Correct term is indeed Prime Mover. Add 2+ trailers behind one and now we've got a road-train and rules of the sea apply when one of these big fuckers is coming towards you (give way to the larger vessel)
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Those Aussie trucks in the first posts are good though.
Doha-nese security wouldn't have many fingers left after checking their internals.
No, actually.
History of Rail in AustraliaBy Federation in 1901, all States except Western Australia were ‘linked’ by rail and more than 20,000 km of track had been laid. Sadly, those who envisaged a nation had not contemplated a national rail network. Three different gauges had been used.
New South Wales adopted the European standard gauge of 1435 mm, Victoria and South Australia built with the broad Irish gauge of 1600 mm, and Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and parts of South Australia used the narrow 1067 mm gauge. For many years, the different gauges handicapped the effective operation of interstate rail services.
Yeh- necessity is the mother of invention. And no, aussie doesn't do trains very well. But we still have the biggest and longest trains in the world.
BHP Iron Ore set the longest train record between the Yandi mine and Port Hedland in Western Australia in 2011. The train was 4.53 miles (7.29 km) long and carried 82,000 metric tons or about 181 million pounds of iron ore. This is about the same weight as 402 Statues of Liberty (the Statue of Liberty weighs approximately 450,000 pounds).
The train had 682 cars that were driven by eight General Electric diesel locomotives. The total gross weight for the entire train was 99,734 metric tons (219.8 million pounds). This also beat the record for the world’s heaviest train, which was also held by BHP.
The locomotives were spread out among the cars in three pairs, along with two single locomotives. The entire train was driven 170 miles (273.6 km) by a single driver, and the trip took ten hours and four minutes. You can see the whole train below.
The Longest Train in the World. BHP Iron Ore set the longest train… | by Daniel Ganninger | Knowledge Stew | Medium
Now that's a train.
Road Trains are used to get stock to a railway, auction yards, or greener pastures in times of drought. Keep in mind that the cattle stations these stock are coming off are often measured in millions of acres, so it would be impossible for them all to be with easily reach of a railway line.
Still better than Sydney trains mate.
Eskimos can't drive.
Digressing a little ...
Sydney's Martin Place metro station caverns officially complete
Sydney'''s Martin Place metro station caverns officially complete - ABC News
Soon you'll be able to be stuck underground in a Sydney Train
Lets not forget Mack in Pennsylvania and Peterbuilt starting in Oakland California and now built in Texas.
Nowadays very little if anything automotive is 100% made in America. With gross margin being the key driver pretty much every company sources components globally for material cost benefits. It can be designed and assembled in America but that's about all.
Agreed. Kenworth is designed and assembled in America
They actually assemble them in Australia and it makes sense because shipping those huge trucks would be insanely expensive but at the start of this thread there was an idiot bleating on about how much better Australian trucks are than American trucks. Fortunately that clown has since flounced.
So ya they are an American company that has a plant in Australia.
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Yep, makes complete sense. Like Caterpillar heavy equipment. Designed in America, built all over the world
No , please read again you silly silly c.unt.
They are not just an American company that has plant in Australia. Trucks are not just "assembled" in Australia. Nobody is disputing that Kenworth is an American brand.Depending on the model and specification, a Kenworth truck comprises around 60 percent Australian-owned resources and our supply chain includes over 70 Australian suppliers located across nearly 300 local sites, the majority are Australian-owned companies located in the Melbourne region.
I suppose because Paccar bought DAF and Foden, that makes 'em American as well. mai dem baht
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