Tri-drives in the Kaingaroa
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- New Zealand has some of the biggest logging trucks in the world working off-highway on private roads - which can see Gross Combination Masses of around 150-tonne at work, with the off-road doubles.
This area also hosts a number of tri-drives which are used normally on stem-work, and are used for their traction abilities.
The Australians and kiwis used to buy all their western stars including tri drives from the plant in kelowna bc until Daimler announced that they were closing the original plant and moving operations to the freightliner plant in Portland Oregon
That’s me in the Maroon Meihana Kenworth Brute C501,,, my big brother Eru Meihana owner operator, I drove dayshift and Eru worked the nights, later his son my nephew Doug came on and Doug and I were shift partners and Eru worked part time and some weekends,,,
@Charles Meihana Cool trucks those old C501 brutes aye. I drove one in oz years ago as a triple side tipper, the one I drove had a Cummins KTA 600hp in her. What brand of motor was in your one? Do you still have it?
@@bush600r2 C501, had the Cummins Signature engine 600HP,,
It’s still going, sold it to Ian Spedding after my brother Eru passed away 2008, they cut it back to a tandem drive tractor unit from a tri drive it’s a heavy transporter now ,, My brother imported it through Ian Knight Western Star trucks mount Maunganui New Zealand 🇳🇿,,, it was ex Cooper Gulf Haulage Australia 🇦🇺,,, My brother later imported another one from Cooper about x3 years after the C501, that one was the C500 nice truck it also had the Cummins original 550HP upgraded it to 600HP had to change the fuel pump and injectors that had an American engine not sure why but we couldn’t upgrade it until we got permission from America 🇺🇸 to do so,,,
@@charlesmeihana6890 Cool mate. Yeah they were tough trucks. Funny cause the 501 I drove was for Gulf too. Worked for them carting gold ore in "st Ives" mine Kambalda just out of kalgoorlie WA back in the early 2000s they were a real good company to work for, I later got on one of there new mack titans, they had signature motors in them derated to 550hp cause they got better warranty with 50 less hp setting. They went real good though even at 550hp, all the trucks there running triples carting around 190 ton gross. All of their trucks were air start too. Sorry to hear your brother passing mate. You still logging up north? I live and work down south island and mainly do a bit of tipper work, earthworks, diggers and loaders etc.
@@bush600r2 nice nice ,,, yes my son and I run a road train logging in and around the Kaingaroa Forest 🌳 now been doing off highway double work since 2010, it’s had it’s challenges but all good 👍,,, currently running a Kenworth conventional 2008/20010 T904 with Series 2 Cummins Signature 620HP but have only programmed it out to 580 HP from new coming up x12 years old now and over x1,000,000 kms and over 28,000 engine hours,,
Two engine rebuilds and on it’s 2nd gearbox ,,, pulling Gross weights up around 130 tonnes average,,,been a good truck still drives like new,,,
@@charlesmeihana6890 awesome👍 the 904 are a nice truck for sure. That's cool your still truckin up there and best of luck for the future. Hopefully these fuel prices drop, its getting ridiculous especially when running a truck in nz, it was tough enough as it was. Nice talking and pretty cool that you were in the video👍
Ain't nothing on North Island BC with our Pacific P16s.
KLC. Kaingaroa Logging Company, was they're ? biggest customer in the 60s, they had a Fleet of Blue P16s were Caterpillar pwr C15, D550 HP. they were oversize an couldn't drive public rds.
In the 80s when Fletcher Challenge purchased Kaingaroa forest off the Government, in the 89s they built a straight sealed Rd thru the forest from Kaingaroa town ship ? to their pulp mill in Kawerau, its called the million Dollar highway, it was wide as a football field, they purchased Kenworths from Canada, being a commonwealth country,
they were 550hp I assume they were, what they did was, was downright wicked, the mounted another motor on the rearend of the
Chassis, it gave the truck over 1000hp.
I kid you not that trk could do 100mph plus.
The reason being they could tow multiple trailers, an faster.
And I thought we had the big logging trucks here in Western Canada. Looks like they're running Peerless tridem pole trailers like we use though.
We don't run pole trailers here in Maine but we do run tri-ax trucks with quad-ax trailers off road, often times double or even triple trailers pulling anywhere from 250,000 to a half million pounds. On asphalt we are limited to 100,000 pounds
@Willie Peter most of the logging here was soft wood for paper making...theres a few places around that take hardwood like maple, birch, ash and some oak.
Wonderful footage of our logging industry,where most people will only ever see these awesome logging trucks on the roads,the operators of the loaders are just as talented at their craft.great viewing.
1957.;- The giant Kawerau Mill now works around the clock, producing paper, pulp and timber from pine forests planted on the Kaingaroa Plains thirty years ago. proof of the success of the plan and establishes a new and expanding industry in New Zealand.
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I bet that is a hard steering, tire scrubbing set up
Hammer down Andy lol.great video,great chatting with ya,drive safe
Enjoyed our chat as we traveled ,as I said it was a pity that the block that we were meant to go to with the normal longer length stems had been closed down so we shortened our trailers and finished the day on the shorter sticks, ands also goes to show that there are actual drivers out there who actually done what they say that they have done, catch up some time later mate,
Big rigs Big loads. Bob Reimer drove them big Mack trucks and wrote THE B MODEL MACK SONG
by THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA. Please check Tks. ME AND MY RADIO JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN HOME. Good song.
Примитивная техника , по сравнению с Европой, как они ещё на луну летали!?
6:47...is the steering axle powered too? It sure looks like it's powering while sliding!
no not powered
+drumbasher certainly looks like it. Wheel is rotating faster than the ground moves past.
+drumbasher Nope, just a regular steer axle. Reason it looks like its turning faster is because the wheels are cut all the way over but truck is sliding straight back due to lack of traction.
With Tri drive trucks the steering axle tends to sledge when going around some corners particularly if on a up cline
Went to W T S in Kaingaro 1964-65 loved working there
40 to 50 meters wow
Wheres all the big Pacific trucks ?
Peletier is in Canada too, they are loggers.
Theres a few Canadian drivers here in this forest.
whanganui0
Not sure what's further up on the body.....their hard hats or those shorts?
and here i thought a 600hp CAT 6NZ was powerful damn I'm movin to New Zealand lol
you hire canadian drivers?
good work
Good Content Mate
Lucky Watene
Dream job!!
dream job and dream truck
Lmao i love how he throws the chain over
Only way to get them on or off
There is no anger in Kaingaroa
well said
The narrator's maori pronunciation is atrocious.
Yep it was pretty bad
What am i doing here?
Meritor drive axles
Beautiful rigs!
What a dream job!
God speed. Be safe out thar....
PĚKNÁ PRÁCE, TU BYCH DĚLAL
all australian built trucks.........
Austrailian built trucks yes, but Western Star is a canadian company and Kenworth is an american company.
So he's not wrong.
the kenworth trucks in the video are Australian made. The western star brand is not.
@@benmurray8689 kenworth is still american
@@thermidorlevrai65 So is Ford but aussie models are or were still different from US spec....
are this all wheel drive at tractor head?
Ardian Fauzi Tri Pamungkas 8x6 configuration; 1 front steer axle & 3 rear drive axles
Does "tri drive" just mean it has a third axle?
Tri drive means there are three axles and all three of those axles have power to them. (Having a larger fraction of the truck's weight on the powered axles gives you more traction.)
In the case of these trucks it means when required you can engage all three axles
What an awesum vid !!!
what they use the trees
timber, pulp and export
this is in New Zealand not Canada lol
wow....
expert canadian truck drivers....drive safely dude!!!
+Along AbgDUAN its in fucking new zeland
Logging truck over size 🔔🤝🤝
beyond unbelievable! and the off loader as well!, Wow; really truck driver's with guts of steel! but how is anyone going to drive the truck if the steering wheel is not on the left side? and why are they driving on the left side of the road?
Nz, we drive on the left hand side of the road, right hand drive vehicles
What are the lines running to the centers of the drive axles?
air lines to adjust air pressure in the tires
SuperCody888 Thanks! Been trucking since 1967 and that's the first time I ever seen that!
SuperCody888 I'd hate to see a branch get stuck between the duals and tear one of those lines out.
Andrew Hecker theres probably a shut off valve somewhere
That seems wise. Like the tractor protection valve for the trailer lines.
Awesome video, I live in Canada and I'm trying to find a job driving a log truck
+username0423m Haha I'm trying to find a job driving a truck. Period!
absoloutley fantastic vid mate thnxs heaps
Where the hell's Kainga rower.....who is this Aussie?
Yea.. It`s Near Moo Rooo Paarah
Its on the Rotorua to Taupo rd and the Taupo to Napier rd so its pretty big for a man made forest.
Yeah man....I know where Kaingaroa is, lived there for years whilst working at Wairapukao.
Just some Bald head can't say it properly.