The large cranes make life a lot easier lifting the 3 and 4 slot cargo items. Yes the little cran can lift them, but you then have to drive around to load trailers quickly.
I beg to differ that flatbed is 1 and sideboard is 2 because when you side tip there is a possibility that you can get the items to repack in sideboard but in flatbed without a crane is impossible.
1. Heavy cranes are a good thing for 3 reasons. In Snowrunner, the heavier a vehicle is the more traction it has, so being heavy means less chance of getting stuck. The strength of a winch, and the crane, is determined by truck weight. The heavier the truck, the stronger the crane hoist. Finally, the heavier a crane truck is, the less likely it is to tip over. I love my P12 super heavy crane. That thing can hoist other full sized trucks completely off the ground without tipping over. It is superb for us Roleplayers.
its actually 100% possible to complete every region without a flatbed or sideboard bed. all you need to do is skip the tutorial, by heading up to the international scout 800 then descending the mountain right behind it, get to the garage, and with the catct681 or international hx(or any dlc u have, i mentioned these cuz their free) put sadel low, and you have access to a free flatbed semi trailer, whinch it on its side or remover the cargo, then do the tutorial, rescue the gmc, then do whatever
The best combination is a Service Bunk on the truck (800 repair) + Maintenance trailer (2000 fuel + 350 repair) 1150 repair is more than enough to fix any broken vehicle in the game. The fuel carrier is needlessly heavy. The truck version makes your truck tippier and kills your power to weight (some trucks that already struggle as is like the P12. Well yeah, put a fuel carrier on it and try to go uphill. Good luck with that.) As for the fuel carrier trailer, that thing is a massive anchor behind you that slows you down and is difficult to pull through rough terrain. The Maintenance trailer on the other hand carries just as much fuel and is a lot easier to haul around than the fuel carrier trailer. Another thing, and this greatly affects road trains (winching together 2 trucks). Winch points on the fuel carrier trailer are HORRIBLE. It has no winch points on the rear bumper, only winch points on the sides. The maintenance trailer has much better winch points than the fuel carrier. The same fuel (2000), has a small few repair points where the fuel carrier has none at all, is lighter (or feels lighter) and IS easier to drag around and has much better winch points. The Maintenance trailer literally does everything as good or better than the fuel carrier. All you're doing with the fuel carrier is making life harder on yourself for no gain. Sure the fuel carrier on the truck and service trailer gets more repair. But nothing in the game needs 1500 repairs. 1150 between the service bunk on the truck and a maintenance trailer is plenty to complete any broken vehicle task in the game. And if the trade off is I still get the same amount of fuel, a trailer that's much easier to pull around and a trailer that has better winch points for road trains. Hell it's a no brainer, the maintenance trailer is by far the superior pick.
Personally, I put the US small crane and low saddle at the top, they allow you to carry a lot of cargo as well as semi trailers push down on your wheels and give you more traction (by making your setup heavier)
I wish Saber would do a "addon rebalance" patch,some addons are just bad and unbalanced,some addons make you go "hmmm,why would i ever use this when i can use that and get more benefits out of it" you know,the service and support addons are not worth it sometimes,it's better off to get a fuel only addon and repair only trailer or vice versa than a combined fuel and repair addon or trailer,Saber should rebalance some of them.
I had to use the LNK heavy Crane because when I was in Alaska towing an oil rig trailer to north port. I hit a turn too sharp so the vehicle rolled over and I know it sounds very stupid but I spent about 15 - 20 minuets using each Crane in the game and was able to save both the truck and the trailer.
You forgot the Heavy Lowboy Semi-trailer. Maybe because P 16 Can't hitch him. I also think Saddle high is better than some of the better stuff you say. The superheavy semi-trailer is really useful in Wisconsin, for example.
Im Still missing load changer addon in the game would be verry good, so that you could change addons, and load vehicles on flatbed without crane, and hot-shot trucking system with american pickups/ like gooseneck trailer system. great video 👍
Good list, solid ranking. I was so disappointed with metal detector, had a lot of potential (perhaps realised in Expeditions) but mostly a curious timewaster in Snowrunner. Definitely needs to be able to be 'pulsed' while on the move. What you didn't mention is that for many trucks it's the _only_ addon that can be used. If it took up the same modular slot as loading crane it would not be so bad i.e. sideboard+detector, but as is, it's almost criminal. Cat745C container carrier is just a worse choice all round. They should have made it dual container. It also can't load the special heavy containers/cargo (4pt) which at least would have given it a use case in the game but as is, there's no reason to use this over any other better and more capable truck except cosplay. Would disagree on #1/#2, wouldn't sideboards be far better for overloading? In fact I note in your example you show exactly that in the crane section, then in #1 - no overloading, just packed cargo. I'd put sideboard at #1 because they're essential and drop flatbeds below cranes. I never use flatbeds except for roleplay or cosmetic reasons. I think the only mechanical advantage is they might be slightly lighter.
What he doesnt mention about the fuel tank and van body add-on, is that you cannot replenish the repair points in the van body add-on, but the trailer you can do, you can replenish fuel though, just sell the repair trailer buy a fuel trailer and refuel the add-on, the buy back the repair trailer and your done
I sent a Heavy Crane truck by itself to pick up the part on the hill - it reached the airport just holding it high up in the air... Heavy cranes may be niche but they look and feel cool to use imo.
flat/side bed.. 1 and 2? no.. this is wrong use 3.8 crane and low saddle, and then get step deck trailer now you have more cargo, much harder to tip over truck, and a trailer that doesnt fold up like a metal chair when backing up... "but but then I dont have X" step deck can also overload on top of the hitch area, or pack a full scout or even scout trailer... Meaning you can get LO4F and have it set the truck back up right or use it as a fuel can with repair points.
Give yourself a pure challenge, load up the 10 slot gooseneck and run over 3 maps for delivery now that's snowrunner, not a box truck 4 high, that's for songbirds......
KRS 58 bandit crane is the best small crane in my opinion. It’s the strongest most powerful crane. It might not be the biggest and you shouldn’t be on overloading cargo with the KRS anyway.
Technically yes. The 770G has a special saddle that is used for 1 or 2 contracts in Season 2 and is completely useless otherwise. Other than that no, it's just low saddle and high saddle.