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Aussies are Nuts

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Road Trains

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It would scare the **** out of me to try to pass one of those things! But they're nothing compared with this:

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Yes, that's all one connected line of trailers with only one tractor unit! Current record holder for the world's longest load train: Mack 8x6, 620hp tractor with 113 semi-trailers, 2,865,980 pounds (1,299,987 kg) and 4,836 ft 11 in (1,474.3 metres) long, pulled the load 328 feet (100 metres)

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Almost certain doubles and triples are permissible in the US. Not sure if there is a limit on length though.
 
ecom said:
Almost certain doubles and triples are permissible in the US. Not sure if there is a limit on length though.
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Doubles are allowed, but length is capped at 63 feet, which makes for 2 shorter-than-normal trailers. Apparently triples are allowed in some Western states for mining purposes.

I have seen some very long single "trailers" used for carrying bridge span beams and parts for wind turbines (blades and tower sections). They usually look like this:

 
From what I've heard, the road trains are only seen in the outback stretches of road. If you're driving down the road and see one coming from the other way, you're suppose to pull off the road a bit and wait for it to pass. With the amount of air they're displacing there's quite a cloud of dust and rocks that follows them that you don't want to try driving through.
 
Some states do allow for triples and "rocky mountain doubles" (a 40+28'). But most do not. California looked into it and decided not to based on them not fitting many places and having difficulty on cloverleaves.
 
Triples and B-trains are allowed in some states. In parts of Canada they have Super B trains, two 53' trailers. I've hauled all 3.
 
IcePickFreak said:
From what I've heard, the road trains are only seen in the outback stretches of road. If you're driving down the road and see one coming from the other way, you're suppose to pull off the road a bit and wait for it to pass. With the amount of air they're displacing there's quite a cloud of dust and rocks that follows them that you don't want to try driving through.
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Didn't have any issues when we passed them going the other way back in '05. Also, they were actually pretty close to Melbourne and even on some highways going through there. It was unusual seeing one, but they really aren't that different.
 
slashbinslashbash said:
Doubles are allowed, but length is capped at 63 feet, which makes for 2 shorter-than-normal trailers. Apparently triples are allowed in some Western states for mining purposes.

I have seen some very long single "trailers" used for carrying bridge span beams and parts for wind turbines (blades and tower sections). They usually look like this:

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so weird you post that pic, i was driving back from cottonwood yesterday and a truck was pulling one of those wings up north. i was wishing i had time to get a pic, that thing was friggin HUGE. i kept waiting for more to show up but none ever did.
 
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