ROAD TRAINS - Living the Dream
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2021
- The trip from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory can see the country scenery change several times in a very short period of time. It will change from vast open flat desert plains to wooded scrub to undulating hills within a four or five hour period. With such changes to the landscape, it is very hard to get bored with our weekly trip in a Road Train.
In this video I have put together some of the things that we see on a weekly basis. The sunrises and sunset are sometimes magical to look at while the dark night skies make the stars shine so bright that it makes you want to reach out and touch them. Hope you enjoy what we see every week.
NOTE: AT 0:40 into the video there is an item on the ground to the left of me . It was a maker used for when I walked up to the camera in the first take, I forgot to pick it up before the second take.
Music in the video is available form EPIDEMIC SOUND
www.epidemicsound.com
Anew - Hara Noda
Best For You - Instrumental Version
Coyoty Wedding - Martin Klem
Lines In The Sand - Victor Lundberg
For Some Time - Daniel Gunnarsson - Розваги
Thank you Mick and Sally, Mick you make Great videos, and Australia is huge, in your videos you sure know how to present lots of it, but you had to move on, your caravan videos are Great too, times coming for me to, I won't be able to watch much of any ones soon, slowing down lots, and things are getting harder, don't know what's coming, but thank you again very very much for your videos. Mick
Glad you have been able to enjoy the videos, all the very best to you for the future.🙏
Nothing but respect for these drivers...be safe.
Thank you David
Very classy trucking vid sir. Beautiful music. From Texas and hard to see wrong-side driving. Awesome trucks.
Cheers Sammy, glad you liked it. Part 2 is up on the channel now.
A very relaxing 15 minutes, thanks.
Thank you.
Thanks for posting the videos. I love your rig
Glad you like them!
Love the drone shots Mick.....you are very apt with it for sure....:)
Thank you, glad you liked it. The drone adds to the video, that is for sure.👍
What a fantastic insight into what it looks like to drive a road train.
Thank you Mick
Glad you enjoyed it Jeff. I am hoping to soon start on a video showing what it is like as a 2-Up Driver. Hopefully it will not be too long before I can get it completed.
OK. That's three I have watched, and they were most enjoyable. I have just noticed a few more there. Great stuff.
glad you are enjoying them 👍
God bless all the men and women truckers with a safe return to their homes. Thank you for the video!
Thank you too
This video is so relaxing, love the music and the commentaries. The landscapes and sunrises and sunsets are so pretty. Keep up the great work.
Thanks EM, you are very kind.
Thanks for doing the video of the beautiful dive through your country. 🇨🇦
Glad you enjoyed it.
Another great video, There is the Proof that work does not need to be boring.
Very true, thank you.
Another quality video. Good stuff Mick ☝️
Cheers and thank you.
Love the view from the cab. Feels like I’m there. Road trains are much more sophisticated since “Bertha”. She looked rugged and fierce. Now they are actually graceful and lovely to watch. Works of art. Thanks for the video.
Thank you Carolyn, glad you liked it.
Can’t be more Australian doing the centre run great editing.
Cheers
Great videos as said previously great editing.
Do you still drive " 2up" ?
How do fly the drone whilst your driving?
Love watching the axles twist as you go round corners
Glad you liked it Ross.
i love Australia its quite and beautiful...
Yes it is.
Outstanding you guys , great to watch , with border changers and lockdowns this is fantastic . Keep up the good work .
Thank you for the kind comments.
Drive safe mate
Thank you.
A great way to see the country. Cheers mate.
Glad you liked it, thank you.
That is a great painting of Central and Northern Australia, I have a new appreciation for the heavy transport industry and the service they provide. You have produced a very exciting picture of the life of the long haul operator.
I salute you for the presentation, I have subscribed, and I am looking forward to more great commentary as you take me on my next road trip through the midland route. great work sir, stay safe.
Thanks for the kind comment Robert, outback Australia is a beautiful country to be in. Glad you liked what you watched.
Awesome video , professional driver & video production.
Liked seeing the other Kenny’s , 900s & Areodyne…
Thank you, glad you liked it.👍
Greetings from Toronto. I’ve been able to visit Australia many times and have driven through the outback on several occasions and have lots of s good memories. I am impressed with the excellent quality of your videos and their professionalism. It takes me back to just like being there again.
Thank you Gary, glad you enjoyed the video.
Lovely Video Mick lovely ole country,took me right back I did the that trip in 1994 as a backpacker with 2 mates in a 1977 Ford Falcon. I run a transport company in London now and It never fails to impress me that you go straight through the middle of Alice Springs with 3 trailers on👍
Glad you liked the video. Running three trailers through stop lights up in Darwin can be an eye opener to some as well.
Excellent production. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together. Keep safe. Cheers from NZ
Many thanks!
Love the video! Had to laugh toward the end when your passing the Linfox and he is in an uncomfortable cab over box rattler probably without a cb to say hi.
Glad you liked the video. Linfox are on a new contract running up that way with two-up teams, small cab for two people.
Stunning video. After 35 years crossing europe,russia and a part of asia and north africa,i wish i knew for 30 years what i know now. I know i would be living and driving in Australia. Man o man what a landscape and the size of those roadtrains. Take care on the road othere and be safe. Like to some of these video,s
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Just very awesome to watch, and much appriciated and thank you for this GREAT video mate!
Glad you liked it Maurice, thanks.
Thanks for a very enjoyable video.
Glad you liked it.
Fantastic background music, far better than all the head banger noise that they pass off as music. Please do not ever change.
Cheers mate, glad it meets your approval.
Another great video.
Thanks Wayne.
It’s beautiful country out there.
It certainly is.
KEEP ON TRUCKING!!!
That we will.
Wow Mick I nearly didn't look at this video, I thought I'd already seen it, I still like your Roadtrain videos, I watch a guys Roadtrain videos from WA, home away from home, he drives for Toll, from Perth to port hedland and the pilbara here and there, Tony Ivanq Roadtrains, I am glad I started to watch this your video, thank you for it very very much. Mick
I have now retired from the Road Train scene, there are a number of my videos there that you may like.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Thank you Mick very very much
Another well presented and interesting video. Well done mate. Catchya camping soon . Stay safe
Cheers Jill.
Great presentation of a beautiful part of our country, I used to drive coaches around Australia now retired, cairns to Darwin then on to Adelaide was my favourite, watching your trips brings back great memories, always a pleasure chatting with road train drivers real gentleman of the outback highways
Thank you for your comments, glad you enjoyed the video.
Loving your videos, it's great to see how wet and green the N.T is
Glad you like them, the green is very nice indeed.
Thank you very much for this nice, beautiful video. Living the dream - this is the best title for the video. And a soft, beautiful music in the background, very good, I enjoyed it
Thank you very much!
That was awesome Mick, seeing the forward view to the prime mover looked a long way especially turning , thanks again for taking the time to edit this 👍
Thank you, glad you liked it
Absolutely brilliant video. Something I have always regretted not being born in Australia and being a Road Train driver. Loved this video and cannot wait until the next one. In the meantime stay safe and take care.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Love the video!! My wife and I used to live in Alice and we enjoy your footage through town.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great truck, always clean n neat
.. U guys are great hardworking drivers with great driving skills 😍😍.. Love yr videos.. Marveloussssss .. Keep it up.. I'm Praba 🙏🙏🙏 from Malaysia 🇲🇾..
Glad you enjoyed it.
Love the editing work mate, your vids are very relaxing and it shows how beautiful our country is, keep'em coming.....
Thanks Wayne.
I liked this
Glad you liked it, cheers.
Greetings from Texas! It's amazing how much of the country you travel looks like west Texas, just a lot more of it down there. Here in Texas, we refer to it as "mile and miles of nothing but miles." Cheers mate! Happy travels.
Think of Australia as a really big Texas about the same size of the US but a population less than Texas . In the center parts of Australia there is really miles of nothing. Except kangaroos camels termite hills and tonnes of red dirt 😆
People think Africa is the driest continent
But its actually Australia
Australia is recognized as the driest country in the world if I am correct.
From East Texas and it all has it's beautiful scenery with the changing of the seasons.
@@samboslc No doubt, any change of season is nice to look at.
Ripper video 👌
Thank you.
Another excellent production Mick. Great continuity too. Lucky Mark is the silent partner so you can do some video.
I really enjoyed my trip to Townsville via 3 Ways a few years ago. The thing that got me the most was the termite mounds that they dress up. Unbeatable scenery especially when there are some cracking storms. The best way to see them is to be going up there all the time or you happen to be lucky. And then a couple of weeks later the desert blooms. Keep the video coming mate!
Thanks Rog. Yes Mark is a silent and very helpful partner in it all, good to be with him.
Hopefully one day I might have a chance to ride on a road train...🙂
Ouah ! Encore une agréable vidéo en votre compagnie (vos musiques son idéalement choisies). Merci de me faire voyager, j'ai l'impression de découvrir l'Australie et ses paysages si incroyables. Merci JustCruisin with Mick & Sally et à bientôt. (pouce levé et abonnement effectué)
Glad you like the video Serial-Traileurs, cheers and take care.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Prenez soin de vous aussi. A bientôt ! 👍
@@serial-traileurs1826 you too.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 👍
As usual, another great video. The scenery is gorgeous and yes, you are living the dream to see some of the best in our country. Hope to see another video soon. :)
Thanks for the kind comments Sue.
another great video keep up the great work, from Arizona, USA thumbs up
Glad you liked it Scott.
Really enjoyed the video.Amazing scenery and great editing to make the whole video enjoyable.Liked the front and rear views too.Looking forward to the next one.Well done
Glad you liked it David, thank you.
Hello from Italy
Greetings from the land down under
Great vid especially since we cant leave nsw in lockdown, good old lounge travel
Glad you enjoyed it.
You make really nice videos. Really in joy watching them mate 🤙🍺👍
Glad you are enjoying them, thank you.
Great video awesome to see.
I'm moving to WA in December to continue my trucking career. I'm 54 and looking for a change/adventure.
Best of luck! I have a brother living in Perth and he does Perth to Adelaide weekly.
Oh you blokes have got it easy, back in my day it was dirt from Pt Augusta to Kulgera and then onto the old WW2 (nearly) single track road from Alice Springs to Darwin - and that cambered heavily to both sides. 😆 Kingoonya was superseded by Marla Bore which back then was nothing but a few demountables. When it rained heavy the rush was to make the Pimba jump-up and clear the tablelands before they became a quagmire. If you happened to get stuck, most trucks carried a 'stiff bar' (metal bar with eyelets each end to connect to ring feeder) which would be used to connect to other trucks (trains) and then a, push me, pull you, system was utilised to get across and out of the bog.
Memories huh? 😆
God bless you and stay safe out there 🇦🇺👍
Yes times are very different now to what they were like yesterday, you described it well.
Great video really interesting 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Glad you liked it.
Love the video and spectacular scenery. Greetings from Malaysia...
Glad you like it Mior, greetings from Australia.
Nice camera position...great shots..
Thanks 👍
Good watch well done 👍
Thanks Mate, glad you liked it.
another great video. I myself want to drive road trains in the territory. Might see you on the road one day
The Territory is one of the greater places left to drive in for transport drivers, see you out there.
Brother in law drives over Brisbane Sydney way for Nolan’s I envy him greatly 🇮🇪☘️👍🏻
I didn't like this video!
I loved it!
I drive a truck in Ireland.
I follow Super Trucker Dan in the USA and I love his videos but you guys take it to a whole other level. The Australian prime movers are by far the nicest in the world. Yes I could see myself quiet happily doing what you guys do, but that ship has sailed.
Greetings and best wishes from Ireland ☘
Glad you liked it so much, thank you for your kind comments. Stay safe over there in Ireland.
Looking good matey 👍
Thanks 👍
very nice video. clean sharp not for long periods is one thing important for me. if you see any information signs keep them to the end when the camera passes by to be knowledgeable where you are or what was orientation point.
Great video
Glad you like it.
Good bit of drone video there mate. We were supposed to be loading ADF gear from Sydney to Darwin this week for the joint exercises…..but COVID struck Sydney! I guess you will still have seen a fair amount of ADF gear heading up.
I have been on sick leave for 2 weeks, 3 more weeks to go so haven't been on the road so see very much at all. COVID, what a life changing event for us all.
Just came across your channel. Really well done video. Nicely broken up with views from above, from the drivers seat, etc. Some beautiful country there. Some reminds me of driving across the western US and others are obviously very unique to Australia. I drove over 3,000,000 miles in the US and can appreciate what you do. I'm retired now but miss trucking. Don't miss the hard work but do miss driving and seeing the country.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video.
Fantastic video bro great to see Australia outback , enjoy your trip 🍻🦘🍻 hi from broken hill 👍👌
Glad you liked it, cheers.
Great video mate - don’t get anything like these road trains over in the U.K. The road system simply wouldn’t cope. Very interesting stuff and fantastic scenery you have 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed the video, yes we are in a nice country over here.
I am driving your Rig, LOL, I dreamed of driving them when I migrated to Australia but didn't get any further than Semis in Victoria
Cheers Frank, hope your enjoyed the drive.
Much enjoyed at brunch in Bangkok with fresh bread my wife just baked. Let my USA CDL's go a few years ago. Neck shot from a whiplash.
Glad you enjoyed the video, look after that neck of yours.
👍👍👍👊😎
cheers
great vid mick
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video, a job I've always wanted to do but never got round to it !! Only drove class 1 in the UK mainly & Europe
Glad you liked the video, stay safe.
9:33 Corocodile Dundee is passing by. 🙂
Ya reckon.
I drive buses in the Adelaide hills, we have 12.5m rigids 14.5m rigids and 18m articulated, like a 10.5 with trailer.
Always drive from the rear wheels, but these are so much longer still need to plan ahead every bend and corner.
Takes special skill to drive these.
Can't believe a guy from school gave it up to remain unvaccinated.
We all have what we think are valid reasons for what we do although it does take a bit of working out at times when you compare reasons to our own.
Guess you'll figure it out when the truth will out. Here in UK, the government have been outed for using psychological tactics! They employed a nudge unit. People are having huge problems with their health. Stay safe, stay sane everyone.
@@ruth.greening Just started watching the Pentaverate, maybe you are right.
Beautiful shot 9:03
Thank you.
👍👍👏👏👏👍👍
Cheers.
You just don't realise how big Australia is until you leave the eastern seaboard and run up to Darwin and Weipa,Perth.best part of the trip to Darwin was from Darwin to three ways found the rest pretty boring.the trip I did to Weipa was awesome, different scenery all the time.good stuff Mick.
Australia is a big beautiful country, we are all so lucky.
Great video, watched on the big screen, the outback looks amazing. Would be interesting how much fuel you use .
We would use approximately 4.5K litres for the round trip.
How many K per Liter?
@@oat138 would average about 1.5km per litre.
@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 Not much, but more than I thought.
Please upload videos more frequently.
I defy Tourism Australia to produce ANYTHING more Australian or more wonderful than this video. Thank you
Glad you liked the video
U r look vary cool uncle.
Definitely a great drive, plenty of places to see along the way.How reliable is the equipment you driving?
Out trucks and trailers are well looked after and maintained, makes driving much easier.
These are some beautiful videos. I was wondering, I see you pulling Refers with canvas sides, Do they keep it cool or does the machine work harder?
Both! They would struggle in the summer months.
I hopefully get teh australian passport soon and i am thinking about becoming a HC or MC driver in AUS. I have no experience or license yet but my plan was to maybe go to AUS to make the license to check if it suits me and if so start looking for job oportunitys and leaave my boring office job :)
Aslo thats a beautiful Truck you got there.
All the best for your move should you do it. Glad you liked the video, thank you.
I wanna to relocate to Australia ..!!
We have a lovely country.
When ya put the comin' an' goin' videos together, it looked like yer were towin' six trailers.
We were very pleased with the way that part of the video turned out, glad you liked it.
Thanks for that Mick, it really is beautiful country. Just wondering if you have a preferred truck, KW or the Mack, and what makes one better than the other in your opinion
Because we are a 2-Up Team, I would prefer the Mack over the Kenworth only because it is much more quieter inside the cab. The Kenworth has more room in the bunk plus a few more creature comforts than what the Mack has. At the end of the day one is as good as the other.
I would like to hear more narrative and I am sure other people would also.
There is only so much fact that can be spoken about without making it into fiction. It is a long lonely road at times without much happening.
Hi Mick, great video’s. I have been fascinated by the trucking world of late - particularly in light of these zero emission trucks that seem to be on the horizon, but I have a lot of questions. Can I please ask a bunch of these questions about the economics of it all today with diesel? Like I believe your GCM limit is 115.5t - but what is it typically for your trips? How often do you have to refuel and how much do you refuel (I.e. does your load play a factor in how much fuel you put in ?). Cheers Rob from Perth.
Rob, the total GCM will determine the amount of fuel we use. Our total GCM can be as high as 125.5t although most of our loads for our run would come in around 80-90t. We refuel at Alice Springs, Darwin, Alice Springs and then Adelaide when we arrive back there. Each fuel fill is around 1,100 -1,200 litres per fill. Hope this is of some help to you.
Servus
Sind die Zugmaschinen für die Nutzung als Road-Train eigentlich speziell ausgerüstet und aufgrund der Zugkraft auch verstärkt.....?..,oder das tatsächlich Autos von der Stange.....?!
Top Videos und natürlich Mega-Gegend!!!
Gruß aus Hameln 👍👍
Great video mate. What engines and gearboxescare you running
Kewnworth has Cummins with 18 sped Road Ranger. Macks have Volvo engine and 12 speed gearbox.
I noticed a huge increase in tourist camper vans etc from 18 months ago obviously due to external border closures. Have you noticed more traffic?.
There has been a huge increase in traffic since the first filming.
I was just wondering about the equipment you use. I spent 20 years driving truck in the US and Canada, mostly 350+ hp motors with 9 or 10 sp transmissions, mostly with 53' trailers, occasionally with dual 28'6" trailers or even a 57' single. how long are those triples? 40'? 42'? Do you have extra air tanks to handle all those extra axles?
The total length of our triple Road Trains is 53.5 metres long. The trucks are rated to tow 3 trailers which means they are fitted up with the required air supply to allow them to do their job as expected.
Love the vids of the road I'm wanting to get into the truck scene at the moment I still have a 4L in NZ I'm really interested in getting my MC the heavy unit an extra trailers don't bother me it's snakes and spiders that get me oh and the heat haha how long do you think it will take for 1 to get into the road train, thanks for any info really appreciate it cheers
Glad you like the videos Barnz, it will take a number of years to get into Road Trains.
Whats the most amount of flat / punctured tyres you've changed out on a trip?
Believe it or not, the most is only one flat tyre.
Hi are Kenworth the best trucks for this sort of load or any other cheers great videos
They all do the job very well.