"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/05/2015 at 14:06 • Filed to: Scania
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/05/2015 at 14:06 • Filed to: Scania | 5
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Nowadays Scania (they began in the province of Skåne * in southern Sweden, hence the name) make trucks and buses which they sell all over the world (not North America)
In the past they were in the car trade and so here we find a Scania 2122. No, I didn't know they did these either.
* Skoane, every letter pronounced
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Cé hé sin
03/05/2015 at 14:08 |
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One of my first introductions to Scania was the giant overland V8 rig in The Gods Must Be Crazy II:
Svend
> Cé hé sin
03/05/2015 at 14:45 |
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My local haulage company have a few Scanias.
A large portion over their fleet of over 2,000 trucks are Scanias.
Gonemad
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/05/2015 at 15:31 |
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In Brazil Scanias are synonymous to Truck. All you see on the road are pallette swaps of this, and yes they are pushing 20, each one of them:
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Cé hé sin
> Svend
03/05/2015 at 17:03 |
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....all individually named. They only pay about £8 an hour.
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Cé hé sin
> Gonemad
03/05/2015 at 17:04 |
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It's been a long time since they've made front engined trucks. Do you still see them there?
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Svend
> Cé hé sin
03/05/2015 at 21:41 |
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Just spoke to one of the drivers. Their on £8.50 an hour plus daily bonuses and daily allowances depending on their job and £12 an hour is roughly the average. Some drivers taking home £700 a week. £8.50 is just the start off basic hourly rate.
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Gonemad
> Cé hé sin
03/05/2015 at 22:43 |
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All the time. They are more common the further inland you go.
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Cé hé sin
> Svend
03/06/2015 at 07:22 |
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Oh, I was wondering how they were able to recruit anyone at an average of £8 an hour.
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Svend
> Cé hé sin
03/06/2015 at 10:48 |
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Ye', I think it gets round everyone being on a high rate such as a trailer yard shunter who moves trailers into their slots in the yard being on the same rate as a continental tramper who does long distances and is away from home all week, yet also means that if the yard shunter does a long distance run he/she isn't doing the job at a lower rate while there not being any work for the continental tramper who because of his/her hourly rate is paid massively for doing short run local drops. It's a fairer more flexible system.
With the introduction of the PCP by Europe for all drivers, many older seasoned drivers are leaving but there isn't enough new drivers to replace the ones left and starting to be a shortage in the industry which I can only see the wages go up to tempt new blood into the fold.