I am impressed with the quantity of Road trains. I thought they were rare on the roads. In England we have artics (single trailer) but we have a high number.
@chadberry75 Depending on which company and what you're carrying, the money is very good. The Australian Dollar has parity with the US dollar at the moment, and you can expect a minimum of $25-$30 an hour pulling B-doubles
@tarvey Butstill only half the capacity of these monsters. In some parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, they allow up to four trailers. Three as a full sized, and four in smaller configurations
WOW I've noticed some Familiar Name Plates Kenworth, Mack & Western Star! But i'm thinkin' they must have Souped Up Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, & Mack Engines in order to Pull Real Heavy Stuff & Real Long Road Trains!
@Infloresence It varies depending on location but I think it is four. There are rules governing length but again it varies. A three trailer consist is around 53 metres.
Was the last truck going uphill on very steep hill? Or is there any other reason for going like 10km/h?
It seems that it would be easier and safer to transport those mining trucks on it's wheels, whole thing would be lighter... "Unless you need to get through a checkpoint..." hehehe
@mibars Last bit is a steep uphill grade. Just a guess but I'm thinking a few hundred k's on a bitumen road wouldn't do the tyres on the ore packs any good......and they would be a lot slower.
@mibars Firstly, the tyres on the mine dump trucks aren't designed for paved roads. Secondly they're limited to no more than 60km/h. A truck pulling one of these can get up to 80km/h, necessary because oversize loads have a dusk to dawn curfew. The bigger ones have escorts front and rear, as well as a dedicated police escort
@Rocketboy1950 there is the occasional cheeky bugger you see though he'll straighten out then back up with a dolly or 2 because he can...i saw a bloke with an AB triple reverse around a corner of the parking bay once, it looked similar to a wilmonts, but they dont have AB do they? just trains?
I love long vehicles, the sound and the sight - thought i was the only one! i must add though.... 8x4 is better! Ive seen long nose 8x4 too, not just argosy types
@nyyguitar3387 The law is the law, no matter how obvious it looks lol. Anything over 2.5 metres wide is required by law to have "OVERSIZE" signs front and rear, even if the reaction to them is "thankyou Captain Obvious."
@nyyguitar3387 i like when you see some massive shape coming down the straight at you with orange red and blue lights in front of it, then suddenly there is a load convoy of prime movers hooked up to it, those blokes are truly talented
Looks like a lot of this was taken around Kalgoorlie and across the'paddock'.
For the the yanks here - a 2 trailer / 1 dog combo = 50 wheels!!
We run similar hp trucks with a lot more trailers / weight than they tend to in USA Europe and Canada but then we don't have the huge elevation changes either!!
Ie A mack titan running a Cummins Signature 600hp engine and Eaton R/R with tri drive is a standard combo for our quads (B triple + extra dog)
@lsk632 Man, you just have to come on down here to see the worlds biggest trucks and trains. It's a friendly country we let Americans in all the time :-)
yep the old roadtrains we pass those basterds with over 5 trailers and dogs the bludy huge but my uncle drives coal trucks in south queensland and bludy hell he certainly pulls some trailers its truckin down under alright thats Australia for ya
i dont understand why your so pissed now ma fucker. take ur little aussie dick and video outta here punk. Here in AMERICA, the U-S-OF-A we spit on folks like you. fucking queer
@Bahzad23 I'm not pissed at all but I like the comments to reflect the video content. I don't understand how you can call me queer since this conversation started with you telling us about fucking a Kangaroo and that's why I removed the comment. You are a great asset to the USA. I have been there and met some wonderful people. You obviously are not one of them and clearly one of the reasons why so much of the world despise you and you ilk, Sadly you do not get further right of reply.
@canthaguild thats the thing for what we cart around australia we have to cover such a wide open area, we have designed with help from people around the world to design such trucks and trailers to take such weight and when the brake it takes them for ever to stop so yeah its a slow process... haha but its the aussie way out here, and i cant wait till im driving them with dad in a few years time :) hah thought id let ya's know :D
good to see some WA trucks mate. And I3raveI3ass you cant reverse them very far because you cant control the third, you have to unhook to two trailers to reverse if you want it to go where you need it to go
@noxis93 That marks one end of an emergency airstrip. Air ambulances use the highways as landing strips in many remote regions. These strips are usually situated near small settlements and the police close the road for the emergency aircraft to land.
@noxis93 its actually a crossing for the indiginous people that ride emu's through the bush, I run an emu dealership and business has been booming ever since the G.F.C. hit, many people are seeing the benifits of emu riding.
@Answl82 thats because the tires of those trucks wears out faster than anything else, and are expensive, so they must save money transporting the trucks on other more cheap operation trucks. So is basically because of operation costs
there are also roadtrains in Europe: in Sweden truck with 30 meters length and 90 tonns are quite normal, in Åland (part of FInland) there are even longer ones: there you can find also trucks with a total length of about 50 meters
hmm i think they are not the biggest at all withoud the trailers they are just big as an ordinary truck BUT they ARE DEFINETELY the MOST POWERFULL trucks in the world :)
This may seem like a stupid question but what was up with that last truck going so slow? Keep up the good work tho it was good to see the larger trucks again have not been camping outback to see them for a while
@JRWILDY in the late 70's the mob I was driving for bought 4 scanias to run from the southern states to Darwin. (that was when a lot of the road from pt Augusta heading north was still dirt. shook the living shit out of the trucks. 2 months and they were rooted. they had the things rebuilt and put them on the melbourne to sydney run. as for the N.T. run, whent back to whites, macks and Kennies. Scania and volvo were shit.
One of the greatest joys of my childhood was being able to ride along with the road trains that brought nickel ore from Leinster down to the rail head at Leonora, in Western Australia (100 miles each way). I was 10 at the time. The truck was a White Road Boss with three trailers, sixteen axles (62 wheels). The road was dirt the whole way; empty, we could do about 45mph. Loaded, only about 30, tops (nickel is heavy). We'd start at 6am, get home at 9pm. And I got to steer! Great memories...
Hay Rocketboy1950. I have a Super8 movie of a road train departing Alice Springs in 1975, the days they were not restricted to length. From Memory 12 trailers.
@harriedog I was up there in 1975, pardon me if I dispute your claim. The biggest I ever saw was 4 and 1975 truck technology wasn't up to anything like 12.
Rocketboy you really don't have to waste your time talking to idiots who have nothing better to do than find fault with anything anybody else does......... I'm a trucker in England and compared to your road trains my truck is tiny.
I would love to see these road trains up close and video's like yours are the next best thing, so thank you very much for sharing it and keep up the good work mate.
@MrRob4386 Thanks mate but sometimes I just have to put them ( idiots) back in their box. I plan some more big truck videos in the next few months. The big stuff is a long way from where I live.
I find it interesting that these trailers seem to be only about 25-30 feet in length.... x 4 would be 120-135 feet in length... really not a huge difference from American trucks... if a long nose 379 with a double sleeper (some are up to 20 feet) pulled a pair of 28' trailers... you'd have about the same length...What's the big deal?
@Alrgc2Air The big deal is your incorrect estimations which are way out and that magic word "if". Your 20' sleeper with two x 28's is 76' which is just slightly short of 120'-135' and a lot less than the real 53 metres.
@Rocketboy1950 - 53 mtrs with/without rig? 3 ft =.91 mtr. 53 mtr = 144 ft. Deduct 14 mtrs (40 ft) for sleeper rig, 39 mtr (117 ft). Checking my math, the difference with doubles (6 mtrs) IS more than I thought, but not as much as you think.
Comparing apples to apples, some states here allow triples. If the truck I suggested had 3 28's, it would come to 41 mtrs. My point? 3-4 20' trailers are close to 2-3 28'. Road trains are cool, but not exclusive. Not a big deal, unless you actually drive it.
@Alrgc2Air Your not real flash with maths are you. 53 metres =173.88 feet. And "what if " again. If may aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. If you could do maths we could save ourselves the trouble of having this pointless exchange. We have B triples here but road trains are not articulated, they are stand alone trailers. IF you ever start running them over there get back to me. I won't be holding my breath.
@Rocketboy1950 - "maths"? LOL... First off, I am usually quite good with math... SAE to metric conversions I don't do so well with... My info is based on 3 ft = .91xx meter... Looking at these videos, the trailers (especially the tankers) appear to be much shorter than what is run with doubles and triples in the states.... And that is my point. You still fail to mention whether your 53 meters is with or without the road tractor.
@Alrgc2Air 53 metres is the total of a road train with three trailers, four trailers are a little harder to find but do run on the more remote roads. The purpose of this clip is that these are the biggest trucks in the world and whether that be by a margin of one inch or twenty one feet is irrelevant, they are the biggest. Now that might be a bit hard to swallow in a country that thinks it's the biggest and best at everything but suck it up. We also have the biggest trains. Discussion over.
kurwa jak jechały w kurzu ciężarówki to pokazał je całe nawet jak już przejechały za kamerę, a tych z olbrzymim ładunkiem co z eskortą jechały to nie pokazał całych...
LOL 2:15. 2 Fucking great dumper trucks on the back of those lorries... If you're retarded enough to need a sign on the front of them saying 'oversized load' then tbh, you deserve to be flattened...
@autophyte If this was in a populated area you would be correct. It isn't and these are the best and most efficient form of transport available under the circumstances. These tracks are the life blood of a great deal of the Australian outback.
@Rocketboy1950 theres a series of videos on youtube where a guy blends a bunch of random shit like iphones, glow sticks, and other random shit. and the catch phrase is "will it blend?" :P:P:P
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLLED MAN.. thats dangerous as.. what if someone had come up and stabbed you in the neck while you were too busy recording these trucks.. HMMM?
@Shaunrattray Faaark I never thought of that. Thanks , from now on I'll stay home. I could have been killed last Friday too, just take a look at my latest videos and figure out where I was.
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A lot of truckies think they own the road & harrass motorist by sitting right on their bumper! if the speed limit is 100 or 110 & you're on my bumper, you're speeding!!! loonatics
It's kinda funny that those GIGANTIC ones have a little van behind them saying "oversized truck ahead". I realize they need them there for saftey laws and whatnot, but if you didn't notice the st
look!... a kangaroo!... push the brake!.... oh, nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
SrNutritivo 2 weeks ago
1:40 ...and I thought my tires were expensive
W0Wman1 3 weeks ago
Why so many wheels on the trilers?......
corti1973 3 weeks ago
@corti1973 It's called spreading the load to reduce damage to the road,
Rocketboy1950 3 weeks ago
I am impressed with the quantity of Road trains. I thought they were rare on the roads. In England we have artics (single trailer) but we have a high number.
datnotfair 1 month ago
@datnotfair Lack of rail in the more remote areas. Also, the landmass of the entire British Isles fits into Australia 26 times
Mechknight73 2 weeks ago
i can do that...
marilyn69manson 1 month ago
is it good money?..2 drive b-trains..in oz..
chadberry75 1 month ago
@chadberry75 Depending on which company and what you're carrying, the money is very good. The Australian Dollar has parity with the US dollar at the moment, and you can expect a minimum of $25-$30 an hour pulling B-doubles
Mechknight73 2 weeks ago
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I appreciate, and like your video. God save you always in your work and also on road. Love and kind regards.
yemenifish 2 months ago
Returned from Oz 11/11/11.These are great but I was very impressed with the double semi-tralers in the centre of Melbourne.
tarvey 2 months ago
@tarvey That's just your standard garden variety B double.
Rocketboy1950 2 months ago
@tarvey Butstill only half the capacity of these monsters. In some parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, they allow up to four trailers. Three as a full sized, and four in smaller configurations
Mechknight73 2 weeks ago
HOW MANY HORSE POWER HAS THIS SHIT?
GABBO845 2 months ago
@GABBO845 was discussed in much earlier comments I think........a farkin lot though.
Rocketboy1950 2 months ago
nice
fleiva30 2 months ago
look at the truck at 1:30
sirlogs 2 months ago
fuken gotta love the australian outback roadtrains.... thank u for the clip ...
stalker2794 3 months ago
I live in nebraska in the u.s man that something cool to pull that many trailers .
I driver a western star 09 with 625 horses .
402miguelr12 3 months ago
Love the sound of the V8 610 at 3:08, where have they all gone?
Glendixontwba 3 months ago
Seen some images of convoys of those. Don't wanna imagine having to overtake 10 of em...
coolhaztech 4 months ago
WOW I've noticed some Familiar Name Plates Kenworth, Mack & Western Star! But i'm thinkin' they must have Souped Up Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, & Mack Engines in order to Pull Real Heavy Stuff & Real Long Road Trains!
WLFP80 4 months ago
64 wheeler 0.0?
spacefrog555 4 months ago
How many trailers can you legally hook up?
Is there a maximum length?
Infloresence 4 months ago
@Infloresence It varies depending on location but I think it is four. There are rules governing length but again it varies. A three trailer consist is around 53 metres.
Rocketboy1950 4 months ago
@Infloresence Most states 4, on mining land though there is no limit (though usually 6 at most and limited to 70 or 80kph.
gnarkillkicksass 2 months ago
only in aus
FkNxOutaControl 4 months ago
Was the last truck going uphill on very steep hill? Or is there any other reason for going like 10km/h?
It seems that it would be easier and safer to transport those mining trucks on it's wheels, whole thing would be lighter... "Unless you need to get through a checkpoint..." hehehe
mibars 5 months ago
@mibars Last bit is a steep uphill grade. Just a guess but I'm thinking a few hundred k's on a bitumen road wouldn't do the tyres on the ore packs any good......and they would be a lot slower.
Rocketboy1950 5 months ago
@mibars Firstly, the tyres on the mine dump trucks aren't designed for paved roads. Secondly they're limited to no more than 60km/h. A truck pulling one of these can get up to 80km/h, necessary because oversize loads have a dusk to dawn curfew. The bigger ones have escorts front and rear, as well as a dedicated police escort
Mechknight73 2 weeks ago
how do u reverse park?
AlphaEckoNiner9ner 5 months ago
@AlphaEckoNiner9ner You don't. The split them up.
Rocketboy1950 5 months ago
@Rocketboy1950 there is the occasional cheeky bugger you see though he'll straighten out then back up with a dolly or 2 because he can...i saw a bloke with an AB triple reverse around a corner of the parking bay once, it looked similar to a wilmonts, but they dont have AB do they? just trains?
sollars1 1 week ago
I love long vehicles, the sound and the sight - thought i was the only one! i must add though.... 8x4 is better! Ive seen long nose 8x4 too, not just argosy types
TheyCallMeNewb 5 months ago
what up with the truck at 1:40???
MegaMryankees 5 months ago
You're only pulling one trailer???? . . . . You a bitch!
Xomanowar99 5 months ago
how do you use the brake of sutch big thing.. i guess it takes it 2 km to slow down .. lol
HAIDARM 5 months ago
@HAIDARM I think they stop roughly the same as a regular truck. All wheels are braked.
Rocketboy1950 5 months ago
maybe he is a road train? :O
i dont know but 100% to i have right
StypaBenz99 6 months ago
@HennesseyRockZ Go north you'll see 'em.
Rocketboy1950 6 months ago
That's where Mad Max hangs out !
brianandlois 6 months ago
I love the "Oversized" labels on those humongous dumpsters. No kidding.
nyyguitar3387 6 months ago
@nyyguitar3387 The law is the law, no matter how obvious it looks lol. Anything over 2.5 metres wide is required by law to have "OVERSIZE" signs front and rear, even if the reaction to them is "thankyou Captain Obvious."
Mechknight73 2 weeks ago
@nyyguitar3387 i like when you see some massive shape coming down the straight at you with orange red and blue lights in front of it, then suddenly there is a load convoy of prime movers hooked up to it, those blokes are truly talented
sollars1 1 week ago
My cock more biggest than those trucks
lanpetpet7 6 months ago
@lanpetpet7 and clearly larger than your brain as well.
Rocketboy1950 6 months ago 18
@Rocketboy1950 hahaha i laughed pretty hard
314isabeast 6 months ago
@lanpetpet7 some 1 is insecure
TheCoollikdat 6 months ago
Top vidio Rocketboy, Great rigs and some top pro's drivin them
dustykel100 6 months ago
The guy at 4:30 >> "Yeeehaaaa....I'm in the f*cking convoy!....(Starts singing C.w. Mccall's Convoy song)
Polywog84 6 months ago
ive never seen a load that big in my life.in the usa the biggest ive seen was a dual trailer freightliner
whoewasthatit 6 months ago
Fuck i think i will never see such a truck in Germany
rubilacxe033 6 months ago
2:00 WOW what a load !
YoshiTheShiba 6 months ago
class video thanks
camroc16 6 months ago
bravo Rocketboy1950 i like this video very much
pilotvecihi 6 months ago
Nice vid.
Looks like a lot of this was taken around Kalgoorlie and across the'paddock'.
For the the yanks here - a 2 trailer / 1 dog combo = 50 wheels!!
We run similar hp trucks with a lot more trailers / weight than they tend to in USA Europe and Canada but then we don't have the huge elevation changes either!!
Ie A mack titan running a Cummins Signature 600hp engine and Eaton R/R with tri drive is a standard combo for our quads (B triple + extra dog)
This combo pulls well over 100 tons !!
literbikedoc 6 months ago
@literbikedoc North Of Kalgoorlie,The great Northern Highway,The Pilbara and some on the Tanami.
Rocketboy1950 6 months ago
...*JEEZ*...*NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE IN GALLUP, NEW MEXICO ON I-40 OR AROUND TOWN*...
lsk632 6 months ago
@lsk632 Man, you just have to come on down here to see the worlds biggest trucks and trains. It's a friendly country we let Americans in all the time :-)
Rocketboy1950 6 months ago
@lsk632 ha or Ruidoso, NM
awardedndeath 6 months ago
yep the old roadtrains we pass those basterds with over 5 trailers and dogs the bludy huge but my uncle drives coal trucks in south queensland and bludy hell he certainly pulls some trailers its truckin down under alright thats Australia for ya
whiteroadboss 6 months ago
respect!
jamiejeeper 6 months ago
i dont understand why your so pissed now ma fucker. take ur little aussie dick and video outta here punk. Here in AMERICA, the U-S-OF-A we spit on folks like you. fucking queer
Bahzad23 6 months ago
@Bahzad23 I'm not pissed at all but I like the comments to reflect the video content. I don't understand how you can call me queer since this conversation started with you telling us about fucking a Kangaroo and that's why I removed the comment. You are a great asset to the USA. I have been there and met some wonderful people. You obviously are not one of them and clearly one of the reasons why so much of the world despise you and you ilk, Sadly you do not get further right of reply.
Rocketboy1950 6 months ago 13
@Rocketboy1950 Right on Rocketboy 1950, Aussie's are awesome. Even the snakes and spiders are boss. RIP Steve Irwin.
ModelDX1 3 weeks ago
@Bahzad23 wanker,
mugwamp4 6 months ago
@Bahzad23 Please jump off a bridge. Preferred, one with no water under it. Nobody in the U-S-of-A wants you either.
SarraPiyopiyo 6 months ago
@Bahzad23 More like U-S-OF-GAY! btw, no offense to any gay ppl, I love gay ppl(no homo).
KhuntandcoPtyLtd 6 months ago
awsome = zajebioza
pleszak78 6 months ago
I would kill to have the dump truck at 1:40, but i might need a bigger sandbox...
TheJasong123 7 months ago
1:30 Holy shit thats a pretty big... 1:46 WHAT THE FUUUUCK..WHAT THE FUUUUCK
DrSalvador4 7 months ago
I don't get it.... in the UK this would never be allowed. How does it not crash? especially when it breaks.
canthaguild 7 months ago
@canthaguild This aint the UK and they don't break unless you mean brake in which case why would braking cause them to crash ?
Rocketboy1950 7 months ago
@canthaguild thats the thing for what we cart around australia we have to cover such a wide open area, we have designed with help from people around the world to design such trucks and trailers to take such weight and when the brake it takes them for ever to stop so yeah its a slow process... haha but its the aussie way out here, and i cant wait till im driving them with dad in a few years time :) hah thought id let ya's know :D
CleanDrop 6 months ago
''Road Train'' - says it all
metalmonkey007888 7 months ago
at 01:40 i was like wtf.
metalmonkey007888 7 months ago
Did you just follow them?
masihmasihmasih 7 months ago
@masihmasihmasih you can't get past the wide loads so they stop every now and then to let people by
Rocketboy1950 7 months ago
dream job!!
Signaturegen2 7 months ago
HOLY SHIT THE DRIVERS SEAT IS ON THE RIGHT!!!
Scoinsoffaterocks 7 months ago
Datss A 100 Wheeler Lol Thumbs Upp Iff Agree
EvErYtHiNgHaPPEn1 7 months ago
1:39 нихуясе его шатает на ветру, а если такой белаз ебнется с прицепа?
SanoRodriguez 7 months ago
4:10 O&K TEREX RH400 mining shovel あのまま運ぶのか？ スゲー！
oyoshi400 7 months ago
thats small the trailers dont count
saf768 7 months ago
@saf768 i hope u fckn die!
iamsupergladys 7 months ago
Those super dump trucks weren't oversize...they were two steps above that... o.0
Cravo16 7 months ago
omg 1:56 o.o
metinGold 7 months ago
Love Australia / Road Train /. This is super wondrerful video. Greetings from the Czech Republic. Pavel
PavelJanda1 7 months ago
the roads must be pretty straight in the boosh
PurCitron 8 months ago
@PurCitron No more so than anywhere else. They still avoid things that would cost money to go through or over.
Rocketboy1950 8 months ago
@Rocketboy1950 i guess ill find out for myself in august
PurCitron 8 months ago
Well done made video!! : )
V8SCANIAVOLVOV8 8 months ago
good to see some WA trucks mate. And I3raveI3ass you cant reverse them very far because you cant control the third, you have to unhook to two trailers to reverse if you want it to go where you need it to go
trout086 8 months ago
1:17, why is there a crossroad in the middle of fucking nowhere?
noxis93 8 months ago
@noxis93 That marks one end of an emergency airstrip. Air ambulances use the highways as landing strips in many remote regions. These strips are usually situated near small settlements and the police close the road for the emergency aircraft to land.
Rocketboy1950 8 months ago
@noxis93 its actually a crossing for the indiginous people that ride emu's through the bush, I run an emu dealership and business has been booming ever since the G.F.C. hit, many people are seeing the benifits of emu riding.
xxbulletx 7 months ago
It's like a train on the wheels :)
makiavel88 8 months ago
thats some dam good driven...... but HOW THE FUCK DO U REVERSE IN ONE OF THOSE ??
I3raveI3ass 8 months ago
@I3raveI3ass u dont.... hahaha idea is to drive str8 into where ever ur goin
CleanDrop 6 months ago
Ok good, now reverse it...
vampylexluther 8 months ago
1:47 why didnt they just drive the digger instead of transporting it?
Answl82 8 months ago 3
@Answl82 too far
Rocketboy1950 8 months ago
@Answl82 thats because the tires of those trucks wears out faster than anything else, and are expensive, so they must save money transporting the trucks on other more cheap operation trucks. So is basically because of operation costs
caballoalizeero 8 months ago
@Answl82 they cost alot of fuel to drive :)
heroesdjspasser 7 months ago
How the fuck do these guts turn without takin someone out lol
stunthero 8 months ago
i wish mine was that big.......truck that is
MrAssholeoftheyear 8 months ago
there are also roadtrains in Europe: in Sweden truck with 30 meters length and 90 tonns are quite normal, in Åland (part of FInland) there are even longer ones: there you can find also trucks with a total length of about 50 meters
EnjoyFirefighting 8 months ago
hmm i think they are not the biggest at all withoud the trailers they are just big as an ordinary truck BUT they ARE DEFINETELY the MOST POWERFULL trucks in the world :)
MARAUDERBG 8 months ago
@MARAUDERBG ......does the phrase "splitting hairs" have the same meaning in Bulgaria. You can always Google it.
Rocketboy1950 8 months ago 2
@MARAUDERBG oi, fuck you. there huge.
flanny117 8 months ago
@MARAUDERBG They are the biggest, and no, not always the most powerful.
WesternStar4900SA 8 months ago
1:40: "OVERSIZE" ......ya think?
Jacko643 8 months ago
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trucks from Brazil! watch too!
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ROBER1442 8 months ago
starting at 1:40 ....how would anybody move out of the way for that oversized load it is H-U-G-E !!!!!
terrenceryanwazhurr 8 months ago
@terrenceryanwazhurr You just get off the road and stop, it's pretty easy.
Rocketboy1950 8 months ago
@rocketboy1950 AHH i understand that TY for the reply
Narutofanfiction 9 months ago
This may seem like a stupid question but what was up with that last truck going so slow? Keep up the good work tho it was good to see the larger trucks again have not been camping outback to see them for a while
Narutofanfiction 9 months ago
@Narutofanfiction very, very long steep grade
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago
Transformers DarkadaMoon's Megatron telling Optimus:
YOU EAT A TAILPIPE, YOU TOASTER OVEN!! YOU EAT A TAILPIPE!!
Hectotane 9 months ago
БЛЯТЬ!ЭТО КРУТО!!
MrGatalsky 9 months ago
looks like they could do with some european scania 730hp v8 over there.
JRWILDY 9 months ago
@JRWILDY in the late 70's the mob I was driving for bought 4 scanias to run from the southern states to Darwin. (that was when a lot of the road from pt Augusta heading north was still dirt. shook the living shit out of the trucks. 2 months and they were rooted. they had the things rebuilt and put them on the melbourne to sydney run. as for the N.T. run, whent back to whites, macks and Kennies. Scania and volvo were shit.
slatibaadfast 9 months ago
1:45
OtherEdgar 9 months ago
they got those 3 trailer jobs in Oregon USA too
gnomecommoner 9 months ago
Is this trucks "home made" og import?
GFOgravedigger 9 months ago
@GFOgravedigger They are Australian built
malbert34 8 months ago
Now those guys right there are real truckers. some serious skill in handling something that size
mrspivvy 9 months ago
One of the greatest joys of my childhood was being able to ride along with the road trains that brought nickel ore from Leinster down to the rail head at Leonora, in Western Australia (100 miles each way). I was 10 at the time. The truck was a White Road Boss with three trailers, sixteen axles (62 wheels). The road was dirt the whole way; empty, we could do about 45mph. Loaded, only about 30, tops (nickel is heavy). We'd start at 6am, get home at 9pm. And I got to steer! Great memories...
vinsgraphics 9 months ago
Great video, and no stupid music!!
Thanks for sharing mate, keep 'em comin!!
aterv206 9 months ago
overtaking that truck must be a bitch :D
razten95 9 months ago
haha, even the cars do heavy lifting (4:32).
sandstormranger 9 months ago
@1:43 Thats what im talking about bad ass
madmike1981 9 months ago
Hay Rocketboy1950. I have a Super8 movie of a road train departing Alice Springs in 1975, the days they were not restricted to length. From Memory 12 trailers.
harriedog 9 months ago
@harriedog I was up there in 1975, pardon me if I dispute your claim. The biggest I ever saw was 4 and 1975 truck technology wasn't up to anything like 12.
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago 2
Great stuff mate, i look forward to seeing it.
MrRob4386 9 months ago
Rocketboy you really don't have to waste your time talking to idiots who have nothing better to do than find fault with anything anybody else does......... I'm a trucker in England and compared to your road trains my truck is tiny.
I would love to see these road trains up close and video's like yours are the next best thing, so thank you very much for sharing it and keep up the good work mate.
MrRob4386 9 months ago 29
@MrRob4386 Thanks mate but sometimes I just have to put them ( idiots) back in their box. I plan some more big truck videos in the next few months. The big stuff is a long way from where I live.
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago 2
What was being transported at the 4:05 minute mark on both the trucks?
Fordgirl 9 months ago
@Fordgirl Tank parts are on the second, but not the sort of tank you're used to!
NeonGenesisPlatinum 9 months ago
I find it interesting that these trailers seem to be only about 25-30 feet in length.... x 4 would be 120-135 feet in length... really not a huge difference from American trucks... if a long nose 379 with a double sleeper (some are up to 20 feet) pulled a pair of 28' trailers... you'd have about the same length...What's the big deal?
Alrgc2Air 9 months ago
@Alrgc2Air The big deal is your incorrect estimations which are way out and that magic word "if". Your 20' sleeper with two x 28's is 76' which is just slightly short of 120'-135' and a lot less than the real 53 metres.
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago
@Rocketboy1950 - 53 mtrs with/without rig? 3 ft =.91 mtr. 53 mtr = 144 ft. Deduct 14 mtrs (40 ft) for sleeper rig, 39 mtr (117 ft). Checking my math, the difference with doubles (6 mtrs) IS more than I thought, but not as much as you think.
Comparing apples to apples, some states here allow triples. If the truck I suggested had 3 28's, it would come to 41 mtrs. My point? 3-4 20' trailers are close to 2-3 28'. Road trains are cool, but not exclusive. Not a big deal, unless you actually drive it.
Alrgc2Air 9 months ago
@Alrgc2Air Your not real flash with maths are you. 53 metres =173.88 feet. And "what if " again. If may aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. If you could do maths we could save ourselves the trouble of having this pointless exchange. We have B triples here but road trains are not articulated, they are stand alone trailers. IF you ever start running them over there get back to me. I won't be holding my breath.
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago 3
@Rocketboy1950 - "maths"? LOL... First off, I am usually quite good with math... SAE to metric conversions I don't do so well with... My info is based on 3 ft = .91xx meter... Looking at these videos, the trailers (especially the tankers) appear to be much shorter than what is run with doubles and triples in the states.... And that is my point. You still fail to mention whether your 53 meters is with or without the road tractor.
Alrgc2Air 9 months ago
@Alrgc2Air 53 metres is the total of a road train with three trailers, four trailers are a little harder to find but do run on the more remote roads. The purpose of this clip is that these are the biggest trucks in the world and whether that be by a margin of one inch or twenty one feet is irrelevant, they are the biggest. Now that might be a bit hard to swallow in a country that thinks it's the biggest and best at everything but suck it up. We also have the biggest trains. Discussion over.
Rocketboy1950 9 months ago
kurwa jak jechały w kurzu ciężarówki to pokazał je całe nawet jak już przejechały za kamerę, a tych z olbrzymim ładunkiem co z eskortą jechały to nie pokazał całych...
newpolishman 10 months ago
I to nabiera znaczenia: Wyprzedziłem dwie ciężarówki na raz :D
sebastiano1997 10 months ago
was this filmed int he Mount Isa area? some of the trucks look familar
DFRDRIFTPIG 10 months ago
@DFRDRIFTPIG Mostly WA and NT
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago
the one at 2:00 would be hard to stop :O
chadro85 10 months ago
LOL 2:15. 2 Fucking great dumper trucks on the back of those lorries... If you're retarded enough to need a sign on the front of them saying 'oversized load' then tbh, you deserve to be flattened...
thatman64 10 months ago
I love Australia
Paramedic80 10 months ago
If we had decent railways there wouldn't be the need for these road trains. But the penny pinching government closes them down instead.
autophyte 10 months ago
@autophyte If this was in a populated area you would be correct. It isn't and these are the best and most efficient form of transport available under the circumstances. These tracks are the life blood of a great deal of the Australian outback.
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago 4
but will it blend?
funtom45 10 months ago
@funtom45 You may need to explain that cos I'm fuctifino what you mean.
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago
@Rocketboy1950 theres a series of videos on youtube where a guy blends a bunch of random shit like iphones, glow sticks, and other random shit. and the catch phrase is "will it blend?" :P:P:P
funtom45 10 months ago
@funtom45 err, OK then.
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago
@Rocketboy1950 lol fuck, just search it. some of them are funny
funtom45 10 months ago
How much power you need to pull four trailers? In europe rigs have from 280 hp to 600 hp but average is 400
donarrasso 10 months ago
1:50 he has training wheels! :D
klridener 10 months ago
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLLED MAN.. thats dangerous as.. what if someone had come up and stabbed you in the neck while you were too busy recording these trucks.. HMMM?
Shaunrattray 10 months ago
@Shaunrattray Faaark I never thought of that. Thanks , from now on I'll stay home. I could have been killed last Friday too, just take a look at my latest videos and figure out where I was.
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago
Fuck imagine getting hit in your car with one of those
3popcan 10 months ago
best part 1.40-2.13
superb!
Caeraebro 10 months ago
1:40 Someone wanna play chicken?
mcstracer1992 10 months ago
there is road trains in the usa
randomvideoguy155 10 months ago
@randomvideoguy155 yes but only 2 trailers or 3 real short ones
buttonpusher37 10 months ago
@buttonpusher37 i know they go to Mi or Ca i know that i live in In
randomvideoguy155 10 months ago
road trains
randomvideoguy155 10 months ago
hA briish people
blorg007 10 months ago
@blorg007 "hA briish people" ?
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago
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A lot of truckies think they own the road & harrass motorist by sitting right on their bumper! if the speed limit is 100 or 110 & you're on my bumper, you're speeding!!! loonatics
watchinu66 10 months ago
@watchinu66 And on the other hand a lot of fuckwit motorists give good truckies a hard time. It cuts both ways brother.
Rocketboy1950 10 months ago 13
@watchinu66 well move your ass then cause they got a job to do. If you dont like it take public transport!!
AussieBruteUte 10 months ago
I must admit australia has the best truckers in the world. I drive big trucks and there are half there lengths
ManiacalMarlboroMan 10 months ago
Damn, these Australians are even bigger rednecks than we Americans are.
Keep up the good work.
RussMusiq1 10 months ago
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Now back it up.
TheCr250rRider 10 months ago
Mają rozmach skurwiesyny ;)
AdamBigos 10 months ago
It's kinda funny that those GIGANTIC ones have a little van behind them saying "oversized truck ahead". I realize they need them there for saftey laws and whatnot, but if you didn't notice the st