Loaded up and trucking!!

[Andrew]

May be a daft question ,excuse ignorance .
Why is front trailer not as big as rear, think you said its 40 t total .
Is it down to legal towing weight.
I thought your road trains were able to haul more ? 100 ton ish
???
Do they empty from floor not tip ??

I believe the length of the first trailer and second is the same, but being a b double, the first trailer has a 5th wheel on the back for the second trailer. The body therefore on the first trailer has to be shorter to accommodate the hitch?

 

[Farmer Roy]

Not seen one of those for years.

i see this one quite often

 

[Farmer Roy]

May be a daft question ,excuse ignorance .
Why is front trailer not as big as rear, think you said its 40 t total .
Is it down to legal towing weight.
I thought your road trains were able to haul more ? 100 ton ish
???
Do they empty from floor not tip ??

I believe the length of the first trailer and second is the same, but being a b double, the first trailer has a 5th wheel on the back for the second trailer. The body therefore on the first trailer has to be shorter to accommodate the hitch?

yeah, sorta

I’ll post tomorrow, when it’s not NYE

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[sjt01]

How do you tip the front one?

 

[Farmer Roy]

Can’t quite see on my small phone screen, is the blue truck a little old Mercedes?

just for you, as it’s New Years Day

1986 on the Compliance Plate, so it’s 20 yrs younger than me

she’s been carting 26 - 27 tonne to Werris Creek GrainCorp site 60 km away, all day every day

 

[v8willy]

380 HP if they badge them the same as here.

First lorry I drove legally was a 380 SK Merc like that hauling fertilizer on a flat trailer, V6 far as I recall, had the first of the semi auto boxes which was far from perfect, had to reset it from time to time, with a ballpoint pen....

 

[Farmer Roy]

380 HP if they badge them the same as here.

First lorry I drove legally was a 380 SK Merc like that hauling fertilizer on a flat trailer, V6 far as I recall, had the first of the semi auto boxes which was far from perfect, had to reset it from time to time, with a ballpoint pen....

13 speed Fuller Road Ranger box in this one

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Don’t think they had Fuller boxes here, just a stubby little push lever for the semi auto

@v8willy ?

 

[Farmer Roy]

Don’t think they had Fuller boxes here, just a stubby little push lever for the semi auto

@v8willy ?

yeah, all the old Mercs I’ve seen here have had either Eaton or Fuller boxes in them, never seen a semi auto

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Different spec for different markets I suppose

 

[Farmer Roy]

Gotta love containerised unmanned 24 hour fuel depots

 

[Farmer Roy]

Different spec for different markets I suppose

while we are talking old Mercs

 

[Cab-over Pete]

If I recall correctly they used to rot away in our climate after about 5 and 20 minutes.
Probably much better in Australia

 

[sahara]

Just like the round cab Iveco Turbo Stars.
Go to the drier parts of southern Europe and there are loads of them still at work, beaten up and a bit shabby, but still useable.
Up here in the wet North they all just rusted away. The one I started with had an Eaton gear box as well, the feared twin splitter!

 

[grainboy]

Ah once again,
Eaton twin splitter, I loved mine,

 

[sahara]

I learnt and passed my test on a manual Mercedes from the mid to late eighties, and apart from a spell with a GMC truck in Canada that had a horrible 2 stroke Detroit engine, the other trucks that I drove were J Reg 190-36 Turbo Star, and an R Reg 440-42 Euro Tech, both with the Eaton gearbox, so I've not really got much other brand experience to compare with, But like you, I liked mine and got on well with it.

 

[adda]

Ah once again,
Eaton twin splitter, I loved mine,

back in my trucking days had a ERF with a twin splitter it was a beast of a thing around mid wales hills if you missed a gear loaded you had to go back down the hill and start again fun old days

 

[grainboy]

Lol,
Had to learn to not to miss the gear,
But

we all did it,

 

[Farmer Roy]

If I recall correctly they used to rot away in our climate after about 5 and 20 minutes.
Probably much better in Australia

these ones are what, 35 years old