Why AUSTRALIAN Trucks Are BETTER And Completely Different 

I agree. There are bigger trucks here in the US left and right. Then again, how is it that an electric truck can travel 1,800 miles?? This video has a lot of propaganda, but honestly, I don't really see the point of , much less me watching it..

So Kenworth, Mack, Iveco, Mercedes Benz/Freightliner, Western Star, are an illusion, just like Holden, Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi, were as well, when they manufactured here as well?

Mack and Volvo build trucks at Wacol, just out of Brisbane, and Kenworth builds trucks in Melbourne.

Mack,kenworth etc build trucks and imported trucks here are converted there nothing like there American or European counterparts.

You call yourself aussie battler but you have no idea about Australia, Kenworth have been designing and building trucks in Australia for over fifty years, also Volvo and Mack trucks have been manufactured here for decades, these are not just assembled here but are fully designed in Oz, get your facts right.

My freightliner cascadia came with a fridge

@@MarantMarant-vk1mz Most trucks in America can do the same as any truck in Australia. You take a stock KW W900 with a Cumins ISX 15 cranking out 550 HP with and Eaton/Fuller 18 speed manual. The only thing it would need is larger fuel tanks. Besides we don't have a need for road trains. However there are some major carriers that do run doubles and triple 53 footers on designated highways.

@@michaelrocker9000 Where are there triple 53 footers in the US?

@@michaelrocker9000ell no our engines our trans missions our ratios etc are Specd completely different to Americans we have our own specs etc you can’t just take a w900 with a isx 550 and pull b doubles or road trains the frame has to be strengthened,bigger and better diffs axels etc so you can’t spec an American truck or do anything we do they have to be built our way we build them to last and last years trucks here can go 1-3million kms on single motors before a rebuild the conditions here you take a stock w900 hook it to a set of b doubles 65ton or a road train 100-130ton it would break down overheat like that’s the harsh truth and in fact Kenworth Mack etc all Use Australian built and specd trucks to test out if they last for the American counterparts. So when a western star,freight liner are imported here they are stripped and rebuilt to our specs.

@@cottonwood4935 What states can you run triples? Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.

Champion our country relies on road trains for the remote communities because unlike the US or Europe we aren’t connected by rail in every since tiny town etc

Trucks here still require escort cars with oversized loads I've definitely seen a few in the past month, even in the desert I'm pretty sure escort cars are still required

@@jordanfarrar9955 Just like here in N. America your "road trains" can only travel on certain routes. They need to be broken down before entering large cities. We have triples too in case you didn't get the first sentence.

You think that isn't done in Australia?

True, don't let the USA viewer see this!

@@johngreydanus2033 I am in the USA and very well aware of trucking all over the planet.

And the freightliners although reliable, fall apart over here, flimsy interiors can’t handle our climate and roads.. Mack have been designing and building Australian specific models here for years which are nothing like yank ones.. and peterbilts aren’t made here or sold here unless ordered and imported, we don’t have a whole lot of them and the only time you see them is when they’re towing a single trailer down the freeway because they wouldn’t last a trip into the outback and would be useless for any other job we’d have for them.. I’d happily have one though

I used to build Scania coaches in Melbourne, they were specced up for Aus conditions and we built a couple specifically for testing in the outback, filled with water containers to simulate passengers. They did very well with only minor failures. I imagine truck manufacturers do similar things.

@@DomingoDeSantaClara Their idea of field testing is something like "let's put it into the worst case scenario possible." in some cases that would mean the Tanami or Strezlecki Track. Think of the worst dirt road you know, then multiply that by at least 6. Floods, corrugations, washouts, long intervals between civilisation, extreme weather. You name it, these two have it

@@Mechknight73 There's different extremes. Not sure how long one of those Australian specked trucks would last here in Canada with our extreme cold weather and mountain road conditions. As for being fitted out for long distance driving Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world, Australia is 6th. Most of this stuff on the video applies in N America as well. Europe is different because of how their roads are laid out. All I saw were foreign (to Australia) truck brands built to Australian specific requirements that except for hot weather tolerance don't seem any different than the ones I drove here in Canada, except the modern things like cameras and fancy gadgets. We had fridges, beds and microwaves, that's not exclusive to Australia.

@@shaunp9592 There are some suspension changes, but a lot of it takes the form of structural rigidity. They have to be built stronger to withstand much rougher roads that just aren't in the USA. Look up the Tanami Track to see what I mean, it makes the worst roads in the US look like a freeway. As for handling cold weather, it would simply be a matter of changing the cooling system to suit.

@@Mechknight73 These are minor changes to suit Australia, just like the changes to suit our climate and mountains. It doesn't make Australian trucks "better" and defiantly not completely different. I could order a truck here with Australian specs if I wanted and it was road worthy here, bigger fuel tanks for long distance, higher clearance for prairie grain hauling, no problem. That extra structure and extra fuel tanks only add to the empty weight of the truck which increases fuel consumption, only reason it's not standard here, however off road logging trucks defiantly are built tougher.

They actually do build.

@@HenriHattar cool i didn't know that

Kenworth, Mack and Volvo all built in Australia

Actually it is 25,25 meter in most of Europe on specific roads. Finland allows up to 34,5 meter on certain roads...

@@jan3101 that’s with a certain license as that isn’t necessarily to common. Finland has 34,5 m for certain trucks around the country and Sweden has also something similar like 32m for certain trucks and companies. The norm for those countries which doesn’t always require special warning lights and other stuff if it is within the requirements are 24-25m long trucks. They are very common and normal in Sweden and Finland. And other countries like DK, DE and NL I believe allow to but with more restrictions than SE and FIN.

@@jan3101 but yeah you are not wrong

@@the_vehicle_spotter as far as I know the only country that requires a special drivers license is the Netherlands. Germany requires 5 years of exprience with trailers. All countries except Sweden and Finland requires special signs back on the trailer when more than 19 meters long.... And Sweden and Finland does it when more than 25 meters long.

@@jan3101 yes exactly

We have Australian designed and built Volvo’s over here.. we have for decades

99% are Australian trucks but the Volvo's and scainas so I don't know what your talking about

Thank you so much!

@@immensemachines Check your comments, nothing you spoke of is exclusive to Australia. This was poor research at best for whoever did this. All the brands you showed, before I got tired of the lies and stopped watching, were European or American, nothing exclusively Australian about them except maybe built for hotter weather. We run triples here in certain areas of N. America too so you didn't even get that right.

Road trains can be up to four trailers and it's 53 metres not 55

@@nelsondawson9706 53.5 metres (175 ft 6 in).

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No one in the US uses cab-over tractors except a few, rare urban delivery trucks. I never see them used for long haul. They are uncomfortable to drive and sleeping is a real challenge. Why would anyone use them to haul doubles or triples in Australia?

Ukrain will!

@@jeffdittrich6778 obviously haven’t been in a latter model cab over have you… an by latter I mean most euro trucks from like early 00’s onward are comfortable as hell specially Volvos with floating cabs quiet and roomy you can stand up an walk around inside.

@@jeffdittrich6778 Cab-overs in Australia are common because the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator limits maximum lengths of vehicles, not just trailers. So a triple road train is limited to an overall length of 53.5 metres (175.5 feet) including the prime mover/tractor.

We never fiend out. He self does not know that he is the president. Who do You want to ask? M.

Jump in a brand new kenworth,western star,freight liner etc there not far behind there catching up with safety features

@@jordanfarrar9955 will never rival a euro truck for anything . 10 years behind the rest of the world

For all their superior quality, they are ugly.

You also forgot 1 more thing.just how ugly european trucks are

Funny Volvo and scania have been building here local in wacol for decades, built local to our specs different to some euro builds, you reckon they're out dated to 😂