Volvo's all-new FH XXL Cab on epic Aussie road trip! - Mighty Machines TV
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- In an Australian exclusive Brooksy takes the all-new Volvo FH XXL Cab on a six-day road trip from Roma to Darwin towing a 50-plus metre BAB quad road train.
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I'm driving a 1996 FH16 Volvo in Tasmania, Australia with 1.8 million kilometres on the clock for Searoad Logistics. The drive train is all original with no rebuild on Volvo's own engine gearbox or axles. They're a bloody good truck 👍
Although I don't drive trucks, owning a Ford car with a Volvo engine, I have to admit they do a good job there.
5 cylinder I hope!!! 🙏🏻
The FH 700 is an amazing truck been pulling 175.ton with them for 7 years in Western Australia . Some have just hit 2 million km on them with same engine.
How much power/fuel does it take on average? There are no hills I suppose?
I highly doubt 2 million doing 175 tonne, ours are rebuilt at 700-900 kms or sold and they tow light triples. And yes plenty of hills just very long pulls up them
The Volvo will achieve them kms without rebuilding. It’s just the poxy Cummins that can’t. Remember pre emissions pre 2008 the C15 pissed it in pulling Qauds in the Pilbara.
That truck engine rebuild is around 1.8mil to 2mil has Volvo said last year to me
@@itsbfarmboy_3087 That doesn't surprise me - they have the longest lasting of all truck engines - incredibly durable
Volvo had the 16.1 here in the US. The only people who had problems with the 16.1, especially when hooked up to the I-Shift, thought that the I-Shift’s skipping gears was illegal, and would “finger f**k” the their tractors in the insane belief they knew better. The max horsepower available was 625/2323 ftlbs ~ 3150Nm here stateside. Our “ultra low sulfur diesel” has 15 PPM sulfur content, Europe’s diesel has 10 PPM. That has to be better for the engine(s) emissions systems.
Spent most my childhood in a Volvo & saw a lot of Miles & smiles
My old man gave to me & Bro
Thanks Volvo & KEEP Trucking
Those Aussie drivers are a breed apart, brilliant.
Used to drive a Volvo! Lovely motor! Been Oz too. Great country!
I lived on the 88x North American version of this truck powered by a Cummins ISX. The first 100k miles was a trial. The lighting computer went tits up in the middle of the Mojave. That was a long, expensive night. After that 550k trouble free miles. At 70k lbs it typically got around 7.5 MPG. Volvo NA makes a nice truck and they stand behind them. The Interstate has a HUGE sleeper too. Far more room than I needed and a bout 4 times the size of what you have on that unit. I leased mine on contract to a large LTL carrier. (Never again!)
This breed of knowledgeable, hardy Aussie drivers looks advanced in years , what is the industry doing to attract younger drivers who are equally passionate??
Australia is beautiful one of this days I’ll visit that beautiful country .👍❤️
Do that, as it is outstanding😊
Watch out for drop bears while your here.
Big, BIG country. From Amsterdam to Moscow, and Hamburg to Jerusalem. Massive place. That's why the locals mostly use aircraft.
What a beautiful truck looks like it gave you a smooth drive
Great footage! Impressive truck.
@Cloud Burst 117 😂
Another Great video Steve ! After 50yrs in the trucking industry in the US iv'e seen huge advances in equipment over the years. All the manufacturers have made great contributions and advance's. I believe Volvo & Mack have been the cutting edge. It's easy to see Volvo's influence in the Mack's since taking them over. Iv'e seen many Australian Volvo & Mack videos with the 16L motor and it seems more than capable even with the heaviest of combinations. We had the 16L in North America for a few years but it seemed to be trouble prone and hard on fuel. In recent years they have replaced it in our market with Cummins for the above 500hp needs. Has the 16L we see in the AU has been an improved version it seems to be an amazing combination ether in Volvo or Mack when combined with the I or M'shifts. Thank You for making it possible for those of us who can't be there for the ride all experience to feel like we were !
They had problems with the manufacturing tolerances in the US when they started producing the engines there. They stopped supplying them eventually which i think was because of low demand. Both the D13 and D16 from Volvo are rock solid engines. They are famous for their reliability in both truck and marine applications.
I love Volvo for me the best truck in the world. Greetings from Uruguay
So I was driving a FH16 Volvo 600 pulling a 60m 214 ton quad. Great truck. Excellent driver ergonomics. Puts every US truck to shame especially Kenworth.
I operate a 2016 T880 Kenworth. What a piece of crap.
I’ve driven KW (Pete’s as well). Both conventional and COE. Leg cramps in the Old “Large Cars”. Back aches in the COE. Bad impressions from American designs, they’re crap. Owned a 2011 VNL 780 for a while. It was a former CRST tractor that hadn’t been treated well but gave me no real problems. I’d love to own another Volvo, just wish I could get an FH 16 750 6x4 XXL here stateside.
@@chrisatkins7959
Are you married to the Kenworth or why do you keep on operating that old shed ?
@@bendermi Company driver. No choice. I’m home daily so at least I don’t have to live in it.
@@chrisatkins7959
So you’re owned by a company and you don’t have the money to buy your freedom ?
They have certainly conquered the world with there trucks. Australia certainly utilise every type of vehicle and manufacturer to there advantage. By the time you go through a manual box, you are already down the road with a Volvo I-shift. Ego aside for us men and enjoy
That's a great video with lots of very useful information and not only but also very professionally done...thanks for the great video and very professional review of this truck and keep safe on the road 👍
Did that trip out of Gladstone Queensland,3 days only drove during the day,to much wildlife during the night.See some funny sights,especially tshirts on termite mounds everywhere
Living in Holland, a country half the size of Tasmania....such a video is like looking at another planet.....
William Drijver Some places out there are like being on another planet, to drive from Sydney to the capital city of Western Australia (Perth) is about four and a half thousand kilometres by road. I've done the trip eleven times, twice by motorbike and it never gets boring, driving to Darwin as this guy did is even more interesting. Don't worry though, you can still get salted liquorice here. ;-)
@@TheTripleDubya Add some stroopwafels and it's perfect! ;-)
Got them too !
Impressive equipment impressive commitment impressive drivers bar none
Awesome machine love trucking(Volvo)
That is a awesome truck keep on trucking...
i love Volvo Truck.. Great video
Sure wish they’d sell this in the USA. For what we do it would be great to have the turning radius and it looks so much better than the North American volvos.
Get yourself to a dealer in Canada . Next year its gonna be marketed there .. Built in NC too .. which is kinda strange.
@@smudgealdrin1512 thanks. Very interesting.
Im a hauler from back in the day my first truck was a kenworth bullnose the north american trucks where way better than the european trucks we had only daycabs the bullnose was a sleeper ive been driving for 40 years now as a roadtrain driver and 58 total as a hauler
Back in the day American truck all the way but know the europeans just improved im driving a scania S torpedo in Australia beautiful truck 12 speed v8 730 hp 16 liter engine can haul everything
@@hmadbnibouach627 But even back in the day .. American trucks were Australianised & were very very different animals to what you get plodding along i40 in the US . Same is still the truth today with US & euro trucks used on the long haul. A stock US or euro truck without Australian mods would last 5 mins in the scrub.
Volvo FH16 my fave truck although here in Europe this is now a FH16 750HP
Wonderful!
European truck is about power comfort and safety. 😍
Biggest combos I’ve ever driven is a super b quad tri set up and a , a combo road train maybe one day might get my arse in something like that even just for a drive .
Nice to see that you have got some roads out there that actually have tarmac on them. Nice truck thought .🇬🇧
WinterBornActual watch some Australian programs and see for yourself. Talk about bloody ignorant.
Swedish power.with the beautiful aussie touch
Испытываю к вам уважение товарищ шофёр👍👍👍
See the way she was ripping up the Miles Just sat there Clearly see even at full weight She is more than happy to Rip all 4 Trailer's Down the Road Clearly see that this guy is In love with this Truck .
Beautiful country. Would love to try out a Road Train someday!
There are many roadkill
Well I have to admit that I never knew that Volvos were built here in Aus. I drove a FL6 for a year or more (a ridged with a fridge on the back). The sleeper was great except for the fact it was right above the motor and turbo (okay in winter but,,,). I would say it was a very very forgiving truck. The things that I witnessed its owner doing were beyond at times were beyond description ( as a truck driver he was a great market gardener ). With Volvos synchro version of a road ranger he would "flat change" it while I shuddered But it took it, it stood up to it and I could never say a thing against a Volvo driveline.
I’d love to drive one of those trains you got down there
What a great video
This combination is as long as my hometown !
Road trains can get even longer too, largest I've seen is an 8 plus dog, there's a second engine in a trailer to help push along. Mostly mine roads but a few public roads get those, Carpenteria Highway gets them between MacArthur river mine and Bing Bong port north of King Ash bay.
Damn!!! Now that's a truck!! I bicycle toured around Australia for 6 months about 25 years ago, but never saw one of these rigs.
Surprised. Have you really been Down Under?🤔😂😂
You wouldn't be riding a bike where those trucks are driving
How did you manage to avoid seeing a road train?
really awsome to see those kinda trucks hauling, thats my dream job, but mabye a dream is just a dream, got a long way to climb
Jörgen Karhapää dude you got this bro its never too late fam! I love you dude just fucking send it like a boss
I love this country australia and the volvo truck
Looks comfy AF. Super quiet in the cab at 100km/h. Would feel like driving a car. You would jump out alot less fatigued after a long haul than some of these other farm trucks on the road. One please Mr Volvo ☝️
Top job!!
Very Very Nice vídeo and Very Very beautiful truck Volvo the best
Good video. It's a pity you still have to go out to Morven to hook up the full rig. Surely now the Toowoomba bypass is open, you should be able to hook it up at least there. Look at Townsville... triples and quads right to the port... Wake up Qld Transport.
Like Like Like.....Imagem bonita de ser ver esse caminháo Volvo Australiano ! Eu assistindo esse video em Sao Paulo / Brasil ! Amei esse video....Amei esse canal ! Parabens !
Never been and never will, but good on you Australia.
Great truck...
You guys are so lucky, that is my dream job. I'd love to drive a road train.
Seen the bull bars and windscreen protection? There are BIG kangaroos out there.
@@jackmorgan1677 yeah but I'd still love to do it
It gets boring. To me it feels like driving any other truck.
@@davidwolff8903 yeah I bet it's like most things, do it everyday you get used to it. But I just love driving.
Looks great on the blacktop, I wonder how it would go on the Tanami or Great Central HWY?
Good job👍😎
Best looking truck out there :)
Volvo are very well regarded here in the U.K
BRISBANE TO TOOWOOMBA WELL THAT IS LONG HAUL WOW I AMAZED
Nice piece of truck will handle tough job on road 👌😉👍
This old fella is exactly what i want a tv host for top gear to be.
I would really love to see the cabovers back in the USA.
I would really like to one day drive trucks in Australia
My two fav things Volvo and Australia but this test didn’t take in the dirt tracks like the macs on outback truckers I’d love to see how it handles there also I’d love to know how much fuel was used for the trip he didn’t give half the details he could of
The FH16 XXL and K200 are the two best trucks in Australia by a mile
Great video and to me the volvo fh13 is the best and nixe truck i ever bin drivin !!!
I spent 10 years total on the road here in the US plus a year and a half in the Oil Fields. 4 years of that time spent pulling doubles. I admit to a certain fondness for Cabovers. I only wish this video included information on the engine and transmission used.
This is totally a world away from anything you might know as 'cabover' as you call them in the US. Chalk and Cheese come to mind..to us their just normal trucks..
This is Volvo's European big hitter - it will def have the big 16.2 litre D16 in it at whatever power rating. Top rating in Europe is 750hp and 2620 lbs/ft torque
@@garethifan1034, also known as Cab Over Engine design. That flat face (or mostly flat). Earlier models/versions had what was called a Dog House or Engine Cover between the seats that had to be climbed over to reach the sleeper. The Freightliner Argosy was the first to my knowledge with the engine shifted to do away with the Dog House and so offer a flat floor. That shorter wheelbase possible with a cabover makes for much better maneuverability. And in my opinion the visibility is much better that way as well. The very first truck I drove that had air ride suspension was a Volvo/White conventional.
@@draconusspiritus1037 Cheers bud.
It's all we have in the UK..and even then, it's almost impossible to get to some places, so this design is the only practical option for us. Mind you these days the trucks are superbly comfortable with standing room inside the cabs and a great air suspended ride.
Regards
Gareth Ifan nope sorry they don’t sell the 750hp in australia, we only have the 700hp with 3550nm of torque. It features the I shift 13 speed automatic gearbox with hd software and 2 crawler gears. It’s not a bad gearbox or set up but with a triple on your struggle to be in 12 gear (top gear) and drops back to 11 as sometimes it doesn’t have enough power to maintain holding 12 gear with a slight headwind.
@@itsbfarmboy_3087 That's very interesting to hear..sounds like thy could develop the I-Shift to a 15 speeder for Aus work..another world down there! Maybe the other answer could be to fit a 15/18 speed Fuller in it..though i would hate to see that done to such a refined and modern truck as the FH. We've the latest 750's here..but they're either owner driver flagships or involved in Heavy Haulage work. Regards
Sweden is great🇸🇪💪😎
Very interesting. I want to visit Australia and see those trains. Do all of the trailers have brakes? Or, just some of them
All. Any of them can be towed as a single or in any legal combination with other trailers.
Every axle has a drum or disc brake on them , all air !!
At 3:27 on the bottom of the screen you will see the info on the powertrain gearbox and motor for those of you who missed it,
look very nice :)
I drove a few years Volvo FH13, 440, I-Shift across Europe but only with one 13.6m trailer. Would like to try some day, what is it like to drive such a road train?
Pain in the arse... love it!
I was surprised at the trailer configuration.
Trailer-dog-b-double-dog-trailer?
Recently I travelled central Au, part on the Stuart highway, saw triple axle tractor + dogs, five trailer ore haulers, largest extended bed (length and width), self levelling high load carrying oversize and others. There's a good mix out there.
I was surprised by that as well, made no sense to me. I'm an American trucker we don't do road trains like that but we do do doubles and in some states triples. Don't know your terms, so a dog is anything with a 5th? I'd call that a semi trailer - dolly, and I guess a B triple. What I don't understand is why the trailer and dolly at the front, the B-triple, the last three trailers are more stable, I'd put the dolly/trailer combo at the back. I'd hook it up as the two B trailers, then a long box, dolly, and long box.
@@snek9353 yes, I'm referring to a dog as trailer with 2 (or more) axles with a 5th wheel and A-frame.
And yes, putting the more stable b-doubles up front seems the sensible thing to me.
I'm not a trucker tho. Engineer who takes an interest.
@@LatinDanceVideos it's because it's more stable that you put it at the back. You don't want the unstable trailer in the unstable spot.
As for notation that is an ABB quad. It has an A coupling (drawbar) between the first and second trailer, then two B couplings (turntable), and there are 4 trailers all up.
It is not the most common type of quad usually you see AAB quads for highest possible weights or BAB quads for joining two B trains without shuffling in the yard. But this way is the most stable way for the trailers he has.
@@mabamabam "don't want the unstable trailer in the unstable spot."
- Interesting I hadn't considered that, I'd have though that the instability of the A would transfer down the rest of the trailers making stability worse. You're saying putting the Bs at the back makes the A and thus the rest more stable?
I notice also that in all your examples the last connection is a B, is that law or standard practice or something?
Imagine reversing one of those
How much fuel it burns when pulling 150 tonnes?
11:01 - where do you get those half button up, long sleeved double pocket shirts ?
In the usa try Baileys logging supply!
Looks like King Gee : www.kinggee.com.au/mens/shirts/long-sleeve/closed-front-drill-shirt-l-s-18.html#80=4561&142=4554
I love this trailer specially volvo
Ok I have to know....is the bunk the best? Also does it come in cherry red?
It's basically the equivalent of a triple road train however the 2 B trailers make it more stable.
Its economics 2 b,doubles out of Brisbane verses 3 singles to hookup ares 1 less truck
Volvo has come a long way in Oz, Finally
When Steve Grahame Outback Trucker gets one,
it will be accepted as a Aussy classic .
@@mtl-ss1538 I wouldn't go that far haha
Now we just need the VNL
The previous model XXL was bigger in the bunk and 700hp was 700hp, not the 500 that it feels like now. Volvo have always been funny like that, sometimes you'd get a 540 that'd make a 600 blush. I once had a 610 that would trounce the old 660, it's just a Volvo thing.
@@TheTripleDubya we have two of the older 480's and a new(er) 540. The old 480's pull better
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There’s a video of an American trucker secretly making fun of a rather fit (prolly Eastern European) trucker doing some impressive stretches before getting on the road for the day. My thought was “heavy trucks, heavier truck driver”
4:06 retro truck train?
wonderful,
where is it exhibited?
I don't know about that one but there's a good transport museum in Alice Springs that had some interesting machines.
How does the compressor keep up with all those brakes?
Homefront bloody easily. The trains I drive in the Pilbara. Old 909s 98 wheels. Apart from steers everything is tri including drives. Never an issue with air pressure and they are just twin pot compressors on the poxy Cummins. Over there we are Super Qauds. 60 metres. 194.5 tonnes
Dont be stupid it was actually designed in gothenburg
the XXL Cab Is built in Umeå (north of Sweden) cab factory on the same robot line as all the European trucks, I actually designed the Steel body
I live right down the road from the factory on the opposite side of the highway
Star Simulation best story ever
I wander what the price tag is ?
We never got past the sales pitch to hear about the heart of this thing, the power train!??
that'd be nice to know for sure.
700HP Volvo turbo diesel with an I13 transmission. It was on the screen for about 15 seconds.
16 liter inline 6 probably with I-Shift transmission.
@@darenzy The D13 engine is the biggest we see here in the US & I think that is 500hp max. They must have a bigger engine that we don't get.
@@nzsaltflatsracer8054 Cause all you do is light hauls or your regular American trucks would break in half
Could u make the gearbox a dual clutch and satellite navigation the cab should be a highline cab
Should put the mileage up per leg.
They moswell go 6 trailers at 70m only straight roads an no hills . I've seen roadtrain drivers come to nz an freak out cause the hills and narrow roads freaks them out
just like snow and ice would bother Kiwi lads
Why do you not have the FH16 750 in Down Under ???
ilove volvo the genius truck...
What was the fuel economy you got out of this trip?
We get 1to 1 pulling 175 ton done to 0.9 to1km depending on conditions but the trucks hardly ever come off full boost.
1 km/liter?
Finally, something built in Australia for Australia. Great job Volvo!
Finally... since 1972. Kenworth designed and built here since 1971. Mack since 1963. WTF finally...
good truck all good comforts missing one thing that all humans need mainly at night or early morning
It is a New truck here in europe but why do you have a euro5 enige and not a euro6?
Australia doesnt got high emission standards thats why
Becauae we don't want unreliable heaps of shit that catch fire or need rebuilding after only 400,000 kilometres
Muy pequeña la cabina , construyan unos 50cm ó 70cm más atras la cabina y mejoren el espacio , para q esos alerones q funsion cumplen ?
Mieren el espacio d la cabina del Volvo VNL 860.
I think the biggest test is to send on a run at to the stations collecting cattle
Travis Parks Won’t make it out, all those computing parts will fall apart in the dirt
@@Appydem it would not. You do know we use this truck in mines here in sweden right? Wher they live their entire Life in a dusty enviroment
I think you would get laughed at 😂😂
@@Appydem I know thats why said it
@@oneb7482 I know buddy, I worked out there
This Man talk so Funny hahahahahahaha
What is the mpg you never said
The problem with australia and these Volvo’s are yes the new ones you can raise the bed head, but you’re still got your head down hill and if you face the other way there is a gap in the mattress right in your shoulders.
The reason for this they are designed for opposite camber driving on the right hand side of the road.
Wish we had it in America.
A cab over is like an abortion. Even when you need one, you don't want it
I'm a driver in America and I'd love to drive a road train that cab looks a bit small compared to my truck but I'd still love to experience the road trains I'm always up for a good challenge lol
We are still very Kenworth for long haul, but the Euros are making am impact. Problem is delivery from sale. If you are buying 25 new trucks Kenworth can't supply that many quickly. So you buy a few kens a few WS a few volvos etc.
Kenworth are a bit of a pain for anything over a single trailer as the 12v system needs to be upgraded to 24v so it also adds cost.
@@thebaconsonful What's the reason for KW not having switched to 24v in Australia?
Calm down... equipments always nice when it's new
These trucks last
@@porschet5898 hahahahahhahahahhaah your funny
@@porschet5898 my 909 got 53,000 hrs pulling super qaud 195 tonnes. You were saying? This Volvo be stuffed at 20,000 hours.
@@davidwolff8903 glorified cattle truck.
So can I ask what is the reason for having this trailer combination?
It often depends what is going where. He will split the trailers at a certain point so they are often ordered so you drop the emd one first at one place then another somewhere else.
One driver - more tonnage. Less wages.
And usually less fuel used.
whats the max length of those trucks?
Jebi Se 53.5 meters long
3 000 newtonmeters? That's not pulling my leg, that's pulling the entire building I'm in.