@C906070 on you tube a week ago. but untill about a week ago id never heard of him. i love good old country music the crap they have nowdays is sick. when i drive with my newphew whos 15 yrs old, he be listening to some weirdass stuff. im like what in dasamhill is that it aint country you messed up pup, you change the station or you gonna hafta kick my ass punk, you think you can do it? .... he either changes it or shuts it off. slim dusty is as good as they got.
Würd gern mal sehen wie sich der Verk-actros an so ne'm Roadtrain versucht......wäre sicher eine interessante Erfahrung für die Ingnieure aus Wörth :-))
We drive 25m(82') B-doubles through the city and suburbes although we have to stick to approved routes or get some pretty hefty fines if caught off them.
Impressive trucks aren't they? We call them semis (that's semee, not semii), B-doubles, and B-triples in Australia. Great song from a great Aussie. What an icon he was and a wonderful career. Slim deserved it.
nobody gives a fuck about all that shit you're all going on about in the comments, just listen a good song and enjoy the photos of some nice rigs, that's all
gostei sou motorista de rodo trens mas aqui no brasil,so vi os de 30metros,mas esses dai,muito bom,so queria saber se os motoristas desses ai,sao valorisados e respeitados que por aqui nao sao,nem valorizados e nem respeitados,grande abraços !!!
53.5 Meters...That's about 174-feet!!! That's a LONG truck kids!! The longest legal truck in the USA is 65-feet overall length!!! (Occasionally special permits are issued for longr lenghths than this, but 65-ft is the normal limit on US highways)
I'v come here - same reason I'm wandering across ALL the other AUDIO commented videos here..
To remove (yes.. I will remove) MY OWN COMMENTS .. that have been - over the years .. sucked out of me .. in response to ignorant twats .. whom just wanted to argue
@QUIX4U They are good, the law requires them to drop one trailer and drive with a maximum of 2 trailers around town. I live in a city, they drive to the port in traffic.
@zefer14 Aye .. but honestly .. (of every trucker - whom long hauls .. multiple trailers).. After travelling hundreds of miles SAFELY .. the only barrier .. to them hauling that many trailers in town .. are but two .. the tighness of city intersectioncorners .. and DAFT city drivers .. (whom dumbly "cut" & run INSIDE the turning arc .. of the all those trailers)
@QUIX4U In Townsville the city intersections are very wide. You should see the trucks carrying the giant mining equipment. Now that takes great skill.
@QUIX4U think about the size of Nz compared to Aus the long hauls i do are like driving from one end of nz to the other and thats just an interstate trip and as for the zig zag road yes it is a challenge but you obviously have never seen or driven any of the b double or b triple routes in aus . But you can have your glory just hope that you one day get to drive a truck on a real haul then you may fathem how wrong you are about Aussie truckers
@EarthmoversDownUnder ? Where on earth .. did U get that assumption from (READ MY COMMENTS .. ? And then - maybe you will actually see.. THAT I BELIEVE that truckies .. are probably the SAFEST DRIVERS .. on the roads.. (otherwise .. why would I suggest - 2months ago - to PUT all car drivers .. in BARRIER PROTECTED LANES .. (so that they can dodgem bash their way along ...?) AND then let ALL truckers .. free access to all OTHER ROADS.. Surely U aren't saying I GOT THAT WRONG? I hate car drivers.
Three trailers is legal on main roads, they have gone longer on dirt roads, you can have two trailers to the northern side of Adelaide, main city of Sth Australia
I'm hearing this song every day. At home or in the car. Slim got the right Australian feeling. I love it very much. Yes, I'm missing him very much. In my brain I'm very close to him.
fj1764.........and im bloody well sick of cars sitting on 70klm in the outside lanes of freeways....get a life u fuckwit.........without trucks australia stops
seriously people....... over youtube chats? do you people have nothing better to do than fight over fucking youtube!?!?!?!? it just amazes me that people really do that.
@QUIX4U I'm Australian, and I'm not that familiar with country music. I thought you were actually talking about how much room you need to turn a road train around
@Mechknight73 As I messaged - so is the song .. But replied here - for everyone elses info too... BIG DAVE & the TENNESSEE TAILGATERS .. 1976 ... Gimme Forty Acres .. - on HITS for a TRUCK DRIVING MAN (including Convoy) re-produced in NZ by Music For Leisure .. 1976 ...Compact Cassette Tape - (P) TSC- 671
@RocketMaster2 Agreed. I mean, they're still there and all, but it's more of a shadow 'cause people take both our Railroad system and our Trucking industry for granted.
@SwampDaddy7 Yes.. and then complain when it all stops too .. dam but some are just never satisfied.. over here in NZ.. we call them another name... Like .. they'd scream if their arses were on fire & scream twice as loud.. if someone pssd'on them - to put it out?
@QUIX4U Exactly what I'm talkin' about. I mean sure America is the land of the free (I'm from the US), but that doesn't mean people have the right to be that stupid. I mean come on. You play with fire, you get burned. You mess around on a railroad track, then you best make double-damn sure that the train ain't gonna come past.
fuck you fj1764. without trucks australia stops mate. youd have nothing. how you think your food n clothes n shit get to where you buy em? by fucking trucks. you un australian cunt
i cant wait for the day all these very dangerous trucks are kept in the left lane and are speed limited to 50kmh all over australia no matter what type of road they are on. Enouogh is enough. People are sick of road hog truck drivers!
@fj1764 What people? surely you talk of DUMB city folk who've never stepped out their BACK DOOR (so to speak) ? Genuine Australian OUTBACK people know that without these beheamoths on the roads- NOTHING would get their stock to market, & there'd be some five to ten TIMES as many smaller trucks (doing faster speeds) for you silly wee city folk to contend with. (ME - I'm from NZ.. but would prefer to see a few of these... rather than 1,000's of FAST wee trucks?
@fj1764 Only a city based moron would say something like this. Trucks are the lifeblood of the country. Without road trains carry the vast majority of what travels interstate and around the state, we'd be up to our necks in it. What do you suggest, spend billions on rail? Transport everything by ship and be at the mercy of the weather?
@fj1764 you must be a city dwelling mushroom living in the dark getting fed a lot of bullshit Australia is a BIG country once you get west of the great dividing range. Picture driving sydney to Perth at 50kmh its over 4000km each way & not driving more than the time allowed in your log book each week ARE YOU INSANE
@alby1o1 all trucks should be kept in the furthest most left lanes in OUR cities, im sick of trucks everyday climbing up the westgate bridge in every fukn lane like huge hogs. Trucks are the problem on our roads and they need to be put in line
@fj1764 Actually - ? I'm for a different approach .. shove all CARS - into a few lanes - complete with really high concrete barrier walls ... and let the truckies have access (sole access) to the motorways ...
@fj1764 Oh good.!And then - of course .. YOU won't mind paying the exorbatant excessives .. on FREIGHT DELAYED TIMES.. plus the EXTRA COST .. of having several "days qworth of LABOUR COSTS .. added to your ONE BAG OF LOLLIES.. hahah - i can see you now .. sitting dumbly somewhere outback .. with 100grams of sweets ... wondering WHY? Why the $AU3,000 surplus .. FRIEGHT CHARGE .. on that 50c bag
road trains are limited to 53 meters when using public roads. but for mining company's with lots of private roads they are able to have any length of train they deem safe. which is why you get these 7-10 trailer trains.
the largest road train ive ever personally seen was only a 3 trailer sheep transport train 3 hours east of perth. they are still a sight to see none the less.
this just blew my mind. the most ive seen on a truck was three trailers up in portland. all i know is three mid size trailers can be a bitch. you guys fuckin rock.
I'm from America(New York to be specific) and its illegal to drive more then doubles here. I would have a hard on seeing one of these coming down the road. I all I have to say is you Australians are fuckin nuts(I don't mean that in a bad way). What I'm saying is that I wish my balls were half the size of yours. Awesome video.
@19thaman79 Head to the north of Australia, and you'll see on some mine haul roads, road trains sometimes pulling four trailers. The crazier ones have been known to sometime pull more.......
I've driven trucks in New Zealand, USA, UK, Europe and Australia. I now drive a Kenworth T908 Roadtrain from Perth to Brisbane every week and it's good to see a collection of big boy's toys on this video. " The song is about a trucker's demise in nasty weather and "lights on the hill", is a Permanent memorial that has been send up in New South Wales state to all of those men and women who have given their lives in the road transport industry of Australia.
@johnparkimp3 Perth to Brisbane ? thats a long way.. how long it takes to get from one to another ? im just wonderin' , how often do you take breaks ?
@taslaponthu My journey from Perth to Brisbane with two drivers sharing the driving, takes roughly about 45 hours if towing a "B Double" or about 50 to 55 hours if hauling a Roadtrain. Roadtrains are limited to 90kph in SA, NSW and QLD but 100kph in good ole WA. The Roadtrain route to Brisbane takes you through Outback NSW via Bourke. We do 6 hour shifts. Loaded up and trucking!
@taslaponthu 2239 miles/3604 kilometers !thats what google says! oh, man! wish i could be a truck driver in AUS! Im in UK working with a 18T DAF. small ! compared to your truck . haha.. The Bigger the Better !
@taslaponthu Upgrade to the highes class of HGV licence you can, then come to Australia. All you'd have to do is take a short holiday, and find a trucking company that is willing to sponsor you as a worker. If you can drive a Road Ranger gearbox, the rest is just getting used to an extra trailer. Western Australia is your best bet for finding truck driving work at the moment
@Bigb1114 YES.. especially when MOST of the "inland" North Central & Western roads.. are UNSEALED.. and basicly .. just one long series of RED mud holes - in the WET (monsoon season)
@bb12832 Scanias fall apart in Australia, they are ok on the main highway, but no good on rough roads, same as all European trucks. The American trucks are designed and made in Australia to suit the conditions here
@xtradry345 ...Man I have not seen anything like this, this is a train for the highway only in Australia could you see this. I know they would not let us do that in the U.S. all I can say is do it Mate.
@kidcoast777 If you want to see a different definition of "road trainn" look up "RTL-1;" an experiment in turning a Western Star Constellation into a locomotive on rails
ooh yeah brings back soo many memories of my dad who trucked most of Aus i treasure my childhood times of my travels with him singing along to slim n others geez i miss him! best father a girl could have.RIP Georgie
good one mate.. i remember days and nights up and down the hume pacific newell and bruce highways when we use to crank this song to the crank of the diesel engine.. it goes really really well when you get a good run across some flats and wind out the diesel up to 170km/hr and have this song with its beat and strum going with the motor..id recommend it in any safeish sorta stretch of road that drivers just give it to it and go when this song comes on..
@deficateonyamate ? OH well golly gosh .... me thinks U'd be lost for words - to see the guiness book of records raodtrain then .. it only had 16 or so trailers.. BUT it still moved .. about a 1/4 mile I think ... as it actually HAD to be able to pull all of them - for the record.
@deficateonyamate (oops that was a few yrs ago) The latest record was set on 18th February 2006 by Brisbane truckie John Atkinson with his Mack Titan truck.
After 6hrs assembling 113 trailers into a 1,474.3 metre long road train in 38 degree heat on a closed stretch of highway outside Clifton, Queensland, John got in his truck and drove his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. He did 140 metre in 50 seconds with nearly one-and-a-half kilometres of truck weighing more than 1300 tonnes!
prity much we do longer hours and us drives depanding on the fright have to help unload so basicaly dock and forklift but we split it up befor we go in to a main citty
@sleepybmw which is why some roadtrain CITY depots just have tractor crews waiting .. & they're there simply to tow the EXTRA road train "trailers" when they hit town .. (similar to a railway's de-marshelling yard eh?)
I can't imagine something more awesome than a road train. Just look at it: if single truck is the symbol of awesomness, then roadtrain is the awsomness, but multiplied! :D Fuck yeah!
@Wajlonis Um- I can - ..an actual train.. (after all - the Australian roadtrain - is simply a "quick_fix" truckies version - of a railway ... disappearing into the vast outback where the use of ordinary roads - is far simpler than the laying of thousands of miles of railways... and thus - the original ? QUICK_FIX ... is now the rule of thumb - for most outback regions...
I think we should ban all bikes,cars,buses and have only Trucks,4wds & V8's....cut down all the trees...and vote for the National party...What do you think?
i think if its just getting round locally we should all be doin it on horseback but further out and interstate yea truck,4wd,v8s sound good oh n leave the trees
america has had some real country singers but i aint sure if slim dusty hasnt beat them all? heck i thought america was country but slim dusty? wow!
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
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man i love the music never heard of slim dusty before.
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
man i love the music never heard of slim dusty before.
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
man i love the music never heard of slim dusty before.
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
@shaggyfeller didnt you hear him sing waltzing matilda at the sydney olympics ?
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@C906070 on you tube a week ago. but untill about a week ago id never heard of him. i love good old country music the crap they have nowdays is sick. when i drive with my newphew whos 15 yrs old, he be listening to some weirdass stuff. im like what in dasamhill is that it aint country you messed up pup, you change the station or you gonna hafta kick my ass punk, you think you can do it? .... he either changes it or shuts it off. slim dusty is as good as they got.
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
I love the music. I love the video.
Seattlecarnut 3 months ago
Love you my old boy (Dad)
kez51able 4 months ago
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man OF COURSE THERE ARE
jwserge 5 months ago
R.I.P slim dusty a man amongst insects
corykoori 5 months ago
Würd gern mal sehen wie sich der Verk-actros an so ne'm Roadtrain versucht......wäre sicher eine interessante Erfahrung für die Ingnieure aus Wörth :-))
Truckertotti 5 months ago
@Truckertotti kuhns du meihe aus deusth versteh? ich kuhn bieshul deusth. uash un vunderach ep du des versteh kuhns?
shaggyfeller 3 months ago
It looks like there are no reilwauys in Australia at all. True?
jwserge 6 months ago
@jwserge nar mate we have railways its only far out west they did those big long trailers.
andinando 5 months ago
@jwserge We have the biggest trains in the world, fact.
MsSloppyseconds 5 months ago
@jwserge XD WTF man OF COURSE THERE ARE
theredplumber 5 months ago
One of australias most loved performers.
lifeguide74 6 months ago
great!!!!
yozakuratube 9 months ago
saveongassitedotcom
MrCaromatic 9 months ago
im from Brasil, love music.. what name?? country
tascoc3 9 months ago
@tascoc3 The song is by Slim Dusty, an Australian country singer. If you want to find his early work, look up "Slim Dusty; Pub With No Beer"
Mechknight73 8 months ago
@tascoc3 Country Australia
zefer14 7 months ago
Those are some big ass trucks. LOL
thewulfone 10 months ago
Oh.......and RIP slim you made my childhood
bennyballbags2 10 months ago
Wen you pass one of these monsters at night it bloody nearly blows you off the road! When you follow one you really notice how much they move around!
They are more than just trucks, they are like a massive creature thats demands respect! It would take some serious concentration to drive one.
bennyballbags2 10 months ago
great song and thay are what you call trucks
colingreatrex 10 months ago
We drive 25m(82') B-doubles through the city and suburbes although we have to stick to approved routes or get some pretty hefty fines if caught off them.
mulnut 10 months ago
I LOVE THIS MUSIC
skinnyshit8888 11 months ago
@skinnyshit8888 Me too.
sqhschief 8 months ago
Impressive trucks aren't they? We call them semis (that's semee, not semii), B-doubles, and B-triples in Australia. Great song from a great Aussie. What an icon he was and a wonderful career. Slim deserved it.
paulkate72 11 months ago
WHAT ABOUT MR. NOEL TONES driver of Road Trains of Australia from Katherine.??
JOTAELEORO 11 months ago
GREAT FILM & I LOVED THE MUSIC & SONG .FANTASTIC. THANKS FOR SHARING
mytramplady 11 months ago
and to think people here in the states are complaining about 53 footers.
mkharahucmike 1 year ago
nobody gives a fuck about all that shit you're all going on about in the comments, just listen a good song and enjoy the photos of some nice rigs, that's all
silowhore 1 year ago
gostei sou motorista de rodo trens mas aqui no brasil,so vi os de 30metros,mas esses dai,muito bom,so queria saber se os motoristas desses ai,sao valorisados e respeitados que por aqui nao sao,nem valorizados e nem respeitados,grande abraços !!!
luciano2062 1 year ago
a bue en que pais usan tantos acoplados xq aki en argentina los camiones usan 2 numas nose permite mas xD
senteyxD 1 year ago
really crazy!!!!!!!!
11furioso 1 year ago
R.I.P Slim Dusty, legend. Bless all Aussie truck drivers may the lord be with you.
TheMrTruckin 1 year ago
don't have to worry bout hiting roos, they go splat.... keep ya eye out for cattle n camels. they ain't fun to hit
rumpig300 1 year ago
proud to be an aussie! :)
maddogg855 1 year ago
I love Slim Dusty.
My old man loves him too.
R.I.P. legend.
Jellybeantiger 1 year ago
roll on 18 wheeler. lol
rodeospinks09 1 year ago
love this song
49sharyn 1 year ago
Gotta love the Northern Territories Road Trains haha
Aussie Aussie Aussie!
TeutonicMonkey 1 year ago
53.5 Meters...That's about 174-feet!!! That's a LONG truck kids!! The longest legal truck in the USA is 65-feet overall length!!! (Occasionally special permits are issued for longr lenghths than this, but 65-ft is the normal limit on US highways)
By the way, I like this song!!
JGMagoo 1 year ago
This all seems very dangerous.
fizzybrasil 1 year ago
@fizzybrasil perfectly fine if your the only person on the road for 10 miles and your not stupid enough to try and go more than 40mph.
Just remember when your on the road. Semis may have 18+ wheels but that doesn't mean they can stop 4x better.
SpecialKLSX 1 year ago
@SpecialKLSX
Mate, the country is big, and barren, enough in the middle bits. Try thousands of miles.
Only thing to look out for are the animals. Fancy hitting a Kangaroo at full speed?
malayrojak 1 year ago
@malayrojak lol I've had a few deer think they need to dart out in front of me. Though nothing the weight of a Kangaroo by my estimate.
SpecialKLSX 1 year ago
@SpecialKLSX you're so right some here in aus has 86 wheels and weighs almost 200 tonnes fully loaded they aint stoppin in a hurry
chrisso011 6 months ago
this is a brilliant death song. I hope someone will upload the original film clip to this song as it brilliantly accompanies this song.
TheDynamogirl 1 year ago
I'v come here - same reason I'm wandering across ALL the other AUDIO commented videos here..
To remove (yes.. I will remove) MY OWN COMMENTS .. that have been - over the years .. sucked out of me .. in response to ignorant twats .. whom just wanted to argue
QUIX4U 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
thank the government for the new rules coming out to keep trucks in the left lane, lets hope they fully enforce the fines!
fj1764 1 year ago
small vehicle
haggiss39 1 year ago
A LA MEMIORE DE SLIM THE KING / VIVRE THE KING DUSTY :)))
ANDRE / FROM HUNGARY
andre6649 1 year ago
Looks like Kenworths and Stars to me,cool.
Smith20106 1 year ago
absolutley fantasic
Flamable85 1 year ago
Great song by our one and only Slim the King !
australianfan 1 year ago
This is a real wonderful song, I hear it every day. Slim is soooo great.
OldRottenDingo 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U They are good, the law requires them to drop one trailer and drive with a maximum of 2 trailers around town. I live in a city, they drive to the port in traffic.
zefer14 1 year ago
@zefer14 Aye .. but honestly .. (of every trucker - whom long hauls .. multiple trailers).. After travelling hundreds of miles SAFELY .. the only barrier .. to them hauling that many trailers in town .. are but two .. the tighness of city intersectioncorners .. and DAFT city drivers .. (whom dumbly "cut" & run INSIDE the turning arc .. of the all those trailers)
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U In Townsville the city intersections are very wide. You should see the trucks carrying the giant mining equipment. Now that takes great skill.
zefer14 1 year ago
@QUIX4U think about the size of Nz compared to Aus the long hauls i do are like driving from one end of nz to the other and thats just an interstate trip and as for the zig zag road yes it is a challenge but you obviously have never seen or driven any of the b double or b triple routes in aus . But you can have your glory just hope that you one day get to drive a truck on a real haul then you may fathem how wrong you are about Aussie truckers
EarthmoversDownUnder 1 year ago
@EarthmoversDownUnder ? Where on earth .. did U get that assumption from (READ MY COMMENTS .. ? And then - maybe you will actually see.. THAT I BELIEVE that truckies .. are probably the SAFEST DRIVERS .. on the roads.. (otherwise .. why would I suggest - 2months ago - to PUT all car drivers .. in BARRIER PROTECTED LANES .. (so that they can dodgem bash their way along ...?) AND then let ALL truckers .. free access to all OTHER ROADS.. Surely U aren't saying I GOT THAT WRONG? I hate car drivers.
QUIX4U 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
Slim at his best .
AishaBad 1 year ago
Three trailers is legal on main roads, they have gone longer on dirt roads, you can have two trailers to the northern side of Adelaide, main city of Sth Australia
warrensavage 1 year ago
Love it!
MsJazzabelle 1 year ago
I hope I see a road train on my way to Colorado from Michigan. With so much ground to cover, I'd be suprised if I didn't!
artistdeterminedmsv 1 year ago
I have driven the Louisville at 2:57.
Not a bad truck to drive.
Daniel140375 1 year ago
I'm hearing this song every day. At home or in the car. Slim got the right Australian feeling. I love it very much. Yes, I'm missing him very much. In my brain I'm very close to him.
OldRottenDingo 1 year ago
is there a maximum length / trailer number?
bangskeetband 1 year ago
@bangskeetband Depends on the road and the permit lol
Mechknight73 1 year ago
Super pociągi drogowe , i w ogóle odjazdowo!
oldi0s 1 year ago
fj1764.........and im bloody well sick of cars sitting on 70klm in the outside lanes of freeways....get a life u fuckwit.........without trucks australia stops
roadrebel1 1 year ago
@roadrebel1 With out trucks everyone stops, thats the way the world moves now mate
lertez 1 year ago
@lertez that holds true here in the states as well (mate) but they never will understand.
starsandbarsforever 1 year ago
i would love to go drive those trucks to australia :)
eskon12345 1 year ago
I love this song, Slim is wonderful.
OldRottenDingo 1 year ago
We DO OWN THE ROAD,fuckhead, stay out of our (trucks way) or weel run ya down
redfoxyvixen 1 year ago
John Lewis would be proud to see one of his road trains in this vid......
fixitdude74 1 year ago
what song name
Fermeris131 1 year ago
@Fermeris131 light on the hill by Slim Dusty
senda2009 1 year ago
@Fermeris131 lights**
senda2009 1 year ago
Simply wonderful. Slim please come back.
OldRottenDingo 1 year ago
seriously people....... over youtube chats? do you people have nothing better to do than fight over fucking youtube!?!?!?!? it just amazes me that people really do that.
JustinP315 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
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what's up with the country fucking gay white man music
RadiantArtist 1 year ago
@RadiantArtist because it goes with the trucks you dumb cunt!!!
MegaEDDIE69 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U Nope just one acre, preferably with really hard packed terrain.
Mechknight73 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U I'm Australian, and I'm not that familiar with country music. I thought you were actually talking about how much room you need to turn a road train around
Mechknight73 1 year ago
@Mechknight73 As I messaged - so is the song .. But replied here - for everyone elses info too... BIG DAVE & the TENNESSEE TAILGATERS .. 1976 ... Gimme Forty Acres .. - on HITS for a TRUCK DRIVING MAN (including Convoy) re-produced in NZ by Music For Leisure .. 1976 ...Compact Cassette Tape - (P) TSC- 671
QUIX4U 1 year ago
Shame trucking isn't what it used to be in America.
RocketMaster2 1 year ago
@RocketMaster2 Agreed. I mean, they're still there and all, but it's more of a shadow 'cause people take both our Railroad system and our Trucking industry for granted.
SwampDaddy7 1 year ago
@SwampDaddy7 Yes.. and then complain when it all stops too .. dam but some are just never satisfied.. over here in NZ.. we call them another name... Like .. they'd scream if their arses were on fire & scream twice as loud.. if someone pssd'on them - to put it out?
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U I know, right? Some knuckleheads just don't get it.
SwampDaddy7 1 year ago
@QUIX4U Seems to me that some people just don't get it no matter where you are.
SwampDaddy7 1 year ago
@SwampDaddy7 Same with young American's attitude of- WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO JAYWALK onrailway lines & gona sue & stab anyone that says we can't.
One that was killed- TRESPASSING "behind" industrial buildings, doing whatever illegal mischief with his cousin - at 5-15AM ...?
When a "passing" train splattered his arse & killed him.
Yes- 5-15 - in the morning.!
Poosbly its those - MUM "only" families- that creates daft youngsters (today) & whom get NONE of the swift kicks, (that we got)
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@QUIX4U Exactly what I'm talkin' about. I mean sure America is the land of the free (I'm from the US), but that doesn't mean people have the right to be that stupid. I mean come on. You play with fire, you get burned. You mess around on a railroad track, then you best make double-damn sure that the train ain't gonna come past.
SwampDaddy7 1 year ago
fuck you fj1764. without trucks australia stops mate. youd have nothing. how you think your food n clothes n shit get to where you buy em? by fucking trucks. you un australian cunt
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i cant wait for the day all these very dangerous trucks are kept in the left lane and are speed limited to 50kmh all over australia no matter what type of road they are on. Enouogh is enough. People are sick of road hog truck drivers!
fj1764 1 year ago
@fj1764 your a fuckwit fj1764 people are sick of do goodin cunts like you you people fuck this country. with out trucks australia stops.
mantralad 1 year ago
@fj1764 What people? surely you talk of DUMB city folk who've never stepped out their BACK DOOR (so to speak) ? Genuine Australian OUTBACK people know that without these beheamoths on the roads- NOTHING would get their stock to market, & there'd be some five to ten TIMES as many smaller trucks (doing faster speeds) for you silly wee city folk to contend with. (ME - I'm from NZ.. but would prefer to see a few of these... rather than 1,000's of FAST wee trucks?
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@fj1764 Only a city based moron would say something like this. Trucks are the lifeblood of the country. Without road trains carry the vast majority of what travels interstate and around the state, we'd be up to our necks in it. What do you suggest, spend billions on rail? Transport everything by ship and be at the mercy of the weather?
Mechknight73 1 year ago
@fj1764 you must be a city dwelling mushroom living in the dark getting fed a lot of bullshit Australia is a BIG country once you get west of the great dividing range. Picture driving sydney to Perth at 50kmh its over 4000km each way & not driving more than the time allowed in your log book each week ARE YOU INSANE
alby1o1 1 year ago
@alby1o1 all trucks should be kept in the furthest most left lanes in OUR cities, im sick of trucks everyday climbing up the westgate bridge in every fukn lane like huge hogs. Trucks are the problem on our roads and they need to be put in line
fj1764 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
@fj1764 Actually - ? I'm for a different approach .. shove all CARS - into a few lanes - complete with really high concrete barrier walls ... and let the truckies have access (sole access) to the motorways ...
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@fj1764 Oh good.!And then - of course .. YOU won't mind paying the exorbatant excessives .. on FREIGHT DELAYED TIMES.. plus the EXTRA COST .. of having several "days qworth of LABOUR COSTS .. added to your ONE BAG OF LOLLIES.. hahah - i can see you now .. sitting dumbly somewhere outback .. with 100grams of sweets ... wondering WHY? Why the $AU3,000 surplus .. FRIEGHT CHARGE .. on that 50c bag
QUIX4U 1 year ago
road trains are limited to 53 meters when using public roads. but for mining company's with lots of private roads they are able to have any length of train they deem safe. which is why you get these 7-10 trailer trains.
the largest road train ive ever personally seen was only a 3 trailer sheep transport train 3 hours east of perth. they are still a sight to see none the less.
Goobers200 1 year ago
makes me proud to be an aussie. keep on truckin
shuffle5555 1 year ago
Run'en triple's and Quods is the norm up top and down the guts.. Doubles most every where else and singles. Keep it safe boy's & Girl's. Rod
TheWaggaBloke 1 year ago
this just blew my mind. the most ive seen on a truck was three trailers up in portland. all i know is three mid size trailers can be a bitch. you guys fuckin rock.
Canto831 1 year ago
Most I've seen in Canada is 3 trailers.
777shaitan666 1 year ago
in the Netherlands this can never happen,lol. But u guys in Australie still have a lot of free space. I love to see these train for real sometime.
TailsProduktions 1 year ago
I'm from America(New York to be specific) and its illegal to drive more then doubles here. I would have a hard on seeing one of these coming down the road. I all I have to say is you Australians are fuckin nuts(I don't mean that in a bad way). What I'm saying is that I wish my balls were half the size of yours. Awesome video.
19thaman79 1 year ago
@19thaman79 Head to the north of Australia, and you'll see on some mine haul roads, road trains sometimes pulling four trailers. The crazier ones have been known to sometime pull more.......
Mechknight73 1 year ago
I've driven trucks in New Zealand, USA, UK, Europe and Australia. I now drive a Kenworth T908 Roadtrain from Perth to Brisbane every week and it's good to see a collection of big boy's toys on this video. " The song is about a trucker's demise in nasty weather and "lights on the hill", is a Permanent memorial that has been send up in New South Wales state to all of those men and women who have given their lives in the road transport industry of Australia.
Thanks from one of the many out there.
johnparkimp3 1 year ago
@johnparkimp3 Perth to Brisbane ? thats a long way.. how long it takes to get from one to another ? im just wonderin' , how often do you take breaks ?
keep on truckin'!
taslaponthu 1 year ago
@taslaponthu My journey from Perth to Brisbane with two drivers sharing the driving, takes roughly about 45 hours if towing a "B Double" or about 50 to 55 hours if hauling a Roadtrain. Roadtrains are limited to 90kph in SA, NSW and QLD but 100kph in good ole WA. The Roadtrain route to Brisbane takes you through Outback NSW via Bourke. We do 6 hour shifts. Loaded up and trucking!
johnparkimp3 1 year ago
@taslaponthu 2239 miles/3604 kilometers !thats what google says! oh, man! wish i could be a truck driver in AUS! Im in UK working with a 18T DAF. small ! compared to your truck . haha.. The Bigger the Better !
I always say..
God Bless Truck Drivers!
taslaponthu 1 year ago
@taslaponthu Upgrade to the highes class of HGV licence you can, then come to Australia. All you'd have to do is take a short holiday, and find a trucking company that is willing to sponsor you as a worker. If you can drive a Road Ranger gearbox, the rest is just getting used to an extra trailer. Western Australia is your best bet for finding truck driving work at the moment
Mechknight73 1 year ago
Love it and i love roadtrains
wiggy1206 1 year ago
Love it and i love roadtrains
wiggy1206 1 year ago
I like it very much
OldRottenDingo 1 year ago
apparently they can drive in australia
Bigb1114 1 year ago
@Bigb1114 YES.. especially when MOST of the "inland" North Central & Western roads.. are UNSEALED.. and basicly .. just one long series of RED mud holes - in the WET (monsoon season)
QUIX4U 1 year ago
So ein Ding würde ich gerne mal fahren....
RobinRenitent 1 year ago
I'm American and I want to see road trains before I get old. It would be super cool to ride in one for a day.
gruvens 1 year ago
@gruvens Can you drive an 18-wheeler? If you can, and you can make some arrangements, they're always on the lookout for drivers
Mechknight73 1 year ago
RIP Slim
veritywroe 1 year ago
what happens when a blow out spreads somewhere? Scarey...
DoobieTime99 1 year ago
Love It.. My husband is log truck driving as we speak, I used to pull trains here in Canada, but I know we'd LOVE IT !!!
DoobieTime99 1 year ago
Are there dangerous mountains in Australia (up to 3 times tight) as here in Mexico?
ANGERY20021980 1 year ago
Only in the south, most of Australia is fairly flat and very dry.
moistie 1 year ago
thats so cool! Awsome! Looooong big trucks! But in sweden, we have bigger and better trucks! Scania! bulit for driving om ice, snow and bad roads!
bb12832 1 year ago
hey mate in aussie they got kenworth the best fr more than 60 years ...cant argue that
Zippy19891 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
@bb12832 Scanias fall apart in Australia, they are ok on the main highway, but no good on rough roads, same as all European trucks. The American trucks are designed and made in Australia to suit the conditions here
gedebage 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
Agreed
narcarsiss 1 year ago
I think that this makes every Australian proud of who we are and what every good old school Aussie is made from!!!
xtradry345 1 year ago
@xtradry345 ...Man I have not seen anything like this, this is a train for the highway only in Australia could you see this. I know they would not let us do that in the U.S. all I can say is do it Mate.
kidcoast777 1 year ago
@kidcoast777 If you want to see a different definition of "road trainn" look up "RTL-1;" an experiment in turning a Western Star Constellation into a locomotive on rails
Mechknight73 1 year ago
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QUIX4U 1 year ago
Love it very much, strong heart beating. Great as always from Slim.
OldRottenDingo 2 years ago
nice vid mate i wanna get into the roadtrains but no one wants to giv me a go lol o well ill keep tryn tho awsome vid bud
mrgtir09 2 years ago
ooh yeah brings back soo many memories of my dad who trucked most of Aus i treasure my childhood times of my travels with him singing along to slim n others geez i miss him! best father a girl could have.RIP Georgie
triumph66500 2 years ago
Rip. x
0116me 2 years ago
@0116me thankyou i appreciate it was just having a moment
triumph66500 2 years ago
good one mate.. i remember days and nights up and down the hume pacific newell and bruce highways when we use to crank this song to the crank of the diesel engine.. it goes really really well when you get a good run across some flats and wind out the diesel up to 170km/hr and have this song with its beat and strum going with the motor..id recommend it in any safeish sorta stretch of road that drivers just give it to it and go when this song comes on..
84krystel 2 years ago
fuckin hell mate
deficateonyamate 2 years ago
@deficateonyamate ? OH well golly gosh .... me thinks U'd be lost for words - to see the guiness book of records raodtrain then .. it only had 16 or so trailers.. BUT it still moved .. about a 1/4 mile I think ... as it actually HAD to be able to pull all of them - for the record.
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@deficateonyamate (oops that was a few yrs ago) The latest record was set on 18th February 2006 by Brisbane truckie John Atkinson with his Mack Titan truck.
After 6hrs assembling 113 trailers into a 1,474.3 metre long road train in 38 degree heat on a closed stretch of highway outside Clifton, Queensland, John got in his truck and drove his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. He did 140 metre in 50 seconds with nearly one-and-a-half kilometres of truck weighing more than 1300 tonnes!
QUIX4U 1 year ago
awesome slide show n song mr tibbs keep em comin!
woody71130 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
FUCK!!! another slide show with shitty music
5000names 2 years ago
@5000names well youre here watching it wanker
mongrellguts 2 years ago
your here watching it you fuck wit
leighgoldcoast 2 years ago
get the sand outta yer crotch n shut up bitch. if ya dont like it fuckin move on
woody71130 2 years ago
how to they unload those trailer ? the same way like doubles and triples in the US
ivo98 2 years ago
prity much we do longer hours and us drives depanding on the fright have to help unload so basicaly dock and forklift but we split it up befor we go in to a main citty
sleepybmw 2 years ago
@sleepybmw which is why some roadtrain CITY depots just have tractor crews waiting .. & they're there simply to tow the EXTRA road train "trailers" when they hit town .. (similar to a railway's de-marshelling yard eh?)
QUIX4U 1 year ago
My favorite Slim Dusty-song, thank You!
RIP, Slim.
R. from Germany
INUIT3333 2 years ago
u hippies need 2 get a life!! road trains rule and this is slim dusty singin sooo shup!!! respect
westnblu 2 years ago
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peterl44 2 years ago
I can't imagine something more awesome than a road train. Just look at it: if single truck is the symbol of awesomness, then roadtrain is the awsomness, but multiplied! :D Fuck yeah!
Wajlonis 2 years ago
@Wajlonis Um- I can - ..an actual train.. (after all - the Australian roadtrain - is simply a "quick_fix" truckies version - of a railway ... disappearing into the vast outback where the use of ordinary roads - is far simpler than the laying of thousands of miles of railways... and thus - the original ? QUICK_FIX ... is now the rule of thumb - for most outback regions...
QUIX4U 1 year ago
@ Peterl44
That is a hard question. But in case to save the planet I think the whole human race must been destroyed. But that we dont wont, of course.
OldRottenDingo 2 years ago
@Peterl44
Sorry, I dont agree with you.
OldRottenDingo 2 years ago
well what do you think we should do to save the planet...
peterl44 2 years ago
@ Battery
Because the country is very huge and we would loose flexibilty.
OldRottenDingo 2 years ago
I think we should ban all bikes,cars,buses and have only Trucks,4wds & V8's....cut down all the trees...and vote for the National party...What do you think?
peterl44 2 years ago
i think if its just getting round locally we should all be doin it on horseback but further out and interstate yea truck,4wd,v8s sound good oh n leave the trees
papahet1889 2 years ago