Canadian Scanias

[cruiseliner64]

10 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Lots of T.V. time for me right now.. i got a new left knee for Christmas..  ok.  Ill stop there, before i hijack this one.

Ouch.....sounds nasty.Hope it went well for you.Best wishes for a speedy recovery...

Paul

[Joey Mack]

All 👍 

[D-Day]

4 hours ago, Mark T said:

That's a 7000.   The 5000 was a whole different animal.

I found a 5000 and never thought about it but it is interesting the cab is all fiberglass just got it for the 220 Cummins parts 

[harrybarbon]

I understand why the European semi trucks are nearly all cab overs. During my recent visit to Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Ireland their cities are 100's of years old and the roads are all narrow, virtually made before motor vehicle times. Their trucks have to be short wheel base, small and tight turning circles. Their trucks/tractors are short wheel base and mostly single drive, no tag axles, trailers are about 40 feet or bit longer and the trailer tandem or triaxles are close to the centre of the trailer to allow them to get around tight corners. I drove thru some towns in the Alps, these semis went around corners in the towns like cars with their relatively short turning circle. I watched many go thru the towns in awe of how easy the drivers cruised in and around the streets and corners and bends on their narrow roads with walls and buildings virtually by the curbside. They hardly moved over the other side of the roads and streets to go around corners. The same for their rigids. The US and Aussie conventional trucks with long trailers, axles at or near the rears would be impossible to drive in European towns and cities. And spread axle trailers, no way.    

[mowerman]

Hey Joey, I didn’t even know you had a knee issue myself. I’m just getting lazier by the minute. It’s getting scary once my Medicare kicks in. I’m going to join a gym. I pretty much have to before I never leave the sofa. OK yes I am really hijacking it now

[Joseph Cummings]

8 hours ago, harrybarbon said:

I understand why the European semi trucks are nearly all cab overs. During my recent visit to Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Ireland their cities are 100's of years old and the roads are all narrow, virtually made before motor vehicle times. Their trucks have to be short wheel base, small and tight turning circles. Their trucks/tractors are short wheel base and mostly single drive, no tag axles, trailers are about 40 feet or bit longer and the trailer tandem or triaxles are close to the centre of the trailer to allow them to get around tight corners. I drove thru some towns in the Alps, these semis went around corners in the towns like cars with their relatively short turning circle. I watched many go thru the towns in awe of how easy the drivers cruised in and around the streets and corners and bends on their narrow roads with walls and buildings virtually by the curbside. They hardly moved over the other side of the roads and streets to go around corners. The same for their rigids. The US and Aussie conventional trucks with long trailers, axles at or near the rears would be impossible to drive in European towns and cities. And spread axle trailers, no way.    

Yeah they built cabovers in Europe for good reason, They needed to keep the tractors short for tight operating space.

Now if someone could explain this

[mechohaulic]

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

Hey Joey, I didn’t even know you had a knee issue myself. I’m just getting lazier by the minute. It’s getting scary once my Medicare kicks in. I’m going to join a gym. I pretty much have to before I never leave the sofa. OK yes I am really hijacking it now

He's a mechanic !! I thought bad knees/ back , came with the profession. i'm putting off replacement of two knees and two hips. maybe I  should have been a mechanic working on those Canadian Scania units;;; how's that for back on topic.

[Joey Mack]

Good job Mech...  Yes, i did work very hard to fix big trucks, and had many minor injuries, that added up to this mess.  Both knees are junks, and lower back and shoulders crunch with ease.  Thats why i wondered if the Commie trucks were easier to work on. Im doing a study on the relation ship of pain to the types of trucks we fixed..  I think im still on track..

[tjc transport]

4 hours ago, Joseph Cummings said:

 

Now if someone could explain this

small pen is  syndrome

[mowerman]

It would make a good box truck

[Mark T]

2 hours ago, tjc transport said:

small pen is  syndrome

I was think'n that, but I'm maxed out on piss'n guys off for a while 😇

[Joey Mack]

You do have a way with words, MarkT.  🤭

[Mark T]

Why thank you.  You're gonna make me blush.

[Joey Mack]

🙈🙉🙊

[tjc transport]

26 minutes ago, Mark T said:

I was think'n that, but I'm maxed out on piss'n guys off for a while 😇

meeehhhhh. 

you are among friends here Mark............usually. 🤣

[mechohaulic]

4 hours ago, tjc transport said:

small pen is  syndrome

I thought it was a union worker doing his best to stay away from work . and yes I AM (was)  A UNION WORKER> even though they screwed me out of $200.oo a month. still enjoying the $ ????. oo check every month. much less then I paid in but better then nothing.

[mowerman]

Well, I know a lot of people are not going to like to hear this, but a lot of union is required in this country and God love them for hanging onto what they have I started off union it was a really good craft  back in the 70s at least people had choices these days lots of folks don’t have any choice, but to go to work for cheap shit warehouses that don’t pay anything because they don’t have any choices and then the greedy corporate America chose to move all their plants  to Asia, which was a bunch of bullshit, and everybody was OK with this

[mowerman]

Well not everybody

[mowerman]

And yes, we’re changing the tread again

[Joseph Cummings]

7 hours ago, tjc transport said:

small pen is  syndrome