Too bad they limit hp to 600 at the flywheel. Some of us Heavy Haul guys won't buy new because the US EPA won't allow above 600 hp anymore. You guys are limited to 100 kmh in Australia but can still pull weight with your gearing and drive train set ups. You have some nice rides, some day I'd like to drive one of your road trains.
As a truck driver myself i find out New Zeland to be the perfect place for me to work. Shame its hard to even get permission to live there in New Zeland
We have 770 FH Volvo too. 780 Scanias. Mack trucks run a Superliner with Volvo 685 and the Volvo auto transmission for about 10 years now pulling 4 trailer Roadtrains (pulls like a train too, lots of torque) up to nearly 200 tonne. In the North of Western Australia there are also numerous (in the hundreds) 4 trailer Roadtrains, Quads, some over 200 tonne carting iron ore to port where there is no access to railway lines. This includes like FH Volvo 10 wheel Prime Movers, Scanias(occassionally), Western Star, Kenworth and Macks. There is a range of horsepower options, 770 Volvo, 780 Scania and the Americans like Cummins may start at 600 but can be opened up to around 660. Roadtrains are mostly speed limited to only 90kph too. Sometimes electronically and sometimes mechanically by gearing. Either way the gearing is pretty low compared to a highway truck, helping to provide better pulling power also. If you want to see an impressive Volvo FH double roadtrain, 2 fuel tanks, just over 90,000 litres I think, search on youtube for, twocrowsdown. Yes that is how it is spelled. Twin steer prime mover and 4 axle trailers, not the biggest combination but pretty impressive configuration.
@@globetrotter7778 so no where else in the world goes above 40 plus ? . you ever tried doing a google search on that mate ?.. middle east Africa to name a few etc .and even more remote than Australia nearly 4 times bigger . you wont see a kwhopper out there as they wouldn't stand up to it . then you have Russia at minus 40 and plus 40 ... so tell me more
@@globetrotter7778 have you ever tried to use Google mate ? . . Think you will find that Africa is nearly 4 times bigger than Australia and far far remote ..no kwhoppers out there . And then Russia is more than twice the size of Australia and has temps ranging from over 40 to minus 40 ... no kenworths out there .
@@globetrotter7778 but you are making out like its only Australia that has extreme weather and no where else does in the world . But Still doesn't change the fact that kenworth and Australia as a whole are still 20 years behind the rest of the world .
@@globetrotter7778 yes i think so but in europe its not really beacause we make them tho i dont really hate kenny i just like scania better i think it looks nicer
Why didn’t you show inside the cab.instead of seeing more of this bloke than of the actual truck..!!…a piss poor advert for a fantastic looking Kenworth..!!
Better in Europe. Not too popular in 🇦🇺. Rough roads and small problems with electrical components and that sort of thing. Not the backup and service availability as in Europe unfortunately. Can't be left stranded in the outback.
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It's a crime these aren't available in the US
Would love to see in the US market !!
Too bad they limit hp to 600 at the flywheel. Some of us Heavy Haul guys won't buy new because the US EPA won't allow above 600 hp anymore. You guys are limited to 100 kmh in Australia but can still pull weight with your gearing and drive train set ups. You have some nice rides, some day I'd like to drive one of your road trains.
Can they produce that here in the 🇺🇸 left hand drive of course
They do make them here. In Renton Washington. But apparently they hate us Americans.
Looking forward great 👍 truck Kenworth 👍👍👍🇦🇺☝️
As a truck driver myself i find out New Zeland to be the perfect place for me to work. Shame its hard to even get permission to live there in New Zeland
Great Truck!
Nice Aussie Truck!
Thanks, we are proud of it!
I'm a class A local driver but with no doubt, i would go over the road if i get to drive a truck like this.
Kenworth is messing a great opportunity for the state side
What is the biggest sleeper configuration is 2.8m?
Now bring it to the US!
Just 600 hp in aussie! We have 770 or something in Sweden and only totalweight of 64 kg tons.
We have 770 FH Volvo too. 780 Scanias. Mack trucks run a Superliner with Volvo 685 and the Volvo auto transmission for about 10 years now pulling 4 trailer Roadtrains (pulls like a train too, lots of torque) up to nearly 200 tonne. In the North of Western Australia there are also numerous (in the hundreds) 4 trailer Roadtrains, Quads, some over 200 tonne carting iron ore to port where there is no access to railway lines. This includes like FH Volvo 10 wheel Prime Movers, Scanias(occassionally), Western Star, Kenworth and Macks. There is a range of horsepower options, 770 Volvo, 780 Scania and the Americans like Cummins may start at 600 but can be opened up to around 660. Roadtrains are mostly speed limited to only 90kph too. Sometimes electronically and sometimes mechanically by gearing. Either way the gearing is pretty low compared to a highway truck, helping to provide better pulling power also.
If you want to see an impressive Volvo FH double roadtrain, 2 fuel tanks, just over 90,000 litres I think, search on youtube for, twocrowsdown. Yes that is how it is spelled. Twin steer prime mover and 4 axle trailers, not the biggest combination but pretty impressive configuration.
780hp in the new Macks and Volvos
Bring this to the US
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Amazing Australia has better American Trucks than America
Designed here though 🇦🇺
Why do you hate me kenworth? Why you gonna build one of the most beautiful trucks produced in the past 15 years and not let Americans get one.
hahahahahahahahah still 25 years behind the rest of the world !
@@globetrotter7778 so no where else in the world goes above 40 plus ? . you ever tried doing a google search on that mate ?.. middle east Africa to name a few etc .and even more remote than Australia nearly 4 times bigger . you wont see a kwhopper out there as they wouldn't stand up to it . then you have Russia at minus 40 and plus 40 ... so tell me more
@@globetrotter7778 have you ever tried to use Google mate ? . . Think you will find that Africa is nearly 4 times bigger than Australia and far far remote ..no kwhoppers out there . And then Russia is more than twice the size of Australia and has temps ranging from over 40 to minus 40 ... no kenworths out there .
@@wayniexagt Chill mate, I'm just saying that different trucks are popular in different regions for different reasons.
@@globetrotter7778 but you are making out like its only Australia that has extreme weather and no where else does in the world . But Still doesn't change the fact that kenworth and Australia as a whole are still 20 years behind the rest of the world .
Lighten up Francis.
scania better
Great performance but I've heard that their maintenance is expensive. There's no "best" truck out there, it's all a matter of company needs.
@@globetrotter7778 yes i think so but in europe its not really beacause we make them tho i dont really hate kenny i just like scania better i think it looks nicer
@@limitededition3295 I see what you mean, easy to like what we are accustomed to, and that applies to me too.
Why didn’t you show inside the cab.instead of seeing more of this bloke than of the actual truck..!!…a piss poor advert for a fantastic looking Kenworth..!!
Better in Europe. Not too popular in 🇦🇺. Rough roads and small problems with electrical components and that sort of thing. Not the backup and service availability as in Europe unfortunately. Can't be left stranded in the outback.