Thanks for your comments, Im sure driving roadtrains would be a good job at times and also boring on some of the long stretches between towns in the outback. Those truckies do a great job of bringing the much needed supplies to the remote places.
1.08 reminds me of regularly seeing a 2 truck convoy in the rearview mirror of my small Korean tin can while living in Sydney. Allways around the same time of day, dusk, north Sydney I'd see them off in the distance. Once they'd gathered cruising speed one would loom right up my exhaust pipe, roo bars n all. I learned early to get the hell out of the way.
I am glad you liked the video and hope you feel a bit warmer after watching it as we are having a few warm days right now, 43 degrees C expected for the next few weeks. We could use some rain as its been a while since we have seen any, even the crows are flying backwards to keep the dust out of their eyes at the moment. I hope you can get a chance to visit downunder as you will enjoy the weather and scenery and maybe get a chance to look at the Roadtrains too.
@Bevoin1970 Glad you liked it and thanks for your comment, I imagine it would be an interesting sight to see one in London! Come down to OZ one day and take a trip up the track and take in the scenery. All the best fron downunder!
I LOVE the huge road trains in the NT. They make the road trains in other states look miniature in comparison. When i see a road train travelling on these long lonely stretches of road....i feel safe! 👍🙏🙂
In the US, restrictions on the number of trailers (3) and the overall length of the truck+ trailers limit truckers. Still, the size and scale of Aussie trucking operations is mind-boggling, the sheer number of miles covered has to be staggering too. The massive tractors by themselves are imposing. I have been aware of these road trains for some time, but years ago I thought Aussie brush guards seemed excessive, until I realized that they weren't brush guards at all! That takes some balls!
These ain't brush guards Out West there are a lot of camel's and big kangaroos and very big cattle on the road as a lot of big cattle ranches don't have fencing sometimes and they are on the road a lot
Beautiful looking trucks, the size of the fuel tanks was the first thing to catch my eye, 2000 litres perhaps, I know I wouldn't fancy paying for them to be filled up..ha ha. Love to see one of these pass through central London. :-) Thanks for showing this, not the kind of thing we see every day, like it. "Hello" Oz :)
I've got a Mercedes O303 motorhome with a 1000 litre tank. Costs about $1300 or 700GBP. With an Australian body, I'm not sure if European built 303s have the same size tank. Trucks with 2000 litre tanks are very common here.
Yeah I often think that bout county's like Canada and a lot of African countries and any country with a lot of space with transportation needs U think it would be more practical for long hauls to remote areas where they don't go often but need to be supplied with all manner of goods this would be the way to go instead of paying two or three people just pay one to take a roadtrain instead makes sense to me anyway.
I'd like to try it for a while, dragging a 53' trailer with a 300 inch wheelbase tractor through downtown New York and Los Angelos can try your nerves.
this video is filmed in the outback Australia where the roads empty becoz of very less population living in these regions.You will hardly find any traffic here.So there is no need of motorways in these areas.But if you will move towards populated cities here,you will find real motorways(here they are also called freeways)
Bom dia pra Todos voceis estão de parabéns aqui no BRASIL só e liberado 2 carretas engatada.e os policiais ainda ficam dando nojo na gente.parabens a sua nação por ter a cabeça aberta pro progresso do seu país.ass costela carreteiro BRASIL.
I wonder if you had a blow out on one of those back trailer tires how many miles you'd drive before you figured it out lol. Probably the next time you got fuel and checked the truck lol.
Lord Xantosh, the Northern Highway is longer than the Bruce but the longest highway in Australia and the world is actually the National Highway which is commonly referred to as the M1 in the Eastern states
We call them Bull Bars. You won't find many trucks running the out back on road trains without them. Theres stray sheep, cattle, kangaroo's, emus, and camels.
What I "don't like" (I'm joking of course) about Australians is that they make me feel a bit like a sissy :) sitting in an air conditioned office, whilst they work six days a week, pulling a load of tens of tons over a distance of nearly 1000km. Somehow, what they do seems more 'real'. But you know, had I been born there, and had I had better eyesight, I could see myself doing that. Good stuff.
All freight up to the Northern territory comes from the southern states. So it's more like an average of 3000kms +. Every day of the week. 4500kms from the west.
The direct haul driver could of at least said Gidday to you ol mate. So typical of what we see out there these days, half these new age drivers think they are that good they cant even wave as they pass let alone pull up and help a broken down driver. That aside, good vid mate, thanks for sharing.
I have been all over Australia, north south east and west I met one guy north of Sydney in an island called Saint Huberts and he came from a wealthy family and because he was a criminal salesman he had an E-type Jag and back in the 1960s, there was actually no speed limit. That’s what he told me and I believe that to be true. So maybe up to 150 miles an hour tops?
alot of Australian Major highways (The Bruce Hwy being the longest) are built mostly on flood plains with alot of underground water tables, they can't build these beautiful concrete motorways that they need cause of the land shifting all the time, they need to use bitumen cause of its flexibility and ease of repair! thats why we don't use it!
@rustymotor Stop teasing me.. ha ha - I'd love nothing more than to bring me and my trusty Sprinter over to Oz and clock a few miles up along the way. Imagine that for a job, would make a nice change to inner city driving like London or similar... :) I'll dream on for now.. Have a nice weekend.
The US western deserts are defined by size. These truck/Trains would be very useful. The use of these monsters would need to be regulated as are our airlines. Only so many truck/trains would be allowed on a given route to keep additional road maintenance within reasonable limits. Trucking companies should jump all over this concept. It makes a lot of sense and I am sure it is profitable. Trucks would be able to compete with trains once again without clogging our public highways.
if a train is an option there is no reason to encourage trucking, these things only exist because of how empty so much of the country is and the lack of rail lines to many of these locations.
3.17-says "safety and service is priority one" on last tanker which is bulktrans trailer... 3.22-look at second axle outside tyre.... It's Balder than a badger... So is the dolly and most that side. Safe my arse... 😂😂😂😂😂 that's how they roll.....
Buenas tardes soy trailero y manejo doble remolques .en mi país .y siempre me e preguntado esto. Podrán ponerle 10 remolques pero para que tanto gastó en remolques y neumáticos si tienes que repartir la carga en ellos . Por la restricción de peso. Si Ho no es absurdo pero cada quien saludos desde México
Australian Truck Simulator coming? Sorry, I know this is plague of the all trucking videos but I cannot just help myself looking at it. I wonder how much experience points would one get for proper (backing) parking.
Easy easy to work it out for spring 6 tonne for steer tyre 16.5 for twin axle 20 for tri axle Air bag suspension 7.5 for steer 17.5 for twin 22.5 for tri axle
When was the last time you have heard about the rain or snowstorm in Australia? F1 series for dry time also used slicks before the regulations was changed. Threads are there to deal with anything that gets in between the road and the wheel surface - you do not have it why to have threads?
I would rather drive in the snow than the outback roads where conditions can be hotter than Hell, , battleship sized mud pits and rogue camels and kangaroos. Tough breed those drivers,
@robin Lauer your point being? Any Aussie trucker would shit himself in the ice and snow until they got experience. I am personally amazed at the speed people drive on ice in US and Canada and trucking requires guts OK
