My thoughts on the Tag Axle

[@waldosworld1318]

As an American truck driver and a coe lover I find your equipment very interesting. Here in the USA the coe is gone American drivers won't drive them it's why the market died. Our trucks would never work where your at. Our standard trailer length is 53ft long my freightliner wheel base 250 inches long total combined length is 70ft. Gross vehicle weight is no more than 40tons. As we say here in the states keep the rubber side down in the shiny side up and see you on the flip side.

[@kamianseniorgluten-freefoody]

Wanted to understand the tag cheers great vlog thank you 😊😊👍👍👍

[@ScottAndrews]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Denstoradiskmaskinen]

I drive a mid lift daily, i tried a Tag lift for a week, a fresh rental.. i found myself working the steering wheel alot more with the tag! That may just be a new truck, who knows.. i prefer a mid lift from that experience!

[@tastytimbo7302]

Driving me mental. Thanks for the Advise all 👍

[@christopherfarmer5626]

Another great video Scott love all of your vlogs keep up the good work safe trucking mate

[@olivernilsson1433]

I don't know how yours winter weather is but here in Sweden almost all trucks have tag lift because more weight to drive axel and now when Volvo got tandam drive with tag axel I should say tag axel is best :)

[@johnwhitehouse5244]

Enjoyed your video Scott. As always. Thank you. Take care and stay safe. John Whitehouse

[@icewizzard666]

Great vid, whether your boss gets one or thinks it's suitable for the work you do, at least he has another opinion on it - yours! Someone who drives, not like a company exec that gets things just for cost effectiveness etc and who's not on the front line like you, the other drivers and obviously your boss who drives too!

[@WilliamStevens007]

Tag axle all day, We used to have a 9m long twin axle and with the tag you could get it almost anywhere you wanted. You need to live with one for 6 months before you choose a tag over a mid lift.

[@ScottAndrews]

Sadly only had a week with this one

[@WilliamStevens007]

@@ScottAndrews I know, But my point still stands Scott. You will never pick a mid over a tag.

[@multiManchoo]

Absolutely 👍🏻. Mid is just a cost saving idea that came out due to changes in the law and weights increase. Mid are rubbish on turning circles and reversing, never mind traction. Tag all day long, I’ve had them on heavy haulage and low loaders for 18 years. Only thing mid lifts are good for is straight line motorway wood that’s it. Drivers have to spend time with tags and have there driving pushed to the limits in traction and access with weight, once you have you’ll never go back to cheap mid lifts. I still driver a 2016 Scania 520 V8 stick shift because old school stands the test of time 👍🏻😁

[@heidi12ish]

Im a good boy, I do as I’m told! #More Scott!

[@michaelthomas3646]

7.9mpg is bloody brilliant! my car only does 4mpg around Bridgend!! lol

[@raywelshman]

Hello my fellow countryman, thanks for yet another great video, I just love your humour and your attitude, written in English this time to stop Luke whining. Regards from Ray in North West Wales..

[@dextergord1161]

Great video mate good luck in the competition

[@wagmiorngmi]

Tags might be alright where your weight distribution is fixed but we have a 65 plate 460 XF tag on bulk milk tanker work and for 95% of the work it's a hindrance as we can't get any traction on farm roads in the wet when on any sort of incline. As you'll know, you can't raise the tag when loaded so the only thing you have available is the diff lock or dumping the air. The latter works to get you going, but it takes about 2 mins for the suspension to reset itself and you can't override it. While the air is dumped you can't drive either as the mud guards are sat touching the top of the drive axle and tag tyres, so the function is basically useless. Also, when reversing into a tight yard, the tag tyre scrub is absolutely horrific as you're essentially forcing the tyre sidewards with 44 tonne sat on it. The only time the tag is useful is in one of farms where we have a stand trailer. It would normally be a long reverse for half a mile up his track but you drive in, drop your lines, push in the shunt button and screw it round in one go without the unit or trailer fouling on anything. When the DAF is in for service and we have to take the Actros (6x2/2) mid lift, you can't screw it round because of the length of the wheelbase and you can't do shunts either because you have to jack through more than 90 degrees and that means that the trailer is moving backwards at the same time it's pivoting on its bogey, resulting in the rear underrun bar fouling on the wall. Give us manual control of the tag lift when loaded (even if only temporary) then they'd be fine. Ride wise, they're definitely choppier on the motorway than a 6x2 mid but you do get used to it.

[@virtueofhate1778]

"As you'll know, you can't raise the tag when loaded..." Well actually you can, it just depends on where you are. Here in the Nordics a truck with a tag axel that can't be raised when fully loaded is as usefull as a nuns c•nt, so manufacturers change the programming to allow it.

[@wagmiorngmi]

@@virtueofhate1778 The video is from the UK not Norway. It's not an option on the UK spec trucks.

[@virtueofhate1778]

@@wagmiorngmi Well that's the point Sherlok. All those trucks/lorries are capable of lifting the tag axle when loaded, but they choose not to do so. But why? Is there some law that prohibits it or are customers uninformed and don't demand it?

[@wagmiorngmi]

@@virtueofhate1778 As I said Sherlock, IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR UK SPEC TRUCKS. You are not in the UK, ergo your point is moot and irrelevant.

[@virtueofhate1778]

@@wagmiorngmi Lol, you really are as thick as a brick. 🤣 WHY IS IT NOT AN OPTION??? (look, I can also write like a геtаrd) Is there some law demanding that axel weight should never exceed X-amount, or is it maybe because all UK lorry drivers are as thick headed as you and don't demand it, even though the lorrys are capable of doing it and it's just a matter of a software update?

[@BritishTrucking]

Great Video Scott loving your work

[@markwillis7654]

Nice1 Scott,, 👍, truck looks well.

[@steveo6918]

Nice to see Raymond’s scania (top truck) 👍

[@ScottAndrews]

He's done some good work to it 👌

[@simoncornwall5169]

Great vid Scott, I think a tag lift is much better, better steering ability - keep up the top work mate 👍

[@letshaveya]

Im pretty sure wibbly wobbly is the street the wombles live on in Wimbledon.

[@robsmith8272]

Tag axle on dafs are great. Shame the chassis is so long though. My Volvo mid next to one of our daf tags shows the daf chassis is way long. Fun to drive. Our wing tops are scratched like crazy from all the weird and wonderful places too, just can’t be helped though. Great vid bro.

[@ScottAndrews]

Saw you had a new Volvo. Our trailers are quite low so no avoiding the scratches even on the flat :(

[@robsmith8272]

Volvos doing 5mpg fully freighted at the moment so may be short lived. Got a Scania S500 on demo at the moment may be going that way soon. We suffer mostly sideways scuffs on the wing tops, going up ramps onto the flat and then turning while the trailers still on the hill, trailers all have very angular chassis designs which catch and scuff :(. Few drivers have scuffed picking up and dropping trailers too because of the lack of slide rails on the back end. Also don’t know about you but I didn’t really rate the 530, thought the 510 was more pokey and the Eco mode caused the gearbox to seriously derp.

[@madmikeproductionsuk]

Awesome vid Scott love the truck. I’ve passed my theory and hazard Perception I start my class c on the 30th then on to cpc and c+e 😬.

[@paulburridge6415]

So you liked the tag. What is the accepted hierarchy of truck models in the UK? What do folks prefer or like the best and what are the lemons?

[@davie2606]

Tag axles are the dugs nuts.

[@Dieferdan]

The 6 leggers we have are midlift tags. The one thing I do like about the DAF midlift is it steers. The midlift Scanias we have don’t

[@ScottAndrews]

Got to love a twin steer 👌

[@jerryandywhite4623]

Great vlog Scott the merc truck suited you I thought I see on the m4 on Monday in the man truck

[@ScottAndrews]

Yep. MAN is mine full time. Only had the Merc for a week

[@jimmy2ice]

My mate has a new Daf with the tag and FairPlay it looks the business

[@numberplateguy8511]

If you switch your engine off at traffic lights or in traffic jams etc allegedly it improves your score Obviously I have driven newish days quite a bit but is the score based on the truck or is it based on a drivers digital tachograph so whichever daf truck a driver puts their digi card in it continues the score from the previous daf truck score etc or do you improve another drivers score in each truck a person drives etc Just asking because as I am an agency driver that is in a variety of trucks etc we are effectively remote based and don't get briefed by a company as such we pretty much go by the info on drivers boards in transport offices etc

[@ScottAndrews]

Score on the dash is tied to the truck only. You don't carry it with your card. If a company does monitor driving score it's usually a separate system to the truck score and that is monitored by the tacho card.

[@numberplateguy8511]

@@ScottAndrews So for those in the same truck j week in week out it would apply to truck and card but for agency drivers it would probably still apply for truck and card Eg company would see what the score is in that truck before and after agency driver shift which would also appear on agency drivers digital card too Because as I'm in a variety of puddle jumpers lol the truck score is always different but usually between 57-67 ish due to many agency drivers driving most of the trucks etc

[@ethankilleen5400]

Didn’t know you were in Swansea could’ve popped in for a cuppa 😂😂

[@EddieTruckingAdventures]

Hi Scott name of songs in video and artists please

[@joebrown513]

Iv got 98% before loads of coasting up to round abouts 🤣

[@ScottAndrews]

I struggle to get that high haha had 100% once for a whole day. Never been able to do it since

[@joebrown513]

@@ScottAndrews need a Mercedes I think my average is around 11.6 mpg on the microlise

[@millomweb]

Coasting should stop you getting higher %age !

[@ehsnils]

How about tag axle with robson drive? Any opinions out there?

[@jameswilliamson4728]

Hi Scott at the beginning of the vlog is that white man truck used to belong to luke c and good luck with the daf driver challenge.

[@ScottAndrews]

Yeah it did. We have it as a rental

[@stevotrucking2498]

Good vid, I love my daf Xf Tag, when I first drove a tag I wasn’t shor but know I would prity much chose tag over mid every day. The only main Negative with the tag is when up and empty the unit bobs a lot compared to a mid. But you just learn to live with it.. They are the best for farms and tight yards. I have had plenty other drivers tell me I cannot spin a truck around in some yards and actually I can with a tag and a lift axle on trl. After driving scania for years I am liking the DAF as well. And it was a good to see you at TF South West.

[@ScottAndrews]

Good to meet you too bro

[@erniebrooks2400]

Scott what’s the power & gearbox like compared to your old one ?

[@ScottAndrews]

This had 20extra horses and the gearbox was much smoother

[@johnlimb953]

# more scott

[@scottymarshall574]

#morescott

[@robsuekin15]

Scott on your first drop Greggs are just a short walk away 🤦‍♂️ Still a great vlog and if I had known you were there I could have brought you fresh coffee #morescott

[@ScottAndrews]

Don't worry I know about the Greggs haha

[@millomweb]

6:03 Why are you stopped there on a green light ?

[@ScottAndrews]

I'm turning right and there's oncoming traffic (they also have a green light)

[@millomweb]

@@ScottAndrews But the space ahead of you would not interfere with their movement - so that's not a valid reason.

[@cbremer83]

As a US driver, we really don't get all the axle options you have. It is basically just single or tandem drives. Could you elaborate on why midlift is preferred over the tag? I would assume they are similar outside manuverabillity, but that seems to be incorrect.

[@ScottAndrews]

Manoeuvrability is the main difference between a mid and a tag. Tag is more manoeuvrable but is also slightly less comfortable as it bounces more.

[@cbremer83]

@@ScottAndrews thanks for the reply.

[@davidhobbies7712]

nice truck are you going to keep the truck ?

[@ScottAndrews]

Sadly had to give it back

[@andrewdavidson5070]

Tag is good mid is good for the videos

[@matthewbromley-smith8825]

Go back to the daf Scott I love the air horn

[@KamiTraveler]

wher are you from mate..... wich country you are

[@ScottAndrews]

I'm from South Wales

[@iansproat3621]

Prefer mid-lift to a tag anytime 🤘

[@ScottAndrews]

You might be the first to say that to me lol

[@iansproat3621]

It’s a much smoother ride when your empty than you get from a tag..

[@HamptonSimon]

I’ve had 88% out of my CF driving like a fanny and I average 69% when I’m not away on long runs. It’s a joke though it takes 1hr on adaptive cruise to earn 1%, but as soon as some knob in a Vauxhall Zafira decides to go from lane 4 to junction turn off at the last second, and you have to tap the anchors it drops about 5%?!

[@Mrfort]

Think if possible, would have been better to show the both ( tag Vs lift)?

[@elerijones832]

Lori smart iawn werth iw gweld nhw Scott bach 👌👌👌👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@tastytimbo7302]

Elo Scott great vids as usual mate. Been on the Class 1’s a week now. The Reversing is driving me nuts. Can’t get to grips with it.

[@amfwelsh]

Slow and steady wins the race mate. After a while you won’t even think about it

[@Hedge-Hog]

Chill take it slow ask for help if you need it not all drivers are assholes.

[@ScottAndrews]

It will click with you eventually. Just take it slow and you'll get it

[@sambosomethin7844]

My 580 gets 5.5mpg scott :D think yourself lucky

[@ScottAndrews]

That's actually crazy

[@Aron-ow7zx]

Great video as usual Scott (first btw :) )

[@spaniels1]

96 % Driver Efficiency Daf’s idea of a joke

[@grahamhardyvanlife5704]

Your tag axle has the same problem as something else, you cant get it up. The Suspension, I was talking about the suspension god dirty minded people. LOL.

[@mjradar]

I can manage to get 67% urban 65% average 72% on motorway I must be a rubbish driver

[@Dieferdan]

mjtransport_photos videos the trick with the DAF system is NOT to use the service brakes (pedal) Use that exhaust brake as soon as possible then gently apply the foot brake. Also, avoid letting off the throttle straight on to the brake and vice versa, allow the vehicle to coast 😉 Hope this helps

[@robsmith8272]

Also turn off the aebs. It’ll slam on for something parked in a layby. Then say “using the exhaust brake would save brake linings” lol 🤣

[@mjradar]

@@Dieferdan I do have exhaust break on all the time it helps but no good when vehicles constantly cut in to my stoppage distance. I will try not to use pedal break as much thanks for help

[@mjradar]

@@robsmith8272 I know what you mean it goes off for a shadows and roundabouts with 2 lanes

[@robsmith8272]

mjtransport_photos videos mercs just as bad for it. Although I heard they did a software update in 2017 for them. Luckily my Volvo doesn’t have it, but then again because it doesn’t I don’t have acc either :(

[@amfwelsh]

Glad you don’t play the same crappy music as the other lads

[@megapixal1]

dose talk to much about crap

[@bencrosbie]

Do a wheelie

[@elerijones832]

Hyia Scott bach meddwl am bola bach ti fantastic sense humor hefo ti fantastic music cymera ofal ond ddim golli amynedd gweithio galed bob amser yn fantastic 👌👌👌👍👍😊😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@philiplindley7384]

You have to be a 'proper' driver to get a Scania, I had one at 23.😎😎

[@ScottAndrews]

Technically I had one at 21 🤣

[@eifionowen4432]

My mate drives a scania . It's got porous block !

[@TFHDrainagecontractors]

#morescott