Ron W. Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it! Edited December 7, 2010 by Jim B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Argh yer a w model , i remember when i first drove one of those and looked out the windscreen and thought you could have the last supper on that bonnett !It was huge but got used to it real quick , yer i felt ten foot tall . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Winter Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 What a beautiful Trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 G,day , i went through my photo's and found a couple of w's i took picks of , This one was streached to make a rigid and is used delivering gyprock around sydney , This one is used delivering gyprock and sydney as well , This one was takin in tumut and is retired and used to drive around to do local pickups and odd small trips , If i find more i'll post them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Here's a couple more from dubbo vintage truck show . Edited December 31, 2010 by scummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDA Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I love ya'lls trucks! When I was a kid, a friend of my grand dad's went to Australia and brought back pics of Road trains! Love to ride in one! Got a couple questions. Can you back one? i've heard stories of people backing them, in America, if you tried to back doubles, it would look like a small train wreck. Some pics I see, the prime movers have floatation steer tires some don't. Si it a company or driver prefference? How do you couple multiple trailers? I found some pics of interiors or your trucks, WOW! Acouple had two sticks, not just a 3x4, or a 4x5, but a 13 spd stick next to a 4spd, then an 18, with a 13.Could see the red and grey splitter buttomns on the sides. Can that be explained? The headlights on yalls trucks are mostly four big round lights. Are they brighter? Last one, I swear, when turning, I imagine you need to make a WIDE turn, or are the dollies, and trailers made to track better? CDA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hey CDA ,here's a link to some photos you might like . http://roadside-photography.forums-free.com/grants-aussie-photos-t14.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDA Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey CDA ,here's a link to some photos you might like . http://roadside-photography.forums-free.com/grants-aussie-photos-t14.html Thanks a bunch! More eye candy! Say, an American tourist, came out to aoround Alice Springs, or another Road Train hub, What would be the chances of said tourist goin on a run in a road train? Not drivin of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Mate , road trains are pushed for time so unless you know someone in the industry there's no chance of you getting in one .The two trailer road trains start at a town called dubbo and head out west, then they turn right at nyngan head out to bourke and hook up the third trailer and then north-north west to the outback .Now if you go out to one of the companys in the alice ,( springs ) you MAY get to sit in one and just maybe get a ride if you are a trucker from where you are ? Australian truckies don't have alot of time to drive people around so we arnt rude just very busy .Hope this puts some light on your question mate ,cheer's mark , (scummy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDA Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 scummy, I understand completely that time is money! My whole family on my dad's side is or were truckers. Don't wanna keep the wheels from turnin, just wonderin what the chances of goin on a run would be if one ever made it out there. I'm in the Army, as a truck driver, but the Army is all automatic. Alot of Americans never learned to drive a stick shift. Let alone even seen a 10 or more speed. Some guys an Army truck is the first thing they've ever driven! Thanks fpr the heads up! CDA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron W. Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it! Jim,the picture I took in 1982 while working for a KW dealership. I had just parked it there,and had to run & get the camera before Tom left. The rig is owned by Tom Hoving from Hudsonville,Mich. Had a "400" Cummins,13sp.It took 11 days to paint just one side of the trailer ! His company was called "Chuck Wagon Express" He had two truck in his fleet at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron W. Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it! More information down below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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