First EVER Manual Swapped R650 Scania Truck!

[@pellepop100]

The Finnish guy is very Finnish. Doesn’t smile all the time, doesn’t interrupt, no constant nervous smalltalk, just listens and replies. All business. Very Finnish. Takes some time to get used to but as soon you do, you just relaxe

[@DuBstep115]

I have a feeling that talks a lot more and jokes when talking finnish, he has a really stereotypical rally english around B1 level.
So he only says thing he is confident that he gets/pronounces right

[@mrm1885]

After work and a few Lapin Kulta a different man probably :)

[@DuBstep115]

@@mrm1885 Last time I saw someone drink that piss we were still using markka as currency

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@mrm1885 I think Lapin Kulta beer is for tourists only. Finns seem to drink stuff like Karhu or Sandels if they want quality and Pirkka or Kotimaista if they want a cheap one.

[@alexanderupb4546]

god dang it:)) it's that a hard drink, like when i was in Romania I tried that so called "palinca" and we almost fked our reception desk girl in the hotel:), one of the hardest drink like i think was 70 or maybe 80 vol alcohol @@DuBstep115

[@petter5721]

Swedish truck, owned by a Dane, modify by a Finn and reviewed by an American 👍🏻

[@jonasgussvattnet]

And used in Norway before 😃

[@thesushifiend]

And viewed by a Brit

[@paulsterling2610]

the UN of trucking

[@georgobergfell]

Hotel: Trivago

[@Miskamandariini]

SUOMI MAINITTU!

[@samuelbrown1413]

That is one of the cleanest, sharpest cabs I've ever seen Bruce. The driver can get to everything without over reaching, plenty of storage and lights. Plenty of lights!!! And a coffee maker!?!?!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!! LOL

[@matsv201]

Yea.. probobly taking quite a lot of money. Nothing of that looks even close to cheap

[@Battlenude]

@@matsv201 Its not for everyone. But you have the exact same deal with car pimping.. So this is no different. It mist be a really nice Office, this one. And that is all.

[@somdusazerate]

HE'LL YEAH BROTHER

[@Xv1p3rCr0]

Usually scanias are the most expensive trucks comparing to other brands , iveco being the cheapest

[@limitededition3295]

i thought its normal i have never been in usa truck are them made out of plastic {sorry for bad inglish}

[@Perisa79]

@ 00:46 you experienced something amazing.. You just saw a man from Finland smile IN PERSON!!! 😄😁😂😉 Be proud.

[@steveskare7026]

The thing I like about European trucks is how quiet they are when passing them. Plus they are designed for narrow roads. Scania is one of the best .

[@martinstewart5205]

Is the best👍

[@christopher9626]

Kinda sad this adventure is over. I really liked Ville and you guys had great chemistry and I am in love with that shop! What a fun journey this has been! Today I was out in one of our oldest peterbilts , a 2001, picking up milk at our dairies here and just had to shake my head, thinking of what the log haulers and farmers would have thought if they saw This Scania coming down the road. I probably would have had a line of Semis and pickups following me farm to farm to talk and gossip about it.

[@miikahamalainen5343]

Maybe you should then invest in one 🤔

[@christopher9626]

@@miikahamalainen5343 There is no dealer support and we can hardly get parts for our trucks, which are super common, due to shortages. With our type of industry, I dont know the type of scania that would work for us. But I would absolutely love to drive one. Our Boss and his Father both drove and still own, the cabovers that they first had when they started the company, so rocking the design wouldnt be an issue.

[@haakonht]

That interior is *classy* - incredible work from Ville and crew.

[@davidunderwood7561]

That R650 is sick...beautiful inside and out. American manufacturers have a lot to learn.....

[@zoolkhan]

you can clearly see that there is more competition in europe than in peterbilt nation.

[@coole6825]

Thats the problem, they don't have to learn, they have closed the market and can go on and on selling their US trucks..

[@kizi86]

its funny how american truckers are so deadfast against emissions and DEF, say it doesnt work, and stuff, its just that american trucks are decades in the past compared to european and asian trucks. Like this one, 650 horsepower v8, running DEF, having strict emissions rules but still can output really good power, have crazy good torque, and have really good reliability at the same time, also, the automatic transmissions in scanias are so good, drove a r650 '18 from 2018 until 2020, after a crazy accident that flipped the truck and made me have to retire from trucking.

[@davidunderwood7561]

@kizi86 sorry about your accident...glad you lived to talk about it. I agree, the US is so backwards when it comes to trucking, only after some serious modifications can the US engines crank out 600, 800 and possibly more HP, and as for automatic trans.....still far behind the European market

[@JedemPoKucama]

​@@kizi86 imagine how good they could've been with no emissions crap

[@virtueofhate1778]

Bruce, if you are coming back with the family I would recommend late May or early June so you can experiense the nightless nights. Especially at north where sun does not set at all that time of the year.👍

[@leiflillandt1488]

This is very special, it's not enough to talk about it, you have to experience it yourself.
You work with your car till it gets dark... Then you suddenly realise it's midnight... And you have to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning... So I hope you can sleep also when the sun is "high" above the horizon... 😉

[@sauliaalto]

I'm currently on vacation in Florida and I've gotten to see American trucks up close, they look a lot bigger in pictures than in reality. The cabin of the Scania is huge compared to the Peterbilt, I sat in one and almost got shocked. Otherwise, the trucks here are built lighter, well, in Finland we drive with twice the total weight than in the US

[@cpbtrading4822]

I can say that American trucks are smaller than their European counterparts other than sleeper pods. The US trucks can be longer in wheelbase, but for obvious reasons this can't be the case in Europe.
Width, height etc European are larger, if you cut the sleeper pod off a US truck, it's pretty small, narrow, rattles, uncomfortable and generally of a different era (past, long past).
I'd go European all the time, truck wise. The US pop out propaganda of how great the US truck is (and of course everything else US), it's only really believed in the US. Back in the 60's they could believe it for real, but really over the past 3-4 decades Europe has led the way for truck and driver comfort.

[@nie-m1735]

Back in the early 90s my dad drove a V1 Volvo FH a got the chance to drive a KW back in NZ. He said he hated it. The KW was uncomfortable, rattled like he was going over speed bumps with no suspension, and nearly killed his back. So he was euro trucks for ever on. I drove an V1 when I first started driving and now I'm driving a V4 FH (Not had the experience of a Scani yet but will do shortly) the comfort from the V1 to a V4 is far more better, so I would love to know how to euro compare to the US first hand.

[@Low760]

​@@cpbtrading4822yep. The attitude persists in Australia. People don't like the digital dash in new kenworth's and call them daf's even though they are still pos kenworth's for the rest of it.

[@malamutten3203]

It must be strange to come home to 1971 in the truck world. 😅

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

So very impressed with what they can do over there! Excellent job. I but you're now hooked for life to SCANIA, right? Awesome video.

[@verbatimdk]

scania is the king of trucks right?

[@pavettto]

@@verbatimdk Scania is the king of the road

[@hnisseplutt]

I'm a swede with finnish ancestry, and I just love how sparse ville is with his words 🤣 growing up in Sweden I've learned to fill the silent pauses, but something in me would prefer to be like ville 😆

[@haakonht]

Respect to all stoic men out there. We may not say much, but we think a lot.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

I think you would love the movie Sisu. When the main character finally says something, the movie is about to end.

[@panman185]

That is an assume looking truck. Those extra lights is a 4x4 truck owners dream in the United States. I like the wood grain & leather super nice touch. Then converting it to a true straight drive. That team does great work hands down. That looked more like a luxury car than a Semi truck. Coffee maker was a nice touch. US needs to open the door for Scania Trucks.

[@zoolkhan]

and volvo, and m.a.n, and mercedes....

[@MrStian78]

Standard in every European long gauler.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@zoolkhan Volksvagen owns both MAN and SCANIA and MAN is the cheaper product if you cannot afford a SCANIA.

[@yronyy]

Such a good series of videos from this trip. I was keen on watching every video the day it got put out. Good work Bruce, hope you had fun here in Finland, although it certainly seemed like you did. :D

[@Killer99215]

3:25 that Right-Turn signal activated camera is SO GOOD. Well I don't know about the quality of that one mounted here, but I know how good they Can be atleast.
In the new Volvo I drive, it works perfectly in any weather condition, any time of day, and its quality is so good, you can see if the biker (bicycle) right next to you (in the camera) has shaven or not before going to work that morning.

[@user-bu8bc6kg4f]

These builders did a lot of work ,to change this transmission over. id say this is the most advanced shop, you've ever worked at. 😊 Gotta get this guy to Florida show him a good Time. No work, truck pulls, alligators, tannerite, mud racing.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Ville should definitely be invited to Florida to see and compare European and American trucks and get to ride some of the trucks.

[@vihreelinja4743]

Mud, gators and tannerite is not such a good time outside of usa..we have truck n tractor pulling in eu too

[@zoolkhan]

as a finn i must say, the sentiment is really nice. But if the shop owner leaves his shop behind for holidays, he maybe want to see something else than work when he travels abroad - and his family probably has a strong say in whats beeing done :)

[@michaelkonstantellis3075]

What’s crazy about it is that the shop isn’t even that sophisticated. At least not from what they’ve shown on video.

[@user-bu8bc6kg4f]

@@michaelkonstantellis3075 why you say that?

[@ciderant]

The 650 is a phenomenal truck finished to a very high standard. The spot lights with the lazer light in the middle is like daylight when lit up.The dipped dash is just a bit of class. The 360 camera system gets used a lot on municipal vehicles or ones in big city centres. Its a great thing for eliminating blind spots. It has been a very productive week in Finland for you bruce and can't wait to see what you end up doing to your own Scania. 👍

[@robertgardner4508]

I can't blame anyone for hating on our trucks. Our country is stuck in the past with pre-historic infrastructure.
Yeah our old school trucks are pretty cool, and long nose trucks look cool. But european design, is all about driver comfort, and being efficient.

[@sandwichbar8226]

FJB

[@davetowler1205]

Great series of videos. Look forward to the engine swap getting done and how the truck performs out in the US

[@t.w.3]

Great to see the Ylivoimala shop. Very nice and clean setup. Looking forward to seeing more of their work. Safe trip back home, and merry Christmas!

[@kleshutrucker]

Ylivoimala has worked on my dads 2004 r series Scania also. Cool to see the shop that our truck was in. Merry Christmas Bruce!!!

[@eedesign878]

Even in Finland we know term Florida Man. Sauna is the cargo of this truck.

[@PaddyBoy644]

Loving the Scania content Bruce.
Merry Christmas mate.
Cheers Pat🇦🇺

[@jamesdowling9759]

They seem like a great bunch of guys. I’ve met a few Finn drivers and all such great guys.

[@1armedguy4]

Wow that dash makeover is totally awesome, very eye catching but soothing at the same time. Great videos from Finland !

[@cal03pats]

It’s so wholesome to see an American embracing culture through a passion, trying to get a grip of the language etc. Keep doing what you are doing man!

[@barryedwards1336]

Bruce maybe you'v already got them organised, but just in case don't forget your 2 small light up Michelin Men for the cab roof of your new truck, they may be easier to find over there than in the USA.

[@ImForwardlook]

The fat guys are so silly and turn the truck into a circus wagon.

[@zoolkhan]

@@ImForwardlook well, his own scania literally was a circus wagon, before it was imported to north america - so its a perfect fit.
(i happen to read dutch & german, finnish and swedish - and understood the decals on his truck)

[@Marklin15]

I’ve seen a couple Volvo VNL in the US with the light up Michelin men mounted on top cab.

[@NickoSupra]

You should modify your Scania the style of Scandinavian trucks. Don't Amaricanize it! :D

[@RunawayTrain2502]

I'd actually love if he gave it some American flair. It's Bruce's truck now.

[@zoolkhan]

agreed - arctic heating all the way, and snowchains

[@JohnDoe-ee1hn]

Why european style, just good to see , because i see so many in europe this is nice to see the American vision of pimping a Scania

[@laurikoivumaki1471]

You need to come here in the Summer to see the powertruck show 😊

[@NjoyMoney]

I applaud you for going out of your comfort zone, visiting europe, especially a nordic country, i hope you had a great time buddy 😁 invite ville to florida 😁

[@danielburgin1060]

Bruce they have been so welcoming to I’ve seen a humble side to you I’ve never seen before well done

[@CarlosTorres-hv5ym]

I wish this was available here in the US

[@bartuutgrunn622]

Bruce, love your content. If you ever want to feel like a kid in a candystore, you have to visit the truckstar festival in the Netherlands Assen

[@eaglebrink]

He could allso go to Zwolle and maybe visit the factory there...

[@carriebrumley8926]

Shout out to Ville I hope I spelled that right for hosting you while you were there and to you for for some great videos!! Some of us would have never gotten to see something like this!! Thank you!!

[@AlexKall]

Bloody impressive build by Ville and his crew! Nice pronunciation on the Finnish, as a non-Finnish speaker you sounded fluent!

[@zoolkhan]

ville was just polite :-) As a finnish speaker i can say that the pronounciation in the end was getting closer, but it wasnt there yet.
But to a finn that is no surprise, nobody from outside finnlands gets anything pronounced correctly after just a week.
I know people from england living here since >10 yrs and while theyre understood - everyone immediately knows they did not grow up here.
Finnish language, is the most literal there is by that i mean: they pronounce every letter, there are no silent letters - and A is AAAAh like in the dentist chair.... an E is always an E like Energycrisis .... if something need to be stretched out, they would use two letters.
so his name Ville is very different from vi-leh as foreigners pronounce it.
Finnish kids learn the pronounciation in school like this: Yli-voi-mala Vil-le - that forces you to not ignore the double "l" as many foreigners
tend to do. (ps: voimala is what we call powerplants, yli is basically the finnish "super" in this context - ylivoima would be superpower)
Allright, lecture over - lets get a mulled wine (glögi in finnish) and spice it up with some rum ..... brumm brumm

[@rekleif]

My respect for you went up considerably after your trip to Finland Bruce. God bless from Norway.

[@colomet]

What a beaut, as a swede, im proud

[@attepatte8485]

nice pfp!

[@danw1955]

Wow! What a unit Bruce! That place is the custom shop of 'custom shops'! The interior alone, on the cab says a lot about their attention to detail! Very cool stuff!😄👍👍

[@arnomrnym6329]

Me, as a biker, realy like the turning signal cameras. 👍🏾😎 Thx to Matti from 🇩🇪
If I would have let the shifting changed to manual, I would have change it into a 3-stick-shift, where the sticks reach up to your ears. 😁

[@zoolkhan]

i am sure the truckes also love bikers who keep in mind that trucks have blind spots.
Its natural selection otherwise.
As a ordinary-car driver, i have that in mind - i hang back so, that i can see his mirrors - it means he also can see me then,
i give him room to manuver - I dont hide in his blind spots... etc.
The cameras are a nice touch, but the mirrors are more common.
Driving the big rigs for a living is not the easiest life. No matter from where you are
i try to make their days not worse with my presence.
Bike safe out there...
cheers with beers from finland

[@arnomrnym6329]

@@zoolkhan I always keep in mind, when I don't see the driver, he can't see me either. But this works only with mirrors. 😉

[@jerryodonoghue8624]

What an awsom series. Just to see how they do it is amazing. The craftsmanship is awsome.

[@mattiloponen9791]

Job well done, great job Ylivoimala Finland 🇫🇮 Hieno homma Ylivoimala, teiltä löytyy osaamista 👍👍👍🇫🇮

[@beinlausen]

So since both this manual swapped truck and the blue donor truck are both Norwegian trucks, that should interest you to visit Norway! The blue truck is from Thor Tenden Transport in Stryn. All their trucks are with that stylish paint job. Also, most of europe use only 2 axle trucks, but in Norway the norm is 3 axle trucks. Some with lift axles, most with tandem drive.
So go hit up some trucking videos from the western part of Norway, see the scenery and the trucks they drive and the roads they drive on. I myself drive mobile cranes here.
Great series Bruce!

[@norwegiandude8709]

There's no rule about 3 axles.. but it's the most convenient for weigth distribution and for winter driving.
Eller kan du referere til en bestemt lov jeg ikke har hørt om? Vi har derimot fritak fra diverse EU bestemmelser når det kommer til distanse mellom hytte og tralle på semi.

[@beinlausen]

@@norwegiandude8709 Rule som i norm =) Endra så det ikkje blir misforståelsar.

[@gregkilleen5678]

Super impressed by his eye for detail on this truck!!

[@Suixamoht]

Great progress my man. You've discovered the E in the end of Ville's name and you can even pronounce Ylivoimala already. Most people also probably think Finns such as Ville are not very talkative, but in reality it's just that actual casual conversation in English is something that people are not very confident about at first, but I see Ville is progressing in that aswell. My advice is that you should get wasted together, if drinking is your thing.

[@leiflillandt1488]

Bruce you had some problems with the pronunciation of "y", it's somewhat close to "e", and "i" is always pronounced "e", etc (which means there are more letters that differ, but maybe you speak (and can read some) Spanish, then you are much closer! The spelling in Finnish is arrived from Swedish and Latin, even though there are no other connections.)

[@zoolkhan]

youre spot on, ville would be much more talkactive in his own language, under the influece and in the sauna :)

[@mabettaja]

And without a camera pointed to his face. Yes.

[@april7_]

but you have to remember that some of us are still like "leave me alone, I know what I am doing" type of people! 😂

[@Sefhen]

loving all this stuff you've been doing in my home town region

[@zoolkhan]

kempelemies?

[@JohnySv]

So funny hearing that -8°C is very cold for someone. Cheers from Finland!

[@janstahl9589]

Yeah but we complain when its +25 "det är så varmt 🥵" thats nothing for an Florida man 😂 skål

[@LeyenaZoey]

You need to go to The Netherlands, near Assen, the Truckstar Festival on 27 & 28 july 2024! If you like Trucks Overload!

[@rkan2]

I think he is already making arrangements :D

[@LeyenaZoey]

@@rkan2 It has been so enjoyable to see him like a kid in a candyshop!
I am still hopeful he will give some attention to Volvo too! I mean, I like my Volvo :D

[@retrotuner2650]

You should go to forest with finnish timber truck drivers, there you could see some driving skills.

[@kevinanderson4789]

Man I've been around trucks my whole life and I've never seen this type of truck repairs. My hat's off to you for the great videos and the impressive work that you and Bob do. Wish I could help out on 1 job just because I enjoy seeing anything turned from bad to great 👍 keep up the great work and I'll be waiting on your next video. Be safe and keep them trucks outta the scrap yard....

[@tonytrumble]

These gentlemen have such strong business sense and Scania is just a strong Foundation!

[@mikeh6286]

You have a knack for making enjoyable videos. Keep up the good work. I'm not even into trucking but I can't wait to see more.

[@aletzr]

As a finnish viewer this was so cool to watch thanks and welcome back again :)

[@stihl0903]

You will be a Scania expert soon Bruce.

[@thunder4chris]

I was just thinking, from zero to expert in just a few videos 😅

[@henrikcarlsen1881]

What is the advantages of going manual instead of the autoshifted one? I mean, the autoshift can do manual too.

[@altergreenhorn]

@@henrikcarlsen1881 The owner have some specific job even the trailer isnt standard

[@altergreenhorn]

@ stihl... not yet he still struggle with a shift pattern 14:27

[@jarpa153]

@@henrikcarlsen1881 you have slightly better control over the gears in tight corners and steep slopes

[@RantDuJour]

I think Ville is the Fin with most spoken words on RUclips in 2023

[@ja_ma]

There is this other Fin on the "Hydraulic Press Channel" that speaks quite a lot, and in English too.

[@leiflillandt1488]

Isn't Kimi Räikkönen on RUclips any more? 😁

[@ja_ma]

@@leiflillandt1488 Mostly old clips, but I don't know what he has done in 2023.

[@mrspeaker3556]

Trucker tim and bruce would be sick👌

[@garywebster6453]

No, would spoil it

[@squidcaps4308]

USA has had a long lasting problem of having too insular markets that do not need to innovate. US car industry in the early 90s was decade behind everyone else, because they didn't have real competition and were lulled to think that customers would not want anything innovative.. Seems that truck side is still the same. Opening up markets spawn competition and give customers what they want, not just what they can get.

[@robocop3961]

Damn right 💯👍🏻

[@MrJurssi]

Sounds a much like Soviet Union 😅😂

[@titan_forward]

​@@MrJurssiМожно свами немного согласиться,но в СССР поставлялись такие грузовики,как финнская SISU,чешская TATRA,даже начали собирать тягачи Kenworth T800 на заводе ZIL в 90-х годах,но с развалом СССР все поставки прекратились.Хотя чешская TATRA до 2000 годов поставляла свои грузовики нефтяникам России.

[@Dennis-Hinz]

I think on the truck side is a lot bigger gap as on the car side😂

[@Urs4]

@@titan_forward Tatra is Czech made truck well known from Paris Dakar competiton. Maybe they have as much possibilities to buy trucks from abroad as in former CCCP.
Back in the day when CCCP became Russia and they transported cars and stuff from finnish harbours all trucks
used were european and even some International trucks were used.... as we know International Navistar and Scania is owned by Traton owned by Volkswagen group...

[@mrolsen6987]

"it's so freaking cold outside here"
- T-shirt weather for Finns..
😁🤘

[@DuBstep115]

30 years in Finland, cold is always cold
Finnish people b*tch about the weather 24/7, too hot, too cold etc

[@DonJake1000]

-30 C or -22 F on weather forecast for Finland this week 🥶

[@madexan]

Dunno when you are trying to haul "big" in the USA. I drive now and then scania or volvo with 1058 hiab. Both of them are 5 axel, trucks weight about 30-32tn wihtout load (~66 000 - 70 500 lbs) max is 42tn with load (~92 600lbs) truck alone. Add an trailer and we can go up to 76tn (~167 5000 lbs) total weight.Trucks and trailers we use we get payload about 30-35tn (~66 000- 77 160 lbs) mostly it is our mobile cranes counter weight.

[@thedeaddonkey8018]

Man, that workshop is awesome.

[@tapio_m6861]

Hope you enjoyed the Oulu region. Merry Christmas!

[@jonsson_68]

God Jul (Merry Christmas) from Sweden..🎅🏼

[@MikkoRantalainen]

You should visit Finland during the summer if you want to see Sun and enjoy warm weather with the whole family. Late May or late July is typically best for the weather. If you want to take your family to the Santa Claus, I'd recommend early March because that should definitely have a lot of snow still and nice weather.

[@pekkapulkkinen3380]

King of The road

[@chuckgilbert2845]

They need to come over here now, take them to Semi Casual!!

[@robocop3961]

💯👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@lewism5856]

Beauty of a machine

[@boosteraxledoesstuff2769]

Before you go Bruce dont forget the AC compressor! Hope you had a blast :>

[@petter5721]

Strands spotlights are awesome👍🏻

[@andysmith5220]

Now its his turn to come over to Florida and maybe do some trucks in florida or help you install your engine

[@transporterdispatch231]

Yes, if you ever see a LongLine you gonna love it. Ask around and also check the Renault Magnum. They stopped making them but those trucks are still around, take a ride in one of those.

[@merhaba8]

I drove one of those from UK to Romania and back in the 90s when they first came out. One the first cabovers to have a flat floor in the cab. Great to live in but a bit rock and roll with the high cab!

[@bobreay6323]

LOVE THE TRUCKS COOL GUYS IN FINLAND ROCK, NICE ONE BRUCE

[@zepedrofd]

Those two headlights right under the windscreen... I flashed my headlights to a car that brake checked me once, at night... They shined so bright I swear I could have identified every single grain of dust on his dashboard! 🤣 Almost felt sorry for the guy!

[@zoolkhan]

never witnessed that kind of roadrage here in finland (brake checking in mean, self defense with lightbeams is legit in my books)
You can find those lights also on normal cars in finland, many of us drive through roads that have no artificial lighting and we have frigging deerswarms everywhere, so the bullbar is no decoration, and the lights have an entirely pragmatic reason.
most important are the positional lights on the top of your cabin - because it tells oncoming cars there is a truck cabin coming over the crest
which leads to me switching off the farlights sooner - no one needs 60 ton veering off course as an oncomer.
If you still dont understand, the cab is invisible to me as a car-driver until the headlights underneath come over the crest - that is the time the trucker is blinded by my own -entirely pragmatic- extra lighting. But if a cab has little lights on top of the cabin, i know whats coming - and react faster
preserving the truckers nightvision better :)

[@Fabulousprofound168]

Hope you gave him a good tan 😂

[@stop_lying_bro]

Hahahaha they really are super bright!

[@Mysterysmoke]

We really need to get these to America

[@sic22l]

Scania stopped offering Longline cab in 2005, just a few years after the release. They're incredibly rare and still stupidly expensive. If you find a newer one it's a one-off modification by one of the shops.
Other than that the problem with sleepers in euro trucks is length, you have about 30 inches behind the front seats and that's it meanwhile in the US you can fit a 42-inch bed AND a standing refrigerator like in the Volvo VNL860.

[@pavettto]

In Finland and Sweden the length is no longer a problem since the introduction of HCT, which allows the trucks to be 34,5 meters long. I really wish the long nose trucks as well as longlines could make a comeback, since they look so cool. The problem probably is that they are less agile in cities, but for regular highway transports I would buy one if there was any on the market.

[@1chish]

You forgot that Scania offer the XL (CR23 and CS23) R and S series cabs with 270 mm cab extra length. And that comes with an optional 100 Cm (40") bed. All within the factory external air management side blades and roof spoiler. Scania S series have flat floors so basically the difference with a VNL860 is a 2" bed width .....
The bottom line is the difference between a cabover and a conventional. The former is highly manoeuvrable in all situations and the latter is not. Especially the longer wheelbase options. As a driver do you need an extra 2" of bed for 7 hours sleep or a better quality driving experience for the 13 hours behind the wheel?

[@leiflillandt1488]

​@@pavetttoSome, or even many, trucks in Finland go sometimes by ferries to Sweden and then the length matters, as you pay for the length not the weight.

[@pavettto]

@@leiflillandt1488 Yes, probably not the best option for international transports, but there's many other use cases where it wouldn't be that big of a problem.

[@titan_forward]

Ещё у VOLVO FH 16 есть модель с кабиной XXL.

[@davidrobert2007]

This has been a great series, from start to Finnish. Good job bro 👍

[@thesushifiend]

I see what you did there!

[@davidrobert2007]

@@thesushifiend 😎

[@zoolkhan]

as a finn i can testify we have never heard that pun before, especially from english speakers - totally new and hillarious ;-)
*** sigh ***

[@thesushifiend]

@@zoolkhan As an English speaker I can certify that you too are an English speaker and therefore share in our guilt.

[@davidrobert2007]

@@zoolkhan 🤣Sorry, I couldn't help it.
Edit: As a Britisher, I appreciate your sarcasm 😊

[@arpec77]

Great videos man! Merry Christmas

[@snakeplissken1754]

Bruce at ylivoimala is like a kid in a candy store : "I would like to have this, this, this, this and... well give me one of everything".
Are there any plans for Ville to visit you in the states to review your trucks/US trucks in general?

[@Tgaguy33]

Used to drive a Scania 143M (500hp) back in 1992, that had 1,400,000 kilometres (870,000 miles) on the clock. It had a 18spd Road ranger fitted and would do 100kph(62mph) in 16th. I was told it was good for 160kph(100mph). Never go to test it out. Had a big exhaust, sounded so sweet. At idle I reckon you could almost hear the sound of each blade of the turbo spinning around at the exhaust tip.

[@BoHarmon-qq9on]

Love the Scania trucks as well as some of the other European trucks.

[@davidgough1161]

Perfect, everyone working together for a common goal. Cooperation, what a concept!

[@chrisvashck1141]

This gotta be the most chatty Fin I've ever seen !!!!!! Great video and awesome truck!!!

[@olepedersen5420]

Next time you should also check out the small finnish truck manufactor Sisu truck, they built trucks with Mercedes V8, hybrid system and fuller gear, many axles, lifteable, steerable.. old Sisu trucks were built with, Cummins, CAT engines..

[@stratofortress7124]

Jost Kupplungen is a German Company from Neu-Isenburg / Germany. Near of Frankfurt.

[@michaelcliffe562]

Greetings and merry christmas from Neu Isenburg, Germany😃 Grüße und frohe Weihnachten!

[@dennismcclintock3154]

I just love these trucks and would love to drive one❤. Been a certified CDL Truck driver for over 28 years

[@greg10469]

Very informative/proffessional videoing...well done Bruce!

[@taffysgarage]

Hey Bruce if u want to visit South wales in the UK we can have a day out with my company's 2023 scania r500 and we also got daf xg aswell they are huge cabs.

[@tdwl4373]

The shop achieves things on a daily that the rest dream of.

[@robinford4037]

Hope you get the chance to do a night delivery in Europe. I delivered fresh goods to supermarkets and corner shops at night, the roads to yourself and the only difficulties were road works, shutting down the highway at night, you get diverted into the city small roads for a few miles, hit about 20 roundabouts, ranging in size from 5 feet to 100 feet before returning to the highway, or delivering to a shop in a small village in the mountains and coming face to face with a 4x4 truck and smiling down at the driver who has just realised they are no longer the baddest on the the road.😊

[@robocop3961]

😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@AK_Drogo]

Safe travels home Bruce!!

[@Fekillix]

Now all the European truck manufacturers are going to invite you. Will be fun seeing you in Germany, Italy, France, Czechia etc.

[@trailou]

Started watching your videos a few months ago, when I found them just zooming around youtube for Scania stuff. And now already you visited here just a few hundred kms north of me(live in Vaasa)!😮
Been a TREAT watching these from your trip!! Best wishes to you Bruce, and a Happy new year also!🎉

[@trailou]

Btw. your timing wasn't bad either, this week we're looking at constant -25 to -35 degrees celsius up here🥶😅

[@pauldillinger2286]

I really enjoyed every video from Sweden My friend. I love big trucks and what they have to offer is so freaking amazing. I would love to see somebody build a long nose Scania.

[@dannywesthovens6755]

The T models have a big nose. They are No longer made from the factory. In the netherlands is a company that makes the nose for new and recent trucks.

[@zoolkhan]

this video was not from sweden dude. finnland is its own country since more than 100 yrs, and people died and bled for that to stay that way

[@pauldillinger2286]

I didnt know that. Thanks for sharing that sir. Happy Holidays to you.@@dannywesthovens6755

[@dannywesthovens6755]

@@pauldillinger2286 they also make a ‘nose’ for the european Volvo FH. Also a very nice truck and lightyears more advanced than the VNL from the US.
I had 2 Scania next gens and now driving a Volvo FH. Both very capable and comfortable. I hope bruce explores the Volvo FH too because the 2 brands are both top.

[@dannywesthovens6755]

@@pauldillinger2286 happy hollidays to you too

[@TheHumanParaquat]

That is one of the cleanest, nicest, tasty cabs I've ever seen...usually custom cabs are over the top, this one is perfect

[@pirateradioFPV]

A little Kiitos goes a long way here 😁🇫🇮 You nailed our name, the double L is a long stretch to many foreigners 😁

[@vernfrederick5025]

Bruce your trip was awesome I hope you go back ,to Finland again everyone there seems so very nice and fun to hang around

[@aero6917]

Hope you didnt get too traumatized Bruce with the darkness and cold combined with the jet lag 😆

[@alexxxXXXrus]

😂😂 thats why two tired mens decided for filming in the middle of the night. Jet lag ofcourse 😅

[@zoolkhan]

@@alexxxXXXrus middle of the night? what do you mean. Thats how days look l ike up north in midwinter.
Have you never wondered why artificial lighting is such a priority in the nordics?

[@alexxxXXXrus]

@@zoolkhan 😂 i live almost north pole. Anyway more northern than you can imagine.
Theres no one people outside.
Its a local joke- how do you know its a night behind the polar circle? You just cant ask nobody "what is the time?"

[@RubberGopher]

@@zoolkhan There's nobody else in the shop and all the businesses around all seem to be closed so it's most certainly several hours past office hours.

[@Schmokkie1984]

Thanks to everybody! This Serie is awesome.

[@MajorLazer182]

Ville is an awesome dude!!

[@terryteed1903]

Oh man. Bruce, the peterbuilt and scania hybrid, do a Peter Built with a scania dash and interior. Amazin.

[@sauliaalto]

You can't fit Scania's dash to pete, pete's cab is so narrow that you have to leave more than half out that scania's dash 😂

[@Jappmannen]

If you are going to return to Europe to look for Scania trucks for sale you should look for one with a nose cab. Scania manufactured them until 2005 or something like that.