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VIDEO: 72-wheel semi truck seems to go on forever
CDL Life ^
| 2 March 2021
| Wimberly Patton
Posted on 03/03/2021 9:15:17 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
“You need a lot of room to pass a 72 wheeler when you’ve got 42 wheels yourself…” wrote the video poster.
In the clip, the somewhat desolate outback stretches before them as the filming driver comes up on the road train and seizes an opportunity to pass it, which takes a considerable amount of time and space thanks to its 72 wheels.
...“When strapping down the load takes you two days,”
(Excerpt) Read more at cdllife.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: australia; long; roadtrain; trucks; usebetterkeywords
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Over the horizon radar needed for passing this beast!
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:15:17 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
Just for comparison’s sake, this appears to be (UIM) a 66-wheel “road train”.
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:22:58 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I remember an episode of Speed Racer in which one of the race cars looked a lot like this truck.
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:24:02 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
To: Olog-hai
And that is the 42 wheeler!
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:26:28 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: DUMBGRUNT
A Freight Train for the highway.
They be some pretty desolate roadways out there in Oz
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:29:05 AM PST
by
Macoozie
(Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
To: DUMBGRUNT
How do they turn a corner or back up?
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:29:57 AM PST
by
Petrosius
To: Petrosius
It appears this is for interstate travel only. They probably hook them up in rest areas and de-couple them before leaving the highway.
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:31:55 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Can u imagine the battery pack it’s going to take to run that bad boy? How long to recharge, 3 days?
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:38:16 AM PST
by
The Louiswu
(....................................................................................................)
To: DUMBGRUNT
That should be interesting in a snowstorm.
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:41:30 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
To: Olog-hai
gotta be automatic... i remember seeing tandem trailers back in the 60's on I-70 going across Kansas and thought that was something, damn
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:44:36 AM PST
by
Chode
(Ashli Babbitt - #SayHerNAME)
To: Chode
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:50:52 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Fresh Wind
That should be interesting in a snowstorm. Can you imagine how long it would take just to chain up?
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:51:27 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Cue Heywood Banks:
Oh, there's 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10..11..12..13..14..15..16..17..18..19..20..21..22..23..24..25..26..27..28..29..30..31..32..33..34..35..36..37..38..39..40..41..42..43..44..45..46..47..48..49..50..51..52..53..54..55..56..57..58..59..60..61..62..63..64..65..66..67..68..69..70..71..72.. wheels on a big rig. And they're rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'.
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posted on
03/03/2021 9:59:06 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
To: The Louiswu
Can u imagine the battery pack it’s going to take to run that bad boy? How long to recharge, 3 days? Just add a battery trailer and another couple dozen wheels.
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posted on
03/03/2021 10:02:48 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
To: Olog-hai
Is there a monkey in the top compartment?
(Old TV show reference)
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posted on
03/03/2021 10:41:23 AM PST
by
Kommodor
(Solzhenitsyn was an optimist...)
To: Petrosius
How do they turn a corner or back up?
Guessing they would use a tugger?
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posted on
03/03/2021 10:46:57 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: Yo-Yo
Can you imagine how long it would take just to chain up?
Would they chain up non-drive wheels?
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posted on
03/03/2021 10:48:56 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: DUMBGRUNT
Would they chain up non-drive wheels? Brakes.
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posted on
03/03/2021 11:11:03 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
03/03/2021 11:13:58 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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