#roadtrain — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #roadtrain, aggregated by home.social.
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Truck spotting Australia
Trucks are wonderful machines which bring most of what modern societies need to retailers from wholesalers, accross thousands of kilometers nautical & land miles
Wave to a truck driver when he sees you, their lives are lonely since they need to spend hours on the road and sleep in the trucks too at truck stops
In AU, do NOT overtake a road_train!
- request attention from the driver
- he will signal you when it's safe to pass
- it can take many minutes!
- DON'T BE A HERO!
- The driver has three sometimes even four trailers he pulls, he IS a train on the road
- A lot of mass is moving there
- MASS IS SLOW
Don't be a hero don't pass a road train without thinking!
Road Trains can be fun to drive but it is a tasking job, more intense than driving single trailer trucks. The vehicle mutli-trailer combo acts slow in response to all your moves. forcing you as the driver to pre-calculate them and anticipate the delayed reaction
Definition
A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV), is a semi-trailer truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer semi-trailers. It consists of two semi-trailers or more connected together with or without a prime mover.[1] It typically has to be at least two trailers and one prime mover.
Important
Road trains are often used in areas where other forms of heavy transport (freight train, cargo aircraft, container ship) are not feasible or practical
Sources:
moi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train
AU road trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgI2ZFJcsUU
Man fifth wheel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYz74SKWFQ
#trucks #trucking #mechanics #mechanical #engines #diesel #road #train #roadtrain #AU #technology #mass #slow #physics #mathematics -
Fuel shortages spark WA farmers’ ire amid claims city is getting priority access
Farmers are warning delays to seeding caused by fuel shortages could have a significant impact on Australia’s economy,…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #farmersfederation #farming #fuel #fuelcrisis #fuelrationing #fuelshortage #harvesting #michaellamond #petrolrationing #roadtrain #roadhouserationing #rogercook #seeding #wafarmers #wafarmersfederation
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/543683/ -
Fuel shortages spark WA farmers’ ire amid claims city is getting priority access
Farmers are warning delays to seeding caused by fuel shortages could have a significant impact on Australia’s economy,…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #farmersfederation #farming #fuel #fuelcrisis #fuelrationing #fuelshortage #harvesting #michaellamond #petrolrationing #roadtrain #roadhouserationing #rogercook #seeding #wafarmers #wafarmersfederation
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For the first time ever I witnessed a #roadtrain in Finland. In other words a three-container lorry (I’m not sure if the first container was hinged, but the next two were). I didn’t even know such a beast was legal here!
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An interesting video by Mike Downie ( @downielive ) showing the truckie life of Johnno on an Australian Road Train between the states of Victoria and Western Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEovHKMu72c
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De 'wegdektrein' van Australië
Lees meer: https://www.transport-online.nl/site/160903/de-wegdektrein-van-australie/
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Two Cellcentric 150 kW fuel cells can haul 65 ton 1000 km and fill up H2 in 15 minutes. Surely doubling that would be enough for an Australian road train.
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Just saw that some trucks in Australia drive two 800 km round trips per day with a total weight of 175 ton in one of the directions.
I believe a regular 40 ton truck can be modified with 1-2 extra fuel cells and five more H2 storage bottles and that will cover it.
Am I right?
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@sarae with the pain I feel from #mums/ #parents and #carers and #supporters I just don't get why it's such an issue for people.
I have a mate, a #roadtrain #driver in their 69th year who told me in December 21 that she was #trans. She had finally met herself and it's obvious she is so much #happier now.
How can a trans child effect a group of #random #adults who are afraid of what? What on god's green earth is there to be afraid of FFS?