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Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:01 pmby mick_dundee
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...
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
Posted:
Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:20 pmby robracer
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
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:57 pmby Blurr
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
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:03 pmby robracer
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
what a sight
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:08 pmby Possum
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? !
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:44 pmby deafwish
Possum wrote:Blurr wrote:...........and they are already on the road between melb & geelong? !
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...
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:03 amby photomike666
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.
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:22 amby MrWasabi
76 tonnes, 12 axels 25m turning circle!
CANT WAIT to scoot past one of these on my 250
http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/A_52585/t ... ticle.html
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:12 pmby mick_dundee
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.
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:49 pmby craig
"carnage at the lights" ................coming soon to an intersection near you
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:33 pmby Rusty
Mick, the throttle's the one on the right. If you twist it when in gear, the bike moves a
little bit quicker.
Not a big fan of road trains.
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:39 pmby Possum
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.
lol... Mick knows where the throttle is... Dont ya Mick... !!.. must be good for 12months?...lol
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:19 pmby IsleofNinja
Welcome to my world LADIES!!!
Re: Coming soon to a road near you... B Triples
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:58 pmby mick_dundee
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
but I know who to see if I need some points don't I Poss