Sorry if this has been posted before... just came across it today.



http://www.gouldtransport.com.au/world_records.html

 

mmmm..... wonder how long it's gonna take for someone to do this with one of our trucks...... I have a auto trans so I'll have to take take the picts!

 

Great find. Over 2,300,000 lbs WOW

 

Watch out for the DOT!!

 

Is that Mad Max at the wheel

 

wonder how fast the driver got it going?

 

I wonder if something like that would have any sway in it? I can't imagine that setup would track well at all.

 

Google search the Ausie Auto Trains. Lots of good stuff
Bob H

 

Nice find! Just comes to show how much those rigs can really pull. A single 53' trailer is nothing.

 

Actually as long as the unit was going straight it should track like doubles or triples. If the axles are aligned it should be perfect. Off-tracking in turns is the problem. The longer the vehicle the greater the off-tracking in a curve or turn. It could use steerable axles to counter this effect.

 

I want to see him back it up! He'd win another world record if he could! Craig

 

Dang that's awesome.

 

It only traveled 100 meters instead of 8 kilometers, but this is the latest record.


What was the world's longest road train?

On February 18 2006 John Atkinson jumped into the cab of his Mack Titan prime mover near Clifton in southern Queensland, Australia and drove it for 100 meters.

Now driving a truck 100 meters is hardly a feat, but we need to take into consideration the fact that he was towing 112 trailers measuring 1,474.3 meters or 4,836 feet 11 inches, which gave John Atkinson the honor of driving the world's longest road train.






World's Longest Road Train