20 trailers and 40 containers, so the couldn't be fully loaded.
The truck is amaizing. I have a volvo car and I love it. But don't you think, that here is more involved physics? As an ex-engine driver, I can assure you, that a locomotiw 110t, 2100 hp, can easily pull a 2000 t train. In America and Australia, even in Russia you have trains of 8,9, 10 000 tones. I think it is amaising and good add, but add.
The record for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. This length is the equivalent of 156 London buses!
you need to put a couple asterisks in there buddy: 1) it was done in perfect atmospherical conditions 2) the truck has 3 drive axles 3) the truck was not stock
@@Moribax85 and yet that same truck was used to pull loads on Aystralian rds. Meaning it was legal. No other attempt has come close. And while we're at it Australia holds the record for the longest and heaviest train 7.3km 682 cars 99700 tons
@@nipponsuxs legal doesn't mean stock, what's your point? In the US is legal to travel on public roads with what are basically race cars that have the chassis stock, in Italy you can't put anything on that isn't listed in the vehicle registration, i.e. your registration sais you can have 16'' to 18'' rims, you put 19'' rims on, your car is illegal. The asterisks should be there to denote the fact that one was completely stock, the other wasn't, a out of the factory Mitsubishi Lancer versus an official WRC Mitsubishi Lancer, the classis comparing of oranges to apples.
Nearly a mile, long, could be other imperial stuff like chains (74 chains) But no 113 trailers is translated to 156 london busses to make it more precise.
@@2adamast I know he means the stereotypical double decker buses, but if you consider that TFL also operates bendy buses, which are much longer, it makes even less sense.
Volvo has always been about stability and safety...I remember as a child or teen there was a TV ad by Volvo in which they had an elephant standing on the top of a Volvo station wagon ( only a small Indian elephant🙃) to demonstrate the superior build and stability (Swedish steel !!!)
Posting a link to your Suggestions video (sorry, posted multiple) thing. I have one coming with the World Record truck tow...which of course happens here in Australia.
we in🇨🇿 get our licence driving manual, but I drive automatic..and for all curious of interiour, I recomend oficial presentation of new DAF from netherlands, I expect jaws dropping like mine, I wish my company switch to them ASAP😂
When you know that Swedish trucks are hauling the worlds longest and heaviest road trains on the other side of the planet, it makes you proud to be Swedish
I didn't know that. I Australien?
Not quite the longest, but close 😉
id like to see a link, In Australia we pull 4 trailer road trains on public roads all over the state of QLD and WA so please let me see your Swedish trucks
@@TindogTravels but as far as I've understood the truck itself is a Volvo, at least sometimes
@@TindogTravels Uhm, Volvo has manufactured 50.000 trucks in Australia since 1972, mostly for the Australian market.
To my knowledge, the Volvo FH16 10x6 700hp rated at 175 tonnes is not that uncommon in the Australian outback.
Even the Volvo FH16 6x4 is fairly common down under (but maybe not for the longest road trains).
I feel like USA an EU are like the complete opposite, here trucks have had automatic gearbox for quite a time now but until very recently the large majority of the cars where manual, and for you guys it seems to be the other way around 😅
The explenation for that is pretty simple.
In the early age of automatic gearboxes, they needed alot more fuel than a manuels gearbox.
Give that fuel is much cheaper in USA the higher consumption, wasnt as big of a problem and they became popular.
Today that automatic gearboxes are much more efficent they also become popular in Europe.
Trucks in the USA are often owner operators and given the low population density repair shops are far away when you break down they need to be able to fix it them self, that is much more difficult with an automatic gearboxes.
In Europe Truck driver are usely employed and repairshops are on every corner and automatic truck gearboxes are more efficent because they are basicly computer controlled manuel gearboxes.
Euro trucks gearboxes aren't true automatics. They're still manual but a computer does the shifting.
@@jonasstahl9826 yeah manuals are way easier to maintain and fix you can just go to a junkyard buy a gearbox and here you go
Because...RTL020918 Road Ranger boxes are the bosssof the roaod lol..plus cheap n economical to repair.
@@seenile6962 pickup truck ? We don’t have a lot of those here, when you buy such a « large car » especially if it has a big engine, you gonna have to pay and extra fee for it, and then they make people buy a SUV wich is polluting just as much and is 10 times less practical 😅
I-shift is a robotized manual gearbox. I have driven that truck model and it's no different from a normal passenger car aside from the driving position and size of the vehicle. Very comfortable.
And I was involved in the development of that truck model.
At the time of filming, this truck had the most powerful factory engine in any commercial truck. Volvo was the first to reach the 700hp mark with the FH16 700 in the late 2000s. Then came the Scania R730 with the 730hp, 16.4L V8. Then came the Volvo FH16 750. Now, Scania has the title for the worlds most powerful truck at 770hp and a mind boggling 3700Nm of torque. No other European brand makes engines with over 650hp anymore. Mercedes stops at 625hp, MAN went back to 640 after touching 680hp with the 15.8L V8 in their previous generation. All others are still in the low-high 500hp ranges.
Edit: On the wheels, when in crawler gear, this truck has a torque output of 113 742Nm of torque. That's 83 892lb ft. It's not just the engine, but the really low gear ratios of the transmission makes it able to pull insane amount of weight.
Edit 2: I also think I recognise the harbor. If I'm not mistaken that's Gate 6 of the Gothenburg Harbor. The big red and blue cranes you cane see in the distance in some of the shots are part of Gate 3 and 4, operated by APM Terminals.
The Volvo 700hp only had the title of worlds strongest truck for a few minutes actually, Scania reveled the 730hp at the same show and stopped Volvo's whole show, Volvo had to take down the banner that said worlds strongest truck during the show to save face and minimize their total PR campaign failure after hyping it up for months, fun times.
@@E33Tpro shiat happends, kippis perkele :D
I think other brands have (anymore) no ambition in a competition to have the most HP. Above 500 HP is a small segment and less lucrative for the most manufacturers
@@E33Tpro doesnt sound right as Scanias 730hp is less than Volvo 750hp and only few years ago Scania introduced 770hp engine, so Volvo was at least few years with the highest hp.
@@crocket1971 yes, the strongest trucks are mostly beneficial for mountainous areas and heavy loads.
Volvo trucks has made some amazing commercials over the years, Van Dammes epic split for one. What surprises me with this stunt is not that they managed to get it moving but that the hook/connector/whatever you call it could hold the load from at least ten times more than allowed.
Ten times is not really a problem. The safety limits are somewhere near 15x to 20x the allowed amount to be able to withstand some seriously heavy abuse for several years on end. They go through some of the hardest material and construction testing you can imagine.
@@gundalfthelost1624 Aha didnt know that, it just seems like a lot of strain on something as small as that!
@Solar Plexus Not forgetting the 5th wheel what the kingpin latches into
@@Dan23_7 Yea, the jaws on the 5th wheel are the normal weak point. Although I have seen one trailer that snapped the Kingpin off, flush with the rubbing plate.
@@nicksykes4575 Do you ever watch “mega machines” channel ?
They video massive diggers and dozers getting moved around quarries etc.
Som of the low loader angles compared to where the cab is makes you wonder how 5th wheel or kingpin stay intact 😂
Used to drive between east and west of Norway crossing some steep mountain roads five nights a week for four years in a Volvo with I-Shift. Hurricanes, snowstorms and icy steep hills were common, but only once did I have to use the manual override on the transmission. The I-Shift-system is superior when it comes to traction and shifting automatically. Also rarely used chains, because of our way of loading trucks, winter tyres and liftable axles. In the winter, I usually put around 19 tonnes on the two rear axles of the tractor unit, and could lift the rear one to get about 22 tonnes on the driving axle in a pinch. That gives a lot of traction when needed.
although just for demonstration and for a short distance, that's still impressive and shows how it can put the power onto the street
And really impressed with the VBG coupler and kingpin holding all that!
if you consider that a man has pulled a 188 t plane, whats impressive about a truck pulling 750 t?
And also how easy it is that even someone with no experience can use it
@@gshaindrich resistance and inertia is greater with the 750 ton trailers
@@neovo903 duh "inertia is greater" ´cause 750 "is greater" than 188... Still a TRUCK should be a lot stronger than a HUMAN, not just 750/188 = ~4x times.
This is a record that Volvo Truck dealers can show when selling trucks in Australia. Yes it will work as a roadtrain.
It sould. What is in sweden and finaland just called a truck. A double articulated 25meter long vihicle is in a lot of countries called a road train.
Also worth saying that 30 meter (or 32 meter, quite exactly recall) can be transported with a permanent permit.
Standard truck weight was recently expanded to 74tons. The only thing you need for 74 tons is a standard truck-trailer license. And they can go pretty much anywhere with in the country (apart from places with special bans of case).
And we do that pretty much on a regular service going into central Stockholm with flatpack concrete buldings.
Intresting there is no hight restriction what so ever. If it fit under the under pass its fine. If you have a 10 meter high sailing boat and you map your route out not going under any underpass. No problem.
Also over size load can be pulled with no permit or simple permit. This is the most common heavt thing on swedish roads. They are generally not very long. Like 18 meter or so. But can be 4 meter wide and typically they try sqezing it in under 4.8 meter in hight do clear most overpasses.
This is a strange thing in sweden. Most heavy manufacturing is inland in smal towns that nobody heard of.
The reason is hydro power. Because back in the 18 century prior to both electricity and steam was a thing, they had to build all those stuff right nexto waterfalls. So loads of industry grew up nexto inland waterfalls.
Untill 1970 most things was just transported on chanells. Then railroad. But then the stuff grew to big to be transported on railroad. So that is the reason we have loads of huge trucks
The timer and ore industry have just followed along.
@@matsv201 It must be a truck with no less than 3 trailers to be a roadtrain in Australia, 3 to 10 trailers are norma for roadtrains.
@@Aquarium-Downunder We sort of don´t use the term in Nordic countries. But the people down on the continent usually call our trucks for road-trains. Of cause, when they go down to Germany they have to split them on two trucks.
The thing is that we have mostly double hinged trailers, they are quite a bit longer than the normal single or semi hinged. At least when pulling lumber, the double hinge are exactly double as long as the semis.
And semi trucks are quite rare. Most trucks used truck bed with a double hinged trailer, than if its a long truck, there is a semi after the dubble hinged trailer. That would make it 4 lumberstacks long, its the same length as 3 semi trailers..
I did find two videos of nordic trucks that only exist here. Some of them are actually pretty common, some are a bit rarer.
th-cam.com/video/wZB-qZj2GBs/w-d-xo.html
The first one is probobly just a finish thing, have not seen those here.
Second one is really about the lifter, but there are loads of trucks there, looks like there are both 2, 3 and 4 stackers. And nowdays there are high and low stacks also. The high stack fit about 30% more.
Third one extreem loads. Those are actually fairly common, even at normal roads. Of cause, loads that big is a bit more uncommon.
The fourth one is the multi modular container for gravel. Those are just about everywhere. They also commonly have to changer, so they can run 3 shipments with one truck. Its really nice becasue then you can order 3 different fraction and just pay for one transport.
Fifth one is a tall 4 stackers. Those are a bit more uncommon. Really just exist in the north, Down here south they usually run mostly 3 stackers. The thing with the 4 stacker is that they can´t run them with a crane on the truck. So they can´t load them self, they have to swich trailers. So they have to drive to a parking lot to swich trailers, that is only a point if they have very far to drive, that is never the case down south. but up north that is pretty common. Our north is very similar to your outback, but we got cold and raindears in steed of warm and kangaroos.
The sith one is also really common. But they usually drive around with a trailer behind it to load. When the logs are carried to the saw mill they ground down all the roots and branches to make heat, electricity and fuel of.
@@Aquarium-Downunder
There was a other video as well. I think those videos was really good. Showing stuff that is fairly common to us, but uncommon in the rest of the world.
th-cam.com/video/aUuYiTApccI/w-d-xo.html
A other supersize load. Those are very common on some routes, typically between a place that makes stuff and the harbor. And it can be like 100 or 200 km. And typically the last 5-10km is right throw a city. (well, the outskirts)
Second one is just a normal road gravler. I guess they wanted Norway here to. Norway have smaller trucks than Sweden and finland. The text is all wrong here. This is road maintenance, not anti slip graveling.
The third one is a huge 4 stacker with a crane, those are only legal in Finland, not in Sweden. That truck is probobly 34 or 35 meters long, but only got one trailer. Those trucks as far as i know, only common in Sweden and Finland. And this one is 2 or 3 meters longer than is alowed in Sweden.
The fourth one is a ultra large timer truck. This is sort of a cheat. They run it on sort of a farm equipment license. So its excluded from all maximum load limits. They also have a special concrete road bed for it, so its also excluded from the normal maximum axle load. Looks like they are runing almost 20 ton per axel. That is pretty much train loads.
The fifth one is a normal snowplow with gravel and/or salt dispenser. There is probobly over a thousand of those. Really common.
The last one a dual modular asfallt transporter. Those are a bit trickier than the gravel transporter. The video kind of missed the point of them. It need a second wagon to fully work. Those are also super common. Wouldn´t suprice me if you had those in Australia to. Would work just as well there.
@@matsv201 We have some trucks with 100's of wheels for big loads that need police escourts for things getting mover from point A to mines.
The army has trucks with up to 10 wheel drive
I love the comments on Volvo and Scania pecking each other's head like lives depend on it. Both brands from Sweden or at least originally from Sweden.
Scania has the most powerful production truck engine at 730 horsepower, then Volvo overtook them with this 750 horsepower unit
Last year Scania came back with its 770 horsepower engine that produces 3700nm (2728,98 pound-force feet) of torque
And they are both swedish :)
A company near me has 3 T cab 770’s
My bro was saying Scania don’t actually produce the Tcab, it’s a Dutch firm that builds them from the S model.
£750.000 each they are.
My bro is a truck mechanic and diesel technician, he also drives a Volvo 750 💪🏼💪🏼 for ALB transport near Southport
They have a fleet of 750’s and a good old 4 series 580 Scania, manual gearbox of course 😁
Just wait till Volvo makes A 800 hp engine.
And one of them 770 have taken a round tour of the US. th-cam.com/video/HzMyfI1gp7E/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ScaniaDanmark
Fun fact tho, Volvo gets 750HP out of a straight 6, Scania still needs a V8 to get that....
Considering researching & developing new tech is something not only EUROPE but the rest have done ,its just that in usa you have the impression you move on but you guys dont have tough laws so you dont improve engines gearboxes tyres and so on as much as you think. This is without trying to insult but usa in terms of cars/trucks are behind the rest since you have next to nothing laws for them.
Hi Ian, In Finland the trucks can be up to 35 meters long, 4,4 meters high, 2,6 meters wide and total weight of 74 ton. on public roads! And the strongest truck at the moment is the 770 hp V8 Scania. You are wellcome to ask any thing abaut europeean trucks! th-cam.com/video/VkTTS0cyRVA/w-d-xo.html
Film from Power truck show Finland th-cam.com/video/l1-jxTpCtLE/w-d-xo.html
Greetings from a truck driver in Finland!
Scania 770 dump truck th-cam.com/video/MXv-4NPJYns/w-d-xo.html
Keep in mind: This engine is availble in the U.S. as well and not only in Volvo Trucks. It's also available for marine usage. However, one of the most popular engines in U.S. Trucks is actually a joint venture. As far as i know, while paccar bought DAF in the late 90's, the engineering of the MX-13 engine is still done as a joint venture. The MX-13 engine is used in Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAFs alike. Freightliner and Western Star use Mercedes engines (or rather - Daimler Truck, since last year..) and Volvo Powertrains are in MACK Trucks (for example)
So, this isn't just a European exclusive ;)
oh and - the FH16 shown in the Video is a special heavy duty version with 325 Tonnes of capacity from the factory. Mercedes calls the Actros Hevy Duty Version "SLT" and it has "ultra hevy duty couplings" capable of up to 1000 Tonnes and up to 8x8 drive (so all axles are driven) - i'm sure Volvo also has such a special version and it's absolutely bonkers
GO figure that there are Volvo powertrains in MACK since Volvo OWNES MACK since they bought Renault Trucks and they in turned owned MACK at the time. ;)
Is it available in VNL?
@@dbclass4075No. The VNL only get's the D13, not the D16.
WOW that would pull the bend out of a river.
🇦🇺👍
That's the most Aussie thing I've heard today! Love it.
There is a video when Magnus is competing in strongman and he faces of against a bigger dude in armwrestling, magnus ends up snapping the other guys arm
For me nothing beats a V8 Scania. There are many videos with them doing drive by's. Compare them to other makes and you'll be hooked! Guaranteed 😍😍😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
I used to work at Volvo Trucks Brazil and I tell you: these trucks are real beasts when you put them to the test. Awesome engineering and reliability.
1hp for every ton
On the big port terminals you can see trucks pull four trailers dubble stacked all the time. So there are some powerful machines driving around.
Samuelson broke Nathan Jones arm in an arm wrestling competition once ...
Volvo and Scania the best trucks in the world!!
tip look for trucks in Finland they have some awsome pimped trucks!!
Volvo trucks are pretty beast mode. Anther difference is Euro trucks tend to have modern interiors. In Australia obviously we use both and the American olschool style are decked out nicely. However i have to admit with my last job we had an new Mercedes that was all modern and it was a really nice change.
One that nice interior gets trough the more rural parts of the country.. the shine might fade rather quickly I guess..
Added to the challenge is the fact that it is a SERIAL PRODUCTION TRUCK! It’s not a supercharged one of a kind vehicle!
Altough this rig seems ridiculous, because it's so long and so many containers, but it is actually not that far off from what this truck has to do in reality. This truck is not your regular semi-truck that is transporting regular goods on the road. This is a heavy hauler, the kind of truck used for special hauls (not american so no idea how to call it in english), super heavy industrial equipment, wind turbines and so on, the kind of hauls where roads have to get blocked for them to fit through. Some of these loads actually get up to 400-500 tonnes
Would be fun to look at a video of one such super heavy haul
the cabin doesnt look small because that is the Globetrotter cab of the FH16(the biggest cab for that truck) which is made for long haul
It's the same cab size as all Volvo FH cabs, the 16 in the model is irrelevant to the cab size a 500hp Volvo FH has the exact same cab if desired as it can be ordered with a low cab or flat top too for vehicle fuel delivery applications where low forecourt canopies would restrict entry with high cabs.
The cab is comparable to Shania Highline formerly Topline, Merc's Mega space or DAF's Super space cabs. All makers have the same engine, gearbox and wheel combinations as ghe top end cabs but with small "squat" cabs (low roof line, flat with top of the doors). Typically though all cabs are the larger cabs unless local or day work use only.
Few trucks sold today in the UK (where I know more about), have day cabs (no bed short length cab (front to rear)). The majority are sleeper cabs single bunk, then double bunk then day cab configuration in that order of majority.
the Australian market has an even bigger cab available.
@@phalanx3803 Yes, the Globetrotter XXL. Something like that (not sure if the same) is available in Europe, too.
That Strongman Guy is a VERY LARGE UNIT . He has to weigh 300 kg , all Muscle . He seems like a Nice Bloke too .
150kg.
That's 826.733 Tons or 1,653,467 Libra for our USA friends.
Automated manuals are around 20 years old here in Europe.
I'm a trucker for DHL UK, we drive Volvos, previously I've driven the new gen Scania, would be nice to see the Volvo FH16 750 "rival" Scania V8 S770 going through this same challenge.
The hardest thing is getting past the inertia. Once he's moving, on a flat surface like that, it doesn't need anywhere as much grunt to keep it going.
Well, you got something called friction as well. Try count how many wheels that truck is pulling. Each wheel is putting out resistance.
From what I can count, there are 392 wheels in total on all those semi's (that's not included the truck itself), and that's a lot of rolling resistance which the truck still need to pull.
I know its not a truck, but it is still awesome pulling power: I used to have a 5.0 L V10 VW Touareg, and on TH-cam is a video of it pulling a Boeing 747....
th-cam.com/video/WmM-635RR6o/w-d-xo.html
750 tons is 1,653,466.97 pounds,so save your Google for today ,Your Welcome
AND JUST TO LET YALL KNOW ,THIS IS A PAYLOAD DESIGNED FOR TRAINS AND CONTAINER SHIPS.
For a stock factory truck this is really awesome. Imagine how hard it must have been to start such an ammount of weight.
But as a railroader i think, yeah 750 hp for 750 tons, normal, 1 hp per ton, go full throttle, let torque converter convert, and wait for the train to get up to speed :D
This thing has a clutch though, I hope crawler gears were big enough to let it engage fully and not slip all the way xD
@@seban678 its not quite a normal clutch, is a special coverting one that can be used as both converter and clutch.
Actually no. The Volvo I-Shift is an automated manual transmission, its essentially a manual (13+2 crawler gears) with a computer system assisting in selecting the correct gear for any situation.
@@matsv201 no single plate clutch ultra low gear
(10 year's of driving haulage FH 16 700-
FH 16 750)
isn´t it actually pretty lame, if you consider that a man has pulled a 188 t plane...
Coverting to US units that's: 750 horsepower truck, 826 short tons, 984 feet un lenght. Pure awesomeness.
750 hp is not limit on serial production trucks in Europa. Its Scania R 950 SERIAL producto´ions. Of cause it can make tuning and more power ,but transmission not handle more then 1600 hp./ 5000 Nm.
@@toomasargel8503 the 950 is not a mass produced engine. Scanias flagship V8 is the 770hp model, with around 3700nm of torque
@@toomasargel8503 the engine can easily produce 1150hp continuously, and does so from factory (just a retrofit from the normal engine in the factory) but the cooling of the truck limits it to a continuous max of 770hp, remember that 770hp is made to haul so it’s no good if you can’t use it
@@kalle5548 On tractor pull they use even MI8 jet enignes
@@toomasargel8503 true, but for daily use, we dont usually go above 500 HP. Plenty enough for hauling 40-44 tons which is the maximum allowed weight, atleast in my country, depending on the truck/trailer combination you use. Speedlimit is 80 km/h and trucks are electronically limited to 85-90 km/h so 450-500 HP is kinda the sweetspot.
Swedish trucks have been equipped with automatic gearboxes for at least 25 years. Synchronized gearboxes since at least 60 years ago.
Both i-shift and Scanias Opticruise are however no longer sychronized, since the computer and the robotics are so fast, and so accurate that they do not need a syncromesh, so to save on parts and repairs they have removed the syncros in newer models. i think volvo got rid of theirs in the FH3 and scania in the Next Generation
Alright, so you've done big trucks, long trucks and powerful ones. How about good looking ones? Found a 1.2h long video should you have time during dinner 😄th-cam.com/video/B2P-JDUaL6U/w-d-xo.html
Take care, P
The truck was straight out of the factory, with a full tank of fuel and NO extra modifications to it. That takes balls the size of crash helmets to try and succeed like that.
Thanks bro! The Swedes make great cars and trucks! It was so sad what happened to SAAB! Thanks GM!! Idiots! The legendary Saab 900 turbo alone! I was lucky that my girl friend`s father had one in the early 80s. It was out of this world! So sad! Regards from Finland!
Kitos/ Thx Jari. The 900 Turbo sure was a beast in its own way.
Lol i remember a family from south Sweden visited us and Percy, the husband
just bought one of these and back then it was very hyped so he went out started it up for a while, then took a cpl of laps around our area to warm it up 😊
Yeah it would have been nice if Saab had kept Saab (that felt like weird sentence) but I don't think that would of worked well.
well..... volvo manufactures the engines for thre roadtrains in Australia....lol
check out the Scania V8 engine sound
Loud pipes save lives 😉
After this Video Ian we expect you to wear Full Volvo Gear !!!!!!!!!!!!
Automated-manuals have been pretty common in European commercial vehicles for about 20 years.
I passed [my test] in a manual in 2003, but rarely do I see a manual vehicle. If there is a manual about at work, I'm one of the few drivers in the company licensed to drive it. Over here if you take your test in an auto, you can only drive autos.
All that said I wouldn't like to actually use a manual for work. Manuals are rare nowadays, so If I do see one, it's usually an old shed of a vehicle. So while I like a manual gearbox, modern tech is much nicer to live with & nobody wants to sit in a rattly old cab.
in the Netherlands there are manual trucks but those are mostly older, my company has 2 i believe and both are DAF CF 85s
I havnt seen a fully manual in decades... a while those manual-automatic hybrids was a thing where the truck had like 4 manual gears then there was a automatic shift up half gear. Go back a bit more (like early 80tys) those half gears was half automatic. That is, you dont neet to clutch but you still had to hit it.
There was also some version with 4 split gears. (I never seen those, only heard about them)
To such a degree that they had to allow students to take their test on these "automatics" (in manual mode) because it's hard for the schools to get hold of used trucks with a manual gearbox.
Back in the day you had to pay extra for automatic shift, but from what I understand this has now shifted, and you actually have to pay extra for a manual shift truck here in Norway
yes, it's everywhere in Europe.
The manual gearbox is now phased out = serial production has ended. Still available as a aftermarket gearbox though (from France instead of Sweden). 🙂
please do the volvo iron knight
The regular I-shift is an automated manual, they also make a dual clutch variant of it
All auto truck gearboxes are automated manuals
@@luketickner5305 no there not, there’s variants busses run a fully automatic transmission like you find in cars, cement trucks run automatics where I am in Australia local bin trucks are automatics…
@@schtix392 thank you
i drive a volvo daily and nowadays it's all automatic gearboxes.....when you want a manuel transmision you have to pay more then a automatic that's why it's all automatic now, and volvo truck have space enough inside and trucks in europe are compact on the outside, i work in the event branche and i love to see american truck but i'm gladd i drive a volvo here because in know for sure that i can't go at the tight places that i needed to go in a american truck ......even with the volvo i drive it's all about inches and sometimes i need realy all of them when you have to go to an old city centre or a festival but hey there you learn to drive....greetings from the Netherlands
Please react to "Volvo the tower" their commercials are just insane
Two most badass truck brands, both from Sweden. Coincidence, I think not
Semiautomatic for the civilians and full auto for the army...
have we been exposed yet to the DAF turbotwin? the truck that doesnt haul cargo, just ass?
Automatic gearboxes for truck have advanced in leaps and bounds for heavy vehicles. I remember when they were first coming on the market and the doubts that old-school truckies had about them. I was lucky enough to have a run in an automatic prime mover pulling a B-double from Mackay to Gympie 10 or so years ago. No, I wasn't driving, I was hitch-hiking. But the driver and I had a great yarn about the truck and how good the box was. I'm an ex-truck driver, so we had a good old yarn.
Allison's were the first auto that I remember but now with computers, automated manuals are extremely capable. If a little weird to drive at first. This vid shows the importance of gear ratios.
Scania had automatic gearboxes in some of their military and civilian 4x4 and 6x6 trucks. And that was some 40-45 years ago. Worked very well on them.
@@secularnevrosis I had to look them up, but they were Allison's.
In the trucks anyway.
@@tropicsalt. Aha. Thnx! I only knew they were automatic gearboxes :)
A friend told me that scanias v8 with volvos transmission would be the ultimate truck.
Truck driver's wife here. I thought cab-overs were regarded as old hat in the US? Looks like Volvo has converted you back! Amazing trucks, incredible build quality and built-in ROPS to beat anything after-market can offer. Also, according to the husband, some of the comfiest seats around, a bit important if you're doing long days and huge distances.
In Europe it is the only thing selling. The only truck with hood I have driven was a 1970 Volvo when I was in school.
@@magnusE7 not only. Scania is building an Truck, the Scania T. but i dont know where u can buy it.
The last factory long nose truck we had in Europe was the Scania T cab last built in 2005.
The newer T cab we see in Europe and Brazil are made in a shop, not by factory
@@Daniel-zv5mi see adan answer. It was years ago the last official T Scania left the factory. The Dutch usually rebuild Scania and Volvo trucks to make them nose.
@@magnusE7 It's restrictions that are to blame for cabover sales. Otherwise, I doubt people would want them.
Ian if you look on you tube just came on titled transponder Bathurst trucks no cars 2022 on candid tourist site
It's the transporters going through Bathurst in on for the race this week end on the 9th
If your interested nice rigs
Cheers mate
Now watch Jean Claude van Damme Volvo splits.
Are you watching Bathurst this weekend?!!
Here is another mighty machine suggestion, search: Liebherr crane mobile
The Volvo trucks here in Australia are made in Brisbane. I saw a story about the Wacol factory this morning on the Today Show...
Hi just a bit of background from here in Ireland/Europe. Volvo really are the pioneer of truck auto trans here in Europe with the iShift. It is ultra reliable, tough and smooth. I personally know loafs of truckers and every last one of them rave about iShift.
Yes , it was silly of me , the truck would never have moved. JH
Nicholas tractomas
Well, in Baalbek Libanon the moved stone blocks around 1000 tonnes in ancient times, there are still stone blocks in the quarry that weight 1600 tonnes!
Also the Egyptians moved stone blocks that are insanely heavy over long distances and with bumpy roads and up and down hills, that is just on another level!
It is a super great truck. Expensive tho but they could have gone faster but the "stopping" afterwards is a challenge to (you just can't stop so many tons with just a truck if it was going faster). But yea, Volvo do great machinery/engineering
If you're interested in heavy haulage, look for some videos of power station transformers being transported, ALE transport and Allelys, plenty of vids on TH-cam.
How they move those around is just epic.
Mate, have a look at "The Gap Storm 2016" and the 2018 storm and there were storms after the 2016 one.
The big problem would be to air up all those trailers
You should react to: the best country in the world for driver. This is from not just bikes
thats cool but i once saw a police range rover here in the UK pull a fully loaded truck and trailer out of the way when it broke down causing traffic jams..
Hey! Loved this video; thought you might be interested in watching what I believe is both the longest and heaviest road train ever pulled by a factory truck! Enjoy
th-cam.com/video/nJB6rAEFQLo/w-d-xo.html
It will do it hardest part is to get it moving once it moves it'll be OK stopping would be the issue as they will push thee prime mover
it makes you realize how efficient trains are when it comes to moving huge amounts of cargo, a single locomotive can easily pull a few thousand tonnes at considerable speeds
A Scania 770 will out-pull that VolMack.
Magnus placed on podium several times and won the worlds strongest man one year. He is also kind of known for breaking his opponents arm the only year armwrestling was a part of WSM. He had experience of it as opposed to most of his opponents.
Here in Europe most trucks are automatic you can get a manual gearbox but it's an option you pay extra for it
i love how european car manufacturers present their cars like as if theyre a piece of art with stunnig music and camera work. And here we are in the truck industry putting in final boss fight music portraying their truck as the only thing capable of beating thor
I would be more wary of the amount of air needed to release the brakes of all those trailers. I hope it is a two piston pump and not a single piston air pump on it. Mind you neither would be capable of producing that much air.
they had a dedicated yellow compressor in the video
@@WEMBLEYNE Yep saw it just after I posted that comment. That was a lot of air to unlock that many trailers brakes
Remember my first ride in a Volvo FH 700 I- shift...( first time I-shift) Had loaded a bottom section af a windmill tower... totally 220 tons.. I thought: you will never get out of here... uphill climb to start with.. started up. and what happened? knocked the pedal and engine went to 2000 rpm... 2-3 secs...hysticically... and then we started mowing... and got almost soundless... out of the harbour... hilly climb afterwards... no problem... austrian/german/italian alps no problem...it a beast
If you compare Volvo trucks to Scania Trucks, then i am afraid that the Scania has the edge in preformance. But both Volvo and Scania are good trucks to use.
1:45 Bro, that's not a truck. That's a god damn train 😁
the strongest, the toughest
moment
in industrial machines
pound for pound ^^
yup merica 2 decades behind...lol
I passed my class 1 licence in 1987 and my lorry had a 6 speed synchro box..... my first job.... a bloke throwing the keys to me for a motor with a 10 speed spicer box, crash box, double de- clutching
I currently own a volvo vnm630 here in the USA with a D13 motor and i-shift trans. I went from a freightliner to volvo and haven't looked back since. I just wish they still offer us the D16 motor.
BTW, the Volvo I-Shift transmission is available in the US for the Volvo VNL (but not that insane 750 horse powerplant).
Also, that trailer setup reminds me of a double stack intermodal train, without the well cars...
Hi, amazing , here’s a silly question, we’re the containers empty or full ? JH
Does it really matter? The weight of the train was 750 tons.
the length of the whole thing lets me say empty. a full 40 foot container weights arround 30 tons, 2 on top of aech other would be 60 tons per trailer. But it was 20 trailers and 40 containers, so the couldn't be fully loaded.
An empty container weights around 4 tons.
The truck is amaizing. I have a volvo car and I love it. But don't you think, that here is more involved physics? As an ex-engine driver, I can assure you, that a locomotiw 110t, 2100 hp, can easily pull a 2000 t train. In America and Australia, even in Russia you have trains of 8,9, 10 000 tones. I think it is amaising and good add, but add.
Lower friction on rail.
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Finally first mohahahaha
The record for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. This length is the equivalent of 156 London buses!
you need to put a couple asterisks in there buddy:
1) it was done in perfect atmospherical conditions
2) the truck has 3 drive axles
3) the truck was not stock
@@Moribax85 and yet that same truck was used to pull loads on Aystralian rds. Meaning it was legal. No other attempt has come close.
And while we're at it Australia holds the record for the longest and heaviest train 7.3km 682 cars 99700 tons
@@nipponsuxs legal doesn't mean stock, what's your point? In the US is legal to travel on public roads with what are basically race cars that have the chassis stock, in Italy you can't put anything on that isn't listed in the vehicle registration, i.e. your registration sais you can have 16'' to 18'' rims, you put 19'' rims on, your car is illegal.
The asterisks should be there to denote the fact that one was completely stock, the other wasn't, a out of the factory Mitsubishi Lancer versus an official WRC Mitsubishi Lancer, the classis comparing of oranges to apples.
Nearly a mile, long, could be other imperial stuff like chains (74 chains) But no 113 trailers is translated to 156 london busses to make it more precise.
@@2adamast I know he means the stereotypical double decker buses, but if you consider that TFL also operates bendy buses, which are much longer, it makes even less sense.
Volvo has always been about stability and safety...I remember as a child or teen there was a TV ad by Volvo in which they had an elephant standing on the top of a Volvo station wagon ( only a small Indian elephant🙃) to demonstrate the superior build and stability (Swedish steel !!!)
Posting a link to your Suggestions video (sorry, posted multiple) thing. I have one coming with the World Record truck tow...which of course happens here in Australia.
Awesome thank you!!!!! 🎉
Check out the Guinness World records longest truck pulls
we in🇨🇿 get our licence driving manual, but I drive automatic..and for all curious of interiour, I recomend oficial presentation of new DAF from netherlands, I expect jaws dropping like mine, I wish my company switch to them ASAP😂
Volvo is my friends favorite to drive when it comes to trucks, she even has a tattoo that says Volvo, she thinks is the best one in so many aspects.
Not a massive weight in the flat, but you would never get it rolling in an old school manual
pls react to NRL or AFL theme songs
The big dude driving is the Swede Magnus Samuelsson, he have been competed in the "Worlds strongest men" earlier.
If your lottery win happens and you buy one, put a big aluminium tray on it and call it your Ute. 😉 Just to mess with people.
And this one Guinness World Record Trucking 79 trailers 1072 tonnes th-cam.com/video/evSGT4PEfYA/w-d-xo.html
You can’t beat Australia for the land of trucks.