Why aren’t B-Doubles cleared to be used across the US Federal Highway System? Also I suggest people look up the International ACCO & the RFW. RFW built off road all wheel drives trucks where in many cases the trailers had driven & steered wheels too. For example 16x16 articulated sewage trucks. He gave a choice of engines from Cummins, Detroit, Caterpillar, Roll Royce, Gardner, AEC, Leyland, Perkins, DB & MAN.
Most of the trucks were I live are Kenworth and Mack there jobs are polling logs they are some pretty tuff trucks they can take a pretty good betting.🤠
"Big tasks" heh. Meanwhile trucks in Europe gross much more weight on average. And in the Nordics, sheesh. 24m combinations, rigid + full trailer etc, upwards of 60tons.
The only unique aspect of Australian trucks is the length of load. Huge sleeper cabs are a signature of a US long haul truck and fridge, AC etc standard for those and AC standard for all trucks (and cars). The Utube is way over-hyped. There are not special Australian engines and EGR is (or was) a standard feature of emissions though DEF (Ad Blue) and DOC as well as DPF are or were found though some in cylinder emissions reductions have negated the need for EGR.
They are basically the same and Australian are just assembled there from imported parts from all over just as others. I worked for Mack and then with Mack/Volvo who both had plants now one only and engines are mostly Volvo/Mack made in Hagerstown MD which was the Mack engine plant since the 1960's. Powerful trucks with multispeed transmissions and heavy axles. Took an outback Road Train run once where we had five trailers and lots of fuel and supplies. Roads are mostly just dirt in the desert and mostly a whole lot of nothing. The units have to be broken down when you reach urban areas with traffic. Its just like a train and you kind of start a trailer at a time with the little collection tolerance there is between trailers. Out west in the US you can run triples in some areas between points.
European trucks are heavier and more powerful than the USA trucks. The standard is 44 tons. But somewhere, like in scandinavian countries, you can find also heavier trucks. American trucks use a lot of aluminium, especially in the trailer, European trucks have bigger wheels and almost ever stronger steel frames, especially in the trailer, because they don't use self supporting structures in the trailers. USA trucks are way more efficient at higher speed, more spacious and livable overnight for the trucker.
Welcome to a stock footage montage. Apart from some Road Train clips there was also plenty of USA trucks, European driving (on the right) and even footage of a UK Motorway - at least try to present consistent footage to go with your voice-over. As others have noted, saying “Australian Trucks” 50 times does not make for a good argument Both The Yukon & Truck Topia YT channels did a better job of explaining the differences.
What a bunch of uneducated claims... How can somebody dare pretend giving information and be so ignorant of reality. Nothing in this video has anything objective to say about differences between Australian trucks and rest of world ones. Complete disinformation.
They wreck trucks ..show off ..over load..and drive wrecklessly... so in other words...they will say doing that justifies the fact they get paid crappy
You need too actully learn about what makes Australian trucks diffrent before making a video.... also you did not need to say the word "Australian trucks" 1000000000 times
@@nenadcubric2663 Well...we are not in america now? They would never work on roads here. They take up way to much space, cant handle the roads here, would be uneconomic. Also, here in Sweden we carry weights up to 64 tons without any special permits. Not far from doubble the weight in america.
And the freightliners although reliable, fall apart over here, flimsy interiors can’t handle our climate and roads.. Mack have been designing and building Australian specific models here for years which are nothing like yank ones.. and peterbilts aren’t made here or sold here unless ordered and imported, we don’t have a whole lot of them and the only time you see them is when they’re towing a single trailer down the freeway because they wouldn’t last a trip into the outback and would be useless for any other job we’d have for them.. I’d happily have one though
what a load of bullshite! Shows Mercs for one in German plates! Volvo's are Gothenburg Expresses, not OZ.Daf are Dutch/USA. Must admit OZ trucks have bigger perchs to hang there handbags and places to hold there tissues as like Whinging and crying all the time real drama Queens!
It's almost as if all trucks are purpose built for regulations and conditions in the countries they are marketed for. The video title is so wrongly worded. Better to say they are better for the country than in general which is what that sounds like. If you're talkin' about cab space then EU cab overs have the largest in width while US trucks have the largest sleepers. My goodness.
