Thinking Ford Ranger

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

I see your truck as a TRUCK and raise you, my TRUCK has 42 wheels, 600hp and grosses over 85 tonne......
lol

my Prado is a four wheel drive and will go places my truck won't .

Mine can too, just I am not allowed to take in on any road around here like that




Cheers Andrew

[rags Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rags]

Mine can too, just I am not allowed to take in on any road around here like that




Cheers Andrew

looks like it has 46 wheels

[Turbo Piston Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Turbo Piston]

Mine can too, just I am not allowed to take in on any road around here like that




Cheers Andrew

Wow! Is that what you do for work?

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I fold....

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

looks like it has 46 wheels

I think your right, I haven't got that many fingers and toes so hard to count that high

Yes that's what I drive, although only with 2 trailers, not the 3 in the picture. Hence my not understanding why people insist on calling Utes and cars trucks.

Cheers Andrew

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Because it's an abbreviation of the American term pick up truck.


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My truck isn't as big as everyone else's, but it can take one hell of a battering!

[diesel69 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69]

looks like it has 46 wheels

Correct rags, but due to the stupid laws (in S.A. at least) those 46 wheel units ( B triple ) can only carry 85 tonnes gross where as my 42 wheel unit ( double A road train ) can carry 85.7 tonnes ........ go figure

This is the truck I drive

[sunchaser Member Find all posts View Profile Close sunchaser]

can you guys tell us what the difference is between A double, B double, triples etc?

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

can you guys tell us what the difference is between A double, B double, triples etc?

Sure, what Diesel69 drives is a double road train. That consists of a Prime Mover, a truck with a turntable over the drive axles, and a trailer attached to that turntable. At the back of the trailer he has a coupling which you attach a "Dolly" to, which is a short drawbar attached to a set of axles with a turntable on top, another trailer is attached to the turntable on the dolly giving you Diesels setup pictured below. A triple or Quad road train is just a case of adding another dolly and trailer behind the last.




What I drive is a "B Double" which again has a prime mover, but I hook an "A Trailer" to that which has a shorter body and a turntable mounted directly over the rear axles. I attach my "B Trailer" which is basically the same as a normal semi trailer or Diesels Road train trailers directly to the turn table on the A trailer, so a B double doesn't have a Dolly.




You can also have a "B Triple" which is 2 "A trailers" with a "B Trailer" attached to the second "A Trailer".




And most importantly, all these are Trucks, unlike a Ford Ranger which is a Ute

Cheers Andrew

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I know nothing about trucks but found what you said fascinating. I love the show Outback Truckers. I always make time for that show.

[sunchaser Member Find all posts View Profile Close sunchaser]

Thanks for that Andrew, always wondered
Keep them big wheels turnin'

[r4ndll Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close r4ndll]

Always have a little smirk when I see comments from peeps in the USA about 'big rigs'. Then someone from Aus chimes in with something about Road trains and they go quiet. Seems the yanks don't always have the biggest and the best.

[diesel69 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close diesel69]

A triple or Quad road train is just a case of adding another dolly and trailer behind the last.

Cheers Andrew

Well explained AJ, just one thing to add is that Quad road trains can also be 2 B-doubles joined by a converter dolly .

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Well explained AJ, just one thing to add is that Quad road trains can also be 2 B-doubles joined by a converter dolly .

OK, can't say as I have seen that combo before, but it would certainly be a good way of doing it.

Cheers Andrew