Heavy Haulage Australia - 550 ton Gross Toowoomba Range

Here are some more pics of the HHA boys in action - this time with the help of the boys from Barnes Auto with their two big tow trucks - combined horsepower for this move was in excess of 3500hp - the range was defeated in less than 25 minutes total climb..... well done to all invloved - for yet a massive move....

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Toowoomba
• Range
• Heavy
• Haulage
• Oversize
• Massive
• Kenworth
• Scania

[lordtaw]

Depends on the terrain. One truck is not pulling that load up a steep grade. Even large haul tractors like the Mack M45 can only pull so much before drive axle traction becomes a huge issue. The Mack M100 was rated to pull 1000 tons but eventually a grade will present a problem. Also road conditions play a role as well, are you always going to be on a paved road?

Next time, please think before you speak. Finland isn't the land of magical trucks.

[ipdaily6]

yeah thats the toowoomba range, 10- 12 % grade with some nasty cambered corners all down it, traction can be an issue going uphill in the rain around a some of the corners. general rule of thumb is more horsepower the better cause once ya stop or miss a gear change you wont get started again its too steep. i reckon they would use all those trucks for their engine brakes to control it on the steep downhill....

[33deebee]

This video is taken at the topgoing through town, the range is insane, every day trucks get stuck ( clutch damage, broken tail shafts etc), in 2004 they brought a load up to the power station, it was the biggest ever moved in Australia, it got stuck halfway up the range & was there for over a week, even before they got to the range they had big problems, it sank through the highway surface & struggled to pull over the earth surface. I will find pics I took & post with a link.

[emccolly]

That slammed twin-steer cab-over pushing is tits

[GayBoyRunning]

@shereboi thats not flat ground there is a tiny up hill on that road

[RODALCO2007]

Awesome trucks

[shereboi]

@jetengine7 yeah i dont care really mate. im talking about one truck pulling this load and also stopping with the loaded trailer. im sure a truck could pull over 550 tons but not over hills and shit, only on flat ground.

[a8127]

@lordtaw  I can assure you all those truck have clutches

[plowking883]

how close was it to hittin the sign?

[lordtaw]

@cromboldWVU Although 1000 tons sounds like a bit of a stretch, the M100 hauls 100 tons on its back off road. A tractor when properly ballasted could easily pull 10 times its gross capacity. I am not suggesting one truck *should* be used to solo such a load but rather it technically could.

The moron below: dowdell25 has ZERO technical knowledge of trucks. BIG heavy haulers don't have clutches as they would most likely have a monster Allison or a Clark Power Shift transmission.

[dowdell25]

Jetengine7. They can't fuckin pull over 1000 tonnes what are u a retard most heavy haulage trucks are rated to 130 tonne that is y they are doing a push pull tow with 4 or 5 more trucks. If you have 1000 tonne on the truck wouldn't even move it would just burn the clutch or stall so get ur facts right first dick head