Well done @Tomas Varg some excellent footage of the road trains in an around my home town of Alice Springs, was going to do some similar footage myself up at the Shell servo but haven't found the time, been too busy with work
@TomasVarg Erldunda and Three Ways I found to be the best two roadhouses to spot Gilbert's as they travel their 24 hour non stop trip from Darwin to Adelaide, and vice versa
Afro eurasia always has cabovers only. But australia and new Zealand have taken a large love of our kind of beautiful longnoses. Good for you Australia and New Zealand. Koodos.
Just got my MC ticket yesterday. Be careful what you wish for. Wouldn't be in it if I didn't want to be but "With great power comes great responsibility" 😣.
We should ship north american and australian trucks to each other's continent regularly and have insane out of this world trucking shows, displays, comparison, and competitions.
A terrific made-for-tv movie about 6 hours long it's called Alice to Nowhere about this cross country Australia trucker and murderers and it's a great movie if you could look it up Alice to nowhere
4:14 Saw that green one last night in a clip.. 86 wheels and tyres in service and probably two spares each per trailer? 5:44 Can you imagine that. Well the lights were green when I began to pull away officer.
I don’t think you actually live there then. Crime is very high, unemployment is high, the weather is terrible, there’s nothing to do except go to the mall, and everyone is there when it’s hot so the place stinks. The cops are corrupt. The Abbo gangs make it so you can’t walk around after dark and it’s extremely isolated from the rest of the country. It’s got a nice landscape and for a tourist it might be okay visit but living there sucks bro trust me I know
Ok let's just get it properly understood...$250000 is not an average expectation. Not even excavator operators in the mines up north WA expect that much. I just got my MC unrestricted statement of attainment yesterday and just this morning I downloaded the pdf from the Australian Work Ombudsman website for the Award Rate for road train drivers as of November 2020 (update due on July 2021) the Casual Rate (grade 3; previously grade 1) is $37.16 pr hour or 0.44 pr kilometre. This casual rate goes up with experience to grade 10 (previously grade 8 at $47.16 (I don't mind aspiring to that AT ALL! And some companies pay above award-rate too. Now, as far as I'm aware your not aloud to go over 14 hours a day driving legally (and I would never want to...I mean this a heavy responsibility here). Public holidays are a minimum 8hours pay and $165 on top (per shift) for grade 3 and grade 10 gets min 8 hrs with 188 on top. This doesn't take into account Good Friday or Christmas Eve which are around 250 on top instead. If you get a casual rate per kilometre on grade 3 your looking at 0.4954 pr km with $165 on top and a minimum 500 kilometre payment. Grade 10 gets 0.5621 pr kilometre with $188 on top. Now let me just say you will be able to pull a six figure salary but don't expect to be pulling in $250000! That being said if any one DOES know of such an arrangement that doesn't involve being the CEO of a transport company then please let me know! But yeah, basically as far as I can tell if you focus on safety, never rush around and always pay extra attention...the money will take care of itself. and if your boss is pushing you around with tight deadlines and calling you while your driving NEVER EVEN LOOK AT THAT DAMN PHONE and GET A NEW BOSS! You can't believe that you can balance job security with safety. You can only choose one or the other. Choose safety and the money will take care of itself. We can always find work but one screw up and it's all over.
500-600 hp. Standard is 525+ but Cummins come standard Gen2 Signature @ 600 hp. It's illegal to beef them up, if the DOT see black smoke and pull you over, they will plug a computer in, so will the Police! Also Cummins technicians will report you if they plug in and find the programming tampered with. BIG fines! We don't use Detroit in Road Train's much over here, Series 60 crate motors running at 500hp are okay for 2 trailers and B-doubles but struggle over the mountains here with more than 2 trailers. I drove a Kenworth 904 that had a series 60 crate motor pulling triple and Quad combinations between Darwin and Townsville doing general freight and it sucked! Lots of big hills. I drove an Atkinson Twin steer with 30' flat bed and 2 trailers, that had an 8v92, twin turbos and a blower! I was working for a drilling company in Alice Springs! I was always atleast 10t (22,000 pounds) over weight at the minimum and went 30t over once, company paid the fine, luckily, I wasn't driving! I parked it up 20 kilometres north of Alice Springs, I knew I was heavy heavy! But, That Atkinson was a BEAST!!!!! I'd overtake empty Road Trains, going up through the hills north of Alice Springs. That truck had a 22 Spicer, where as 99% of "Road Train Rated"trucks have Road Ranger 2200 box's.
@ 6.22 pm,. Saturday. 26th Oct 2019 M P. Parameshwara Mysore. City, Karnataka. State, South. India Australian. Trucks. Most. Powerful,. Roads. are. Marvelous
I drove an oil field transport for an outlaw co. in Okla in the 1970's. We hauled loads of liquids so over loaded we could only operate under the table, if you know what I mean. My questions are this. How much does a 4 trailer transport gross, hauling water? What is the leagal limit in your country? It facinates me that you guys get cooperation from much of the rest of your country, or so it seems. Here we were treated like a rolling Cash cow. Ungodly hrs, low pay & expected to operate on dope in order to stay awake. One other trucker besides me refused to take dope to stay awake. Of coarse we had to keep that to ourself.
the trailers that are hard sided are call pantecs or fridge trailers/vans and the soft sided are tautliners that can have fridge motors to keep the produce cold
Muito top Gosto muito dos rodotrens australiano, aqui no Brasil esses tipos de composição não é permitido Meu sonho é de um dia pode los conhecer pessoalmente Abraço
Is there any drive and rest requlations in australia? In Finland truck drivers have 9 hours drive time and it can be expanded to 10 hours sometimes. After 4.5 hour driving you must rest for 45 minutes and then you can drive another 4.5 hours.
There are a few companies importing and converting Peterbilts over here now. The steering wheel has to swap sides for a start. Most of the other American trucks for our market are built in Australia anyway.
There are two companies importing brand new Peterbilt s into Australia and doing RHD conversation s. That is if "Kent's" still do it but the main one is Truckworks in Adelaide. They are a private operation, Paccar, the parent company of both KW and Peterbilt have no affiliation with them. A decision was made by Paccar in the 1960s that only one of their brands would be marketed in Australia. KW ended up building a factory in Melbourne.
Wow... enough copyright messages... I had to quit early because of the effective nagging... Good, you have the copyright... with the irritation level provided, no one would want to copy. A copyright message is not a watermark(look that up) and you have overdone your self.
muchas llantas rodando paresiera q cada remolqe carga 35 toneladas minimo yo creo q no es muy nesesario tantas llantas con tre en el remolqe y ďos en el jalon es sufisiente.
There are weight limits on the axles not the trailer, so the more axles the more weight with limits on each axle. Those trucks carry frozen and fresh goods, which are heavy.
Guys common this may seem satisfying to look but it is extremely dangerous for others / other vehicles / animals traveling on the road. This road train concept is a stupid idea I would say so
they are not dangerous if everybody respects each other as drivers. 3 x semi trailers or 1 roadtrain? Less traffic, less fuel consumption, less drivers (which are hard to get), Less tyres on the road.
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Well done @Tomas Varg some excellent footage of the road trains in an around my home town of Alice Springs, was going to do some similar footage myself up at the Shell servo but haven't found the time, been too busy with work
Thank you. I wish I could live in Alice.
Hope you catch some time mate 😊
@TomasVarg
Erldunda and Three Ways I found to be the best two roadhouses to spot Gilbert's as they travel their 24 hour non stop trip from Darwin to Adelaide, and vice versa
Merci Tomas Varg pour ces images si impressionnantes et totalement inhabituelles pour un Français de France.
😊👍🏼
@@TomasVarg 👍
Afro eurasia always has cabovers only. But australia and new Zealand have taken a large love of our kind of beautiful longnoses.
Good for you Australia and New Zealand.
Koodos.
Love the suspended cab movement on the Gilbert Kenworth.
ABC Mack is also nice looking truck with huge fuel tanks.
Yes. It is beautiful trucks 😊
The Kenworths and MaxiTrans(?) reefer trailers of Gilberts look so good and clean. Gotta hand it to them for always making there rigs shine.
Paul Barretto . The Gilbert trailers are FTE. Made in Melbourne with BPW axles and Thermo King fridges. Top specification.
@@timpulmanAustralia But most of their curtainsiders are from Barker Trailers, as seen on one of the rigs in this video.
Jahat lori nih....#greetings from Malaysian truck drivers
K. Chulada. De. Estos. Camiones impresionantes
Yes. Great trucks 😊😊
thank you for the info about the peterbilt but you guys still have some nice looking trucks
Those Gilbert’s trucks are smart ! C Taylor .
😊
Welcome to You Tube for the world 🌍 to see how Australia does it don't break your jaw when you watch the Video 📹
Cheers mate great watch. Thankyou 4 sharing :). NZL
Thank you 😊😊😊
Road trains are cool, I wish I could drive one.
Me too. It would be awesome 😊
Just got my MC ticket yesterday. Be careful what you wish for. Wouldn't be in it if I didn't want to be but "With great power comes great responsibility" 😣.
Great words. 😊
@@ra6378 Ostojic are looking for drivers Fifo or local, MacArthur River, Mt Isa, Cloncurry. DAngerous goods licence required
I'm surprised to see there are still Volvo f7 around. Great video. Cheers from Malaysia
Because we look after our gear and don't abuse it or let cowboys drive it.
We should ship north american and australian trucks to each other's continent regularly and have insane out of this world trucking shows, displays, comparison, and competitions.
Best Ausyralia Trucks , ποzdravi DARWIN iz Γρcke - GR !
True :)
You should so make more videos like this for us !!!! 😁👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you my friend. Im live in Sweden so Australia is far far away ;)
SUPERB!
I like kenworth and mack best trucks ever
Agree 😊
Don't forget Peterbilt! But guess doesn't matter since KW and Peter are owned by same company and use the same parts haha
Yes i like also peterbilt
Gotta hand it to Gilberts, their gear always looks top notch!
Yes, I agree with you. They have nice looking trucks 😊
I wish trucks here in 🇺🇸 had those forward facing intake scoops.
Thanks for your comment. Yeah. They lsure ooking good. Have a nice one :)
🇬🇪🇦🇺🇬🇪🇦🇺🇬🇪🇦🇺 როგორც ყოველთვის გაუმარჯოს ავსტრალიის კონტინენტს.
Yes 👍🏼😊
Thank you for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊
A terrific made-for-tv movie about 6 hours long it's called Alice to Nowhere about this cross country Australia trucker and murderers and it's a great movie if you could look it up Alice to nowhere
Nice of you, I will look for it. Cheers mate :)
Awesome video mate
Thanks mate. 😊
that"s a really trucks fellas here in norway we have a 26meters! cheers from norway casuallity that country needs truck-drivers??
That is some really good footage of trucks, I think the publisher should do something about protecting the copyright.
😊❤️
@@TomasVarg no offense meant Tomas, only humour.
@@seanworkman431 No problem my friend, peace & love :)
@@TomasVarg I am glad you smile as I wished for nothing less. Definitely good camera work.
Thank you mate 💙
Im glad you liked it and thank you for visiting my channel. 😊 Have a nice day. See you 😊
Should do more of these videos mate. Great picture :)
Thanks mate. Yes, one day I go back for more road trains. Im back in sweden now :(
My truck
4:14 Saw that green one last night in a clip.. 86 wheels and tyres in service and probably two spares each per trailer? 5:44 Can you imagine that. Well the lights were green when I began to pull away officer.
The Alice is literally hell on Earth
No? I love Alice 😊
I don’t think you actually live there then. Crime is very high, unemployment is high, the weather is terrible, there’s nothing to do except go to the mall, and everyone is there when it’s hot so the place stinks. The cops are corrupt. The Abbo gangs make it so you can’t walk around after dark and it’s extremely isolated from the rest of the country. It’s got a nice landscape and for a tourist it might be okay visit but living there sucks bro trust me I know
Okej. Have a nice day / Tomas
Tall Tees N’ Slapz Fam you’re 100 % correct mate
The Alice is a great place with lots of beautiful places to visit. Go see if you hav’nt been, I would love To go back up there!
Obviously, the reverse gears on those machines can be sold as new, and nobody will notice the difference.
Hahaha, wishful thinking mate!
Вот где настоящее мастерство вождения
Woow❤
😊👍🏼
Love it
😊
Que legal!
Yes
Man... these drivers must be really good at reversing those trucks
They dont reverse...
brett noble a B-Triple can be reversed but hardly ever happens anything more then 3 trailers can’t be reversed.
Obrigada amigo por mostra essas maravilhas q tem na Austrália um grande abraço do seu escrito
Prachtig👍👍
That Gilbert’s Transport has nice equipment 👍
Красавчики 😜🤟👍
Hey guyz, how much a road train driver can expect annually earning in Australia??
$250,000 roughly.
@@ice-mm6em i want to get into this industry but i guess its not easy to get a job.
Ok let's just get it properly understood...$250000 is not an average expectation. Not even excavator operators in the mines up north WA expect that much. I just got my MC unrestricted statement of attainment yesterday and just this morning I downloaded the pdf from the Australian Work Ombudsman website for the Award Rate for road train drivers as of November 2020 (update due on July 2021) the Casual Rate (grade 3; previously grade 1) is $37.16 pr hour or 0.44 pr kilometre. This casual rate goes up with experience to grade 10 (previously grade 8 at $47.16 (I don't mind aspiring to that AT ALL! And some companies pay above award-rate too. Now, as far as I'm aware your not aloud to go over 14 hours a day driving legally (and I would never want to...I mean this a heavy responsibility here). Public holidays are a minimum 8hours pay and $165 on top (per shift) for grade 3 and grade 10 gets min 8 hrs with 188 on top. This doesn't take into account Good Friday or Christmas Eve which are around 250 on top instead. If you get a casual rate per kilometre on grade 3 your looking at 0.4954 pr km with $165 on top and a minimum 500 kilometre payment. Grade 10 gets 0.5621 pr kilometre with $188 on top. Now let me just say you will be able to pull a six figure salary but don't expect to be pulling in $250000! That being said if any one DOES know of such an arrangement that doesn't involve being the CEO of a transport company then please let me know! But yeah, basically as far as I can tell if you focus on safety, never rush around and always pay extra attention...the money will take care of itself. and if your boss is pushing you around with tight deadlines and calling you while your driving NEVER EVEN LOOK AT THAT DAMN PHONE and GET A NEW BOSS! You can't believe that you can balance job security with safety. You can only choose one or the other. Choose safety and the money will take care of itself. We can always find work but one screw up and it's all over.
لأ اله الا الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم تسليما كثيرا
كل عام وانتم جميعا بخير وسلامه تحياتي لكم جميعا اخواني الكرام من مصر الحبيبه اتمنى لكم التوفيق
Звук двигателей как в классической музыке
Mantap.... 👍🏻
As a US driver I wonder, are these trucks using the regular old 500HP engines from cummins and detroit .. or they are beefed up?
Good question. I think it is the 500 hp, I asked a driver couple of years ago but I dont remeber
500-600 hp. Standard is 525+ but Cummins come standard Gen2 Signature @ 600 hp. It's illegal to beef them up, if the DOT see black smoke and pull you over, they will plug a computer in, so will the Police! Also Cummins technicians will report you if they plug in and find the programming tampered with. BIG fines!
We don't use Detroit in Road Train's much over here, Series 60 crate motors running at 500hp are okay for 2 trailers and B-doubles but struggle over the mountains here with more than 2 trailers. I drove a Kenworth 904 that had a series 60 crate motor pulling triple and Quad combinations between Darwin and Townsville doing general freight and it sucked! Lots of big hills.
I drove an Atkinson Twin steer with 30' flat bed and 2 trailers, that had an 8v92, twin turbos and a blower! I was working for a drilling company in Alice Springs! I was always atleast 10t (22,000 pounds) over weight at the minimum and went 30t over once, company paid the fine, luckily, I wasn't driving! I parked it up 20 kilometres north of Alice Springs, I knew I was heavy heavy!
But, That Atkinson was a BEAST!!!!! I'd overtake empty Road Trains, going up through the hills north of Alice Springs. That truck had a 22 Spicer, where as 99% of "Road Train Rated"trucks have Road Ranger 2200 box's.
We need to get the old Mack superliners back 😉😔
Yes. I agree. The old Mack superliners is so beautiful 😍
Yes, and that is sad 😢
Nearly 70? You got my respect mate. I understand you miss it. I have been on the roads for 17 years now. I live in Sweden, Europe. Bless you mate 😊
Oh? Did not know him, i should check his channel. Thanks mate.
@ 6.22 pm,. Saturday. 26th Oct 2019
M P. Parameshwara
Mysore. City,
Karnataka. State,
South. India
Australian. Trucks. Most. Powerful,. Roads. are. Marvelous
I miss being a truckdriver...………….But my desk has a motor to make it go up and down :-)
Hi. I understand that. I have been a truckdriver for 16 yeats now and I love it. Thanks mate 😊
Thanks for sharing ❤️
@Linda Gray,
I WISH YOU GOOD.
PLEASE KEEP WELL
@Linda Gray,
NO PROBLEME MY DEAR.
ALL THE BEST WISHES.
Cool
😊
dream job
Yes 👍🏼😊
Understand that Road Trains in Australia. That’s a Large Car in United States. Extended of Chicken 🐔 Truck Gilbert’s
شنو هاي واو يا سلم
I from Indonesian 😁🇮🇩
Cool. Are you okey? Watch out for the corona virus 😊
What do you call the Toll vehicle? BA-quad?
BAA Quad(Or 2AB Quad officially)
@@darkdregen1 BAB quad?
bonzoAU Sorry I got it wrong, it should be BAA Quad(Or 2AB Quad officially)
Thx for telling
I drove an oil field transport for an outlaw co. in Okla in the 1970's. We hauled loads of liquids so over loaded we could only operate under the table, if you know what I mean. My questions are this. How much does a 4 trailer transport gross, hauling water? What is the leagal limit in your country? It facinates me that you guys get cooperation from much of the rest of your country, or so it seems. Here we were treated like a rolling Cash cow. Ungodly hrs, low pay & expected to operate on dope in order to stay awake. One other trucker besides me refused to take dope to stay awake. Of coarse we had to keep that to ourself.
Thank you for your comnent, im sorry, but i cant answer your question. But i hope someone can help. Have a nice one 😊👍🏼
How am I going to get through the yellow light before it turns red?! lol
HAHA. LOL 😂
They get right of way, all Aussie know to let them pass
Americans say ok it's a couple of loads. As my Aussie mates say, put it all on on I'm not coming back. Bear cracks
Beer
ممتازه جدا تحياتي للجميع
"Alice To Nowhere"!
شنو هاي واو
What do y'all call your box trailers in Australia here in the U.S. we called them dry vans and the refrigerated trailers are called reefers
Dont u guys call them tractor trailers?
Nothing like a tractor trailer
@@Mick_4591 yes here in the U.S. we call them tractor trailers but each tractor trailer has a specific name in the U.S.
No
Prime mover is what the truck is called
@@Mick_4591 thanks for letting me know
the trailers that are hard sided are call pantecs or fridge trailers/vans and the soft sided are tautliners that can have fridge motors to keep the produce cold
Muito top
Gosto muito dos rodotrens australiano, aqui no Brasil esses tipos de composição não é permitido
Meu sonho é de um dia pode los conhecer pessoalmente
Abraço
2:45 RIP 3406
WOW... I am a truck driver. I wish to drive one of those ... and I am Mexican we only drive doubles 51 footers.
The longest I ever seen was 6 trailers. I think there use to be longer ones but the rules in Australia have changed in the last 10 years.
Mav F Called Powertrain(Body & six)?
Is there any drive and rest requlations in australia? In Finland truck drivers have 9 hours drive time and it can be expanded to 10 hours sometimes. After 4.5 hour driving you must rest for 45 minutes and then you can drive another 4.5 hours.
www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/fatigue-management/work-and-rest-requirements/standard-hours , hope that helps
Yes...very heavily regulated.
@@chopper1860 just my MC ticket yesterday.this couldn't of come at better timing,thanks for posting the link.
do you guys have any peterbilts
daniel stryker a few old ones floating around but the new ones don’t get here, mainly KW, western star, frieghtliner, Mack and euro’s
There are a few companies importing and converting Peterbilts over here now. The steering wheel has to swap sides for a start. Most of the other American trucks for our market are built in Australia anyway.
There are two companies importing brand new Peterbilt s into Australia and doing RHD conversation s. That is if "Kent's" still do it but the main one is Truckworks in Adelaide.
They are a private operation, Paccar, the parent company of both KW and Peterbilt have no affiliation with them. A decision was made by Paccar in the 1960s that only one of their brands would be marketed in Australia. KW ended up building a factory in Melbourne.
what is the driver's annual salary ?
Sorry, dont know :(
2phalanges Not enough !
Long bois
Yes bro 🫡
do you guys ever back up?
wwg1wga you can back up a B-Triple but not a B-Quad
yep 2 trailers max, seen a bloke back up to the third trailer one night. 2 goes in the dark and a torch on a box to indicate where he needed to be.
@@buticks6388 they didn't teach ME that at driving school.
@@ra6378 this guy had been driving over 35 years
One new set of tires please...
Haha. LOL :)
I love the video. Question. Do they have to deal with weight scales lile we do in the US?
Delvon Hall yes. Triple axle is 23.5 tonnes. Bogey or dual axle is 17.5 tonnes.
There are weighbridges closer to the cities....but they can go mobile with scales and weigh these rigs anywhere.
@@davo8955 I thought duel was 16.5 ton and triple was 20 ton. Do I have that wrong? Weight limits are set for all states right? I'm in WA.
@@ra6378 I'm thinking he's talking about Australian limits
das sind Geile Fahrzeuge
JBG Travels Sent Me
Wow... enough copyright messages... I had to quit early because of the effective nagging... Good, you have the copyright... with the irritation level provided, no one would want to copy. A copyright message is not a watermark(look that up) and you have overdone your self.
You had to quit early because of small text at the bottom? Doesn’t take much to ruin your day does it m8. Lighten up
@@stopchangingmynameyoutube yup. I didn't even notice it. Lol
hello tomas from mexico has job
Have you seen any Camels lately?
No. I was only a tourist, im back in Europe now. Thanks for your comment 😊
skin dawson jac heaven mr plog beavers truck
muchas llantas rodando paresiera q cada remolqe carga 35 toneladas minimo yo creo q no es muy nesesario tantas llantas con tre en el remolqe y ďos en el jalon es sufisiente.
Xoxoxo
O Gilbert's,se precisar de motorista, tô aí.....dont speak inglish,mas noiis desenrola kkk🇧🇷
I drive
Sonho de consumo, 🇧🇷
i read it somewhere australia is texas on roids and thts true😂
👍🏼😊
Why do road trains, such as this fridge train, require so many wheels...20 to each 12m? drawbar. Compare with Europe
Good question my friend. I hope someone can answer you 😊
Weight distribution, which preserves the roads.
Thanks for helping the channel :)
There are weight limits on the axles not the trailer, so the more axles the more weight with limits on each axle. Those trucks carry frozen and fresh goods, which are heavy.
Hahaha this is Nota truck is like a train Hahahah 😂🤣😂🤣
COMO SE CONSEGUE DAR #RÉ NESSES TRUCK ?
NO CREO HAYA EMPRESARIO EN LA ARGENTINA QUE INVIERTA EN LOS AGRICULTORES... Y LES LLEVE EL LIKIDO PARA SUS TRACTORES....!!
gracias...
OSCAR ALFREDO Retamoza ahi no es Argentina es en Australia 🇦🇺 😁
xe dep
Guys common this may seem satisfying to look but it is extremely dangerous for others / other vehicles / animals traveling on the road. This road train concept is a stupid idea I would say so
they are not dangerous if everybody respects each other as drivers. 3 x semi trailers or 1 roadtrain? Less traffic, less fuel consumption, less drivers (which are hard to get), Less tyres on the road.