Posted on 17-08-2007

Driving a Road Train

Filed Under ( Road Train, Trucking ) by Kingsley Foreman

The Money
The Wages are not too bad for Australian’s around 700 a week the average wage in Australia is about 500 a week in Australian Dollars the Australian dollar is less than the U.S. Dollar.
The good part of doing the job is there is no boss looking over you shoulder and every trip is different. [...]

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Posted on 13-08-2007

More Road Trains

Filed Under ( Road Train, Trucking ) by Kingsley Foreman

Trucks have to be made to Road-Trains standards with outgoing into lots of details, that would take all day - The chassis are made stronger with more cross-members and the chassis are not allowed to be too long so you do not have room for big sleeper cabs. We have to double the number of [...]

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Posted on 11-08-2007

Intro to Road Trains

Filed Under ( Road Train, Trucking - Trucks ) by Kingsley Foreman

The Trucks
Most Road-Train tractors, that’s what you call them in the U.S. are Macks or Kenworths, both makers have their tractors assembled in Australia with right hand drive. Most tractors have v8 engines, the engines are the same as used in the U.S. but are not smaller than 450 H.P. The gear boxes have a [...]

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