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One thing i love about New Zealand is the combination of American and European trucks. For us that love trucks, it's a paradise. And as well trucks in New Zealand is like if all players of ETS2 and ATS came together xD. One of a kind video as always, thank you. Happy Trucking.
What a bunch of great looking trucks also they sound awesome. I can’t imagine an electric truck will sound this good. Thanks for showing us New Zealand’s trucks.
At the end of the day you can't go past the swedes for the combination of power, comfort, transmission and ergonomics. Those kenworths and freightliners look so old fashioned when compared to volvo and scania.
In NZ, we call the Freightliner Argosy the 'Bone Shaker.' Do a trip on one of those babies and you'll find out when compared to a Volvo or Scania with their smooth independent cab suspension.
Can't see it happening. Not with so many e vehicles catching fire now. Nz's national grid Can't handle power usage as it is. Imagine what it'll be like with thousands of vehicles plugged in charging at the same time on top of normal residential and commercial usage. It would be massive power outages.
@@haigplague really ? They look far better than the pothole filled roads in the UK. Those roads exiting what looks like a rest stop are pristine whereas here they are absolutely bumpy and messed up
Hi Cameron, no mate, this is still a traditional New Zealand “B train” the only reason it looks different is because they have the ability to Jack knife to unload the front trailer while the back trailer is still connected, hope this helps
A-trains (prime-mover, semi-trailer and trailer) have practically disappeared from NZ roads. Used to be the common configuration on the NZ dairy tanker fleet, until they changed to truck and trailer. A bit trickier to reverse an A-train compared to a truck and trailer. Reversing the truck and trailer combi, is the same as backing a B-train, since the primary semi-trailer on a B-train, acts like an extra long draw bar connected to the secondary semi-trailer. Hope that makes sense.
That is actually the N.Z version of a B-Train. Those B-Trains are not too common now. Most B-Trains on N.Z roads nowadays are the Australian version, like this one for example (9:25). A-Trains no longer exist in N.Z.
Transporters (they get fancy) ...refrigerated, 40ft container skeletals, aggregate tipulators, bottom dumpers, used to be plenty in furniture, that's all I can think of off the top of my head ...but mostly? ...skeletals, and refrigerated unit's to service supermarket's, there was one in there- ill check the time stamp, a three axle with a trailing 4th set, feel sorry for that last set getting scuffed all the way back into every dock 😁
More pay load, and twin steer wheels good to have here in Nz. As our roads never go straight for very long 😅. Always windy and sharp bends. Twin steer wheels make weight distribution smooth and not tilting alot onto one side, as some of those Double B trailer combinations are allowed to carry upto 53 tons
Road trains are a little different than in Australia l think. Nzed Road train =24 mtrs. AUS = 23, 25,35,37 mtrs and some larger ones. Height of trucks road to roof =3.7 - 4.3 mtrs. Deck width 2.5 mostly unless your carrying machines.
@@gsd4me00 Those bars were meant for larger animals like camels in Aussie. Also most animals are fenced in here, unlike in Australia where wildlife like camels and kangaroos can be on roads.
@@ElysiumNZ Only saw one a red KW twice with bull bars first pulling up to lights @13:57 and then leaving same lights @27:31 😄. I’d say he’s a owner driver and has done it for personal preference. Maybe an ex-Aussie 😆 @27:27 what’s his excuse for his bull bars? 🤣
RHD or more precisely CHD (Correct Hand Drive). Since 90% of the human race is right-handed, consider the hand movements during stick shifting in a LHD. The dominant hand is on the 2 o'clock position on the wheel. When the shift is made, the left-hand takes the wheel at the 10 o'clock position, while the right hand moves across to make the stick shift. In a CHD, the right remains on the wheel the whole time, while the stick shift is performed by the left hand. I've driven both LHD and CHD trucks. Yank mates who've moved to NZ, have told me that CHD makes perfect sense compared to 'State-side.' Unfortunately, left-handed Napoleon Bonaparte fucked things up, with half the world driving on the wrong side of the road. Europe and the USA were responsible for that faux pas.
yes that is the word here to, and i have confirmed that with a few big company's, but it seems there after big truck drivers not so much the small ones
@@newzealandtrucks do another video again next time on a working day, you’ll see heaps of good looking log trucks from waimea contract carriers and drummonds
@@Anymousl3300s I also love your work man keep it up, if I may I would like to give you an advice. Maybe a longer video next time like this guy is doing and better quality vids trust me you’ll get more love.
@@mynameisdonj Cheers. I do know that. I also saw that comment on my post. Also I film on a very old apple iPad. i have a very old panasonic SDR s26 camcorder. witch i could film on. But I'm worried that it will be to full up with 50 videos. but i could try 1 day. But cheers anyway.
it is also freight people buy stuff online too, im sure it has a fair amount of weight and unless you know nz roads you can not say it is ridiclous, it is not just letters
