Australian Road Trains || REACTION VIDEO
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2024
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Sorry everyone, I reacted to this video on 09-12-24. I forgot and did it again. So now there is two reactions. I thought it looked familiar, but with 300 video reactions in 2 months, I just figured it was my imagination.
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You are right about the hubs.
Road trains can't do city streets, so they do have disconnection hubs to reconfigure the trailers.
I lived in the pilbara region for 35 years, so road trains are a very common site.
Also, super large cargo trains up to 2.5 km long
Thanks for sharing
Overtaking road trains is an interesting experience. Many people underestimate the time taken to pass a road train.
Thankfully their drivers can see much further that us and will indicate when it is clear to pass them.
One of the many reasons for our smaller rail network is that there are ten deserts in Australia compared to four in the USA. Only 3% of our total population live in the remote ares, so economically, it is not viable to construct a larger rail network when the road trains can do the job.
I drive road trains in Australia on public roads we pull up to 4 trailers and on private mining roads we pull up to 6 trailers, And your right about the hub a truck will take 2 or 3 trailers from the city to the outskirts and then assemble a road train but driving trucks from Sydney to Melbourne you can pull up to 3 trailers
Our first road trains were the Afghan Camel Trains, without them most of the outback would still be inaccessible, unsettled and definitely uneconomical! These outback truckers are True Australian Heroes! ⭐
They run what are called B-Doubles in the Cities, they have a shorter in cargo length on the first trailer but another turntable to attach a full length trailer onto. I doubt if you will ever see electric trucks running around the bush. Even the trains that go outback across the country are diesel electric powered.
Road trains are used in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, The Northern Territory and Queensland. The closest the road trains are allowed to come near Victoria is Moama which is on the New South Wales side of the Murray opposite Echuca. For the urban areas, they're limited to B doubles or normal semis (22 wheelers) but of course there are depots used to transfer goods to smaller trucks in the cities and towns.
I see road trains all the time in Victoria, especially on the Western Hwy (Melbourne to Adelaide route), the Calder Hwy (Melbourne to Mildura), and the Sturt Hwy (Mildura to Adelaide). I believe they are also used on other major trucking routes, especially to ports such as Geelong and Portland.
Road trains run through Victoria now. They running from Warrnambool to Geelong to Melbourne and a lot of places through central Victoria.
@@AnneMorley-up1qv I've only seen the B doubles on the Hume Highway.
Can run B triples on a few routes in Vic now
@@kevkoala they are running road trains on the Hume as well. Only 2 trailers not 3.
Train lines don't work in certain areas because of flooding etc. My grandfather during the war built the original railway line to Darwin from South Australia (end line) and a few years after it was built - a big flood happened a few sections of the line were washed away and it was abandoned but it stopped at Alice Springs I believe. Then over 60 years later they built another one with the knowledge of the floods etc.
Plus these trucks can go to more places than a train line can.
To have Electric Trucks you would have to have a dedicated Trailer just for the Battery. Then, there would be the downtime waiting for the Batteries to charge.
Love the music...and love the respect you show, man. 👍
Watch Outback Truckers , Aussie show might give you a look at how it goes lol , mud red dust
You are right! In NSW at least we have 'Truck stops' just out of town with parking, showers and rooms and usually the best food. Big burgers and mixed grills! Hot Tip👍
Thanks for sharing brother.
It is not possible to have a safe rail link between the north of Australia and the south. The frequently hot days stretch the tracks and cold nights shrink them. Derailments were very common because of buckling.
Except there is a safe rail link from Adelaide to Darwin that handles the Ghan passenger train and regular freight services.
@@ricohact yea and do you know how much maintenance goes in to that one line? its not cheep. even then there's not many freight stops along the way even here in the Sunraysia area we have a rail line run through here and freight trains come through often problem is they come through they never stop here.
Each major city, which are located along the coast do have large rail networks connected to other cities eg Melbourne to Perth at a distance similar to LA to NYC.
These huge trucks connect outback towns not serviced by costly railroads, and do not travel through major cities. 😊
Thanks for the info!
I am from South Australia and I hadn’t actually seen a road train until I went to Alice Springs in the ‘80s. When the first one turned across the road in front of me was quite confronting.
Ford motor company before shutting down in Melbourne Australia used 3 trailers per prime mover and designated routes
Fords Geelong & Broadmeadows plants. The B triples used the Western Ring Rd, and M1. Both plants had rail sidings and dedicated Ford rail vans. Stopped using them prior to the B triple trucks.
I am only at the part where you stopped but as an South Australian I look at the situation as having been really considered necessary when hauling between my city Adelaide and Darwin at the top of Australia. The north-south route is needed as I think (and don't quote me on this) we only have the one track between Adelaide and Darwin which is used for passenger train haulage - the Ghan train. You can't have freight trains on the same track. I think opening up the north-south route through the outback for the passenger train was a headache when it was constructed so doubling up with another track wasn't something they were keen to do. Besides these road trains can go anywhere in the outback and not be restricted to the one route.
Freight use it, there are crossing loops
Like their predecessors, the Camel Trains who opened up the outback! 👍
If you do encounter a road train coming towards you on a dirt road, pull well off the road and wait for the dust to settle before travelling on.
Some of those ore carriers have Power trailers were one or two trailer have an engine, transmissions and diffs which are controlled by the driver
In my state there are weighing stations where they pull trucks in and make sure they aren't overloaded. I guess they would have to weigh a road train one trailer at a time.
Portable scales are used now. Anywhere can be a weigh station.
Going through Meekatharra 30 odd years ago, saw a train, (locomotive), up ahead. I thought it was a bit odd as there were no train lines there, until I realised it was on a truck trailer being hauled to the Pilbara for the iron mines. Texas has nothing on WA, (Western Australia). I don't think you see trains on trucks anywhere else.
Road-Trains have Rigidly Proscribed Regions they can Operate within . Triples have to break down to Doubles at a certain point and further along towards Population Centres break down again to Single OR B-Double configuration . That's why BAB Quads have become quite popular with the Industry . We stick with the Big Trucks because YES Australia is Vast , and about Two Thirds is rather Empty .
Our lack of rail infrastructure comes down to cost. In a vast country with a sparse population there’s not enough tax dollars to pay for it. Most of the rail network is in the more heavily populated eastern states. A single line connects the eastern side of the country to the western side across the Nullarbor Plain. You can count the number of towns along the middle of the line on the fingers of one hand.
A couple of big mining companies have built their own rail lines between their mines and ports. They are worth looking into for their power technology. They are electric and use their braking system on the way to port to generate enough power in their batteries to get the empty train back to the mine. Innovative technology.
Something most Americans, and other people, fail to realise is just how freaking big Australia is* - and it's 😎 you know that 👍😊
That's a big reason for the lack of train routes, as the distances required are so big and there isn't the population base to support them.
I can't see any routes other than, maybe, the main arterial routes, having "electric" trucks.
But I really like what EDISON, in Canada, is doing with "engine over electric" with diesel generators being used - with regenerative braking and/or shore power - to charge a battery of batteries that drive electric motors in the drive axles - especially as they're working on the potential to drive the front axle AND trailer axles from the same battery packs, or rather alternator.
They're working with SCANIA, who are very interested, and as SCANIA have a 770hp engine, and the design philosphy has running the motors from BOTH the alternator AND batteries, and with each drive axle being rated at 350hp (equivalent to around 400hp with correspondint torque) there is the "on demnd" tractive power for soft and/or steep roads.
*Yes, there's one "station" - what you would call a ranch - that is slightly larger than the land area of the state of Hawaii
And while we're talking big. Congrats to Western Australia. I hear that they have broken the record for the largest tractor ever built. It's another big thing I'll be checking out on my lap of the map in a couple of years. Certainly hope I don't need to pass or be passed by too many of them Road-trains .
@brendonstockdale4437 if you travelling through The Pilbara you will see hundreds of road trains per day.ayou cannot avoid them. Generally the roads are very wide and very good, so it won't be a problem...No1 rule, make sure you have a UHF radio and keep it on ch40 so you will know about oversize loads etc
@@briangill4000 I might just make it a lap of Tassie. 😂 Nah, Tassie will be last. I always save the best for last. Thanks for the heads up Brian. B2 to B1 over 🤣👍
Yep, Tassie is the best @@brendonstockdale4437
They can get up to ten trailers
wow. Thats huge.
@@SonofBuck-f7z Yes they are
Most I’ve ever heard of is 6, and that’s only off-highway.
On roads the most is effectively 4, on the 60m super quads in the west
No, they can't.
@SonofBuck-f7z no they don't on public roads it's up to 4 trailers and on private mining roads there up to 6 trailers
Part of the electric vehicle charging network should include self contained solar powered charging stations in remote areas. Combined with good battery storage with a roof and rain water tank for water collection would be ideal.
It really depends on the area. You will find long freight trains in Central Queensland traveling between the Gladstone port(Central Queensland) traveling inland to areas such as mining towns out Emerald way. Such trains passing through Rockhampton(Central Queensland) are often up to around 120 to 150 cars. Trains servicing mining towns are very long once they're out of more populated regions. You can see them along the Bruce Highway between Gladstone and Rockhampton along the Bruce Highway where they either link up for separate into shorter 60 or so cars.
You won't see those road trains in metropolitan cities but you will find trucks like B-Doubles.
I've seen US made documentaries of Australia which can be funny to watch. I recently watched one about Sydney upgrading of metropolitan public transport, including images of Sydney monorail which no longer exists and also showed Canberra, a few hours drive from Sydney. 🤪😆
Yes their is hubs on outskirts of city’s for the road trains and trains don’t go everywhere
There is a map showing which combinations are allowed in which areas, the heat in the outback is extreme can warp the tracks, no enough population to warrant a train network, 1 road train can supply an area for a couple weeks 😉
Something that should be mentioned to assist tourists when on dusty roads. When overtaking if you dare it can be a nasty surprise to discover how long they are when halfway past and wish you had not done so.
Theres a tv show called outback truckers it's really good
Slightly different transportation, but you might like to check out the special, dual engine, trucks used in the US for transporting heavy loads, at speed, in the US during WW2?
By the way, (regarding below comment), Obviously Texas has a bigger population and economy. We have more mineral resources, but we are the size of Texas + California + Oregon + Washington state + Nevada + a few more, so we should. Number of cattle is possibly similar, although we may have more sheep and cropping. Number of cyclones/hurricanes would be similar too, but most of ours are 'up north', 4-5 per year. Definately have more, to the European eye, wasteland, ie desert. Have it in spades, literally. You have bands like the Butthole Surfers and the Revolting Cocks, whereas we have the Scientists, Tame Impala and Eskimo Joe. No chewing tobacco though, (do you still have it?).
And we have trains on trucks.
pain in the arse to pass
Fortescue mining use an electric train to haul iron ore.
Also Australia 1/10 the population of the US. This be a factor too with our transport structure of goods.
Am I having a dejavu? Didn’t I see this last month? Help me out here, guys! ❤️🇦🇺👍
oh lord. I thought it was familiar. Now I gotta go back and look Kimmy...
Damn. You were right. I reacted on 13 September too. I thought I had seen it before when I just reacted to it, but decided that it was something else like the largest ranch or on a Slim Dusty song or something. Duh!!! Sorry!
@@SonofBuck-f7z😂 Not a worry, mate! ❤🇦🇺👍
They are limited to 53 metres or 175 feet. Try overtaking one doing 60 mph. It takes forever
Morning Mike
Morning sir
This is not a good video. I'm guessing it was put together with AI. The first road train used an eight wheel tractor, but not the one pictured, None of the old ones pictured are real Aussie road trains. The original road train was ironically used off-road to make runs through desert.
Add the overly generic and sleep inducing narration and it's a dud.
Road trains are used in Oz because the small size and remoteness of many outback communities make train lines uneconomical to build in Oz. Road trains can use dirt roads or the highways.
the narrator does not believe in home work
electric road trains. I can't see that happening anytime soon. at the moment I'd say electric road trains is simply impossible. can the batteries ever be able to handle the heat and dust.
Australia's railway system was very inefficient with 3 different rail gauges on the main lines. Lots of time and money wasted loading and reloading at break -of -gauge stations. It took until 1995 to at least get the state capitals, (also the biggest cities in Australia) connected together on 1 gauge. It wasn't hard for trucks to gain a major grip on the freight industry once they increased in size in the 1970's.
Electric cars will not work in remote areas let alone trucks
Ev trucks would never work here. Maybe in 50 year's it might. Atm, No chance. Ev car's don't work here. 🤦🙂
train's can't turn left or right.