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Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby mick_dundee » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:01 pm

Article in the news today, in an attempt to reduce the trucks on the road they are talking about introducing B Triples... Woot! They say it wil only be on highways etc but reality would suggest they have to load/unload somewhere.

Dnno about anyone else but be fucked if I wanna see these on the road, need a square kilomtere to run around, take a week to overtake etc...
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby robracer » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:20 pm

mick_dundee wrote:Dnno about anyone else but be fucked if I wanna see these on the road, need a square kilomtere to run around, take a week to overtake etc...

Not to mention the sleepy truck driver... how much damage will that do :shock:
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby Blurr » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:57 pm

if you have ever seen these in the outback QLD or NT you'll know that these trucks stop for no one so how the hell are they going to negotiate traffic
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby robracer » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:03 pm

One better ...Near Finke NT came across a triple that had jack knifed & it was carrying cattle, there were cattle parts allover the place, cause the limbs stuck out as the trailers rolled & slid down the road....local cop was dispatching the remaining wounded with his glock :lol: what a sight :shock:
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby Possum » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:08 pm

Blurr wrote:so how the hell are they going to negotiate traffic


they dont negotiate traffic now ! :? and with the increase in smaller cagers & bikes not to mention road rage its just just a recipe for b-trouble

...........and they are already on the road between melb & geelong? ! :shock:
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby deafwish » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:44 pm

Possum wrote:
Blurr wrote:...........and they are already on the road between melb & geelong? ! :shock:


Not quite. ;)
Ford has a permit for their B Triple, but the A section is a little smaller than a true B Triple.
Shame the true 'professional' truck drivers are few & far between these days...
Sooooo many knuckle draggers on our roads down here... :x
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby photomike666 » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:03 am

There's actually a second company running a B-tripple on the Princes Hwy Geelong-Melbounre. Went past it yesterday morning. Unless Ford have decided to subcontract, which I doubt.
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby MrWasabi » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:22 am

76 tonnes, 12 axels 25m turning circle!
CANT WAIT to scoot past one of these on my 250

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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby mick_dundee » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:12 pm

I gusstimate a week to overtake on the 9, on the 2fiddly better call in and apply for a months leave from work prior to startig the manouver.
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby craig » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:49 pm

"carnage at the lights" ................coming soon to an intersection near you
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby Rusty » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:33 pm

Mick, the throttle's the one on the right. If you twist it when in gear, the bike moves a little bit quicker. :P

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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby Possum » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:39 pm

Rusty wrote:Mick, the throttle's the one on the right. If you twist it when in gear, the bike moves a little bit quicker. :P


lol... Mick knows where the throttle is... Dont ya Mick... !!.. must be good for 12months?...lol
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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

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Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples

Postby mick_dundee » Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:58 pm

Possum wrote:lol... Mick knows where the throttle is... Dont ya Mick... !!.. must be good for 12months?...lol


Umm yeah, that's right damn it :twisted: but I know who to see if I need some points don't I Poss :P
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