Ya? well I'll have you know that I reversed my van into a ultra wide costco parking spot and only had to adjust it 3 times. So take that, bud! Jokes aside, you got some incredible skills mate.
This was common place 30-40 yrs ago, but seems to becoming a bit of a lost art in todays world with cameras and/or using the prime mover to forward push the 2nd trailer onto third. Well done James. 30 years ago we use to do this several times a night (with tippers) in the dark without reversing lights. We'd stand our hammer up next to the tyre marks of the 2nd trailer and shine our dolphin torch on it as a guide.
About 10 years ago I delivered a triple end tipper in the dark. I backed the 2 on to the dog with only the stop lights as light. Practice makes perfect.
Goodday Johno, 3 trailers loaded with LVL Timber probably from Germany or USA heading out west. I presume you are hooking up at Port Augusta. James makes it look so easy but apparently it isn't I know I see the guys backing A Doubles in the wharf & that takes skill. I transport timber everyday myself. Stay Safe Cheers Louis 👍
@@RoadTrainAdventures That is fantastic to know LVL is manufactured in Australia. The company I work for we collect the containers from the wharf, unpack them & deliver it to the wholesalers who bought the timber. We get timber from all over the world. All the yellow & blue LVL from USA & Germany. 100's upon 100 's of tons per week. 38 ft lengths, a prick & a half to unpack & heavy too. Cheers Louis 👍
This stuff only exists in Australia, man. Look at Russian roads, a rig like that would be completely illegal here. I like the efficiency, usually it takes 3 trucks to transport that load
Never noticed how many people can't do that. I was lucky enough to work for a company that made backing doubles and triples common practice. So I had alot of experience operators around me that made it look easy. And it is if you no the right tricks
@@tristanwebster Rail tracks make it easy for train drivers...they just need to hit at a certain very low speed to engage the coupling. I can see that you have to focus on what the last connected trailer is doing and keep and eye on the orientation of the yet to be coupled trailer...a small feat of rewiring the brain to learn to adjust the wheel in the right direction and at the right time. Hopefully I will never have to do that!
Hints For Reversing Slowly With Patience.... Look Into The Mirror , Look Down The Side Of The Trailers , ( Line Them Up ) Keep The Side Of The Trailers Straight , ( Watching The Drivers Side Mirror ) , Quick Glance Of The Passengers Mirror , ( Don't Swing Wildly On The Steering Wheel ) ( Pull Foward To Straighten The Trailers ) Back Slowly . Re Check The Mirrors Pull Forward To Straighten . Breath Deeply , Smile , Have Fun .
Hints For Reversing Slowly With Patience.... Look Into The Mirror , Look Down The Side Of The Trailers , ( Line Them Up ) Keep The Side Of The Trailers Straight , ( Watching The Drivers Side Mirror ) , Quick Glance Of The Passengers Mirror , ( Don't Swing Wildly On The Steering Wheel ) ( Pull Foward To Straighten The Trailers ) Back Slowly . Re Check The Mirrors Pull Forward To Straighten . Breath Deeply , Smile , Have Fun .
How the heck can he do that, I drove transport for quite a few years, and in those years tried a few times to back up sets of A-trains with very poor results.
@@johncunningham4820 a while back I worked for an outfit outside Toledo OH. I'd build turnpike double 48' and triples 28' to run the turnpike to Chicago or Pittsburg. I never had enough seniority to get the license to pull them.
@@jerrykinnin7941 . Over here , Australia , they are Trialling A-doubles on Specific Urban Routes . B-doubles go virtually anywhere in Urban areas But the Big A-Triples and A/B-Quads only operate in the Western Three Quarters of the Country . And not into any MAJOR Town or City . Get broken down on the Outskirts . One of our A-Triples is around 53-55 Metres long and 125 Metric Tonne Gross Weight . A/B Quad 60 Metres and 150 Tonne . Big Toys . On the Mining Sites they run 1000 hp Quins running over 200 Tonne .
@@johncunningham4820 we have Brains here as well the smallest is a 5 9 That's 3 axles on the lead each 9 ft apart Then a 9 ft spread on the second. With a tandem tractor. Mostly steel haulers you see them above the Ohio river ALLOT. Kentucky makes you break them apart.
@@jerrykinnin7941 . Brains ? Did you mean Trains ? We use Metric System here . One Metre is 39.3 inches . 3 foot 4inch . We do NOT use Spread Axles here at all . They are , in fact Illegal here . Only Tri-Axles . Tri-axle Dollies too , quite often . Our Road-Trains operate on Dirt quite a lot . So the more Rubber underneath , the better . Even have Tri-Drive on some units . Depends on the Operations .
Skilled driving mate but where's your gloves? I wouldn't want to touch your steering wheel, hand brake or gear stick if it was a shared truck. Nothing worse than a black steering wheel, gear shift and handbrake ponging of diesel with dust as well.
Impressive reversing blah blah blah…… more importantly where is this man’s ppe, steel toe caps and hi viz aside. Where is his gloves us professional truck drivers in the uk do not do dirty hands.
There's a difference between drivers and operators though. If you cant see the bloke backing 2 trailers onto a third and are scared of the ppe boogyman ya probably wouldn't last long over here.
