Big trucks.

[BlackStatic]

I am an ex-truck driver..... anyone like big trucks?

[~*Ling Ling*~]

Like monster trucks. I know that the answer is no.

I like big trucks because the engine can set off car-alarms.

[BlackStatic]

I was talking tractor trailers.........

Monster trucks are cool, though. I'm a Grave Digger fan......... :grin:

[ozshutterbug]

We've got trucks down under ( mostly American or European ) that tow up to three trailers on runs through the Outback. Stock trailers carry either two decks of cattle or three decks of sheep and the all up weight can be up to two hundred tons on 62 tyres. Type ..road train.. into photobucket search.

[BlackStatic]

I've heard about and seen those road trains. That takes skill, because there is so many pivot points.

Out west in Utah, they have mountain doubles...... a big trailer and a pup. There are also triples (all pups, we call them, short trailers), and I have had to tell those guys the last one needs "lane training"... lol. (Over the CB radio, as I didn't want my truck getting nudged.)

As soon as I can, I will post pictures, but I am still working on the scanner.... haahaa... (I have a cold, and am trying to get better.)

[ozshutterbug]

We call em triples too, and the half trailer, fulltrailer combos are B doubles. Hundreds of these trucks criss cross the outback and the triples have to break up the trailers when they get within a couple of hundred miles of the coast. They leave the full trailers on large open, unsecured bays beside inland highways and take the empties back out, while other trucks take the singles to the coast. I will upload the Aussie version of a trailer park, at Mt Surprise, later in my current holiday pics upload.

[Asiadeep]

I've always been a fan of those huge trucks, grave digger, big foot etc. But I've always wondered about their engines. How many HP do they put out on average and if engines like that can be used on street cars.

[Shoo-Fly]

We've got trucks down under ( mostly American or European ) that tow up to three trailers on runs through the Outback. Stock trailers carry either two decks of cattle or three decks of sheep and the all up weight can be up to two hundred tons on 62 tyres. Type ..road train.. into photobucket search.

I saw this on a special awhile ago. It's so wild to see! I can't imagine how long one of these would take to stop. An accident must be a terrible mess.

[FallenDreams22]

my grandpa was a trucker so i've always been a fan...

[ozshutterbug]

Thankfully there aren't many accidents with our triples as there is an unwritten law outback that smaller vehicles must move onto the road shoulder when one is sighted. Sadly, city slickers and tourists aren't aware of this rule. The last fatal with a triple was last Xmas when one was washed off a flooded creek crossing north of Cloncurry Q and the driver drowned downstream. Some have two drivers,'two-ups', sometimes husband and wife teams, who alternate driving and sleeping.