18 Wheeler, no. 24 Wheeler, no. 42 Wheeler? Yes!

[SilentTrigger]

This is a nice 42 wheeler, imagine reversing that thing, it has three pivot points compared to an 18 wheelers one pivot point, 24 wheeler has two, which makes it alot more tricky compared to an 18 wheeler, but three seems almost impossible.

Anyways here's a small video of the 42 wheeler, they're not reversing it in the video though

[Lakie]

Ive got alot of respect for truckies, I tried driving and reversing a B Double once and its not easy..

[ShArP]

Originally Posted by BlackBelt

Ive got alot of respect for truckies, I tried driving and reversing a B Double once and its not easy..

that is sweet picture lol

[SilentTrigger]

Originally Posted by BlackBelt

Ive got alot of respect for truckies, I tried driving and reversing a B Double once and its not easy..

Oh yes had forgotten about the true masters of long trucks, the Australians. None come close to those trucks

Is that photo for real? Looks like a train!

[Lakie]

It was a world record attempt, you wont actually see that on Roads, although they get pretty bin in mining sites, but on the road the biggest youll see is a triple, if your very luck you may see 2 B doubles towed on the one rig but thats rare...

[SilentTrigger]

Can you explain those types? Don't have that designation here. Basicly it's a truck with or without a trailer here, we have a 24 meters restriction. This is an experiment to increase it to 30 metrers

[Lakie]

http://www.udtrucks.com.au/uploads/m..._Wallpaper.jpg <- B double, you can double that and still be legal
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/656929.jpg <- B triple
http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/b...a4ca55e1_b.jpg <- AB Quad, also legal in cartain circumstances

[SilentTrigger]

So B dubble is kind of what's normal here. B Triple is like the new truck and AB Quad is like nothing we have in normal operation, would be for special transports like the blades for windturbines but without all those pivotpoints

[VooDoo-]

backing up longer trailers is actually a lot easier than backing up a small one. my father has a 27 foot boat ( the trailer is obviously longer) that i tow to the ramp and its not too bad .. backing in is pretty easy if you know what your doing... i always try and keep the trailer to my left though so that way i can just stick my head out the window and see where its going... wayyy wayy easier when you can see what you're doing .. im sure doing it the other way is really hard .. you would almost certainly need someone spotting you

many people don't know what they're doing and they screw up. smaller trailers are hard because they "react" a lot faster than a longer one while reversing

but two or more?? two maybe i can see ... but three just seems ridiculously hard ... almost impossible lol

[SilentTrigger]

Yeah one isn't a problem, as long as you can see and you have a good turning ratio hehe The hard thing is to see whats behind the trailer, especially a box trailer

Two pivots I can too see managing but three, just don't see it possible unless you're just reversing in a stright line and correcting :/

[katana*GFR*]

Originally Posted by BlackBelt

Ive got alot of respect for truckies, I tried driving and reversing a B Double once and its not easy..

Same BB, but isn't this photoshopped a bit?

From my past knowledge trailers tend to follow the truck, thus in a corner the backside of a trailer makes a earlier turn then the truck did..

So in this pic the train of trailers should be almost ravaging the houses in the inner circle...

[Hellfighter]

i remember watching something like that on the discover channel in AUS out back they transported many trailer for a long run to save on fuel i think the reason for it and that they did not have any trains going in that direction

think they had like 8 or 12 tractor each at a given time making their own long run, i recall seeing two lines passing each other, one would be going east and the other going west bound in their own direction on a dirt sandy highway. cutting across AUS from the west coast to the east coast of the country and back again.

btw there was no hills for them all flat terrain they be driving through

you get some id what they go through

Very nice interesting clips and videos