In your search bar put in You Tube Road Trains Australia Trucking. To pass the time I enjoy the short videos of down under trucking. See worlds longest truck where Doug Gould hooked 77 loaded side dump trailers together and pulled them all 4.6 miles. The special modified KW tri axle had a Cat 650 HP engine and a fuller 18 speed transmission with super low gears at first to get the whole thing moving.Here in the states back when 40 foot trailers were the norm it was common to see 110 foot doubles on the Ohio Turnpike [day cab tractor with 2-40 foot vans] ,maybe they still run them.Oregon allows triples on certain expressways as does Oklahoma I think.Canada allows some doubles and maybe short triples.I was surprised when looking at the road Train videos that the 12V71 and 16V71 Detroit engines were not used more. The big Cats and Cummins were the engine of choice it seemed.The Road Train pictured is a heavy haul in South Africa. Six Diesel Electric power units and one diesel unit. Any way my $0.02 JH
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