Truck reference

Generated from the live game data — these are the numbers the server uses, not an approximation. Regenerate with npm run wiki.

Cost per slot-kilometre is the honest way to compare freight vehicles. It folds diesel, the driver, maintenance, tolls, terminal fees and handling into one figure, divided by the pallet slots on offer. Lower is better. Each class is measured at a distance it would realistically run, since comparing a van and a road train over the same leg tells you nothing.

The figures assume diesel at $1.45 a kilo — about $1.20 a litre of commercial diesel — and carbon at $35 a tonne of CO₂. Market prices move, but the ranking between trucks does not.

Speed is cruise speed and weight is gross combination weight, as on the road. Inside the game the schedule runs on clock hours, and the drivers'-hours rules are baked into the timetable: a rig that cruises at 85 km/h covers about 32 km per clock hour once rest periods are counted — 765 km a day, exactly what a real single-crewed long-haul truck manages.

TruckMakerPalletsTank range (km)km/hGCW (t)PriceMeasured at (km)¢/slot-km
C509 TripleKenworth1002,00091131.0$340k1,3003.471
Cascadia Turnpike DoubleFreightliner521,90010158.5$225k1,3003.883
770 S HCT 34.5mScania721,4008076.0$265k1,0503.955
Titan Road TrainMack681,80091120.0$285k1,3004.087
T800 B-TrainKenworth481,80010162.5$235k1,3004.117
R 730 HCT 32mScania641,4008076.0$235k1,0504.171
FH 540 RodotremVolvo561,5009174.0$205k1,1254.194
T680 Full DobleKenworth521,5009666.0$195k1,1254.250
FH16 B-DoubleVolvo521,5009168.0$258k1,1254.260
K200 B-DoubleKenworth521,5009168.0$245k1,1254.296
Actros GigalinerMercedes-Benz511,4008560.0$195k1,0504.415
FH16 750 Eco-CombiVolvo511,4008564.0$205k1,0504.434
R 500 BitremScania441,4009157.0$175k1,0504.616
HX Michigan SpecialInternational441,6009674.0$210k1,2004.665
FH16 Reefer Eco-CombiVolvo511,3008564.0$262k9004.875
K200 Livestock B-DoubleKenworth441,5009168.0$262k9005.214
S-Way 460Iveco331,5008540.0$142k9005.377
TGX 18.470MAN331,5008540.0$145k9005.392
Actros 1845Mercedes-Benz331,5008540.0$148k9005.407
XF 480DAF331,6008540.0$138k9005.422
R 450Scania331,5008540.0$135k9005.437
FH 460Volvo331,5008540.0$132k9005.452
T 480Renault331,4008540.0$118k9005.482
J7 550FAW331,4008849.0$68k9005.548
5490 NeoKamaz331,3008544.0$72k9005.557
X3000Shacman331,3008549.0$55k9005.602
R 450 ReeferScania331,4008540.0$182k9005.602
FH12 420Volvo331,3008340.0$45k9005.639
FH 460 ReeferVolvo331,4008540.0$172k9005.662
HOWO A7Sinotruk331,2008549.0$48k9005.693
143 H 420Scania331,2008040.0$30k9005.780
R 500 LivestockScania301,2008540.0$188k9005.855
T680 Next GenKenworth262,00010436.3$205k9006.043
Prima 5530Tata301,2008055.0$52k9006.085
579 UltraLoftPeterbilt262,00010436.3$198k9006.106
CascadiaFreightliner261,90010436.3$190k9006.168
AnthemMack261,80010436.3$178k9006.168
LT 625International261,80010436.3$172k9006.200
Cascadia ReeferFreightliner261,80010436.3$232k9006.326
Quon GWUD Trucks241,2008536.0$125k9006.385
AVTR 5525Ashok Leyland301,1007555.0$45k8256.426
700 SeriesHino241,2008536.0$118k9006.447
FE 350 6x2Volvo181,1008526.0$152k8256.459
W900LKenworth261,80010436.3$80k9006.535
500 Series 26Hino181,0008526.0$118k7506.737
F-Series 24Isuzu161,0008524.0$98k7507.205
P 250 18tScania141,1008518.0$128k8257.247
LF 290 18tDAF141,1008518.0$118k8257.283
Eurocargo 180Iveco141,0008518.0$88k7507.663
Atego 1624Mercedes-Benz121,0008516.0$110k7508.274
J6L 16FAW129008516.0$62k6758.580
LPT 1613Tata128007516.0$26k6009.354
TGL 12.220MAN109008512.0$102k6759.455
FL 250 12tVolvo109008512.0$95k6759.505
389 StingerPeterbilt141,70010436.3$195k9009.553
TGX 41.640 Heavy HaulMAN201,10069120.0$385k82510.247
Crafter 50Volkswagen79001443.5$48k25010.461
Actros EurolohrMercedes-Benz121,3008540.0$165k90010.608
Daily 72CIveco8900967.2$62k25011.309
Sprinter 316 CDIMercedes-Benz69001443.5$45k25011.546
FH16 650 LowloaderVolvo161,10069100.0$320k82511.552
Transit 350Ford68001363.5$38k25011.556
Canter 7.5Fuso8700917.5$58k25011.569
N-Series 75Isuzu8700917.5$48k25011.630
LK 1117Mercedes-Benz97008011.0$22k52511.750
Master 145Renault58001363.5$28k25013.252
LPT 407Tata6600806.0$14k25014.463

Tippers and tankers

These carry no pallets at all — they carry tonnage, and the figure below is per tonne-kilometre. Bulk on the road is short-legged by nature: gravel, grain and fuel move from pit, silo and depot to wherever they are needed, and nobody hauls gravel a thousand kilometres.

TruckMakerPayload (t)Tank range (km)km/hGCW (t)PriceMeasured at (km)¢/t-km
6520 TipperKamaz229008041.0$58k400Infinity
Signa 3125 TipperTata20.98007531.0$42k400Infinity
TGS 41.430 8x4MAN24.79008032.0$148k400Infinity
FMX 460 TipperVolvo32.41,0008040.0$158k400Infinity
G 450 GrainScania281,3008540.0$145k400Infinity
T880 DumpKenworth26.41,40010136.3$185k400Infinity
XF Walking FloorDAF33.81,4008540.0$152k400Infinity
S-Way Cement BulkerIveco44.81,2008540.0$162k400Infinity
FM 460 Fuel TankerVolvo541,3008540.0$195k400Infinity
Actros ADR ChemicalMercedes-Benz781,3008540.0$238k400Infinity
R 500 Milk TankerScania79.21,2008564.0$225k400Infinity
R 730 Timber 74Scania56.41,2008074.0$232k400Infinity
T800 LoggerKenworth481,4009662.5$168k400Infinity
K200 Grain B-DoubleKenworth451,5009168.0$252k400Infinity
C509 Fuel TripleKenworth1442,00091131.0$380k400Infinity

Reading these tables

The biggest rigs dominate the top. Spreading one driver and one engine over seventy pallets is simply more efficient than doing it over thirty-three — provided you can fill them, and provided the road lets you in. Weight limits are the catch: a 76-tonne HCT rig is legal in Finland and Sweden, nowhere else.

Vans sit last, and that is not a mistake. Small vehicles win on trip cost, not slot cost. On a thin 200 km lane, a cheap van that breaks even beats an artic running a tenth full. This table ranks efficiency at scale; it does not tell you which vehicle suits a thin market.

The American trucks read differently. They cruise faster (105 km/h interstates), carry fewer pallets (the federal 36.3-tonne limit) and drink more doing it. On their own network that trade is fine; imported into Europe it is not, and the game's weight limits enforce exactly that.

Older models are marked in the fleet list in-game. The gap between a 1994 tractor and a new one is real: it comes from engine efficiency and aerodynamics, not from a penalty the game applies to make old trucks unattractive.

The three checks before you buy

  1. Does it reach? Tank range must cover the road distance, which is not the straight-line distance — ferries and passes are priced into the kilometres.
  2. Is it legal? Gross weight must be under the limit at both terminals — the weight limit is a hard gate, exactly like a quay depth or a runway length.
  3. Can you fill it? Survey the lane first. Slots you do not sell still cost money.
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