Pointless/over engineered

[windymiller]

Is it me or is the first lorry in this video stupid. Who the hell thought of something so dull as to have a axel hanging out 5 yards behind you doing nothing what so ever........ then there's the other 3 mid lifts, tyre wear must be fenominal unless they're all steering axels.
On the other hand, the timber skellies further on are a hell of a good idea.

 

[HDAV]

Video quite clearly explains it’s a rule

They made rules which meant there was a weight limit based on length the extra axle make sure it longer so can carry more weight..... basically it’s to get round a stupid rule......

It’s quite common when idiots make the rules that clever people get around them.....

 

[windymiller]

Video quite clearly explains it’s a rule

They made rules which meant there was a weight limit based on length the extra axle make sure it longer so can carry more weight..... basically it’s to get round a stupid rule......

It’s quite common when idiots make the rules that clever people get around them.....

Would that last axel be carrying much weight though? Certainly add weight. Right about idiots and rules, they seem to go hand in hand.

 

[windymiller]

Surely just as cheap to have a unit and short trailer.

 

[Dave W]

Surely just as cheap to have a unit and short trailer.

No. As said in the video. Weight is related to length.
A short trailer would carry significantly less.

 

[HDAV]

Poor regulation they decide upto 20’ 20t upto 30’ 30t or similar this when laden is 30’ so can carry 30t..... albeit that the mass is carried in 20’.......... poor regulations....at a guess the multitude of mid lifts is to meet some per axle weight limit

 

[HDAV]

Surely just as cheap to have a unit and short trailer.

It’s America and there be many reason why a fixed body is cheaper easier less regulated to run, bit like farmers hauling on the road with tractors when a hgv is more suitable but more regulated and expensive

 

[Frankzy]

What the hell is that timber truck???
I guess the forest roads down there are all pretty gentle but still.... 4 stacks on three seperate trailers plus the tractor in front

 

[TripleSix]

What the hell is that timber truck???
I guess the forest roads down there are all pretty gentle but still.... 4 stacks on three seperate trailers plus the tractor in front

Australia, they might be hauling that timber for 1000km+

You wanna be carrying as much as possible!

 

[windymiller]

People recon we got daft rules in this country, think we ain't to bad really.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

What the hell is that timber truck???
I guess the forest roads down there are all pretty gentle but still.... 4 stacks on three seperate trailers plus the tractor in front

I take it you’ve never seen a b-double, b-triple and triple road trains. Pretty normal setup in ozzy for long distance haulage. They’ve been doing it for about 80+years.

Even set their own world records.

 

[phillipe]

I take it you’ve never seen a b-double, b-triple and triple road trains. Pretty normal setup in ozzy for long distance haulage. They’ve been doing it for about 80+years.

Even set their own world records.

Why ?

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Why ?

Every flown over Australia? You wouldn’t need to ask why if so.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I did not realise that the statutory limit for normal artics in the USA is 80,000lbs or about 36 tonnes.

Makes you wonder why all their trucks are so huge if they are hauling less than our lot at 44 tonnes?

 

[Baker9]

I did not realise that the statutory limit for normal artics in the USA is 80,000lbs or about 36 tonnes.

Makes you wonder why all their trucks are so huge if they are hauling less than our lot at 44 tonnes?

Because they need bigger trucks to carry their egos (Penis).
There is a limit on the length of trucks in EU as well, I think it is about 60 feet.

 

[sawdust]

I take it you’ve never seen a b-double, b-triple and triple road trains. Pretty normal setup in ozzy for long distance haulage. They’ve been doing it for about 80+years.

Even set their own world records.

He should be made to reverse it too

 

[Happy hillbily]

I remember my time in Merredin western Austrailia back in 99. It had rained overnight, and whilst waiting for it to dry out, one of the truck drivers asked to use the farm workshop to change a couple of airbags on one of the trailers.
The bosses son was a cocky little sod and said you can only use the workshop if you reverse the road train in (the workshop had a door either end for the road trains to drive through) just the son being an arse !!!! the truck driver said we shall put a case of beer on it, and the son reluctantly agreed.
I cant remember a beer tasting so good when the truck driver won the bet and handed out the beers to everyone but the bosses son !

 

[Frankzy]

Australia, they might be hauling that timber for 1000km+

You wanna be carrying as much as possible!

I take it you’ve never seen a b-double, b-triple and triple road trains. Pretty normal setup in ozzy for long distance haulage. They’ve been doing it for about 80+years.

Even set their own world records.

Oh i've seen the roadtrains they use. We have plenty of big timber trucks up here as well, such as this one that will carry 4 (or 5 stacks depending on the length) on just 2 trailers with a total weight of 104 tonnes...

And for picking up the timber from the forest roads there's this one that uses just one trailer and reaches a total weight of 84 tonnes

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I did not realise that the statutory limit for normal artics in the USA is 80,000lbs or about 36 tonnes.

Makes you wonder why all their trucks are so huge if they are hauling less than our lot at 44 tonnes?

80k lbs - 40 tons?

 

[DaveJ]

80k lbs - 40 tons?

We're allowed to gross 44 metric tonnes. A metric tonne is 1000 kilos which is approx 2200 pounds as opposed to a US imperial short ton which is 2000 pounds.