IOR Petroleum's subcontractor Johnnie Bundy's very nice Kenworth T909 AB triple road train. I agree with the earlier comments, it's great you captured this rescue action for us. Driving on these roads are a tough job for man and machine, I don't envy the truckies at all. One bad move and they're stuck like this unlucky driver. Thanks a lot for this great video, I really enjoyed it. :)

those boys know how to do it thank god for the boys from the communities good on you boys go safe and keep on rolling trucks make this country what it it is god bless the humble trucki his or her road train

Always good to have a front end loader available.

these guys are the proper truck drivers.

The through shaft is called a through shaft for the reason, it goes through to the rear drive. The right rear is your pulling wheel if Diff Lock is NOT engaged. Now, when you put DIFF LOCK in, it locks the front drive in. Then you can get into , front, rear, or both side lock. I'm not asking, i'm telling you. Been there done that.

I can see why it was so important for him to be so far onto the shoulder. Traffic is insane through there.

Superb video. Great that you caught this on camera. Not everyone would get to see something like this.

Very exciting to watch!

If I was running "off road" onto dirt roads etc, I would definitely have a truck with lockers that truck doesn't appear to be using them or not have them at all

why didn't they split it up and take out trailers seperate

ONLY IN AUSTRALIA ! LOVE IT GREAT JOB ! U DRIVERS HAVE A PAIR ! 3 to 4 TRAILERS !THANK U >DRIVER FROM THE U S !

Drop the back two trailers....get the prime mover & first trailer out. Then drag the drawbar of the second trailer around so it can be reconnected with the first trailer and the prime mover on level ground.... even if ya only yank out the back trailers one at a time....saves destroying a driveline when you don't need to.....

tractor, bucket should be right up, love the way Aussies help in the bush

What a brilliant piece of video footage, showed us all the action in superb detail and clarity of colour. I really did enjoy watching that, kinda feeling for the driver myself. Those roads look so bumpy looking, and quite red in colour too! must be a nightmare to drive along for long distance drivers. Defo thumbs up on this beauty. :-) 5*****

I gotta give a lot of credit to the Aussies. Trucking in the USA is like being in grade school compared to this.

BPW-trailer axles from Germany in the Outback ... good thing. Nice KW truck ! But one question: Aren´t there Dollys or trailers which are driven by own motor ? This would have helped a lot in such a situation. How much is the max. weight of a road train ? Greetings from south Germany

Hey. Have a tv show where American truckers do the outback. Get stuck in mud & all sorts of crapp. Rainfall and torrential rain. You guys & gals. Awesome. Reckon a Aussie will win.

Nerves of steel. A quite tricky situation actually, And that chain -- one tuff mutha. Personally I would have recoupled at an angle -- to give the drive a good chance of getting back onto the hard stuff. THREE CHEERS FOR JOHN DEERE !! Judging from the lack of flex in the tires it looks as if he is empty at the time vid was made.

To clear up some technical views here about interlock power divider. when interlock is not engaged your driveshaft drives through front differential and supplies power to both rears what Rockwell calls 70 % front 30% rear then when you activate the Interlock switch you get both rear ends getting 100% available driveshaft power to both differenials. but if they are open or what we call conventional differentials one wheel on one diff will spin and one on the other will spin .now if you have locking differentials then basically all tires and axles are locked together .

I assumed every truck in outback would have dbl lockers

I see the problem, he's driving on the wrong damn side of the road... I'm kidding. Nice video, thanks for sharing. Lots of truck recovery experts in this comments section.

Wouw! Cool video of e road train...

Don't they have diff locks, then? would've thought that would be standard on a road train prime mover. Also, once it was rolling, I'd have been getting it off the shoulder ASAP. Also, less wheel spinning and pulling it back sooner would've paid off. Not that I've ever had anything that big stuck - but spinning wheels when the thing is not moving makes things worse whatever you're dealing with.

No locked power divider or cross locks? Also as others have said, really lucky not to roll it.

Next time try getting a load of dirt in the bucket to give you a bit more traction.

when the first drive axle starts to dig a hole and pile up dirt infront of the third axle wheelsets .. back up the ramp of the hole and lock the brakes.. get something and push the dirt piles up in front of the third axle wheel set.. DO NOT reach in there.. use a branch or something to push it out if you are not forward thinking enough to have a modified Hoe .with the top corners cut at angles to fit between the tires better.. now you have no mound of dirt the third wheel set has to lift and go over.. the third wheelset will now roll down into the hole and give you a few more inches of forward acceleration to power forward and pull out of the holes dug by the drive tires. i totally agree that the truck was spec'd wrong. a Hoe is a garden tool.. usually really cheap.. a 2 meter pole handle and a blade bent down 90 degrees.. could snap right into broom clips mounted to the inside of the fairing .. makes me wonder also what it would take to smooth off the washboard road surface.. taking the top of the washboard.

my K whopper has differential lock plus the interlock probley be a good idea to get diff locks installed best option yet in deep snow and loose sandy soil or dirt where just interlock won't be enough .

nice roads you got there

Reverse is always a better option...after all he dug in a trench up front but had a ramp to back out of, plus reverse is a low heavy cog

That loader had the power, but not the traction. I was surprised it got it out at all.

And this is why you don't drive heavy vehicles on the edges of dirt roads

Fantastic footage.

6 rod n diff locks probably be the go out there ,I've been caught myself out in the table drain lookin for a break from the corrugations.

Hasn’t even locked the doubles in ..... numpty🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻

Vidéo très bien prise. Bravo. Merci

How'd it work back in the day when they could pull 5 all the time, in that same bulldust between Alice and Darwin?

why did the driver not lock in the differential lock and have both axles/drivers working? The KW has the lock set up.

Diff locks?

hard to tell if interlock was working one wheel on front axle was could of been rear axle opposite side could have been spinning or driving especially when you have to open differentials.

Not full differential lock???? Only lock between axless?

i can't figure why he pulled it up the shoulder instead of into the road?

No Dif lock?

I really thought the off-highway trucks in aus would have locking diffs. The off-highway trucks in NZ typically have locking diffs, and often are tri-drive too.

very good

No 2000hp nitro boosted War Rig?

like a mouse trying to pull an elephant =D

I've pulled out many loaded semi-trailers stuck in ditches & bogged to the axels in my time on the road & much to my surprise not many know what a diff-lock or a power divider is. I had to tell & show them how to use it correctly. HOW DID THEY GET THEIR TICKET TO DRIVE ONE ?

nice save

Max could pull him out with his interceptor!

Can you imagine what stopping that mess would be like!!!

My Kenny W900 has an inter-axle lock. Would have seriously helped here.

if he turned the cab unit at angle it would be less initial mass to pull and then once moving the momentum would pull the rest out...

good effort to pull that out with that small loader

whew I was beginning to think they needed a bigger backhoe or a smaller road train

I thought some road trains had trailers with an additional engine. It doesn't appear as if this truck is 6x4, rather 6x2. What about reducing the tyre pressures to assist?

dont use Diff-locks ? i'm wondering, to drive in this conditions without !

lock diff '''''' one.... so used to dum thinking. i worked in that scrub for so long. why not de hich first trailer. or pull back from the start. wet cold season going from the jackets

have a Good Time

Why no diff lock on both drive axles? Obviously it had diff lock on the 1st drive but it’s ridiculous to not have it on both

Well the MEN did it.....they came up with a plan and it worked!😊

Would it be better pulling it all out sideways?

Why no dual axle drives? A bit lightly done for the Tanami?

What size are the wheels of the truck?

Why the Hell when he was being hooked up to Tow did the Backhoe and the Truck not turn towards the center of the road where the surface is more harder and packed deep underneath. The other thing wrong is the Kenworth did not have axle locks or driver did not engage them. My old 2002 379 Long nose Peterbilt with 46,000 lb Diffs equipped with axle locks and power divider and diff Lock so that all 4 wheels have to spin before stuck, along with 18 speed Fuller Spicer Trans, 2400 ft. lb. Clutch and Cummins Signature ISX 600 HP would have pulled that Train. Bottom line Truck was not equipped right. In British Columbia we legally run Tri drive Truclks with axle locks and locking diffs so that all six wheels have to spin before your stuck. That is what you need to pull those Trains.

why didn't they use the bucket. put it in the ground and use it to push

why didn't he lock his differential and use both drive axles ??

No diff lock?

6x2 truck ???

must split the tankers no choice mate.

Should have rang me up, I would have come and pulled you out with my Landcruiser no worries 😉

aaaand he's stuck again.2 km further down.

he suppose to use his front bucket to grab that chain and then use hydraulics + driving = more power

You not got full lockers on that just a power divider?

Why does it look like he didn't have full cross locks on? Front axle spinning rear axle just sitting there? Usually when full diff and cross locks in everything drives.. did he forget?

They would have used flat wooden logs on the rear wheels for grip.

I am wondering where that backhoe come from way out in the outback

It has not difflock or what?

hmmmm I have pulled that set of trailers 003 :) and yes it is empty here

Only 1 driven axle on the tractor ?

Air bags without full power dividers and locking diffs will screw you with a regular load, not to mention a goddam road train. Another helpful hint- when it ain’t moving, try something different, spinning the tires doesn’t ever make it better.

very supprised that backhoe could tow that train.

I'm just asking but couldn't he have unhook the trailers and pull them out one by one just asking

carreta está vazia???

wouldnt it have been possible to unhook all trailers one by one and pull them out of the soft edge by the truck itself?

You need more axles drivers you got one on a dirt road .

keep on trucking

No diff locks ?

pull it out with another vechile. wow how did you guys come up with this strategy. i thought they were gunna like yell at it. i never imagined that they would tow it out.

1 axle no diff lock for road train on muddy road or sandy road i think it makes many trouble

The backhoe could of done with a bucket of gravel for traction, they just about ripped the thing in two.

these machines are fucking awesome.

can't figure out why they stayed on the shoulder

Soft patches sure can be a pain

WHY would you have lazy axle???? In those conditions?

We have cross locks most have cross locks and diff locks but all have at least cross locks locks one when on each side

Unhook the trailers and pull em out 1 at a time?

The first thing i thought was put the diff lock on!

Maka itulah aussie ini cukup cantik semua ada..gurun pasir gunung ganang...pantai cantik serta banyak lagi yang brooKU..

why is only one wheel spinning?

Is it nornal for them to have the 5th wheel slide up so far? I'd imagine that's real heavy on the steers.