Why Do Aussie Trucks Have Bullbars?

Why do Aussie trucks have bullbars? This should give you some idea.
Best to watch in fullscreen HD.
The first clips were with a pretty ordinary dashcam, the last one with all the cattle wandering around was with my GoPro Hero 3+ (great camera) on narrowest field of view, and the one with the friendly cockatoo at home was with my JVC Everio GR D750.

[@AmazinDean]

People need to remember Road Trains in Aus cant really slow down very quickly and that you dont want to be making sharp movements when you have 2-3 truck trailers on.

[@robertchinnock8017]

ive seen road trains with up to 4 trailers..

[@paullangford8179]

If you see one coming the other way on a road out back, move over. Because if he has to swerve from the centre of the road, the "crack the whip" on that last trailer will destroy your car.

[@NullaNulla]

AmazinDean even more so if it's a double deck livestock trailer.

[@Jack_Lange]

Indrid Cold I've never seen any with 6 ever. Although I don't live in not I've driven through there, 4 yes 6 no

[@paullangford8179]

Depends where you are. Western Australia you can have long trains, I think up to about 120 tonnes. Also, on private roads. NSW has a lot of restrictions, depending on where you are in the state.

[@neddyladdy]

Trucks have bullbars so the driver can have a place to dry his towel.

[@westy_ss9425]

And hang his singlet.

[@slimchancetoo]

Also a great place to stretch the missus out while you give her a Right Royal Porking.

[@robertchinnock8017]

i was thinking that my self lol

[@neddyladdy]

ah., yeah, whatever that all means

[@chrisbest1000]

Singlet aka the wife basher apparel.

[@bradwilliams3452]

Because every now and then truck drivers are lucky enough to come across politicians giving interviews on the side of the road. 😂

[@Cryptonymicus]

What's a politician? Just another big mouth from the bar that a bunch of drunks all voted for.

[@Heavywall70]

Politicians are like diapers They need to be changed often For exactly the same reason

[@conortobin1537]

Haha. That’s the most funny comment I have come across on KZbin

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Politicians and welfare people are the same. Always needing a handout.

[@Silent1.1]

2:51 😭😭

[@bigbill74scots]

Huge respect to these road train drivers, there is serious skill involved in trucking those beasts throughout the territories.

[@cjeam9199]

I mean it can’t be _that_ hard, as long as you don’t have to reverse much you just gotta pay attention and steer the back of the trailer!

[@kellyboon8458]

@@cjeam9199 .... Trust me if you think it's easy then you've got no idea what soever..... Steering & changing gear's while negotiating our roads is hard enough.... Let alone having 4 trailer's swinging off the back of your prime mover.... Weighing between 160 to 240 tonnes.... I know cause I've driven them... Been driving trucks Australia now for 32 yrs

[@nickturner9450]

A big roo freaked me out once when it jumped completely over my Ute while I was doing around 120kph on a back road in Queensland I will never forget it

[@Thinker669]

You were driving around 80 MPH and that kangaroo came out of nowhere? Be careful, Mate.

[@Denis-zb5pf]

Your an fool doing 120..first point of blame rests with you

[@Mav_F]

@@Denis-zb5pf Do you know some roads in Australia have no limit and some have 110km. So keep that shit to yourself. lmaooooo

[@-xslurpeee-159]

@@Denis-zb5pf u realise that some roads in Aus have no speed limit and most of the time it’s 110 anyway

[@danewilliam2907]

I suppose you'd need a crow bar to stop crows...oh wait.

[@ihavetopoopbutiwantedtosay1683]

Warren552011 this black chick threw herself at me once. good thing i had my chocolate bar..........................................cuz i was starving after she left!

[@jeaninelloyd783]

someone threw an axe at me once, good shot.....got me fair in the C#!T

[@jeaninelloyd783]

Warren552011 True story, I got a wound to prove it.

[@jeaninelloyd783]

Warren552011 All good mate, thanks anyways. It's healed up pretty good, still bleeds on average once,a month but ....

[@letsbehonest4221]

Warren552011 did you just use the words -good and muslim in the same sentence .... what a strange concept, i never herd of such a thing... 😅😅

[@BaghdadSon78]

What a beautiful engine sound!

[@joecannon1029]

Spoke to a local tour guide in Dubai when i was over there a couple of years ago, He said there are about 8000 racing camels in the emirates and they are all imported.... from Australia! fastest camels on the planet. Get good practice outrunning Roadtrains i suppose.

[@iamlostintime3343]

TIL

[@chrisbinckes2732]

theys (when young) all bottle fed on meth

[@DodderingOldMan]

I think it was on QI where they were saying how Australian camels are so popular for import largely because they're free of some of the diseases that native populations have elsewhere.

[@leonwakefield7285]

👍😂😉

[@bg588]

He was kidding you. Their racing camels are specially bred. Very small and fast....they say our camels only useful to pull carts.

[@TheBonzomatic]

Whoa! I didn't know that you had camels in Australia!

[@dirtyann]

TheBonzomatic didnt knew either...kinda surprised me! lol!

[@robthelog223]

dirtyann commentateur They were brought over in the 1880s to haul supplies and equipment for the construction of the, 90% desert , Adelaide - Darwin railway. They were turned loose and thrived in the outback and, very quickly, became a feral pest animal. Many professional hunters make a living out of shooting them for the pet food industry.

[@dirtyann]

Oh i see! Thanks

[@happeningwatch516]

+dirtyann commentateur Australia exports camels to Saudi Arabia

[@10babiscar]

+David Hill more camals than aboriginals

[@lalajdhfbdj]

Cows go moo, ducks go quack, kangaroos go splakkkkkk

[@paullangford8179]

A friend of mine was doing the "Motorbike around Australia" thing, and hadn't had a good meal for a while; then he saw a truck hit a kangaroo. Fresh meat! Stopped his bike and was taking a few good cuts off it, and a car went by, honking its horn, and everyone waving to him...

[@NullaNulla]

Paul Langford surprised they didn't pull up all wanting their share lol. Roadside roo is great for the cats and dogs too.

[@lowercherty]

Paul Langford Road kill du jour. We have them here in the States too, same reason, different animals. A deer, moose, or elk can really ruin your day.

[@ROTAXD]

B Laquisha problem is here 'Stateside that so many companies are putting junk bullbars on their fleets. You know...the ones made out of thinwalled/formed sheetmetal ? They actually wind up doing more damage once you hit something after the bullbar has seen a couple winters' worth of road salt and has some rot started. Popped a coyote with one a couple of years ago and the rusted crossbar broke and ate the radiator.

[@EerieBetrayal]

and leave a nasty skid mark on the road lol

[@eggsaladsandwhiches]

Props to the driver. Clearly paying attention.

[@waitwhat69247]

they have to a camel can do mad damage

[@eggsaladsandwhiches]

kwini bogan if anything would wreck a radiator... I imagine a camel would

[@wce05308]

You gotta pay attention champ or you could die or be hurt.

[@IanR1205]

I'm a train driver in America. When I see animals on or near the tracks at night I turn off my headlights and give one short horn blast to alert the animal and then let the bell ring continually so they can hopefully get a fix on my train's speed and location. Too much horn I think can cause them to panic and run down the tracks away from me or maybe makes it harder for them to tell where it's coming from. And turning off the headlight of course helps them see better and become fixated. Then I just sort of hold my breath as we cruise by in darkness hoping not to hear the loud clang. It's worked 100% of the time so far. Too bad a truck doesn't have the option of cruising by in darkness.

[@rhino2960]

why do aussie trucks have bullbars? cuz shit tends to jump out in front of their rigs.

[@zacharydalziell2168]

crimsonwolf911 yeah i was making a run from exmouth down to rolly stobe and i hit like 700 of the c&ntd (roo's)

[@HarryL2020]

Zachary Dalziell holy shit that's alot

[@mman454]

Indrid Cold Energy has to go somewhere! Now it will just go straight into the frame of your vehicle.

[@ashchaya7676]

Thanks for figuring that out for all of us, crimsonwolf911.

[@slimchancetoo]

Can you still steer it ????????????

[@dangerousdingo8846]

GIANT JUMPIN' RATS.

[@reecemartin453]

but you can eat em

[@michaeledwards8058]

Dangerous Dingo father , a giant mouth

[@corby9591]

Kangaroo mouse its a real thing look it up they live in fields there also very cute for a mouse

[@Eskay1206]

Australia boasts some of the greatest wildlife in the world.... and out here on the road,, you run across quite a bit of it :)

[@nhouston6179]

and runover

[@LadyofDragonstone]

@@nhouston6179 i was about to say that

[@lejohnd2430]

Yes

[@krump743]

Camels are pests in australia. They are not part of the "greatest wild life in the world".....

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Time to hit the road!

[@DucatiQueen]

We have a lot of Camels, Cows and wild ASS here in the states, but they're the two legged version .....with phones ( even more hazardous ) !

[@GeorgHaeder]

Sorry for the late reply but: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYmtp4KAg7qfedU

[@Andre-hi9xn]

Yes, Yanks everywhere, fortunately there are few here!

[@dantemadden1533]

Yeah but you don’t have kangaroos that jump right in front of your cars and trucks

[@DucatiQueen]

@@dantemadden1533 well dear, we have Deer , Moose , Elk and Bears that will…….and they weigh a hellofalot more that your kangaroo ! Try driving through Texas on the interstate while going 80 dodging deers, then we can talk 😂

[@brucehenderson4424]

In some places here in the states you have deal with wild hogs. If you hit a hog something is tore up.

[@snapperjessen]

its so bulls have somewhere to get a drink and hangout? :))

[@rsoul7282]

bah dum tish

[@user-pq1ni4wz6h]

Blahblah Bluhbluh stfu

[@snapperjessen]

sorry Josh, i dont do requests

[@FLAMESFAN211]

Blahblah Bluhbluh Hahaha best dad joke ever

[@billray1785]

Blahblah, I thought it was funny.

[@GodsMistake]

Yeah, I wish my motorbike had a bullbar on it. A Roo to the face disrupts my equilibrium.

[@boovaher]

Try riding over a day old kill. Don't stop anywhere but in a stiff breeze or the stench will get you. Getting the stinky roo bits off the bike was a bitch.

[@cliffbooth7075]

Take a roo to the face & eat solids the same week, and you can call yourself a legitimate tough guy.

[@Heavywall70]

Here in the states I had a deer jump in front of my so close I didn’t have time to flinch. I’m talking within a meter of my bike I just thought “Well that could’ve been it for me” and kept riding

[@albertbrennaman5605]

I know of someone in Sweden who rode drunk into a moose ... on a bicycle

[@brucemibus9523]

Have hit 5 alive roos and 2 dead ones while motorcycling around Australia. Has caused lots of damage to my bikes but being of lucky persuasion have yet to fall off. Got 2 in one night going from Coober Pedy to Augusta in the dark. Often the buggers run into the side of you causing surprise. Now retirement means no night riding, hooray! Yes this is Australia where everything is out to kill you.

[@2KXMKR]

Why do Aussie trucks have bullbars? BMW's ... I mean Kangaroos!

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I don't suppose it is case they hit a bull?

[@2KXMKR]

@@ianmontgomery7534 You mean Audi's?

[@TheLightningStalker]

In the wild is where they bull long.

[@JustMusicAndStuff]

@@ianmontgomery7534 you win the internet's most innocent yet moronic comment for today 🤣

[@ianmontgomery7534]

​@@JustMusicAndStuff can't see what is moronic about stating the obvious.

[@EasternExplorer]

We use the same bumpers in the Canadian back 40 but we usually just to refer to them as moose bumpers. A moose will take the front end off a truck engine and all.

[@dimmacommunication]

Eastern Explorer damn a moose is huge

[@GY9944]

Eastern Explorer holy shit are you serious ? Like, serious serious ? No exaggaration at all ??

[@GY9944]

I mean i know mooses are gigantic but...

[@bremCZ]

A red roo would destroy the front of a truck without the bars too.

[@Bailey_54R]

Nathan J. Bell yeah, moose and large elk if hit at highway speeds can cause enough damage to trucks to completley disable them

[@76Schoeneberg30]

I didnt know there were camels in Australia.

[@alexanderritchie5845]

Largest wild population of Camels in the world is found in Australia lol, we export them to Saudi Arabia.

[@rustymotor]

Camels were originally used by Afghans to move freight across desert regions to remote settlements, when Railroads and Trucks took over, the Afghans lost their work and let the Camels loose. The Camels thrived in the open country and with no natural predators to feed on them their numbers are out of control.

[@rustymotor]

Thankyou for the correction, I didn't learns much at School. Don't see many of thems Starlings or Foxers, only a few Cats and millions of Camels. They come to us Mobs camps and break down outside Taps in search of water during droughts so they give us poor Blackfellers a hard time. Thanks again and I will tries to remembers about the railroads.

[@Lewythefly]

Ships of the desert

[@slimchancetoo]

Yep !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For meat and believe it or not RACING. They are the best racing camels in the world. An isolated 'herd'-- last count I read was in excess of 300.000 -- they are FREE of diseases and other problems that afflict the Mid East herd.

[@ThePlowGuys]

I drive at night all the time. It breaks my heart to have to hit a animal. I really wish there was a sure way gadget that would help eliminate or at the very least drastically reduce such encounters. I don't loose sleep over these impacts but I hate them just the same. Life is Life Thanks for the video mate. -John

[@ZombieKiller789]

fuck that the more roos on side of the road the better their a pest, and plaguing a cattle stations

[@myfeeling4you]

There is a way, I can up with an idea to use a automatic gun with rubber bullets, the gun is mounted on the front of the truck of course, no damage and no dead animals, the only dilemma is pollution from the bullets, the other idea is to use frozen ice balls in an air gun but that has it's issues too, I'm open for suggestions.

[@health-vh8ce]

The Plow Guys pillows on ye bumpers

[@rebeccatanner2740]

health1994 lol 😂

[@MS-rt2jw]

blue reflectors on the road. they have put them like everywherrree in germany now

[@microbusss]

Australia was 1st to install those Bull Bars on their semi trucks & North America soon followed later plus they are so cool looking!

[@FLAME4564]

Quite right. Aussie Road trains were the first semis to adopt bull-bars in front of their bumpers before semis in North America and other parts of the continental United States began adopting the Bull Bars on their trucks.

[@flufflepuffle6229]

2:49 oh god that crunch...

[@Deepblackice]

Appreciate your hard work driving in the outback like that. You have really good eyes too to see so much in the distance

[@RyanKlapperich]

TIL there's camels in Australia.

[@Sciencerocksmyworld]

Indeed, we have the worlds largest wild population.

[@Vsfan95]

We have so many camels here that we are the world suppliers of camels to the Middle East

[@craigcooper8593]

Ryan Klapperich were brought by early explorers and released, been breeding ever since

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

without wishing to dismiss the plight of living creatures, 65% of them are not endangered

[@aussiefirie]

ninjakawa1000 was pygmy land before Aboriginals arrived. Mungo Man isn't Aboriginal, yet is the remains of a group of people who inhabited Australia well before Aboriginals arrived.

[@Parents_of_Twins]

My wife and I spent a couple weeks in Australia over by the Blue Mountains and all around Tasmania and I came close to hitting at least a dozen kangaroos and other animals. Absolutely beautiful country and awesome people really want to go back some day.

[@chriswilkins2643]

Don't tell anyone or they will all want to come here

[@biggedybiggedybong8032]

Excellent compilation... thanks for posting

[@unclestone8406]

*"OUTTA THE WAY, DOPEY..."*

[@Tomcat3406]

A top effort to pick them so early and be and be able to slow down with 2 trailers swinging off the back. Videos don't show how hard you have to stand on the picks to try and avoid situations that prop up at a seconds notice. Driving in the eastern side of the country we tend to dodge tourists instead of camels. Always a pleasure to watch. Hope you don't sell it. I saw it for sale on the net.

[@gm16v149]

Tomcat3406 It's not my truck for sale, must be someone else. Thnx for the comment.

[@JoeHupp]

Tomcat3406 - the one you saw must have been the green one with KW3408 on the plates

[@letsbehonest4221]

Tomcat3406 the driver more then likely was given a heads up by truck going the other way... 😎😎

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Same reason you see them on trucks here in the US. I do road service in the Rocky Mountains & about 6 times a year I wrap a chain around an Elk or deer to pull it out of a truck without a bull bar. The small ones go underneath & take out air lines.

[@ranualfhunter1869]

Love the aussies- "get off the fuckin road!", keeping it real :P

[@TheAdamAdy]

I know kangaroos are overpopulated in Australia, but it made me sad the little guy got smashed like that

[@gm16v149]

No one likes hitting them, most of the time if you sound the air horns they keep going. But they go for your lights, I've actually had them make it to the other side of the road then turn around and jump straight into the front of the truck.

[@craigcooper8593]

Adam Vulture I once counted over 100 roo, emu, cattle and camel carcasses per kilometre up near Mt Isa, and it we on for literally hundreds of kilometres.

[@xplore7359]

It doesn't make you sad when one messes up the front end of your car.

[@Armed2Truck]

I agree with gm16v149, driving only at night 6 shifts per week, i hit many many kangaroos (Often one occasionally two per week, avoiding many more), The amount of times they get out of the way then jump back into the lights, don't know if they the light spooks them or they can't see, but the result is always the same. The same thing happens with birds, emus (Although i've always managed to 'miss' the emu's), wombats, wallabies, echidnas (read: new tyre bump) It comes with the job unfortunatly.

[@slimchancetoo]

Quite simply the light attracts them ---------- if you are driving a car at night NEVER swerve to try to avoid them as you will proly roll you car in the roadside drain. If you have time switch off your headlights or as I sometimes do in large migrations drive on your sidelights (parkers) only going to headlights when traffic approaches. I have watched oncoming cars swerve left right left right only to 'collect them'. Pain in the arse when you stop to see if they, the car passengers, are OK and they want you to put their car back together again.

[@Z4Zander]

Young Johnny at school."Teacher! Teacher! My dad hit hit a kangaroo up the arse with his truck,.Teacher: "Rectum Johnny" Johnny: "Wrecked 'im alright.Friggin annihilated 'im." Could'nt resist it sorry.

[@Z4Zander]

+Bite My Krank Keep disparaging Aussie truck drivers if you like.I'm a Kiwi.

[@bitemykrank1970]

Z4Zander We all have our cross to bear.....

[@Z4Zander]

+Bite My Krank Nah.Left mine with the flies,dust and crap when I came home.

[@letsbehonest4221]

Z4Zander 😅😅

[@Jesse-B]

Z4Zander Did you turn out the light?

[@Bandit-Darville]

Just wow, a wild cockatoo. That just blows my mind.

[@kenbennett4691]

We have them everywhere, they're cheeky buggers just beautiful and blessed to have them hanging about our verandahs...

[@mikehzz9848]

Until they start chewing every bit of wood they land on. :-)

[@stivi739]

Wedge tailed eagle..beautiful bird

[@gtb_greedy7208]

Great little target for my air riffle

[@HJBounell]

that bird had a leg band

[@ebl36]

Voice behind camera (addressing cockatoo): ‘off you go’ Cockatoo: *looks up as if to say ‘what, me?*

[@renbutt8142]

we all know the real reason is to prepare for mad max

[@aslanmane]

You see quite a lot of those grilles in western Canada too.

[@TheBudgetGunCollector]

redngolden and America

[@hockeyplayah7912]

Yep did some work in Kalgoorlie WA and sometimes the night trip from Perth would have Emu's and Kangaroos coming out of nowhere onto the roadway. Luckily we only had one hit where an emu died but others where some kangaroos would hit the side of the landcruiser and then run/bounce away. Good thing for bars on the cars as well. When the road goes down to one lane and the Road train truck coming at you has BullBars you move to the side pretty quick, it's one heck of a site.

[@GMWsho]

0:53 the quality is getting up there... for the 70's

[@dirtyann]

man i love your videos. As a quebec( canada) trucker, i really admire what you do!

[@stormycliffs]

poutine

[@dirtyann]

Hahaha

[@Tonyx.yt.]

sorry eh

[@kelleytm57]

I'd rather hit a kangaroo then a moose.

[@truckertom3323]

As i was watching this i was going down the box with my feet,and braking!!!!! once a Trucker always a Trucker.

[@doylemontgomery3944]

I never thought about Australia having so many loose animals. 🤔..I have had deer run into the side of my pickup on the interstate. Good video thanks for sharing. I have got to visit there! 😊Texas

[@bigcol.3147]

We got some loose wimmen to dude!

[@donotneed2250]

Was behind a driver one night in Texas on I-20 east of Dallas when he hit a cow that had gotten out. It bent the bumper on his truck and I loaned him my crowbar to straighten it out enough to drive without ripping the steer tire. Running the back roads at night in Kansas you can hit loose cattle or Farmer Brown trying to get them back home.

[@TShirtJunkiee]

Sorry about that Skip

[@jaybomb8371]

Taawwww skiiiip

[@m118lr]

GOOD eye for the Camels!

[@miroslavmarkovic4695]

camels were introduced in to Australia, now their numbers are huge

[@normturner4849]

The squish at 2:20 & 2:50 was like the sound in a cartoon!🙈💥😂👍🏽

[@jerrygregor]

Oh well, back to my boring old urban life now

[@alwaysoffroad]

Bloody good video mate. Shows just some of the animals we have to put up with. Never hit a camel thank christ but had a mate clip one in a F16 Globetrotter and it's head came through the windscreen and knocked him out. woke up in a deep culvert with a written off prime mover.

[@gm16v149]

alwaysoffroad I don't often see them but they are around, it would be worse than hitting a cow because they are so tall.

[@murtyfofe8328]

alwaysoffroad Wow is he okay?

[@erikdevries9208]

We have Ali-Arc bumpers on our trucks in Canada too. We have Moose, an animal the size of a bull, on a horse's legs with the brains of a rooster. I bought an Ali-Arc for my truck after helping a fellow after he hit 3 moose at once, a female and two calves. The bumper was bent to hell, the truck was only mildly damaged.

[@stendecstretcher4983]

Thanks for sharing very interesting.

[@WasephWastar]

"damage to eagle and truck" XD

[@karhaulr29]

I was aprehesive at first due to the title. Sounded like lots of carnage. Luckily only a few roo's and a bird were harmed in the filmimg of this movie. Awesome footage, and always nice to hear that engine!

[@gm16v149]

jon boy I've hit a couple of cows before now but that was before I bought a dashcam. Looking for a better dashcam at the moment.

[@StoneLegion]

gm16v149 G1W-C Is a good one for its price.

[@Thinker669]

We call them Grille Guards. A bull bar here is an upside down letter U with 3 inch tubing in front of the bumper of the truck.

[@LetTheWritersWrite]

Funny little fact, in Mexico they call these bars "tumba burros". Which roughly translates to knock down donkeys or donkey tumblers.

[@bigpaul5528]

I am not an Aussie trucker but have a great deal of respect for them. I would imagine there are some non-truckers who are saying, "You have the bull bar just ram them". A typical camel weighs between 800 and 1300 pounds, bulls between 1600 and 2200 pounds. Basically it's like hitting a vehicle head on, so just "smashing them out of the way" is not an option.

[@NathanChisholm041]

Big Paul Spot on!

[@itsrudetostare673]

Unless you have a roadtrain, those things will just keep on going.

[@hayleey2273]

2:46 BYE BYE SKIPPY

[@Silent1.1]

😭😭😖

[@jono_500]

That sounded nasty

[@Whykickamoocow]

😂😂😂

[@Grandslam245]

Wolf creek reference?

[@evilone6785]

I’d love to ride along on one of these trips

[@stefanotazio]

That's exactly what I was asking myself as I was.scrolling trough your thumbnails lol

[@gcm747]

Remember, it’s not the first Kangaroo you have to watch out for, it’s the second one.

[@JasonWaterfalls13]

Definitely see why they're a necessity now!

[@gm16v149]

G Man They pay for themselves many times over.

[@Aileensehra]

because we have a open road here sometimes lot of animals suddenly comes out on road and safety as well. Love big rigs

[@Northernwanderer8350]

One time I was having a beer in the Ironclad Hotel in Marble Bar talking to the manger from the Limestone Station. He had been losing a couple of valuable cattle every week to the 54 metre road trains along the Ripon Hills Road. He reckoned the Kiwi drivers kept a tally of how many they killed. Anyway he was very pleased because one of his best bulls had been killed and apparently its horns had ripped out every hose under each of the four trailers and the prime mover. The prime mover and trailers were stuck there for about two weeks before they could be moved. Cost the truck operator big bucks.

[@1lapmagic]

Call me a dumb American, but, there are random herds of camels walking around in Australia?...

[@Goobaaaaaa]

+1lapmagic Ye out in the middle

[@acousticpants7365]

+1lapmagic Not dumb at all mate, there are thousands of wild camel in the outback. We sell them to the middle east. No joke. Also good to eat. I'd describe camel stack as halfway between regular beef and kangaroo.

[@1lapmagic]

AcousticPants I guess it is a rather natural environment for them.

[@masterbard]

+AcousticPants now I want to taste some camel. can't say I've tried Kangaroo meat but sure wouldn't mind tasting it.

[@danielbenson6407]

+Juan Quiceno really good. but there's no fat on it at all, so you can't live off it.

[@parttimetourist]

Because the cows have milkbars

[@colinl9018]

You certainly get around old mate. And doing your bit to keep the roo population down to. Good vid.

[@sudheeryetti1710]

Wow that's a awesome driving experience

[@7784Patrick]

yes....sure that it is better to have one....thanks for sharing Chris

[@gm16v149]

7784Patrick In Australia anyway, maybe not so necessary in Europe Patrick..

[@chooseayouruniquehandle]

ninjakawa1000 lol, calm down mate. Was probably a joke and even if it was just ignore him.

[@DubStepTomatoFarmer]

I was today’s years old when I realized there are camels in Australia

[@swaghauler8334]

I drove the NE US and Eastern Canada. We call them "Moose Goosers" and "Venison Deflectors" up North.

[@a64738]

My experience is that many short burst on the horn is much more effective than long ones to get the animals moving. But the most effective of all was the sound of a open exaust Harley or my Yamaha WR450R one cylinder dirtbike revving a few times :) Worked on people 2 hahaha.

[@terrytytula]

It's refreshing to see not only professional driver's, but people who can expect the unexpected and use their peripheral vision. Having recently watched some of the Russian car cam video's, the conclusion I came to is that they must drive with blinders on.

[@Phantomthecat]

What's that Skip? Got a headache? :D

[@NenadKralj]

This is a beautiful country !!

[@Fireguy97]

I've always found it interesting that if animals are confronted by big, noisy, fast moving chunks of metal and glass, that they will normally move towards them to cross the road, instead of away from them.

[@noahater5785]

Yep, there’s a term for that, “deer in the headlights”

[@RUHappyATM]

How the heck did he know there were camels about to cross in the dark? What a narrow bridge!

[@davidac76]

Aussie outback has many bridges this narrow.

[@Nine7Media]

One day when my overland jeep is done I can take it out to Australia to see what real country is like. (floridian here)

[@lordchickenhawk]

It'd be a good test but we drive on the opposite side of the road so the paper work would be a killer... if you are allowed to do it at all. I think there were a few US army personnel who were able to do it at remote bases back in the day, but I doubt that is still allowed. Red tape has gone feral and breeds faster than camels in this country.

[@davidmiller5832]

That first cow was like, " Get this fucking road off this land"

[@jimcambron1328]

One of the first things I was told when I began a 3-month driving tour of Australia in 2016 was "DO NOT DRIVE AROUND SUNSET OR SUNRISE." I managed to catch a very small bat in my grill and came within 5 feet of of nailing a 'roo near the London Bridge along the Great Ocean Road near Port Campbell in Victoria just before daybreak.

[@johno9507]

I've just had my 26th major stomach/chest operation and spent all of May in intensive care in Concord hospital on a ventilator due to hitting two kangaroos at 110kmh then plowing into a granite rock face back in 2004. The injuries never leave you! Those bouncing bastards are kamikazes and wait for you to get close before jumping in front of you.

[@masada2828]

What were u driving?

[@drServitis]

Moral is, do not panic and lose control of your vehicle when you hit an animal. And do not try to avoid an animal at high speeds either. You might hit a granite rock face if you do. Sounds like you were a young and inexperienced driver. Sorry about your injuries anyway. Better health to you.

[@richardcraniumdicksinn3959]

Sounds like they are about as smart as a deer.

[@paulboon1100]

Personally I think those animals have meetings, the resolution is "wait until they are very close then jump in front of the vehicle and the one that can do the most damage and jump/run/fly away wins!" I'm sure of it, having done many km in this land and dodged and hit numerous of these bloody animals.

[@photon2724]

holy shit. ive been living in australia my whole life and never knew we had camels

[@drServitis]

I've never been to Australia and I knew that you have camels. You need to get out of your house more, mate! LOL

[@ShadowGaming-ft4fh]

@@drServitis Australia's a big place and most people live by the coast far from the camels

[@artistjoh]

That is crazy that you didn’t know that. We have a growing camel export industry, both for live animals and meat. Some of the camels in places like North Africa were born in Australia. They cross the Sahara looking for the way home :)

[@peterpedro7662]

Brillant video thank you

[@trevorpetty6506]

I hit a roo tail, only the tail thank goodness, early one morning going to work. It was dark, headlights on, the roo just bounded diagonally across the road in the same direction I was travelling. I was braking and turning away but the panel bill was around $4500. Insurance paid luckily, but remember I only hit the roo's tail. I know of a Toyota troop carrier with roo bar totalled hitting a big grey in Tasmania.

[@ron7926]

my dad hit a roo no damage to the truck, it wasnt until two days later he could smell something bad from the back trailer, closer inspection found half a roo carcass stuck between the axle/suspension, other half had been ground away. another time a cow came bolting out of the bush, doing around 80kph too dangerous to hit the breaks hit it full on the bull bar. only time my dads actually seen a cow explode, shit, guts etc all over the bonnet, windscreen. not nice cleaning that mess off.

[@Mechknight73]

+Ron F I had that myself. We were about 15km south of the Capricorn Roadhouse near Newman. I was in the sleeper, and I heard my co-driver shout "FUCK!" then a loud bang, then SPLAT! We hit a calf, and he literally had no time to even brake. I'm still unsure as to how we managed to get cow shit on the roof from the impact

[@brandoncaldwell95]

Ron F would be why in the states i just take my pickup to a local church car wash after a fewgood road kills and guts... let their stomachs turn and question the deer horn hanging on the bumper

[@BluTrollPro]

Ron F Aw yeah Cow's are nasty. I'm in Scotland, I remember a couple of years back some pictures circulated our office from the logging company based along the road. 44ton lorry hit a cow going 80-90kph, no bullbars (they are illegal for road use here, to many idiots in SUVs hitting kids). Half the cow ended up as a paste coating the front of the truck, the other half ended up going through the radiator and coating the inside of the engine bay.

[@poop10I]

Hats off to their patience..and 2 thumbs up!

[@bobnicholson9821]

We just drove from Sydney to Perth including Th Nullabor. So many times over the 6 weeks all sorts of animals crossing the road. Emus were a big issue. So many dead animals especially in the mornings from the night kill.

[@Mechknight73]

Emus are a worry. Because most of their head is eyes and beak, they're as dim as a 3 watt bulb. You could see one any time, night or day

[@graemewilliams1308]

One night I was a passenger in my brother in law's Scania grain hauler. We were hooting along at 110 KPH with 40 ton in the back near the Grampians & a big roo jumped out & we whacked it full on with the bull bar. Hardly felt a thing.

[@Zippy_x-un9vw]

I remember when I was a kid riding in the truck with my father we hit a kangaroo and the bulbar really helps. is that a Kenworth k100 or something like that?

[@gm16v149]

Its a Kenworth 124CR

[@valtra210]

well we call then Kangaroo grills in sweden and I love them but not our M.O.T stations so the are illigal here but there are way to get around that hehe Happy driving and bee safe out there

[@robthelog223]

Andreas Wallberg Kangaroo grill, sounds like a bar-b-q ha ha.

[@valtra210]

rob the log haha yaa

[@letsbehonest4221]

Andreas Wallberg why would people in Sweden call them kangeroo grills when Sweden dont have kangeroos ...??..

[@willm687]

probably from seeing aussies use them then implementing them in their own vechiles

[@thevwventoguy637]

Andreas Wallberg because we saw them on Australien cars. and the name just stuck.

[@barkingmouse8152]

Great channel! Unfortunately too old to take up truck driving here.

[@JaredJanhsen]

The Aussie-style bullbars have made their way to the US as well. Lots of trucks here have them now.

[@alejandrofallas9734]

The only thing i have to say is that... Australia is a wonderful place best of luck in this World Cup Russia 2018 Greets from the tiny small Costa Rica :)

[@86angrybees]

ALL THE FACKIN (suicidal) ROOS

[@HerbieTheVolkswagen]

At night time they become somewhat hypotonic with the headlamps.

[@ericquinn8578]

Wow. Had no idea there were wild camels in Australia like that, this is a very informative vid!

[@EarlJohn61]

They are actually _Feral_ camels... Their "tame" ancestors were used to open up large portions of Australia but with increased rail & road networks they were no longer needed and were released... They now are around in such numbers & with no natural predators or diseases in Australia the herd is *VERY* healthy and certain countries in Arabia import them form us to use in their deserts.

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

2:17 - "Just one more bite!" Smash.

[@keithgilham9438]

To bounce wildlife off instead of it going through the windows

[@Grandslam245]

Yeah, bit hard to drive when you're wrestling with a roo that just got yeeted into your face

[@EweChewBrrr01]

Its so true about the kangaroos. My old man drives trucks interstate and one morning as he was driving through a town he was wondering why everyone was giving him dirty looks so out of town he pulled over and saw that he had a roo wedged in the bullbar. He is a prick and the only roos he slows down for are the big reds.

[@danielstapler4315]

2:46 I don't know if this is a good idea but if you turned your lights off briefly it might help, I believe animals sometimes stop between the two headlight cones of light.

[@edwardpate6128]

Wow! No idea there were so many camels in Australia. Amazing footage.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

The British brought them over with their Afghan riders to explore the interior of Australia because horses just died within days. Since then they've bred and are pretty common everywhere. They get exported to the Middle East for camel racing and it's not uncommon in outback roadhouses (servos) to see camel pie for sale.