Trucks
Jul 2, 2018 11:17:17 #
I was quite excited when I saw a section for photos of trucks in this forum. I am a retired diesel fitter and have had an interest in trucks since I was a youngster. I spent a few years early in my working career as a diesel mechanic in the road transport industry both in Australia and England and have retained an interest in trucks. Road trains are a common site in most parts of Australia outside of major cities and urban areas, particularly in the northern regions where there are long distances between populated centres. The largest road trains operating on public roads can consist of a tri-axle prime mover and four trailers up to a maximum overall length of 53.5 metres (175 feet) and up to 170 tonnes gross weight ((187 US tons, 167 UK tons). A typical fuel truck of this configuration can haul a total of 145,000 litres (38,280 US gallons, 31,900 UK gallons), pay load in three 40,000 litre tri-axle trailers plus one 25,000 tri-axle trailer and tri-axle dollies - a total of 86 wheels to distribute the weight.
Mack Prime Mover (tractor unit) quad trailer road train.
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Western Star Prime Mover. Note full-time tyre pressure monitoring fitted to the prime mover's tri-drive wheels.
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Kenworth prime mover, tripple side tipper trailer road train.
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Kenworth, triple refrigerated road train.
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This Kenworth is hauling 75 tonnes (82.7 US tons, 73.8 UK tons) of 98% pure industrial grade sulphuric acid - scary stuff.
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Mack, quad, hauling bulk cement.
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Kenworth, triple, double deck cattle crates
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Jul 2, 2018 11:24:38 #
Jul 2, 2018 11:54:00 #
DoneFlyin
Loc: Texas Hill Country
Ditto - wonderful series and fascinating info... The road trains are legendary. Thanks for giving us a glimpse. From an old wanna-be truck driver.
Jul 2, 2018 11:59:31 #
Jul 2, 2018 12:10:23 #
Jul 2, 2018 17:18:51 #
Wow. Great pics. Biggest I see here outside of oversize is prime + two 48' doubles. Or maybe they're 53'.
Jul 2, 2018 18:45:14 #
alby
Loc: very eastern pa.
WOW!!! what are the front bumpers meant to protect the truck form??? Roo's?? .... what is normal road speed?? and how long to stop from cruising speed ??
Jul 2, 2018 20:34:57 #
Jul 3, 2018 00:10:10 #
A. JEAN wrote:
Wonderful series! From an old truck driver.
Thank you A.Jean.
Jul 3, 2018 00:11:29 #
DoneFlyin wrote:
Ditto - wonderful series and fascinating info... The road trains are legendary. Thanks for giving us a glimpse. From an old wanna-be truck driver.
Pleased you enjoyed them, thanks for looking.
Jul 3, 2018 00:12:41 #
Bultaco wrote:
Great set, thanks.
Pleased you like them, thanks for looking.
Jul 3, 2018 00:18:29 #
14kphotog wrote:
Great pictures of something we never see here.
Thanks for stopping by 14kphotog.
Jul 3, 2018 00:22:04 #
krashdragon wrote:
Wow. Great pics. Biggest I see here outside of oversize is prime + two 48' doubles. Or maybe they're 53'.
Thanks for looking Krashdragon.
Jul 3, 2018 00:47:16 #
alby wrote:
WOW!!! what are the front bumpers meant to protect the truck form??? Roo's?? .... what is normal road speed?? and how long to stop from cruising speed ??
Thanks for looking alby. The front bumpers are referred to as Bull Bars and offer some protection for the vehicle if it is unfortunate to run into wondering kangaroos, emus or live stock on mostly unfenced roads. The quads are restricted to 90 kph (56 mph) in some states, the triples are restricted to 100 kph (62 mph). I don't have any up-to-date data on stopping distances but with modern electronic braking control systems and the introduction of disc brakes on some prime movers and trailers it would not be unreasonable to expect the largest vehicles at 100 kph to stop in considerably less than 200 metres (650 US feet), in ideal conditions.
Jul 3, 2018 00:47:57 #
vonzip wrote:
Can move some stuff with those. Good photos. vz
Thank you vonzip.
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