Road Train Load from Melbourne to Queensland and Return
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มี.ค. 2023
- Road Train Load from Melbourne to Queensland and Return.
I take a load of conveyor belts to the mines then aluminium back to Melbourne. I have to change tyres and fix a air compressor governor along the way. - บันเทิง
Very Entertaining Johnno 👍
Awesome. Thanks Alan
My daughter had a 2 and a half year stint in Cunnamulla to get her residency papers.Drought ,floods and the temps,her shopping run was up to Charleville.We visited her a couple of times and my favourite place was in the yard watching the road trains barreling by,yous lads do a grand job.
Thanks heaps. Cunnamulla and Charleville look like good places to live.
That roadhouse meal at Cobar is something every roadhouse should offer Truckies. The regular offerings of bread and fried fat are killing drivers everywhere.
Oh yeah for sure. There are many other roadhouses offering cold meat and salad but they are about the $13 mark so you have to be rich to eat healthy.
@@RoadTrainAdventures Yes true. I drive Gold Coast to Cairns and the roadhouses there are mostly poison or overpriced as you say. I feel sorry for the industry. It's hard to avoid eating crap food without going broke or running out of time.
Oh yeah for sure
I reckon I would have loved trucking. I have done a little bit in the UK but nothing like you guys do in Australia. I love that drive up through NSW into Qld. Some beautiful scenery and interesting places to see. Enjoyed that glimpse of your working life. Thank you.
Awesome. Thanks Dave
Yep
Lovely seeing some shots of my old home town Bourke. Been 40 years since I left but still have many great memories of outback NSW.
Yeah Bourke looks like a nice place. I realise it's had its trouble with the locals.
I LOVE THOSE BACK ROADS IN QLD. LOVE A DRIVER WHO CARRYS SPARES.
AND TAKES TIME OUT TO ENJOY THE SCENERY...
Thanks heaps. Great to have you along.
driver lol
Guten Tag Sir,Danke für mitnehmen quer durch Australia,aus Deiner Perspektive,bin immer wieder beeindruckt. Gruß von Fernfahrer Germany
Can you write in English.
@@RoadTrainAdventures Good evening,i will trying
Great video mate, you are a very smart cookie, this company is truly lucky to have your incredible skills!
Safe travels buddy 👍
Thanks Victor
Being in that lift you got to see how we see you!
Drove through all that coming back from Charters Towers a couple of months ago.
Nice one Johno, thanks mate.
Awesome. Thanks Ben
A driver that knows how his rig works! Cheers!
Thanks Bruce
Thanks for bringing us along.
Always great to see different parts of Australia.
Good job putting the video together too 👍
Stay tuned for much more.
That’s an impressive set of headlights!!!
They are cheap but work really well.
1st time watching you great stuff mate keep em coming my American friends love it to
Thanks heaps. Yeah share it around to your friends there. I'd love to have more viewers in the United States.
Looking over that long bonnet at Australia's back yard, nicely done
Thanks Tony
Love the videos and whoever picks the music, it’s always uplifting and goes great with the videos. ✌️
Awesome thanks. It's more of a corporate themed music.
You are very talented - driver of road train and mechanic. I would have thought one of the jobs was enough!
Why titans Max that's very nice.
Great video. I drove artics in the UK for many years, but you certainly earn your money driving that 😉. Keep on Trucking 👍🇬🇧
Thanks Bob. Keep warm over there.
Great to see you enjoying eating up the K's in the Kenny :) The pushback for workplace conditions while always a slow fight, good to see progress with the healthy options available on the road. Good on ya for the shoutout!
Roll safe mate
Thanks heaps. We try.
I reckon the road train delivering fuel to outposts would be kept real busy. Trucks like yours sure take a few litres
For sure
Mate, That;s a great Video, Thanks For Posting, Regards,
Thanks Gary.
Nice journey........greeting from indonesia....apik kang!!
Thanks heaps
Another great video. Keep them coming. I love them all.
Thanks. I sure will.
Well done cobber. I just came across this and your doing a great job. From Tamworth NSW
Thanks Neil and great to have you along.
Super vid! That was quite an adventure for you!
Just another day on the road as a Truckie.
Thank you for the tourist stop, cool idea with the elevator tv screens, take care.
Yeah that must have cost a bit to put all that together.
Good day Johnno,
I guess you got to gave one of those days, they do come around from time to time.
Never forget back 1990 on one of my trips between Adelaide & Melbourne a bitterly cold rainy winter day on the Melbourne side of Ballarat on a uphill slope helping the driver change a flat tyre on the trailer.
It was a Super Single & boy was that tyre & rim heavy.
Now was that an old Kenworth C 500 on display there in Roma in Red in the background a genuine Kenworth Charlie.
Low how you have the map going so we know exactly where you are these day great video.
You should of climbed the stairs mate, we all need to keep ourselves fit.
Stay Safe
Safe Driving
Cheers
Louis Kats ☺👍
Oh I was feeling sick with the flu so you're lucky you got that much. I'm at WebDock right now getting loaded.
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Okay about to head over the Westgate to goto DPW.
Are you at Mirrat ?
Just leaving Sea Road
How great is that lift. All lifts should have something like that
Ha ha. Wouldn't that be something
Loved this video, keep them coming
Sure will
tHANK YOU GREAT VIDEO CAMERA BEHAVED THIS TIME. LOVE THE ROAD SCENERY..ooops caps was on sorry
Great stuff
I wish I knew every truckie behind me was as courteous as you. I've had to pull over on major roads to let some of them pass as I was being so intimidated by them tailgating me to the extent I couldn't even see their headlights.
I can just imagine. I'm sorry that happens to you.
Good stuff, thank you. 😎👍
Awesome thanks
great video mate.
Awesome thanks
I’ve got 2 IOR belt buckles, cool to see it there . 8;49 my brother and his friend set off a flare on the top of the rig in the 90’s. Lol he got in so much trouble.
Awesome
Great content as per all your video's from one driver too another nz
Thanks Denver and great to have you along.
Great job
Thanks Jonathan
Respect! 👍
Thanks man
Do you repair those tyres before putting back in the carrier, or get them professionally repaired later in the trip? It was interesting to see you using the old method of changing a tyre. Cheers
I get them repaired at a tyre shop then next time I go back to the yard or I'm in Perth.
Super video !😀👍👍👍
Thanks heaps
Good old Aquila mine been there lots
You know your mines.
Did a few oversize loads into them mate when I was doing that type of stuff
It's a good move to deliver to. Hardly any waiting.
Yer it has its ups and downs but all in all a good mine to deliver to compare to most
For sure
Great video. ONYA Mate.
Thanks man
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Thanks David
Great vid again,with all in it. Sorry abouth the bad run.Part of the job whe dont see so much.But nice you show and tell some technical aspects along the way. 15 minutes is pretty quick. Good job. My record was abouth 35 minutes,stop and go.All manual,so with out Milwaukkee. Those were better conditions than you guys work in. Have a good one.
Awesome. You too
I’m surprised you could undo the wheelnuts with that short bar. My little Isuzu has the nuts done up to 500Nm. I need a torque multiplier to get them undone!
No when they are tenchioned to the right then you don't need such a long lever.
I'll put that info about the salads at the Caltex Cobar to good use in future, a mate and I pass through there on our motorcycles periodically.
Great stuff
Gee whiz it seems you need to be a "Jack of All Trades". Its great sitting behind your steering wheel since I've covered quite a few of the roads you're traveling on since I'm a Grey Nomad.
Hi Greg. Great to have you along and maybe I'll pass you one day.
You're having way too much fun on your run.😉
No fun makes for a boring livfe.
@@RoadTrainAdventures You are a "Commercial Tourist". I look forward to your adventures. I used to have to change flats when I drove log truck here in NW US. Most long haul drivers in the USA have never touched a tire tool in their lives!
Oh no I do it all.
Hot tire and hubs can be a dangerous thing. I keep a laser thermometer on the truck for this and other issues during the workday. Summer and winter ( sometimes-50f /-60c in northern USA)
Yeah I've seen those thermometer but I only need to know roughly how hot it is so touching it is fine for me.
8A M18 milwaukee batterys are really good , 5a run out charge too quick
Oh yeah
cool video. watching from state side. I carry a thermo laser gun to check hub, tire, axle temps etc.....just an idea. cheers
Yeah I see people use those but I don't need to know the exact temperature. I just need to know if it's running hotter than normal.
ah changin the tyre is a good bit of cardio for ya .Maybe next time show the viewers the sequence with tapping the cleats, and Cobar were good back in the early 2000s' .Keep safe....Cheers!
Sure thing
You should do a video on changing a tyre. Half out there wouldn’t even know how to use a Jack let alone how to change one.
I could do when I have to change a spider and when it's not 100 outside.
@@RoadTrainAdventures 😂
I've just subscribed.👍👍
Thanks Mark. Great to have you along.
I noticed you pulled up for fuel while it was dark out. Do you ever worry about animals coming around while you're out of your truck?
No. Animals are normally afraid of us and only attack if they are under threat.
Good stuff Jono bet ya thought twas ya boss yelling get beck to work whilst in the lift 😂 seen ya round Lavo Nth and hanging at pipe rd other week back cob no time to stop and say g’day ya know how it goes 👍🏻good on ya mate.
I never have the radio on since town but yeah day hello one day.
@@RoadTrainAdventures
Me too only flick on for road reports when needed always too many knob jockeys
True dat. Ha ha
You need to work The Big Rig into the title, get more hits that way, and Roma too!
But it isn't really the show. Good idea though.
I’m from the uk and a hgv / truck driver it’s full on over here but my god I love watching your stories they’re much more interesting would love to have a go at trucking down under! Got any jobs 😂
There are heaps of jobs going but you have to live here to get a job. I wouldn't have a clue how you can get here though.
@@RoadTrainAdventures yeah that’s understandable! I’m sure it’s a long process but either way beautiful country love the videos keep them going!
For sure
I run that same size tire in the United States on my truck have a cascadia Freightliner 12 speed automatic some days I liked it some days I hate it
For me I hate auto and 12 speed is not enough gears. But what most important is that you live the one you in so you got your best truck.
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Thanks
How heavy are those tyres it looks back breaking work
Maybe about 60kg. I don't really know.
$9….awesome
Yeah Trevor. It's not all bad out here in the sticks. Ha ha
Love these vids, just curious about trailer sway when going down the hway, I've lived in road train Territory for 35 years NT, and passing a road train isn't that big an issue, however a slight movement on the steering can mean a meter at the 3rd or 4th trailer, how hard is that to control
The more trailers, the more sway your going to get. When driving you basically forget about the back trailers. Just keep the front straight and the trailers will follow.
Biol shit. The last time I was on that raid Blackball to Jeri was dirt. That tell you a time frame
The first part of the road is bad but then it's all new and very nice.
great feed .. may I ask your fuel range ?
Dennis I get about 2000 kilometres pulling a heavy rust train before I need to fill up again.
Hey Johnno did you take two trailers into Boyne Island or did you have drop one out to the west of Boyne Island if so where. What route did you take back down south. Thanks for the video Mate. You been a bit quite of late
Yeah John too much lately. You didn't notice how sick I was. I drop the second at Biloela then go back and forth from there.
@@RoadTrainAdventures We hope you are well on the road to recovery. No bloody good changing tyres when you are not feeling the best.
I'm no princess. Just got to get the job done.
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Very good
Has that huge front bumper earned its keep very often ? It looks beefy ! Thanks for sharing your video. 🤠👍🏻
This bumper certainly has. In the next video you'll see me hit a small horse. It ran out in front of me at night. I got no damage to the truck.
@@RoadTrainAdventures Hope the horse was not hurt too bad. More and more trucks here in the US has those huge bumpers too. 👍🏻🤠
Yeah the horse unfortunately didn't make it but that is what happens in the outback with animals running in the wild.
I thought it was only americans who call a wheel a tyre". The tyre is only the rubber which combines with the rim to make a wheel.
Yeah. I was talking about the tyres so I use the word tyre instead of wheels.
Wrong, but thanks for playing. I’m sitting in my tenth and last Kenworth W.L. 900 in Seattle eating dinner and watching You Tube. Loading in the morning for Atlanta. A wheel is a wheel and a tire is a tire. I run polished aluminum wheels on my tractor and trailer in the summer and fall, and switch to chrome steel wheels in the winter and spring. I run Michelin Tires. My summer wheels are stored until June 1 when my winter wheels come off. I run siped tires year round in case of thunder storms. A tire is mounted on a wheel. Are you enjoying one shot- one whiskey- one beer?
Very good
hey mate, another great vid! You mentioned in your walk around about checking hubs on the hot days... not a truck driver myself, but do a lot of driving in the outback and spend a lot of time around road trains on those outback QLD roads. Just wondering what you are looking for (heat i presume) - but what do you do if it is hot? Is it a case of waiting till it cools, or something else? Cheers mate, love the vids and the vlogs, keep em up mate! Cheers, Rob
Hi Rob. On a hot day the hubs are going to be quick warm but that's expected. I'm looking to see if one is easy hotter than the rest. If it is then I will keep a closer eye on it.
If it's hot enough to make water sizzle on it then that's too hot for comfort. I would jack up the able and check the bearings and brakes.
@@RoadTrainAdventures ah yes, makes sense. One of the last things you would want is the bearings to go I'm sure! Keep the vids coming mate... a great insight to truckin' life!
Awesome thanks
@@RoadTrainAdventures worse comes to worse i suppose ya could just chain up a lazy axle
Great video much will it cost to road freight a kayak from Rockhampton to Perth 🙂
As I don't have to worry about how much each load costs, I couldn't really say. Surely it would be less than$1000.
@@RoadTrainAdventures it might be more now with the cost of everything going up
For sure
Grab yourself a quality Temp Scan mate , it'll get temps off all sorts of hard to reach things .
Maybe I'm old school but I don't need to read a temperature. I just need to feel how hot is it.
@@RoadTrainAdventures yes , I was old school for decades before I got one . Now I get temps off things I can't reach and off things that are too hot to touch .
For sure
Soy argentino donde mando currículo para manejar uno de esos.
Very good
How good is a rattle gun.
Yeah Geoff. I used to have the SP air gun thinking they were the best but this Milwaukee is so much better.
He looks like Mel Gibson.
Very nice
Cool video mate. Any chance in a future video we can hear that big Cummins hauling up a hill?
Oh yeah for sure
How did you know that the govenor had gone?
The air wasn't building in the truck so after some troubleshooting it had to be the governor. When you take the governor off, the truck was able to build up air therefore it must be the governor.
how much weight both of coil?
Each coil is about 21 ton
👍👍👍...in malaysia single treler they load 2 coil...even sometime up to 70 ton...very crazy n bastard company...the driver is not important to them...almost 90% company own malaysia chinese
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Howdy
m8 make your vidio,s longer,,,45mins to a hour,you will gget more subs,,,,,love your work.
Wow. It takes a very long time just to make 20 minutes.
@@RoadTrainAdventures you will work out away.people like to see the country side and towns you drive through,and you dont have to get out of you cab,your cluie about things you can tell them about some things.
if you have time look at ned kelly ireland ,manely some 12 month old
Sure will. Yes I see. His video are very long. Not much editing in them. It's just him driving down the highway and talking.
Hi johno were are you to hope all is well my friend
I'm in Broken Hill still heading to Newcastle.
@@RoadTrainAdventures okay keep safe what's the weather like there we need rain badly getting very dry around here
@@malcjeffhavelbe2888 It's drizzling
Yeah its tells story of romas natural gas discovery
And it's a great story too
What size Milwaukee rattle gun do you use? 3/4 or 1/2?
3/4 of course. Need the power.
Ment cause ur off ur head 🤣😅
Very good
2 trailers? Hardly a road train, just a suburban load.
Maybe