Long log trailer even possible to load ?

[Vortesz]

Hello,

I am right away addicted to this game now. But except for the annoying camera which often doesn't show me what I want to see the following annoyed me even more:

I've tried to load the damn long log trailer for about 30 minutes now, but it is always not "proper" enough to be loaded. At first I backed the trailer in (which wasn't easy at all) after it seemed to never stand on the right position I turned the whole bloody thing around ... a bit left, a bit right, a tiny bit more forward and backward - nothing was good enough. That red arrow pointed down. What does that even mean ? Should I drive over it to push it down into the ground ? It shouldn't be the difficulty of a game to figure out what the game thinks is the "right way" to position a trailer in my oppinion. Maybe there is a problem when you pull it with an 8 wheeler ?

The mid log trailer worked, so I am generally capable of loading log. I could do 2 smaller deliveries of course, but I just wanted to see if I can bring that large trailer to its destination.

Any advice how to do it ?
If it really is this difficult, devs, please change it. Make it absolutely clear where it has to stand, like it is in ets2, or make it not be that rediculously precise.

edit: after I wrote this, I started the game again and I could load the log. Maybe there is a bug to fix ...

[TwinShadow]

Actually, it was easy. Long log trailers, believe it or not, can be folded.

1. Fold it up, go to a lumber mill, get into a position where you can drive forward when you unfold the trailer.

2. Unfold the trailer and when it gets "stuck," simply drive forward a bit until it snaps out essentially.

3. You should now be in a good position to load the trailer up without much issue.

Recording simple videos on how to do this shouldn't be hard actually in case videos are easier to understand.

[redjerk]

Dude youll need a crew to get that long trailer out of the mill once you get loaded. Spent an hour and a half trying to get it to the dropoff only to have it tip about 3/5th the way there... on and easy spot...

Oh how I hate you plains map....

[MoZo87]

Well this could be easily fixed if the ground in lumbermills could be concrete? The ground is usually so muddy and deformed that it can take awhile sometimes to get the long trailer in order. :)

[scout___aus]

I spent 10 mins and couldnt get it to work.

I went back later a flukes it first go. It should be as fussy imo. especially with the muddy uneven ground

[liq3]

Dunno what problem you guys are having. I loaded up and delivered two long log trailers on the Coast. Just straighten it up. What Masami Fushino said works great.

[static]

Originally posted by liq3:

What Masami Fushino said works great.

Just made a delivery of long logs ACROSS the main river on "The River". Had a convoy of 3 trucks and beat the map with some teammates.

Loading the long trailer is the easy part, keeping it from flipping you over when it's loaded can be more of a challenge ;)

[Aidek]

I've never tried to load it, but I think you have to winch a lot in order to not flip your trailer

[Atomicdeath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N01TnNn5MKo&feature=youtu.be

[Silverware]

Yea the trailer positioning stuff can be incredibly frustrating. I was able to do the long log trailer the one time I used it.

Have you tried manually loading logs with the crane onto the medium or long trailer? Oh my god. Once I FINALLY got the logs in the "correct position" on the trailer itself, then I had to get the trailer into the "proper position" and the logs are moving around and falling out, stupid trailer won't straighten out. Unbelievable.

But I did have a hilarious and frustrating situation while doing this and I'm really sad I don't have it recorded. One of the small logs got lodged inbetween the two left side tires on the trailer. It was completely jammed in there and I couldn't move the trailer. Of course I could have just reset back to garage but I'm not going down that easily.

First, while I was still hitched too the trailer, I tried grabbing the log with the crane and pulling it out, jerking it around. That didn't work so I disconnected the trailer and continued to try, but now I was picking up the whole trailer by the stuck log and whipping it around, smashing into my truck and stuff, thinking "wtf am I doing wasting my time with this?" and damn if I didn't get the trailer in just the right spot. I had it stuck on the driver side of the truck and the log was laying across the back of the truck and I was able brace the trailer and yank the the log out. Felt SO good pulling that off. Then went a step further and had to use the crane to flip over and position the trailer behind me so I could hook up.

So mad I didn't get it on video.

[Vortesz]

Originally posted by Silverware:

Have you tried manually loading logs with the crane onto the medium or long trailer? Oh my god. Once I FINALLY got the logs in the "correct position" on the trailer itself, then I had to get the trailer into the "proper position" and the logs are moving around and falling out, stupid trailer won't straighten out. Unbelievable.

Yes I tried this aswell and had exactly the same issue. straighten up the damn trailer after loading it... it was never well enough. I moved it and moved it until everythin fell down.

[Silent Cid]

I was playing this game on my brothers account on Father's Day. What I found is when you move the camera towards the trailer in the log cabin. It gives you a red arrow on the tail end of the trailer which tells you how far in what direction it needs to be straighten.

[nobrien]

No one woould use any of their lumber yards, Its been 15 years since i have even seen a yard that isnt a big circle with 2 exits to keep flow going. The roads are built from scratch to join existing routes and who ever designed these roads would be taken out and shot, With as many water ways as this has ive yet to see a snorkel, certainly isnt in any of the garage options.

Theres ahell of alot of work to get the bugs/glitches and frustrating RNG type of happenings ironed out.

[MoZo87]

Main problem that i have with the big trailer is the points. 6? what the point of that? 8 is required amount so that means that you have to make atleast 2 runs so why not just bring two 4s anyway? I think the objective should be 12points now that would make sense. (2x6/3x4 and 2x6)

[Vortesz]

Originally posted by MoZo87:

Main problem that i have with the big trailer is the points. 6? what the point of that? 8 is required amount so that means that you have to make atleast 2 runs so why not just bring two 4s anyway? I think the objective should be 12points now that would make sense. (2x6/3x4 and 2x6)

Well since you destroy some "roads" even more, when you drive over them you could deliver 6 logs first and the second time use the short logs on an even worse track. That would make a little sense. But when I haven't got an 8 wheeler on a map I don't use trailers at all anymore. The danger of rolling over is too high on some maps.

Originally posted by nobrien:

No one woould use any of their lumber yards, Its been 15 years since i have even seen a yard that isnt a big circle with 2 exits to keep flow going. The roads are built from scratch to join existing routes and who ever designed these roads would be taken out and shot, With as many water ways as this has ive yet to see a snorkel, certainly isnt in any of the garage options.

Theres ahell of alot of work to get the bugs/glitches and frustrating RNG type of happenings ironed out.

I had the same thought ... "who thought, it was a good idea to lumber wood here ? Didn't he think about how to transport it away from here ?" ... if it was reality, of course, someone really would have done a bad job. But ... it is a game, not everything about the leveldesign needs to be logic. There is always a balance to manage between realism, challange and therefore difficulty and playability.

[Konachibi]

I got my long log trailer loaded almost straight away when I arrived at the lumbermill.... unfortunately I then spent over an hour with the undercarriage jammed on a boulder and the rear of the trailer smashed against a tree stump until relentless acceleration and random winching finally broke it free.... only for it to nearly be out of gas and then roll over whilst going up a hill 10 minutes later.
Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place! *ba-dum-tish*