ROAD TRAIN FAIL ! !

[@SMMiles]

Looks like he had enough time to repaint the truck in between attempts. Very impressive

[@snowdropper5879]

Dulux overhaul 👍

[@gosportjamie]

You'd be amazed what these Aussie bush mechanics can do...

[@robertstewart6175]

Don’t spoil a good story with facts!

[@jeepy8067]

And add a 4th trailer!

[@DanielJaegerFilms]

I'd like to know how he backed that up for the second try

[@matthewwilson5019]

Different truck, look at the colors of the cab, also 2nd truck has 4 trailers, not the 3 like the 1st one

[@kangaroostew0077]

Me too. I'd be rooted in a b double

[@andyu69]

either get a tow like the second truck or disconnect a couple of trailers and take them up in smaller groups

[@turogkane5826]

unhock 2 trailers drive up get the others pull it together and all is fine :D and fasten than backing up ^^

[@wantahertzdonut]

The driver is The Most Interesting Man In The World. He once parallel parked...a train!

[@allistairc123]

hey my friend! thanks for the comment, these machines are incredible to watch! however, i am not lucky, i worked hard and saved for a year to get out to australia, you too can do the same if you want it bad enough, i can assure you will never regret it! it is wild and stunning beoynd your wildest imagination!

[@sydneyshinshi]

@Yahweh's Supervisor He didnt

[@bluejeans725]

They are iron ore trucks, 63% of the load is iron at ~7.250 tonnes / m3 the balance is fine dirt at ~2 tonnes / m3, that's heavy stuff in those trailers, no wonder they look half full, and the ballast on the road is loose as sand under those wheel loads.

[@Stewyy05]

Come to Australia, see the distances involved and how few trucks go out to these remote communities and you'll see why we use road trains in the outback!

[@BobPruett]

Lots of respect to you Aussie truckers! I would love to run those trains some day.

[@pilotmanpaul]

Aussie truckers are truly a different breed. Amazing what you guys do on the Outback.

[@yaMugs]

Must be a tough life being a trucker is Aus outback. Very few prostitutes to murder. & the corpses will stink the cab out in no time

[@tedsmith6137]

Ah! The first truck is not the same as in the second and third clips.

[@inncogneato6341]

Ted Smith It looks like the 2nd and 3rd are the same but the 1st unique. Good call.

[@357bullfrog2]

No way on earth he backed that train across the river

[@tommasovitali6370]

@@357bullfrog2 I was thinking the same thing ahah... "let's try again"... like this, as if it was all about a cart😂 I think the only way to get back that truck is to attach something at the bach and bring it back there...

[@slobodanmartinovic1216]

Nice. well,you can't expect everything to go perfect at all times. What's the weight of these monsters? i heard it goes arround 140,in some parts of Australia even 164 tons.Is that true ? WESTERN STAR ? You just gotta love these beauties,no matter who makes them.

[@24preacherboy]

How do you back that monster up?

[@patmcbride9853]

VERY carefully.

[@evldvl1]

You Don't!!

[@Homemadecable]

What this backing up you are talkin about? im pretty sure you dont just back it up

[@Simon-dm8zv]

Homemadecable Well, he tried to cross the river more than once, so he had to back up whatsoever.

[@24preacherboy]

***** Looks like two different trucks. The first one was white and the second yellow

[@JustAnotherCFA]

For the last few decades, at least, I have been amazed at the strength of steel. Every link in that chain was tested to the Nth degree and every link held. I see heavy haulers pulling amazing loads with nothing but a 2" trailer ball on top of a 3/4" or 1" Bolt behind a truck. Impressed to the hilt !

[@rongt859]

Cables are way stronger than chains , a chain is only as stong as its weakest link ,

[@banno6938]

road train fail NOT ! Who in their right mind would expect 8 wheels to pull that load on dirt ?

[@hanshoogendyk2203]

every roadtrain driver actually...they do it everyday. 60-70 hours a week

[@vern146]

not those two times they didnt !

[@MrRegularSlinky]

@@vern146 I agree, Good operators not hitting it to hard. You can bust axles radiators condensers hitting it to hard!

[@Chuck59ish]

Like most places when Aussie dust gets wet it turns into a muck that coats the tires(tyres) and all you do is spin your wheels. Happens everywhere, just not Australia.

[@808TheDuck]

OK! How do you back those things up!

[@MarkAtkin]

Charles Harris And they gave it a new paint job before trying again! :)

[@vinman1029]

markmywords312 I saw a vid on here of a guy in Australia backing up and parking five trailers.Quite impressive.

[@808TheDuck]

***** I'd love to see that!

[@セ千尺丂セ]

+Mark Atkin hahah i noticed that

[@TrentusMaximus78]

+Charles Harris You don't. If you didn't have help, you have to split it up and move it one by one. And +vinman1029, IMPOSSIBLE!!

[@sisutrucks]

depends on what you are pulling and what kind of transmissions, converters is smoother with seamless changes so less chance for spinning out or shreading the drivetrain.

[@Strassenelefant]

There are 2 different trucks (pulling units) in this clip. ;) Whats the overall weight? 150-170 tons?

[@Thamart666]

Is it steel pellets u guys are hauling? Lokked in the video that u didn´t have anything loaded in the front of the first trailer. Is that correct??

[@craigmcpherson1827]

that's a big ask to get that truck up there. would take a bit to dry with each truck passing as well. hats off to the driver backing that up without any issues

[@yeetandskeet]

he also managed to add another trail and paint the rig..

[@R00RAL]

Yeah, not the same truck. I’d say pulled up with earth mover loader.

[@speelburg13]

props man! takes a hell of a lot of skill to drive a big rig wih that much behind it

[@MrDriftspirit]

wow. that climb is way to steep for 125tons and 2 steered axles!. amazing how much eficient power the wheel loader has! oh man. you must be very lucky to live and work on such a pearl continent with its less population and beautiful spots nearly in every corner you are. I am jealus at you. regards from germany.

[@Mechknight73]

A "standard" road train (2 40 foot trailers) is restricted to major highways, even in the city. In more remote areas, a third trailer is allowed, although all trucks of this size are electronically limited to 100km/h (63mph). Passing one in a car requires 1. a long straight 2. no traffic coming the other way and 3. decent acceleration. Difficult sometimes, but definitely not impossible

[@nWomultigamingtuga]

What do you mean by two different trucks? I only see one

[@emd645e3c]

Great video. Where abouts is it ?

[@mrbluenun]

I dread to think of how such a long train with so many ‘joints’ can ever be backed up. I guess they get a good straight run at the crossing so everything it dead straight, then reversing is not too much of a hassle? It looks like there was some landscaping taking place around the river crossing, and you were able to ask for a tow of the tractor, just wondered whether any of these crossings, of which I doubt there is many, have a tractor available to either tow the trucks out to a level surface, or maybe the tractors are there to maintain the ingress and egress and the river bottom to a more or less level state, and move any trees animals and other debris blocking the path across? It amazes me other than mining machines, just how hard these trucks are expected to work and how cost effective they are, especially carrying the more expensive loads of manganese and other ore and or trucks or caravans and other supplies to the centre of the big Aus! Allistairc123, are you one of these huge truck drivers? And forgive me that is terrible English, which could look as if I was saying you were huge; I meant to say do you drive these huge trucks land-trains? Take care and thanks so much for the upload. I may have left a comment about this before as I know this video is pretty old, sorry for any repetition. mrbluenun

[@allistairc123]

yeah, the crossing was less than ideal the land owner wanted the crossing lowered to stop the river backing up, this ment it was very steep on either side

[@joelbarron658]

Trust me there's plenty of crossings to deal with. Some are easier than others.

[@78matt]

No matter where or what you drive there will always be problems you have to solve. I would just unhook and reverse one or two at a time, if you can't figure simple shit like that out stay away from trucks.

[@lionxuser]

i want also go for some time to austrailia ... did you worked there or how did u lived there? sorry for my bad english i´m from germany ^^

[@narref04]

What kind of milage do you think theyre getting with the other 2 trailers behind it? 6? maybe 8 miles / gallon or down there I should say 4 Km/L? maybe 3.5...

[@johnoverbay521]

They better not tell me that he backed that train up not a chance 🤣

[@NikkoHUN]

WOW! It's huge. How much tons the load,and the whole weight?

[@gjn71]

pay load about 115 tone and all together 170 give or take

[@RBG02005]

I'm from America. I am simply asking a question. I never said I thought every road should be paved. I have just never seen a semi on an unpaved road, but then again, I have only been out of country once. Thank you for answering.

[@e9525mack]

great video iv watched a few of the river crossings and i just wounder how you dont brake things like springs and u bolts some of them hit the water at speed thanks nz

[@blouse321]

What's the payload on that second rig? 120 tons plus?? Impressive!

[@ESPSJ]

And here I am complaining about driving around Melbourne in a semi. Credit to these guys, hope one day I can be out there driving road trains.

[@robvlob]

Lol "MIKE" Reminds me of a childhood friend who kind of Ironically was named Mike. He used to think that there was a lot of people in Australia named Mike because everyone said "EH MIKE" He was the brunt of jokes for awhile after he realized it was "Eh Mate"

[@Snafu4WD]

And the rest. When I drove Road Trains in Aus we had 50 ton PAYLOAD per trailer, plus the weight of the rig. Looking at that video the driver had no weight over the drive axles, no sign of anything in the front of that first trailer.

[@mageownx911]

What motor is in those trucks? are they Cat's, Internationals, Cummins?

[@dl500b]

The first truck that comes to a satop is a white painted Western Star heritage cab. The second truck is clearly a Kenworth T900, or later derivation of same. Also, the flow of the water in the creek indicates they are travelling in opposite directions.

[@qldkid]

Good observation but I think the first one was was recorded from the right side and the last one was from the left side

[@wolfe1970]

How the heck did he reverse that for the second try ?

[@Firelife3]

it´s 2 different trucks :)

[@wolfe1970]

Cool spot dude, i missed that

[@JaseWolf]

And different trailers too lol

[@emdman1959]

Two different trucks, but a cool video.

[@opstrat]

so you could assume that trucks will always get stuck there and that loading shovel is always there to pull them out.

[@Mrgreendragon3]

still watching in 2021 , congrats on 80K . great channel great content .

[@RBG02005]

Some of those places that they are transporting to look fairly remote, so what you've said makes sense. I kind of want to drive trucks in Australia now.

[@jimcrawford5039]

Some places are VERY remote!

[@videowsatcher]

I do believe, correct me I am wrong, that the volvo FH16 is the most powerful road truck. Is it being used in Aus?

[@taylorsmith1934]

Well, in Canada (which I realize has different regulations), the max allowable weights are 10,000 kg (22,000 lbs) per axle with dual wheels, 5,000 kg (11,000 lbs) for the steer axle. Based on that, 195 tonnes (metric) or 214.5 short tons gross weight

[@andrewjoyce7789]

Hi Alistair aren't you based in Ireland? I watch your other videos which are most enjoyable. I was wondering, did you film this, it doesn't have any machine tools in it?

[@allistairc123]

I've worked in Australia a couple of times thanks for support bud

[@VonLycaonsDogCollar]

is it possible to have awd on semis for those type of conditions?

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

Now that was interesting,thank you for sharing and this one's going in my favorites.

[@nicolasdemannoury467]

How long did you take to walk this back ?

[@kalanike]

i'm amazed that one of those trailers didn't have a power unit on them. great video :)

[@davidwolff8903]

Only standard 53.5 metre qaud. I drive 60 metre super qaud grossing 195 tonnes. No need for power train set up.

[@allistairc123]

sorry to tell ya but a scania would fall to bits in the condition these monsters live in. these things are made of iron girders and rivets, they cant be broken.

[@allistairc123]

hi jessie, its a small world because i was working in the north queensland quarry near mt garnet that the outback truckers crew visited and filmed us working1. i have some road train drivers friends on facebook, ill let them know you are looking for people!

[@legend2460]

love how all these people are going on about ahh hes stuck on the smallest of inclines and wrong gear and all that but have no clue the amount of power needed to haul that much weight up that hill with loose shingle on it to make things worse gravel is not an easy surface to drive on with a truck and trailer much less a road train (id know i drive a logger) people need to realise hes only got whats over his drivers for traction and maybe a 2nd motor on one of his trailers im not an expert on road trains but i know what im doing driving a truck on that kind of road

[@gjn71]

when u going slow u cant use the weight of the road train help you up the hill as i have read on here people say u need more power whats the good of that u cant get it to the ground

[@Rikk_Klaww777]

Thats a pretty bloody decent incline at the finish. Pulling a load like that is no mean feat.!! These guys know what they're doing and kudos to them, help or not.👍🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@andrewcormack5247]

haha you should go out to the bush bud! how do u think they build the roads in the first place something has to cart the gravel/roadbase there

[@nWomultigamingtuga]

how do you back that thing up? o.O

[@guardrail2897]

I read an article that said those drivers stay out for 6 months at a time. God bless em. I couldn't live in a truck that long. For me, one night in the truck once a week is too much.

[@joeyjerker1]

Here where I live u can get special permits that go to 129,000,so say 65tn,thats gross,but still can net 40-43 tns,not nearly the length or # of axles though.I imagine they track pretty good though with the multiple trailers

[@camacho2]

Do they know bridges in Australia?, seems like busy road

[@thatsoutrageous1961]

That's a big effort, I had a 404 with a C15 pulling a dog trailer and I would be happy to have got across that !

[@corycarson88]

How much horsepower do these trucks need to have to pull that much weight? I’m assuming at least 1,000 hp??

[@nativeafroeurasian]

How do you call for help in the bush?

[@daisydaisydaisy22]

Wow! Where is this?!

[@171apples171]

Im guessing you can lock the tongues between cars so they cant pivot on eachother? That looks insane, im in the United States and i dont think ive ever seen a rig like that over here hahaha

[@UNHleaSHD]

And how did you manage to get there? Any info, tips? Where are you from? Thanks!

[@DLCFarms]

Just wondering does anyone know how much weight is behind him? Thanks.

[@mrelmachete68]

How much weight do they carry at once

[@robbsneifen1569]

You're from the southerm part of the U.S., aren't you?

[@royhoco5748]

why did the truck stall?

[@billmiddendorf6226]

The WA. Western Australia! Nothing like living in Perth!

[@SebastianWittich]

0:35 How did he get back to try again? Did he load a savegame? ;)

[@nygellabelle2193]

In which speed did the driver fail to made it, super 3low or high??

[@malekpeter93]

I don't understand, how can reverse the driver with these 4 containers???

[@battlefield1942]

+Málek Péter magic

[@Turbobuttes]

How do you even back up a train like that without folding it? It's got six damn pivot points!

[@robthelog223]

Turbobuttes Ya don't!

[@SandWolfEU]

how many tons does that truck pulls there?? around 200t?

[@mrhemitom9]

WHAT WAS THAT CHAIN MADE OUT OF???????

[@Frombie_01]

Superman's foreskin.....

[@scottbaker1018]

braided kangaroo tail

[@gm16v149]

Yes we do, they are #2 seller after Kenworth, but operators don't buy them for very heavy work like this.

[@Bondidog]

They also get washed away every year in the wet.

[@730aidan]

I take it there's damn all radio coverage out there? or phone?

[@robthelog223]

Aidan O' Donnell Ya right mate!

[@tlfrantz1]

I may be really stupid and missing something, but how did he back up a road train to try again?

[@noelvpressvideos]

The tractor driver has his camp at the place? For good business?

[@trevorfehring1673]

Bad day on the crossing. The 2 that loose traction have bogie lead dollies, the one being towed out has a tri dolly on the lead. If this is in the west, your allowed under permit 23.5 metric tonnes on a triaxle group 16.5 tonnes on a bogie and 6 tonnes on the steer, all up any where from 156 metric tonne to 170.5 tonne legal. Cheers and yes I have been in the same situation.

[@timsot]

Darn...how much load was that, 50-60 tons ?

[@Aj32678]

over 100 I would imagine..

[@timsot]

With the truck maybe...

[@leewebber8699]

***** agree

[@Otacatapetl]

***** Yeah, if one of those fell out of a tree it'd do some damage....

[@cegonhanoturna01]

How many tons ?

[@HomeGuitarMods]

Respect! I have a hard enough time backing a trailer with a 1 pup in a straight line let alone all that he had back up that hill. Would love to know what he had in weight. We usually load 86,000lbs on two, I'm sure that's got to be one heavy rig!

[@gm16v149]

Anthony Brown Gross weight would be 170 tonnes or just over 380,000 lbs. BTW, he didn't back it, it is impossible to back a quad more than a few feet.

[@mohammadjaludi4464]

He never backed up. The first truck is white the second is gold colored

[@louisfarrugia5860]

86,000 lbs here were I live we load on one truck

[@mohammadjaludi4464]

Louis Farrugia yea I have a permit to pull up to 102,000 lbs. Limited to the states I run

[@549BR]

What do the Aussies have against bridges?

[@marcinemdzejj9061]

Where was it ?

[@thehuhuSB]

A good pneumatic spring adjusted for those condition will last more then a leaf sprinng...but not any pneumatic spring

[@thebyrnesupremecy]

whats the name of the crossing?

[@ronaldcarson4360]

Good luck!

[@Stewyy05]

I'm under the impression some of these runs are only a few times a year and often only during the dry season, wet season closes off alot of roads (and would complicate the design and construction of permanent structures). Also most of these remote communities are going to already have the heavy equipment out there for mining or whatever...so its not a major effort for them to tow the trucks through.

[@briscollama2521]

What a beast. I'd love to drive one. Seems like it almost needs a 3rd drive axle for a bit of extra traction in this situation. That's a lot of material.

[@neilb5826]

Chances are he's dragging in gravel to fix the road after the wet. After this it's probably just cattle and fuel on that road, 5 minutes towing is a hell of a lot cheaper that 6 hours building dodgy bridge that is going to wash out in next year's wet season and leave even more of a mess.

[@pilotmanpaul]

On road conditions like that with Quad and Triples trailer combos, you need Tank threads and Turbine engines. But it seems Aussies can do it with a Kenworth! Amazing skill!

[@andyfurniss7022]

Europe, Australia made Blah Blah....trucks made for different conditions. Length and weight restrictions in Europe, need to move bulk and wide open spaces in Aus. Driven trucks on both continents but I tell you what....I'll take the drivability and interior space in any DAF, Volvo, Scanny or Renault over a Western Star or Mack. Plus it ain't no great shakes driving them things, never have to reverse much....try 45 footer in the middle of London or trying to find a little factory in the middle of Turin......

[@bfren29]

i wouldnt have pulled up from the bull bar pin, because thats only good for as much as the truck weighs. When one of my trucks got stuck in a creeek like that, the loader just pulled my bullbar right off, never been the same since I got it fixed ;(

[@joeyjerker1]

whats the total weight on a truck like that???loaded of course...looks like 60,000 lbs lite weight to me...

[@gautammalik5033]

wondering the same thing how is the hell did he back the whole thing up

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

Love the pencil stick chain Snap straight through the windscreen good bye driver

[@MartyChristianSoldier]

On the first trailer, well I guess they would have to do it on all trailers because the same one is not always the first. They should make the front axle on the trailer a lift axle and then you could apply more weight to the drive tires before you attempted this. Do I know it would work? No, but with the truck pulling all of that weight it would be a big plus to throw a lot of it on the tractor. This is certainly just a suggestion, also you might consider loading the lead trailer heavier in the nose. The one thing I do know, is you have to keep enough weight on the tractor to keep the wheels from spinning. Sorry that is so long, I just love this stuff.

[@KraziIvan]

Just pointing out that the truck didn't spin out, just that the drag from the river combined with the up slope bogged the truck down. Attempting a down shift with that weight could blow the tranny.

[@MartyChristianSoldier]

KraziIvan The first one just came to a stop, but it looked like the second one was hopping, or bouncing up and down, I could not see it long enough to really tell. But I would assume these guys are running at least 500 horses and the way they are set up I don't think they can get enough weight on the drive axle to bog them down, of course unless they know they are not going to make it and keep it from spinning. What kind of weight are they carrying on the drive axle?

[@allistairc123]

north queensland not far from mt isa

[@donaldbartram6315]

So,, seeing as both sides of the road are higher than where the river is. Wouldn't it be better to lay in some concrete pipes & then cover them with dirt & gravel & bring the road up to almost level? IDK just me thinking out loud

[@TMan4897]

Lol that costs money though

[@donaldbartram6315]

Concrete pipe & dirts not that expensive , looks like there's plenty of the latter around. Loosing a truck && a load cost money too

[@TMan4897]

@@donaldbartram6315 I get it I was joking lol. It looks like people need to start paying their taxes to get that road done up nice and pretty but you know how that goes

[@donaldbartram6315]

I know you were. & it's the outback but hell if that's an ongoing problem. Already have a guy with a loader, & plenty of rock & dirt. just need a couple or few pipes. LOL I've seen some of the roads they drive on in INDIA holy shit

[@Rimrock300]

These US trucks used in the outback have a drivers comfort similar to a horse carrige, but the thing is that they are simple and solid. Thats whats needed far out in the bush, trucks that can be fixed with sledge hammer technology when they break down, minimum need for computer diagnoses.

[@blakehenry7294]

How do you get a job driving one of these. I would love to.

[@Peterbilt359]

Got all that loose gravel on uphill side. Can't get traction. Need some clay binder or concrete ramp.

[@fordholdennut]

Those of us paying attention to the video aren't wondering, because we noticed that it is 2 different trucks. White one first, then another one a beige or gold sort of colour with a stripe on it. I'm fairly certain even the most skilled driver couldn't back a rig that size any more than a few feet in distance.