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“That is also why Australian highways feature well-known road trains – extremely long distances and straight roads allow semi-trucks to pull up to four trailers
by IHLayman 5y ago
“That is also why Australian highways feature well-known road trains – extremely long distances and straight roads allow semi-trucks to pull up to four trailers.”
Driving around double-trailers in Indiana always made me anxious, so I had to see this unnerving statement in its reality, and I found this article [0] that talks about Australian road trains. Evidently they are used on single lane roads in the Outback, which makes sense. But, I am still wondering, as there must be some warehouse to transition to single-trailer loads or else they wouldn’t be able to safely do last-mile delivery?
[0]: https://www.smart-trucking.com/australian-road-trains/ https://www.smart-trucking.com/australian-road-trains/
- bombcar 5y agoYou just park the truck and disconnect the extra trailers, usually there's a lot on the outskirts of town where the local short-haul trucks will take the trailers to their final destination.
- reaperducer 5y agoDriving around double-trailers in Indiana always made me anxious A bunch of American states permit triple trailers. Each individual trailer is a little shorter, but seeing all three going around a corner is a bit unnerving. Especially if they're heavy-load trailers that haul stuff like gravel or ore, because those are much longer to spread the weight out.