Extreme Trucking In Northern Norway | Scania R560

This is kind of extreme trucking, it's very windy and slippery on the road. I'm going to Breivikbotn in northern Norway. It was one night in February I was there.
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[@norwegianroads2152]

For those not familiar with the geography of Northern Norway, he is driving on the western coast of the island called Sørøya in Finnmark, Norway. The next piece of land west of there is Greenland, about a thousand miles across the Northern Atlantic

[@derandreas]

Very good and carefull driving! Great example of understanding road and conditions!

[@emigratednorwegian411]

This YT video is a reminder of how it is like in maybe the world's happiest country, not everything is idyllic, rather often an undesired challenge driving in Norway in the winter. And thus in particular in the northermost part of the country.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+EMIGRATED NORWEGIAN yeah it can be a bit challenging but it's very exciting and fun. In this video it was a bit extreme. They closed the road after I have passed.

[@sezarcaspian3495]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver absolutely fun and exciting experience it really feels good , it doesn't matter how bad it is , the whole journey is important

[@GeorgeYanez]

Amazing not to loose traction on the wind and ice.Scania baby

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It’s a great truck, I also hade very good tires

[@semihekercin4701]

I didn't want it to end. Great video thanks!

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks a lot, I'm glad you liked it 👍

[@midengineZ06]

awesome driving skills!

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your comment 🙏

[@tims.620]

No blame for the lighting! Impressive so much light.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Yeah the light is awesome on the truck, it is a siberian led ramp 👍

[@jaapnagtegaal9131]

Dat licht heb je daar wel nodig.

[@BAgodmode]

I could watch a video like this that is several hours long. Nice ASMR.

[@onewig2317]

GREAT!!! Driving and understanding of weather and truck 😍😍 Love it!! Please post more snow and rain driving its so relaxing to watch 👍 But I'll bet this trip was not as relaxing for you as it was for me 😊 Roger over

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks a lot for your comment. Right now I'm driving I Sweden, but I will come back to the north again. Well you are correct, this trip was not the most relaxing 🤣

[@avadaniilaura5082]

Sint șofer ca tine dar cred că în 2 curse de felul ăsta m-as imbolnavi de inima. Tot respectul meu pentru tine, ești foarte bun în ceea ce faci. La un moment se aude Cum oftezi. Te cred prietene

[@MrFengen]

Being from Nothern-Norway. I grew up with that type of driving. Had a trip to Sulitjelma where I acted as a snowplow. Sure, it was only in a Mercedes 817, but having all the drift snow on my right side - almost side window height, no visibility whatsoever. In the middle of a long left hand curve, a small car appears in the snow. Driving E6 south from Fauske towards Rognan with 5 cm solid ice with water on top. Down towards Setså. This one time I was on my way back from Evenes, dropped off some musicians and their gear. As I was approaching Kongsvik, you got a left-hand turn into a straight that goes into a right-hand turn with an incline. When I am pulling out of the left-hand turn, the wind suddenly stops. And up to my right I can see a couple of moose calves in the tree line. The wind picks up and I lose the sight of the taillights on the tanker truck in front of me. Completely gone. Next time the wind dies down, I am in the middle of the straight before the right-hand turn. And I am not alone on the road. Mrs. Moose is directly in front of me. Somehow, I did manage to miss her, by the snot on her nose. I had the snot on the right side of the truck when I stopped at the gas station in Kongsvik.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

That's a nice story. I do understand that you how have grow up with this kind of weather don't think its any special.

[@MrFengen]

​@@TheSwedishTruckDriver It is special, one just get jaded about it. Like the northern lights, midnight sun, bad weather, cold, dark, orcas, wild nature. All the things that actually are pretty exotic, wild and beautiful. Guessing you got a lot of the same from Sweden.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Yes you are absolutely right. The human get used to everything. We from southern Sweden thinks northern lights are totally amazing, but we do not se it so often. 👍

[@TheUltimate65]

Never to late with a Scania v8👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@montanastranger]

The roads are plowed smooth, and marker poles mark the road. Oilfields and highways in Montana get drifted in with these same conditions, and u can't tell where the road is.

[@tsaku666]

This is not hard driving conditions in nord Norway... this is regular nord Norway in winter

[@a64738]

Yes, this is nice weather with nice driving conditions... When it is actually bad weather a 1 hour drive can easily turn into 6 hours and is why it is dangerous to drive electric cars here.

[@cmnrhn]

Really brave heart drivers, bravo crazy man :)

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks a lot for that comment 🙏 It was an exciting trip

[@cmnrhn]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver 👏👏👏👏👏

[@johnnyhun1]

I worked in Norway as a driver but only at summer. I feel like I have to go back and at least do a whole winter season, otherwise I wouldn't even call myself a truck driver... :D In Europe driving in winter is a piece of cake, even in Sweden and Finland is fairly light due to the flat terrain, but Norway is really a place only for the tough drivers. Driving on Ice roads in canada? pfff... they just go straight with chains on. Norway is the real deal :D

[@grzegorz4819]

U got balls man and good skills. All the best.

[@sharkamov]

Good driving on those narrow Northern Norwegian country roads there TSTD! (The only positive thing (apart from a sturdy rig, good tires and decent light equipment), would have to be the lack of on-coming traffic! . . . ) Nothing compares to driving in snow like this, it has to be experienced first hand! Good job well done! 👌 (I remember the winter of '67 in particular, the wind made snowdrifts so big, the only way to get the road opened, was to use dynamite to blow apart the biggest (and most compacted) drifts, a crew of volunteer locals with all manner of equipment used a week to clear all the roads! This happened on the small island of Hitra, outside the city of Trondheim) . . .

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

You're right, it's very exciting and fun. I have been on Hitra many time and load fish. It have been windy a few times but not so much. The tunnel is pretty tough when you have full load of fish 🤣

[@BeaBosse]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriveroh ja, das ist er der Tunnel😮

[@dimitrisgogos7819]

Icy road and wheel on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

[@peteraxelsson5336]

I drive there to. This was easy. The worst is when its snowing att you can not see throu the window and upphill you can not stop to clearing the Windows

[@Diggerman77]

Cool Tour-Respekt👍

[@kevinjose838]

Happy Easter. That was scary. Hope spring started there 😀

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It really was scary. It will not be spring yet but it will come :)

[@kevinjose838]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver Thank you. Hope you had a good easter

[@user-nd2bj4mt8o]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver Professional driving, requiring great care and careful driving.

[@isdrakens]

Sinnesjukt bra jobbat. Satt på helspänn hela videon igenom.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Tackar för kommentaren. Det var en spännande resa :)

[@bernie917]

Good weather...wait for the storm..😁

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm also waiting 🤣

[@mehmet284]

respect bro amazing drive wow drive safe greetings from the netherlands

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks a lot, safety first 👍

[@zielsoN1]

Respect for the job.

[@kelikran54]

Great video and good driving. I live in alberta, Canada and have driven heavy trucks here since 1973. How many axles do you have there? Full locking diffs on that Scania? Do you ever chain up the tires? That truck is so quiet! How many gears? Also sounds like full syncromesh? Unnskyld alle spørsmål, men tacka so mycka!

[@isaksundrapp]

Mostly 3 axles on the truck and 3 on the trailer. 1 steer and 1or 2 with drive. With the good tires we have chains are not used much but mostly when the tempratures change. these trucks are in general driving with 50metric tonnes of total weight. 12step auto if i remember correctly

[@terrorsapien]

Great driving! Almost every day i travel on these roads, and it's no joke how bad it can be.. i live relatively close to these parts where you are driving here :) stay safe^^

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks for that comment 🙏 in this video it was the wind that was the problem

[@herberthornig2774]

Ich bin 5 Jahre in Norwegen gefahren es war einfach geil ,ich vermisse es . Norcargo war schon geil

[@arvloggerraja]

Great driving in this way with good trucking video upload 👍🏻💯👍🏻 Good luck always 🤲 Raja Abid Riaz from Pakistan

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks 👍

[@obedanet]

Good luck on the Northern slopes, colleague) I liked this video a little

[@laurensdalhuisen8073]

Great great driving ! You are a real trucker !

[@Dz-tt9vg]

Kanon, bra kjøring det der. Nord Norge på vinteren må bare oppleves for å skjønne det. 👍👍😄

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+David Zachariassen ja det är sant, är svårt att förstå om man inte upplevt det

[@stumpyonstive]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver det er sant fikk oppleve det selv etter en tur opp der med varer fikk jeg mye mer respekt for vær og lastebil førerer selvom jeg bare kjører budbid express så stor respekt til jobben du gjør

[@stigandrmyrardalur5208]

The word "extreme" was definately clickbite.... Welcome to Norway mate, this is called "normal winter" here.....

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

No, this is not normal in Norway. I have driven in Norway many years and and northern Norway Norway the last eight to nine years. I know that it can be very rough weather, but this is not normal. They closed the road after I left the fish factory.

[@stigandrmyrardalur5208]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriverdet der er slett ikke unormalt her i Norge, og langt fra ekstremt.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Du har inte funderat på att ni som bor och är uppvuxna där vänjer er? Du ska ju inte säga att vindstyrkor på upp till 40 m/sec är normalt att köra i. Det kvittar vad man lägger ut så finns det alltid riktiga hårdingar som har gjort det som är betydligt värre.

[@alexclement7221]

0:40: As trucker who did the Northern US/Canada for a decade, I would never use top-mounted driving lights, due to the 'snow dazzle' you can see in this shot. Your eyes keep focusing on the snow flakes moving mostly towards you, and you can't see important things happening on the road ahead of you. Also why you never use high-beams in fog. All these multiple light setups do is look cool, and piss-of the drivers ahead of you.

[@maowing371]

good job driving on dose dangerous Road's thanks for a great video :D

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks, the hardest part of it was the strong wind 👍

[@THEluCASH]

not dangerous thos snow storms and those tyes of roades are litterly everywhere her in norway complet normal. but not funn to drive on in the winter anyway xD

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

You have hard weather in Norway during the winter. We don't are used to it think so 👍

[@THEluCASH]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver its been a few times even whit only 3 axel trucks i have to user chains on the smalles of hills xD not funn in snow storms

[@piggybaggy242]

CRAZY

[@Wimself]

Hm... reminds me of my Scania, long ago, in Belgium. Now on the long haul in North America (livin' & workin' from Quebec).

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Scania is an outstanding truck. What kind of truck do you drive today?

[@Wimself]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver , a Freightshaker Cascadia.

[@amirjamil4691]

Pakistan my sir good driving good job

[@SilviaParraTruckingEU-NZ-AU]

great trip! challenging too

[@apocalypto559]

Looks like fun. haha except the icy road

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Haha yeah it was that little detail 😄

[@dionina7715]

I often think why in Europe when it's snowing the cars can still drive. Isn't it dangerous because the ice layer is very slippery? then what is the solution? because we in Indonesia have never experienced anything like that. Thank You.

[@norwegianroads2152]

We use snow tires during winter. They often have a rubber compounds that are softer and thread patterns with room for more snow than the winter tires they use further south. This makes them less suitable for warmer weather and higher speeds, but the speed limit is usually 80 km/h or less. Continental VikingContact and Nokian Hakkapeliitta are among the popular unstudded winter tires here. You can also use studded tires during winter. Vehicles with a legal maximum weight over 3500kg are required to bring snow chains during winter

[@dionina7715]

or perhaps there is a modification to the tread pattern of the tire surface

[@luchiyasafarova2769]

Вы настоящий викинг,что решились на этот рейс 😮

[@user-bu9li2ce8k]

Great

[@gfg517]

Nice! Thanks for sharing Sir.

[@Rusfin025]

Хорошая погода! Ты, справился!

[@vinkelnisse]

Helvete vilket ljus du har på den bilen! Vad har du för ramp på taket? Fin video förresten!

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Tackar 🙏 Det är faktiskt två ramper, den stora är en sibiria och sen mindre ver jag faktiskt inte vad det är

[@philmarwood69]

Same as canada !

[@larskollerud242]

Jo tack har också kört i Norge och det var ett jävla äventyr varje natt jävel på vägen under vintern 😂

[@pavel4680]

Удачи на дорогах

[@username_897]

yeah, they definitely were starving from the dark, lets give them some light 12:47

[@ballaki]

Nice video❤

[@9erner]

👍👍👍👍

[@hassanabbas6143]

Regner med fullt boggie truck på driven ? 😅 Godt kjørt !

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Oh ja, boggie i luften och diffen i 👍🤣

[@samwenske]

Ice Road Truckers: Nordic 🇳🇴 Edition?

[@davidschutte9167]

Je kunt beter ketting kapot rijden dan je zelf. Zou ze tog echt gebruiken puur om niet te schuiven

[@raptorclaw7678]

the road is probably completely covered with snow in 2 hours. did you go back in 2-3 days?

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

I went both ways the same night. 👍

[@dodogot5814]

Nice driving. Is the truck manual or automatic ?

[@zielsoN1]

Did you have chains on? Was that semitrailer or trailer? What was your weight?

[@jannsir7289]

This is just a normal day on sørøya in the winter,I live here. So just take it easy, this is from filmed from vågaresset to Breivikbotn and back to bårvik distance on 20km

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It's normal for you how lives there. As I wrote in the description it's filmed at soroya. I don't know if you have been in a truck with empty trailer in that kind of wind. I can understand that you not think it's bad weather. Happy new year 🎆

[@pettersaethre]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver is it common to take on some `ballast` if you suspect the wind can be too much for an empty trailer

[@HerrHalmakenreuter]

what is this noise at 18:48 ? Is the air kompressor eating some snow?

[@emilvelija6973]

Heja Sverige!

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@villijs33321]

That's easy to say when you come from good Swedish roads to Norwegian BAD one's..

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean?

[@villijs33321]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver In Norway many pay-roads ant the asfalt still bad, in Sweden roads are free and the asfalt is like with highest quality and even if patched then in car feel nothing...

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Ahh ok. Yeah that's right, even if the roads in Sweden starting to get pretty bad, and in Norway they actually repair and building new roads 👍

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Ahh ok. Yeah that's right, even if the roads in Sweden starting to get pretty bad, and in Norway they actually repair and building new roads 👍

[@pmudo]

😲😲😲 Great video.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Thanks 👍

[@ladyrose358]

Helt normal vinter veg i Nord Norge.

[@terryhoyt2058]

That driving near the end, high rock on one side, dark abyss on the other, drifts, curves, no visibility... yikes!

[@22cheddar]

is a 3 axle truck a must in the conditions? i know it does help you to get around but would you be willing to even go to these places with 2 axle truck?

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+Radek Černý If the trailer was loaded correct I could try, I think, or not, hahah I really don't know.

[@jonas9883]

Driving a 2 axle in Norway during winter is a recipe for disaster, the police even wants to ban 2 axle trucks from entering Norway during winter because of all the issues and accidents they are involved in

[@deutschlandsverige7408]

So schön, in Deutschland sind alle gleich so überfordert.😄🌨 Super gefahren 👍👍

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+фжщ sorry, I don't understand

[@arwanbjork1951]

what do you haul regularly in this area?

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It's fresh fish 🐟

[@karolw9184]

Road nb 17?

[@a64738]

That is not exsteme at all, that is normal nice weather driving conditions... Soo what do you call driving when it is actually bad conditions, hyper exstreme super +++ armadeddon end of the world driving lol ? ... When weather is bad a 1 our drive can easily turn into 6 hours and is why it is dangerous to drive electric cars here.

[@rossibalboa9605]

Dangerous

[@ExSheriffFattyBoySkinnyArms]

My god are there any truck stops up there and was this filmed anywhere near the lofoten area?

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+goodwood877 no there are no truck stop there, this is filmed on a little island called soroya. it's north of lofoten

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver The "little island" called Sørøya has an area of 811 sq. km ...so not exactly something you run across in 5 minutes..... Most of it is untouched nature and does not have roads ...but that does not make it smaller in area.

[@wesamalhsnawe5954]

❤😢❤😢❤😢❤😢😢

[@CarlMarx]

Where was this?

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It was in Soroya in northern Norway. I was on my way to Breiviksbotn.

[@Stale_Mahoney]

my dad has driven a truck for 35years up here in north Norway, and have joined him nanny a time since i was 6years old til i grew older and he retired. seems like you are not to comfortable on our windy and bumpy roads, one gets used to it ;)

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Well, I really don't know what to reply. I have been driving up north for approximately ten years, I think I'm pretty comfortable.

[@BeaBosse]

Da fährt dir einer vorraus, der viel zu oft auf die Bremse drückt. Es könnte einmal sein und dein Verhängnis sein. Halt bloß genug Abstand…😮

[@Арғынортажүз]

Поворотные линзы нехватает

[@user-fq5eb3tk6e]

살발하다

[@pavel4680]

Хороший свет фар

[@lars-reidarrasmussen8381]

Whats so extreme about it??

[@user-vt4ep6jt8f]

You are stupid!

[@PUMA95]

🥶😧🤩

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

It was a bit scary, but we are pretty use to this kind of weather 👍

[@PUMA95]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver yes it seems respect to you😉👍

[@Dan-fo9dk]

A normal day in northern Norway. Not extreme in any way,.... eeehhh.... maybe for someone who hasn't experienced weather before......

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

+Dan everything is different for all people, I don't think people in let say South of Sweden think this is normal. if you live in North of course you get use to it.

[@mndkv2747]

a pleasant road trip right :)... call it normal

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@mndkv2747 Do I sense some sarcasm from you..??? The Norwegian Meteorologisk Institutt do all the official weather observations and forecasts. Hence weather data is well documented. What is seen in the video is nothing out of the ordinary and can occur at any time. A few days ago on Sunday 2.January the forecast was for average wind 24m/s (86km/h - liten storm/gale) with some local strong gusts 35 m/s (126 km/h - orkan/hurrican). It didn't even qualify to an extreme weather warning. But still two buses were blown off the road. One bus with only the driver onboard and the other bus with 22 passenger. That buses are taken by the wind is not an uncommon thing. Just to give you an idea of what extreme weather can be .... then we have had wind up to the double strength of mentioned above....which means that the wind can exceed 200 km/h.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

​@@TheSwedishTruckDriver In the video it seems like you are driving from Breviksbotn to Hasvik. It is quite an exposed stretch of road....only the open Atlantic outside. You don't show the ferry ride Hasvik to Øksfjord. That would be funny to see. I guess you were close to death there so you were excused from doing any video..... Some years ago I was passenger onboard the coast express (Hurtigruten). The weather forecast for that area called Lopphavet was storm. In Øksfjord did a group of young Swedish men come on board. I talked with a couple of them. They had been on some military training. They were some special force/commandos.... They were loud and had fun ...well just for a moment. They had heard that Lopphavet translated to Lusehavet in Swedish and found that funny. The ship left the port and these though guys were within minutes reduced to some pathetic green faced puking guys who could not stand on their own feet. Sorry, but I couldn't do anything else than laugh when at the same time the locals were heading for the cafeteria for finding something to eat...... ...just normal weather you know.....

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Nice story 👍

[@alexclement7221]

0:20: 0Couldn't understand a single word he was saying. I'm not even sure which language he was talking in...

[@magnusmikkelsen539]

He was swearing in Swedish

[@SirSvenSirSven]

Jepp

[@jeangerono5749]

Bonjour, la vie de routier est un métier à haut risques surtout en été à cause des automobilistes toujours presses, impatients, irrespectueux, incompréhensifs... . Salut à tous mes collegues.(le routier est un animal en voie de disparition !).

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Sorry, I don't understand

[@SnowCatFanX87]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver Hello, the life of a truck driver is a high-risk job especially in summer because of motorists always in a hurry, impatient, disrespectful, incomprehensible ... . Hi to all my colleagues. (The truck driver is an endangered animal! thats what he said

[@user-tp4we5ld9z]

В России часто так бывает ,даже с переметами

[@user-sd9mb4ud2q]

Фару настрой слепой

[@Foxbat1155]

Driving too fast for this type of conditions

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

No, I'm not. I need the speed or else i will be stuck especially in the snow drifts.

[@la8pv737]

Always thought that the truck drivers up here were underrated, and underpaid! These conditions can be difficult in a regular car even. But it can get much worse than this as well. A lot worse.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

I know it can be worse I have experienced that. But then the roads will be closed. This road was closed after I have driven to the ferry.

[@la8pv737]

@@TheSwedishTruckDriver Oh, im sure you have. When the road blows closed like that there is not much else to do. However, our road plowers do a great job at holding the roads open. I wonder how that climb is when its 0 degrees and ice.

[@TheSwedishTruckDriver]

Yes, they are really great. In that temperature it would not be nice to drive there especially with the hard wind 😳