Michigan Truck Road Trains (Quikrete, Praxair, Flying J) 

"Shortage of drivers" Sure, there's a shortage of drivers if you're not willing to pay them what they ask for.

Those trucks look just like the ones in the cartoons, with the shit ton of wheels. Also, that's good for rubberizing intersections.

I live in Detroit. See these everyday.

Oh, we are permitted to run in Toledo, OH and across from Toledo to Delta, OH and good for 154,000. We are also permitted to run a certain route in Indiana which we are legal for 134,000.

We've learned in australia that axle configations like this destoy roads, that is why we tend to run more trailers and spread the weight amongst more axle groups.

They reduce the trailer axles to 6, make at least 2 of the 6 steerable. In Ontario Canada we have 6 axles with steers and we can put more weight than in Michigan with 8 axles

Thanks for sharing this. I really like the one when your had your windows down. Sounded like a burn out every time it took a corner. I bet those tires don't last long.

For trucks like this, IT would be nice to have steerable trailer axles so the tires have less scrubbing on the ground when making turns.

Truck drivers annual salaries in Michigan range from about $39,000 to about $165,000 with the average of $63,678. Coast to Coast Logistics LLC is currently paying $11,186 per Month. A normal 40 hour work week (2080 hours a year) would work out to about $65 an hour, but you'll probably be working all sorts of crazy hours.

the single trailer with all the axles known as a centipede its also a tire killer real hard on rd ways if you turn with all axles down

tinkham ave in ludington has ones with two trailers

I was amazed to see this as you use Dollys and cradles to move the heavy stuff instead of platforms like the res of the world , I had always thought this was because of axle spread of the weight , but these kill my thoughts

all they need is a road train sticker

Im from Ohio and those trucks are your standard 40 ft's and some 28ft doubles. then i moved to Virginia and i still see the same, mostly just delivery trucks. but i need to go to Michigan and see some US road trains. id love to see this kind of stuff daily.

Wouldn’t surprise me of one of those DHT trucks was me 😂😂

that is many more tires and brakes and bearings also shocks that have to be maintained

The same weight spread over more axles does less damage to the road if i remember right? The whole U.S. would benefit greatly if the federal standards for weight were the same as Michigan. I also wonder how those Michelin "super singles" would help cut down costs on duals

trailers with that many axles are mainly in Michigan they have so many axles so that the weight is distributed more evenly and doesn't tear up the ground, so they say

lmao half of those guys are turning with the axles down, we have 3 switches that lift 4 of the 8 wheels on the ground, (2 wheels in the back and 2 in the front.)

linda manera de pasar el tiempo... demasiados ejes...

The logging truck trailer is same as in New Zealand. Most of the trucks here are 8 x 4

so just playing with individual axle weights?

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "THAT's not a road-train......"

Do those trucks with the 11 axles stop faster then cars when they are running empty?

Actually these are b trains . The USA classes them as doubles from the a-train/doubles . A trains can be 26 ft long with 23 k lbs roughly pending your state weight rules. So the b doubles in Michigan are just getting lumped with with the a/Rocky Mountain doubles. But in reality these are b trains. Since they are over a regular 53 ft length with combination trailers and generally can haul 92k lbs weight for a gross weight of around 140k lbs. So yes they are road trains in a b configure Hence b trains . The rest were what is Canadians call Michigan spreads .

you would think that with that many axles at least some of them would caster to save on rubber grinding away on the road

Well, all those axles actually do more damage to the road on a tighter turn since the front axles are skidding on the ground around the circumference of the turn.

Placement of axle ,tyre combination strange ?

TBH, I wish trailers over 45FT had 3 or more axles.

with that many axles.. it would be really hard for cars to get trapped under the trailers.. i wonder if this is to reduce costs to the car production industries.

Great video mate. I drive Road trains in Australia. In my eyes it is pretty hard on the tyres and axels when they turn with that many axels on the ground, and they are not steerable. What weight can they load with 7 axels on a trailer ??

I need a good, high paying but simple job. I'll look into being a commercial truck tire salesman in Michigan.

The tyre bill must be enormous......but to describe them as "road trains" is not accurate......the ones in Australia are the true road trains. Even Australia's B doubles make these look small.

Canada allows trains but the weight limit is 139,000 pounds, whereas, in Michigan we are good for 164,000 if you have the correct axle configuration. The person who made this video must live in the tri-cites area because I recognize saginaw areas of the video.

11 axles and 22 wheels on the first rig seems excessive for this payload - bricks/blocks?. Is it? The tyre scrub on Flying J with all 5 axles running, must be enormous, if they are not self-tracking, which they appear not to be. Why do all these axles have twin wheels? Again is the possible payload so great it needs so many?The Dutch seem to know how to build trailers more suited to their loads, single wheels, self-tracking axles, axle lifts etc.

more axils so they can carry note weight more impact on the highways for damage

How come these are so common in Michigan and Ohio but not in the rest of the US? I've seen a lot of these trailers while driving up to Canada through Ohio and MIchigan.

6:05 bwahahaha XDD it looks like your having frame rate issues with your car XDDDD also those tired on that trailer are probably destroyed within a month. the way they scoot over when the truck makes a sharp turn oh lord those have got to shred quickly.

Road trains

What Noah said. Boot scootin boggie

How would these guys deliver all their goods if Michigan is the only state two full trailers are allowed?

what will happen if this trailer go to other than michigan..

So where is the road train? That was a bunch of short ass trucks with too many axles!

These are just a Semi Truck with an extra trailer. Out here we have real road trains, Usually a Kenworth pulling at least three 40 foot trailers and up to 5 trailers. As a lot of our roads are just dusty tracks it can be interesting passing them as there is so much dust that you can only see about 20 feet so you are dependent on the truck drivers instructions. Car drivers need to treat trucks with commonsense.

I think having multiple axels on the trailer, is a way that states with laws requiring multiple axels to make money from companies operating within their State boundaries. My company hauls goods in 48' & 53' trailers. We often pull double & triple trailers.

Michigan centipedes, not road trains,centipede moniker has been around for 60plus years

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great and all but the wheel/tire/axle/suspension mess under the trailer is additional, unnecessary weight! K.I.S.S.

160k gross total with 8 axles no permits

There’s not toll ways in michigannnnn that’s the reason you don’t see them in Illinois where for each axle they should pay a lot .

Ik the maintenance cost a arm and leg

Imagine if they made a law where these setups are allowed everywhere

come to Australia were the real road trains are

Laws and weight limits

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who made this law up lol??

definitely not road trains...

These would not be allowed in California.

Who pays for the road damage from tyre scuff from loaded turns on bitumen? Ridiculous axle configuration. Perhaps the Mafia has a hand in pockets for tyre sales. Australia, Oregon, Washington and Canada have much more logical configs for multiple trailers and B-doubles. As for driver pay.....well, Australia would take the honors for reasonable pay for the conditions they drive in.

Yah nah sorry they're not road trains. Just "Over weight" Semi's and B'doubles

what third world country is this from.

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1 word. Overkill.

'Swift Drivers'... please please please DO NOT apply for work in Michigan...!!

son muchas yantas k nooooooo

...and they are the reason Michigan roads suck, have always sucked, and always will suck. DOT says no. But Michigan either cannot engineer and build roads...or its these excessive load trucks we have everywhere. The other northern states have the same weather as we do, yet they can somehow do a much better job with their roads than Michigan ever has or will. So WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Michigan allows these gravel trains and such. Just watch those fuel haulers or live bottom trailers drag all those wheels on those axles across the pavement. Tearing, stretching, mounding up the black top leading to degeneration of the road bed and potholes, etc. I've lived in Michigan almost all my life of 50+ years and unlike most, even as a kid, I PAID ATTENTION to things.

That's rediculous. The Yankees haul three times the weight that the southern drivers do. Make more money and do way more damage to thier own roads. Michigan and Chicago omg!!!! Thier roads are shit.... And it's because all those axles and the weight they haul.i want to see them play that bullshit down south.lol.165,000 pounds. They must have 1000 hp engines like the UK does.

Que de stupidité de mettre autant d'essieux sans aucun essieu vireur.... c'est anti mécanique ! Surement l'oeuvre d'un fonctionnaire somnolant au fond de son bureau climatisé qui n'a aucune idée des contraintes mécaniques imposées par un tel dispositif!