I take my hat off to you for 3 reasons mate, 1) you're a f*cking good driver, 2) you film all your corrections, instead of just cutting up a glory roll - people learn so much from watching how you guys correct your backing! & 3) you did it in an Agony!!! Thanks for posting this.
Wow I never thought about the skill involved in trucking! Some of the places drivers have to maneuver are insane! That was awesome! Thank you for sharing! We love truckers! Thank you for all you do for us! ~ NobileMaiden
Yeah baby up the Jimmy P’s, Whenever I travel and driving up the M1 I know I’m getting close to home when I see more and more of those familiar Red and white trucks. The Main Port Macquarie Depot is only a few minutes down the road from my place, So I can pretty much follow them home. The drivers I’ve met and spoken to seem like an awesome bunch of guys.
Same here and I've seen them all the way to WA and knew JP/Snr back then. He ran a tight ship (from all accounts) but his drivers were the best and he would ask if I ever saw them doing wrong while driving across the big paddock...never happened. Know I'm late to this party, but was great watching this video, thanks for posting.
@@AW-pz3qc 5 years later and I still live right near their Port Macquarie depot, The only difference now is I'm mainly in My bus out cruising the highway with them. Some of the new trucks they are getting look Mint, I've noticed they seem to be moving away from the Freightliner Argosy's and towards the Mercedes I think the Actros in all clean white with just the logo. Rather then the red and white paint scheme, The drivers are definitely awesome always get a friendly wave from them.
It sucks that truck drivers are not considered a "skilled" position by Border Protection so I can't get a work visa to migrate to AU from the US with my family. At least we can still visit. Great job backing, we have guys here that can't back a single 53' as easy as you back that B double.
I watch Pearson Transport's B-Doubles as they chug along the Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane. Tight rigs - new gen Freightliner cab overs, mostly. Good looking rigs. Thanks for posting. Keep on trucking.
....very good skills man. B double driving is more challenging than semis....therefore more rewarding. Anybody can drive a semi, bdoubles however are on a whole different level.
Great job mate, sweet video , I rather be driving the semi than the bdouble because if I'm doing local I can park up anywhere and just head down to the supermarket or my home but with a bdouble , very limited space, I've been driving it for so long it could do it in my sleep but yea wish there was more "space"
I have to admire, trailers always in allmost perfect line, corners allmost perfect. I would like to see how you would manage in my country roads (R.of Croatia , Europe) That would be a sight.
@RonnyDonny13 Other way around mate In a bdouble b trailer goes right you turn to the left but you focus on which way the first tri axle group goes and just make the a trailer and prime mover work as one as opposed to a single where if your trailer goes to the left you turn to the left to follow it 👍
It definitely is more easy to take sharp turns with two trailers than on long trailer without crossing lanes. Backing would still be more difficult. The truckers in Kansas haul 130 foot long wind turbines it’s ridiculous looking at one long straight trailer like that. They have to block off the road for them to turn. The US still has doubles and Missouri and Kansas have 100ft triple combos just not common.
But it all begs the question !!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ???????????? Just drop the fuckers out and put them in one at a time. !!!!! Only reason to put the whole rig in the dock is that you have a drive thru' combo. Otherwise you are just holding up traffic.
Depends on the skill and experience of the driver (drover) I have witnessed more than one B-doublist being told to vacate the yard and come back one at a time. I have also seen them tangle themselves up so severely that hoses and electrical lines between trailers were broken -- and THAT really takes up EVERYBODY'S time while mobility is restored. On the other hand I have seen a guy put his 2 trailers up a fairly steep ramp and into a finger dock - between bollards protecting the doorway - at night. That deserved and got respect. But why back into a dock and then break up the set and do it all over again ---- can't see any time saving there - just laziness at the expense of those waiting to get past to another dock or to just get out of the place.
