I lived in Kansas City in the early 2000's and my wife's Dad worked at the Kenworth facility there (dealer, lots of drivers and companies that drive KW's brought them there for repairman upgrades.) I met a couple of Aussie and New Zelanders that were sent there to learn to work on them and drive them. They had 4 trucks that were built down under. Man those trucks had some serious power under the hood plus you could tell those KW's were built for serious hauling!
Seems like the 9 axle configuration on the double trailers is the usual over there. Tankers, logging trailers, flatbed, dryvans, even lowboys ! Lol ! Cool !
Great work on this video! I've been into videos about big rigs that look American for many years. That area of New Zealand looks very nice. I look forward to seeing more videos like this!
@@Anymousl3300s Hello again! Yep, I've been having some fun watching various RU-vid videos about big rigs and railroad trains of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand for a while. I remember having a blast with them back in early 2015, so it appears that I started getting back into it in late 2021.
Spent a week in Picton when a tropical typhoon had put a thick fog in the areas I intended to photograph on the South Island. The Eggs Benedict with NZ smoked salmon at the Seabreeze is "to die for." Kenworth has penetrated the Australian and NZ markets better than Peterbilt. I see a few Scanias here in Thailand.
It is and I'am lucky to be living in front of the marina nothing beats my view at home. Yup Aussies and Kiwis seem to love the Kenworths and I can't blame them. These are Australian built kenworths by the way as said in the description and I love their concept of cab overs compared ro the ones in the US to be honest. My next video would be European trucks and I got a few scanias on there, stay tuned. Cheers for viewing
@@donjaytv2088 Thanks,...I live at the base of a mountain that is a big tourist attraction with a famous temple on top, Scania coaches climb the mountain effortlessly. I think they have a 730HP engine. We stayed at the Yacht Club in Picton, not because we have a yacht but because the fog was so thick we chose the first lodging we found but the view of the bay is splendid.
Nine minutes in before we saw a Mack. And then there was JDH! A lot of Waimea's KW loggers seem similar paint scheme to RFH? Thank you for presenting - decent effort.
Great seeing trucking at its best in provincial New Zealand 🇳🇿 In the past, watched Railfanning around the world some 30 channels. I have been a forklift operator off & on in Auckland & Waikato for 31 years and relish 🤩 local content. My late dad was a heavy tranport importer back in the 70's when the late Muldoon government was involved with think big projects. This was at time when british trucks fell out of favour due servicing being less frequent in American trucks. Still have some involvement with british transport online. Booths & Hickmans are very familiar with me, good to see some territories still drive on the left in this ever changing world, and grateful 🙏 to have a job in the Covid enviroment we don't think outside of anymore. Keep the videos coming. 🍺🍻
The NZ B-Train (hauler + two semi-trailers) now includes, the 'Super-B' (the Aussie B-Train equivalent known as the B-Double), with a longer secondary semi-trailer. So, alongside 'Truck & Trailers' and Semi-Trailers (Artics), NZ has some of the most diverse truck wheel and trailer arrangements in the world. The US '18-Wheeler' (semi), is nothing compared to the commonly seen 34 or 36-wheel B-Trains or even 32-wheeled Truck and Trailers at their maximum wheel count. Most NZ semi-trailers, are 3-axel (12-wheel) plus the hauler unit, which are almost always, twin rear axels (8 wheels) with 2 or 4 (tandem) steer wheels. But the 'semi's' also include, 4-axel (16-wheels), with the rear-most axel being steerable. The wheel number count for all truck, trailer and semi trailer arrangements, reduces if non-duel 'Super Single' tyres are employed. In the past, the 'A-Train' which was a 'semi' primary trailer, hooked up to a 'full' secondary trailer, was more commonly used by milk tankers. Today, its rare to see this type on NZ roads. Reversing an A-Train, was a bit more tricky than other types. Compared to other parts of the world, trucking in NZ is generally over windy roads with tight bends, with plenty of hill climbs, hauling heavy loads. Road surfaces can vary from sealed to unsealed or fording water. Australia (where the multi-trailer 'Road Train' rules the outback), is mostly straight roads minus the hill climbs. NZ offers, the best truck training environment in the world.
"NZ offers, the best truck training environment in the world." What about all those countries that have alpine regions? Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, etc. Let's not get too carried away about NZ. Other than that, a superb contribution with the information you submitted.
@@kingy002 His comment isn't just referring to the terrain, it's referring to the terrain + equipment. Europe simply doesn't have the same variety of set-ups / trailer combinations NZ has. They also only run European trucks (Cab over). NZ has European, American / Australian, Japanese & even the odd Chinese & Korean brand (Cab over & Bonneted). Only NZ & Australia have that type of brand diversity. So, tbf, when you factor in both terrain & range of rigs - it makes a pretty strong case for NZ.
European semi's, are primarily single-axle drive on their prime movers. Variations such as single drive-axle plus 'lazy-axle' singles (similar to large buses) exist as well as a variety of axles arrangements for heavier and specialized loads. NZ trucks also have to contend with single lane bridges.
@@L1FEL1KE02 Not my experience. Twin steer hugs the road better feels more planted on the twisty bits . Think of the 40ty odd ton sitting behind the steer axles trying to push you straight ahead . Better road holding with Twice the Tyre area on the turning axles . Years ago I drove a ridged twin steer with a dog trailer. Lightly laden you could give sports cars a good run on the windys.
A cool first video, I enjoyed watcing it - my only comment would be to maybe stay on the trucks a little bit longer after they go past instead of cutting away quickly.
Si , pero no les queda otra , es parte de la economía neozelandeza , además Nueva Zelanda tiene muchos bosques , pero también dichos árboles talados , luego vuelven a plantar muchos árboles más , ellos siguen perfectamente como cuidar su ecosistema
Awsome bud. Got plenty of rigs i have filmed before and a few i see havent seen before. 7:08 always love thos i thought 319 was the only 1 left. The truck i went on when i was 4 when it was brand new. But yeah looking forwards to more vids mate.
No logro entender el porquè los camiones Peterbilt y el Kamaz no sean tan populares en New Zealand ya que en ese paìs circulan todas las marcas en el mundo....
The double front steer axle thing kinda throws me off, we only see them on certain dump trucks and cement mixers here in Canada. More commonly you'll see Tridems on log trucks, too.
I want to become a trucker in NZ, how many hours per day usually? Here in Europe is usual about 13 hrs a day 9 of driving (10 depending on the day) and about 4-5hrs of other work
I think gross max weight is 45 tons for truck trailers and b trains, your 40ft trailers 40 ton gross but there are exceptions to all that too depending on what kind of hauler you are especially for over sized loads. Things may have changed I have been in freight transport game for over 14 years now as I use to load trailers
Depends what type of truck. I drive a log truck towing a 5 axle trailer and I cart 58 tonnes max I used to have a 4 axle trailer which carts only 53 tonnes I guess the more the wheels the heavier might be the same explanation for the twin steer not sure
Also as you know axles distribute weight more evenly as New Zealand runs the cheapest form of roading building in the western world, rolled shingle / dirt & bitumen. The more axles you run the cheaper the road charges.
A large tyre axle is 7200kg/7.9tons A twin tyred axle is 8200kg/9tons Steering Axle, is 7200kg regardless 20%of your maximum load must be on your steering wheels, the more axles you have the more weight you can carry, it's not adinfinitum tho, past 60ton your Rig better 100% , plus an less road damage..
Why drive in NZ when you make twice as much driving in Aus.. Australia will take you boys in heart beat.. Better roads, better trucks and better remuneration package.. 140 k plus.. Get that in NZ..yeah nah!
I bet pay is better some of these guys and girls get to drive drop off pick up go back to the yard or depot and go home at the end of each day which might suit some people better than more money but that also depends on what kind of driving you do over there in AUS all to their own and what you like to do. But that kind of pay I see what people go over to AUS to work tho
