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I almost ran into an Amish buggy one evening last week. They run in the dark with a battery and a couple of lites on the back. This one only had 1 lite and it was dim on a black buggy, I guess the battery charge was low.
How come they are allowed to run up and down the road and get a way with it. I have to pass a Pa State Inspection. What a Joke!
 
(quoted from post at 10:43:47 11/15/11)
I almost ran into an Amish buggy one evening last week. They run in the dark with a battery and a couple of lites on the back. This one only had 1 lite and it was dim on a black buggy, I guess the battery charge was low.
How come they are allowed to run up and down the road and get a way with it. I have to pass a Pa State Inspection. What a Joke!
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They aren't a motor vehicle even though they are rated at 1-2 hp.
 
I am guessing buggies and wagons had rights to the public roads before cars. They probably complained about fast cars.
 
There have been pushes to allow road trains on US highways. It has not happened yet. We have doubles some are wanting triples.

Kent
 
(quoted from post at 08:17:52 11/15/11) There have been pushes to allow road trains on US highways. It has not happened yet. We have doubles some are wanting triples.

Kent
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We do have triples here. Unless the laws have changed in the last 20 years or so. Used to see the triples quite often in the western states and even a few here in the midwest.
 
Interesting! Some curious questions come to mind. How long does it take to fill all of those air tanks when the red button is pushed in. The truck would have to have a compressor that's in good shape, or maybe it has an oversized compressor. I realize they would never see icy roads, but it'd be a nightmare if one of those did come up on ice. Lots of gladhands to leak. 550 horses seems like a lot but considering the load it's really not all that much. The 18 speed gives the truck the extra low granny needed to get all that weight rolling. And yes, all those tires! And how in the world do they get all those trailers hooked up, especially the last two? I'd like to see how they do that just for curiosity sake. Thanks for the video gitrib. Jim
 
(quoted from post at 08:37:44 11/15/11) Interesting! Some curious questions come to mind. How long does it take to fill all of those air tanks when the red button is pushed in. The truck would have to have a compressor that's in good shape, or maybe it has an oversized compressor. I realize they would never see icy roads, but it'd be a nightmare if one of those did come up on ice. Lots of gladhands to leak. 550 horses seems like a lot but considering the load it's really not all that much. The 18 speed gives the truck the extra low granny needed to get all that weight rolling. And yes, all those tires! And how in the world do they get all those trailers hooked up, especially the last two? I'd like to see how they do that just for curiosity sake. Thanks for the video gitrib. Jim
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I would guess the trailers are hitched together one at a time, with the use of a smaller "yard" tractor. Only after the "train" is put together would it be hitched to the highway tractor.
 
in the us we do have tripple trailers as well as superB's in some states, but the roads in the us really dont lend themselves to anything like a road train, too much traffic all over, and anybody who has pulled a 53' trailer east of the missippi river knows all too well the roads were never layed out for big trucks in most places, plus "down under"the railroads are few and far between not so here in the us, and the railroads especially out west here can haul many many times what a road train can over the hiways
 
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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They don`t use the 71 series detroits anymore becuase they really don`t put out much power b y modern standards, the 8V92 silver series pulled much stronger than a 12V71, and the new electronic 4 strokes from all the manufacturers have the old 2 strokes beat hands down.

In Alaska we are allowed 120 foot doubles on our 2 main highways, they can get a little dicey in the winter on the hills :shock:
 
(quoted from post at 16:31:42 11/15/11) Well on the show Ice Road Truckers all you see are normal 53' single vans,no doubles. Whats the rumor on that?
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A. Ice road truckers is BS. Very little on that show can be believed.

B. That show is filmed on the Haul Road (or Elliot & Dalton highways, if you want to get official), not one of the main highways which would be the Parks and Richardson highways. The haul road is not up to specs when it comes to corners, bridges, and hills like the rest of our roads, and it would not be wise to pull doubles up it. Max grade on most highways is 7%, Atigun Pass on the Dalton is 12%.
 
has to do with freedom of religon. Seriously. But, in Lancaster County,PA, there have been several tragic fatalities.
 
Idaho allows triples on the interstate and the neighboring states probably do too otherwise it'd be fruitless to triple up just for one state. Why aren't B trains allowed in some US states. Looks to me like a B train would be safer than an A train. Jim
 
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