An old timer I made friends with when I lived in The Alice, used to drive those monsters back in the day when the Stuart Highway was a track of bull dust and he pulled five cattle trailers. He showed me pictures he said were of him doing that job. Said they could never stop or the cattle would die - they needed the air always moving by them or they got too hot. Said he put the truck in the lowest gear and got out to stretch and take a leak with the truck following the ruts on down the road. Interesting stories for sure.
In the 60's and early 70's it was nothing to see road trains with 5 plus trailers. And the highway from Darwin to Alice Springs was a 1.2 bitumen lane "road". Made by the AMERICANS and Aussies during the WW2 era ..... it took ONLY 6 months....close to 1000 miles long. It was very hard and dangerous to pass said road trains. Many airstrip place along side of it !
Looked like the trailers were empty, judging by the way the first and second rigs accelerated once on the road. But big respect to these guys, I drove articulated trucks in the UK many years ago, a mere one 40ft trailer running at 38 tonnes gross. I bet those three trailer rigs and the dollies weight more than that empty.
Boa tarde , trabalho com rodo trem no Brasil a 18 anos e atualmente estou trabalhando com um rodo caçamba de 25.60mts.tenho um grande sonho q é trabalhar no exterior.
You will see heavier trucks down Leonora way, twin steer tri drive prime movers with tri axle dogs. 2 full trailers with a b double on the back. Hauling fuel for the mines. Still these are impressive and Im sure the operators are top notch.
Not a single head of cattle to be seen looking out from those crates. Obviously these guys were going to load up at some isolated cattle station. Loaded each trailer goes around 40-45 tonnes (volume loading) -- now THAT is impressive to see ------------ a FULLY LOADED LIFT-OFF of about 130-140 tonnes !!! That's when the awesome power of these engines and the skill of the drivers becomes VERY APPARENT
