Anybody fancy this?

Or is it tooooo pretty?



I bet the driver has sharp creases in his shorts, white socks turned down below the knee and a white shirt with company logoed tie. And then he he gets to his first drop, a little shop in the outback with no fork truck...and has to handball 10 tons of carrots all by himself.....

Only joking, any Aussies on here with the real story? .

 

Thanks for that info @buzzarddriver, I first saw this on a UK forum but an Aussie mate of mine on there said the following, but he obviously hadn't seen the article you put up. I have put that right now. No answer to my question about the tyre scrub on the double tandems though, or whether or not the rear one was a steerer. He thinks not .

It would have to be operating under PBS, with that axle configuration. The PBS allows those with the resources to make a case for operation outside of normal regulation. This generally gives larger concerns an advantage over small fleets and single truck owners, who need to maintain flexibility of operation. PBS approved vehicles work under permit on designated routes and under various other conditions. The pictured Kenworth would be permitted to gross ~50 tonne as opposed to 42.5 tonne on a bogie tri single steer general access semi-trailer.

nhvr.gov.au
Performance Based Standards (PBS) | NHVR 1
The Performance Based Standards (PBS) Scheme offers the heavy vehicle industry the potential to achieve higher productivity and safety through innovative and optimised vehicle design.

 

So do I, sacking offence with all that bling. But if he did he would call them thongs, which means something quite different in Britain and perhaps also the USA

@201, Sure I don't know but I suspect it is to avoid having to have a double or triple road train because they are banned in certain parts of some states there. But the reason given for the cabover was to reduce the overall length if used with multiple trailers.

It is a long time, nearly 60 years, since I drove road trains in the Northern Territory and back then there didn't appear to be any law at all in Australia's wild north. No length, weight or hours laws applied as far as I could see and no requirement to keep any kind of records. No doubt things have changed but also I suspect that this truck is operated in the Southern and Eastern states, where things are no doubt a bit more strictly enforced.

 

This trailer is just under 60' (59.15 feet)I think, are we talking about the same size pallets?