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And don't forget the skills of bus drivers who deliver tourists to their destination throughout Europe.
The narrow streets they encounter in countries such as Italy, Spain and Greece are often incredible
for delivering passengers to their hotel.
I'm with you mate. I would love to drive these amazing big rigs. However, city drivers have to negotiate amazingly tight turns, time restrictions and load/offload spaces, and Aussie long distance drivers literally have to be mechanics, diesel engineers and trouble shooting geniuses. Such an undervalued profession.
The long distance stuff looks like such a different ballgame.
i have a few more years till i can get my HGV 😅
You're not wrong about outback trucking being on a whole different level for those reasons, most people don't even think about anything other than the loneliness, dust, and flies, but sometimes the right people appreciate it. My son is a truckie, did his first several years in the outback where he grew up as a kid, went to Sydney for a holiday and got offered a good cushy job there and decided to take it. One day not so long ago, as he was heading back to base to knock off for the day his truck broke down not too terribly far from base, he called it in and was told he'd have to sit and wait several hours for a call out mechanic to get to him. Being salaried he wasn't going to be getting overtime for sitting around and his hours for the day were almost up, so he decided stuff that, out came the outback fixit kit. Half an hour later he limped the truck into base. His boss was astounded and asked how the hell he managed it, so he showed him... whatever was broken was held together with a heap of cable ties and duct tape, but he was able to knock off on time, the truck was where it was meant to be on time, and the company mechanic could fix it at the base instead of the boss having to pay for a call out mechanic, everyone was happy. The boss had never seen any of his other driver do that before, their other city drivers the company has wouldn't have been able to do it. His boss is rapidly coming to understand the value of a real truckie. When my son viciously swore at a Karen type customer he got away with it... his boss just laughed and said, "Wow. I've employed a real Aussie truckie, that's such a nice change. Get back to work." 🤣
That low trailer with the oversize load needs a re-design, put in a hydraulic lift system, maybe some rear wheels that can steer.
My dad was a truckie for years, he had those out of this world skills. RIP Dad.
Now he shows his skills on a higher level...god bless👍
6:00
Truck: "They told me I can be anything. So I became a train."
Regarding respect for truck drivers: Remember! When driving, if you can't see their side mirrors, they can't see you. Stay back. Don't tail gate.
You can tailgate a truck all you want, its not the truck that get the damage, if there is an accident, on the other hand, DONT cut in front of a truck. They weigh way more than you do, but their breaks are not equally as good as yours.
Respect for truck drivers is rare
I have started watching "Outback Truckers", there are no service stations out there, nor helpful neighbours! These guys are true Australian heroes!! 👍😯👏
Now I also know why the short Euro Trucks are advantageous
The contrast with the EU truck U-turn followed by the US truck struggling with a 90 degree turn. That EU truck driver would have made that 90 degree turn without need of any backing up.
A Truck in Dunedin has a picture of a baby on the back of the box trailer and the caption of " THE ONLY THING NOT DELIVERED BY TRUCK"
Props to the driver of that first clip from the US, but imagine how much easier that manouver would have been had he been driving a European style cabover truck instead, the total length of truck + trailer would almost have been cut in half xD And.... same exact comment on the second clip from the US aswell :P
Yeah i was watching that, and thinking, that is like normal intersection where i drove in the days ( Denmark ) perhaps the parked cars was a bit to close to the intersection but still would not be uncommen here
Yea love the sharp look of the American long nose trucks but they sure do take up room and look hard to manage
The second clip is of McFadyens Transport based in Campbeltown, they are very well known specialists in moving wind turbines, they have some great videos on their Facebook page
That Volvo U-Turn was impressive but the driver is lucky they didn't rip the trailer tyres off! I've left rubber behind doing turns half as tight as that 🤣
In Canada people come here from countries that DONT know what snow is and can’t understand English and get fast tracked A-Z licenses and we wonder why insurance premiums are at a 40 year high.
We don’t get much snow in Australia but we have the same problem with the drivers you are alluding to….
This is professional precise ART of driving a truck, RESPECT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah that's a blade of windmill. We get them going past daily up here. I'm in Highlands of Scotland and is known to be a bit breezy at times
I think what you call breezy is considered a strom in most parts of the world, haha! We are getting these blades in on a regular basis here in the Port of Antwerp . They mostly are transported at night or traffic has a cardiac arrest here in Belgium. The nacelles of wind turbines can weigh up to 500 tons btw. In the future it is expected that only the wind turbine gearbox will have that weight.
The rear steer of the wind-turbine-blade truck was done by the guy walking behind it via remote.
The part on the Peterbuilt looks like a rotor of either a gigantic electric motor or generator.
The two last clips showing turns in the US show the difference in US and Euro trucks well, those turns would have not been of any difficulty for an Euro truck and trailer, having a much shorter tractor unit and a trailer with steerable axles.
The US low loader does not have height adjustment either, via air bellows or hydraulic suspension, also standard on most EU trailers these days. That's why many of these beach on railroad crossings in the US.
I've seen another video where an American truck driver said that those long trucks are dying out. You can't buy them new anymore. New trucks now are shorter and have a nose that curves down to the street. He called them road sniffers and said the companies do that because they need less fuel and it's easier to see what is in front of the truck. It surprised me that the trailer that hit the curb didn't have some system to balance the load and adjust the height. It's kind of standard in Europe for heavy loads to avoid doing damage. In Europe the driver would just hit a button to lift the trailer a little to be able to drive around the corner without hitting the pavement. I guess it's because European drivers have those situations more often, because our streets are not as wide as an American street. The street where the driver had problems would have been a comfortable wide street in Europe. The standard width of a German highway lane is 2.55m (8ft2), the standard width of an American highway lane is 3.65m (12ft) and urban or rural lanes are smaller. If you think about that a standard freight container has a width of 2.43m (8ft) you see the difficulties a European trucker will face.
I think this video shows it well when it comes to innovation between the US and Europe when it comes to trailers specifically.
If you look at the one with the wing with its 3 steering axles Nooteboom trailer, and then later in the video the US trailer oversize that should've had a similar construction for the 3 axles, only imagine how much easier turning would get even in the US.
And what's with the air suspension and not being able to lift neither truck nor trailer when necessary.
They might've invented the car, but the innovation stagnated not much after and the world took over.
I've watched many truckies do the most amazing manoeuvres. I love watching this sort of things 🥰. Truckies and pilots amaze me everytime with their knowledge and skills.
The speed of the U turn was insane
Stuff broke there
He was clearly not an owner operator
In some European countries, a police escort is mandatory for super-heavy hauling, in other countries it is done by private companies.
Here in Germany it was changed quite recently from police to private escort.
I have watched a polish lady doing windmill blades of 60 meter, she gives the remote of the steered trailer to guys in the van behind her.
6:09 This is a Scania towing several trailers with freshly harvested sugar cane here in Brazil.
8:50 uh that from our competetor Valmet. A drying cylinder for a paper machine.
Those drivers have amazing skills. To handle these machines so precisely is next level.
been there done that. and i'm not lying. when i drove a 18m combination in europe, i've done things that made people freak out when they noticed i was only 19 . rofl . knowing how to drive a truck with millimeter precision is a great feeling.
Hehe, been there done that. I had germans that acctualy got angry at me because I dared to drive a truck at 18/19yo. Their licence age is 21 so noon understood how I legaly could
@@b.w.9392 same , here in belgium only possible with school . otherwise it's also 21.
"Ay... Shut up, karen." 😂🤣
😂🎉
That is a wind turbine blade and ,check this out.....there's a very lovely girl that used to do this for years. Now she owns her own truck. She's Iwona Blecharczyk. I'm sure everyone that knows who she is will agree that you have to check her channel out. Tons of trucking videos not only around Europe but US as well cause she spent one winter season driving around US.
Cheers
Those Heavy Transports are always pre- planned in europe and the drivers have to follow a exact route where all signs and other obstacles are dismounted to help manouvering. Still a lot of skill behind the steering wheel.
I remember at 13 trying to reverse a tractor for the 1st time with a trailer attached and I broke off the tow bar, so the skill level is immense of these drivers
I bet none of these drivers were 13
I think the toughest trucking here in Europe is logging. Hauling wood means you do everything yourself, loading is by on-board crane.
Although technically on-road - it is more like off-road, especially when wet.
Or in other words: It's not a b-road - it's a supposed-to-be road.
Around 9.00 that big white "silo" was from Valmet, company from Finland. Do much paper mills equipments.
5:00 Ohh, this maneuver would cost me the air and hydraulic lines.
That first US clip, Euro truck would have made that so easy :D the fact that that oversized load didnt have its back wheels turning amazes me, I have alot of questions about how you Americans do things haha.
I used to turn Van Hool AGG300 buses around right turns in the Netherlands.
God damn this was awesome; you've GOT to have mega respect for truck drivers; the SKILL they have to do this sort of thing...
For many of us much of this is daily business.... I deliver to Supermarkets with a semi (15.5mtr total length).... most supermarkets are in the centre of villages/cities and towns.... tight manouvring is to me the icing on the cake....
Greetings,drive safe,Henk....
This guys were amazing.
Almost all trailers for special transport in Europe have streering rear axles, that would have helped the driver in the last clip enormously
funny you mention the wheelbase on the short volvo, i was just fixing a DAF and took it home as i was doing it over a weekend, it was the same length as the volvo, 6 wheeler, and it actually was a little shorter between the wheels than my 1500 gmc.
they are kinda funny, both small and huge.. the cab is still the same, and the frame and height, just really short, but they are super manuverable, we almost always use 6x4 10 wheelers over here and the difference is hugewhen driving them
Your camera quality is getting better! Love your videos IWrocker :) greetings from Finland.
That fuse was hella big...😁
There was something *Hold my beer while i back this truck in place* over most of these videos😂 Impressive
That unloading and scary bridge part was from Brazil where this is everyday normal ...
Hello from the Netherlands .
thanks for the video .
Sincerely, Hollandduck
Remember those large blades are constructed from glass fibre and CANNOT be RECYCLED..
❤️
YES! This is what I mean with insane driving skills! There is much more to see around it. I could never do stuff like this and when I happen to see something like it, I just stop and watch. :D
"Arrgghh, Shut Up Karen" 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 for real
In europe there are trailers for the windmill blades that can lift them vertical so they can take even tighter turns
Imagine if those american truckers had a euro truck instead of that oversize american truck. I mean, the euro truck ends about where the american sleeper end, so it's a whole lot shorter and easier to turn.
When I worked in the UK I regularly found myself in very small streets or lanes. Having to get a semi truck through was very challenging. I knocked down a shop front awning in Eaton one day. Unfortunately you didn’t get any notice until you got stuck.
Infrastructure needs improvement. It’s 2022
@@rayray4192 Infrastructure in Europe is about more than 1000 years old, Trucks about 100 years. So what? Change trucks
@@volkhardhenschel1863 Materials and goods can be delivered by smaller tractor - trailer combinations, or smaller straight trucks. Highway trucks could be real trucks with long hoods.
Guy who was doing my C+E training is driving oversizes, dunno how true it is but he said his contract with german comapny is 750euro per night and he does 3-4 nights per month with windmill blades etc. defo crazy money but crazy skills required.
I see the blades of the windmills on the road here often and saw three parked in New Mexico or Texas two days ago 11/26/2022). They are taken as close as possible by train and then unloaded onto trailers. I have seen trains driving around with like 70 blades and then still up to a hundred additional carriages.
"shut up Karen" 🤣🤣😂😂
I think you will find the road train was in the sugarcane field Australia
They were driving on the right, so it can't be Australia.
In Europe we've front trucks with trailers with steering axles. In the Netherlands we make Nooteboom trailers, they are huge.
They take trafic sings and pipedefendses (cut) down and but after transport back (welding back ) if neede at curves cut.
Love the content from the UK.
When I was in Australia I heard about some of there multi truck heavy haulage. Sometimes 2 or 3 trucks pulling / pushing one load.
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It was a sugar cane field where that long truck was. So most likeley somewhere in south america
last one would've been so easy with a trailer that had swivel tires, like the ones we use here in europe, since with those you can make trailer turn wider
Yea good point. I’m not sure but I don’t see swivel trailers much here in the US.. idk why
I liked that Karen lady - she really got the job done.
There were professional spotters guiding an ace truckie as he maneuvered a fortune in machinery and payload around a tight street corner to make sure new infrastructure could be created to enhance the progress of the local economy.
It was never going to work, but then Karen saved the day by just standing there making pointless criticisms to whoever will listen. Bless her cotton socks!
😂
If you see a big truck in a small street that is usually because it's our destination. It is not because we just like to drive through them.
I drove a semi truck from Iveco and a curtain trailer and needed to deliver some parts for a laundry company in Bremen and I remember when I shoved up to the location I got pretty nervous cause I needed to back up the truck and the trailer through a small gate and it felt like going through a needle hole. And while doing so everybody got mad since I needed to block a 3 lane road to do so.
the thing on the trailer at 8:35 it should be a part of a paper machine
a drying cylinder, probably a yankee, drying/ smoothing cylinder
I like these Old American Semi trucks. Not so much the newer ones that are more roundish. The last one. With a full sized camper cabin for me please.
I love this big huge US trucks. There was someone around my area driving one of those just for fun. Such a pretty truck that was.
Yea they are so massive and cool 😎 🎉
5:30 tried lot of like this in Euro Truck Simulator 2 and many time failed and its only a game, so no way id able to do it in real life, these ppl are real pros
100,000 congratulations! ✊🏿
A few decades ago I attended a huge low loader at a nearby power station, along with two other guys from our tire depot. The damn thing was so long that it had a separate driver on the rear steer "unit". I actually can't recall overall, but just the "bed" had something like 18 steerable axles with 4 wheels on each sub dolly on each side!!! So 68 million tires on one truck, prolly! Heh, kidding-ish. 😅 The towing units were crazy big too, with something like 5 or 6 axles, with several of them steerable. We replaced several tires on the bed which had presumably run over something.
You like Unimogs so look at its bigger brother Mercedes Benz Zetros 👍
There is some good truckers out there that eat, breathe and sleep trucking and it's them you can trust with big rigs.
Standard semi trucks in Europa have around 11feet 4 inch to 12 feet wheelbase
Hey Ian......R U leaning to look around the corner....lol...love your work dude👍
I was lmao 😂 thanks 🙏
That volvo with the tank if where full it where flep over and those oversize load driver control the tail by remote
Take a look to Toumatra wood transport in Belgium.. you´ll like it.. 😉
What's your plans for the channel buddy.
I'm relatively new here but I've been hooked on your reactions ever since. I hope this ch will give you the opportunity to travel and see all these trucks in real life.
No crazy introduction, no shitty music, no bullshit, no drama, just you in fron t if camera sharing your thoughts. Awesome buddy. Much love from Scotland 🏴🥃🥃 cheers
Cheers 🍻 Thank you for your comments! I just love learning about all of these, the channel will always be fun and involve a whole myriad of cultures, sports, history and machinery topics. 🎉😎
Some great skills Ian and congrats on the 100K subs mate from Australia.👍
Thanks mate 🎉😎
hej Ian. congrats to 100k subs!
6min in looks like austarlia
SCANIA and VOLVO - quality made in SWEDEN !!!
The first truck would be like driving your car and the car behind you at the same time
These truckers can pull maneuvers that I couldn't do in a video game ever, even with all the advantages a video game gives.
Cough cough... Trameri...
@@kornaros96 ?
4:30 that guy was millimeters from destination Fked
Man you should have watched a video about a finnish timber combination doing a "Intiaanikäännös" It is a very interesting way to turn a 82ft long combination around in a pretty tight place.
Im not sure what the turn is called in english or if it has a name in english.
For sure. Like this one for example czcams.com/video/kQ6Rb4Wa790/video.html With adjustable trailer wheelbase too.
2nd clip, the wing for a windmill is definately in Scotland, I've seen these trucks on the A7 near Hawick delivering parts of windmills just south of the town. road layout is wrong for the A7 though.
Some of these bigger rigs are easier to drive than standard, the dollies nowadays especially the modular ones are incredible, they have independent suspension, all wheel steering , everything, they are purpose built to do this,
Allelys heavy haulage over here in the UK move a lot of big stuff as does ALE and numerous other companies.
The logging trucks are always wild, they go places no trucks ever should,
Most of these routes are also planned months before hand with special movement orders issued and street furniture moved or planned for but as always, things can happen.
You should try driving a very low enclosed car transporter around central London or accordingly rural Scotland,
That wakes you up
Hi the Whellbase o an Regular Euro Truck like the DAF XF i drive is Around 4 Meters or 13,12 FT.
Greetings from Germany
Sascha
10:05 Would've been easy if the rear wheels could turn :) but man the driver did the right thing to backup the trailer as far as needed to the other side and then cut in the turn (on wide US roads too) !
That non-existent African bridge was the most dangerous I feel. If that bridge had failed.....
That Volvo tanker truck has got to be empty in order to do that 180 turn. If they had a full load, the trailer could have flipped. Also the trailer tyres wouldn't take that abuse with a full load. From the looks of things it's not the first time they are doing this.
The road trains are in South America
Years ago at my first job I witnessed a driver reversing a B-double around a 90 degree corner, I'd struggle keeping one straight I reckon, let alone controlled around a corner.
Of course a "karen" must show up..!
You should look at the scania longline
The common wheelbase for a 4x2 tractor unit in Europe is around 3.80 meters i believe.
If i compare that european wingtrailer to that us heavy trailer with that round thing i see a LOAD more technics in it. A tri-axle low loader in europe would have steering axles and would probably be able to lift its deck in it's entirety. Is that tech not available or allowed in te us? Or is it more that cuz generally speaking you guys have more space so no need to make tight corners?
Anyway i enjoy your enthousiasm and respect for the truckdriving industry.
Cheers from the Netherlands
Casper
fun fact as you talked about the size at 5:25, in sweden a dually of any pickup from the usa is actually so large that it requires you to have a truck license because of its size
Not because of size, it's because of the weight.
it depends on how they are registered, they could be registered as a car but then they would not be allowed to tow alot at all but you could register them as a light truck for 10 000kg max vehicle weight
@@einar8019
A newer dually have a "tjänstevikt" (their own weight+driver+fuel) of just under 3500kg so they can't be registered as a light truck since it wouldn't make sense, it's obvious that it would be driven overweight regularly.
There is a couple of late model Dodge and Chevy 2500 that is registered as light truck but then the tax is so expensive that it's cheaper to take a driver licens for heavy truck.
Wow how wild 🤣😎 cool fact thanks 🎉
can you react to modified euro truck interiors, like danish pluche and holland style interiors, they are really cool, i love the videos. Keep up the good work :)
I think american truckdriving can be made easier if the trailers have steering axles on the back..
I drive a scania and a daf for work and in tight city streets you really need them to turn a 40ft trailer
If you ever book a holiday to europe you can come allong for a few days with me and get behind the wheel on the depot terrain to get a feel for it yourself
If you can drive a car the you can do this..
Same, I gladly show you arround my 'combi' truck since thats a pretty euro thing as well
@@b.w.9392 i usually drive in city centres to deliver goods to supermarkets in the netherlands and belgium
Amazing stuff y’all, you guys rock 😎🎉🍻 hope I can tag along someday
@@IWrocker just let me know when 🤘
@@IWrocker maybe i will get some gopros and try to record some of what i do for work so you can get an idea of the challanges we face.. rotterdam and the hague are fun runs and often have narrow roads
9:46 watch out for blown tyres! You don't want to stand next to one🤦♂️
You need to watch „Europa Truck Trial“ by K4 Movies! It‘s absolutely epic!
I'd like to see you comment about Mammoet heavy lifting