So what happened

[Kiwi Pete]

A study done in Sweden came to these figures.

Rigid truck + trailer 60 tonne GLW 50l/100km (4.7 mpg)
Rigid truck + trailer 74 tonne GLW 57l/100km (4.1 mpg)

This was tested during the summer with a bit of city driving as evident by the average speed hovering around the 65km/h mark.

Thanks, really interesting!
Hard to compare apples with apples, as there are so many variables.
Our fleet is mainly local haulage - stock, bulk but some longer haul - lambs to Canterbury, cattle backloaded etc. Generally we're restricted to 44T GLW unless permitted to run higher, up to about 50T (roads, culverts, bridges etc dictate where can run what)

 

[Kiwi Pete]

It's good to know I'm not alone

Nobody is alone in this world, mate

 

[Frankzy]

Thanks, really interesting!
Hard to compare apples with apples, as there are so many variables.
Our fleet is mainly local haulage - stock, bulk but some longer haul - lambs to Canterbury, cattle backloaded etc. Generally we're restricted to 44T GLW unless permitted to run higher, up to about 50T (roads, culverts, bridges etc dictate where can run what)

I had to edit that post because i wrote it before i had finished the paper.


Never understood why the continent (incl. the Isles) doesn't seem to want to move away from their piddly 40 tonne trucks. We're allowed 64 everywhere, 74 tonnes on basically any well trafficked road and 90 tonnes in some areas, particularly between hubs of major wood industries.
And a 25,25 metre standard length. (With permissions up to, i believe, 32 metres available)

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I had to edit that post because i wrote it before i had finished the paper.


Never understood why the continent (incl. the Isles) doesn't seem to want to move away from their piddly 40 tonne trucks. We're allowed 64 everywhere, 74 tonnes on basically any well trafficked road and 90 tonnes in some areas, particularly between hubs of major wood industries.
And a 25,25 metre standard length. (With permissions up to, i believe, 32 metres available)

Wow, I wonder how far you'd get in south Otago at 90 tonne.

Probably go through the first bridge you crossed, good to see some countries spend on infrastructure instead of controlling their population!

 

[sawdust]

Nobody is alone in this world, mate

 

[Kiwi Pete]

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Is that @Farmer Roy out for a ride on Fat Tony?

 

[sawdust]

Is that @Farmer Roy out for a ride on Fat Tony?

Could be, he falls off it more than he’s on it...

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I wondered if this thread could get any further off-topic; why, yes, yes it can

 

[sawdust]

I wondered if this thread could get any further off-topic; why, yes, yes it can

Sometimes you just have to “Science the sh!t out of every situation”

 

[Farmer Roy]

You want "off topic", I'm you're man

Haven't ridden Fat Tony for over 5 months I'm afraid
Was back at home last weekend & pulled the Whippet out of the shed as it had run out of rego.
Started second kick with a dead flat battery & after sitting for 5 months.
Started every kick afterwards no trouble.
Sitting idling, it just stopped dead.
No sign of life anymore.
I haven't had time to play around with it so just left it.
What happened here ?

 

[holywell farmer]

Thread off the year

 

[Kiwi Pete]

You want "off topic", I'm you're man

Haven't ridden Fat Tony for over 5 months I'm afraid
Was back at home last weekend & pulled the Whippet out of the shed as it had run out of rego.
Started second kick with a dead flat battery & after sitting for 5 months.
Started every kick afterwards no trouble.
Sitting idling, it just stopped dead.
No sign of life anymore.
I haven't had time to play around with it so just left it.
What happened here ?

... just the usual TFF handbag fight/ bullying, mate ...

Quick synopsis, a member posted a fuel consumption figure about a year ago and everyone ripped into him for it - to me it seemed like a simple mistake, ie the conversion to MPG was out by a factor of 4.5, which is the litres per gallon conversion factor

No retraction made, so it went on and on ad infinitum, and it's carried on on this one because nobody can simply let a grudge go, can they?

That would be "adult behaviour"

 

[Bloders]

No retraction made, so it went on and on ad infinitum, and it's carried on on this one because nobody can simply let a grudge go, can they?

its gone on because the person who posted it still claims it.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

its gone on because the person who posted it still claims it.

Yep, that's half of the equation, and the decision to "keep on poking the bear" is up to each and every other member on here.

It's the true measure of our character, in many respects: how we treat the people who aren't of "any use to us".

 

[Nearly]

Also it's too wet to harvest in half the (UK) country.

 

[ollie989898]

I had to edit that post because i wrote it before i had finished the paper.


Never understood why the continent (incl. the Isles) doesn't seem to want to move away from their piddly 40 tonne trucks. We're allowed 64 everywhere, 74 tonnes on basically any well trafficked road and 90 tonnes in some areas, particularly between hubs of major wood industries.
And a 25,25 metre standard length. (With permissions up to, i believe, 32 metres available)

I don't think a lot of our roads and bridges would be able to take loads of that size if you see what I mean. Maybe the bigger/newer roads but a lot of them are in a fair state already.

What sort of axle load does a 90 tonne truck give?

 

[Frankzy]

I don't think a lot of our roads and bridges would be able to take loads of that size if you see what I mean. Maybe the bigger/newer roads but a lot of them are in a fair state already.

What sort of axle load does a 90 tonne truck give?

Exactly the same as the regular old 64 tonne trucks.
They go under the same rules meaning 10 tonnes on a single axle, 11.5 if it is driven, and then a whole bunch of different bogie weights depending on how far they are spaced.
For example a double bogie with axles spaced between 1,3 and 1,8 metres has a max load of 19 tonnes, a triple bogie with the outer axles between 2,6 to 4,4 metres is allowed a max of 24 tonnes.