Ha ha ...... Mega Trucks

They have just been approved for Victorian roads with a 90kmh limit.

They have been approved by the NSW State government for the Hume Highway only, between Sydney and Melbourne. I don't know when the start date is.

Michael

Hello Bob,
Bet they have second thoughts about passing you around Bull creek.

How do you like the new the 909's. I can give you something bigger, Yesterday at Brown and Hurley Rocky.

Hey Rockape is that a bigfoot triple?

Well that's a B triple on steriods, RA!!!!!

What with tri-drive and quad axles on the trailers. Reckon it would drive/steer real well, eh. And 600plus up front would be nice too.

Yeah, that Bull and Gidgea Creeks are a real nightmare, for everyone. Passing those ore trains at night are something else, 'cause on all the culverts "they" forgot to paint the fog line, so you don't know exactly what your steer tyre is about to run on.

909's are going good, with only minor problems. The oldest ones, about 15-18 months old have done over 400K clicks. Done a few turbo's, and one had a new clutch done last week in Darwin.

Stay safe,
Bob.

What a shame that you cant buy a Kenworth with a CAT anymore !
Jeff

Another at Halls Creek.

These blokes had a B Triple behind a Single.




Steve

These have been running up and down from where I worked since 1998.

About a 360 K round trip. Single lane road and top speed of 90 Kph. It takes them a good few K to reach that.

Those are called "quads", Steve.
Here's another one, on way back to Toowoomba.



RA,

That's a bit of a history lesson eh. Seem to remember "they" started an Indigenous Training Scheme with those trucks too. Wonder what happened to that? Or was that scheme at Ernest Henry?

Ostojic(spelling??) seems to have most of the ore carting sewn up around the 'Curry these days.

Bob.

Bob,
have seen plenty of Ostojic tippers running around.

I had a some photos sent to me of a Mitchells powertrain but I can't find them. It was a mega truck as from memory it was 2 quads with another drive engine half way along. It sure was a big rig.

Pity as it was brand new and had a full set of photos showing everything.

Just to give you the size of that C509 mining Kenny. Here is a photo of one beside a T604. Makes it look very small.

this is a common misconception
on the flat a b double will do about 103kph which is about 110 on an averadge cars speedometre so your averadge joe doing 105-110 does have the b doubles up tbhier clacker and thinks their speeding - often they are but by no more tan a few kph
- they just have better speedos than cars

Rockape you are 110% my friend. I have absolutely no problems with the Triples/Rt's on the Kennedy/ Gregory/ Flinders Highways. They pass me often as the Mercedes is 100 limited but never a drama, in fact regularly have a chat with the 'Big Banger pilots'. The UHF is a real asset and used sensibly takes a touch of tension out of driving even though I will admit I am not fully up with the play on calling points but will solve that when I get a chance to share a coffee with one of the pilots. Nothing wrong with hanging 250 metres behind these guys and admiring the driving skills. Cheers.

IAP, Tim eh? That's a pretty flash title for what most drivers would call "bloody sat-trackers".

Have checked out "Hawk-Eye" that monitors trucks for company I work for(and no doubt many others) and it tells you the truck's speed, status ie if stopped, whether it's idling or switched off. Red flag for speeding, blue for okay.

Saw a "scalie" the other day, near Cloncurry, and he was staring at a screen in the back of the uite, both times I passed the pads. Maybe this is what he found so interesting. Couldn't be a "blue' movie could it, not in a government vehicle?

Also got cameras in the cabs too, so one has to be careful when scratching one's balls, or picking one's nose :-)

Bob.

Word has it that they will be on the Newell by December, something about some bridge upgrades slowing the start up.

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I have seen them up near Moree but a "broken" bridge near Dubbo rings a bell.
Tim

Not saying it doesnt happen but another common misconception. Just because there big and fill the rear view mirror doesnt make them any closer than the huyundai that was looking to pass a few ks back

Donkey vote more up your alley then Dingojim?

Well if they were to nominate a donkey or 3 it would be an improvement on the galahs we've got now.

Speedlimiters are set a couple of ks over 100 to allow for tyre wear and only work properly on a dead flat road, The slightest down hill and the truck can over run the limiter. In other words the bigger the down hill the faster they can go.
Cheers Dave