Australian Roadtrain

[Doc Tinker]

What would you say if you saw one of these rolling by you on the eway?



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[Doc Tinker]

Check out the dual air intakes on this one



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[Doc Tinker]

Here's a little story written by an Australian Roadtrain Trucker





www.inselfdefense.net/photosroadtrain/page3.htm

 

[work2muchplay2little]

Very interesting, thanks Doc. That last rig has 110 wheels

 

[EMDDIESEL]

Thats got to be brutal on the clutch for those rigs.

 

[CROW]

Very interesting. Just can't imagine all that weight being towed by a truck, how do they ever keep them together? Wonder if a road train tractor will last as long as a truck in the U. S. I think a somewhat detailed article on these road trains would be excellent for the TDR. If they can pull all that weight, what type of engines, transmissions (sure it is an Allison), rear ends, etc. , do they have?

 

[_MACKIN]

WOW !!!!!!

Look at the RANCH HAND on that truck..... Their not stopping for anything once it's rolling ..... Cats,dogs,kangaroo,jeeps,or an entire villiage,grass huts and all..... Beep Beep get out of the way... ...



MAC

 

[Whitmore]

I would say the odds of getting a flat tire had greatly increased:{

 

[illflem]

I see triples running on the Montana Interstates all the time, but it's light stuff like mail and UPS.

 

[Deezul1]

Thanks Doc those are cool pics, been looking for some pics of those road trains for a while.

 

[Texas Diesel]

Re: WOW !!!!!!

Originally posted by MACKIN

Look at the RANCH HAND on that truck..... Their not stopping for anything once it's rolling ..... Cats,dogs,kangaroo,jeeps,or an entire villiage,grass huts and all..... Beep Beep get out of the way... ...



MAC

Excellent! hahaha

 

[nickleinonen]

biggest road train. cummins powered

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/bin/membership/suspended?member_name=kingsley-foreman



the site seems to be down right now... but if this is the one that is the same as the poster that i saw at school. . this one is

 

[R.ebel]

Heavy duty windshield

Check out the reinforced windshield on the tanker in the second picture

 

[Doc Tinker]

From what I've read... these guys run 65 mph over 90% dirt/gravel roads and yes. . they don't stop for roos or any other animals. Some roads are badly washboarded for miles, where they drive 15 mph for hours.





Doc

 

[drees1]

According to the Rotella ads, they can gross 190,000 without permits, where we typically gross 80,000 here. Some have pusher engines on the trailer too. I think the biggest Cummins road train has a pusher engine on one of the trailers.



Great pics