ROAD TRAIN IV OUTBACK ODYSSEY 2001

Dear Viewer
Outback Odyssey is the fourth road train video in the series. I filmed these stories in 2001.
Please note there are two stories in this program that you may have seen before on the Long Highway Channel - the VRD cattle lift in the NT and the Channel Country cattle lift in far Western Queensland. Apologies for the duplication, however this version shows the context in which these stories were first published 20 years ago.
CONTENT:
2:22: CATTLE LIFT AT VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS is a story filmed in the wild west of the Northern Territory showing Road Trains of Australia at work.
17:29: TRUCKIES' REUNION: We travel to the annual Truckies' Reunion at the National Road Transport Hall of Fame and see a classic collection of beautifully restored B-Model Macks.
23;21: ROAD TRAINS TO CENTURY ZINC MINE: At the turn of the Century, Butts Haulage, based in the North West Queensland town of Cloncurry, was riding the big wave of the resources boom.
33:52: CHANNEL COUNTRY CATTLE LIFT: Ballard Transport has been hauling cattle for many decades. In this story we load cattle deep in the Channel Country not far from Birdsville and haul the cattle over rough Outback tracks to the rail head at Longreach.
49:14: MUTTON MILERS: While at Longreach we join transport operator, Dave Bielenberg, a gentle giant of a man and load and haul multiple decks of sheep - a job that needs a huge amount of patience.
Enjoy the program, stay safe wherever you might be, Bruce (Honeywill)

[@davidmarkersnr.1888]

Thanks for that trip down memory lane for me, now retired in France after 50 odd years on the road, I have fond memories of my B 61 driving for Noel Buntine back in the late 60s. Not alot has changed except for electric prods, big engines and........sleepers LOL.

[@Noelzsazsa]

We had a Mack that was X Buntine I started in it when I was about 16 carting from the out station on Old Hodson station to Roper River I got a Volvo G88 next that was 20 years old I drive tippers now in town back into an old Mack again and I am as happy as

[@samboslc]

I just have to say; you Aussies are a determined bunch of bloaks. Just thought I was a big truck when hauled heavy equipment on a 4 axle, 50 ton Fontaine, but I did the job. Much admiration for all you men here.

[@greggaynor7512]

This just popped up in my recommendations, and I thought it would be cool to compare then to now, 20 years.

[@howiwatchvideos]

Who cares if it just "popped" up. Thats how youtube works.

[@happyhighway106]

#16 Thank You for showing this video. It was a real education for me. This was a tough job with tough men and women. I'm too soft and too old! But certainly appreciate the skills required to transport live stock.

[@chrisbassett8996]

this guy has a great voice for story telling, and he tells it well

[@tomaugust6]

I still have these dvd's in the cupboard. Love the Kenworth c500's.

[@markhorton6654]

Don't ever change brother. Real truck's Real driver's/Operators.

[@poppinga2960]

Awesome channel guy's, looking forward to next video😀

[@Sircraig7963]

Gday Next time i think im doin it tough , i'll just watch this again . These drivers n stock hands know what a fair dinkum hard days graft is about ,,my hats of to the lot of ya . Doin the country proud MUCH RESPECT from Shellharbour ,,, N.S.W.

[@Noelzsazsa]

Haha I lived on the road for two years in a droving camp we had one old Mack with 2 doubles to move some of the mob it would take 3 moves just to move the mob to the next good spot with grass stay for a couple of weeks or maybe a month walking them then move the camp and cattle again for 2 years from up in the north of Queensland to down your way it broke me in well for the job I was driving a brand new company truck at 21 and carted cattle for a few years and got into general freight

[@pnwRC.]

Great video! I really enjoyed watching it!

[@chrise3801]

Love these road train videos sir 👍👍👍👍👍

[@sd90mac61]

This was very very, interesting!!! Is that garlic sausage y'all makn at 40:44, looks yummy, nothin like makn a quick snack side of the road 👍🤠🐂👍 thanks for sharing this with me, let's see more PLEASE ✌️👍

[@johnogier1925]

Mate I love watching your videos keep up the great work 👍👍

[@helgaairhead]

Nice to see Toot's old girl @ 21:29 - they had to use a towe bar - even so, very happy to see the truck on the road again. I visited the Museum back in 2005 - four years later than this event. Here truck where in excellent condition and kudos to everyone that are involved with keeping this transportation museum, the historys and the truck's alive forever. All the best from Norway, Helge

[@ameenmd.rizwan8196]

Great videos.Please update more and more old and new videos.

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR SHARE THIS AUSTRALIA DETAIL VIDEO AS TIME READ POEM IN WAY TALKING OUT THIS DETAIL VIDEO AS GREAT WATCH AND JOY LISTING TO AUSTRALIA HISTORY LIFE IN AUSTRALIA BEAUTY BUSH

[@Cocoacowgirl]

I thought I was a bad ass for getting my cdl and pulling one 53’ trailer.. I’m still proud of myself but these drivers are definitely serving up humble pie! Lol

[@matthewcullen1298]

You should feel satisfaction. Not everyone can drive the sort of rig you do. We're Aussies and my misses want to drive semi's. She got her heavy rigid licence last year and currently drives a school bus. Her high school kids love her and to be honest I'd love to see her work with kids longer. A lot of these kids come to her when they need to talk to someone. The kids she had were supposed to be badly behaved kids but they even clean the bus up as they get off the bus and show respect for each other when they are aboard.

[@Cocoacowgirl]

@@matthewcullen1298 I want to drive a school bus if I’m lucky enough to officially retire! She sounds awesome ❤

[@matthewcullen1298]

@@Cocoacowgirl thanks Mate😀yeah I love her so much. She's kind caring funny and loyal. All The things I love. Her kids text her when she is not driving for the day as she also drives public buses as well. You should see some of the big road trains in Australia up close. They are massive rigs. We got behind them in our Nissan patrol 4*4 out in the northern territory.

[@bennieknape4857]

Good show,

[@Noelzsazsa]

Ballard's Mack at the beginning looks like the one Mrs Kay Ballard drove she was a top operator

[@fritzdolcine7082]

It’s from 2001 but I’m loving it.

[@reinaldosouza262]

É espetacular estar assistindo este divertido documentário dos grandes caminhões do passado em contraste com os gigantes e modernos caminhões desta nossa era,são verdadeiros trens das rodovias! Em Ituiutaba-MG,Brasil,as 17:15,em 05/12/21.👏👏👏🙌

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Awesome

[@helennicholson9530slim]

Yes these ttt triple three trailer road train trucks out back stations to port darwin are great

[@jamesandrew2606]

truckies stop Australia stop. Respect. Tough job.

[@paulnoorbergen3514]

This is quite old now. I don't know what drew me to this channel and I am enjoying it so much. I was interested when I herd about a certain no of prime movers that have to be culled from the fleet every year, or 6 months I am very interested to buy one of them still in reasonable nic for myself, for light use, floating my med size excavator just local in county Victoria. I can picture owning a retired cow truck maybe one of them big Macks or heavy duty Kenworth. I currently have an old Scania prime mover that has a crane fitted behind a day cab. Quite economical to operate but not much of a statement... I am hoping that someone involved in the turn over of heavy transport could get permission to sell me one of those rigs. If it just can't be possible right now that's okay too. I will continue to enjoy supporting the channel

[@Tomek1985]

I just love that V8 Kenworth Brute. is that 501 model, what year it could be made?

[@samboslc]

Also, will look to find if there is a museum in Australia that will show more of the antique road train history. Amazing image I have never seen.

[@pilotmanpaul]

I just realized, but Australia's roads are way more narrow than the ones here in Asia. But they allow Triple combos while here only One trailer is allowed.

[@pierreangeloamistadchino3419]

The other way around mate ours are wider than Asia, lived in south east asia for some years,

[@bennieknape4857]

Now I see why we like ,Australians ,here in Texas we have a bit in common long drives and camping oh yeah and cows.

[@shanephelan75]

Man some of those trucks sure run their tires close to worn out bald! No wonder they get so many flats, I know tires are stupid expensive, but still better than the down time, or dying from heat while changing flat tires?

[@davidbrook6639]

What is the name of the song at the start of video

[@tellyonthewall8751]

What about food 'n water for the cattle on the trip

[@pelusaabelleira4660]

Soy de Argentina y también anduve mucho con camiones jaulas que lastima que no comenten en castellano

[@thatsbollox]

Just a lazy 35,000 head of cattle being run on that first station....and the owners have another 6 just like it or bigger.

[@Romans--bo7br]

GREAT Video!!.... Was within just a few days of getting my plane ticket (One way) to AU. from the US to marry a gal from QSLD when she "pulled the plug" on me.... was sure looking forward to moving there, as I had been over there a couple of times from the US, and once in 2010 with "her" and her sister for a month (we met in 2009 in Montana). I was looking forward to trucking over there, as I already had 38 yrs experience here in the US & Canada.... the Only thing that "bothered" me about trucking over in AU. is..... When, IF Ever... are the politicians over there, going to get their collective heads out of their rectums and allow the AU. trucking industry to Stretch out the "tractor" (power unit) wheelbase lengths?!!? It's ludicrous in this day and age, to force drivers over there to be cramped up in those tine "coffins" they call "sleepers".... especially when they can pull the longest trailer set-ups in the world on a regular / normal basis on the highways over there, yet still forced to run those short wheel based power units, mandating the use of those ridiculously small & cramped sleepers. Here in the US, it is the opposite as you know... we're restricted to 57 ft trailers without a permit, but cannot run trailer tandems set at more than you would for a 48 footer.... so a 53 ft box (or any other type trailer) is about the maximum anyone runs, do to so much "over hang" at the rear due to the 48 ft max. setting of the bogies..... yet, "the sky is the limit" for the tractor wheelbases. Actually there is a maximum and that is due to the maximum wheelbase lengths that the manufacturers like Peterbilt & KW will build...which is 394 inches (32.8 feet), of course one advantage to longer wheel bases on the tractors is that, the longer they are in relation to trailer length, the less likely they are to "jack-knife" them.... along with larger sleepers, and allowable front-end overhang on flatbed loads when necessary, avoiding overhang at the rear.

[@stuarth43]

scania is here

[@howiel3321]

Ox

[@Romans--bo7br]

@@howiel3321...... Ox.. ???

[@joeboudreault2226]

Very well done. Thank you all. Took me a while to realize that "dick" meant "deck". Ozzie accents foreign to us in Alberta...

[@tassiesinclair6068]

Dick? he said Deck what do you think we are New Zealanders?.. Oh well could worse you Canadians sail around in boots lol

[@helennicholson9530slim]

Us Truckies Drive Reddirt Rds Fire Flood Drought Have To Carry Spares T Fix It Not For Fainthrarted

[@pelusaabelleira4660]

Que pena que no graben en castellano

[@shanephelan75]

Man I wish they said how many MPG they are getting on those massive road trains with huge horsepower engines???? Like what??? 3 or 4 MPG? Bet sometimes they hit even 1 MILE PER GALLON? Slow ass going with 3+ trailers!?!?!! Not getting up to say 7+ like some rigs here in Canada?

[@justinsecrist1130]

On another video I here them say 1km per litre.

[@方乐覃为首-i3b]

钱还欠债

[@oldtrio1]

road train

[@PAULLONDEN]

These cows...in that continued dust cloud in such temperatures....... Oh well...they get slaughtered anyway......doesn't matter how miserable they feel . Stress meat has that particular tasty flavour .

[@richardjellis9186]

Why make things up to fill in time on your videos.???. The 'minor dust storm' is the perfect example of this.!!!. If there's nothing else to say about the footage, just let the picture do it's own talking. This should be enough.!🤔!.