WOW, Now this is a BIG truck

[KvHagedorn]

I count only 86 wheels on that one.

[Marshmallowman]

Yup the the old road train is common as chips in north west OZ.

My step father used to drive one.

The roads are a lot better now, but many years ago when I was a student I used to drive between Perth and my home town during holidays (~2k kms )

Between meekthara and mount newman it use to be a one lane "road" and the predominate predator on these roads were the above road trains...

You see em from Kilometres Away so you pull over immmediatly and get the feck out of the way...because they do NOT slow down and that single lane is ALL theirs....(amusing to see tourists realise this 50 metres before they meet)

And when I say "predator" I mean predator, because if any animal is on the road they do not even think about atempting to avoid them... Full size bulls get flung 10-20 metres off the road and the road trains do not even slow down.

PS and a road train going past you 110 km's an hour on double lanes can be bad enough in top heavy car(kombi)...I still have the odd cold chill remembering getting out of a tank slapping fish tail at ~100km after pasing one those years ago..

But they are essential for getting fuel/supplies to remote mines/comuntities in the outback..

[Novdid]

Originally posted by KvHagedorn
I count only 86 wheels on that one.

ONLY 86!

[KvHagedorn]

Here's a 110-wheeler.

[Novdid]

I wonder how they take turns in central Sydney!

[Technoid]

Originally posted by Novdid
I wonder how they take turns in central Sydney!

Same way as those with one or two trailers

[xortam]

I recall driving in central Sydney ... a couple pints makes the right-hand drive a lot more comfortable. Just gotta watch out for those parked cars in the left "lane".

[Jon P. Inghram]

One of the things that made driving a semi fun was that you sit so far above most other vehicles that you can see your surroundings much better than in a puny little car or SUV.

[Novdid]

Hey, Technoid where do you live nowadays???