Thank you. I wish I could live in Alice. Hope you catch some time mate 😊

@TomasVarg Erldunda and Three Ways I found to be the best two roadhouses to spot Gilbert's as they travel their 24 hour non stop trip from Darwin to Adelaide, and vice versa

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Yes. It is beautiful trucks 😊

Yes. Great trucks 😊😊

Paul Barretto . The Gilbert trailers are FTE. Made in Melbourne with BPW axles and Thermo King fridges. Top specification.

@@timpulmanAustralia But most of their curtainsiders are from Barker Trailers, as seen on one of the rigs in this video.

Yes 👍🏼😊 Thank you for your comment, i appreciate it. Have a nice day 😊

Yes, I agree with you. They have nice looking trucks 😊

Thank you 😊😊😊

Agree 😊

Don't forget Peterbilt! But guess doesn't matter since KW and Peter are owned by same company and use the same parts haha

Yes i like also peterbilt

True :)

Me too. It would be awesome 😊

Just got my MC ticket yesterday. Be careful what you wish for. Wouldn't be in it if I didn't want to be but "With great power comes great responsibility" 😣.

Great words. 😊

@@ra6378 Ostojic are looking for drivers Fifo or local, MacArthur River, Mt Isa, Cloncurry. DAngerous goods licence required

Thank you my friend. Im live in Sweden so Australia is far far away ;)

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Thanks for your comment. Yeah. They lsure ooking good. Have a nice one :)

Hahaha, wishful thinking mate!

Because we look after our gear and don't abuse it or let cowboys drive it.

Thanks mate. Yes, one day I go back for more road trains. Im back in sweden now :(

My truck

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@@TomasVarg no offense meant Tomas, only humour.

@@seanworkman431 No problem my friend, peace & love :)

@@TomasVarg I am glad you smile as I wished for nothing less. Definitely good camera work.

Thank you mate 💙 Im glad you liked it and thank you for visiting my channel. 😊 Have a nice day. See you 😊

No? I love Alice 😊

I don’t think you actually live there then. Crime is very high, unemployment is high, the weather is terrible, there’s nothing to do except go to the mall, and everyone is there when it’s hot so the place stinks. The cops are corrupt. The Abbo gangs make it so you can’t walk around after dark and it’s extremely isolated from the rest of the country. It’s got a nice landscape and for a tourist it might be okay visit but living there sucks bro trust me I know

Okej. Have a nice day / Tomas

Tall Tees N’ Slapz Fam you’re 100 % correct mate

The Alice is a great place with lots of beautiful places to visit. Go see if you hav’nt been, I would love To go back up there!

Thanks mate. 😊

Yes

They dont reverse...

brett noble a B-Triple can be reversed but hardly ever happens anything more then 3 trailers can’t be reversed.

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Yes. I agree. The old Mack superliners is so beautiful 😍

Yes, and that is sad 😢

Nearly 70? You got my respect mate. I understand you miss it. I have been on the roads for 17 years now. I live in Sweden, Europe. Bless you mate 😊

Oh? Did not know him, i should check his channel. Thanks mate.

Nice of you, I will look for it. Cheers mate :)

Cool. Are you okey? Watch out for the corona virus 😊

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Good question. I think it is the 500 hp, I asked a driver couple of years ago but I dont remeber

500-600 hp. Standard is 525+ but Cummins come standard Gen2 Signature @ 600 hp. It's illegal to beef them up, if the DOT see black smoke and pull you over, they will plug a computer in, so will the Police! Also Cummins technicians will report you if they plug in and find the programming tampered with. BIG fines! We don't use Detroit in Road Train's much over here, Series 60 crate motors running at 500hp are okay for 2 trailers and B-doubles but struggle over the mountains here with more than 2 trailers. I drove a Kenworth 904 that had a series 60 crate motor pulling triple and Quad combinations between Darwin and Townsville doing general freight and it sucked! Lots of big hills. I drove an Atkinson Twin steer with 30' flat bed and 2 trailers, that had an 8v92, twin turbos and a blower! I was working for a drilling company in Alice Springs! I was always atleast 10t (22,000 pounds) over weight at the minimum and went 30t over once, company paid the fine, luckily, I wasn't driving! I parked it up 20 kilometres north of Alice Springs, I knew I was heavy heavy! But, That Atkinson was a BEAST!!!!! I'd overtake empty Road Trains, going up through the hills north of Alice Springs. That truck had a 22 Spicer, where as 99% of "Road Train Rated"trucks have Road Ranger 2200 box's.

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$250,000 roughly.

@@ice-mm6em i want to get into this industry but i guess its not easy to get a job.

Ok let's just get it properly understood...$250000 is not an average expectation. Not even excavator operators in the mines up north WA expect that much. I just got my MC unrestricted statement of attainment yesterday and just this morning I downloaded the pdf from the Australian Work Ombudsman website for the Award Rate for road train drivers as of November 2020 (update due on July 2021) the Casual Rate (grade 3; previously grade 1) is $37.16 pr hour or 0.44 pr kilometre. This casual rate goes up with experience to grade 10 (previously grade 8 at $47.16 (I don't mind aspiring to that AT ALL! And some companies pay above award-rate too. Now, as far as I'm aware your not aloud to go over 14 hours a day driving legally (and I would never want to...I mean this a heavy responsibility here). Public holidays are a minimum 8hours pay and $165 on top (per shift) for grade 3 and grade 10 gets min 8 hrs with 188 on top. This doesn't take into account Good Friday or Christmas Eve which are around 250 on top instead. If you get a casual rate per kilometre on grade 3 your looking at 0.4954 pr km with $165 on top and a minimum 500 kilometre payment. Grade 10 gets 0.5621 pr kilometre with $188 on top. Now let me just say you will be able to pull a six figure salary but don't expect to be pulling in $250000! That being said if any one DOES know of such an arrangement that doesn't involve being the CEO of a transport company then please let me know! But yeah, basically as far as I can tell if you focus on safety, never rush around and always pay extra attention...the money will take care of itself. and if your boss is pushing you around with tight deadlines and calling you while your driving NEVER EVEN LOOK AT THAT DAMN PHONE and GET A NEW BOSS! You can't believe that you can balance job security with safety. You can only choose one or the other. Choose safety and the money will take care of itself. We can always find work but one screw up and it's all over.

The longest I ever seen was 6 trailers. I think there use to be longer ones but the rules in Australia have changed in the last 10 years.

Mav F Called Powertrain(Body & six)?

Hi. I understand that. I have been a truckdriver for 16 yeats now and I love it. Thanks mate 😊

Thanks for sharing ❤️

@Linda Gray, I WISH YOU GOOD. PLEASE KEEP WELL

@Linda Gray, NO PROBLEME MY DEAR. ALL THE BEST WISHES.

BAA Quad(Or 2AB Quad officially)

@@darkdregen1 BAB quad?

bonzoAU Sorry I got it wrong, it should be BAA Quad(Or 2AB Quad officially) Thx for telling

Yes bro 🫡

Thank you for your comnent, im sorry, but i cant answer your question. But i hope someone can help. Have a nice one 😊👍🏼

Delvon Hall yes. Triple axle is 23.5 tonnes. Bogey or dual axle is 17.5 tonnes.

There are weighbridges closer to the cities....but they can go mobile with scales and weigh these rigs anywhere.

@@davo8955 I thought duel was 16.5 ton and triple was 20 ton. Do I have that wrong? Weight limits are set for all states right? I'm in WA.

@@ra6378 I'm thinking he's talking about Australian limits

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They get right of way, all Aussie know to let them pass

Haha. LOL :)

Dont u guys call them tractor trailers? Nothing like a tractor trailer

@@Mick_4591 yes here in the U.S. we call them tractor trailers but each tractor trailer has a specific name in the U.S.

No Prime mover is what the truck is called

@@Mick_4591 thanks for letting me know

the trailers that are hard sided are call pantecs or fridge trailers/vans and the soft sided are tautliners that can have fridge motors to keep the produce cold

No. I was only a tourist, im back in Europe now. Thanks for your comment 😊

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daniel stryker a few old ones floating around but the new ones don’t get here, mainly KW, western star, frieghtliner, Mack and euro’s

There are a few companies importing and converting Peterbilts over here now. The steering wheel has to swap sides for a start. Most of the other American trucks for our market are built in Australia anyway.

There are two companies importing brand new Peterbilt s into Australia and doing RHD conversation s. That is if "Kent's" still do it but the main one is Truckworks in Adelaide. They are a private operation, Paccar, the parent company of both KW and Peterbilt have no affiliation with them. A decision was made by Paccar in the 1960s that only one of their brands would be marketed in Australia. KW ended up building a factory in Melbourne.

You had to quit early because of small text at the bottom? Doesn’t take much to ruin your day does it m8. Lighten up

@@stopchangingmynameyoutube yup. I didn't even notice it. Lol

Sorry, dont know :(

2phalanges Not enough !

www.nhvr.gov.au/safety-accreditation-compliance/fatigue-management/work-and-rest-requirements/standard-hours , hope that helps

Yes...very heavily regulated.

@@chopper1860 just my MC ticket yesterday.this couldn't of come at better timing,thanks for posting the link.

wwg1wga you can back up a B-Triple but not a B-Quad

yep 2 trailers max, seen a bloke back up to the third trailer one night. 2 goes in the dark and a torch on a box to indicate where he needed to be.

@@buticks6388 they didn't teach ME that at driving school.

@@ra6378 this guy had been driving over 35 years

Good question my friend. I hope someone can answer you 😊

Weight distribution, which preserves the roads.

Thanks for helping the channel :)

There are weight limits on the axles not the trailer, so the more axles the more weight with limits on each axle. Those trucks carry frozen and fresh goods, which are heavy.

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OSCAR ALFREDO Retamoza ahi no es Argentina es en Australia 🇦🇺 😁

they are not dangerous if everybody respects each other as drivers. 3 x semi trailers or 1 roadtrain? Less traffic, less fuel consumption, less drivers (which are hard to get), Less tyres on the road.