Heavy Haulage Australia Western Star - Train Horn Action

[redzie52]

how big is that machine on trailer as what model ?

[b3boneman]

And driving on the wrong side of the road!!! (just kidding)

[marlonmagico]

ola o meu nome e joao pedro tenho 6 anos moro em São Gonçalo do Sapucai

minas gerais - Brasil 

[jye530]

Imagine the rego on that trailer FUCK!!!

[460Thorne]

Nice sound and Nice Truck

[Sidrcride]

they don't need escorts, in Australia you can drive for days without even seeing another person

[autahi49]

Escorts???? this is Australia mate you'd be idiot not to spot that coming

[2209YASSINE2209]

your mum is so fat shes bigger than this

[bottomfeeder73]

@2209YASSINE2209 Dork.

[hmuvee]

nice truck

[BrotherCoyote]

cool

[joynikotini]

CAT D11R -104 TONS WITH THE CABIN, THE FINE TRACTOR, THE PRICE OF ONE MILLION HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS



[Pianoguy32]

wonder what the mpg is of that

[575kiwi]

to : @kjordon1 the dozer actually weighs around 85tonne, they are 104tonne with a blade and cab on it. get your facts right

[almirantenegro]

beautiful !!!

[d9andy992]

IT PULLED THE DOZER SO EASILY UP THE HILL,, I WOULDVE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LOW-RANGE CRAWL?? DID HE HAVE A GOOD RUN UP TO THE HILL?

[575kiwi]

@kjordon1 the dozer actually weighs around 85tonne, they are 104tonne with a blade and cab on it. get your facts right

[myfavoritecar1970]

wester star power.

[nchayfarmer]

we haul 10s out of kentucky with the blade and rop took off of it and we haul them on 8 axles

[chevysb400]

That wasn't a train horn...

[acetreemaster]

nice big tow

[DrummerBoii2012]

Now that's a BEAUTIFUL truck!!

[travers114]

I think the guy filming was the escort. Watch as he stops filming, you can see the yellow flashers.

[irnmadn99]

i want to go drive in australia, too much bullshit here in the states,not to mention too many fucking idiots in cars.

[petessite]

its aussie , come on who need sodding escort, jus go for it who gives a toss !!!!

[Black80Z]

I agree, over kill. That's a standard load around my parts, no escorts, just wide load flags

[dontdriveforfree]

everyone! quick! arrest that guy! hes driving on the wrong side of the road! rofl sorry

[SuperNorbi27]

New

[Svearampen]

We have one of those cats at work, fittet with a 8,2 m wide, 3 m tall blade, pushing 75 cubicmeters of coal. You don't see much behind that blade :)

[borrieborrieborrie]

Over size? rather over kill! =P

[4realSerious]

I live in Michigan and our roads are really fucked up from these damn things. O we'll I guess we can get mexicans to fix them

[g2ridah]

now dats a ghetto haul, no escort!

[bestamerica]

'

this long trailer can carry two M1A1 / M1A2 tanks

[leomarre]

if you do a comparison how much is big that fire extinguisher??

[Sting3733]

Wow that is one badass looking truck

[USMCfosho]

that truck is obviously NOTHIN BUT BALLS to not have a push and/or pull truck... that was one big ass dozer...

[bbaker904]

Can't pull them that way in the states. Bridge law. Axles spread is not enough. For 120,000lb load needs over 110ft spread to prevent road damage. They run that way a bunch in Michigan. Ever wonder why the roads are so messed up there.

[mandtconstruct]

@bbaker904 Betr look at the fine print on the Bridge Law, the Bidge law has NO BEARING when you are using more than 8 axles on "x" number of feet.

[bbaker904]

@mandtconstruct Not true. There is a formula used to determain feet needed for axle spread. A load was stopped last year and held going into washington state. Heavy bridge bearing. Had correct axles but wrong spread. Held until it was put on another trailer. Total spread was 17 axles over 130 feet. I do heavy haul but not over 130,000lbs. gross. Tri axle trailer with jeep extesion dual axle. increases length by 15 feet for 130,000

[crazy7997]

wow for going up hill, that rig is hauling.

[Canadaboy1980]

dam thats 1 big dozer lol

[scheller8]

i just got a boner..

[Smokie181]

nice brand new machine..still got the protective plastic on er! lol

[zachdaney13]

how much HP....

[go4thecrown]

He's on the wrong side of the road!

[Mechknight73]

@go4thecrown Not in Australia. Besides, given how wide that trailer is, he has to take up more of the road than usual

[ziggster59]

needs a leslie S-3L at least!

[Adetykar]

Hehe dobre ma wszystkich w dupie jedzie sobie bez pilota w końcu to ''over size'' :)

[popeto17]

whats the western star running for a motor v8?

[kronosg13]

i wonder if that thing starts to accelerate, will be able to stop? xD

[mmcclain88]

wow that is one very nice lookin semi.

[msg2urudy]

mint note

[albanocosta1]

como mecanico de maquinas em portugal gostei muinto

[onthegaszr2]

shiny new caterpillar

[zombiewraps]

That thing is so decked out it looks like a hot wheels truck.

[jordan12328]

thats a nice truck watt type of model is it ???

[jordan12328]

nice truck watt model is it ???

[eddasapr]

no tiene cabina ese bulldozer???????

[slatrybartfast]

It would be well below 90 ton Operating weight 105T - 15T blade 5T ROPS and cab - 1.5T fuel - 5T incidentals it's more like 80T. The trailer would be no where near its max legal limit. If the road they are traveling on is a public one then the law requires at least one escort and upto 4 depending on where they are going.

[retard2041]

@slatrybartfast no one asked

[cksilverado1]

I can't belive they would not have a vehicle in front and back!

[vspec2wrx]

@cksilverado1 Its got a fucken train horn.

[SPOTX18]

@cksilverado1 Who cares!!!

[GIwillo]

@SPOTX18 hopefully you don't count to the future labor in this business...

[mosesanderson]

@cksilverado1 it must have a fucken beast of an engine

[MrCarnosus]

@cksilverado1 This is hardcore driving, they just hope every damn fool on the road can handle it.

[PeterbiltEXHD]

@cksilverado1 A D11R and all those axels the weight is distributed just right so it can pull it

[MrVbmate]

@cksilverado1 Lol..

[nerakain]

nice engine sound, horns too high though...

[CalabriaTechnoNation]

without escort?????

[Hawkins203]

@CalabriaTechnoNation If this actually is in Australia, it's not unusual for that to happen. It looked like a "country" road, and their country roads are used for Road Trains, and as runways.

[vk7ttt]

@Hawkins203 In Australia trucks and cars use roads. Airplanes use airport runways just like any other country. Where did you get your story from?

[Hawkins203]

@vk7ttt Actually, I never said that all airplanes use them as runways. In the country roads, they are used as runways for EMS planes, as well as deliveries. Much the same as in rural Alaska here in the US. They have sections that are required, by law, to be X length straight so that a plane can land on them. Same with the US Interstates, actually.

[wabbles323]

@vk7ttt they use the nullabor as a runway for emergancy flights like the royal flying doctors service plane

[AdamJames989]

@CalabriaTechnoNation The escorts filmin the vid lol

[jrwright80]

if the load is under 3.5 meters wide then no escort is needed, just over size sighnage front and rear and flashing lights

[mozebasic]

@CalabriaTechnoNation Its Australia mate no need :P

[mosesanderson]

@CalabriaTechnoNation alot of truck in Australia have heavy loads without escorts until they enter urban areas

[SUNSETRETREATSXM]

That´s what i call a truck!

[klicker79]

alter schwede , wie geil is der denn

[jbyrd1500]

Big ass Truck

[USMCfosho]

that was one beautiful truck :-)

[lickyournanna08]

just under 90 ton WOW ! was in a truck few years back with the old boy carting out of a mine. we ticked at 124.9 ton lol 3 trailers. then when you tip it off. the pile of stuff is only foot to two foot high and as long as the trailer was. and there was 3 trailers. but they werent as nice as this rig. :)

[aubreyaub]

Like it says. "All steering Wheels"

[robboaus87]

mate! rough on the old trailer. wouldn't like to maintain it :)

[MrNikoGlitchy]

that Dozer is Huge

[alott100]

yep

[Mechknight73]

@MrNikoGlitchy And it's not even the biggest thing Caterpillar make in bulldozers. The D12 is bigger and angrier than this one. Although you should see this model with the blade and cab attached; it looks a lot more intimidating. I've worked as a long distance truck driver, and have seen these things coming towards me on trailers fully assembled

[boyceful]

nice rig!!

[redkingrd]

do the wheels on the trailer turn too, because if they dont then turning something with all the wheels straight like that wiil put alot of pressure on each wheel

[1marcotje]

mooi wark

[phil656565]

11 axels damn... those aussies do some serious truckin

[UglyJoe2007]

@phil656565 actually if you look closely each wheel on the trailer is an axel meaning 8 axel`s on each side of the trailer. there are 2 outer tires and 2 inner tires on each axel totaling 64 tires just on that trailer.

[phil656565]

so theres 19 axels on that truck, cant really see the inside tires in the video, just faintly if you can see it

[UglyJoe2007]

@phil656565 no only 16 axel's here in canada we have some trailers on our trucks that have a similar axel style for hauling heavy oilfeild loads like large oil rig's. but they dont have nearly this many axels at best they'd only have 6 axel's.

[phil656565]

16 on the trailer 3 on the truck, weve got a few in the us for heavy hauling with 6 but they dont get too much bigger than that, saw one the other day with 10 at the wyoming port of entry, hauling equipment to oil refineries in cheyenne, also alot of 120ft blades for wind turbines going through wyoming

[galegregory97comcast]

WERE ARE THY GOING ???lol gov.

[mypolaris98]

what gear r u in

[bebas73]

awesome semitrailer 5 stars vid

[DonnerKebabLarge]

Truck engine sounds awesome, & cool horn.

[Truckaholic123]

if only my old 4900FX looked like that :(

[fucko18]

European trucks...cab overs....ugg!

[baldymp3]

@fucko18 at least with european trucks you dont need to look at them too long because they all fall apart or shit themselves.

[adam8763]

Escorts? We don't need no stinking escorts!!!

[doZerrpowerr564]

I THINK YOU MEANT 0VER 90 TONS

[MrStreck]

see why we dont use europen trucks lol it would have never made up the hill

[kuebel181]

Yes, youre right, when we have heavy wheigts, we use australian trucks......lol.....ups, you dont have one?

In Deutschland würde man sagen, du bist ein "Vollspacken", keine Ahnung von gar nix.

[sisutrucks]

does the engine 700hp 3150nm of torque ring any bells?.

[MrStreck]

nope

[tpaper12]

volvo fh16 700.

[bigbadbronco86]

you think hauling that beast is crazy, when i worked for carolina cat we rebuilt one of these beasts from the frame up, i had to sand blast it all peice by peice, and then sand blast it all again when it was back together. what a thrill to drive though

[sneakeypete]

I used to see that (or one like it..) go past my school on the new england highway every few months.

[joe69rocket]

man thats alot of tires!

[vigo894]

Reminds me of Mad Max.

[Zblj1987]

You can actaully see the trailer bending :O

[DieselsAndDiodes]

good god that's a big bulldozer.

[schl0tte]

What is the width of the trailer, please?

[vanwahlgren]

Them are a lot of wheels hauling a real big track! Thanks

[014087]

thats alot of wheeles

[shizi]

how do these trucks load up on gas stations

[HYPHYDUM408]

I think some percentage of Australia's tourism industry is because of these trucks...haha lol...

[gruvens]

No doubt, thats the only reason I'd go..

[bezeaujerome]

same here lol

[krejzliselecta]

SWEEEEEET!

[thefreerider20009]

ja so ne MAUS ( panzer ) hätte es ja fast gegeben...

[bestamerica]

wow big machine...

i wish to see a real MAUS tank

[sparts227]

yeah my mom gets around town that way :(

[hangemhigh2000]

In my country Only real truckers drive Western Stars. And we call these centipedes. Peterbilts are just a step up from the homeless. You know that even.

[Mechknight73]

@hangemhigh2000 A very big chunk of the trucks pulling road trains in Australia are either Western Stars or Kenworths. You do see Macks, Internationals and European trucks, but they're not as common. Even Freightliners are out there, but the large freight operations tend to favour Kenworths and Western Stars for the serious work

[kolester99]

needs wide pads on the cat..Hmm different trailer.

[oipbhakeld]

i wish i had..... the mack equivilent of that truck, as well as that trailer, and that beautiful sexy piece of equipment on the back. its so sexy to see a trailer w/ all those axles and they are steerable/trackable

[pabstman57]

how do you know their steer axles? if they were all steer axles it wouldnt follow you

[oipbhakeld]

uh, i know they are steer axles b/c it says it in the description, pay attention. and wtf do u mean it wouldnt follow, thats what steer axles do.  jesus.

[carlocardillo]

lo please they have to be all steering axles

[pabstman57]

and mack trucks? Iv been driving macks my whole life. they never made a door that closed tight, their air shift trans.suck,heating and air systems are inadequate,cabs are so basic there's no place to put paper work. macks are stump pullers they belong off road.

[oipbhakeld]

yeah, uh, i own a mack truck and my air conditioning is ice cold in 85 degree weather, and the heat is toasty in 10 degree weather, always comfy for the driver. both my doors close very tight and dont rattle at all, and my tranny shifts perfect every time. also, i have 3 different spots to put paperwork. so i dont know what the fuck ur talking about b/c my mack has all that shit. so maybe dont buy the cheapest mack you can find and it might have some of the features u want. macks rule!!!!!

[pabstman57]

look stupid Im tellin you things Iv come across in the last 25 years of driving.most r or dm models only have heat and air from the center of dash ,your left side gets nothing,I haven't had a place for paper work until we got an05. iv driven two super liners before both pieces of shit .macks are basic trucks that dont break down to often(the old ones) if you want to run heavy n slow with no comfort buy a mack

[oipbhakeld]

you buy a commercial work truck for comfort? wow. i thought we were talking about how a truck performed its job. my goodness i am in the wrong conversation. i thought we were discussing how macks, like mine, have pheonominal dependability, and how they pull a spread axle running 95,000gvrw like a champ. considering a tractor's only purpose in the world is to move a lot of freight reliably from a to b, and macks do that very well, id say macks are just swell.

[Griffencph]

I'd say the comfort is quite important if you want the prof drivers to work for you. Think of how many hours they spend in the cab, compared to how many hours they spend in the couch. Then think of what kind of money people spend on couches...

[oipbhakeld]

yea but its a work truck, not a commuter escalade. ride comfort is at the back of the list. and im sure the truck driver would rather not have a perfectly smooth comfortable ride in order to ensure that the truck continued to run and got him home instead of stranding him on the side of the road, in the winter, at 10 degrees farenheit with a truck that isnt making any heat

[oipbhakeld]

and by the way, i employ a sixty eight year old 280lb man to drive my 1997 Mack CH613. never heard a single complaint about the "ride" of the truck. all i ever heard from him is how well it hauls my 95000lb gvwr loads through the hills of the fingerlakes to the shredder mill. so id say comfortable ride is not important if you want people to work for you. or at least in the case of this guy- my 68 year old truck driver w/ 50 years of truck driving experience...aka. the best driver ever

[Griffencph]

1) I have never seen a Mack truck live, only on vid/pic, so I can not conclude on them except from the b-sh*i I read about them.

2) I'd rather break down and wait comfy than get home after sitting 8 hours on a wooden-cargobox-for-a-seat.

3) I've seen 60-70-yr old people who should never have had their licence, but who drive anyway.

4) Imagine the seat fits a 280 pound guy, will the same seat fit a 110 pound girl?

Be happy you got truck+driver to fit. Not every truck owner has that luck...

[oipbhakeld]

well if the truck is broke down around where i live, it doesnt matter if its a 2008 freighliner with a lazyboy recliner for a front seat or a mack w/ a bench, youre gonna be pissed off and uncomfortable b/c ur gonna be freezing ur ass off. thats what i meant by that.

[theiceman603]

trust me when you spend 14 hours a day in it comfort is important. I used to run a 78 r model mack with the old camel back springs, the a 2000 ch 613 and now i'm in a '05 379 Pete. Let me tell you, I'll take the pete any day over the macks. It has a 550 cat turned up a touch and there isn't a mack on the road that will pass me unless they ask first. I usually haul car bodies and super structures for cranes. a carbody typically wieghs 85k so i gross out around 110,000 if not more daily.

[oipbhakeld]

car bodies? do you mean crushed cars? and i never said that the mack was fast, in fact, ill tell you that its the slowest fucking thing ive ever seen lol. but its reliable. thats my whole point, my truck is very reliable, i gets from a to b and doesnt break down. you and i are not comparing apples to apples here. we run 6.5 hour trips one per day. we dont run cross country maxing out the legal hours per day. we run hills, we run 55mph and we run 95000lbs. we run, not break down.

[schl0tte]

Try a German MAN ;)

It doesn't even roll - it hovers xD

[smithers93]

sorry taxast525 but that was really boring and you sound really sad...

but did u see how many fucking wheels that thing had LOL

[jonyknoxvil]

Sorry smithers93 bit you sound like a boring pastie pomie fckwit. SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!

[harrytheduck]

oh ok thanks..

[harrytheduck]

wondering where the escort vehicles are...

[texast525]

The pilot is way out the front..... No second escort required......

[dyingxmonkey]

man over size are dangerous yo

[xXsnitchyXx]

Bloody grunt machine

is it only me or does any1 else get a chubby looking at sweet d11's

[datsuns11]

I wonder if those high air intakes would fit on my '07 Freightliner Classic...would be nice to have those when I drive on canadian forestry roads... !!!

[zxXTiestoXxz]

with out trucks Australia would stop!

[boostontap]

nice truck mate that a d11 or d10

[texast525]

Brand New D11R mate..

[ILOVECATERPILLAR]

what's the engine on that western star?

[otuma1]

500 cv and 370 kw

is v8

[ILOVECATERPILLAR]

thank you

[Strogenforcer]

@boostontap D11-R

[TKO550]

love aussie trucks, with the high air intakes!!

[ihaveairlockers]

I want to know WHICH accountant allowed them to order this dozer with a 3 tyne ripper instead of a single tyne ripper....

Or is it yours ?

[touissittouissit]

waw

[Chevysaresupercool]

Whats the hp and tq on the semi?

[texast525]

650hp and 2250 ft/lb torque

[DirtBikesAustralia]

Exactly the same hp and torque than my Western Star 6900 - great truck...

Still i prefer my Kenworth T-908 - i modified it (since i am not a bad mechanic) - 680 hp and 2250 ft/lb torque....

Great vid mate..

[peterbilt2009]

i have a w900l kenworth running over 1600 hp 4845 ft/lb torque she never give's up on me hahaha i love it

[camerongb]

whatever

[bigredmonstatruck]

Good call! Top Lorry!

[mussismate]

rumour has it thomas the tank engine has a better sounding horn than this truck. Maybe you should go back to pulling somthing else.............

[jonyknoxvil]

Go back to cleaning my toilet mussimate... LOL

[baldymp3]

dont worry about him dude, think he has spent WAAAAY too much time pulling something!

[churd243]

haha fukin quality pal!!

[credeangel]

estupendo trailer5*

[18wheelsoffaith]

right on brother. Thats a sweet ride right there.