Urmama

Don't they have big ass trucks for shipping things across the desert in Australia? What are they called? Who makes them. I've heard their as big as a train.

Hobbes

Road Trains

They can have up to five or six trailers ...

Hobbes

Brendan

The road train pictured, used to transport zinc-lead concentrate from MIM's McArthur River mine near Boroloola to the mine's export port at Bing Bong on the eastern gulf coast of the Northern Territory is the largest registered road train in Australia.

The road train is designed to haul 150 tonnes of concentrate, is 160 m(530ft) long and takes nerves of steel to overtake!

Falchoon

...just need a Falcon XR8!!

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XR_Strider_GuY

I got a mate at work that over took one of these in a mini moke, that takes more than a nerve of steel. :crazy2: :crazy2: :crazy2:

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XLR8

more than nerves of steel.........i would have said about three days:crazy2:

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Urmama

Damn! It'd suck to back one of those into the garage. HAHa

Aussie Pete

I believe there is now a larger one in WA hauling fuel. It is longer, but due to carrying fuel has less weight. Note that these are all tri-drive (big dollars!) and still utilise only up to 600hp engines (the gearbox does the work!).

As for reversing - no chance. Break her down and one at a time buddy! (At least for me - I've only eve reversed B-Doubles so far)

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