Tuesday, July 31, 2012

ROAD TRAIN AUSTRALIA


A hill in the life of an Australian
road train driver
From Derek Hebberd in Western Australia


Derek Hebberd training to be a snake catcher


“Lester and I doing a run from Perth, Western Australia to Tom Price (1,300 kilometers along the Great Northern Highway) with a triple road train. The hill in the video has an eight degree gradient and if you miss a gear change and have to stop, you have to break up the road train to get started again. But, with Lester driving we got over the hill with no problems.”

Click the link for the video:




More trucking action and adventure in
Highway America
by Peter Blakeborough
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PO Box 110, Ngatea 3541, New Zealand

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