Life As An Australian Truck Driver | Big Australia

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  • Australia is the 6th largest country in the world and home to twenty-one million people. It’s an enormous landmass with extensive resources and massive industrial operations underpinning its economy. It’s a country where big ideas are dreamt and then built.
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ความคิดเห็น • 261

  • @boss290bafalcon
    @boss290bafalcon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Good to see they look after their workers, monitor the drivers sleep patterns and diet. Healthy drivers equals less accidents

    • @davidfortier6976
      @davidfortier6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Truck drivers have usually been pretty safe drivers, back in ~2005 (in North America at least) they had half as many at-fault accidents per driver-kilometer than the national averages. But there's usually room for improvement and I agree, nice to see them working on it.

  • @seanlemar1268
    @seanlemar1268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    35:47 'I've laid pipe all over the world and this is one of the biggest' 🤣🤣🤣 Nice one

    • @timmyjones1921
      @timmyjones1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes this is Mega Pipe Laying , Wish I Could See It In Person . I worked for a plant in Minnesota for awhile concrete pipe was molded and placed on trucks and taken to pipe laying teams but nothing this massive as in this Australia Video.

    • @mathu_stans
      @mathu_stans 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not many will get the joke,but when you do...

  • @andrewchristopher7138
    @andrewchristopher7138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I've been driving a truck for 14 years in America I find this fascinating

    • @wengu3242
      @wengu3242 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are luck as you find what you are interested

    • @andrewchristopher7138
      @andrewchristopher7138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Ian Visser I wish I could afford a electric car. I would love to see electric trucks takeover the industry . The effect they would have on air and noise pollution would change the world

    • @robertkiell
      @robertkiell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ian Visser not me... id prefer diesel power.. more reliable i just hate electric trucks till they somehow make it last 1000 miles before charge and add auto charge thing like adding 2 electric motors in front wheel just for charging batteries

    • @robertkiell
      @robertkiell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True tho... but his rules in USA is 11 hours on road , 3 hours on duty, 10 hours off duty... which equals to70 hour work time each week with 30 minutes break in middle of driving time

    • @robertkiell
      @robertkiell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HOS or hour of service

  • @pcz5233
    @pcz5233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    That dude laid pipe all over the world..👌👍😀

  • @Dinkum_Aussie
    @Dinkum_Aussie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Mate, Australia 🇦🇺. rides on the back of our trucks! I love my job!
    Great video for SIMON, I work a few doors down from their Darwin depot! Those guys are alright. 💪😎👍

  • @abdiboos2802
    @abdiboos2802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love trucking and I always admire the adventure behind

  • @timmyjones1921
    @timmyjones1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow I seen the Pilbra Ore Road Trains , These Are Just as Awesome . Logistics Is King .

  • @martinmuriihi121
    @martinmuriihi121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Watching from Embu Town, Embu County in KENYA(EAST AFRICA). AMAZING

  • @mrlithium69
    @mrlithium69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Australia's really something else

  • @sintopaulv2
    @sintopaulv2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love truck. Drivers, they are the real road heros,,,,, big salute.

  • @davidfortier6976
    @davidfortier6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Without trucks it wouldn't just be Australia that stops. Just about every country, possibly all of them, would grind to a halt.

  • @InservioLetum
    @InservioLetum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I've laid pipe all over the world, and this is one of the biggest"
    **HUUUGE GRIN**

  • @GodKing804
    @GodKing804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Need more Road Train Journeys in the outback!

  • @marktwain368
    @marktwain368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is an amazing look at the men/women who drive trucks that literally keep a nation alive. Much of it on two-lane blacktop. Unbelievable! They seldom get the credit they deserve so let's raise our glass to them right now! Cheers from Canada--another vast country with few highways to reach remote towns.

  • @131dyana
    @131dyana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for showing this to us in the United States.

  • @Heavy-metaaal
    @Heavy-metaaal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm a Supply Chain professor in Brazil. Great documentary!

  • @njenlo1310
    @njenlo1310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love Australia so much...i must visit there after we get through this COVID-19 shite first.

  • @victormgv
    @victormgv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    ‘Australia lies at the bottom of the world.”
    Antarctica: Am I joke to you?

  • @عليالشمري-و6ي4ص
    @عليالشمري-و6ي4ص 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I work as a bus driver with more than 15 years of experience. I travel long distances. I would like to work in your country. Thank you

  • @RogerDiotte
    @RogerDiotte 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE these episodes! The Blokes are cool guys...what a life!

  • @josh656
    @josh656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "A couple of days ago, I saw a rig big enough to haul that tanker. You wanna get outta here? You talk to me."

  • @josevalenzuela7610
    @josevalenzuela7610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing program well narrated

    • @davidfortier6976
      @davidfortier6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, that was a really good one. Spark tends to be hit-and-miss that way.

    • @lydiaanderson9765
      @lydiaanderson9765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jose Great video How are you doing
      Hope we get to know each other with time and patience?

    • @josevalenzuela7610
      @josevalenzuela7610 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lydiaanderson9765 yes hopefully we will

    • @lydiaanderson9765
      @lydiaanderson9765 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josevalenzuela7610 Hope you are doing good I love to meet new people and get to know each other probably. Do you mind suggesting any means we can talk off here and no more about your self

  • @Pepin-LB
    @Pepin-LB 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello I'm Belgian and I'm now applying for a work visa in Australia as trucker 😍

  • @hawssie1
    @hawssie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lets see him back that up into loading dock that would be impressive! In really Im sure reverse is a very much unused gear when hooked up to that train.

  • @brianoneil9662
    @brianoneil9662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I drive long haul in the U.S. My longest run has been 3240 miles. Just one trailer though and not through anyplace as harsh as the outback.

  • @nahashonbalos2796
    @nahashonbalos2796 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    a whole lot of fun in the outback,,,,great doc

  • @Roihan54
    @Roihan54 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    46:11 that is fast for that kind of load

    • @user-ye5ru4wl5z
      @user-ye5ru4wl5z 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      there are escort cars front and back

  • @cliffwoodbury5319
    @cliffwoodbury5319 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never thought trucking was cool until i saw these articulated semis. I don't know why they don't have turbine trucks because they would work real well in Australia. They would well on flat open ground and there are long flat terrains all over the world they would work well in. in the U.S. it may be to late because the traffic on highways, and i'm sure many of Australia's logistic centers are near highways (so these trucks can drop of trailers) so they don't have to go deep into towns and cities were they'd congested traffic. But if you zone properly so factories and intermodal facilities are located by highways/rail lines/waterways/airfields it would make a super efficient logistics network being you could move 3-4 times the goods with 1/3rd the truck drivers.

  • @joycewaithera5182
    @joycewaithera5182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love trucking live long truckers

  • @dwynepen7626
    @dwynepen7626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to run 8500km in just over 6.5days solo... 0 accidents .

  • @CarlosGonzalez-kt5be
    @CarlosGonzalez-kt5be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Australia es aparte de todos los países y tiene por suerte muchos minerales para no depender de ningún país.

  • @あかはまんみかさ
    @あかはまんみかさ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what's the highest speed of this truck with one trailer and with 3 trailer or what was their average speed;-;

  • @davidanalyst671
    @davidanalyst671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this wasnt a summary of logistics or truck driving, its just a video of two different trucking loads delivered.

  • @thomasburke7995
    @thomasburke7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talk about limited.. 105 kph.. hell Canada allows for 100 kph. And in the states some allow as high as 70MPH.

  • @Blessed_givers
    @Blessed_givers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I could someday drive for such a bigger company

  • @rodneyalicaway1438
    @rodneyalicaway1438 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this movie
    Same as I play on World Truck Driving simulator

  • @5thgen418
    @5thgen418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I drive lemosine service in UAE
    I want a job in Australia.
    Is it possible

  • @pratheepanumat6384
    @pratheepanumat6384 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ขอบคุณครับ

  • @fernandobarajas3157
    @fernandobarajas3157 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't know how many hours a day/week driver are allow d in Australia but I've scene "triple" drivers so they can drive pretty much coast-2-

  • @BdDream
    @BdDream 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked the information.

  • @armella_life
    @armella_life 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would love to try such a roadtrain...... Have only tried to drive a little Danish roadtrain aka 2 trailers. Would love to try this :D

  • @kamilkarwat2706
    @kamilkarwat2706 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a tiny sleeper cab.

  • @manojsilva9382
    @manojsilva9382 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello sir how can join this transport company .will you give a chance for sri lankans ?

  • @andresquinonezramirez9373
    @andresquinonezramirez9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For some reason am starting to like this channel more

  • @YPO6
    @YPO6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    48 min long Volvo commercial.

  • @sighpocket5
    @sighpocket5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice!!!

  • @fernandobarajas3157
    @fernandobarajas3157 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Truck drivers are in such a demand in the US that Walmart advertises on their trucks $95k-$110k($$1,800-$2,200@ week) which is pretty good for Walmart... It's also pretty crazy when convenience stores such as Rebel,Terribles and 7/11 are paying $14-$17@ hour in Vegas and that's the most I've ever scene them offer a cashier...That's our Brandon..

  • @gameshareprime
    @gameshareprime 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant believe that a truck can even make a turn towing a triple trailer. And are those trailers max weight?

  • @oluwadamilolaoluwarotimidu2072
    @oluwadamilolaoluwarotimidu2072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very fascinating, I wish you journey mercies although👌🏾👍😃

  • @xcesar4impx666
    @xcesar4impx666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    hahahah he bought new flip flops hahaha !!

  • @semiretired6033
    @semiretired6033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man i laughed when he said truckers are treated more like athletes whose diets and sleep patterns are tested regularly. I dunno if it really the case in Aussieland but it sure isn't the case in North America, where most are obese, out of shape heart attacks waiting to happen.

  • @mikec1651
    @mikec1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello I do get the sense , in the comment section, that it has been heavily visited by robots, honing their craft.
    Anyway I enjoyed this video m

  • @emadeldinhessain3272
    @emadeldinhessain3272 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great.

  • @xcesar4impx666
    @xcesar4impx666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i bet the heat there is NOOOOO JOKE!!!

  • @stugill4513
    @stugill4513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    carnt belive there only using 480 bhp on them runs , over in england we use 480/500 or alot more on 400 mile trips that last a day

    • @fredburmeister7125
      @fredburmeister7125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Volvo road train was running 600HP and the pipe truck was running a 540HP motor at 46,000KG. The one you thinking about was the 480HP single trailer they use locally.

  • @ginessanchez3583
    @ginessanchez3583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The video is very good but its music makes it unpleasant

  • @joserenaud2420
    @joserenaud2420 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any english subtitles?

  • @snmaina237
    @snmaina237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the background music is very distracting

    • @clairee5357
      @clairee5357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      at least its still background music. Can hear the voices... not like some that seem to think drowning out the voice wih the music is the way to go.

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Um, actually, that thingie at the bottom of the world is called "Antarctica."

  • @larryhooverpedofilekillerc4177
    @larryhooverpedofilekillerc4177 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello good evening thank you for being beautiful thank you for being wonderful I hope you have a great day. Goodnight the greatness in you is beautiful

  • @majhangprakash
    @majhangprakash 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:56 that man's mustouch, is that a fashion or shaving mishap?

  • @noelhall945
    @noelhall945 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    With all that produce, is it temperature controlled?

    • @zxbigmikexz
      @zxbigmikexz ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, those were refrigerated trailers.

  • @firdausmohammad5530
    @firdausmohammad5530 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear volvo or others manyfacture,please make a bunker with air ride..coz our road its not that s smooth

    • @firdausmohammad5530
      @firdausmohammad5530 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Constant shaking its unnecessary when u try to sleep sir

  • @seanvaughan8914
    @seanvaughan8914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So many in-show ads.... worse than public free-radio!

  • @shakirkhanshakir6103
    @shakirkhanshakir6103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interested to job in Australia to that team my name shakir Khan from Pakistan and I'm job Saudi Arabia for truck Trailer driving my experience is 10 year and I'm professional driver so that possible to job in that company?

  • @kingtut5923
    @kingtut5923 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice way to spoil all this .....MUSIC must go

  • @onyoxvlogs9871
    @onyoxvlogs9871 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi sir I'm very interested to apply trillir driver and your company

  • @dawiskid187
    @dawiskid187 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Road house or truck stop?

  • @heinrich5758
    @heinrich5758 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    fuel consumption? 1l/km ?

  • @turbovtec5390
    @turbovtec5390 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a truck driver I can't stand these big company monitor your every move.

  • @virgillasher5656
    @virgillasher5656 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i was doing 4500 miles in 4 days wen i drove truck single driver

  • @briansebogodi1331
    @briansebogodi1331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dream to own this business someday 😭🙏Lord help me

  • @moonman387
    @moonman387 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fucking crazy Aussies. Truck driving in America seems like a walk in the park compared to what you guys do.

  • @luckyunlucky3893
    @luckyunlucky3893 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:33 but how do they know where to go and what to carry?
    Simple, if I'm a supermarket and I order 50 crates of tomatoes, I call them up, tell them what I want and where I am. That's a very silly question
    2:14 specialized in carrying anything and everything. Uhhhh, then they generalize, not specialize. The guys who wrote the script is an idiot

  • @olzhasolzhas1869
    @olzhasolzhas1869 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why cant they carry not 3 but 5 pipes? Looks easily possible

    • @12345anton6789
      @12345anton6789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Weight, 3 pipes weigh 30 000 kg

  • @est2035
    @est2035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Frank should get a pay rise then he can buy some new teeth.

  • @robinhyperlord9053
    @robinhyperlord9053 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many (per year) cubic kilometers of Earth could be minded?

    • @Kevy_G
      @Kevy_G 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      at least 3

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kevy_G
      Thank you for the information.

    • @davidfortier6976
      @davidfortier6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      About fifteen years ago I read in, I think Popular Science, that mankind collectively moves enough Earth for all purposes, mostly mining and construction, to fill the Grand Canyon four times. The Grand Canyon's volume is estimated at 5.45 trillion cubic yards, which works out to almost 4 200 cubic kilometers. So if all that's correct, we move (but not necessarily mine) 12 000 to 13 000 cubic kilometers of Earth each year. The largest mine is the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, USA. it is also the largest man made excavation and is allegedly visible from an orbiting space shuttle without binoculars/telescope. It is about five cubic kilometers. None of this is exactly an answer to your question, but might interest you.

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidfortier6976
      Thanks, I'm researching Thorium nuclear fission.

  • @guimaraspc
    @guimaraspc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats up with the shorty shorts? Don't depend too much on china now look at what they did.

  • @mediachaneltayo1652
    @mediachaneltayo1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hallo...
    I'm from Indonesia, agency Media Logistics local

  • @Janjua.1
    @Janjua.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am a driver i also have saudi arabia license

  • @ngakadaakhlak8314
    @ngakadaakhlak8314 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old Volvo😀😀😀😀😀😀

  • @edwald4056
    @edwald4056 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The audio is rubbish.

  • @yengsabio5315
    @yengsabio5315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't they have freight trains in Australia?

    • @dumyjobby
      @dumyjobby 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do

    • @carl8790
      @carl8790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't you have a brain?

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carl8790 Hey, I don't assume to know all, hence, I ask!

  • @antonmursid3505
    @antonmursid3505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Antonmursid🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨

  • @footsy420
    @footsy420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    canada has more coastline than australia

  • @Paolo-v9k
    @Paolo-v9k ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi ha dificultats i hi ha plaers

  • @viccalubad1136
    @viccalubad1136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good morning AMERICA pillihnes Tegyu

  • @Fortwo64
    @Fortwo64 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sangat tertarik untuk bergabung mengendarai Truck Simon, andai ada peluang. Saya supir truck Indo.

  • @balareddythanugundla7990
    @balareddythanugundla7990 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can I Visa to drive those trucks ...am from India

  • @rscii497
    @rscii497 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ben George should consider performing an impromptu striptease and show us his Lebanese Aussie ****

  • @Amanturchikkoak3
    @Amanturchikkoak3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Перевод
    Перевод

  • @方乐覃为首-i3b
    @方乐覃为首-i3b 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    仪地金天

  • @thebluewhale8891
    @thebluewhale8891 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank fuck for Adblock.

  • @ritchienegrea5779
    @ritchienegrea5779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just pay the damn drivers so we can have a life. Don’t spend billions in trucker research equipment it’s fine good enough. Fkit.

  • @user-vj5rz8hm4c
    @user-vj5rz8hm4c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    من جذر ومن زمان ومن بداية كل هاي ماتراه وتشوف نها وتشو لونها وتشو فونهن مسروقات وعجائب من هنا وهناك في حياتيات أخرى وعوالم أخرى وكل ش مسروق هو من ضلع ومن ظهر ومن يوميات مغصوبين وال مسجونات وال تحت سجون وسجود عبوديات شنكاف مدعش وزوجي آت أولى غايب حضور أموات أحياء وكلهن حقوق َ ومستلزمات مسروقة ومغصوبات ومهدر آت ومسروقين ومسرو قي ة وال يليها و

  • @SharonD369
    @SharonD369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truckies lol makes them sound like sissies, they’re Truckers everyone knows that........... oh and motorcycle riders are Bikers not bikeys or how ever it’s spelt lol 🤘🤘🤘

  • @user-vj5rz8hm4c
    @user-vj5rz8hm4c 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    وعصابات وجنسيات عراق وبغداد ونجف جنسيات أولى وأخرى وحالي ون وحلفهم شنكاف مدعش يأت وحلفهن جيني ومنوع وكوادرها يستخدمون فل زوجات من جذر وجذور بداية كل المشدودين والمؤمنين والصالحين وأيضا يفلوهم ويفكوهم نفس حالة في براري ومحيطات وجو ومحافلها وبطنيات ومبطن آت ويركبوها بحيوشاتهن وبمجنداتهن قطع ورزم ومنوعات ظلما وجورا وال قبل هاي فصليات وحوادث ها وما كان قبلهن وما فيها وما بعدهن وال يليه ن وما خلفها وما وراهن وما بعدهم وما قبلها وماروي وما بعدهن وما قبلهن و

  • @morganmorales9474
    @morganmorales9474 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    48:03

  • @folk.
    @folk. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @joshualee5539
    @joshualee5539 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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