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Road Trains trucking through Western Australia.. or are they boating?
Mar 22, 2018 9:19 AM
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Blodgarm
Puffing Tom!!
underscoreneckbeard
"Next time on Ice Road Truckers - Global Warming"
Rin007
Looks like running your fingers over a sheet.
HairyPicklePuller
One of them is taking a young girl, mouse & a lonely ghost to break a witches curse on a dragon.
ZeKiller
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
Here’s some of the story why it’s like this. https://youtu.be/d489rBTWOMk
Rayfasa
Wasn't there just a drought there? Or am in the wrong area?
boofhead60
great pic you see how flat the bush is ,,do you have a pic of the roos water skiing behind the trucks please
JetstreamGW
Maxim 32: Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water.
RogerG
Crossing the flood -
serepta
I would love to be in the passenger seat going across this! If I could, like, beam in & out.
charliegrs
I can only imagine the deadly things floating and swimming in that water
OverratedUserName
Subway
throughthoughtthough
Bottom of the truck is washed off
RickyTan48
Bet theres some water in those rear ends and hubs
PuckeringButthole2
OkOkTryNotToSayTheWrongThing
If I drove that far down a narrow road with no turn around and had to choose between going ahead or backing up, I'd choose the same.
KenjiKando
Living in the south just makes me shudder, knowing there's gotta be something big and scaley in that water. In all water. Ffffff warm water.
DoritoBurritoIsTaken
I had a nightmare about this once
JDay311
I think they're just glued to that river, and they can't get away
iAppdata
When I place a dam and don't notice the other sides are lower outside my city limits in Cities Skylines
ILikeSciFi
Then you can't build quays because you CANT FUCKING BUILD ON WATER
timmah1333
I love that game
AtsaMattaForYou
LXA591
I work in logistics I’m surprised the drivers didn’t laugh pull over and say “fuck this I’ll take a nap”
IAMWEARINGSPACEPANTS
Most likely self employed with deadlines
davebeastly
Good opportunity to rinse off the snake guts.
Magiciantao
They're waving.
gastronome
This reminds me of the train scene from Spirited Away.
TheRealTR8R
Same
Ajapaneseschoolgirl
See top comment
gastronome
Oh cool that wasn't the top comment when I posted this. That's dope.
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
Road trains? Semi trucks?
Beardedagentman
These only have 2 but it's not uncommon for the loooong haul ones in AUS to have upwards of 6 trailers on them. Thats when it's "road train"
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
Oh wow that's amazing.
notdavis
Road Trains: https://imgur.com/r/pics/fOPw9S6
GuacamoleMoleMolester
That's some Mad Max shit right there.
krugle
Anything can be a boat for a short time.
ComanderoftheShepard
It's amphibious if you can get it out of the water again
DisgustedCrabman
Anything can be a boat until it sinks
RobOttman
Anything can be a boat until it becomes a submarine.
itisaye
Everything’s a boat until it’s not.
kuramiqnko
Or a plane
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
YouWOULDsaythat
Everything's a boat until it's a submarine.
OmenRider
Fun fact, there are more airplanes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.
heck27
I thought so, but then I read somewhere that to be a submarine, it has to be able to resurface... this made me sad.
YouWOULDsaythat
Everything's a boat until it's a reef *
dwideshruud
Road trains?
Gayforbae
Convoys to defend against the roving war parties of Immortan Joe's War Boys. Watch out for boomsticks.
AnotherLowski
Boat trains.
Demonsgunnagetya
Truck trailer combo about 50 meters long.
juzsayin
Truck and multiple trailers. Otherwise if it's just one trailer we calll them semi's.
Landship
Aussie word for a Truck with 2 or more trailers - Generally doing long haul.
NordMan
Your username seems more fitting
xj4low
and never backing up.
aCartographer
Used to drive and reverse dozens of times a "b-train", semitruck with two trailers. It was only 25m long I know Australia has them longer
n6n43hix
I would love to see a video from inside the truck it must look awesome
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
https://youtu.be/bknWefcTHXs
choicebutts2
It's not very impressive inside the truck because it's really dark back there.
CatzEyes93
EGADS how do you not drive off the "road" and into the sea!?
Mythikun
. Asking the right questions
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
This one was shared all over the news. First posted on Facebook. https://youtu.be/0jJTnaOmxgw
victell
Wowww
n6n43hix
thank you thats crazy
NoUserNamesLeftToChooseFrom
This is more what it did look like. https://youtu.be/ltZ034tndlw
vitamvivere
TIL: Australians call them “Road Trains”. Only Semi-truck or Tractor Trailer in SE US. Anybody else got a different name for them?
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Account01
If you dont live in the country, you've probably never seen them. Road trains refer to the additional trailers. Truck + trailer is not one.
Batonrougeisnotsobad
Serious question: Are you talking about “18 wheelers”?
IAmTheToastyOhs
Yes, as in: Roll on highway, roll on along... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtJIFVxQXY
Batonrougeisnotsobad
Aaah, yes. This is more familiar.
Booyababy
In Victoria we normally call them "Get out of the right hand lane you cunt"
thatshytidontlike
North East US we call them tandems as in ‘Tandem Tractor Trailers are illegal here’.
80percentlegs
I’ve also heard “Big Rig” is the US, though I don’t know if that refers to single, double, etc, or all of the above.
2rojan
Western US they are called "Wobble Wagons" by the drivers - typically 3 trailers
MrXoop
Road trains are specifically trucks out bush that run 2-4 trailers. We call normal ones just semis or similar.
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
We just call them double, triple, etc...trailers or tandem trailers.
Lostchild12
Midwest U.S double bottoms for two trailers.
boofhead60
these are tandems [ doubles ] ,shorter versions double Bs [ city usage ] road train 3/6 trailers,,give them the bloody road
AnotherLowski
In german it's "Sattelschlepper" meaning saddle dragger or saddle hauler.
casbott
They takes ages to get up to speed, 15 minutes to half an hour (I think) and if you get in their way, you are gone. The energy potential <<<
wingwire
These are just baby road trains. Fully grown, they can be over 6 trailers long. Scary as fuck when they drive past your tent at 2am.
minant
One UK name is "Artic", short for "articulated lorry".
Landship
Yep, I have a photo of a road train in Tennant Creek that has 6 trailers.
Batonrougeisnotsobad
Oooooh, okay, that’s totally different than what I had in mind. That must be an impressive sight.
vitamvivere
That’s cool. I’ve never seen one here pull more than one or two small trailers at a time.
BlackoutAU
https://youtu.be/nJB6rAEFQLo 112 trailers
Durnstaros
Sweden, Långtradare, literally long-hauler, might be derived from long distance trade ships.
Vegonbrei
U.S./Canada the trailer setup is still called trains. A or B usually. Never seen more than 2 trailers here though. Max length restrictions.
BlackoutAU
Two trailers are the usual, but out on certain country roads or around minesites you can get special permits for three or four.
DavidBrooker
I think a couple states allow 3-trailer combinations, but usually just in remote / rural areas.
FlicktheClit69
I believe triples are allowed on the QE II (Hwy #2) between Edmonton and Calgary but they're a pretty rare occurrence. Anywhere else, 2 max.
d0o0o0d
I recall seeing triple-trailers on the interstate when I was a kid. That was a few decades back, tho.
Asteroidrules
They're a pretty common sight out in the flyover country, I usually see a couple whenever I drive to NY to MI.
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
Yes, but each trailer is shorter than a full size. FedEx does this a lot.
CocaineAndSelfPleasure
I also remember that.
HairytheSheep
Wiggle wagons. And the drivers are suicide jockeys
Vegonbrei
Always though suicide jockey meant hauling hazmat/explosives.
HairytheSheep
You might be right, i havent owned a cb since high school so im exaclty up on the lingo
ThrowMamaFromTheTrain
It does. Or generally anything that could kill the driver in an accident.
TheVikings
1 trailers we call semis. 2 trailers are often called B-Doubles. and the long haul/ outback tucks (2 or more) are called road trains and 1/2
TheVikings
They make one hell of a noise when they drive past. Can hear them for miles 2/2
BlackoutAU
B double is a specific trailer setup, not necessarily just a truck with two trailers.
GuestLogin
Where? I live in WA. Would drive.
Inmate45
Yeah, but WA is fucking massive. I live in Kalgoorlie and that’s a long enough drive for me.
BradyHarkonen
Just don't hydrolock
pizzaforyourmum
Roebuck plains out of Broome, cyclonic rains made the roads impassable, they had to barge food in, cyclone parties are the best though
BillogUncle
Looks like the ocean. Better take your life jacket
AgamemnonsMemes
Somewhere up north was under water recently.
IveGotYourGoat
Stevenson, WA here and would not think twice about driving through it!
BraddTheLadd
Yo I'm from Hedland :)
EricSpeadboat
I work FIFO to Hedland, the Pilbara is beautiful
Landship
Pilbara my man
DuchessLuscious
The road to nanutarra?
mycarayne
Nah North of Sandfire I think, on the way to Broome.
sammysixshooter
Its close, only about 3 days drive from where you live
mycarayne
Karratha my man. Yay, a close imgur person!
fuckityfuckfuckfuckingfuck
Another Karratha local? Get outta town
mycarayne
And hear I thought I was the only one.
fuckityfuckfuckfuckingfuck
Not anymore :)
Arrr2Dtoo
+1 for Washingtonians. I live in Snohomish, surrounded by rivers that do this to roads every year.
tuesdaystarfish
Lowell resident here. Its fun huh?
CJtheRocker
I just get giant puddles here in Redmond :p
Toxicjinx
I live in LS almost in Snoho tho so I feel ya!
jonisatyphoon
I grew up in snohomish! Right off fales road!
Arrr2Dtoo
We're east of 3 lakes, next to DNR land
TheBlueEmpire
Olympia! Nothing interesting happens here. Just government and liquid ice falling from the sky all the time.
Race0289
Fellow Olympian :)
RandyKnapp
Lol he meant Western Australia. (I living in Seattle)
lifeisbetterthanideserve
Tri Cities here. I also was excited when I saw the WA. I would love to visit Western Australia though!
RandyKnapp
My family lives in West Richland. Beautiful area.
james25000
I live in Cougar, Wa......hold my beer.
TheDudeReturns1
I'm in Bellevue. Wonder if you ever had a encounter with a cougar yet?
Arrr2Dtoo
I'm sure you've seen a cougar in Bellevue...They're all over Bellevue...cougars of the human variety.
james25000
Oh man....hit me in the weak spot brah.....we are active outdoor people and haven't seen one, just scat, footprints. I know we been watched.
james25000
Been here 18 years.