Best truck/trailer

[Infe88]

Hi people. I was wondering Your advice for good truck/trailer to be bought, since I am level 10 and have 216k of money. Would like to make good choice/value. Thanks.

[Wolfgang]

The best truck is the truck you like the most.

[Wille Wilse]

And for trailer - get the one that can load the cargo you want to haul.

[MagnusA]

During the initial quick jobs you probably drove many truck models. Pick one that YOU liked to drive (no one else know your preferences). It can be engine sounds, mirror placement, dashboard layout.

if you want to see performance data, go to Content Browsers -> Truck Browser or Trailer Browser. There you can see everything about all the trucks/trailers, even the stuff that will unlock at higher levels. All trucks in-game are capable to (almost) all jobs. So it is more of personal preference than an objective "best".

Noone else than YOU can do the research of what YOU prefer.

[Underscore_101_3]

Any Daf, of course, and for trailer, I wouldn't buy any trailer un less you only want to haul specific jobs, imho owning a trailer limits the jobs you get offered.

[MirkoC407]

Brandwise take what you like most.

Technically, i.e. number of axles and geas, power, etc. it depends on what you intend to pull - or if you want large numbers on the door, although even the heaviest stuff can easily be pulled with 550 to 600 hp, in reality I have seen several oversize and overweight trucks (I worked in field sales some years) and none had 700+ hp, a few had 600+, most of them high 500s.

Job offers with own trailer is a double edged sword. You will get fewer different types of jobs, it is difficult to put frozen vegetables into a tanker and diesel on a flatbed. However, the number of jobs itself is increased a lot for common trailer types, i.e. curtainsider and box. Not so sure about flatbeds in ETS2, in ATS they also fall into this category. While without a trailer there may be 4 screens of jobs, with your own reefer or flatbed there will be 5 to 7 pages of jobs.

So especially when you want to have diversity or need it for Steam achievements or so, take jobs with trailer and get into different companies and transport different stuff. If you want to see different parts of the map or play realistically and often return to your home base, look for a common trailer type and use the larger number of jobs.

[croissant]

basically, take some quick jobs with different trucks first before you decide to get one. a good recommendation would be a Scania Next-Gen truck, whether it'd be the mod or the 2016 model made by SCS, packs a LOT of power at a reasonable price

for trailers.... basically a dry van, curtainsider, or a reefer, as they get so much cargo types because they are mainstream-ish

i'd recommend buying the tralier DLC(s) for more trailer variety, and lots of mods for them as well, just picked up the Krone DLC yesterday and installed swapped chassis mods for it just for fun lol

[jannetin82]

Essentially any truck that can offer 450+hp is good enough. unless you have many inclines on where you are driving.
I would advice 3 axle layout with lift axle unless you aim to haul only as heavy as possible cargo. in which case 3 axle with 2 drive axles is better choice. I would advice against the Mercedes and Volvo 4 axle trucks. you lose too much manouverability with those, thuogh it only affects when you are manouvering in tight places such as Trameri yards in base game area. Also while 2 axle is often best regarding fuel capacity, I have found that if you notice you come in with bit too much speed in to sudden sharper turns, it's the least stable, and likely to tip over.

If you want to haul tandem trailers (which is pretty much limited to Nordics, and Spain in my experience, I haven't been around in a while. and i might be wrong.)

I just bought the most expensive tandem trailer refrigerated last week in Finland, and I ran in to issue of not having almost any cargo, and the little cargo I have is often under 15 tons. The trailer combo should realistically be limited to around 60t. and being pretty much stuck in Finland, Swapped to dry goods trailer, and now I have at least some jobs, But still stuck in Finland.

I'm already thinking about selling the damn thing, even if it means thousands in losses.

[hazzo gaming]

new man and a refrigerated trailer
or a cheap truck mod man f2000 evo

[Infe88]

DAF 2021 XG maybe? I need to go 4 more level to buy it tho.

[Underscore_101_3]

It's really up to you which truck to like, personally I like the XG, but overall it's not the best truck in the game, then again you can do just about all cargo with any truck, though from personal experience some may be very difficult with automatic shifting.

[jannetin82]

Almost forgot.
If you have low power truck, make sure it has lot of gears, And I do mean all possible gears imaginable.

My personal favorite might be the older MAN with 640 (580 will get all jobs done) and 16 speed gearbox and rear lift axle. (2nd from top)

With heavy cargo and forgetting the lift axle up you start pulling wheelies when you start in slight uphill.

Although I'm currently driving the "best everything" Volvo and I'm disliking it. Huge fuel consumption, and it's just too unmonouverable in some places.

[🦊 Hermit]

Originally posted by Underscore_101_3:

for trailer, I wouldn't buy any trailer un less you only want to haul specific jobs, imho owning a trailer limits the jobs you get offered.

Yeah but driving a matching tractor and trailer combo looks cool, that's worth any and all limits on cargoes...

[Spodokomodo]

My go to will always be my Scania 730S.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998379218

[croissant]

Originally posted by Spodokomodo:

My go to will always be my Scania 730S.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2998379218

you can upgrade it to a 770S, although I use a 410S because I restarted my career (and I've been leveling up slow even though I have long distance and high price per distance when I took quick jobs) thanks to me installing ProMods

[Underscore_101_3]

Originally posted by 🦊 Hermit:

a matching tractor and trailer combo looks cool

Totally agree with that bit, but I got tired of making paint jobs and not finding cargo (nearby), or no connecting cargo from the drop off company which is my prefered way.
And because I use Promods I can't rely on WOT jobs in ETS2.