hey my friend! thanks for the comment, these machines are incredible to watch! however, i am not lucky, i worked hard and saved for a year to get out to australia, you too can do the same if you want it bad enough, i can assure you will never regret it! it is wild and stunning beoynd your wildest imagination!
They are iron ore trucks, 63% of the load is iron at ~7.250 tonnes / m3 the balance is fine dirt at ~2 tonnes / m3, that's heavy stuff in those trailers, no wonder they look half full, and the ballast on the road is loose as sand under those wheel loads.
Come to Australia, see the distances involved and how few trucks go out to these remote communities and you'll see why we use road trains in the outback!
@@357bullfrog2 I was thinking the same thing ahah... "let's try again"... like this, as if it was all about a cart😂 I think the only way to get back that truck is to attach something at the bach and bring it back there...
Lol "MIKE" Reminds me of a childhood friend who kind of Ironically was named Mike. He used to think that there was a lot of people in Australia named Mike because everyone said "EH MIKE" He was the brunt of jokes for awhile after he realized it was "Eh Mate"
great video iv watched a few of the river crossings and i just wounder how you dont brake things like springs and u bolts some of them hit the water at speed thanks nz
For the last few decades, at least, I have been amazed at the strength of steel. Every link in that chain was tested to the Nth degree and every link held. I see heavy haulers pulling amazing loads with nothing but a 2" trailer ball on top of a 3/4" or 1" Bolt behind a truck. Impressed to the hilt !
What kind of milage do you think theyre getting with the other 2 trailers behind it? 6? maybe 8 miles / gallon or down there I should say 4 Km/L? maybe 3.5...
that's a big ask to get that truck up there. would take a bit to dry with each truck passing as well. hats off to the driver backing that up without any issues
wow. that climb is way to steep for 125tons and 2 steered axles!. amazing how much eficient power the wheel loader has! oh man. you must be very lucky to live and work on such a pearl continent with its less population and beautiful spots nearly in every corner you are. I am jealus at you. regards from germany.
What a beast. I'd love to drive one. Seems like it almost needs a 3rd drive axle for a bit of extra traction in this situation. That's a lot of material.
depends on what you are pulling and what kind of transmissions, converters is smoother with seamless changes so less chance for spinning out or shreading the drivetrain.
A "standard" road train (2 40 foot trailers) is restricted to major highways, even in the city. In more remote areas, a third trailer is allowed, although all trucks of this size are electronically limited to 100km/h (63mph). Passing one in a car requires 1. a long straight 2. no traffic coming the other way and 3. decent acceleration. Difficult sometimes, but definitely not impossible
Nice. well,you can't expect everything to go perfect at all times. What's the weight of these monsters? i heard it goes arround 140,in some parts of Australia even 164 tons.Is that true ? WESTERN STAR ? You just gotta love these beauties,no matter who makes them.
Bad day on the crossing. The 2 that loose traction have bogie lead dollies, the one being towed out has a tri dolly on the lead. If this is in the west, your allowed under permit 23.5 metric tonnes on a triaxle group 16.5 tonnes on a bogie and 6 tonnes on the steer, all up any where from 156 metric tonne to 170.5 tonne legal. Cheers and yes I have been in the same situation.
Like most places when Aussie dust gets wet it turns into a muck that coats the tires(tyres) and all you do is spin your wheels. Happens everywhere, just not Australia.
On road conditions like that with Quad and Triples trailer combos, you need Tank threads and Turbine engines. But it seems Aussies can do it with a Kenworth! Amazing skill!
Some of those places that they are transporting to look fairly remote, so what you've said makes sense. I kind of want to drive trucks in Australia now.
Im guessing you can lock the tongues between cars so they cant pivot on eachother? That looks insane, im in the United States and i dont think ive ever seen a rig like that over here hahaha
Ugh. I just had to pull a dozen loads across a similar crossing but the bank on the other side was steeper. Lucky I was only in a triple at 105 tonnes and it was dry. Took some gear jamming to get her up and I was back to 5kmh with the diff lockers in!
I dread to think of how such a long train with so many ‘joints’ can ever be backed up. I guess they get a good straight run at the crossing so everything it dead straight, then reversing is not too much of a hassle? It looks like there was some landscaping taking place around the river crossing, and you were able to ask for a tow of the tractor, just wondered whether any of these crossings, of which I doubt there is many, have a tractor available to either tow the trucks out to a level surface, or maybe the tractors are there to maintain the ingress and egress and the river bottom to a more or less level state, and move any trees animals and other debris blocking the path across? It amazes me other than mining machines, just how hard these trucks are expected to work and how cost effective they are, especially carrying the more expensive loads of manganese and other ore and or trucks or caravans and other supplies to the centre of the big Aus! Allistairc123, are you one of these huge truck drivers? And forgive me that is terrible English, which could look as if I was saying you were huge; I meant to say do you drive these huge trucks land-trains? Take care and thanks so much for the upload. I may have left a comment about this before as I know this video is pretty old, sorry for any repetition. mrbluenun
yeah, the crossing was less than ideal the land owner wanted the crossing lowered to stop the river backing up, this ment it was very steep on either side
No matter where or what you drive there will always be problems you have to solve. I would just unhook and reverse one or two at a time, if you can't figure simple shit like that out stay away from trucks.
I'm from America. I am simply asking a question. I never said I thought every road should be paved. I have just never seen a semi on an unpaved road, but then again, I have only been out of country once. Thank you for answering.
Hi Alistair aren't you based in Ireland? I watch your other videos which are most enjoyable. I was wondering, did you film this, it doesn't have any machine tools in it?
The first truck that comes to a satop is a white painted Western Star heritage cab. The second truck is clearly a Kenworth T900, or later derivation of same. Also, the flow of the water in the creek indicates they are travelling in opposite directions.
I read an article that said those drivers stay out for 6 months at a time. God bless em. I couldn't live in a truck that long. For me, one night in the truck once a week is too much.
Well, in Canada (which I realize has different regulations), the max allowable weights are 10,000 kg (22,000 lbs) per axle with dual wheels, 5,000 kg (11,000 lbs) for the steer axle. Based on that, 195 tonnes (metric) or 214.5 short tons gross weight
Here where I live u can get special permits that go to 129,000,so say 65tn,thats gross,but still can net 40-43 tns,not nearly the length or # of axles though.I imagine they track pretty good though with the multiple trailers
Those of us paying attention to the video aren't wondering, because we noticed that it is 2 different trucks. White one first, then another one a beige or gold sort of colour with a stripe on it. I'm fairly certain even the most skilled driver couldn't back a rig that size any more than a few feet in distance.
And the rest. When I drove Road Trains in Aus we had 50 ton PAYLOAD per trailer, plus the weight of the rig. Looking at that video the driver had no weight over the drive axles, no sign of anything in the front of that first trailer.
hi jessie, its a small world because i was working in the north queensland quarry near mt garnet that the outback truckers crew visited and filmed us working1. i have some road train drivers friends on facebook, ill let them know you are looking for people!
Because some fucking moron that was loading those trailers ,first trailer behind truck was loaded more on the back ,instead at the front so truck can have some traction.
Looks like he had enough time to repaint the truck in between attempts. Very impressive
Dulux overhaul 👍
You'd be amazed what these Aussie bush mechanics can do...
Don’t spoil a good story with facts!
And add a 4th trailer!
I'd like to know how he backed that up for the second try
Different truck, look at the colors of the cab, also 2nd truck has 4 trailers, not the 3 like the 1st one
Me too. I'd be rooted in a b double
either get a tow like the second truck or
disconnect a couple of trailers and take them up in smaller groups
unhock 2 trailers drive up get the others pull it together and all is fine :D and fasten than backing up ^^
The driver is The Most Interesting Man In The World. He once parallel parked...a train!
hey my friend! thanks for the comment, these machines are incredible to watch! however, i am not lucky, i worked hard and saved for a year to get out to australia, you too can do the same if you want it bad enough, i can assure you will never regret it! it is wild and stunning beoynd your wildest imagination!
@Yahweh's Supervisor He didnt
They are iron ore trucks, 63% of the load is iron at ~7.250 tonnes / m3 the balance is fine dirt at ~2 tonnes / m3, that's heavy stuff in those trailers, no wonder they look half full, and the ballast on the road is loose as sand under those wheel loads.
Lots of respect to you Aussie truckers! I would love to run those trains some day.
Aussie truckers are truly a different breed. Amazing what you guys do on the Outback.
Must be a tough life being a trucker is Aus outback. Very few prostitutes to murder. & the corpses will stink the cab out in no time
Now that was interesting,thank you for sharing and this one's going in my favorites.
Thanks for the upload, brilliant insight into the pitfuls of Road Train Mishaps.
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still watching in 2021 , congrats on 80K . great channel great content .
Come to Australia, see the distances involved and how few trucks go out to these remote communities and you'll see why we use road trains in the outback!
This is an awesome video. Thanks for uploading!
Ah! The first truck is not the same as in the second and third clips.
Ted Smith It looks like the 2nd and 3rd are the same but the 1st unique. Good call.
No way on earth he backed that train across the river
@@357bullfrog2 I was thinking the same thing ahah... "let's try again"... like this, as if it was all about a cart😂
I think the only way to get back that truck is to attach something at the bach and bring it back there...
props man! takes a hell of a lot of skill to drive a big rig wih that much behind it
Lol "MIKE" Reminds me of a childhood friend who kind of Ironically was named Mike. He used to think that there was a lot of people in Australia named Mike because everyone said "EH MIKE" He was the brunt of jokes for awhile after he realized it was "Eh Mate"
Woohoo! Big load! Keep on truckin m8
Nice to see you enjoyed yourself,,it is a amazing place and when you get out to see it all theres mind blowing scenery
And how did you manage to get there? Any info, tips? Where are you from? Thanks!
That little loader was amazing! That truck is some heavy!
great video iv watched a few of the river crossings and i just wounder how you dont brake things like springs and u bolts some of them hit the water at speed thanks nz
For the last few decades, at least, I have been amazed at the strength of steel. Every link in that chain was tested to the Nth degree and every link held. I see heavy haulers pulling amazing loads with nothing but a 2" trailer ball on top of a 3/4" or 1" Bolt behind a truck. Impressed to the hilt !
Cables are way stronger than chains , a chain is only as stong as its weakest link ,
road train fail NOT !
Who in their right mind would expect 8 wheels to pull that load on dirt ?
every roadtrain driver actually...they do it everyday. 60-70 hours a week
not those two times they didnt !
@@vern146 I agree, Good operators not hitting it to hard. You can bust axles radiators condensers hitting it to hard!
i'm amazed that one of those trailers didn't have a power unit on them.
great video :)
Only standard 53.5 metre qaud. I drive 60 metre super qaud grossing 195 tonnes. No need for power train set up.
Is it steel pellets u guys are hauling?
Lokked in the video that u didn´t have anything loaded in the front of the first trailer. Is that correct??
how many tons does that truck pulls there?? around 200t?
And here I am complaining about driving around Melbourne in a semi. Credit to these guys, hope one day I can be out there driving road trains.
Great video those things are so cool!
That's a big effort, I had a 404 with a C15 pulling a dog trailer and I would be happy to have got across that !
How long did you take to walk this back ?
There are 2 different trucks (pulling units) in this clip. ;)
Whats the overall weight? 150-170 tons?
What kind of milage do you think theyre getting with the other 2 trailers behind it? 6? maybe 8 miles / gallon or down there I should say 4 Km/L? maybe 3.5...
They better not tell me that he backed that train up not a chance 🤣
i want also go for some time to austrailia ...
did you worked there or how did u lived there?
sorry for my bad english i´m from germany ^^
Great video. Where abouts is it ?
is it possible to have awd on semis for those type of conditions?
that's a big ask to get that truck up there. would take a bit to dry with each truck passing as well. hats off to the driver backing that up without any issues
he also managed to add another trail and paint the rig..
Yeah, not the same truck. I’d say pulled up with earth mover loader.
wow. that climb is way to steep for 125tons and 2 steered axles!. amazing how much eficient power the wheel loader has!
oh man. you must be very lucky to live and work on such a pearl continent with its less population and beautiful spots nearly in every corner you are. I am jealus at you. regards from germany.
What a beast. I'd love to drive one. Seems like it almost needs a 3rd drive axle for a bit of extra traction in this situation. That's a lot of material.
Wow! Where is this?!
What motor is in those trucks? are they Cat's, Internationals, Cummins?
depends on what you are pulling and what kind of transmissions, converters is smoother with seamless changes so less chance for spinning out or shreading the drivetrain.
nothing like water for slowing things down. great video
You have gotta be like.. A proffesianal to back up one of these things, probably one of the most hardest things to back up
A "standard" road train (2 40 foot trailers) is restricted to major highways, even in the city. In more remote areas, a third trailer is allowed, although all trucks of this size are electronically limited to 100km/h (63mph). Passing one in a car requires 1. a long straight 2. no traffic coming the other way and 3. decent acceleration. Difficult sometimes, but definitely not impossible
The WA. Western Australia! Nothing like living in Perth!
What's the payload on that second rig? 120 tons plus?? Impressive!
how do you back that thing up? o.O
Nice. well,you can't expect everything to go perfect at all times.
What's the weight of these monsters? i heard it goes arround 140,in some parts of Australia even 164 tons.Is that true ?
WESTERN STAR ? You just gotta love these beauties,no matter who makes them.
Bad day on the crossing. The 2 that loose traction have bogie lead dollies, the one being towed out has a tri dolly on the lead. If this is in the west, your allowed under permit 23.5 metric tonnes on a triaxle group 16.5 tonnes on a bogie and 6 tonnes on the steer, all up any where from 156 metric tonne to 170.5 tonne legal. Cheers and yes I have been in the same situation.
Like most places when Aussie dust gets wet it turns into a muck that coats the tires(tyres) and all you do is spin your wheels. Happens everywhere, just not Australia.
WOW! It's huge. How much tons the load,and the whole weight?
pay load about 115 tone and all together 170 give or take
That B double makes it look like there are 4 trailers... You gotta love this vid...……Hᴜɢʜ….Lɪᴋᴇᴅ…..ツ
On road conditions like that with Quad and Triples trailer combos, you need Tank threads and Turbine engines. But it seems Aussies can do it with a Kenworth! Amazing skill!
Some of those places that they are transporting to look fairly remote, so what you've said makes sense.
I kind of want to drive trucks in Australia now.
Some places are VERY remote!
How much weight do they carry at once
Im guessing you can lock the tongues between cars so they cant pivot on eachother? That looks insane, im in the United States and i dont think ive ever seen a rig like that over here hahaha
That's a badass looking truck
Tiny truck Tony, you should see the big ones pulling quads
Ugh. I just had to pull a dozen loads across a similar crossing but the bank on the other side was steeper.
Lucky I was only in a triple at 105 tonnes and it was dry.
Took some gear jamming to get her up and I was back to 5kmh with the diff lockers in!
How do you call for help in the bush?
In which speed did the driver fail to made it, super 3low or high??
I dread to think of how such a long train with so many ‘joints’ can ever be backed up. I guess they get a good straight run at the crossing so everything it dead straight, then reversing is not too much of a hassle?
It looks like there was some landscaping taking place around the river crossing, and you were able to ask for a tow of the tractor, just wondered whether any of these crossings, of which I doubt there is many, have a tractor available to either tow the trucks out to a level surface, or maybe the tractors are there to maintain the ingress and egress and the river bottom to a more or less level state, and move any trees animals and other debris blocking the path across?
It amazes me other than mining machines, just how hard these trucks are expected to work and how cost effective they are, especially carrying the more expensive loads of manganese and other ore and or trucks or caravans and other supplies to the centre of the big Aus!
Allistairc123, are you one of these huge truck drivers? And forgive me that is terrible English, which could look as if I was saying you were huge; I meant to say do you drive these huge trucks land-trains?
Take care and thanks so much for the upload. I may have left a comment about this before as I know this video is pretty old, sorry for any repetition.
mrbluenun
yeah, the crossing was less than ideal the land owner wanted the crossing lowered to stop the river backing up, this ment it was very steep on either side
Trust me there's plenty of crossings to deal with. Some are easier than others.
No matter where or what you drive there will always be problems you have to solve. I would just unhook and reverse one or two at a time, if you can't figure simple shit like that out stay away from trucks.
It is a great video.
Thank you.
The second truck was never gonna be able to pull that off, that's cool as hell tho
Cool video 👍🏽
Just wondering does anyone know how much weight is behind him? Thanks.
I'm from America.
I am simply asking a question. I never said I thought every road should be paved. I have just never seen a semi on an unpaved road, but then again, I have only been out of country once.
Thank you for answering.
Well I will say I could not back doubles, my hat is off to you sir.
Was he hopping it would push him up the hill.... Road Trains are crazy...
Hi Alistair aren't you based in Ireland? I watch your other videos which are most enjoyable. I was wondering, did you film this, it doesn't have any machine tools in it?
I've worked in Australia a couple of times thanks for support bud
The first truck that comes to a satop is a white painted Western Star heritage cab. The second truck is clearly a Kenworth T900, or later derivation of same. Also, the flow of the water in the creek indicates they are travelling in opposite directions.
Good observation but I think the first one was was recorded from the right side and the last one was from the left side
How do you even back up a train like that without folding it? It's got six damn pivot points!
Turbobuttes Ya don't!
I read an article that said those drivers stay out for 6 months at a time. God bless em. I couldn't live in a truck that long. For me, one night in the truck once a week is too much.
Caminhões fantásticos,mas em estrada de terra e molhada,fica difícil de se romper,ainda bem que a máquina carregadeira conseguiu puxa-lo.
Fkn awsome m8 that was quality
That lucks like tren 🚂 . 😂😂
I do believe, correct me I am wrong, that the volvo FH16 is the most powerful road truck. Is it being used in Aus?
In backwater places like the USA, we build bridges.
+RedArrow73 The bridge was up the river, he wanted to give the truck a wash!
Wow really??! The US of Awesome keeps amazing me
wondering the same thing how is the hell did he back the whole thing up
Damn, missed it by that much!
Well, in Canada (which I realize has different regulations), the max allowable weights are 10,000 kg (22,000 lbs) per axle with dual wheels, 5,000 kg (11,000 lbs) for the steer axle. Based on that, 195 tonnes (metric) or 214.5 short tons gross weight
Where was it ?
How do you get a job driving one of these. I would love to.
Love the pencil stick chain
Snap straight through the windscreen good bye driver
How many tons ?
What do you mean by two different trucks? I only see one
OK! How do you back those things up!
Charles Harris And they gave it a new paint job before trying again! :)
markmywords312 I saw a vid on here of a guy in Australia backing up and parking five trailers.Quite impressive.
***** I'd love to see that!
+Mark Atkin hahah i noticed that
+Charles Harris You don't. If you didn't have help, you have to split it up and move it one by one.
And +vinman1029, IMPOSSIBLE!!
Here where I live u can get special permits that go to 129,000,so say 65tn,thats gross,but still can net 40-43 tns,not nearly the length or # of axles though.I imagine they track pretty good though with the multiple trailers
Do they know bridges in Australia?, seems like busy road
Those of us paying attention to the video aren't wondering, because we noticed that it is 2 different trucks. White one first, then another one a beige or gold sort of colour with a stripe on it. I'm fairly certain even the most skilled driver couldn't back a rig that size any more than a few feet in distance.
Thats my Dreaming Work, a drive a long and powerful truck.
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How the heck did he reverse that for the second try ?
it´s 2 different trucks :)
Cool spot dude, i missed that
And different trailers too lol
Two different trucks, but a cool video.
so you could assume that trucks will always get stuck there and that loading shovel is always there to pull them out.
You're from the southerm part of the U.S., aren't you?
"We dont do "roads" in down under" - Australia
hahah this made my day man, love your comment!
And the rest. When I drove Road Trains in Aus we had 50 ton PAYLOAD per trailer, plus the weight of the rig.
Looking at that video the driver had no weight over the drive axles, no sign of anything in the front of that first trailer.
haha you should go out to the bush bud! how do u think they build the roads in the first place something has to cart the gravel/roadbase there
hi jessie, its a small world because i was working in the north queensland quarry near mt garnet that the outback truckers crew visited and filmed us working1. i have some road train drivers friends on facebook, ill let them know you are looking for people!
0:35 How did he get back to try again? Did he load a savegame? ;)
K.B. Wilson should do song about that :D
why did the truck stall?
I find it hard to believe that he can't get up the little hill with a crawler gear
Because some fucking moron that was loading those trailers ,first trailer behind truck was loaded more on the back ,instead at the front so truck can have some traction.
@@TheSRBgamer63 it also might have to do with the fact that Hill is a lot steeper than the video makes it appear that could also factor in