What Does Everyone Do For a Living??
Super Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,110
From: KW Ontario
I have a hooded bomber that I bought at the Reebok outlet forever ago
I still wear it just about daily in the winter
I definately got my moneys worth
I still wear it just about daily in the winter
I definately got my moneys worth
Starting Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 137
From: Stateline
Im in the southern US, a 'wiggle wagon' here is a toy compared to that stuff. The only tandems they pull here are the shipping container sized trailers, 2 axle, one one each end. Those Aussie roadtrains are damn impressive, but so are yours!
Yeah lots of the states don't allow multiple trailers. I believe its because of the narrow or non-existent shoulders, and they are also much stickier on vehicle weights than we are up here. We are only allowed to haul larger than super-b trains on primary highways. 3 pups (Wiggle wagons), or 2 long boxes (Turnpikes), or 1 of each (Rocky Mountain double) are called "LCV trains" (Long combination vehicle).
We need to have a special permit to haul LCV trains here too, the government doesn't let just any old trucker haul these combinations. To even apply for an LCV permit a carrier company must have a pretty good safety record with the CVIP, and the individual drivers must pass a test and have 2 years driving accident free and over 200,000km I believe. The test is no joke, its driving a turnpike around town from truck terminals to the LCV routes, and if you catch a curb, you fail. Doing a 90 degree off a side street onto a 2 lane each way street requires you swing the corner very wide, and go all the way out to the 3rd lane or else the rear most axles will catch the corner.
Needless to say, I hate driving LCV trains... No extra money in it, tough as all hell to drive around, and Im glad my current company doesn't do the LCV thing!
We need to have a special permit to haul LCV trains here too, the government doesn't let just any old trucker haul these combinations. To even apply for an LCV permit a carrier company must have a pretty good safety record with the CVIP, and the individual drivers must pass a test and have 2 years driving accident free and over 200,000km I believe. The test is no joke, its driving a turnpike around town from truck terminals to the LCV routes, and if you catch a curb, you fail. Doing a 90 degree off a side street onto a 2 lane each way street requires you swing the corner very wide, and go all the way out to the 3rd lane or else the rear most axles will catch the corner.
Needless to say, I hate driving LCV trains... No extra money in it, tough as all hell to drive around, and Im glad my current company doesn't do the LCV thing!