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#661 Post by obelihnio » 01 Jan 2017 20:13

Awesome story and a happy new year to You!
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#662 Post by golcan » 02 Jan 2017 07:34

Happy New Year, mate!

AMAZING shots and story!! :o :o
How could you take those so realistic shots? Super graphics.
Enjoy Hungary...
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#663 Post by rockwell » 02 Jan 2017 20:13

Always Heavy bro.
nice.
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#664 Post by S7R4N63R » 07 Jan 2017 12:32

Thanks for the compliments, much appreciated! :)

I felt the urge to expand my company, so I looked up for a loan with affordable daily installment to start. As a result, I borrowed €400,000 from bank, which was a gazillion amount of money. With my saving, my account balance was a total of €408,455.

Then, I was finding a strategic location for my second garage. I stumbled upon Buda_Észak(Észak-Buda). It has many depots, which increase the chance of finding jobs(especially for my future employee and myself), a fuel station and a Scania dealer-cum-repair shop.

There was an used garage for sale located at the outskirt of the city. It can accommodate up to three trucks and has some facilities. It became mine at the price of 180,000. There is also a small billboard outside my garage which is also a part of garage's property, I rent it to Tesco to earn supplementary income for my business.

Enough with the essay :mrgreen: , here are some actual photos of it.
Not too big, but not too small either.
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Rest corner with three seats and a vending machine. There are some cool posters of Kelsa and the tyre brands.
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It has some small overhead cranes, a service platform, a floor crane and some other repair tools. Note that Scania parking there. From exterior, it looks all right but its engine and other vital parts to run it including gearbox were missing. In my very opinion, it's not worth the repair. So I hired tow truck to tow it away and sold it to wrecking yard.
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Next, I went to the Volvo dealer at Pest_Észak(Észak-Pest) which was nearby. They have finished the new Volvo FH16 I ordered a week ago.
My configuration:
Chassis: 6x4 with Tandem Axle Lift that makes it possible to disengage and raise the second driven axle even while driving
Cabin: Sleeper
Engine: D16K550 Euro 6 (2800 Nm torque for manual gearbox)
Gearbox: VTO2814B with 100 tonnes GCW approval.
Fuel tank capacity: 800L
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I purchased it for €150,397, with regular insurance paid. This will be my driver's truck, however we will switch trucks when I need to haul heavy trailer.

Some photos of it.
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It was early morning when I bought this truck.
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Test drive + to recruitment agency which was a 8 km drive. The new Volvo FH has inherited the informative dashboard from FH3 and enhanced it by a permanent display with bars at left instead of gauges. It also shows the current gear and cruise control speed permanently instead of among one of the pages in the computer display. With tag up, the turn radius is good and fuel consumption is reasonable.
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Surrounded by tall buildings, this inconspicuous "room" is recruitment agency.
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These three drivers were available for hire at that time, and one of them which is Melanie Q. was already there. She already had a long-distance skill, which one of the reasons I hired her. The agency charged me a "modest" fee of €1500 for her. I drove her to our garage with her truck.
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The roof window allows natural light to shine into the cab. It also serves as escape hatch when doors are blocked, which is nice. Volvo says that this sleeper cab can accommodate up to two people overnight comfortably but how is this possible when there is only one bed in this cab variant?
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While she was settling in and resting, I used her truck for a heavy job.
On the way, a Scania outsped me.
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Waiting for them to open their gate for me.
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Tilting the gooseneck for coupling.
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Bound for Esztergom, which is about 36 km away.

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Foggy weather.
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Met another combine harvester on road. When two giants meet......at narrow road. :oops:
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Tight road at Esztergom, nice vegetation.
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SCS we need steering trailer axle! :mrgreen:
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That's all for now, thanks for reading. :)
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#665 Post by Hakan » 07 Jan 2017 13:18

Nice shots and Volvo! amazing story!
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#666 Post by BK Vissers » 07 Jan 2017 15:22

Great story, I look forward to more.

Your tour of the garage was superb!
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#667 Post by Andrei_03 » 07 Jan 2017 15:36

Amazing story telling and pics! :)
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#668 Post by golcan » 08 Jan 2017 21:47

Wow, mate. Great story, amazing pics, very original Volvo, and super garage interior!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
Nice daylighting, too.
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#669 Post by S7R4N63R » 09 Jan 2017 10:32

Thanks folks! :)
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#670 Post by Vossie1000 » 09 Jan 2017 11:56

Nice shots and cool story :D

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