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I drive for Manitoulin Transport we pull 53 footers now and only operate the supers in Ontario and select places in Manitoba

What year was this originally made?

What a great documentary, thanks for making this!

cool

Didn't see any quad axel trailers

omg...lose the cheesy music...

When you receive a call on the UHF that there is a wide load approaching, the pilot will advise the width. I remember one a few years ago which was 16 metres wide. Everyone left the road to allow that one past.

While there are a great deal of road trains in WA, they are certainly not restricted to there. The Northern Territory has the longest fuel tanker road train which is prime mover and trailer with three dogs, or subsidiary trailers.

cool mate

Far out, some big loads there that's for sure!

Awesome video team, some absolutely fantastic footage and captures. A real informative snapshot of what makes Aussie tick. Thank you for posting this.

Brings back many memories , so many of those NZ truck companies sadly no longer exist

Nice K 100 ,, Big gear in the day 🙂

Only to add, many ERF tractors used for tanker work coz they have return earth electrical. Good documentary 👍👍👍

Wow the 440 merc felt that , Big gear back in the day though , Great vid 🙂

Great footage , Real days real trucks 💪😁🤙❤

ya, that tractor is way longer than it needs to be- Cole's Express did that 15 years earlier, but with two steer axles, one drive and a 40' van- they hauled 4500 gallons of heating oil north, van load of potatoes south

I don't understand why all this empty space on the Alaskan between the drom and the trailer. So the tractor could be shorter

Is there a video from when they visited in 93?

Loving the vids! I love the classics so much my UA-cam channel has tons of them!

Excellent! What a cool truck. Set back axle, raised roof and windows in sleeper all make it unique. That model COE is one of my favorites.

Woow , truck Freightliner working alaska , spirit of américa, yeaa! , Old truck america , nice , nice , american truck , forever , 🇺🇸🇵🇦

Great job! Does the couple running the modified “cracker box” have a UA-cam channel? Cole’s Transportation museum in Bangor Maine is awesome (GMC cracker box with fuel drom is there).

Surprised that the exhaust stack is shorter than the intake snorkel. In the “ good old days “ before SCR the air filter would get prematurely plugged with exhaust soot if the truck was left idling for prolonged periods of time in a cross wind. That’s why traditionally exhaust stacks are higher than the intake scoop. Nice purpose built trucks.

What a sweet looking Truck 👍👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺

Sweden now allow 34,5 meter truck and trailer combo and 74 metric tons whit out any special permit ect

Xlnt vid👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Sweet Video Jack ,but I don’t like driving in snow and ice I’m from Australia no snow on our Highways ,but we have snow in the mountains cheers stay safe ❤️🙏👍👍👍🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸

Pretty cool, I was born in Enumclaw. Jerry Nordman had a shop there and use to work on my dads A model KW in the 80’s.

What no moose bumper

Great! With best regards from a german truck driver!

Can somebody please tell me why these trucks have a little screen on the bottom of the windshield? I've run long haul for 48 years and never seen one of these in Canada. What's up with this?

How old is this video?. Sounds like them history channel shows.

Hi Peter you've brought back my childhood with these videos, i remember alot of the truck's you filmed from seeing them in the UK trucking magazines and dreaming of becoming a truck driver which i have been doing for the last 20 odd years.

I can't believe I've only just found this channel, these are some of the best trucking documentarys I've seen in a long time 🎉🎉🎉

I enjoyed this piece of history. Thanks

Would be Nice to hear, what those drivers think about electric trucks 🤣

Hi ! Nice to see that Super truck ! That s what we called that Manitoulin cabover truck pulling a 48 foot traler back in the 90s ! I drove that from Montreal to Toronto and also from Montreal to Chock River, Ontario, switching trucks there. all we had to do is grab our bag and our CB and get in the other truck and go back home ! The things i didn t like about those trucks was that there was no AC, no suspension and no cruise control ! ya ! i didn t know till i got in the truck to start my first run ! lol ! All trucks are dispatched from Gore Bay, Ontario in the Manitoulin Islands ! 🤠

Excellent - Cheers 🐪

These are similar to B Doubles in Australia. There is prime mover ( tractor ) a trailer of 24 feet lenth, it has a 5th wheel on the rear, then a 48 foot trailer. They can pull up to 72 pallets in some configurations. From there we have Road Trains.

Used to haul bread down to Tacoma WA from Canada Bread in Delta BC and interline with a Franz Bread truck.

This must be the longest wheelbase on a truck 😄

ODD NEVER SEEN IT RIDING HOW HIGH IS A RUCKSACK TRUCK?

Well done intro and as soon as I realized what this is about I subscribed right away. Watched first of the Droms (showed up on my home page) and WOW I appreciated the work you and Martin did right away - sorry I was not aware of the videos before. Hope to see the Alaska series soon, THANK YOU!

Great stuff! Had Ken Goudy on, used to treasure his posted photos on Hank Suderman's website - man I miss that one. I don't FB so THANKS for posting!

@ 11:21 Jesus I tell you something for nothing that Scania lumber truck was flying around that bend. On a tight schedule and tries to squeeze in as many loads as possible before the mill closes. Can’t beat an old Scania.

That's not a crackerjack truck.

Yeah l wouldn't wanna sleep riding scary. But better than an old under trailer sleeper id seen. Your team driver had to secure the hatch and open from the outside 😮

I drove for Guthmiller trucking in San Leandro CA in the 70's. It was a "canvan". The trailer had doors in the front and with roller ramps we would push the palletized cans, bottles through the trailer and into the drom box. We made two round trips a week from San Francisco bay area to the LA area.

I notice one major thing missing that is moving van companies using drom box trucks