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- Most of the roadtrains in the video are carting high grade iron ore from smaller mines to Port Hedland to be loaded onto bulk carriers. These mines are too small to have a dedicated rail line. BHP and FMG also use the port facility and have much bigger mines that are serviced by heavy haul railway.
The roadtrains use covered side-tipper trailers and the controls are in the cab of the truck.
I shot the video last week (August 2015) and production seems to be just as busy as ever despite the drop in iron ore prices. Gold and nickel mining is still strong.
When I was a nipper (13) in 1979, I was taken on an Australian holiday with my grandparents, I'm a Brit BTW. We travelled up the east from Melbourne eventually to Cairns by coach. Best holiday of my life, it wont be beaten. I recall first hearing and then seeing a roadtrain pass while I explored the scrub around the latest Hotel we were over-nighting at. I was utterly inspired and incredulous, what a memory!
Cool story and thanks for sharing. I'm 43 now and would probably be just as excited.
As an American trucker, I love how you Aussies have your equipment all set up. Half way tempted to move me and my Kenworth 800 out to you and join the fun. Would just have to get use to driving on the left side of the road. Really good video you have too.
kcirred nosrednad . Driving on the correct side of the road is not a problem if you are right handed as it is more comfortable . The reason you drive on the other side is down to a little upstart called Napoleon who was a left handed man and made all who he conquered to drive on the wrong side. Sadly when we Brits kicked him out we the mistake of not putting things back how they used to be in Europe before he stated medelling. Take a visit to Aus as it truly is the best country in the world and you would love the diving there because out of town there is sod all on the roads.
@Comrade Frang Yes, but they had horse drawn vehicles.
@TheRandomgamer Technical you are right however. You can go back beyond Roman history to see that most of the people's in the ancient world including most of Asia and Japan rode on the left side because 8 out of 10 people are right handed. Therefore it is more appropriate to ride (drive) on the left.
In 1792 Pennsylvania introduce legislation to ride and drive on the new turnpike roads and in 1804 New York state became the first state to make it a legal requirement to stay on the right hand side of the road. By the end of the American civil war all the state's of the Union were to have adopted the right hand side of passage on all roads. If you happen to be left handed it's good news for you because it's more comfortable as your natural line of sight which is biased from the left to right. I am right handed so the opposite applies.
Early cars made in the USA were right hand drive. There was no road rules and people drove where ever they wanted on the road.
Just come on ova budd n get her done
"Oh, you drive an 18 wheeler? That's so cute!".
I just wanted to say that the noise that CAT V8 makes is glorious.
Yeah..I love it V8 👑 💓 😄
Makes me miss my dad, a true blue Australian trucker!
Ahhh, the sound of a powerful well tuned diesel engine, turbo whistle, air pressure escaping is music to any truckers ear. Nice video mate. From a fellow trucker in far away Kenya, Keep on trucking.
OjBlack100 on ya mate.
you can say its alive :)
Damn Kenya lol
Heeey mate, im from kenya too nd im really into trucking..which part of kenya are you based in
Born and raised in Sydney's inner suburbs, so it's super interesting seeing all this. It's a totally different world to the one I've always known. Thanks for the uploads 👍😃
Australian truckers are the true kings of the road. Hats off to y'all!
Welcome here north ! Temperature + 30 / - 30 C .
@@sg3596 There are a few cowboys around, give the majority being good truckers a bad name.
@@diamonddog257 🖕😂 is all I can say. Drive on a long straight road for 10hrs plus and try and keep alert to animals, bad drivers, BIG animals, sometimes bad weather, mostly heat which takes a huge toll on machinery, as well as tyres. Well this was more than I wanted to write...
@@diamonddog257 You don't have a clue pole smoker.
@@diamonddog257 You're an idiot. Anyone can drive an 18wheeler through city traffic, snow, mountains etc - but we are talking road trains here. Use your brain if you have one.
love the paint-schemes of these ore-trucks: whatever colour you paint them, the end up rust-red! Them's big vehicles.
I was travelling in WA 3 years ago the most thing I love to do will be watching road train ride through the road I never see in my country I can do this all day
Greetings from America. Very cool. Nothing like a Cat motor !!! Love the scenery and those Road Trains.
The Cummins engines we get down here might not be as restricted as in US and are very popular here. My stock Signature has 2000ft/lbs at 1375rpm. A very ballsy donk.
What scenery miles and miles of red dirt
@@jasonjamrs7413 I was gunna say the same aha at least there where a few trees
Thank goodness for CB radio to communicate to each other to let each other know when it's a safe overtake 👍🏻
I envy you super truckers, wish I had the balls years ago to move over to my aunties ranch I envied you then. Could off Should off! Well done you Aussie truckers true truckers.
God bless Austrália! Very nice country!
Best regards from Brazil, mate!
No worries
I grew up in the Married Quarter of Finnegan Island.
.While it still had one, its now all iron ore stacks....
Thank you, I remember those roads....... well.....
I just love the sound of that turbo slowly spooling up.
I like seeing all the subtle differences in how different nations drive. Japanese flash the 4-ways to say thanks, in the US trucks will give a switch off of the headlights when your rear is clear as you pass to let you know it's safe to merge back into the lane. Small things like that are really cool. Not on any test yet you pick them up as you drive in these places.
big thumbs up from the uk. big smiles watching this, as I laugh at the yanks harping on about "big rigs",, they got a long way to go to match the Aussies in proper big rigs. respect to you lads. happy days.
DAVID Marshall You know our max weight in the U.K. is greater than max weight on the interstates. Was surprised when I realised that.
80,000lbs is our highest allowed weight without a special permit. The only exception is the state of Michigan where they regularly have up to 180,000lb trucks with 7 or more axles under the trailer. I believe this is because they don't have any north/south railways in the Lower Peninsula. I'd have to check if this is still true. I left the Midwest US a while ago.
Had the pleasure travelling with old mate out the back of Tullamore a few weeks back, video does not do this truck justice, stunning condition.
Yeah they are a bit iconic aren't they. My favourites are sitting high on a rocky outcrop looking across a flat distant hot barren featureless landscape, seeing the dust kicked up 30 km away by one of these beasts. Or in a similar position on a star filled night and hearing their grumbling cutting through the eerie silence from miles away or the smell of diesal at truck stops. It gets in to your blood and buggered if you can get it out.
Cheers from a fuel tanker driver in Southern California. I’d love to haul that kind of weight. We are limited to 80,000 lbs.
Scott Aubel Move to Oz , plenty driving jobs !
Drive one of these down the 405.. Have fun
Scott Aubel fuck california
Watching it from North Jersey New York City region if you have this load you're going to have problems paying the toll roads out here because you have to add extra axles and weight therefore paying $100 for one of these
Lots of respect to all truck drivers in Aussies in Australia !!!!
This American loves Aussie road train videos! Super cool stuff!
Great! For me, that I drive with a near 20 meter and 50 tons(in Norway)Truck, it´s a dream. And this fuc*ing great music from your V8 engine, I love it.
Best wishes from germany to down under
same to u m8
Here in the USA we will have to go to multiple trailer rigs to keep up with the ever decreasing driver pool ! Facinating video
Drive in Australia with Multi Combined licence , means you can drive anywere in the world
cos it's the most professional trucking with Multi skills I reckon ?
Everytime i see a 25metre combination here in the netherlands im impressed, untill ive seen this vid
Just great brings back fond memories of my Aussie trucking days, thanks.
Thanks for sharing! Greets from the Netherlands, at the other side of the globe. Keep on truck'n!
My mate has a rig virtually the same as yours. It's brand spanking new, all the bling you can get, lit up like a christmas tree too. Absolutely beautiful piece of machinery.
Feel lucky to witness these through my eyes , i travelled from WA to Melbourne by road .
Don't ever break check one of these, they ain't stoppin'!
Has to be one of the hardest environments in the world for trucks and drivers,, awesome stuff from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍One wrong move and wow biggest respect for the truckers
I would give anything to be able to come to Australia to drive a roadtrain. what a rush that would be. Makes our super Bs in Canada look like toys but they are a blast to run!
We have them here too - Super Bs or B-Doubles that is. They are allowed in most areas on B-Double routes only which are pretty broad. Conventional Semi can go most places but B-Doubles have to stick to certified routes as mentioned.
Road Trains however are a completely different story. 2 unit ie 2x tri axle trailers and an 8 wheel dolly are allowed on more areas than your traditional 3 trailer Road Train which are mostly allowed in remote areas only.
Even longer mining Road Trains are allowed on specific routes only ie from mine to loader.
There are many exceptions. I occassionally see Road Trains on capital city freeways but I guess they are by individual permit.
Australian driver's licences have several different categories, but the main one with regard to road trains is the MC class, short for Multi Combination. This is different from the lower HC, which means you're only allowed to pull one trailer. If you could get a work visa, every state of Australia has a licencing schedule of how much it will cost to get a licence to drive them. You could always get a working holiday driving singles, and see if you can get an upgrade. Because you've driven something that's the equivalent of an MC class, all you'd likely need to do is brush up on traffic law and take the driving test to prove you can do it
@@ThePaulv12 yes and B Tripples I believe are now out n about i
On certain routes in Melbourne
@@Mick_4591 ford had them from broadmeadows to Geelong before those morons abbott and hockey taunted them over tarriffs and they left. As usual they blame Labor and most people believe them
Big Ugly these Qauds are standard Qauds. 165 tonnes. We now use Suoer Qauds in Port Hedland. 194.5 tonnes and 60 metres. It gets bloody boring mate. Sorry to deflate you but when you do it for a while it’s like driving any truck.
I’m a hgv driver in the uk but would love to drive a road train looks a great job
Hi Chris. HGV in UK. Australia trucker. Hello mite, see you drive a mini moke. ☺☺☺
there is work available. Give it a try
probably won't see one these trucks at a drive thru
And with good reasons since it is impossible to fit a road train thru a drive thru without decoupling those trailers and just driving the semi cab unit into the drive thru and recoupling the trailers again Hence why real road train truck drivers go to either get to drive thrus via cars or go to truck stops.
@@FLAME4564 Really? We'd never have worked that out. Thanks for the info!
@@ThePaulv12 lol...he's not an Aussie mate doesnt get our humour. Poor bastard..lol
Sure you can take them in the drive thru, but don't look back cause all you'll see is a lot of dust, rubble and police.
@@whateveritis3103 Well it does depend on the drive thru..... Take that Macca's at Marble Bar for example....
I just done this trip
Victoria to broome.
Funny how i felt heaps safer overtaking a blood mile long roadtrain than a silly grey nomad aye !!!
Probably because road train drivers tend to be more cautious and pay more attention to their surrounding, here in vic even going town to town if a semi or b-double is next to you it gets very nerve racking because alot of truck drivers crash in cars because either they’re not paying attention or the car is in their blind spot
Thanks mate. I've got pics but no video from when I was hauling out there. Great memories from this.
Finucane Island represent haha, i use to visit my dad when he worked up their way back when, caught my first fish up their too :D good times
Wow I recon there are about $80,000 worth of tires on one of those trucks. That's a lot of tire checks.
Still the 3408 CAT? I watch just to hear rumble.
- Oi mate, you've got a flat tyre!
- Which one?
- Uuuuhhh...
Longest road trains in the world, pulled by the most powerful tractors.
Great trucks great driving and hopefully you will post on more videos thank you greetings from ireland
Great clip. I saw you a couple of weeks ago on Ferntree Gully Rd playing with the traffic. Truck looks as sharp as ever.
Cheers
I really liked when they stepped down, to all the the heavy hauler,
Good sense
These road trains must knock hell out of the road surfaces. 100 Tonnes. Bloomin' 'eck.
great video Chris
always a pleasure for me to watch the biggest trucks
have a good week
Pat
I love to look at the videos about road trains. I wish that one day that I would be able to drive one.
come to oz m8 we'll put u in 1 the company i drive for are always hiring
hi chris!thanks for the video!your truck have not forgotten...it is built slowly!drive a lot,because then a lot of summer construction and road built......wide roads!
Nice Video good Kenworth Truck with a powerfull V8 Cat engine greetinge from Hamburg Germany
Great clip I have shared this to my friends in the UK who love these.
Man, I love yer V8 Cat n K100!!!!!! Ery time u put up vids I get pumped!!!!!
Cara, parabéns pra vocês Australianos, porque dirigir esses brutos enormes não é para qualquer um.
Tire man must be very very popular guys down their?
Had to have patch's SAR at the back to keep the speed down!! That thing motors along
I believe reverse parking is not an option with those rigs...it would be a nightmare if not impossible at all lol
Cool vid mate. Just been down that way and love seeing the road trains everywhere!
Today we're heading to Gas Town!
GAS TOWN!
Today we're hauling Aqua Cola!
AQUA COLA!
Today we're hauling Produce!
PRODUCE!
And today we're hauling McAleese!
MCALEESE!
Bp fuelstop in port hedland was the start,
that road train has more power than never mind
Salut les gars ✌ moi chauffeur de camion européen, quand je vois vos train routier je me dit que nos camion sont vraiment des petits joué pour enfants😁😂
1:36 that looks so cool - all those indicator lights
I take my hat off for you in keeping that old girl on the road :-)
And the award goes to:
The bug on the windshield..
👏👏👏👏👏
Outstanding as always !
You truck drivers down under rock
I'd love to go try my hand at down under trucking!
This is 2022 and I saw these road trains for the first time. Amazing.
Hope that Tom Cruise takes a shot at them, or Vin Diesel..!!!!
do you guys have a default signal for letting each-other know when your clear to move over after an overtake at all?
they do it by radio
crimsonwolf911 or flashing the lights
crimsonwolf911 yeah mate we flash our hi beams when it's all good to bring her over.. And ol mate will do left right left on his blinkers to say thanks... Cheers from oz
crimsonwolf911 in the Qauds we just say “ bring her back or close the gate”.
Flash high beam at night or hold high beam on in the day. Left, right, left on the indicators means, thanks!
Good to hear from you and again great video.
Very very impressive 👏 Salute to machine and its Driver tooo..reds. Nadeem . From 🇵🇰
that red dust must be a cxxt to wash off...
It doesn't wash off completely. It's so fine it gets into everything . Once driving through this area in a Jeep Wrangler with the roof and doors off . Saw a red cloud in the distance, Knew it was a road train about 5 miles off . I think I set a world record for closing up a Wrangler that day .
It never completely comes off, it'll always be there in some small way.
Thanks for the great video. I will share it with friends here. Post more.
This bloody sounds unbelievable.cat power.
gotta love the way a v8 diesel engine sounds
Spotto Patchbilt @3:40. Seen that truck in person, came into work in mid/late 2016.
At 3:50, in the US we would have the pilot car in the front on 2 lane roads!!
Awesome trucks!
God Bless Oz
1:40 im loaded too, which is why im here so late at night randomly
On drugs? What type ?
@@bh2861 I know this comment is probably not funny but I laughed at it
I have worked at Port Hedland before.
I was told to learn to hop like a kangaroo because of the absence of the sheilas there.
Great vid mate...respect & best wishes... Cheers... Mike
0:00-0:32'As if you saw a Max..! 🤗
what if they drove one of these in the bronx newyork
Very impressive.
The outback. I would love to live there
Pra quê trem,se existe esses esses enormes trucks das estradas?São fantásticos!👍
It was again one greatest video. I hope to see the next as soon as possible. :-)
Wide load at 3.08, was there a pilot vehicle in front?
Of course
Big Red Land of the giants
I like trucking, i would like to drive a road train, i could do a job like this every day & never get bored of it
#TRUCKER4LIFE
VERY nice road system.
pretty cool, thanks for the video
Ha sometimes I feel like I spend my whole life driving down long black roads & sailing around road trains in my 3.0 Turbo Diesel Hilux
I would move to Australia if it wasn't for those god damn spiders
Honestly if I didn't work in tech support I'd probably be a truckie...sometimes I just go on a nice long drive to nowhere in particular
Would love to try those. But man, I think even N14s and C15s would have a hard time hauling those loads.
How do y’all reverse this beast? Would love to watch the video!
You don't 😂
Where's are all the blown tyres on the side of the roads it's bloody 40 degrees in the water bag.