If you're one of those many Biglorryblog that likes weird and wonderful mining trucks and roadtrains with powered trailers (and who doesn't?) then clearly the Powertrans website is the place for you and you can get to it via this weblink http://www.ptrans.com.au/index.htm and read all about their acvities, see some great little video clips and a decent phto gallery too--which where these great images come from.
Just love those side dumper trailers.....and click through here for one more..
Kenworth with seven (count 'em if you don't believe me) trailers. Now here's a question for all my Aussie readers. Who's got the biggest/most powerful roadtrain in operation? Bulkhaul? Brambles? And I mean one that's doing a 'normal' job (or as normal as it gets down under) as opposed to those Guiness Book of records special jobbies...
Hi Brian, Will and others,
I receive your blogs via RSS.
If you have not done so, a good book to read about Australian trucks is:
A History of Road Trains in the Northern Territory 1934-88 by John Maddock, Kangaroo Press 1988.
It also includes a good description the The Government Road Train with the prime mover built by AEC and the trailers by R A Dyson & Co Ltd of Liverpool.It comprised a four axle all wheel drive prime mover(preserved in Darwin) and two eight wheel self tracking trailers.
Keep up the great blogs.
Peter
Hi Brian,The Bulkhaul roadtrain(bottom pic) is actually a C501T,(Cu 620 Sig.)tri-drive BODY truck(that's a rigid,to the great unwashed) pulling 4X six axle dog trailers and 1X motorised 9 axle
B double dog in the middle.That makes it a Body plus 5 and a half.Educated guess,the location is
"Callie Pad", The Granites Gold Mine,600km NW of Alice Springs,NT.
Rufo
Hey Rufus. Good to have you aboard mate. How's the Kalari job working out?