Why AUSTRALIAN Trucks Are BETTER And Completely Different
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- Why AUSTRALIAN Trucks Are BETTER And Completely Different
Australian vehicles are purpose-built for the unique conditions found in the country. These vehicles are made to control the challenging weather, rough terrain, and long distances involved in traveling throughout the vast country. Australian trucks, in particular, are known for their toughness and resilience, making them an obvious choice in industries such as mining, agriculture, and logistics.
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There are no truck manufacturers in Australia, most are imported from the US or Europe and built to Australian specifications others are assembled in Australia with mostly foreign parts to Australian specifications. Australian trucks are not the best, they are most suited to our conditions and would be totally useless in countries like Norway with narrow steep winding roads ,horses for courses mate
I agree. There are bigger trucks here in the US left and right. Then again, how is it that an electric truck can travel 1,800 miles?? This video has a lot of propaganda, but honestly, I don't really see the point of , much less me watching it..
So Kenworth, Mack, Iveco, Mercedes Benz/Freightliner, Western Star, are an illusion, just like Holden, Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi, were as well, when they manufactured here as well?
Mack and Volvo build trucks at Wacol, just out of Brisbane, and Kenworth builds trucks in Melbourne.
Mack,kenworth etc build trucks and imported trucks here are converted there nothing like there American or European counterparts.
You call yourself aussie battler but you have no idea about Australia, Kenworth have been designing and building trucks in Australia for over fifty years, also Volvo and Mack trucks have been manufactured here for decades, these are not just assembled here but are fully designed in Oz, get your facts right.
I can assure you fatigue detection devices are not a standard feature, they are added by companies if they wish to
I think you need to check your information a bit more thoroughly, apart from mid size hybrid japanese trucks, ful size electric trucks have not been passed to drive on Australian roads due to certain federal government regulations
Most of what you said about safety and comfort built in to an Australian spec out truck is pretty much standard in most later model Class 8 tractors Matter of fact some of this video was showing American trucks. If you buy a Kenworth W 900 with the Studio Sleeper it comes with a fridge, microwave and almost anything you need in it other than a toilet unless you get an extra long wheel base and put a condo sleeper on it and that has a full kitchen and show/toilet combo.
I was at the MATS truck show in Louisville Kentucky USA at the end of March. There was so much to see.
My freightliner cascadia came with a fridge
@@MarantMarant-vk1mz Most trucks in America can do the same as any truck in Australia. You take a stock KW W900 with a Cumins ISX 15 cranking out 550 HP with and Eaton/Fuller 18 speed manual. The only thing it would need is larger fuel tanks. Besides we don't have a need for road trains. However there are some major carriers that do run doubles and triple 53 footers on designated highways.
@@michaelrocker9000 Where are there triple 53 footers in the US?
@@michaelrocker9000ell no our engines our trans missions our ratios etc are Specd completely different to Americans we have our own specs etc you can’t just take a w900 with a isx 550 and pull b doubles or road trains the frame has to be strengthened,bigger and better diffs axels etc so you can’t spec an American truck or do anything we do they have to be built our way we build them to last and last years trucks here can go 1-3million kms on single motors before a rebuild the conditions here you take a stock w900 hook it to a set of b doubles 65ton or a road train 100-130ton it would break down overheat like that’s the harsh truth and in fact Kenworth Mack etc all
Use Australian built and specd trucks to test out if they last for the American counterparts. So when a western star,freight liner are imported here they are stripped and rebuilt to our specs.
@@cottonwood4935 What states can you run triples?
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.
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These are same freightliners macks and peterbuilts ECT we use in the states. Basically same thing.
And the freightliners although reliable, fall apart over here, flimsy interiors can’t handle our climate and roads.. Mack have been designing and building Australian specific models here for years which are nothing like yank ones.. and peterbilts aren’t made here or sold here unless ordered and imported, we don’t have a whole lot of them and the only time you see them is when they’re towing a single trailer down the freeway because they wouldn’t last a trip into the outback and would be useless for any other job we’d have for them.. I’d happily have one though
American and European trucks can also carry homes, aircraft parts and such but require oversize load regulations, escort cars, banners, etc. Australia just has more open deserts and such so it can haul more without that.
Champion our country relies on road trains for the remote communities because unlike the US or Europe we aren’t connected by rail in every since tiny town etc
Trucks here still require escort cars with oversized loads I've definitely seen a few in the past month, even in the desert I'm pretty sure escort cars are still required
@@jordanfarrar9955 Just like here in N. America your "road trains" can only travel on certain routes. They need to be broken down before entering large cities. We have triples too in case you didn't get the first sentence.
You think that isn't done in Australia?
I like to see how electric trucks handle Australia, maybe short distance in the same town area but across Australia? Send them your best ET Elon😂
there are a lot of half true facts
True, don't let the USA viewer see this!
@@johngreydanus2033 I am in the USA and very well aware of trucking all over the planet.
There are a few truck manufacturers in Australia that use Australian conditions for the ultimate prototype testing; if it can survive here, it can survive anything that's thrown at it. Kenworth in particular have been known to sometimes ship Australian spec components to North America when heavier duty components are required
I used to build Scania coaches in Melbourne, they were specced up for Aus conditions and we built a couple specifically for testing in the outback, filled with water containers to simulate passengers. They did very well with only minor failures. I imagine truck manufacturers do similar things.
@@DomingoDeSantaClara Their idea of field testing is something like "let's put it into the worst case scenario possible." in some cases that would mean the Tanami or Strezlecki Track. Think of the worst dirt road you know, then multiply that by at least 6. Floods, corrugations, washouts, long intervals between civilisation, extreme weather. You name it, these two have it
@@Mechknight73 There's different extremes. Not sure how long one of those Australian specked trucks would last here in Canada with our extreme cold weather and mountain road conditions. As for being fitted out for long distance driving Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world, Australia is 6th. Most of this stuff on the video applies in N America as well. Europe is different because of how their roads are laid out. All I saw were foreign (to Australia) truck brands built to Australian specific requirements that except for hot weather tolerance don't seem any different than the ones I drove here in Canada, except the modern things like cameras and fancy gadgets. We had fridges, beds and microwaves, that's not exclusive to Australia.
@@shaunp9592 There are some suspension changes, but a lot of it takes the form of structural rigidity. They have to be built stronger to withstand much rougher roads that just aren't in the USA. Look up the Tanami Track to see what I mean, it makes the worst roads in the US look like a freeway.
As for handling cold weather, it would simply be a matter of changing the cooling system to suit.
@@Mechknight73 These are minor changes to suit Australia, just like the changes to suit our climate and mountains. It doesn't make Australian trucks "better" and defiantly not completely different. I could order a truck here with Australian specs if I wanted and it was road worthy here, bigger fuel tanks for long distance, higher clearance for prairie grain hauling, no problem. That extra structure and extra fuel tanks only add to the empty weight of the truck which increases fuel consumption, only reason it's not standard here, however off road logging trucks defiantly are built tougher.
It's almost as if all trucks are purpose built for regulations and conditions in the countries they are marketed for. The video title is so wrongly worded. Better to say they are better for the country than in general which is what that sounds like.
If you're talkin' about cab space then EU cab overs have the largest in width while US trucks have the largest sleepers. My goodness.
Why aren’t B-Doubles cleared to be used across the US Federal Highway System? Also I suggest people look up the International ACCO & the RFW. RFW built off road all wheel drives trucks where in many cases the trailers had driven & steered wheels too. For example 16x16 articulated sewage trucks. He gave a choice of engines from Cummins, Detroit, Caterpillar, Roll Royce, Gardner, AEC, Leyland, Perkins, DB & MAN.
Interesting that you show pics of Volvos!
We have Australian designed and built Volvo’s over here.. we have for decades
They are basically the same and Australian are just assembled there from imported parts from all over just as others. I worked for Mack and then with Mack/Volvo who both had plants now one only and engines are mostly Volvo/Mack made in Hagerstown MD which was the Mack engine plant since the 1960's. Powerful trucks with multispeed transmissions and heavy axles. Took an outback Road Train run once where we had five trailers and lots of fuel and supplies. Roads are mostly just dirt in the desert and mostly a whole lot of nothing. The units have to be broken down when you reach urban areas with traffic. Its just like a train and you kind of start a trailer at a time with the little collection tolerance there is between trailers. Out west in the US you can run triples in some areas between points.
If their so safe, why are they driving on the wrong side of the road
Don't know how that KW International Pete Volvo got to Australia but we have them in West TN also
Australia does not make these but gets Australian spec trucks, but i guess, being in Australia a truck must get better.
They actually do build.
@@HenriHattar cool i didn't know that
Kenworth, Mack and Volvo all built in Australia
Sweden and Finland actually allow trucks to be 24m
Actually it is 25,25 meter in most of Europe on specific roads. Finland allows up to 34,5 meter on certain roads...
@@jan3101 that’s with a certain license as that isn’t necessarily to common. Finland has 34,5 m for certain trucks around the country and Sweden has also something similar like 32m for certain trucks and companies. The norm for those countries which doesn’t always require special warning lights and other stuff if it is within the requirements are 24-25m long trucks. They are very common and normal in Sweden and Finland. And other countries like DK, DE and NL I believe allow to but with more restrictions than SE and FIN.
@@jan3101 but yeah you are not wrong
@@the_vehicle_spotter as far as I know the only country that requires a special drivers license is the Netherlands. Germany requires 5 years of exprience with trailers.
All countries except Sweden and Finland requires special signs back on the trailer when more than 19 meters long.... And Sweden and Finland does it when more than 25 meters long.
@@jan3101 yes exactly
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Not a whole lot of class 8 truck in Oz, been there and saw myself, and fuel is like liquid gold there.
I think you borrowed almost every part of my video....
The only unique aspect of Australian trucks is the length of load. Huge sleeper cabs are a signature of a US long haul truck and fridge, AC etc standard for those and AC standard for all trucks (and cars). The Utube is way over-hyped. There are not special Australian engines and EGR is (or was) a standard feature of emissions though DEF (Ad Blue) and DOC as well as DPF are or were found though some in cylinder emissions reductions have negated the need for EGR.
Most of the trucks were I live are Kenworth and Mack there jobs are polling logs they are some pretty tuff trucks they can take a pretty good betting.🤠
This guy does not know what hes talking about.
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@@immensemachines Check your comments, nothing you spoke of is exclusive to Australia. This was poor research at best for whoever did this. All the brands you showed, before I got tired of the lies and stopped watching, were European or American, nothing exclusively Australian about them except maybe built for hotter weather. We run triples here in certain areas of N. America too so you didn't even get that right.
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Welcome to a stock footage montage. Apart from some Road Train clips there was also plenty of USA trucks, European driving (on the right) and even footage of a UK Motorway - at least try to present consistent footage to go with your voice-over.
As others have noted, saying “Australian Trucks” 50 times does not make for a good argument
Both The Yukon & Truck Topia YT channels did a better job of explaining the differences.
99% are Australian trucks but the Volvo's and scainas so I don't know what your talking about
as a american trucker those things are huge 55 meters 3 trailers i'm sure if theres roads and paths thats amazing
Road trains can be up to four trailers and it's 53 metres not 55
@@nelsondawson9706 53.5 metres (175 ft 6 in).
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Better..?
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Right up until you talked about electric trucks, it was all good, then turned to complete BS.
I always have to laugh about usa trucks. Even I was suprised to learn Volvo and scania trucks have more horsepower versions that all usa trucks. Even russian trucks might be the top. Def in racing rally or real offroad u cant beat russians
No one in the US uses cab-over tractors except a few, rare urban delivery trucks. I never see them used for long haul. They are uncomfortable to drive and sleeping is a real challenge. Why would anyone use them to haul doubles or triples in Australia?
Ukrain will!
@@jeffdittrich6778 obviously haven’t been in a latter model cab over have you… an by latter I mean most euro trucks from like early 00’s onward are comfortable as hell specially Volvos with floating cabs quiet and roomy you can stand up an walk around inside.
@@jeffdittrich6778 Cab-overs in Australia are common because the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator limits maximum lengths of vehicles, not just trailers. So a triple road train is limited to an overall length of 53.5 metres (175.5 feet) including the prime mover/tractor.
This doesn’t really know what he’s talking about.
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You need too actully learn about what makes Australian trucks diffrent before making a video.... also you did not need to say the word "Australian trucks" 1000000000 times
Joe Biden ever drive an Australian truck before?
We never fiend out. He self does not know that he is the president. Who do You want to ask?
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Yes Australian trucks are moore better than American and European
australian trucks are out dated , tiny cabs , 1985 technology no comfort no luxury ... European trucks far superior
Jump in a brand new kenworth,western star,freight liner etc there not far behind there catching up with safety features
@@jordanfarrar9955 will never rival a euro truck for anything . 10 years behind the rest of the world
For all their superior quality, they are ugly.
You also forgot 1 more thing.just how ugly european trucks are
Funny Volvo and scania have been building here local in wacol for decades, built local to our specs different to some euro builds, you reckon they're out dated to 😂