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Some operators use lifting axles, all depends on configuration and types of loads.

There are some sleeper cabs but most long haul freight is point to point as there are very few trucks stops most drivers are paid by employer to stay in motels.

@@barrenrocks Thanks for sharing that. That is cool most be nice to be a trucker in New Zealand. Do they have similar laws and regulations as they do in US? Love your videos!! Keep up the great views and content!!

Yes…but you can understand why the trucks heading south don’t go the Pyes Pa route….

Really should have built a tunnel at the same time they did the rail kaimai is a gas guzzler lol

Sounds like an interesting time. I drove logging trucks in Rotorua for a time for Mike Lambert.

I think it makes more sense than going to 30 locations to make 15 minutes of video.

Because its content. And because he likes to stay in one location. Unless you want to pay for fuel cost ofc for him to go elsewhere

lol is this a joke

Never allow any body to clip the silver wing of your golden dreams. This vido gives the viewers the opportunity to enjoy seeing life through outhers eyes.

Hi Mark, here is a link to New Zealand axle weights etc. https:/www.NZTA.govt.nz In a nut shell: standard gross for combination is 44 tonne, however if you increase drawbar length you can go up to 47/48 tonne.You can also apply for an " H" permit which gives you extra weight and length (standard overall is 22 metres) and can therefore go up to 58 tonne. The extra weight allowed depends on axle groups, and overall length. Then there are limits on routes that can be driver as many of our secondary and or rural roads have weight limits on bridges etc..usually 46 tonne max. Breaches of permits incur large fines. The maximum height is 4.25 metres.The height of loads are determined by Static Roll Threshold calculations so for example most logging trucks max load height would be about 3.2 metres. Hope this helps.

@@barrenrocks Thank you for this information. It was just general curiosity I had when I saw quad axle tractor units and trailers that aren't a more specalised heavy haulage low loader (as would be the case here). I did wonder what the 'H' was on a few larger trucks I've seen in a few videos of New Zealand trucks, so thanks for clearing that up too. It makes perfect sense given those triple/quad axle rigid box trucks towing a twin axle dolly with a triple axle trailer are quite similar to the 'Long Heavy Vehicle' category (also recently learned about by me) more recently introduced in parts of Europe. They're more common as a triple axle box truck there, Germany, the Netherlands, etc, but the rest is very similar, even the 60 tonne gross (for them vs 58 tonne in NZ) weight for 'LHVs'. Your 'in a nut shell' bit is enough detail for me, but thanks for the link too. I think I'd get lost in the legislation trying to find the specific truck and trailer axle combination that first caught my attention, if it's anything like the UKs Gov website for those sorts of things. :)

@@barrenrocks Right about the weight limits on secondary roads. Saddle road and Pahiatua track got torn to bits when the Gorge closed near Palmy.

You must be loading most of them my bro

Thanks

Glad you liked it, I was working for Lamberts at the time.