Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:41, said:
Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 21:03, said:
Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:
For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.
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Oo
You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?
Not all mines have a train station directly on site. I believe those six trailer ones are only used for very short distances. Freight trains go to most places here, although B-Doubles and B-Triples (two or three trailer) semitrailers are used for a lot of long distance hauling too.
Australia has the world's largest (
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) trucks, so yeah.
Yeah you have to go really far out to find a "Powertrain" as in going to the Northern Territory. They mostly like Alias said go short distances usually moving things from site to the nearest train depo.
Destiny, on 23 Oct 2010, 19:03, said:
Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:03, said:
Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:
For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.
![Posted Image](http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/495/roadtraintruck02.jpg)
Oo
You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?
If they invented the train they wouldn't have built Highway One and instead built Railway One
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A is a B-double.
B is a B-triple.
C is a double road train. A "Pocket road train" is similar, but with shorter trailers and dolly drawbar.
D is an AB-triple.
E is a BAB Quad.
F is an ABB Quad.
G is triple road train.
H is a 2AB Quad.
K represents the largest road trains operating in Australia, and therefore, the world. Called a "Powertrain" or a "Body and six", these machines operate at The Granites Gold Mine in the western Northern Territory, and are used inplace of 200t dump trucks, because of the distances involved on the haul run. A 600 hp 19 litre Cummins engine powers the prime mover, whilst a 400 hp Cummins engine is installed in the rear trailer of the B-double, driving through an automatic transmission, giving a total of 1000 hp. Weights of 460 t (1,000,000 lb) are achieved with ore loading in side-tipper bodies on a 100 km round trip. As these trucks operate on private property, they are not subject to governed weight and length rulings, but instead are utilised in the most efficient way possible.