Australian Roadtrains

[Djshoorav]

cant be a pilot...but can be a roadtrain driver...YES! life still has hope

[nodrogriew]

I would love to have a go driving these beauties

[JOTAELEORO]

WHAT ABOUT MR. NOEL TONES driver  of Road Trains of Australia from Katherine.??

[scania480]

How long and how heavy is a road train? In Sweden we have 24-25 meters and 60tons as standard length and weight.

[gedebage]

@scania480 Hi, B-doubles max length is 25 metres, Roadtrains max is 53.5 metres. The weight depends on the amount of axles you have. You will see some tri-drive prime movers ( tractors) here. Loads of 150 tonnes gross is not uncommon on a full length roadtrain.

[mazda3issexy]

A lot are using CNG these days

[laurentiu1790]

it,s easy

[ashsue99]

well i am here in queensland an english man working downunder and yes the buggers are big but dam fast to, as i drive to work at 4-30 am i get my doors blown off the old toyota by the b dubbles all clocking over 130 kmh thay drive round the clock no tachograph to limit them and the road death toll out here is herendous the amount of trucks that overturn and catch fire is bad trust me thay ant so cool when its pissing down and they are trying to push you up the freeway and wont slow down

[rezek71]

Are these trucks left-hand drive?

[mazda3issexy]

@rezek71 yup

[Mechknight73]

@rezek71 Unless they're some kind of special purpose truck e.g. garbage truck, street sweeper, Australian vehicles are right hand drive. Have been since there were cars on the roads here. If you import something that's LHD, that's more than 25 years old, there's no requirement to convert it

[leapoffaith20]

@rezek71 No, they're right hand drive, Australia drives on the left so the steering wheel is on the right.

[leapoffaith20]

Arrgh! I've been looking for this song for years, does anybody know what its called?

[Daniel140375]

The song's called "Classical Gas"

[lucasracingteam1304]

these are the beauty sites of trucking in "down under"! The european trucks are toys!

[asifakc69]

is it safe to drive night n day continuous means thieves robbers animals and is it have fuel and hotels facilities

[Disco58]

That sounds like the MAson Williams version from '70 off his album. The version we generally hear with the horns in the middle is from a live recording. And as an aside, Eric Clapton didn't record a version of Classical Gas, ever, it's just a rumor.

[Disco58]

I was also wondering about the roads/highways. Are they predominantly two-lane like this, or are these just rural roads like we have here? I used to absolutely hate getting stuck on two-lane roads--too damn slow and you always get stuck behind some farmer or old woman with nowhere to go and all day to get there. Get me back out on the four-lane, set the cruise at 70 and go. I'm glad I'm not trucking anymore though; even here that's one job I don't miss.

[FlamingoTel]

@Disco58

In western australia, north of perth at least, basically all roads between cities are two lane. With an occasional overtaking lane, but nowhere near enough. It's not uncommon to be stuck behind a truck for over 100km for half your trip.

[8590edward]

it'd be kinda hard to get those long ass trucks in mcdonalds or burger king.........

[Hingey23]

Great video Dingo :)

Is that music instrumental from Classical Gas?

[18WoSHaulinCrew]

lol that star and 904 did little beeps, you'd expect them to roar the air horns all the way past

[NTC335]

萌え☆

[trucker765]

Hope they don't get a flat tire, That would suck!!!

[hiddengen]

good filming. really nice

[KYLEMORICE]

that is nice playing man five stars

[wiccianway]

loved the shot of the truck hauling half ton bales and ton bales how many cuts of hay will you guys get?

[calvinps]

Is two trailers the maximum roadtrain length in Australia?

[WolleTD]

i even saw a picture von a road train with 6 trailers...

[paulderbyshire1919]

no they tow up to 7 trailers in the outback, usually with a power trailer halfway along so like the 3rd or 4th trailer has an engine on it. roughly 1200hp

[mazda3issexy]

@paulderbyshire1919 I've heard 1400 hp on CNG

[TARBABY71]

5 trailers,,, 6 including the Dolly was the biggest Ive driven in Central Qld,, and also the biggest i saw. I will be driving in the NT early next year,,, Tri drive,, Quad ,, Tri dolly,, Quad,, Tri Dolly,, then Quad Quad Bdouble.

[mazda3issexy]

@calvinps no. I've seen 6

[brenics77]

why do they seem to like A-trains instead of B-trains? (do they still call them A-trains as they seem to have changed the A shaped coupling to a straight bar. thanks

[1pinchipendejo]

Triples is about the most you can pull in the US but that is only in certain states. Otherwise, doubles is your limit. In Europe, you can't even pull doubles! Too many points of articulation for their roads and too long. I envy the Australians for their road trains and scenery.

[mascotedoido]

Ohhh...beutiful song..nice video...who plays this music? thanks...

[frequentfiler]

It's Yank, I think it's called Classical Gas by Mason Williams? From the 60's...

[mascotedoido]

thank you for answer....

[Rockhobbit99]

It is Classical Gas, but it's Eric Clapton's Acoustic version ;)

[Tidersexual]

Beautiful as Terry Tibbs would say

[SteveCarras]

Hey, how many speeds do those use..including the rear end..many trucks, evne here in USA aorund 1948 had to use two sticks and a two or three speed rear and even today a fifteen or eighteen speeder for the largest (mentioned here in the case of midwestern ones which use three trailers-one semi and two "pups") might be mated to a five speed ws/two speed rear ends..15x5x2=57x2=150 and 18x5x2=18x5=90=x=180!! How many in Australia, mate..?

[andykins118118]

The largest truck I've ever seen was carrying something from a space station or something in florida, it had 2 trailers spanned by a gigantic pillar-like thing. 3 times as long as a normal truck's trailer

[bigredmonstatruck]

Portagutta, where double turn to triples! I love the red hills and salt lakes around there and the water looks so crazy there coming down to the Port Pirie intersection out of the hills. The bridge there is also on the start of Wolf Creek

[ronthecyborg]

I told myself that, before I die, I'd visit Australia just to see how much these road trains put our US trucks to shame.

The drivers there seem so friendly, too.

[mazda3issexy]

@ronthecyborg me to!

[gzwbyc]

I thought that trucks that long had to use Yorkeys Crossing and not the main bridge.

[kevo201]

i was mad that i never saw a road trian while i was there in auss in april

[drumbasher]

Watching this, and other Road Train videos has shown me that we American truckers are spoiled rotten. We get asphalt and one long trailer, or two short ones. And I'll admit, when I'm at 80,000 lbs. and I get choked down in a pull, I get a little discouraged. So I can't imagine pulling three or four trailers on a dirt road going up a hill. I give full respect to these guys.

[titmushman]

i wonder if every axcle sterred what it would be like lol

[thescarybox]

must have to make really wide turns. o_O

[kiteLe06]

holy man, i can only imagine what it must take to bring one of these beasts to a stop

[carlocardillo]

sure it would be no different than any truck.

[kiteLe06]

i figure with the extra trailers it would need a super heavy duty jake brake or massive wheel brakes

[carlocardillo]

but do all the trailers not have disc brakes and abs anyway

[kiteLe06]

yes. they do, i just thought that those normal disc brakes even with ABS couldnt take the extra load pushing on them

[baldymp3]

no they dont actually, majority still run drum brakes and im not 100% sure but as far as i know none of the trailers have ABS, only the prime mover.

[FesteringCorpse]

Many trailers these days have ABS, but as far as I know, yeah, just drum brakes.

[caleb505]

gotta love them Aussie trucks

[nerrvous]

Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas name of song :)

[jo5567]

wat's the name of the song?

[kesskenworth]

when i was a boy the bridge behind that in the video was the only bridge. then they built this new one if that is Port Agusta?

Great vidio my father use to drive use down to Adelaide but thats another story.

[cnrailman2]

hauling two trailers is old, started here in Ontario Canada back in the 7o's in Quebec Canada, they haul 2 53 footers, I think limit here in Ontario is over all 120 feet long.

[TRACTORBOYZRULE]

Great Video mate i wish we had some trucks like that over here in Suffolk,England!!

[fulltilt600cat]

AWSOME!!! Thats showin the YANKS how us AUSSIES do it BIG!!!!

[gm16v149]

Nice shots

[sk82cre8]

that old ltl still draggin 2 trailers around

[DJBeckStar]

that was just awesome... i loved the background music too. i am from port augusta and now living in darwin. my father beind a truckie his whole life is the reason i have a love for trucks...travelled all over australia with him by the time i was 5... cheers once again...

[rubs1389]

Awsome video. All those drivers are my heros..*tear*

[BNSFBJ]

Thats some serious haulin mate!!!!!!!

Kooool how some of the guys tooted at yah!!!!

I guess they like to be videotaped.....showing off for the tube!!!!lol

[rigjockey423]

that is one slick video keep up the good work

[badrce]

good stuff

[HighwayHank1]

Great video! Nicely done!

[ozstickman]

Good work. I nearly got to do a run to Port Licoln last week which isnt far from there. I always have a smoko break just out of port Ausgusta where you have the Darwin turnoff and watch the trucks for a bit. Shinny side up!

[kenworthaus]

great video mate great work with the camera top stuff