Aussies are Nuts

[slashbinslashbash]

Road Trains

It would scare the **** out of me to try to pass one of those things! But they're nothing compared with this:

Yes, that's all one connected line of trailers with only one tractor unit! Current record holder for the world's longest load train: Mack 8x6, 620hp tractor with 113 semi-trailers, 2,865,980 pounds (1,299,987 kg) and 4,836 ft 11 in (1,474.3 metres) long, pulled the load 328 feet (100 metres)

 

[Itchrelief]

Should have gone whole hog and put the old-style triangular cowcatchers on the front of that last one.

 

[ecom]

Almost certain doubles and triples are permissible in the US. Not sure if there is a limit on length though.

 

[Vette73]

Almost certain doubles and triples are permissible in the US. Not sure if there is a limit on length though.

Smaller doubles are allowed in some states. Never seen a triple or 2 full size doubles.

 

[slashbinslashbash]

Almost certain doubles and triples are permissible in the US. Not sure if there is a limit on length though.

Doubles are allowed, but length is capped at 63 feet, which makes for 2 shorter-than-normal trailers. Apparently triples are allowed in some Western states for mining purposes.

I have seen some very long single "trailers" used for carrying bridge span beams and parts for wind turbines (blades and tower sections). They usually look like this:

 

[alkemyst]

There is a push to allow for triples in the states.

 

[IcePickFreak]

From what I've heard, the road trains are only seen in the outback stretches of road. If you're driving down the road and see one coming from the other way, you're suppose to pull off the road a bit and wait for it to pass. With the amount of air they're displacing there's quite a cloud of dust and rocks that follows them that you don't want to try driving through.

 

[Zap]

From the land that brought us Mad Max.

There is a push to allow for triples in the states.

I think it depends on the state. I recall seeing triples in Oregon.

 

[thescreensavers]

ya on speed there is a show called Dangerous drives and they show these guys driving 2-3 trailers its nuts.

 

[thepd7]

Smaller doubles are allowed in some states. Never seen a triple or 2 full size doubles.

I saw a triple in Idaho, never here in Texas.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Some states do allow for triples and "rocky mountain doubles" (a 40+28'). But most do not. California looked into it and decided not to based on them not fitting many places and having difficulty on cloverleaves.

 

[compman25]

Triples and B-trains are allowed in some states. In parts of Canada they have Super B trains, two 53' trailers. I've hauled all 3.

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

From what I've heard, the road trains are only seen in the outback stretches of road. If you're driving down the road and see one coming from the other way, you're suppose to pull off the road a bit and wait for it to pass. With the amount of air they're displacing there's quite a cloud of dust and rocks that follows them that you don't want to try driving through.

Didn't have any issues when we passed them going the other way back in '05. Also, they were actually pretty close to Melbourne and even on some highways going through there. It was unusual seeing one, but they really aren't that different.

 

[hanoverphist]

Doubles are allowed, but length is capped at 63 feet, which makes for 2 shorter-than-normal trailers. Apparently triples are allowed in some Western states for mining purposes.

I have seen some very long single "trailers" used for carrying bridge span beams and parts for wind turbines (blades and tower sections). They usually look like this:

so weird you post that pic, i was driving back from cottonwood yesterday and a truck was pulling one of those wings up north. i was wishing i had time to get a pic, that thing was friggin HUGE. i kept waiting for more to show up but none ever did.

 

[dug777]

Biggest ones we are allowed are 53.5 metres