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[@denbyr4488]

You need to find a TV show “outback truckers” and find the episode where Graham gets his KW road train stuck in the mud and has to dig it out.

[@huskypilot6305]

Everything on that show is bullshit. Reality TV is not reality. It is demeaning to me (as a professional truck driver) to witness this garbage. We do experience many issues day to day, but TV producers create problems for content and therefore make truckers look stupid. I’m not calling you stupid for watching this program, this is just my opinion

[@en3myspott3d54]

@@huskypilot6305 I bet you're fun at parties

[@huskypilot6305]

@@en3myspott3d54 well said mate. I believe you may be correct

[@shanevonharten3100]

Absolute bs show

[@yamum2303]

@@huskypilot6305 spot mate 👍

[@dlwdlw2962]

I’m actually watching this in a back of a Kenworth K200 Road Train. My wife and I are a 2up team. We left Brisbane on Tuesday arvo going to Perth. It takes us 52 hours nonstop one way. We have been doing this for 6 years so far.

[@tomaspetr6771]

That's awesome man

[@daveamies5031]

Wishing you and your missus a safe and incident free trip 🤞🏻

[@robertarrol4374]

GKR?

[@scammmmy]

Mad respect to you man, a friend took me along for a trucking trip with him, and it is hard. The truck broke down, got stuck on a hill, nearly ran out of fuel, and overall was just a nuisance. Really fun though, but the average person would not be able to cope.

[@J_Teriyaki]

Way to go bloke 👍 They say team driving is like a marriage. It has to work! - Solo (on both counts!) Express Coach Driver, Rockhampton Qld

[@malcolmweller8256]

Hi, I lived in Australia for 24+ years driving road train’s and heavy haulage, my longest trip was six weeks before I got home to Perth. I owned my own truck and loved every minute of it, great to see your videos, I miss the life. Thanks.

[@thatdudeinasuit5422]

You can definitely tell how long he's been reacting to and enjoying Aussie stuff describing large things as "a unit" calling Woolworths "Woolies" etc. I've been watching the videos for a while and it's just great to see someone embrace Australian culture so quickly.

[@PotatoNayto]

Yeah it spun me out when he said woolies that's for sure

[@mattflashgorton]

Around the 1:30 mark you were commenting on the police car. That was actually a transport authority car distinguished by the magenta coloured lights. Work in cooperation with police but focus only on road and transport. Also the P3 transport t909 that was shown, that trailer combination is called a b double and those come into the metro areas. Usually 25-26m long. Road trains do come into metro areas in some instances but not all. Varies between the states and territories. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart are the main ones that don’t bring trains in, though recently they’ve been trailing road trains going into Melbourne on specific and gazetted roads and Brisbane we can bring them in within 30 mins from the western city limits. Sydney is still 4-6 hours out for road trains from what I’ve been told. I’m an Aussie truckie and drive a variety of kenworths towing a mix between b double and road trains.

[@michaelboyce7079]

As a now Certified Old Fart and ex-truckie, you have no idea how much I appreciated seeing that old Mack B61. Modern trucks are now more quieter, comfortable and powerful, but none of them could possibly give the deep sense of achievement you get from knowing you can handle using the old Mack 5 speed main gear box and the 4 speed quad box. That's when you can truly call yourself a truckie!

[@msaint187]

hey mate I've got the dream toy in mind I want an mack r600 6x6 for a camp wagon anyway have a good time of day

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I just watched "Outback Truckers" yesterday, what a crazy tough life and very important jobs they have! The best of the Australian Anzac spirit still exists in these people! 👍👏

[@Thromash]

At least one of these clips, the one with Repco in it, was from Bendigo Victoria. Same as the clip of the Truck with Reedmans on the back, it's further up the same road. Can't say for the rest but Vic, NSW, SA all have places that look like these, I live outside Geelong & there are heaps of green hills & farms. It's great.

[@tomhami]

There was a interstate coach company called McCafferty's who had a large fleet of Australian made Denning Landseer coaches. These where made for reliable outback highway travel and sounded amazing powered with Detroit diesels and 6 speed spiced boxes. Awesome unique busses made for the job!

[@chloewinkworthlizardqueen]

yeah did a few trips on mcaffertys. reliable ,on time,clean.

[@jeffring3926]

McCafferty's also had motor coaches which had duel wheels on the tag axle because they were longer than a standard length coach and the were powered by a 60 series Detroit diesel with an 8 speed eaton fulller box and also some automatics. I really enjoyed driving the motor coaches because they were bigger and heavier than a standard coach. They are now apart of the Greyhound Australia fleet.

[@raymondsvensson9773]

Hey Ian, have a look at lights on hill memorial convoy Toowoomba. It is a convoy in memory of all our truck and bus drivers who have unfortunately lost their lives on our roads.

[@Danger966]

It is so special.....i hope he checks it out......

[@Mechanic.Pete41]

Very very rare to see a Peterbuilt here in Australia unfortunately, they tried to take on Mack and Kenworth and failed so they never really took off here

[@johncunningham4820]

Yeah . True . The Mack's and Kenworth's were more adaptable to OUR conditions . What with the Length restrictions Nationally .

[@stuarthancock571]

Peterbilt and Kenworth are both owned by Paccar, which also own European DAF trucks Kenworths have been assembled in Victoria for decades, and are the only Kenworth plant in the world building cab over engine models. Kenworth have always been the best selling brand by a huge margin in Oz so Paccar had no reason to either import or locally assemble Peterbilt. All the Peterbilts you see here are imported and converted to RHD via some niche importers. They share many common components with Kenworth so parts aren't a massive problem.

[@johncunningham4820]

@@stuarthancock571 . Kenwoth also assemble Conventional Trucks , locally , that MEET the Length restrictions . Peterbilt's VERY long Bonnet makes that difficult . Basically the same reason you rarely see a Ford LTL model these days either .

[@larrylongprong5219]

Seen a Peterbilt recently. Had a massive sleeper! Moss trucking hot rod express.

[@johncunningham4820]

@@larrylongprong5219 . And WHERE was that ? The U.S.A. ?

[@robertarrol4374]

I dont know if you know or have already been told,since the early 1970s i think we have built our own kenworths in australia and are unique to australia. I love how you love it btw 👍

[@helmuthschultes9243]

Yes, Kenworth built trucks in Melbourne

[@davidmonro3270]

I omitted to say the MACK drivers were known as 100 Drummers and were highly respected in the transport industry as it was. As a kid I only saw their faces in a fleeting glance and thought they were carved from stone. The home of MACK in those days was Wingham halfway between Sydney and the border. At the Eclipse garage they had the hydraulic jacks that could lift the loaded vehicles. Otherwise trouble if they had breakages. When the MACK agency came up it was given to an outfit in Sydney and that was the biggest mistake MACK ever made. Not only did the owner of the Eclipse own and operated many of those trucks, he was an up and attem guy and his team knew them backwards. The last I heard there was a big fire in Sydney. Smart showrooms do nothing where the rubber meets the road. I will remember a Mack coming over Long Range fully laden forever.

[@mort8143]

Thanks Ian. I worked for various divisions of TNT for 20 odd years, in admin', but I have an affinity with all trucks, especially Interstate haulers. It's a different lifestyle the average person will never know about, or understand. Three cheers for Australia's Truckee's!

[@JasonD_]

TNT is gone now taken over by FedEx

[@turtleboy4111]

Tnt was started in Australia and has since been brought out by FedEx. It's really a shame, even though they have been on the international scale for years, they were still one of the great Australian family success stories. My old man has worked for them the last 10 years or so and brought home a book on the early days of the company. I haven't actually finished reading it unfortunately.

[@rocknral]

I must say as someone who has driven thousands of miles around the USA, Australian trucks are very very impressive. B doubles are absolutely the the most impressive machines on the road. Especially the Blenners and Fox units.

[@matsv201]

Its worth saying that in Australia not only different districts have different rules, but in some cases also different cities have special rules. Specially so for truck total length. That is one of the reason why semi-semi-semi-trucks are so common. That is. A semi riding a semi. Then they can just drive them up to the city limit. Just put the trailers on a yard, then drive the trailers into the city one by one. (or typically with a local driver and truck)

[@allangoodger969]

The red and yellow B double truck (correct me if I am wrong) is a company called Kalari Transport (melbourne based). They are a common in SA and NT. The terrain that you saw with the Woolworths truck looked to be around south of Goulburn NSW and the white Kenworth with the flat bed (around the 4:06 mark) looks to be south of Yass NSW. Both Yass and Goulburn are on the Hume Highway that links Melbourne and Sydney and as such is a massive freight route.

[@shanerorko8076]

I was thinking a little more south. I'm born in Canberra and thought it looked like our region, it's always greener on this side of the Hume compared to Young and Forbes ect.

[@a_rogue_t26_pershing]

after going through the clip frame by frame, I saw that the first truck had what looked like VIC plates. additionally, the cars before and after the second truck had victorian plates and the second truck had NSW plates so I would assume this is in victoria. (Edit: I'm talking about the clip at 4:06)

[@allangoodger969]

@@a_rogue_t26_pershing A lot of NSW based companies use a loophole in the system and have VIC regos because it is cheapest.

[@shanerorko8076]

@@a_rogue_t26_pershing no not at all. The Hume is the major Melbourne to Sydney route.

[@a_rogue_t26_pershing]

@@shanerorko8076 oh ok. I don't live in victoria so i just guessed based off licence plates. thanks for the correction though.

[@yamum2303]

The 2 prime movers you couldn't Identify were Western stars. And we call a gooseneck/5th wheel a turntable. Cool vid

[@mort8143]

We had 351 GT Ford 'Candy Cars' for pursuit police cars in Victoria many years ago. There was nothing much they couldn't catch.

[@ryanmcmahon971]

Haha what about the old bager with the " you are passing another fox" so classic lol bit of Aussie humour that was plastered all over every truck stop toilet door for years lol. Bloody linfox and price collusion.

[@jarrodhilton4860]

Watching a road train reverse down a drive way is the best reversing you’ll ever see.

[@juliegraham7109]

See the two crome fuel tanks on the side of the truck and would be two more on the other side 3:26 green KW truck. They are knowen as longrange tanks..

[@Cruelaid]

I passed a FedEx truck while crossing Westbound on the Nullarbor this week, immediately thought of IWrocker 🎉 🍻

[@robhint5016]

it was The Hume Highway about 1.5 hours south of Sydney New South Wales also that old B61 Mack hauling timber is still a working truck today it is owned by a guy who went bankrupt got hold of the old Mack rebuilt and this time around he owned his old B61 and despite the lack of driver comfort he is a happy chapey i used to carry timber from the same mill in Mt Gambier South Australia

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

Great video! However, they didn't show particularly large road trains. There is a video that will knock your socks off, you'll love it! It shows the longest road train in Australia and also a roadmachine that can move HUGE buildings / equipment, etc. It's by YT channel Extreme World, it's called 'The World's Longest Truck - Road Train in Australia'. Have to say I love your channel and you are so likeable 😃

[@aaronf1078]

I remember he checked that video out a little over a year ago

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

@@aaronf1078 Cool, thanks for that 😃

[@KegRaider]

We send out the 4 and 5 trailer road trains for our logistics handling of ore. Awesome to watch these drivers navigate corners and reverse. Mad skills

[@6ixFigure]

A few of those trucks were filmed in a town in Victoria called Bendigo where i at one point lived some years ago my cousin with a B-Double of hay came to visit and the main road out of town was blocked so in a Mitsubishi magna we escorted him through town I believe it was around that roundabout @5.33 just to get him out of town it was interesting a B-Double trying to get around suburban streets and corners

[@chloewinkworthlizardqueen]

yeah bendigo repco

[@RabbitohsFan2008]

2.14 another popular thing in Australia is getting your fleet trucks to look as shiny and as clean as possible

[@stevendoesntmatter7701]

The two Rigs you couldn't pick the brand of i believe they are WesternStars.

[@raymondwelsh6028]

At 1.30, they were not actually police cars, I think this was Victoria but they’re actually Vic Roads cars. There the pariah’s of the transport industry, about as popular as Greenies.🇦🇺

[@mickd8188]

The old green cab over you said you enjoyed the sound of was at a good guess an 8V92T Detroit 2 stroke diesel.. they were supercharged and turbo charged high revving fuel guzzlers... A very iconic popular old technology, I believe there was also a v6 version. Cheers mate 👍

[@shanerorko8076]

Definitely was a 2 stroke.

[@stevegraham3817]

An interstate driver mate of mine called the Detroits noise convertors. They convert diesel into noise. I personally like them, but then again, I'm not trying to cart 70 tonne down the highway either. They were available in V6 and I6, as well as everything from a 2 cylinder to 6 inline and V6 to a V16, I have heard of V24 with cylinder sizes of 53ci, 71ci, and 92ci. They were an amazing piece of design, besides being 2 strokes, completely symmetrical so you could bolt the turbos, superchargers, starters, pumps, etc, to either side, heads could go on either way and either bank, cranks could turn either way to suit propeller torque in boats, and the V16 was two V8 blocks bolted together. I have heard of two V12s bolted together to make V24 GenSets but have never seen one, nor found anyone who could confirm it.

[@mickd8188]

@herctwenty11 They certainly make any vehicle sound cool.. my dad was a heavy vehicle/ earthmover mechanic so I remember them when I was a teenager growing up..

[@roadwolf2]

It’s got a 8v71 in it and they made engines in configurations from 1cylinder up to v24s in sizes from 53ci per cylinder,71ci,92ci,110ci and149ci all were two strokes

[@helmuthschultes9243]

"And, it's a right hand drive" what else should it be it is Australia....Ian. Nice immediate reaction.

[@Jack_Lange]

I think what this video is missing is how common it is to see trucks on the road, Bdoubles Btripples, tripple trains are all pretty common and quads aren't that uncommon in the outback either!

[@stanleywiggins5047]

There is a Television show on free to air TV called "Outback trucker's" it features quite a few different truckies on different roads, & trips short haul would be 500km & a long haul would be 2,000km. Delivering supplies to remote stations/ farms or hauling large oversized mining equipment or any thing between

[@xVIPER41x]

My home town of bendigo got shown a couple times in this video. 1st i saw was the blue truck with flames, the second was the darker old truck with "Reedmans" written at the top of the rear of the cab.

[@pantonman]

The Repco shop is in High St Bendigo, not far from my place. Woohoo home town shout out

[@emd645e3c]

There's a few clips around Bendigo in there.

[@GeTtHeDoG1883]

The pipe king kenworths running up the Hume are fkn magnificent.

[@JacobieShean94]

It'd amazing how many of these trucks on here I know the owners and/or drivers. Love being an Aussie.

[@scottarnell8764]

We have Lowes fuel trucks in Australia too. Im a freight train driver and worked for years in NSW until earlier this year. Our company used Lowes to fuel our locomotives.

[@michaelfitzell6754]

At 12:38 The little curve with the Blue oversize load is actually a roundabout and he is going the wrong way around it, remember in Australia we drive on the left-hand side of the road

[@tonymcdonald1358]

The rear shot to the Reedmans truck @ the 9.30min mark is in the city of Bendigo, central Victoria.

[@shanevonharten3100]

With the wheat harvest in full swing and road repairs after the floods I'm seeing triple tippers everywhere atm

[@IllumiNationGaming1]

I drive past the Optimus Prime one frequently on the freeway! I used to pass it daily on my day to work, it's one of my favourite local trucks! And that big one with the reedmans sticker on the back is going through Bendigo Victoria the first time you show it, I live 10 minutes from the main street that video was taken on!

[@matthewb9824]

Biggest differences between trucking in Australia versus America are our Australian trucks are designed to carry much heavier loads (eg around 40 tonnes in a single trailer configuration and just over 60 tonnes in a b-double configuration) and our trucks also have longer distances to travel between towns in many instances.

[@ultimatetrucker7014]

I’m a heavy vehicle technician at westar trucks in Melbourne, I work on western stars and Isuzus, I have just seen the new 2023 western star 49x today and man what a truck that is

[@positiveaspect5730]

At around 04:21 you wonder where the video is shot.... It looks very much like the "Hume highway" between Sydney and Canberra. Rego plates look like NSW too from the colours even though they are too blurred to read. This area is called the "Southern Highlands"

[@paullybrovlogs6468]

I service some of reedmans trucks every so often and it's great to see Americans love Aussie truck culture

[@BrettWilliamson]

At your 3:00 minute mark, here comes the Mud Carter. The Mud Carter is criticised relentlessly over the UHF radio road channel in Sydney (and probably other cities). I don't drive a truck but have the radio in my 4WD. I laugh at the truckie banter.

[@railtrolley]

Yes, same in Brisbane. Probably same in all capital cities.

[@vadersfather1248]

Drove triples in Kalgoorlie was scary as hell ,but now I look back some of the most unbelievable times of my life , as solo said seen a lot of strange things ,seen a wedgie go through a windscreen and tore up the driver and now he has it stuffed on his wall and that’s just the tip of the iceberg

[@billwilliams9362]

Wedgie = wedge tailed eagle 🦅?

[@vadersfather1248]

@@billwilliams9362 yep

[@michaelmayo9048]

I watched one of our Australian truck shows ...they had 5 trucks towing and 2 pushing a massive generator..somewhere in Queensland

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

6.25 the blue truck from Heavy Haulage Australia, they had a TV show follow them for a series. They do over size specials.

[@Mechknight73]

Pink lights on vehicles means Dept of Transport vehicles. Either inspector vehicles, or in some cases, pilot vehicles 9:14 is none other than the GM two stroke. Loud, heavy on fuel, but huge power. I think the road train footage is from Queensland The yellow and orange truck, not sure if they're still around, but it was the colours of a company called Kalari

[@jennybowd2962]

2:48 know that old truck well as its owner use to park it in my old home town. He also owned the dark grey prime mover at the end of your reaction

[@d8ddyykangaroo]

Two truck manufactures that I really enjoy who build trucks here in Australia is PACCAR Australia (Kenworths and DAFs) and Volvo (Volvo and Mack)

[@sw33tr1de4]

I did road closures at the port for when they bring the wind turbine blades in those truckers are insane

[@dalelc43]

4:04 Looks like the Hume Freeway between Melbourne and Albury (Victorian leg of the Melbourne to Sydney route)

[@BeamRider100]

4:09 Looks like that section of road between Tarcutta and Holbrook to me, near the Tumbarumba Rd.

[@dirt-mud-sandfourwheeldriv9711]

You should have a look and see if you can find any 'lights on the hill' videos, it's a dedication to lost truckies here in Australia

[@roadwolf2]

The clip with the old trucks running on the highway was from an event we have called “crawling the Hume” which is where drivers get together and do a run up the Hume freeway

[@xeroxene]

Quite a few of those clips are from Central Victoria. I'm pretty sure the green rig at the servo is at Ravenswood, and the Repco is in Bendigo.

[@aussiebloke4601]

Halfway between Melbourne and Brisbane is a city called Dubbo, it is a place where all highways meet and a great place to see a lot of trucks.

[@rodneypayne4827]

In some of those clips the locations are in Victoria and the escorts are not Police Cars but belong to a state government department called VIC Roads (You can tell by the orange/Yellow lights, our police cars don't have them, only red and blue as well as white flasher lights) which are responsible for a wide range of tasks such as licences of all motor vehicles, road maintenance, loaded weight (via weigh bridge operations) vehicle registration and logbook law compliance for trucks and ALL roadworthy vehicle compliance and can issue fines and seizures for non compliant vehicles. Similar to in role to highway patrol Police but they can't arrest anyone, instead they call Victoria police for assistance when needed. Every state in Australia has an equivalent department.

[@ozcampnhuntdan7858]

Dude, love your videos - always positive, complimentary and enjoyable - you da man.

[@stevenatkinson2393]

The blue truck at the 6 minute Marke is a HHA (heavy haulage Australia) truck owned by John Kelly and has a show on 7mate. if you have a VPN set it to Australia and look up 7mate and search for his show it will blow your mind you might not be able to do a video about it but it is definitely worth your time

[@lucaonalidesign]

Also in France there are any trucks with more trailer. For example, there's Zavatta Circus.

[@jonathonwessling541]

5:25ish my favourite sound from a truck is the Jake break 😅

[@dinosaurus3691]

in the mine where i work at in Western Australia, we have 4 trailer 200 ton iron ore road trains

[@cuzza1972]

That black truck with Reedman on the back of the cab shots at the end are driving around Bendigo in Victoria

[@cuzza1972]

The last shot of the video also is my street he was heading towards the hospital

[@stuartipsen726]

The black and white Freightliner at 3:27 belongs to Bransgrove Transport, otherwise known as Branstrans. Local company based out of Traralgon Vic. They've got beautiful trucks

[@carolynwhetham9514]

I have two friends that drive road trains & one that drives a B-double tipper the same as that . B-doubles are common on our freeways from Adelaide to North Queensland. When they move big loads ( usually mining equipment) the M1is closed & can only be moved at night. Have to be off the road b4 daylight

[@mikldude9376]

Hear the two stroke detroit diesel at the end , coolest sounding old motors ever :) .

[@kristoffermangila]

Many of the Kenworth cabovers are K200s. 6x4s are the most common wheel configuration, but they were available also in 8x4 as well as 10x6 for heavy haul work (although those configurations are also used on normal load applications). Recently, Kenworth Australia released the new K220, with new features.

[@stuffbywoody5497]

At 01:10, it is not a Police car. Police in Australia use red and blue lights, purple is used by road transport and registration authorities such as VicRoads in Victoria, Australia. And the equivalent in other states. We are lucky in Australia to have such a diverse range of trucks and Prime movers. I think part of the reason for such a diverse range of trucks here is because of the diverse requirements that our country presents. As some others have said, you should check out "outback truckers" if you haven't already. Some pretty hardcore stuff goes on from time to time on that show.

[@MrToranaGuy]

They sure are called a 5th wheel, but also a turntable, depending on who you talk to in the industry. Common turntables are from companies like SAF, JOST, Khitch, probably a couple others I can't think of right now. We run a lot of SAF and JOST turntables at the trucking company I work for. I'm a heavy vehicle Spare Parts Interpreter.

[@gman7949]

They've recently stopped using Holden Commodores as police cars now as Holden have ceased production. They are now using Kia, BMW and I've seen a few Dodge/Chrysler police cars too. The road trains here are massive especially in the outback. Some parts of the outback there are no speed limits.

[@corley2893]

Try and find vidoe's of the iron ore trucks hauling around port hedland Western Australia. Quad configuration, depending on weights, but most run quad axle side tipping trailers

[@bennyhandsome7530]

Hume highway from Sydney to Melb those nice landscaped shots were

[@AussieBB1]

Out in the Pilbara where I drive Theres a lot off 4 trailer road trains

[@billsteamshovel1325]

Enjoying your work . Most of this is filmed around Victoria/New South Wales probably on the Hume Hwy , good now ,death-trap 20yrs ago. Keep it up .

[@daveyjones8931]

Look up the dane ballinger truck show in bathurst. This year's one just happened. There is some gorgeous trucks there

[@01DOGG01]

Can't remember which town it was in (in Victoria), but there was a car show with many old classics. One guy brought down his giant steam truck. Actually got stuck behind it on the way home. It was very slow.

[@piston68]

Several clips are in Bendigo, Victoria. My home town.

[@theghost6412]

4:02 , If i was to guess that looks like it is a section of the Hume Highway in Victoria. Looks like a stretch close to the Northern Highway turn off.

[@Colin_In_VK]

@IWrocker Someone probably already mentioned but that those escort vehicles at the start are VicRoads with magenta flashing lights, not police, in Australia all Police have Red & Blue lights.

[@lesanger2722]

Look up, Illawarra convoy, A convoy of AUSSIE trucks and bikes supporting charity. They get up to 800 + Trucks and over 1000 Bikes. They all make a donation to join. It raises over $1 million per year to local charities. " GO " Illawarra.

[@JoeHupp]

5:27 - Kenworth T904 and Steelbro sideload container trailer owned by Membrey’s Transport and Crane Hire

[@bradgardner4299]

Western Australia outback trucks can be 5 trailers long. They haul cattle. Now that's a true roadtrain!

[@markanderton4901]

Check out the classic rally in Oz called Hauling the Hume, real awesome

[@chris77777777ify]

Not chrome wheels but Alcoa made Solid Aluminium wheels with polished finish.

[@theamazingfreak]

G'day Ian. Thank you again for another great video. You made a comment about the police escort for a truck. Most of the highway patrol vehicles here are BMW 5 series, I don't know much more than that. I can tell you one night about six months ago I was on the freeway between Sydney and Newcastle and I was doing 110 KMH (the speed limit there). I saw some flashing lights in the background, and less than a minute later this police car screamed by me like I was standing still. As he passed the deep V8 growl was unmistakable. That was really awesome. Best wishes.

[@downundermoviehunter]

Some of those videos are from the town I live in and some of those roads I drive nearly every day.

[@ronasaurus74]

I worked at Barker Trailers, in Woodend, Victoria for 7 years. They made the trailers on the green P3 Transport beast. Full, inhouse custom paintshop. It was always a good day when the driver would come to pick up the new trailers, even better when the whole rig was new, and , like that one, with absolutely no expense spared! Some were even more spectacular than that! Now I'm in northern Europe- by comparison, this is the land of midget trucks. Sometimes I really miss Australia.......

[@35manning]

1:17 not police cars, they are road traffic authorities, I believe Vicroads. They use "magenta" colour lights whilst police fire and ambulance all use a combination of red and blue. They can pull over trucks, issue fines etc, but have zero authority to pull over regular cars. They are often used for oversized escorts and may work alongside police for some escorts / enforcement action.

[@lawlerscorner4420]

Vic Road officers are coppers

[@topendtrucker]

@@lawlerscorner4420 no they were not, they were VicRoads employees, not Victoria Police.

[@lawlerscorner4420]

@@topendtrucker lmao shows how backward mexico is in qld transport cops are exactly that cops lmfao

[@raymondsvensson9773]

In Queensland, we have police road escort vehicles.

[@topendtrucker]

@@lawlerscorner4420 shows how much you dont know.. Qld the same as NSW, Victoria, SA, WA and NT have dedicated Highway Patrol Units for a Heavy Vehicle Taskforce aswell as actual Transport Department Inspectors who are not police. Im quite sure every state was the same before the NHVR started taking over the roles of the various state Transport departments. you can look it all up yourself and can apologise for being wrong whenever you like.

[@markrowland1366]

The heaviest loads on multi trailer setups have a 350hp power trailer unit between trailers. Great design and reliability is demanded in Australia. Breakdowns can happen three hundred miles from help. Our American brothers find this pressure difficult but CB radio here keeps drivers friends.

[@snorrejnnevaldhalvorsen6548]

A lot of the australien truck drivers featured In Outback Truckers , are first class drivers , with a lot of knowledge. Proud, hard working people, no poseurs! Real drivers, who tackles a lot of challenges !

[@aussietruckphotosandmodels8510]

@ 4,09 that's the Hume highway, runs from Melbourne to Sydney

[@lukemcrae4203]

we also have the caprice in oz, its is justa fancier statesman. loving the depth of your oz knowledge bro

[@darrensice1550]

The company that bought the steering trailer with blue trucks ended up being forced into bankruptcy because of the government and not paying for a lot of massive loads. Don’t remember what exactly happened but he went from one of the biggest companies to having nothing left to his name because the invoices were not paid and he was told that they didn’t agree to the amount and yet they let him deliver and organise all the people needed to deliver the loads it was truly heartbreaking what happened

[@coreyforsyth121]

As a farmer up in queensland my family owns currently 2 trucks, both of them are western stars(only the best) and we used to have an old cab over volvo and we mainly use them to pick up and freight lucerne in the central qld area and there was a guy that actually came up from NSW all the way to our farm to get our hay.

[@turtleboy4111]

I don't mind the stars mechanically but, I can't say I've driven one out on the road. I've driven a few Kenworths k100, 104 and 108s. A couple of ford's an Ls9000 and a sterling. And one volvo. An F14 I think an 84 or 5 model. They were a good old truck. Pulled terribly, rattled and handled like a bucket of diesel and walked around in the arse end more than walking beam suspension should. But it was an awesome little truck. What model volvo did you own mate?

[@jessopbrett806]

There’s a lightning McQueen truck when I was up in darwin, don’t remember the exact truck brand it was

[@georgemaragos2378]

HI, i need to find a photo, at sydney on the M5 toll road, there is often some North Shore tow trucks parked on the edge of the merging lanes, 2 of them are painted gold / pink / orange with flames like rodimus prime from G1 transformers