rbertalotto Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 Amazing video on a world record land train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9bKO02vReQ RoyB South of Boston 2021 Dodge 2500 - 6.4L Forest River 19RR Toy Hauler Roofnest Falcon Rooftop Tent www.rvbprecision.com
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 Glad I didn't have to do a pre-trip! Jim's Adventures Old Spacecraft.... Who knows whats next
Scrap Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 Pretty cool...............I dare you guys to do this at your rally next week!!
RandyA Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 Pretty cool...............I dare you guys to do this at your rally next week!! You should NEVER dare anyone in this tribe to do anything - you know what will happen. . Randy, Nancy and Oscar "The Great White" - 2004 Volvo VNL670, D12, 10-speed, converted to single axle pulling a Keystone Cambridge 5th wheel, 40', 4 slides and about 19,000# with empty tanks. ARS - WB4BZX, Electrical Engineer, Master Electrician, D.Ed., Professor Emeritus - Happily Retired!
Darryl&Rita Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 It's bad enough they put the Cummins "C" on the grille, but the KW hood emblem is just too far! If you buy a Toyota, accept your choices. Brodozers make me laugh. The above was posted with tongue firmly in cheek. Edit to add: This record was set in 2000, the current record is 112 trailers, 1300t, 1474.3m long. Set in '06. I have been wrong before, I'll probably be wrong again. 2000 Kenworth T 2000 w/N-14 and 10 speed Gen1 Autoshift, deck built by Star Fabrication 2006 smart fourtwo cdi cabriolet 2007 32.5' Fleetwood QuantumPlease e-mail us here.
Exile Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 I wonder what the transmission was, and what the clutch looked like afterwards. Maybe a torque converter in the drive train? Or they pulled the trailers together so it had a little slack for each trailer? Or another xmission in series with the normal one? I heard of a guy with a 10 sp and an 18 in series. He didnt run it that way for long, but you would always have the right gear, you would just have trouble finding it. Interesting they had lots of air compressors. Remote actuated brakes? It would empty the trunks tanks to get braking to the back trailer. 98 379 with 12.7 DD LG Dodge w/5.9 CTD Chrome habit I’m trying to kick.
Darryl&Rita Posted October 1, 2016 Report Posted October 1, 2016 I wonder what the transmission was, and what the clutch looked like afterwards. Maybe a torque converter in the drive train? Or they pulled the trailers together so it had a little slack for each trailer? Or another xmission in series with the normal one? I heard of a guy with a 10 sp and an 18 in series. He didnt run it that way for long, but you would always have the right gear, you would just have trouble finding it. Interesting they had lots of air compressors. Remote actuated brakes? It would empty the trunks tanks to get braking to the back trailer. Waiting for "BigStick", but locally they're using an Allison in front of a manual gearbox, along with planetary gearing on the axle ends. A big load don't move fast. I have been wrong before, I'll probably be wrong again. 2000 Kenworth T 2000 w/N-14 and 10 speed Gen1 Autoshift, deck built by Star Fabrication 2006 smart fourtwo cdi cabriolet 2007 32.5' Fleetwood QuantumPlease e-mail us here.
bigstick Posted October 2, 2016 Report Posted October 2, 2016 Darryl is correct. We use 7speed Alllisons with 4 speed aux trans on our C500 KW tridrives, with planetary diffs. Pulling hydralic platform trailers we put 40000 pound counterwieghts on top of the drivers. Dont travel very fast, but can make a very heavy load move. Even from a dead stop on a hill we can usually make it move.....although a push truck or 2 (or more) definatley make things move qucker
Jemstone Posted October 3, 2016 Report Posted October 3, 2016 Sheer terror is riding with an Aussie who decides to overtake a road train on an arrow straight outback dirt road (pretty much all outback roads are dirt). The road trains travel at high speeds, as the roads are wide and straight, and they throw up blinding dust storms as they move, dropping visibility to less than twenty feet. Your driver can't actually see past the road train ahead, so there is no way to tell if there is oncoming traffic. The driver holds his course by keeping about 15 feet off the side of the road train as he passes. There is no visibility to the front. An oncoming vehicle would not be visible until within about twenty feet. It takes a fair amount of time while driving blind to get past the three long trailers, usually diesel tankers, and the tractor. Regardless of how loud you scream the driver's response is always, "No worries, mate." John McLaughlin 2010 Volvo 730, D13, I-shift, singled and decked 2014 Lifestyle 38' Fifth Wheel
Exile Posted October 3, 2016 Report Posted October 3, 2016 Darryl is correct. We use 7speed Alllisons with 4 speed aux trans on our C500 KW tridrives, with planetary diffs. Pulling hydralic platform trailers we put 40000 pound counterwieghts on top of the drivers. Dont travel very fast, but can make a very heavy load move. Even from a dead stop on a hill we can usually make it move.....although a push truck or 2 (or more) definatley make things move qucker Mammoet? Or a similar company? I have worked with that company years ago. I can't see the truck too well, but it doesn't have the same look as the heavy haul c500s. They all seem lifted up. Those Allisons seem pretty good. Surprised they dont get more of the regional truck market, but i haven't run across one in any of the trucks on line. There is a sphincter tightening video of a heavy crane being moved on a gravel incline where the lead truck starts sliding . . . With the expected results. Hope you weren't the spotter on that one. 98 379 with 12.7 DD LG Dodge w/5.9 CTD Chrome habit I’m trying to kick.
Dollytrolley Posted October 4, 2016 Report Posted October 4, 2016 Pretty cool...............I dare you guys to do this at your rally next week!! Shucks Scrap, We were counting on you as the KW team Capt. to back-up that train .......back to the starting line.......Grumps said you were NOT a driver until you can back up anywhere you can drive forward...... No fair running the tractor back of the train and Gypo-Hitching....... Don't ask what Grumps would do....... Drive on........(Don't look in the mirrors....) 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S
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