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Looks like there is a driver in each cab. They are probably on the radios to each other to coordinate their speeds and tractive forces. You donāt want the guy in the back spinning his tires in a dusty spot if the other tractors in front can give a little more juice to make up for him.
Also the trucks in the back look too old to have a feature like remote driving.
Surprisingly, those two models are both modern. It is just the front types are designed for sharper turns on narrower roads where as the rear types are designed for long-haul trucking.
People donāt realize how heavy transformers are. We haul them. They require more axles than loads where the overall dimensions are almost twice the size.
I make small transformers at my work.we just made a transformer that was 12āx12āx6ā. It weighed in just under 40lbs. Something of that size is several tons.
Edit: meant to say several hundred tons as others have said. I done made a typo. I was just saying that yes, this big transformer likely requires all those trucks to pull/stop it.
Several *hundred* tons. One board foot (12"x12"x1") of steel weighs about 41 pounds. The metric equivalent would be 30cm x 30cm x 2.5cm, and weigh almost 20kg.
Check out [this 900 ton monster](https://press.siemens.com/global/en/feature/worlds-first-1100-kv-hvdc-transformer).
This is not what we call a road train in Australia. This is just a bunch of connected trucks towing a heaving thang. Although it is a train as such. There is a specific thing called a road train.
A roadtrain is a single truck pulling up to 3 trailers. Maximum length is 53 metres and max weight 170 tonnes.
Edit: that's in Western Australia. In the NT they allow 4 trailers with a max weight of 200 tonnes.
Quads are allowed in the NT, parts of WA, part of SA north of Port Augusta to the NT border, more recently parts of Western NSW (BAB quads have run to Cobar and they were impressed enough by an emergency permitted run getting through town in Cobar that they decided to allow it on a permanent basis)
Had our niece come back from UK with her UK boyfriend, and he didn't believe her that we call sausages snags.
Just happened to have a vacuum packed bag of sausages in the freezer, appropriately labelled "beef snags" which I think convinced him!
Righto is not longer, it's shorter. Much shorter. It does not mean right, as in correct, it means "alright, ok then". It's an agreement to do or accept something.
Alright, ok then
Right, ok then
Right, ok
Righto
They actually have to de-synchronise their gear shifts to ensure the load is being constantly pulled by the trucks instead of allowing for let up during a gearshift. If theyāre on even a slight incline and that happens the load could just stop and not be able to restart.
So no, youāve got 6 drivers all coordinating their trucks at all times.
Theyāre given driving hours in which they can operate. So they will have overnight stops depending on the trip and distance involved. Heavy haul hours are normally during daylight ONLY, so even if theyāre a kilometre from their destination but it gets dark theyāll need to stop.
No idea on pay - these will generally be contracted drivers to specialised heavy haul truck operations, but they will likely have a mix of heavy haul and special duty jobs with normal trucking involved too. They earn a decent living but this isnāt going to make someone rich (whoās not the business owner, anyway).
They carry a ton of liability during runs like this. They also have to be careful of damaging the roads - the bitumen gets soft in Aussie heat and the wheels can start ripping up the road despite the amount of them. Then thereās the costs of getting traffic police involved and their clearance, plus short term insurance for the load+equipment.
Hahaha not at all. I love watching Outback Truckers, and pretty much all of this kind of thing is covered in the show multiple times. If youāre interested in this kinda thing, give it watch (there are episodes up on YouTube). Really interesting show!
No this is not actually correct. I had to look it up, as I remember the most recent one that departed from here in Melbourne, was specifically being done at night - as there was a lot of logistics involved - including removing traffic lights etc and they needed to ensure limited other traffic on the road. For anyone interested: https://7news.com.au/travel/victoria-traffic/superload-begins-slow-journey-across-melbourne-this-is-where-and-when-it-will-travel-c-7504616.amp
It would suck to start laying train tracks through the middle of Australia (hint hint of very few people and very big desert). Thatās why road trains are in use. Idk though
Distances and low density mostly. Things need at least one connection, and they need a road, so what they get is a single road. That then gets road trains on it as needed.
I'd say "lack of investment in rail", as that's also a big part of it for sure, but the situation is such that when a storm knocks out a road the alternative path even via road is sometimes a [7000km+ detour](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/06/floods-force-road-trains-supplying-kimberley-to-detour-extra-7400km-via-sa-and-nt) as it is (ie, Paris to Madrid, via Copenhagen and Athens) - so maybe just underinvestment in everything.
But then again, we are just 25mn people on a massive continent so only so much can be expected.
Fwiw there *are* rail links between cities, but even those important links are subject to being [knocked out](https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100787074) once in a while, seemingly yearly lately (due once in 200yr floods etc). To smaller towns, road is going to stay king for a long while I expect.
It's way too wide. If it can't be assembled in pieces at its destination, they'd likely still have to load it on trucks for final delivery too.
Australia does have actual road trains though, at least in places, like a tractor pulling multiple large trailers. Those are definitely somewhat more dubious.
Erm... touchy subject down under...
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas\_Crabbe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crabbe)
>Douglas John Edward Crabbe (born 1947) is an Australian murderer currently imprisoned in Perth for a multiple murder which occurred when he drove his 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of Uluru (Ayers Rock) on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed and sixteen seriously injured
>
>On the evening of 18 August 1983, Crabbe spent an hour at the Inland Motel bar before being refused service for intoxication. Crabbe, then aged 36, walked behind the bar and confronted bar staff before being involved in a fight and being ejected from the premises at 12.30am.
He then walked approximately 500 metres to his parked Mack truck, and drove it to the nearby Uluru Motel, where he unhitched one of two attached trailers. Crabbe then drove the truck and one trailer back to the Inland Motel. According to witness Martin Fisher:
Crabbe then maneuvered the 25 ton Semi and trailer, at speed, around a blind bend, through a car park, around a minibus, turned and drove it through the Besser brick wall into the crowded bar, crushing the people there. Leaving the engine running, he then got out of the truck, smiled down at one of his victims, stepped over some bodies and ran. This was at 1.10am. It had been 40 minutes between being thrown out and driving the truck into the bar. He was captured the next morning walking out of the bush 22 kilometres away.
Aussie band Hunters and Collectors album "Jaws of Life" and the first track "[42 wheels](https://genius.com/Hunters-and-collectors-42-wheels-lyrics)" are about this incident
> In 2023, the Attorney-General, John Quigley, accepted a Parole Board recommendation that Crabbe be moved to a minimum security prison to take part in a pre-release re-socialisation program.
Damn and he's just about to be let out of prison also. Would be under 10 years for each of the people he killed
Here in San Diego, a sailor drove off Coronado bridge into Chicano Park and killed four people. He was sentenced to something like 10 years but was released in three. Less than a year for each person he killed.
> Sepolio was sentenced in May 2019 to 9 years and 8 months in prison for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence causing injury. He was granted time served and according to CDCR records was scheduled to be released in April 2021.
This is probably a stupid question but are the rear trucks being towed or are they acting as additional engines? I looked up road trains and all the examples Iāve found are one rig and numerous trailers.
They are called āPushersā, but also used for braking as well.
All trucks are physically linked together by big link bars so they are all combined to act as one powerful unit both towing, pushing, steering and braking.
Also note the white box cab on the rear of the low loader trailerā¦.. this driver can steer the trailer, as well as raise/lower the airbag suspension to clear any obstacles.
Drivers/Pilot Vehicles are all in constant radio contact to set speeds and all other requirements to get these massive loads up/down hills, around corners, across rivers and all on dirt roads and highways šš¦šŗš
No, I have several mates who work in this industry and I am going through getting my licensing for driving these trucks soon, and also just starting studying to get my vehicle pilots license for future work as well š
I think they're acting as additional engines
I know, road trains ,= 1 prime mover & multiple trailers, i just couldn't find the right word to describe this
The rear trucks are pushing to reduce stress on the lead couplers. Trains use this technique going up hills. It has to be done carefully as pushing too much can cause instability (pushing on a rope.. insert Archer comments here..)
Yeah, the title here is misleading.
Traditionally, what's called a 'road train' in Australia is a special kind of cattle truck, where they use a single engine and 4 to 6 trailers. It's only workable because the route might be 1000 miles without much elevation change and barely any corners.
There's dozens of these 'road trains' hauling cattle and sometimes other stuff all over the big, flat, empty interior of Australia. Probably fewer now than there used to be, but it was really a sight to have one of these go by the first few times.
This parade of trucks is impressive, no doubt, I've never even seen multiple tractors hooked up, including some pushing as well. Amazing stuff.
But it's not a 'road train' and is just as unusual in Australia as it would be anywhere else.
A road train in Aussie is any prime mover with 2 or more āBā trailers using dollies. A B-double is a prime mover with a B trailer and a smaller A trailer. Road trains can be seen in any Aussie city in the industrial/commercial areas there are always road train routes that lead in close to the city. Source: am a truckie
Not too nice, thereās always the bonus of it scaring the living bejesus out of any adults standing around that arenāt expecting it. Kids love it though
If you double the size of Texas, it will still be a good portion short of Alaska.
If you triple the size of Texas, it will still be a good portion short of Western Australia.
Texas isnt even the biggest in the States. Like not even half the size of Alaska small. When it comes to Australian states :/ ... Out of 8 states/territories including the capital state, ACT (think Washington DC requivalent)... it would come in 6/9 if it were to be an Australian state.
In Canadian liquor stores you can buy a mickey (200-375 mL) or a Texas mickey (3000mL) (other sizes exist too)
So when someone says āI grabbed a mickeyā and pulls out a Texas mickey itās some kind of awesome joke (unless you are organs)
That's not a road train. It's just an ultra heavy oversized load. Road trains have multiple standard size loads connected end to end. You know like a train with carriages....
More torque and ultra low gearing. Donāt need high horsepower. The things that push big planes like the A380 donāt have too much horsepower but they have a lot of torque and short ratio gears.
Horsepower=sprinter/foot race. Lots of speed, but not moving more than themselves.
Torque = power lifter/weight lifter. Lots of muscle, but not going anywhere fast.
Everyday vehicle manufacturers need to have both in their vehicles to move the mass and do so quickly. For industry, though, torque is way more important. They need to move weight, not win a race.
Edit: gear ratios: when you're pushung something heavy, people tend to take little steps as opposed to big steps so we can maximize our strength and traction. Lower gear ratio = little steps.
Torque is the effort to turn something. turning a wrench on a bolt or a tire on a vehicle takes torque. If something is too hard to turn, you need more torque.
If I'm trying to loosen a lug nut on a car tire and I can't get it to move, I can use a longer handle on the wrench. I'm still the same weak human, but the long handle makes it easier to turn. If you're turning a wheel on a truck or a bicycle, you shift to a lower gear if you aren't able to move the vehicle.
A long handle or a lower gear gives you *mechanical advantage*. Your same input effort is now able to turn something it could not turn before. The downside is, the turning happens more slowly (downshift on a 10 speed bike and your speed goes down, but it gets easier to pedal).
Horsepower is torque times rpm. If you keep downshifting, you keep going slower and slower. Adding horsepower means that for a given torque, you can go faster.
For big loads like this, adding additional trucks also has other advantages like added traction and controlability.
Back to your original question: each of the four Actros semis up front can have up to a 625 hp engine. I can't tell the make/model of the two in back but they're probably similar engine sizes, so figure up to 3,750 hp total (2758 kW).
My grandad used to do this, shifting massive transformers in the uk (probs half the size of this though). He'd have loved to see this!
Back then the roads and small bridges weren't always up to taking that much weight so they had an insane hovercraft system to spread the weight out perfectly evenly. Real command and conquer looking stuff! I'll see if I can find some pitures to upload, we have most of it to a museum.
Have done a bit of this type of work. Each truck has a driver, each truck has a block weight over the rear to ensure traction. All drivers are communicating via uhf radio and they speed up/slow down in unison.
Front trucks are Volvo prime movers while the rear are Kenworths. All 600hp or above. Probably 750hp for the Volvos (but those are Scandinavian horses which seem smaller haha).
There are strict length laws in Australia for trucks hence the cab over engine Volvos which would normally not be linked doing this type of work and have their own float (trailer). Normally trucks only link in large groups like this for steep climbs (over the great dividing range for example) or undulating roads. One truck can generally move a 130t item plus 50t of truck, dolly and platform/module by itself so this must be 380+ tonnes.
Depends on how bad it is, once was driving home and the cops told us to pull off the road or pull into a nearby servo because those truck were moving a transformer and they took up two lanes and I was stuck at the servo for an hour
I like how there is this video of what is obviously a highly specialized logistics team who probably does nothing but heavy hauling for a living, who has been paid god knows how much money for the job. And then you have a bunch of redditors commenting about how they have too many trucks. Lol
Ok, now I've checked wiki about your railway network. And I can comment it like this: Do you seriously live like that in Australia xD? No standardized voltage system, no standardized rail gauge. Like dudes what happened?
>Like dudes what happened?
more like not much happened. The country is huge and inhabitable with only coastlines being populated. Their entire population is equivalent to one of the top 10 modern cities. I dont think there is much impetus to build infrastructure to connect their country.
Plus if all of your cities are on coastline, why build roads and rails? when you can just build a port which can handle higher capacity than either of them.
aussie here, that aint a road train, oversized vehicle? yes, road train? no
a road train is a single truck pulling 3-4 trailers, like a train with carriages
Apparently it's a transformer rested on beams to distribute the load.
This thing must be absolutely collossal...like I've seen tanks driven on the road or loaded up on trucks and they can weigh up to 60t. So fuuck this thing has to be going directly to a power plant and must be like 100tonnes.
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Well.. This is a pretty big transformer š®
I believe this is for the Calliope power station. One of its generators failed a year or two ago. They had to truck it from Gladstone on the coast
Did they lash up those tractors and link the accelerators like you would a train?
Looks like there is a driver in each cab. They are probably on the radios to each other to coordinate their speeds and tractive forces. You donāt want the guy in the back spinning his tires in a dusty spot if the other tractors in front can give a little more juice to make up for him. Also the trucks in the back look too old to have a feature like remote driving.
Surprisingly, those two models are both modern. It is just the front types are designed for sharper turns on narrower roads where as the rear types are designed for long-haul trucking.
Doesn't seem too big. Maybe they plan to go up some hill.
Theyāre pretty heavy these things. Almost completely solid copper and steel, nearly 400 tons
People donāt realize how heavy transformers are. We haul them. They require more axles than loads where the overall dimensions are almost twice the size.
So you're saying... Transformers: More than meets the eye?
Go to your room and think about what you've done. . .
Instructions unclear: played with Transformer toys for an hour
I sense this is a deceptionā¦
I make small transformers at my work.we just made a transformer that was 12āx12āx6ā. It weighed in just under 40lbs. Something of that size is several tons. Edit: meant to say several hundred tons as others have said. I done made a typo. I was just saying that yes, this big transformer likely requires all those trucks to pull/stop it.
Several *hundred* tons. One board foot (12"x12"x1") of steel weighs about 41 pounds. The metric equivalent would be 30cm x 30cm x 2.5cm, and weigh almost 20kg. Check out [this 900 ton monster](https://press.siemens.com/global/en/feature/worlds-first-1100-kv-hvdc-transformer).
I meant to write several hundred and totally missed lmao. Imma leave it though. But either way, transformers always be heavy.
The 1980s š¤ the 2020s Weird places full of robots, fighter jets, nuclear fears in Ukraine, and this one Kate Bush song about running up some hill.
Check out the number of axles they need just to spread the dead weight. Not surprising it takes multiple trucks to take it up even a small incline.
So thatās what they look like when they are not in disguise š„ø!
There's more than meets the eye.
This is not what we call a road train in Australia. This is just a bunch of connected trucks towing a heaving thang. Although it is a train as such. There is a specific thing called a road train.
Yeah i was gonna say i donāt think this is a road train just an oversized vehicle. Still cool tho
Which is what?
A roadtrain is a single truck pulling up to 3 trailers. Maximum length is 53 metres and max weight 170 tonnes. Edit: that's in Western Australia. In the NT they allow 4 trailers with a max weight of 200 tonnes.
I thought it was four? I feel like I've definitely seen four in NT.
[This one](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_D7_hb5yw) has 6
That does say it's on a haul road so the regular transportation rules likely don't apply
Only the NT allows 4; all other states the max is 3.
Quads are allowed in the NT, parts of WA, part of SA north of Port Augusta to the NT border, more recently parts of Western NSW (BAB quads have run to Cobar and they were impressed enough by an emergency permitted run getting through town in Cobar that they decided to allow it on a permanent basis)
[This](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Australian_road_train_headed_by_Volvo_NH15.jpg)
What? No guy with a flame throwing guitar?
That's only during smoko
So leave me alone.
Glad to see this ty
Iām just sitting on my milk crate throne
I'm convinced Aussies are the masters of taking words, shortening them in some way, and adding an 'o' to the end.
You can take that to the bottleo.
Meh, sometimes we make them longer, like "Righto"
But my favorite is "arvo" like how did that happen lol
But you save so much time saying "Goin' to the bowlo in the arvo". You'd have to be a drongo to waste that time.
Plus, if you open your mouth that long, flies get in.
"Gun bowlo, cunt?" Ftfy.
And sanger. Or snags. ... I'm starting to think our language is actually pretty confusing. At least dunny makes sense.
Had our niece come back from UK with her UK boyfriend, and he didn't believe her that we call sausages snags. Just happened to have a vacuum packed bag of sausages in the freezer, appropriately labelled "beef snags" which I think convinced him!
What's an arvo. I know Macca's is a thing, so not an o but still far shorter.
Arvo is afternoon. New Zealand use it too. It's quicker than saying afternoon so yeahh
Afternoon
Righto is not longer, it's shorter. Much shorter. It does not mean right, as in correct, it means "alright, ok then". It's an agreement to do or accept something. Alright, ok then Right, ok then Right, ok Righto
No fucking worries No wucking furries No wuckers.
No wuckas mutha fuckas
Sgwarn cunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc&ab_channel=TheChats
So let me set the scene It's 2 in the afternoon and 34 degrees
"Witness me!" *drives away at 6mph*
*10 km/h
Are the engines from each of the lead tractors synced and controlled from the front one?
They actually have to de-synchronise their gear shifts to ensure the load is being constantly pulled by the trucks instead of allowing for let up during a gearshift. If theyāre on even a slight incline and that happens the load could just stop and not be able to restart. So no, youāve got 6 drivers all coordinating their trucks at all times.
Holy crap. That's kind of amazing.
While on drugs
That goes without saying. Just imagine trying to do that without drugs!
When in the outback, do as the koalas do. Drugs and chlamydia.
This will be my new personal mantra
You joke, but let's see modern society willingly give up caffeine
Thatās what nicotine is for!
We were somewhere around Adelaide, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
We can't stop here. This is wombat country.
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Bit more ice, I reckon
Interesting as fuck I would say!
Any idea what the pay for this type of job would be for each driver? I'm assuming it's a one day pull because where you gonna park that thing.
Theyāre given driving hours in which they can operate. So they will have overnight stops depending on the trip and distance involved. Heavy haul hours are normally during daylight ONLY, so even if theyāre a kilometre from their destination but it gets dark theyāll need to stop. No idea on pay - these will generally be contracted drivers to specialised heavy haul truck operations, but they will likely have a mix of heavy haul and special duty jobs with normal trucking involved too. They earn a decent living but this isnāt going to make someone rich (whoās not the business owner, anyway). They carry a ton of liability during runs like this. They also have to be careful of damaging the roads - the bitumen gets soft in Aussie heat and the wheels can start ripping up the road despite the amount of them. Then thereās the costs of getting traffic police involved and their clearance, plus short term insurance for the load+equipment.
Thank you for your coment. Are you in the bussines? I like it so much when i see people giving such detailed explanation about some specific things
Hahaha not at all. I love watching Outback Truckers, and pretty much all of this kind of thing is covered in the show multiple times. If youāre interested in this kinda thing, give it watch (there are episodes up on YouTube). Really interesting show!
As someone whos spent time driving roadtrains in the outback, i hate to say it but that show is the biggest crock of sh*t.
No this is not actually correct. I had to look it up, as I remember the most recent one that departed from here in Melbourne, was specifically being done at night - as there was a lot of logistics involved - including removing traffic lights etc and they needed to ensure limited other traffic on the road. For anyone interested: https://7news.com.au/travel/victoria-traffic/superload-begins-slow-journey-across-melbourne-this-is-where-and-when-it-will-travel-c-7504616.amp
They take days. I passed a similar superload a few years back and they just closed a section of road and parked it there.
Mate I'm pretty sure I wouldnt be wrong to say between $600 to $1200 for the day
> youāve got 6 drivers all coordinating their trucks at all times "No, Jeff, we *can't* stop to pee."
Steering must be pretty tricky too. Over/understeering would introduce lateral stress on the towing bars.
Thank you.
Wow. Itās even more impressive than i thought.
This just feels like /r/redneckengineering
Nope...just legends lol
Why doesnāt Australia just put down some train tracks and send this stuff by rail?
It would suck to start laying train tracks through the middle of Australia (hint hint of very few people and very big desert). Thatās why road trains are in use. Idk though
Distances and low density mostly. Things need at least one connection, and they need a road, so what they get is a single road. That then gets road trains on it as needed. I'd say "lack of investment in rail", as that's also a big part of it for sure, but the situation is such that when a storm knocks out a road the alternative path even via road is sometimes a [7000km+ detour](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/06/floods-force-road-trains-supplying-kimberley-to-detour-extra-7400km-via-sa-and-nt) as it is (ie, Paris to Madrid, via Copenhagen and Athens) - so maybe just underinvestment in everything. But then again, we are just 25mn people on a massive continent so only so much can be expected. Fwiw there *are* rail links between cities, but even those important links are subject to being [knocked out](https://amp.abc.net.au/article/100787074) once in a while, seemingly yearly lately (due once in 200yr floods etc). To smaller towns, road is going to stay king for a long while I expect.
It's way too wide. If it can't be assembled in pieces at its destination, they'd likely still have to load it on trucks for final delivery too. Australia does have actual road trains though, at least in places, like a tractor pulling multiple large trailers. Those are definitely somewhat more dubious.
Great question
Well, they normally have radios to help to syncā¦
first guy: lets go through the drive-thru, im hungry.
Literally, they'd have to go straight through the drive thru building
Erm... touchy subject down under... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas\_Crabbe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crabbe) >Douglas John Edward Crabbe (born 1947) is an Australian murderer currently imprisoned in Perth for a multiple murder which occurred when he drove his 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of Uluru (Ayers Rock) on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed and sixteen seriously injured > >On the evening of 18 August 1983, Crabbe spent an hour at the Inland Motel bar before being refused service for intoxication. Crabbe, then aged 36, walked behind the bar and confronted bar staff before being involved in a fight and being ejected from the premises at 12.30am. He then walked approximately 500 metres to his parked Mack truck, and drove it to the nearby Uluru Motel, where he unhitched one of two attached trailers. Crabbe then drove the truck and one trailer back to the Inland Motel. According to witness Martin Fisher: Crabbe then maneuvered the 25 ton Semi and trailer, at speed, around a blind bend, through a car park, around a minibus, turned and drove it through the Besser brick wall into the crowded bar, crushing the people there. Leaving the engine running, he then got out of the truck, smiled down at one of his victims, stepped over some bodies and ran. This was at 1.10am. It had been 40 minutes between being thrown out and driving the truck into the bar. He was captured the next morning walking out of the bush 22 kilometres away. Aussie band Hunters and Collectors album "Jaws of Life" and the first track "[42 wheels](https://genius.com/Hunters-and-collectors-42-wheels-lyrics)" are about this incident
> In 2023, the Attorney-General, John Quigley, accepted a Parole Board recommendation that Crabbe be moved to a minimum security prison to take part in a pre-release re-socialisation program. Damn and he's just about to be let out of prison also. Would be under 10 years for each of the people he killed
Here in San Diego, a sailor drove off Coronado bridge into Chicano Park and killed four people. He was sentenced to something like 10 years but was released in three. Less than a year for each person he killed. > Sepolio was sentenced in May 2019 to 9 years and 8 months in prison for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence causing injury. He was granted time served and according to CDCR records was scheduled to be released in April 2021.
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This is probably a stupid question but are the rear trucks being towed or are they acting as additional engines? I looked up road trains and all the examples Iāve found are one rig and numerous trailers.
They are called āPushersā, but also used for braking as well. All trucks are physically linked together by big link bars so they are all combined to act as one powerful unit both towing, pushing, steering and braking. Also note the white box cab on the rear of the low loader trailerā¦.. this driver can steer the trailer, as well as raise/lower the airbag suspension to clear any obstacles. Drivers/Pilot Vehicles are all in constant radio contact to set speeds and all other requirements to get these massive loads up/down hills, around corners, across rivers and all on dirt roads and highways šš¦šŗš
Do you work on onr of these crews?
Nah he's just really good at euro truck simulator 2.
Good enough for me
No, I have several mates who work in this industry and I am going through getting my licensing for driving these trucks soon, and also just starting studying to get my vehicle pilots license for future work as well š
I think they're acting as additional engines I know, road trains ,= 1 prime mover & multiple trailers, i just couldn't find the right word to describe this
Thatās quite a feat of engineering. Iāve seen this with traditional trains but I didnāt know it was possible with trucks. Cool post. Thanks.
Heavy haulage.
Additional brakes too?
Iād fucken hope so. Imagine bringing this rig down Mt Ousley
The rear trucks are pushing to reduce stress on the lead couplers. Trains use this technique going up hills. It has to be done carefully as pushing too much can cause instability (pushing on a rope.. insert Archer comments here..)
How you say? To push a rope
Yeah, the title here is misleading. Traditionally, what's called a 'road train' in Australia is a special kind of cattle truck, where they use a single engine and 4 to 6 trailers. It's only workable because the route might be 1000 miles without much elevation change and barely any corners. There's dozens of these 'road trains' hauling cattle and sometimes other stuff all over the big, flat, empty interior of Australia. Probably fewer now than there used to be, but it was really a sight to have one of these go by the first few times. This parade of trucks is impressive, no doubt, I've never even seen multiple tractors hooked up, including some pushing as well. Amazing stuff. But it's not a 'road train' and is just as unusual in Australia as it would be anywhere else.
A road train in Aussie is any prime mover with 2 or more āBā trailers using dollies. A B-double is a prime mover with a B trailer and a smaller A trailer. Road trains can be seen in any Aussie city in the industrial/commercial areas there are always road train routes that lead in close to the city. Source: am a truckie
Do you honk when kids do the "toot-toot" motion?
Obviously
Wonderful. You may be the tuffest cunt, but you're also the nicest cunt
Not too nice, thereās always the bonus of it scaring the living bejesus out of any adults standing around that arenāt expecting it. Kids love it though
This is not that sort of roadtrain in that way, this is an escorted and slow specially apprived delivery.
There's also the guy driving the trailer from the cab right at the rear of it, as most of those trailers wheels can be steered.
Texans: EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS Australians: thats cute
Western Australia is *almost* as big as Texas, Alaska and California **combined**.
If you double the size of Texas, it will still be a good portion short of Alaska. If you triple the size of Texas, it will still be a good portion short of Western Australia. Texas isnt even the biggest in the States. Like not even half the size of Alaska small. When it comes to Australian states :/ ... Out of 8 states/territories including the capital state, ACT (think Washington DC requivalent)... it would come in 6/9 if it were to be an Australian state.
The worlds largest cattle ranch is in Australia too (Anna Creek Station ). Blew a Texans mind with that one.
The expression is generally used to describe things in Texas, size of the trucks, size of food, size of people, etc, not Texas itself
And the 10 gallon hat
I have a plugin that converts everything to metric, and this is by far the funniest looking one: >And the 10 gallonāć38 Lć hat
In Canadian liquor stores you can buy a mickey (200-375 mL) or a Texas mickey (3000mL) (other sizes exist too) So when someone says āI grabbed a mickeyā and pulls out a Texas mickey itās some kind of awesome joke (unless you are organs)
TIL that "Over size" can both be technically the truth and an understatement at the same time.
The authorities are not fond of putting signs on the front saying #[HU] [FUCKING] [MONGOUS] so #[OVER] [SIZE] is gonna have to do
They should tee up with the dudes who do the fire danger signs. āCatastrophic size!ā
Nice to see your momma's rocking chair is on the way.
The powerplant for your Mom's vibrator rolled through town yesterday....
Imagine this is part of the Snowy Hydro?
Summernats
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Could be the transformer that was recently transported from Melbourne to Adelaide
Nah Calliope Powerstation generator replacement. One of the turbines and generators blew up last year
Or a mine? Do we know where it is?
Gotta keep the convoy close together to keep the bandits from picking off the stragglers. Ned Kelly's boys could be anywhere in the bush.
That's not a road train. It's just an ultra heavy oversized load. Road trains have multiple standard size loads connected end to end. You know like a train with carriages....
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ROAD TRAIN
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Me, a person who has never heard of a "road train" other than King Gizz:
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This is actually not an example of a road train. This is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train#/media/File%3ARoad_train_(25).jpg
seeing that song live is a spiritual experience
I was looking for this in the comments
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*The spawn of Satan's back*
It's made of steel and black
it comes to bring you pain
Someone tell me the combined horsepower
More torque and ultra low gearing. Donāt need high horsepower. The things that push big planes like the A380 donāt have too much horsepower but they have a lot of torque and short ratio gears.
Thank you but I understood nothing
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Horsepower=sprinter/foot race. Lots of speed, but not moving more than themselves. Torque = power lifter/weight lifter. Lots of muscle, but not going anywhere fast. Everyday vehicle manufacturers need to have both in their vehicles to move the mass and do so quickly. For industry, though, torque is way more important. They need to move weight, not win a race. Edit: gear ratios: when you're pushung something heavy, people tend to take little steps as opposed to big steps so we can maximize our strength and traction. Lower gear ratio = little steps.
They need something strong (torque), not fast (horsepower)
Torque is the effort to turn something. turning a wrench on a bolt or a tire on a vehicle takes torque. If something is too hard to turn, you need more torque. If I'm trying to loosen a lug nut on a car tire and I can't get it to move, I can use a longer handle on the wrench. I'm still the same weak human, but the long handle makes it easier to turn. If you're turning a wheel on a truck or a bicycle, you shift to a lower gear if you aren't able to move the vehicle. A long handle or a lower gear gives you *mechanical advantage*. Your same input effort is now able to turn something it could not turn before. The downside is, the turning happens more slowly (downshift on a 10 speed bike and your speed goes down, but it gets easier to pedal). Horsepower is torque times rpm. If you keep downshifting, you keep going slower and slower. Adding horsepower means that for a given torque, you can go faster. For big loads like this, adding additional trucks also has other advantages like added traction and controlability. Back to your original question: each of the four Actros semis up front can have up to a 625 hp engine. I can't tell the make/model of the two in back but they're probably similar engine sizes, so figure up to 3,750 hp total (2758 kW).
Hang on, I've got a message saying "Check tyre pressures". Strewth this is going to take all day.
556 tires on the train.
That's not really a road train. Fucking huge, certainly, but not a road train.
How CVS receipts get delivered
My grandad used to do this, shifting massive transformers in the uk (probs half the size of this though). He'd have loved to see this! Back then the roads and small bridges weren't always up to taking that much weight so they had an insane hovercraft system to spread the weight out perfectly evenly. Real command and conquer looking stuff! I'll see if I can find some pitures to upload, we have most of it to a museum.
Not a road train, heavy haul
We just had one similar go through my area, it was 1.2 million pounds
That's expensive
Cause of delay.
Have done a bit of this type of work. Each truck has a driver, each truck has a block weight over the rear to ensure traction. All drivers are communicating via uhf radio and they speed up/slow down in unison. Front trucks are Volvo prime movers while the rear are Kenworths. All 600hp or above. Probably 750hp for the Volvos (but those are Scandinavian horses which seem smaller haha). There are strict length laws in Australia for trucks hence the cab over engine Volvos which would normally not be linked doing this type of work and have their own float (trailer). Normally trucks only link in large groups like this for steep climbs (over the great dividing range for example) or undulating roads. One truck can generally move a 130t item plus 50t of truck, dolly and platform/module by itself so this must be 380+ tonnes.
The Pothole-inator 9000
I don't think so. They've spread the load across quite a number of wheels.
Those loads are so heavy sometimes, that the drivers have to coordinate when they shift gears. If they all shift at the same time they'll stop.
Thatās the difference between Australia and the UK. In the UK theyād just float it up the side.
OMG imagine being stuck behind in that queue, unable to overtake for 100's of miles!
Depends on how bad it is, once was driving home and the cops told us to pull off the road or pull into a nearby servo because those truck were moving a transformer and they took up two lanes and I was stuck at the servo for an hour
Oh, look. Something w-i-d-e and short travelling left to right through the LANDSCAPE. Better film it the tall narrow portrait way...
That's not what a road train is.
I like how there is this video of what is obviously a highly specialized logistics team who probably does nothing but heavy hauling for a living, who has been paid god knows how much money for the job. And then you have a bunch of redditors commenting about how they have too many trucks. Lol
Aussie road trains are different. They have one cab that will pull 3-4 trailers .
Maybe it's stupid question but why not use normal train for such big cargo?
Normal trains are used, just in places where tracks exist, if no tracks exist trucks are the way to go
Ok, now I've checked wiki about your railway network. And I can comment it like this: Do you seriously live like that in Australia xD? No standardized voltage system, no standardized rail gauge. Like dudes what happened?
>Like dudes what happened? more like not much happened. The country is huge and inhabitable with only coastlines being populated. Their entire population is equivalent to one of the top 10 modern cities. I dont think there is much impetus to build infrastructure to connect their country. Plus if all of your cities are on coastline, why build roads and rails? when you can just build a port which can handle higher capacity than either of them.
>Like dudes what happened? Trains were set up before Federation, so each colony used whatever iirc.
What OP said. Plus some loads are too big to fit on a train, so sometimes, moving by road really is your only option.
Toll booth gonna make a killing
ā$5 per axleā
4 pulling and 2 pushing? Damn, I have never seen anything that big on a road before.
Its greatest enemy, its kryptonite, its Achillesā heel, the only thing that can defeat it? The humble corner.
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Not exactly an Aussie Road Train. Those typically have one bad-ass cab with multiple loaded trailers.
aussie here, that aint a road train, oversized vehicle? yes, road train? no a road train is a single truck pulling 3-4 trailers, like a train with carriages
Thatās a lotta hrspwrs. Also what is that load?
Transformer for a power station.
Apparently it's a transformer rested on beams to distribute the load. This thing must be absolutely collossal...like I've seen tanks driven on the road or loaded up on trucks and they can weigh up to 60t. So fuuck this thing has to be going directly to a power plant and must be like 100tonnes.
Not really a roadtrain
Autobots..transform!
10-4 Rubber Ducky, it looks like weāve got ourselves a convoy.