Hi !! What a video as always !! BIG Thanks you for that and the differents trailers to know what it exist in this form (4 trailers)!! Have a nice day !! Chris.
Thank you for posting this, I so miss my truck & my old life. I spent decades pulling triples & quads. Perth out to our remote mines in Western Australia, & the very best truck by far that I ever had was the long chassis KW T904, 170 ton rated, Cat C16, 22 series Roadranger, steel on spiders on 6 rod suspension, walk in sleeper etc. It was the most rugged & robust truck I ever knew, & full desert spec. I did over 5 million with this truck & it never failed to get me home again. In the 1970s, when I started out with a Mack R600, I used to sleep in a swag under the lead trailer, now look at what they have become. I am in final stage cancer now, but tough as it was, given the chance I would change nothing & do it all again in a heartbeat. I just loved the outback, the lifestyle, & of course the machinery.
First of all, im so sorry. Cancer is a hell 😭 I can see why you miss your old truck and the job. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you. ♥️ Can you help me out? If i want to see road trains leaving Perth for the mining in Western Australia, what town or city should i visit? Take care and god bless you ♥️
@@TomasVarg Go to Wubin, 300 kms north of Perth. Triples (53.5 mts) cannot be pulled out of Perth. The triple hook up area for the inland highway is at Wubin, so you pull 2 & a "dog runner" takes your 3rd, & someone else's 3rd there, where you hook up full length & can go anywhere at 53.5 after that. Contact Bishop's Transport, Triton Transport, Lees Transport etc. etc., tell them what you want to do & they might just help you by giving you access, transport stage to stage etc. Start at Wubin, go to Mt Magnet, go to Meekathara etc. They have trucks in both directions all the time, & top rigs too. From Mt Newman you can go straight to Port Hedland, 1650 kms, or off to Tom Price, etc or, from Newman (Capricorn Roadhouse) you can instead go up the Nullagine road (unsealed) to Marble Bar & out into the Great Sandy Desert to mines, Telfer, Woody Woody, Nifty. You cannot go onto any mine site, but you can wait at the security gate for your driver to return. Talk to people, you will find them helpful. If you are in Perth, go to the BP on Kewdale rd in Kewdale, which is the transport hub. All trucks fuel up at BP Kewdale. Pity our timing is a bit out, all of my trips were deep desert epics, & I would have taken you. Good luck Tomas.
A European truck driver would need a C+E+E+E+E license to drive these beasts.. 😂👍 One of my dreams is to see Australia. Many greetings from Switzerland! 👋
In Sweden, we must have C on the driving license to drive heavy trucks/tractors. If you wanna drive heavy trucks/tractors with heavy trailer you need CE on the driving licens. I think it is the same in rest of Europe. Thanls for the comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
That's a hell of a lot of weight. Those engines sound perfectly happy. Gives you an idea of just how good those tractors are, they could pull that load, uphill. Easily.
There is no way anyone in a light vehicle can overtake a triple road train without going over the speed limit. If a triple road train travelling at 100kp/h's & a light vehicle wishes to overtake travelling at 110 kph, it will take the light vehicle close to 70 seconds to overtake at 110kp/h.It's a lot safer for me to overtake a triple road train with me travelling at 130kp/hthen resume the cruise control back to 110kp/h. Just ask anyone who lives in Roxby Downs, Andamooka, Coober Pedy & surrounding regions.
My brother finished his driving career driving quads. His used to drive from Townsville (North Queensland) to Perth these were triples. Unfortunately now he is in a nursing home after a heart attack which caused onset dementia. Trucking is a hard life I have nothing but respect for these drivers who sometimes don't see there partners or families for weeks.
That was a really interesting video, Tomas; I was particularly interested to see the Mercedes Benz Actros. I remember during my last Australian self-drive standing outside the Direct Haul refinery in North Arm, Darwin watching the road trains pulling out. There are several depots in the same area, Gilbert's, Shaws and ABC, all make for great photography. Always look forward to your videos. Colin - UK.
Sad thing, Gilbert’s and ABC is gone, they are sold. I love Gilbert’s and ABC, the trucks was always clean. Thank you for your comment, i really do appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
@TomasVarg Tomas, when visiting Shaws depot in Darwin I was told that William Shaw emigrated to Australia from UK in the '70s with very little apart from a driving licence. He started by driving other companies vans, bought his first Kenworth prime mover in 1981 and expanded from there over many years. In 2018 he still had a great interest in his company after transferring the majority to his long-standing staff but had moved back to the place of his roots, York, UK. There's a picture on Shaw's website of William Shaw with his first cabover Kenworth. Colin
Why do people think a road train would be reversing. Just a little hint - road trains only go forwards and they load or unload by driving to where they need to be (Australia is a big Country). You will not see a road train in a city or in traffic on the east cost of Australia.
It'll take a while to be allowed to drive one of these. There are a few different licence classes in Australia for different trucks, given by the following: Class C: Car, anything less than 5.5t (metric tonnes) Class LR: Light rigid, less than 8t Class MR: Medium rigid, over 8t, only 2 axles Class HR: Heavy rigid, over 8t, more then 2 axels Class HC: Heavy combination, prime mover with a single trailer Class MC: Multi-combination, prime mover with multiple trailers First you need your Learner class C for at least a year, before you are allowed to drive by your self on your red P's (P1 provisional licence). After a year on your red P's, you can get your green P's (P2 Provisional license), and you can get either LR or MR. If I remember correctly, a year on your LR lets you upgrade to MR or HR, A year in your MR lets you upgrade to HR or HC. Then From HC, you can go for MC. You'll also need multiple different qualifications to drive them depending on who you drive for, and how many trailers you're allowed to drive with your MC licence.
Seriously, wonder what the fuel mileage is? Guessing 5 miles per gallon. Notice the trailers don’t have DOT tape down the sides, the red/white reflective strips which make them easier to see from the side. Also, looking for the DEF tanks on the Tractors!😂😂😂
@@TomasVarg Very welcome mate. Thank you, have a nice day too. I am an admirer of the Aussie road trains, they are so awesome. Would like so much to drive road trains. My plan is to visit Australia to see the road trains with my own eyes 😃
Her movies are really great. And I love her movies with Road Train. Unfortunately, the big letters in the middle of the movie are distracting. Grüsse aus der der Schweiz. 🇨🇭
Thank you so much for subscribing. Yes, in the future the copyright message is on the side 😊 Thing is, people stealing my content and put it on TikTok and Insta without cred 😢
@@TomasVarg That is fully understandable. You must have it visible somewhere on the screen to protect your content. Your next project could be to create a watermark logo for the channel ❤️. Keep up the good work.
@@TomasVarg 👍 WESTERN ⭐️ 4900 series. I like the old school rule. Classics are the best. If it ain't too much of an ask. I'm trying to build a replica from a 1/24 scale kit but the dimensions/details aren't all that correct. Great videos by the way.
В Австралии нет большой сети железных дорог. Строить их через пустыню (большая часть центральной Австралии) сложно и очень дорого, а обслуживать ещё дороже. Дороги проще и дешевле...
...part of your everyday...what? Part of your everyday, is a syntax error, it's missing a word. It should read Part of your every day. People who we think are supposed to be "professionals" who make syntax errors like that is funny.
@@TomasVarg да не за што вам тоже огромное спасибо за то что снимайте видео я бы хотел в Австралии по бывать там видать круто и вам тоже хорошего дня ☺😊
Hi. Are you sure? Im not so sure, but I can be wrong. I know Mercedes and Toyota will not only do electrical cars. Thank you for your comment, i really do appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
