I recall US Army trailer busses on Army bases in the 1960s and 1970s. Especially around Ft. Dix, NJ. They were used to move large numbers of soldiers to and from where they needed to go, whether they be recruits. or soldiers being transported to nearby Air Force Bases for flights to Vietnam, or Europe. They looked pretty much like any OD green Army tractor trailer cargo truck, and weren't likely much more comfortable, being minimally modified to haul people with seats windows and doors.

I always thought about this idea since 4th-5th grade

If you actually look at the Japanese trucks in Australia which are UD Quon Hino 700 and Isuzu Giga they are fitted with the same road ranger gearbox as the American brands. Therefore you drive them like one while other Japanese trucks don't have to Road Ranger gearbox instead they use a synchronized transmission. When it comes to road trains you can see them in Western New South Wales. You can also see cabover road trains out in the desert. Impressive video overall

What is the range of the electric version?

Good stuff

Dont abandon us again like this

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Almost everybody has heard of them.

Bonneted trucks would turn really poor in the tight roads of luzon, thats why cabovers are popular there Mindanao however have a lot of bonneted trucks like 389s and w900s

Truck-trailer buses were used on the 1,500 km (900 mile) 20-hour trip on the straight WWII Stuart Highway between Alice Springs in Central Australia and Darwin - the port city in Northern Australia, between 1946 and around 1964, when they were replaced by air-conditioned Greyhound buses. Modern Greyhounds still run between Adelaide? Alice Springs and Darwin - 48 hours (Kym in Darwin)

thank you for producing this gem .. 🫶🏻

04:34 can any one say what species it is I have one and I don't know because is too little to take a pic

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i suspect in a lot ef places such busses would be llegal. rin many paces it issildeghl for humans to be in a trailer while it is in motion.

The trailer double decker busses ran in Calcutta until late 90s. Dunno they are still there or not.

I remember fighting the Federation for our independence 4 years ago! That crowned mercenary saved me and my guys!

Great video

Back in 2017 at Fort Leonard wood Missouri They were still a few in operation getting members around the base . Don't know if they are still there .

Got the chance to ride these during the Philippine bus crisis of the early 90s. They had 3 personnel on board namely the driver and the blindside signaller aboard the head and the ticket guy aboard the trailer . They disappeared in less than a year. Must have been costly. The suspension was awful but were an awesome sight for a bus enthusiast.

I watched a video by Calum Raasay about some epic buses that ran from Baghdad to Lebanon IIRC, and they were trailer buses. Great watch, and those buses and that route was successful for a while. First airconned vehicle iirc too

All that and you didn't mention the Baghdad Bus?

I've seen the odd triple trailer in the U. S. only in the NW states that I've seen them

its EU drivers can drive 8hours now, also eu trucks are more powerfull US (etc) are mostly 400-600 hp eu trucks are 350- 750hp its bcs of that eu roads are sometimes more vertinac than horizontal

about start shunting tmrw

This video feel awfully long than 3:49.

In the Chem. Plants we call them Mule's or ottawa's.

Saw them in New Zealand last time I was there

The "Ukrainian" trailer bus (actually Soviet, and it was used in *many* of the former Soviet republics after 1991!) is not an urban trransit bus but a specialised airport bus shuttling passengers between aircraft and the airport building. Designnated APPA-4, it was built in large numbers by Civil Aviation Factory No.85 in Riga and the tractor unit was either a ZiL-130V1 conventional or, more rarely, a KAZ-608 Kolkhida cabover.

They can hear you call them I witnessed it my self they are cool the only spiders I like

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I've seen these things a lot in American Truck Simulator. I knew what they were for; organizing trailers, but I had no idea what they were called until I discovered this video.

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When cars became king they made a law that the door had to be next to the driver to eliminate the conductor but there is nothing to stop an electric prime mover and the new double deck Trailerbus.

Reminds me of another video I watched recently about long distance trailer buses operating in Iraq by a company called Nairn. These were long distance intercity routes across the desert and the buses were air-conditioned. This was in the 1920s-30s IIRC.

I don't know but it seems like a cold and windy hell to live (or stay there longer periods) despite the interesting nature.

Yukon, look into the Kress Personnel Carrier used in Antarctica, mostly carries people and cargo from Phoenix airfield to McMurdo station.

I believe the passengers prefer to have the driver in the same space with them. Better communication. Less like some kind of robot vehicle.

Kinda wish there were some more of these, just a novelty

How about truck drivers life in Guadeloupe or Martinique?

Check out the Bagdad Bus.

The passengers couldn't mess with the driver at least

Most of the Driver's weight is over the Single Wheel...Mad mad mad seriously unstable.

these things still exist at Ft Leonardwood

The Vliehors express, we still have one in Holland,, sorry, not a real trailer that is. DAF, Amsterdam, you did your research, that is the only project i know of. We never kept one in a Museum.

My guess why they would be used this setup was that you could hook up a different tractor if you had an engine problem. But the cons seem to out weigh the Pro now a days.

Cathcart are still roaming military bases

the reason trucks look rather simple in germany is, that nearly all trucks are companie owned, and while lightbars and stuff look cool, from an economic view, they only cost money ...

I think they're cool.

Very informative effin video!! Thanks for creating this! ◾🖤👄🖤◾

I'll drive that tankah for ya