I’ve been a truck driver for the last 35 years in the States and this is on my bucket list of things to do. I would drive for free for a few weeks over there if someone would let me. The life experience would be pay enough.
@@TATS_Europe it varies by state. Normally 53’ on single trailer length East of the Mississippi River and 61’ west of it. Doubles and triples are considerably longer. Tractor wheelbases can vary, the one I own has a 305” wheelbase, so I’m usually right around 80 feet long.
Growing up in Darwin, you would see these every day although the quads are relatively recent addition. Traditionally 3 x 40ft trailers + space between + pulling truck ~ 160ft. On a bicycle it was possible to slipstream at 70 or 80kmh - not always the safest thing to do! Before the tank farm was moved from central Darwin the road tankers would pull out in the morning along McMinn St and turn right on to the Daly St bridge - of course the lights were never long enough as it was an uphill climb and turn. And of course BVR applied to all other traffic (Big Vehicle Rule 🤣) I got my car licence at 16 through student driver education and started my apprenticeship with the local Cat dealer just before I was 17. Later that year the company got us to do our truck licence test - 1 day try on a 5t rigid Bedford (6 cylinder, 4 or 5 speed gearbox) and then the test a week later on the same truck. Drive from MVR (which was 100 metres from the workshop) into town, past Woolies and back to MVR. The the tester asked how old I was, I was 17 but had had my licence for more than 12 months. He said you have to be 18 to get a truck licence. Then he said it's only a few months and you're off P-plates. So there I was, 17 years old and legally I could drive a road train. In 1980 a truck licence meant ANY truck! In fact I've only driven a semi a couple of times, the main reason for the licence was to drive graders, loaders, and scrapers on the road.
WOW. Thanks for sharing your story. The bicycle part was fun. LOL. 17 years old and drive a road train? Thank you for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
ill never forget seeing my first road train. i was 18 and on a bus going through berrimah in darwin. a shell train came round the corner at the lights and it just kept on coming, i could not believe it, it was great.
When approaching many suburban road junctions in Australia you'll find two identically synchronized sets of traffic lights, one a few hundred meters before the other at the junction. The first is for the benefit of road train drivers to allow them stopping distance when necessary.
Road trains are so unique. We do not have those here in the US. It's common to see 2 trailers. Wow, in your county, road trains can have 4 trailers, that long. Thanks for the video. Greeting from the US.
Did you? The road trains are so cool. Im going to Alice Springs this January, gonna make road train videos in 4k. Do you know where i can find road trains in Western Australia? Thanks for sharing your story mate.
Это не лучшие !!! По прямой ровной дороге , где нет зимы , не совсем сложно ! Надо смотреть на Росийский дальнобой по зимнику в -50' ! Вот там увидишь лучших водителей в мире !!!
Yes. They are great. Did you know im going back to Australia in February. More road trains in February on the vchannel 😊 Thank tou so much for tour nice comment 😊
les camions australiens sont spectaculaires et ca doit etre un plaisir de piloter un tel convois sur de très très grandes distances et la beauté le l'australie, faune flore, les paysages, magnifiques
L’Ausralie est immense et magnifique. Les ensembles articulés sont à son image. Supers chauffeurs qui m’épatent surtout lors de l’accrochage de semi-remorques. Bravo à vous.
I don't care what other operators say.. to me running north n south living outa Alice doin livestock n general were the best experiences l've ever had. Goin back very shortly.
Да, респект водителям Австралии. У нас другая специфика, горы, зимой гололед ни в верх подняться ни в низ спустится. Но, как говорят каждому свое. Молодцы ребята.
Persh NGA Albania junjeni shofera super ketej NGA Europa me nje trailer mbutren.ju me tre katr me se fi sa e gjat so ngarked bravo jeni heronj jeni manovratore shendet
You Aussie beauty’s.. crikey me dingoes 🦘!!! Some serious driving there fellas 🙏🏻 the muppets here in Canada thinking they doing a skilled job driving a single trailer in ice need to wake up 😂 this is real skilled driving 👍🏻
@@galacticambitions1277 Yes. They reverse. If you check this video, you see the skills: ruclips.net/video/1MBRtSr2jHI/видео.html Thank you for the comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
Lindo vídeo. No Brasil a topografia é bem diferente, quase não temos planícies, somente no sul do país, assim, nossos caminhões são muito fortes para aguentar subidas, as estradas carecem de manutenção e modernização, temos muitas curvas, o que impede caminhões com carrocerias extensas, meu falecido irmão foi motorista, dirigia uma carreta SCÂNIA, com capacidade de carga de 30 toneladas. Sinto saudades das viagens e da comida de estrada. Forte abraço a todos do Canal, nos enviem mais vídeos legais. Show!
WOW. Thanks for sharing your story, i love it. Sad your brother does not drive anymore. Scania is the best truck 😊 Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
There is a video on RUclips of a driver backing a triple trailer road train into a space between two other road trains. He's backing up through a 90 degree turn as well, so yes, can definitely be done.
Keep in mind all these Kenworths and Mack’s are manufactured here in Australia to Australian specifications and Kenworth Australia for instance builds them uniquely for Conditions in Australia with a lot of Aussie content and are much stronger and durable than their cousins built in the US which anybody looking at this video the reasons are obvious, there is no where else in the world where you will find road going trucks like there is in Australia and this country is the leader in heavy transport and all its associated designs with trailers and infrastructure, it’s taken many decades from early motoring to get to this advanced stage and innovations will keep happening and as you can see Electric vehicles won’t be replacing transport like this anytime soon if at all! Australia is a country nearly the size of the USA and the majority of its poulation is in capital cities mostly on the Eastern seaboard and One on the Westen seaboard, Perth, and Bugger all really in between so Rail transport is a big thing between eastern Australia and Western Australia but that is thousands of kilometres of one line and this is shy it is uneconomic for rail to be everywhere as it’s just not an option and this is why we have these professionally operated road trains in our vast land
Things like A triples are only allowed on certain public roads such as the Stuart Highway and not into cities. At the end of their permitted roads they're reconfigured to semi trailers and B doubles which also are only allowed on certain roads. Google 'where are road trains allowed in Australia'
So if you have three or four of these road trains travelling behind each other, how on earth do you overtake them in your car? You’d need a couple of kilometres of open road to see a safe gap, and then you would have to gun it up to 150-160 kilometres per hour to get past them! Are there laws around how close they’re allowed to follow each other?
Quand je penses que chez nous en France ont a des volvo. De 780 ch pour. Tracter 24000 kg. Je me trouve à côté des plages du débarquement de Normandie de 1944. Amitiés
You wont see these in Canada, its too dangerous to have that much weight in winter behind a single truck, and also there being mountains and large hills. Australia is a perfect place for these road trains, flat land and its dry warm weather all year around.
The north of Australia is in the wet tropics so is actually very wet for 5-6 months of the year. So being bogged and stranded in remote locations is pretty commonplace.
Good question. On theese trucks, there is something called jake break: The Jacobs Engine Brake® (also known as the "Jake Brake®") is a diesel engine retarder that uses the engine to aid in slowing and controlling the vehicle. When activated, the engine brake alters the operation of the engine's exhaust valves so that the engine works as a power-absorbing air compressor.
My friend work in Australia become a road train driver he is from Indonesia same like me, I hope I can be truck driver in Australia to Just like my friend.
Are these roadtrains diesel-electric, are some wheels of every trailer also driven? Or is there only a single tractor and the others are just pulled by the tractor and move passively along?
No electric, only diesel. The trailers are not driven, they are pulled by the tractor/semi truck. Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it 😊 Have a nice day 😊
ecord for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. Thanks for asking. Have a nice day 😊
@@TomasVarg with language tool madness 3 or 4 trailers .. live in austria there is only 1 trailer such nice trucks in australia thank you very much for the video
175, 190 tonnes? Quelle est la consommation d'un ensemble de ce poids? Il faut prévoir de quoi s'arrrter en cas de freinage? Bravo les gars et bon courage. Amicalement. de, la France;
Braking and stopping is much the same as 1 trailer, the physics dont change each trailer has enough braking capacity to stop in required distance, the only issue is that brake timing is correct so that either all trailers start breaking at same time or start from rear trailer first then progress forward by no more than 3 sec delay but most modern trucks and trailers have ABS braking as mandatory as well
Amazing stuff. This should be named "Road Train Switching At Tha Road Train Yard" or something. Cause that's what it is. Coincidentally, it's also both something I always wondered about how they'd do that, and also there's no content named like that. If you make a new cut, upload them again or something, use those terms, and make the 'switching' as tumb, nice teaser, you'll accumulate traffic for sure. If you do that, fat chance you'll be suggested to a lot of trainfolk cause of the keywords. And they'll watch it. There's tons of rail related footage to be found, about the switching and all of that, but a minescule fraction of it's equivalent. Actually just one, this one... (Not unlikely there's at least some of it, but not in name) Thanx for riding with my train-of-thoughts. We'll hope you'll have a pleasant continuation of your journey
Hallo und aus Deutschland einen schönen guten Abend oder auch Morgen gewünscht. Bei uns in Deutschland ist es grad mal 17.35 Uhrzeit. Ich schaue mir grad dieses Video an 👍😉,da ich auch mal Lkw Fahrer war im internationalen Kühlverkehr. Leider ist mir ein kleiner Stroke Unit am 29.12.2016 dazwischen gekommen und darf leider nicht mehr fahren. Was mich allerdings neugierig macht, sind eure Long Trains Truck. Es gibt doch bestimmt Deutsche Fahrer die in Australien fahren. Da hätte ich eine Frage. Wenn ich mir vorstellen könnte, eine kleine private Reportage zu machen, bräuchte ich bestimmt eine Arbeitserlaubnis ? Für mich ist dieses Ziel unerreichbar zwecks finanziellen Mittel, es sei denn, ein Millionär bezahlt mir meinen Spaß, mit Hin und Rückflug.
Did you know that some *road trains* weight more that the Sydney trains? They weigh up to 99 metric tonnes, where as mentioned road train can weigh up 200 metric tonnes or more! An they have air pressure system to release (disengage) the brakes! Who do people think that trains use air pressure to release the brakes? Even a truck can weigh between 6 metric tonnes to 20 metric tonnes!
I’ve been a truck driver for the last 35 years in the States and this is on my bucket list of things to do. I would drive for free for a few weeks over there if someone would let me. The life experience would be pay enough.
Yes. That would be so cool. Im a truck driver, and im dreaming about the same. Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
There is a 25 year old girl on RUclips driving a triple fuel tanker.
@@johnfenn What is his RUclips?
In America what’s The legal limit in length?
@@TATS_Europe it varies by state. Normally 53’ on single trailer length East of the Mississippi River and 61’ west of it. Doubles and triples are considerably longer. Tractor wheelbases can vary, the one I own has a 305” wheelbase, so I’m usually right around 80 feet long.
Growing up in Darwin, you would see these every day although the quads are relatively recent addition. Traditionally 3 x 40ft trailers + space between + pulling truck ~ 160ft.
On a bicycle it was possible to slipstream at 70 or 80kmh - not always the safest thing to do!
Before the tank farm was moved from central Darwin the road tankers would pull out in the morning along McMinn St and turn right on to the Daly St bridge - of course the lights were never long enough as it was an uphill climb and turn. And of course BVR applied to all other traffic (Big Vehicle Rule 🤣)
I got my car licence at 16 through student driver education and started my apprenticeship with the local Cat dealer just before I was 17. Later that year the company got us to do our truck licence test - 1 day try on a 5t rigid Bedford (6 cylinder, 4 or 5 speed gearbox) and then the test a week later on the same truck. Drive from MVR (which was 100 metres from the workshop) into town, past Woolies and back to MVR.
The the tester asked how old I was, I was 17 but had had my licence for more than 12 months. He said you have to be 18 to get a truck licence. Then he said it's only a few months and you're off P-plates. So there I was, 17 years old and legally I could drive a road train. In 1980 a truck licence meant ANY truck!
In fact I've only driven a semi a couple of times, the main reason for the licence was to drive graders, loaders, and scrapers on the road.
WOW. Thanks for sharing your story. The bicycle part was fun. LOL. 17 years old and drive a road train? Thank you for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
ill never forget seeing my first road train. i was 18 and on a bus going through berrimah in darwin. a shell train came round the corner at the lights and it just kept on coming, i could not believe it, it was great.
Thanks for sharing your story, i appreciate it and i agree, it is so great to see them for the first time 😊
Would love to try driving 1, definitely a bit bigger than our European stuff
Первый светофор еще выполняет функцию остановки с примыкающей дороги .. заложить большой радиус этим грузовикам.
When approaching many suburban road junctions in Australia you'll find two identically synchronized sets of traffic lights, one a few hundred meters before the other at the junction. The first is for the benefit of road train drivers to allow them stopping distance when necessary.
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I've never seen that and I've driven up the middle from Adelaide
@davidgrunsell9894
On the main Stuart, particularly when approaching Katherine and Darwin
Road trains are so unique. We do not have those here in the US. It's common to see 2 trailers. Wow, in your county, road trains can have 4 trailers, that long. Thanks for the video. Greeting from the US.
Hi. Yes, unique 😊
Well, thank you for watching 😊
Im from Europe, i did this videos as a tourist in Australia. Greetings from Sweden 😊
They can have more, depending where they are in relation to traffic density!
iron ore mines have 5 trailer monsters. and next step is six trailers.
This is awesome ,thanks for sharing
Long Island NY 🌉🚂🚛🚛🚛🚛
I drive my road train for Fuel Trans, I’m in one of the shots, I love it, love my job, love my wage, love all the attention also. Keep trucken
Oh hello. Thanks for your comment. Im so happy you like your job. Im going to Alice in January 2024 😊
I salute you Dave! Keep up the good work.
RIGHT ON HELLYA
I passed about 4 road trains today when out for a drive. Greetings from Adelaide, South Australia
Did you? The road trains are so cool. Im going to Alice Springs this January, gonna make road train videos in 4k. Do you know where i can find road trains in Western Australia?
Thanks for sharing your story mate.
@@TomasVarg Anywhere around Kalgoorlie, but you will find them in the northern areas of the state away from Perth.
Yeah they are everywhere in central Queensland I live in blackwater they are everywhere
Passing one has to be a bit scary.Need alot of room and hope that nobody is coming the other direction...
曾經在讀者文摘其中一期文章上，有介紹過澳洲公路列車印像深刻，文章上提到列車司機最怕遇到既是什麼情況，就是行錯路線，在沒有地方可以調頭情況下，為有將拖車頭後的一截截拖架拆除，再將每截拖卡拉到正確的路線上，重新連接才可再上路非常耗時，也非常佩服公路列車司機們的駕駛技術，本人在香港也駕駛掛接拖車的，但相比他們，真是小巫見大巫自愧不如，祝福他們路上平安，來自香港的問好。
Hello and thanks for sharing the story. I appreciate it. Have a nice day and hello from Sweden. 🥰
@@TomasVarg Sweden scania is very good truck, i drive scania G420 in Hong Kong and nine years ago, I admire their designs 。
@@yiumingwong3766 You drive Scania? WOW. The best truck in the world 😊
@@TomasVarg l' ll go along with you😊
🥰
全世界最好的司機都在澳洲吧！
非常棒,祝福你們.
Yes. I agree. Thank you so much, i really do appreciate it 😊 Have a nice day.
Это не лучшие !!! По прямой ровной дороге , где нет зимы , не совсем сложно ! Надо смотреть на Росийский дальнобой по зимнику в -50' ! Вот там увидишь лучших водителей в мире !!!
Какая красота😍😍😍😍
На таких красавцев можно вечно смотреть❤❤❤
Спасибо за классное видео😋
😊💙
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I admire Australia! Thanks a lot for your video, Mr Varg
Yes. They are great. Did you know im going back to Australia in February. More road trains in February on the vchannel 😊 Thank tou so much for tour nice comment 😊
les camions australiens sont spectaculaires et ca doit etre un plaisir de piloter un tel convois sur de très très grandes distances et la beauté le l'australie, faune flore, les paysages, magnifiques
I agree with you.
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The scale of these road trains is mind-blowing. It’s amazing how they handle the long distances across the outback
I've been driving 40 years in the states and I would love to do that. Definitely on my bucket list
40 years?! Congratulations! Thats a long time. Im in Australia right now and im gonna make more videos about road trains
THERE ARE SOME STATES THAT ALOW TRIPLES.I HAVE PULLED TRAILERS STRECHED 10 FT
HAULING A OVERHEAD CRANE .I RETIRED WITH 55 YEARS CDL THANKS MR..VARG
WOW. Thank you for sharing your story and thank you so much for the comment. I appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
L’Ausralie est immense et magnifique. Les ensembles articulés sont à son image. Supers chauffeurs qui m’épatent surtout lors de l’accrochage de semi-remorques. Bravo à vous.
Yes. I totally agree with you, they are super drivers 😊 Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it alot. Have a nice day 😊
I don't care what other operators say.. to me running north n south living outa Alice doin livestock n general were the best experiences l've ever had. Goin back very shortly.
@@matthewsobolski4152
Sounds great mate. How is Alice today?
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I can watch 5 hours of this. A bit of everything, quad tankers to six decks cattle road trains. Love it.
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Amazing isn’t it what’s actually on the road
can you imagine the suffering of those animals standing for hours on end in the heat and the dust - shameful.
Да, респект водителям Австралии. У нас другая специфика, горы, зимой гололед ни в верх подняться ни в низ спустится. Но, как говорят каждому свое. Молодцы ребята.
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Я сорок два года шоферил из них 36 лет TIR. Оказывается по круче водилы есть 😢😢😢. Один полуприцеп таскал. Но по нашим дорогам такое не пойдёт. KZ TIR.
Big respect for all truck driver 👌👍✨👏💖 salutations from France 🇫🇷 😉☮️
Yes. I agree. Big respect 👍🏼 Hello from Sweden 😊
That’s why we need Australian Truck Simulator
Yes. Totally agree. Thanks for ypur comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
store.steampowered.com/app/1327040/Truck_World_Australia/
I watched a video of a guy driving a road train simulator game the other day
Persh NGA Albania junjeni shofera super ketej NGA Europa me nje trailer mbutren.ju me tre katr me se fi sa e gjat so ngarked bravo jeni heronj jeni manovratore shendet
@@PoloQejvanaj
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Wow! Fantastic, congratulations! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
Thank you. Greetings from Sweden. 😊
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Fun fact - The longest Road Train ever driven in the world was in Australia. 1.5kms or 1mile long. Prime Mover + 112 Trailers!
WOW 😱
@@TomasVarg yes WOW😁❤️🇦🇺 Not a regular Truck just for a record.
@@julzhunt7790 I see. Thanks for sharing 😊
I really liked this road train video, I would have watched it longer.
Thank you so much 😊
I really do appreciate it, have a nice day 😊
Meine Frau und ich hatten schon das Vergnügen diese riesigen LKW Züge im Original zu sehen. Beeindruckend.
Hi. They are impressive. Lucky you 😊
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Australien ist das schönste Land der Welt in das wir Urlaub machten . Schade das es soweit von Deutschland entfernt ist.
Have a look at some of the 5 trailer Road Trains in Australia
Yes. I want to go back to Australia.
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You Aussie beauty’s.. crikey me dingoes 🦘!!! Some serious driving there fellas 🙏🏻 the muppets here in Canada thinking they doing a skilled job driving a single trailer in ice need to wake up 😂 this is real skilled driving 👍🏻
Haha. LOL. Yes, skilled drivers in Australia 😊
Thanns fpr the comment, i appreciate it 😊
Cool video! those big rigs are awesome!😎👍
Thanks. Yes, see them in real life is sick. Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it 😊
I love to watch this kind of videos, the trucks in australia are so different from here in brazil😅
Beautiful country, maybe some day i will visit it👊🏻
Yes, so different and the country is so beautiful. I hope you can visit Australia soon 😊
Brazil is way far beautiful than Australia
@@jellu798Definitely brazil is the most beautiful country in the world but that doesn't mean it's the best
Aussies are true truckers...or train drivers!!! Crazy long wild fun!
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In Aussie they’re Truckies 😁👍🏼❤️🇦🇺
Exactly
@@julzhunt7790
Do people ever need to reverse these or are runs organised so that reversing is never needed? Can you ever even reverse one and control the reverse?
@@galacticambitions1277
Yes. They reverse. If you check this video, you see the skills:
ruclips.net/video/1MBRtSr2jHI/видео.html
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I just watched. It was very interesting and impressive, thank you. Have a great day too!
Wow that's very incredible to you guys and congratulations to you guys about the road train trucks Australia longest trailers from ntuthuko Ngubane
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Esos si son camiones grandes bestias de carga mis respetos a todos los camioneros que trabajan duro para mantener a sus familias
@@JoenCardona
Yes, respect to all drivers. 😊👍🏼
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Ехать по сухой прямой степи , не очень сложно !!!! После сибирских зимников , это прогулка на велосипеде !!!
@@РавильДавыдов-л6й
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How do you back it into a compact spot at the shopping center?
I think they detach the trailers and bring one trailer at the time. Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
thanks for the video. the most you'll see in the US are triples, but they still aren't as long as your triples. @@TomasVarg
@@gibbsm Well thank ypu for watching. US? I love USA ♥️
Wait for a Jeep to pull out and there's usually enough space
6:58 is that the truck from outback truckers, Steve’s, didn’t he go to Alice springs a bunch (I’m from the us)
@@pattonkesselring4247
Im not sure, i hope someone has the answer 😊
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Kierowcy pociągów drogowych to największa klasa i największa szkoła jazdy ❤❤❤
Yes. I totally agree 😊
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,@@TomasVarg
Красавцы. В детстве мечтал водить такой паровоз. Сейчас думаю, как они цепляют столько прицепов?
It is my dream too. They use special trailers with a fifth wheel at the back. Thanks for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
@@TomasVarg thanks✌️ 😊
Lindo vídeo. No Brasil a topografia é bem diferente, quase não temos planícies, somente no sul do país, assim, nossos caminhões são muito fortes para aguentar subidas, as estradas carecem de manutenção e modernização, temos muitas curvas, o que impede caminhões com carrocerias extensas, meu falecido irmão foi motorista, dirigia uma carreta SCÂNIA, com capacidade de carga de 30 toneladas. Sinto saudades das viagens e da comida de estrada. Forte abraço a todos do Canal, nos enviem mais vídeos legais. Show!
WOW. Thanks for sharing your story, i love it. Sad your brother does not drive anymore. Scania is the best truck 😊
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Never seen anything like that before. I'm guessing every trip is pre-planned to avoid having to do a reverse and or do tight turns.
Yeah, you are right 😊
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In these yards the one who parks driving backwards gets ALL the respect!!
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Nobody. Park backwards
@@alb7568 I've seen a double-bee do it once
There is a video on RUclips of a driver backing a triple trailer road train into a space between two other road trains. He's backing up through a 90 degree turn as well, so yes, can definitely be done.
Жесть какая! Вот это длина!
😊
Keep in mind all these Kenworths and Mack’s are manufactured here in Australia to Australian specifications and Kenworth Australia for instance builds them uniquely for Conditions in Australia with a lot of Aussie content and are much stronger and durable than their cousins built in the US which anybody looking at this video the reasons are obvious, there is no where else in the world where you will find road going trucks like there is in Australia and this country is the leader in heavy transport and all its associated designs with trailers and infrastructure, it’s taken many decades from early motoring to get to this advanced stage and innovations will keep happening and as you can see Electric vehicles won’t be replacing transport like this anytime soon if at all! Australia is a country nearly the size of the USA and the majority of its poulation is in capital cities mostly on the Eastern seaboard and One on the Westen seaboard, Perth, and Bugger all really in between so Rail transport is a big thing between eastern Australia and Western Australia but that is thousands of kilometres of one line and this is shy it is uneconomic for rail to be everywhere as it’s just not an option and this is why we have these professionally operated road trains in our vast land
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Caminhões incríveis! Parabéns aos motoristas!
The trucks is amazing 😍
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your video is very good thank you for sharing this video
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Вот это реально автопоезд!😮
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В детстве я мечтал стать водителем обычного грузовика. А таких автопоездов даже не видел) Представляю как это сложно водить огромный автопоезд!👍👍👍
I‘m wondering, when these road trains arrive at their destination, how do they unload?
They uncouple/detach the trailers 😊
Things like A triples are only allowed on certain public roads such as the Stuart Highway and not into cities. At the end of their permitted roads they're reconfigured to semi trailers and B doubles which also are only allowed on certain roads. Google 'where are road trains allowed in Australia'
@@alans9806 Ah ok, thanx that was helpful 👍
I am 30years experience in tanker driving. How can I get help in finding a job there in Australia?
That i dont know. Sorry. You need a visa, job visa. Good luck
How do you adjust your brakes?
The brakes? They dont. It has brakes on every wheel. Thank you for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
Who are the manufacturers of these huge trucks. What a sight these beasts pulling such loads.
Msck & Kenworth with 500-600 hp 😊
@@TomasVargещё какой силы надо мосты, карданы, чтобы всё это с места сдвинуть😮😮😮
I would LOVE to have one of those trucks !..
Me too 😁
I would love to see a video devoted to backing up these road trains if in fact you can back them up.
That would be a great video. Im going to Australia in January 😊
I have seen a guy back up with an A triple road train. I used to back up with an A double. 53 footers.
I love to try to back up a double, but the smoke coming out of my ears from trying to do the calculation's would make it hard to see.@@sigarms228
Beautiful Country
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So if you have three or four of these road trains travelling behind each other, how on earth do you overtake them in your car? You’d need a couple of kilometres of open road to see a safe gap, and then you would have to gun it up to 150-160 kilometres per hour to get past them! Are there laws around how close they’re allowed to follow each other?
Good question. I dont see 2 in a row. But if you do you need a fast car. 😊
Plenty of straight roads that go to the horizon with no cars.
Всем привет вопрос, они могут ехать только в перед назад не могут ? И сколько лошадей под капотом ?❤
Horse powers? 500-600 😊
От 500 и выше
Quand je penses que chez nous en France ont a des volvo. De 780 ch pour. Tracter 24000 kg. Je me trouve à côté des plages du débarquement de Normandie de 1944. Amitiés
My god, the pre-trip inspection on these units would take weeks, lol.
HAHAHAHA. Its a hard work 😂
I would damn sure not work in a tire shop. I would be afraid one of these trains would come in an say I need ALL NEW TIRES . NO NO NO. Haha.
0:00 А у нас в Ульяновске тоже есть заправка Шел
Nice 😊
Do the trains have to wait on them to cross over there?🤷🏼🤷🏼
Thats a good question 😊
No
👍👍👍👍sehr gute Aufnahmen.
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You wont see these in Canada, its too dangerous to have that much weight in winter behind a single truck, and also there being mountains and large hills. Australia is a perfect place for these road trains, flat land and its dry warm weather all year around.
Yeah. In Sweden we got like one semi with two trailers (34 meters)
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Thanks again mate 😊👍🏼
The north of Australia is in the wet tropics so is actually very wet for 5-6 months of the year. So being bogged and stranded in remote locations is pretty commonplace.
เวลาถอยจะทำอย่างไรครับ
Dont know. Sorry
How do you brake these things without catching fire on the brakes ??
Good question. On theese trucks, there is something called jake break:
The Jacobs Engine Brake® (also known as the "Jake Brake®") is a diesel engine retarder that uses the engine to aid in slowing and controlling the vehicle. When activated, the engine brake alters the operation of the engine's exhaust valves so that the engine works as a power-absorbing air compressor.
My friend work in Australia become a road train driver he is from Indonesia same like me, I hope I can be truck driver in Australia to Just like my friend.
I hope that you can work as a road train driver one day. Good luck 😊
Are these roadtrains diesel-electric, are some wheels of every trailer also driven?
Or is there only a single tractor and the others are just pulled by the tractor and move passively along?
No electric, only diesel.
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thats the Shell in Alice ?
Yes sir! It is 🫡
pls indicate typeof trailer n power
600 bhp and the weight 180 tonnes. 😊
What’s the longest road train, N where is it in the world? 🤔
ecord for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006.
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You inspired me ..
I love yas
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Once on the highway, what is the cruising speed of a road train?
That is a good question. I have seen them go around 50 mph or 80 km/h
@@TomasVarg That makes sense as a safe speed with all those trailers.
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In WA 100kph but 90kph for 60m road trains.
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ROAD TRAINS THE AUTHENTICS KINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ROADS
I totally agree with you!
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How do you reverse that thing?? 🇿🇦SA is in the house.....
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The shell hook up in alice springs hasnt changed haha
Haha 😊
Интересно, какой расход топлива у них?)))
Good question 😊 I wonder that myself 😊
@@TomasVarg
It's around 1.5km per litre or a few km per gallon.
@@lindsaybrown7357 What? 😱 Thank you for helping me with this 😊
Примерно 100 на 100. Общий объём баков 2000 литров.
What are the white dots on the tyres about?
Good question - that i don’t know. Sorry.
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The are wheel nut indicators, so you can clearly identify if any of your nuts has loosened at glance. Typical site requirement on most mine sites.
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Can I work where you work, sir?i am from Indonesian sir...
Im sorry. I live in Sweden. I was only a tourist sir
Главное на таком не заехать в тупиковый проезд. Сколько по времени он утром воздух качает?
That is a good question. I must take for ever 😂
can you reverse with 4 trailers?? is this possible to do??
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uii wau mein traum ..truckers in australien...i love it.
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@@TomasVarg with language tool madness 3 or 4 trailers .. live in austria there is only 1 trailer such nice trucks in australia thank you very much for the video
Incrível esses caminhões. Grande abraço Brasil
Thay are. Big hug from Sweden 😊
Aussis Are the best truck drivers in the world.
I agree 👍🏼
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Vidio yg luar biasa.. saya sangat menyukainya...
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175, 190 tonnes? Quelle est la consommation d'un ensemble de ce poids? Il faut prévoir de quoi s'arrrter en cas de freinage? Bravo les gars et bon courage. Amicalement. de, la France;
That i dont know. Sorry. Im gonna ask in January next year, when im visiting Australia again 😊
Braking and stopping is much the same as 1 trailer, the physics dont change each trailer has enough braking capacity to stop in required distance, the only issue is that brake timing is correct so that either all trailers start breaking at same time or start from rear trailer first then progress forward by no more than 3 sec delay but most modern trucks and trailers have ABS braking as mandatory as well
9:35 Kalari bulk ships everything from cement to uranium.
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Anybody know what kind of weight they are hauling?
100 tonnes i think someone said.
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Does Australia know there are literally trains available?
Trains dont go to the stores 😊
@@TomasVarg They dont, thats what infrastructure is about
Australia is huge 😊
@@TomasVarg I know man, its the size us utah. You should start investing in some railway stuff
I agree 😊👍🏼
Are these drivers paid on the number of axles??? Etc.
Dont think so, but that would be cool if the did 😊
Tolle Aufnahmen 👍😎
Aber mit ein paar Erklärungen dazu wären sie perfekt
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Ah, to be an Australian truck driver, braving the wasteland, dingo raids and emu attacks while hauling insane tonnage.
@@RegisTraiter
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Amazing stuff. This should be named "Road Train Switching At Tha Road Train Yard" or something. Cause that's what it is. Coincidentally, it's also both something I always wondered about how they'd do that, and also there's no content named like that. If you make a new cut, upload them again or something, use those terms, and make the 'switching' as tumb, nice teaser, you'll accumulate traffic for sure.
If you do that, fat chance you'll be suggested to a lot of trainfolk cause of the keywords. And they'll watch it.
There's tons of rail related footage to be found, about the switching and all of that, but a minescule fraction of it's equivalent. Actually just one, this one... (Not unlikely there's at least some of it, but not in name)
Thanx for riding with my train-of-thoughts. We'll hope you'll have a pleasant continuation of your journey
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ciekawe czy taka zwykła europejska Scania czy Volvo też by dały rade
Yes. I seen a Volvo and a Scania 👍🏼😊
What happens when you gotta reverse that road train..
Haha. Good question. They disconnect the trailers if they have to.
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When reversing, you must always say a prayer 🙏👀🤷🏻♂️😂
@@jeevesish 😂
@@TomasVargmake senses
Представляю как они паркуются задним ходом )) Ну то есть никак
Haha. Yes, no way 😊
The quads are killer
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Мощь. Сказка. Супер.
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Good Video 👍👍👍
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Эти ребята волшебники.
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Hallo und aus Deutschland einen schönen guten Abend oder auch Morgen gewünscht. Bei uns in Deutschland ist es grad mal 17.35 Uhrzeit. Ich schaue mir grad dieses Video an 👍😉,da ich auch mal Lkw Fahrer war im internationalen Kühlverkehr. Leider ist mir ein kleiner Stroke Unit am 29.12.2016 dazwischen gekommen und darf leider nicht mehr fahren. Was mich allerdings neugierig macht, sind eure Long Trains Truck. Es gibt doch bestimmt Deutsche Fahrer die in Australien fahren. Da hätte ich eine Frage. Wenn ich mir vorstellen könnte, eine kleine private Reportage zu machen, bräuchte ich bestimmt eine Arbeitserlaubnis ? Für mich ist dieses Ziel unerreichbar zwecks finanziellen Mittel, es sei denn, ein Millionär bezahlt mir meinen Spaß, mit Hin und Rückflug.
Im sorry. Cant answer your question.
Powerfull rigs!
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Very good video
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Did you know that some *road trains* weight more that the Sydney trains? They weigh up to 99 metric tonnes, where as mentioned road train can weigh up 200 metric tonnes or more!
An they have air pressure system to release (disengage) the brakes!
Who do people think that trains use air pressure to release the brakes? Even a truck can weigh between 6 metric tonnes to 20 metric tonnes!
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