Thursday, October 27, 2011

Roadtrains!


Really long vehicles.

A roadtrain is a trucking concept used in remote areas of Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Canada to move freight efficiently. The term "road train" is most often used in Australia. In the U.S. and Canada the terms "triples," "Turnpike doubles" and "Rocky Mountain doubles" are commonly used for longer combination vehicles (LCVs).

A road train consists of a relatively conventional tractor unit, but instead of pulling one trailer or semi-trailer, the road train pulls two or more of them. There are vehicles of a similar variety for passengers, often known as land trains or "trams", but those are relatively lightweight and often slow vehicles...







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