ATA's Narrandera Heavy Vehicle Information Day - 28 August 2009

[baldymp3]

quite suprising how much road a b triple takes up through a corner. the bab quad looks to be the most effective in relationship to its potenial payload.

[ipdaily6]

so what did they actually achieve or learn?? that tipper i think might be baxters b-double b-doube combo thats all good till you have to take it thru a farmers driveway, so you will have to bust it up down the road, where their guaranteed wont be anyplace to do it, and if you say oh someone else will load the second double for him, well it wont work like that, just like the days b triple will have to go all the way into sydney and try and drop a trailer on a side street somewhere

[sgtdicko]

regardless of weather we can have these combinations in more places (and BTW im a truck driver in SA and im all for it) this govt needs to stop passing out cheques, and spend more on roads, bridges, traffic lights, better (brighter, reflective) paints for white lines ect. there are way to many road fatalities, most of which arent anything to do with oversize and long vehicles

[D375]

Cars are getting smaller, trucks are getting longer - but the number of passing lanes isn't increasing - and neither are the road widths. I'd be in favour of larger/longer trucks, only if the Govt poured an increasing amount of money into bringing truck routes up to higher standards - but they won't. There is nowhere near enough passing lanes now.

[ALPHAFIVETWOFIVE]

How many roads in NSW can actually accomodate those larger triples etc safely?

[titham189]

Higher productivity vehicles would benefit us all, bring them on I say.