I had a Scania 530 myself and drove throughout Europe, Asia and Russia in the 1990s. In the end it had 1.6 million miles on the clock when the Scania died in Romania and I sold it there. 5 years later I saw him driving again in Germany, the Romanians had patched him up again. I had tears in my eyes, my old buddy was still there

I’m from Tennessee and my dad is a truck mechanic so I grew up around every kind of American truck there is. Last year I went to Sweden and to the Scania museum and was able to get up in one of the new ones and it is miles beyond anything that is offered here in the states, the quality of the interior is Audi level and the one I got in was a 770S so completely flat floor with 5 steps to get up in it.

15:19 The sunroof is common place in Europe for many reasons. The most important is to have fresh air coming into the cab. Nowadays, they also have blinds and a mosquito net. As a plus, they serve to let some light in, when on a break. 15:46 The Griffin is the symbol of Scania, as it is on the original emblem of Scania. You may see the original symbol on the front of the truck. The Griffin is the Coast of Arms of the Scania region in Sweden, which provided the name for the truck brand. 15:53 On the old Scanias - like the ones you have - the secondary bed was above the windshield. Currently, the secondary bed, when optioned, is above the primary bed. When it is not optioned, the space above the primary bed is storage. Above the windshield there is storage. Nowadays, especially with flat floor designs (which make the truck significantly taller), those storage compartments are used to place a microwave, a coffe machine, a printer, or other electronic components. 16:04 The fridge and "freezer" is, nowadays, placed below the primary bed, in between the seats. By doing this, a water bottle is quite more accessible for the driver to take out of the fridge and drink. 21:16 On the trucks I rode in, to split gears you would just need to press the clutch - not to go into Neutral. Did you try to just change the Split switch, and follow that with a clutch press? It should change.

I am long haul european driver from Poland with almost 30 years experience and I found this video as a great tutorial for all the truck lovers. Just to make it right a few explanations: 1.Not all the tractor units in Europe are so rich equipped and filled with such interriors (for me this styling of scania interrior remind a bordello from Wild West:). Such trimming is usually made on the demand of drivers/owners. Standard cabs for normal drivers are usually much more "calm" 2. The cabs are not always the same size. Makers offers three heights of cabs and two widths. The one above Scania is called Topline version, just biggest. 4. The trucks in Europe are speed limited to 56 mph (90 kph) (safety reasons, and economical too, look at the price for fuel there...) 4. Tanks are so big due to a differences in cost of fuel in each european country. If you fill them up in cheap country then it is your profit to drive much more on cheaper fuel. than if had small tank. And tanks are originally not covered with anything. 5. Nowadays gear boxes in europe are usually full automtatic. Manual transmission only for order. 6. Tractor units in Europe have two axle to minimize length. Here we don;t have much big wide streets like in States but plenty of tight roundabouts, so 3 axles be more difficult to manouver. But some firms use 3 axles to carry heavier loads (popular in UK and Norway) they can be 44 t heavy then instead of standard 40 t.

About the cockpit, you forgot to mention that in Scania the steering wheel has depth and tilt adjustment, and that the surface of the mirror glass is curved, which gives a much wider view vs blue collar straight mirror classes. Also there should be possible to tilt the gearstick forward on Scania, much easier to go on the bed. And when you want to split the gear, just preselect hi or low, and then press the clutch pedal. No need to shift neutral

I have been driving Scania trucks for 30 years of my life, and It may sound extremely boring but i would strongly recommend reading the manual (if you haven't allready chugged it into the bin) you can find the manual online as well, it might enlighten some of your misconceptions about how some things work.🙂

Single vs double back axles is country dependent in Europe. Up here in the North - Norway, Sweden, where there are a lot of hills and mountains and snow and ice, double axle tandem drive is preferred.

The retarder is a 5 step hydraulic unit attached to the gearbox output(so it works even in neutral). And then an exhaust brake(butterfly valve in the exhaust just down from the turbo) on top of that. There should also be a button in the centre of the floor that activates just the exhaust brake by it's self. New models have around 1000hp of braking power from that system alone and some owners report almost 1million klms out of a set of brakes due to no needing to use the service brakes. The best part. Here in Australia we have roadtrains running down mountain ranges in low gears at around 20kph. But a Scania with that retarder will do double that and still not need to use the brakes. And this system was being used in Scanias in the 80s

And that lever you pulled on the dashboard is not the exhaust brake. It's the retarder in the gearbox. It is attached to the planetary gear behind the gearbox. The exhaust brake is the button on the floor next to the clutch if I remember correctly.

Because the scania is limited to 90kph the diff ratio is completely different... with 530 v8 you can start in 3rd and skip a load of gears to get to top gear... keep the revs low and the v8 will do the rest 😉

American truck , Black smoke . European truck , clean .

Nice that you kept our Dutch license plates on the truck. Was able to look up the history and the technical specs of the truck.

this was the type of video ive been searching for all these years. European cabover vs american cabover, direct comparison.

With that remote for raising and lowering the rear suspension (air bags) there's a button on there to auto level the truck after you raise or lower it so you don't have to stand there watching it and guess the ride height, just hit the button and walk away and it'll automatically raise or lower to the correct ride height. Those air hook ups on the Scania are the same as we use in NZ on all trucks. With the splitter you don't have to shift the lever to get the splitter to change gear, just stab the clutch and it'll change, so flick the switch then stab the clutch and it should shift.

Start on 4 low split, up to 5 low split, 5 high split, 6 low split and as you go in to 6 high split you have reach 90 kmh or 55 mph and done correct you should have done it in 9 sek. Just start training and be careful of the clutch. 😄👍 good luck

One correction. In order to use split gears you only have to press the clutch. No need to go to neutral. :)

Being an original build for Belgium, it will probably have a short diff ratio. The speed limit in Belgium and Holland is 50mph, you can expect a ticket over 53 mph, but they run at high weights. That tractor has a maximum weight (this is only Belgium and NL) of 21000kg (46400lbs) about the same as a US 6x4 I think the single drive is legal to 13000kg (28600lbs) the front to 8000kg (17600) a tri-axle trailer has a 27000kg (59400lbs) bogie giving 48tonnes (105600lbs) gross on 5 axles 2+3, plus they don't really enforce weights anyhow. The view is more weight per truck means fewer trucks on the road. So high weights and low speeds equal short gearing. In the UK, that unit would have had a 3.08 diff. Whilst it may have that, it's more likely to be a 3.5 or even 3.77. The turbo lag has always been a Scania V8 thing, when Mercedes, MAN and IVECO built turbo V8 and V10 trucks they used a smaller turbo on each side to get around that, Scania always stuck to the big single, drivers like it for that sudden thump on the back it gives. I think I'm the only European who thinks the twin small ones is the better way. That pintel coupling must have been fairground related. No normal tractor in Europe has that set-up; weird.

Hello! I've noticed that when you approach an intersection or turn, you put the transmission in neutral. In European trucks with manual transmission and automatic (older versions), the oil pressure depends on the operation of the transmission, so it's better not to do it in order not to damage the transmission. For this reason, the propeller shaft must be removed when towing such a truck. I use a translator because I don't know English very well, but I hope the content is understandable 🙂 Nice video!

Enjoyed your comparison between your American trucks and our European ones. The big v8s now go to 770hp while a straight 6 cylinder Volvo is 750hp. All now standard with auto gearboxes. Cabovers are the norm over here but there are some bonnetted trucks on the roads. That was a great video and loved to see the differences.

The griffin is an heraldic symbol for Skåne ( Scania in Latin language)and a slightly different version as Malmo Town weapon and it appeared in the year 1457 . Scania started in Malmo, a town in Skåne in the year 1900 . Later on it became Scania-Vabis and 1968 became SAAB-Scania ( SAAB= Svenska Aeroplan Aktie Bolag= Swedish Airplane Limited) and became Scania in 1972...

That drifthandle is your parkingbrake and should always be pulled back (until it clicks) when parked. To undo it just pull it upwards and let go. There is no need to park it with a gear as you have the parkingbrake and the brakes works backwards, if you run out of air they will lock up, so you actually need air in the system to make them come loose and can start rolling. If you ever run out of air like something breaking or its been standing to long there (under 6 bar airpressure) there will be an autofeature that will lock the brakesystem, to undo this you need to air up the system over 6 bar and push a button thats below the drifthandle. Also looks like your exhaustbrake is turned off, its the button to the most right thats says AUT (for automatic use when tapin on the brakepedal there is a microswitch that will turn it on). The other lever to the right of your steeringwheel is the retarder, its a brake that sits on the gearbox, youll figure it out when driving more. For ease of use there is a lever on the left side of the steeringwheel (can be a bit janky) that will tilt you steeringwheel to any position you like and will make it easier to climb around in the cab. Also at the bottom of the gearshifter ther is a little pullingthing similar to the range that will tilt your gearshifter so you can climb around easier. Seems like something is wrong with your EDCsystem (Electric Diesel Control), there should be alot more power down the revs, could easy run that thing from 800rpm up to 1600, i would bet its the "special" injector (front passengerside) all of the other 7 are mechanical injectors while the last has a electric part to it that messure something, when that fails she gets all weak and feels like 200hp less. Make sure you get the correct Orings/injectorseals(only the 14l seals will work 16l seals wont), otherwise they will piss fuel all over the place For racing with no load like that just hop her away on low 4th gear and then run her all the way to 2k rpm and then shift to low 6th, less shifting more use of engine saves time shifting gears (not recomend way of driving normaly this is just for mexico dragstrip). edit: whatever you do dont run out of fuel, 14l is a pain to get any air out of the fuelsystem and she wont start, you can crank for hours, you have to handpump all the air out throughout diffrent places on the engine(before fuelfilter and after then on the pump and then on the injectors if she ran all dry, incase of getting out of fuel just turn engine off fast, beware that you have no servos working so might depend if you wanna coast her to a safe place with the engine spinning by being connected to the road but then she will be dry) Pain in the ass nr2: always keep her topped up on coolant/water, if she gets to low (empty coolanttank and abit less) she will get an airpocket in the engine even if you fill her up, to get rid of said airpocket you need to pump the water up from below with special tools while having the coolanttank open. Also on the top part of the frontgrill where the Scaniatext is, you can give that a little tug and it will pop out so its easy to fill up water without having the grill in the way or in your case have to lower the whole frontbar. edit2: inside of the speedometer is the tachograph, opens with the little key above it, make sure you have a tachographpaper in it and that it is correctly sealed and the speedometer will pop back to life and show correct speeds. Tip for trackuse/countries that dont have laws to have speedlimiters, put a magnet on top of the gearbox, there is a little steelball inside that will drop down and cut the speed at what the limiter is configured to, with said magnet it can not drop down and you can speed on without pulling nr1 fuse or have it turned off with a computer. Lastly above the drifthandle there is a black little cover that says diagnosis, you can pop that open and you have a bunch of buttons that you can diagnose stuff with (never played around with this as we had computers that we hooked into the obd2port instead, witch you will find left of the steeringwheel with the cabdoor opeb behind a small cover) Drove a 144 for 10years, best truck i ever had miss her every day. edit3: almost forgot, other than regular maintenance like oil and filter and such you should adjust the valves every 50000 to 100000km. At 1200000-1500000km (1.2mil to 1.5mil kilometers) you should change the main crank bearings and rodbearings and she will do another 1.5million kilometers:)

As an 88M in Mannheim, Germany I found things could get very tight very fast. The tandem axle 915 A2 (a freightliner conventional day cab painted in green camo) was a beast to control on narrow European roads at times. One wrong turn could lead to disaster. There was the time "someone" had to jackknife "their" trailer into a pond in front of a school surrounded by gawking school kids and glaring teachers. Then there was the time "someone" turned too soon into a factory and wound up having to turn around in their exquisitely manicured front lawn. If "they" had been a fraction of a second too slow about flipping on my power divider I would probably still be there today! And that was over twenty years ago. Of course, nothing was tighter than the time "someone" ran out of fuel on the autobahn due to a faulty sending unit. "They" wound up using the shackles from the front bumpers of two trucks to get off at the first rest stop we could get to. I guess there was between 10 to 15 inches between the two rigs. It was pretty hairy. At least that's what I "heard". I wonder if anyone else ever tied two trucks together to keep OPPS from finding out they had run out of fuel on the autobahn.

When it was still in Europe, that truck seemed to have belonged to Carneval showmen (that's what the German text on the side says btw) - which also explains the interior. Showman families haul everything from rides to Caravan Trailers with these things.

The inside of the Scania, it was a Schausteller-truck, a Circus-truck, hauling amusement-arcades across Europe, that's why they chose the strange interior.

The eagle in the Scania label is actually a Griffin. The Griffin is also used by SAAB. Back in the days Scania and SAAB worked together and developed the SAAB 900. There also is a Scania Silver Griffin series. Keep up the good work! Great channel!

3:57 Sorry man but that depends on country, here in the Nordic countries most trucks are tandem drive unlike Southern Europe that mostly use single or tag.

The green button on the remote for the air is drivemode, just hit it and it will go to standard or drivemode as we call it in Europe.It's especially important when you need to know how high your truck is. Most trucks in Europe will have a sticker somewhere in the cab which tells the driver how high the truck is in drivemode so you don't hit a bridge or something. Great video, keep up the great work!

The Scania is highly modified. European trucks tend to be much more utilitarian, especially on the inside. The closed deck is after market and the air connectors are a special kind, predominantly used in Scandinavia. So we call them "swedish couplings". The normal ones are the same as yours. On the inside, all of the red plush is a custom job. That style is also very Scandinavian, but has been adopted to other parts of Europe as well. The Netherlands, though not Scandinavian, have adopted that truck culture with slight modifications. With an automated transmission, drag racing would be pointless. The system is developed, to avoid wear on the clutch. If it is a manual, you can start in 5th, or 6th gear, and that thing will launch. The bed in the roof is quite wide, for a European truck of that time. This was the main reason, for installing it up there. In Europe, it is not only the length of the trailer, that is limited, but the length of the rig as well. So there is no way, to make the cab longer, to fit in wider beds. Downside to this bed, you will witness in winter temperatures. The roof gets quite cold and touching it in your sleep, will probably wake you up.

You shouldn't need to take it out of gear while splitting gears. Just flip the switch and clutch in and out.

There is a gentleman who if I'm not mistaken he is Portuguese (EU) who lives in Newark and he has some scanias, his name is Abreu Truck Services, Frelinghuysen Ave, Newark. He is scania knowledgeable if you need some help, he has scanias for racing too 😁

BR-HZ-47. Still registered in the Netherlands and was imported to the Netherlands in 2005. It has seen better days... That truck used to live a few kilometers away from me and belongs to a company that runs attractions on state fairs and such. Those air couplings front and back are used to maneuver attractions around the fairgrounds into their position. Search for clips with titles containing "Kermis".

Factory airbrush art is really the coolest thing one can point out. 14:29 The US truck honks with the gas pedal. 😄 The American truck design seems insane when you consider the time that truckers have to spend on the road. Cabin comfort should have very high priority.

Generally speaking, europe allows more weight per axle than america and generally more overall weight. Its fairly close in overall weight though, up to 88184 lbs with a 4x2 truck and 3 axle trailer in europe which is pretty much the standard Basic explanation: The US's bridges (and a lot of the roads...) aren't built to handle as much weight as they tend to be in europe, hence more strict maximum weight per axle. I'm also gonna say the Scania will pull a lot better with weight behind it, the v8's love the weight

21:18 when you want to split gears you can leave the gearstick in gear. Just put the button on the side up, use the clutch once and thats it.

I do have an '86 Freightliner FLC12064 over here in the Netherlands. I am telling almost the same story the other way. The reason why European trucks are shorter is because our total length limit is 16.5m (54ft). The max weight, on the other hand, is in the Netherlands 50 metric tons.

U did a great comparison especially with the suspension, the steps and the add. HELLA lights. Great job.

Im a truck driver from Scotland, UK. Ive spent most of my career in Scania Trucks. Ive been trucking since 1999 and still love it! Great Video mate.

You missed on the scania at the outside this small air ducting on either side at the height of the radiator. That actually has a use: When it rains normally your front wheel would throw up a lot of mist and water, making your mirrors all clogged up and you can´t see. Those duct make air move along the side of the truck, making a rather strong air stream there just above the front wheel whcich blows away all that water that is thrown upwards by the wheel, therefore keeping your mirrors clean

Great video and cool trucks! It would be interesting with more of driving comparing, especially in a litle challengin conditions. I wish someone could do similar videos and comparing US and European trucks also from the 60's, 70's and 80's.

Fun fact: The Scania is a product with heritage of SAAB, and the mentality of the military origin as a airplanemaker. SAAB was early on designing landvehicles with aerodynamics in consideration. (Google the different car models from 1940's and forward, and you will notice the vingshape from the side, the curved frontwindow etc.) The exterior of a truck is also designed by testing in max speed (55mph in Europe) in a windtunnel. The wind forced around the corner is making a whirl that in fact pulling the side of the cab forward. Removing parts or not replacing damaged parts can cost a lot of fuel.

Fun fact: The little tree is an american invention, but shortly after it was popular in cars, a swedish manufacturer reach out and got a contract to produce them for europe. A factory in western sweden (fjällbacka) makes these trees called wonderbaum for europe. About half the fraigrances are the same, but the rest is individual to work with the europeen sense of smell.

Fun thing. The longer you make the straight pipe the louder the Scania gets. Seen some weird pipe contraptions underneath Scania's in the past. That's why it's now quieter than before you cut the "muffler" off. In Dutch they call it "klapperpijp" Scania's with a very loud straight exhaust.

my dad in australia drove his k model kenwrorth for 40 odd years until recently retiring number plates were kw-1965. he bought it as a dump truck, revoved the tub an put a fithwheel on it.. and it just kept growing.. twin axle on air bag with abs. cat signature serries and all b- double rated in our strict ass country i loved that truck being so hands on with it growing up.. but u can not beat the newer euro trucks now. back in the 90s they were full of electronics which is why alot of people stayed away untill the American brands caught up and used shit loads of electronics too Now in australia we need both.. euro truck in the cities and American for the dirt outback long haul roads

Kenworth still build cab over prime movers here in Australia, many are 'roadtrain rated' with multiple fuel tanks, big HP and an excellent reputation for chassis strength needed on many of our outback roads and severe duty conditions. They are built to Australian specifications and are quite different to US trucks, and in right hand drive. Build quality and finish is excellent.

Here in Staya we get to choose both. I've driven plenty of Kenworths and Freightshakers, and although some did have the "cool" factor, nothing beats a Euro truck for comfort and driver focus. Used to own a 143H TopLine gumboot Scania, and that thing fully loaded used to roar, uphill it would lift the left steer in the air, and with dual drive axles on the back it would drift in corners when bob tail. These days the company truck I drive is a Mercedes Actros with what is pretty much a rebadged and tweaked DD15 Detroit motor. Shits all over the Freightliners we have for pulling power, comfort, fuel economy and just build quality in general. when I got into my works frieghtliner cabover with 120,000km on it, it was already creaking and rattling, cracks in plastics, cupboards behind the drivers seat had broken latches, problems with electrical stuff, the Merc has over 700,000km on it and the only thing rattling is the beer bottles in the fridge. If I was to buy a truck for me these days I'd look at a Euro truck hands down.

Hi Bruce to split the gears just flick the switch then dip the clutch in and out. No need to take it out of gear at all. 😊

One important thing that’s missing from your compare video: Yes, the Scania may have more options/tech, but you have to pay for it: they are EXPENSIVE, compared to the US cabover. So you have to take the economics into account as well

if you lowered or raised the air lift on the Scania you can press the green button to reset it to travel height. dont forget to clean the oil spinner when you do the service.

No doubt, the European trucks are something else in a lot of important driver focused ways.

Now Scania have v8 770 HP and they do have 6x4 drive as well

11:03 "you can see the eyelids of a deer from a 1 000 yards away"😭🔥🔥🔥

Btw; unplug fuse 1 under the dash on passangerside... it disables the limiter and it goes right out of the clock

My 81 k100 had 4 bag air ride plus air ride on the cab. It also had a air dump switch on the dash which was installed at the factory. Ford had a four air bag air ride on the cab back to the 1970s.

When I was in the Army in the 80's & 90's, I drove a Volvo F16. It had a similar gearbox to your Scania. Yes you have to use the clutch to change gears as it's air assisted and syncro mesh. But you said when splitting the gear, you had to move the gear stick in and out of gear, I used to preselect the split (up or down), and it wouldn't change gears until you actually depressed the clutch. Try giving that a go. Love your videos...

After the first Scania truck I saw on Utube. I have wanted one. I love the Longline the best.

When the little yellow paper tree was not 30 years old it was to give the cockpit a nice smell. They are calle "Duftbaum" scent tree. At some point in its live the Scania must have been in use with a german company. "Schaustellerbetrieb" was written on the back of the cap. Thats a company travelling around with funfair equipment.

Put 90,000lbs behind you and watch the Griffin piss over everything?!

The big difference is the incredible braking power of European trucks is because of abs braking I've seen a video where a dad truck slams on brakes with trailer to perfect straight line no jack knifing in front off 2 kids who crossed without looking

Tandem drive is nice not sure about anywhere else but in B.C. Canada most logging trucks, low beds, and straight trucks working on rigs or hauling gravel are going to tri drives with full lockers. only real issue with the tri drive is when it is fully locked up on a slippery road they tend to want to go straight.

Waow, great video! This Flemish driver, now in Quebec, used to own an awesome Scania 143H, looong ago, in Belgium. When I arriverd in Canada (2012) I noticed several "working" Scania's along the eastern seaboard, thanks to Abreu Truck Service in Newark NJ.

You're the absolute first to compare both trucks side by side. I've been through many truck shows here in the Netherlands and got a good look at some American trucks but to actually see it from an overseas perspective was refreshing.

About the speed of the trucks. They are geared very differently, especially in the higher gears. Scania has been limited to 90km/h from the factory so the gearing has been optimized for those speeds and considering fuel efficiency also. Also that particular scania does not represent a stock factory scania at all. That interior and most of the exterior are completely custom.

both beautiful workhorses.Interesting video sir

I like both trucks, stil drive a scania r620 v8 here but a oldschool us cabover looks good

Having few things to disagree with you, Bruce: the deckplate and tank covers are not standard. We also have a single truck in Europe with the steps behind the wheel, that's the Renault Magnum. And hey, that thing had a Mack V8 in it in the late 90s. Also for the gear splitter you dont have to take it out of the gear. Just use the splitter then kick the clutch while holding gear. Also, your Scania is 530, not 550. The 144 mark means its a 14 Liter, 4 series. There are also 164 versions. 16 Liter V8 going up to 580hp as stock. I dont know much about American V8 shaped engines, but nice to know things about Scania engine is that the camshaft is whitin the block (OHV), each piston has it's own head and the cooling system has 2 thermostats.

The single rear axel trucks are for mid and southern Europe. Up north we have tandems, with lift. Also, the bed up top in the Scania is usually placed above the bottom bed, and it folds up. So you have room to stand up straight in the truck.

Look wise there is nothing to beat that Freightliner. What a beautiful truck!

About the Scania emblem. It´s a "Gryphon" from mythology. Usually, all four legs of a gryphon end in taloned feet of great strength.. You have this same embem on fighterplane Swedish Gripen.

In the UK we've started making it mandatory for trucks visiting London to have one of the small windows on the doors at the bottom or having a system in place to detect and alert the driver that someone or something is in that blind spot aswell

"it only goes 60" lol so now i know nobody has mentioned the scania easter egg. when on the highway and hitting the limiter turn the ignition key off and on again quickly, it trips out the limiter for about 30 seconds, once the limiter comes back and you are not accelerating anymore, trip it again and youll still accelerate. we used to get 80 on a straight motorway and 90 down hill!!!

That Detroit inline 6 sounds amazing!

Interesting video, we've had disc brakes since the late 80's, passed my test in 89, and been fixing them ever since. That's not your typical Scania, far from it, not many with interiors like that. Shouldn't need to move to neutral to use the splitter, just fllick the switch and dip the clutch. I've always thought you're trucks looked antiquated, but thought the interiors were bigger and more spacious.

A lot you point out on the Scania is not really standard. Like a lot of the lichts, the deck and the interior is all custom. The side-scirts are optional like the air-ride. But you should really check out a modern European truck. Big steps were made over the past 20 years!

Should be a button on the remote if you press it it will level out to correct ride height

bear in mind the scania proberley top spec for a 96 but they had models with out the skirts eposing the gas tanks also came with 10 wheel version i think

As a finnish truck driver, couple comments hit a nerve. There are some things on your truck that may seen odd because its seen so much life. Like you showed in the first episode, where you bought it, it used to be a box truck with towing hitch and after that it was concerted to be a semitractor. Thats why there is two sets of air/light connectors. If it was bougtt as semitractor, it wouldnt have the second set. Also, about the weight limits here. I would say 95% of our semi trailers are 3 axle. So even with a 2 axle tractor it would total to 5 axles. Max weight for said setup would be 44 000 kg (~97000 pounds). Tho there is a lot of w3 axle tractor. Weight limit for them is 53 000kg/97000lb. Most of them are 6x2 config, with second axle being streering and liftable. 6x4 are rare in semi usage, mainly used in hct (high capacity transport, up to 110ft long, 168 000 lb). Some of this is info is off topic cause these are the modern regulations, things have off course been different in the 90s. And about your truck. There is so much after market on it that its hard to compare them. Fuel tank covers are custom, from factory theyre bare. Naturally all of the red leather on the inside is custom. And what comes to sunroof, its actually mandatory here. It doubles as a evacution route if you tip your truck. Youll find one from pretty much every single european truck. Hit me up if you want to know more, too lazy to type more here :)

A quite important thing not to forget later when you're going to do an oil service on the Scania, is to take apart the centrifugal oil cleaner and clean it too, don't just change the oil and filters and think you're done. And the quickest/easiest way to refill the engine with oil when doing the service is to pour it down into the centrifugal oil cleaner housing before you put centrifugal back in.

In Europe a Drive Axle can carry 12'500 kg which is 28000 pounds and the total weight of a 2 axle truck and 3 axle semi-trailer combo is 40 tonnes which are 88000 pounds. There are some countries that allow up to 60 tonnes which are about 126000 pounds. I hope this helps and sorry for my bad English :)

btw for splitting gears you dont need to go to neutral, just klick it up or down and clutch kick it.

Super interesting, thx!

Scania all the way for me! The Scania R770 once had the world record for most powerful factory made truck at 770hp. And when it comes to axles, alot and I mean alot as in 9 of 10 trucks I see in central Sweden. Are tag axled trucks (where the rear axle can be lifted). Rarely have I seen powered tandem drives. But the single rear axles are less common for my area. When you see one it's normally foreign trucks.

Note…. When using the the splitter you pre select then just depress the clutch to change, you don’t need to move out of gate and back in again …. Give it a go👍🏻

funny the Dutch registration is still valid BR-HZ-47 ''Tenaamstellen mogelijk Ja'' means you can still register it here with the wright paperwork. most of the time it will say that the vehicie is exported

24:40 That’s cool the governor is quick fuse like that .. * I then learned that’s where the fuses are.

Awesome video! I think it's worth mentioning that the Ford CL9000 had air ride cab I want to say in the 80's. Keep up the great work!

This switch on the gearshifter is for "low" and "high". Which means you can split the gears. The truck, on which i learned driving had 2 switches. So there you could use gear 1-4 in normal, then press the switch to get to 5-8. And the second switch was also for spliting to high/low but my instructor was like "here in germany we only need low"

Apart from the Longline. That was the best bunk layout Scania ever did. It was a short run though. They reverted to a pull out bunk behind the seats. The V8 is bombproof all be it a bit thirsty. That unit with a 3 axle trailer would run at 41tons across Europe.

Both super cool !

Coming from Germany I was actually shocked at generally the level of what is sold over here as the norm compared to what is normal in Europe. I can see things in stores here, that I last saw in Eastern germany when I lived behind the iron curtain.. old electric stoves, american windows, faucets,etc. Even European carmakers downgrade their car features for the north american market because they can. So yeah, not surprised in the slightest, even though that Scania has a remarkably ugly interior 😁

With that gearbox when running solo you can set off on in high range and also to put the split gear in and out, you don't need to put it in neutral, just pre select you split and dip the clutch. You can float the gears you just need to rev match. That truck is a 14 litre V8 530bhp 4 series hence the 144 530 V8, hope that helps.

The fiery dragon thingy is the Griffin.. the splitter works by depressing the clutch (preselect first). The extra lights are not standard.. lol the standard lights on that age unit were like candles on a dark road 😂. The companies who regularly run V8 scanias out of warranty, tend to rebuild the bottom end at 500k intervals for reliability. Lovely truck. Blue collar is more like our 70’s trucks spec. I do like an Eaton box though.

The American cab-over style is my favorite look on a truck so I'd absolutely drive it. I don't always love the European look on a lot of brands but I do happen to love Scania's style, so I'd be happy with either to be honest.

In europe 4x2 tractor units with a 3 axle trialer can operate at 40,000kg (88,000lbs). Your scania would look great with a tag-axle, alloy wheels and a pair of 6 inch stacks. Stick in a new set of bushes in the cab suspension and it'll make it much smoother.

Wonderful Vid .. Thank You ..

Even though the Scania only has 2 axles, the rear can take up to 11.5MT (MT=Metric Tonne) or 25.000lbs. A US tandem axle tractor can take up to 36.000lbs or 16MT. An EU semitrailer (the kind that attaches to a tractor or dolly) can be 13.6M or 44.6ft. There are different combinations though, which go up to 34M or 111.5ft. A US semitrailer can be 53ft or 16.15M (I found it differs per state, but this seemed about the most common). So US semitrailers can be a bit longer, and the tractors can handle a bit more weight. Maximum weight under normal circumstances (on public roads without special permission) in the EU is found in the Netherlands, at 50MT or 110.000lbs. About every country has their own special rules which allow more weight, Finland having the highest maximum of 104MT or 230.000lbs. The US has a set maximum weight of 80.000lbs, or 36MT. Of course the US also has their special rules, but I didn't feel like looking that up.

Most of those trucks have swivel seats on both sides. The steering wheel should fold into the dash to give you max room.

Actually, that Scania can gross at 88 to 92000lbs in Europe, in northern Europe they run three axled tractors that gross in at up to 141000lbs. That airconnection at the back is called a Duomatic, which is the swedish standard, they rarely go bad. You generallly don't see aircouplings at the rear of tractors tho.

The Dutch numberplate is still on it. Nice trucks👍🏻

We run trailers with as much weight as in Amerika but our trucks are much shorter because if the truck is shorter than the trailer can get bigger. Them max length is 18,5m or so don't remember the exact length. But the weight can go up to 50 metric tons without the need for extra permits and such. Fun fact it's also mandatory to have a mirror so you can see people in front of your truck in Europe😆

in sweden top speed is 80 km/h for most trucks, and you should look at a newer Scania, big difference inside :) and automatic trans that works really well.