Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Museum of Vehicle Evolution (MOVE) - Australia" video.

  1. Have often been through Shepparton, but was not aware of this museum.
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  2. Talking road trains, a few days ago I came across mention that a record road train length is held by ONE example in Queensland, documented as 113, yes 113 trailers, over 1.5 km long.
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  3.  @IWrocker  I do remain startled by the info. I will track back and try to relocate the info and advise the place I came across that. If anywhere possibly Guinessbook of records. But right now thinking back it came up, from recollection, during an "Amazing things about Australia," it to me was a surprise, the longest I have seen by own eyes was about 10 trailers. More typically ones are 5 trailers, with 3 and 4 common. A colleague in car testing was almost killed on a dirt road by on comming road train, with more than four trailers, as his car in the dust cloud was run over by a cattle trailer of that road train. Spent months in hospital, the car was very mangled, virtually shredded. Such super long chain of trailers would have to use several prime movers and probably a formof mid trailer group steering. I have no idea if used on nearly straight level road only. I personally see little purpose for it except as a record attempt stunt not a practicle working road train Actual long "Iron Ore" trains exist in West Australia get that long(er?) but like aĺl trains run on rails not roads.
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  4.  @IWrocker  Ian, I have spent some time since last message, seeking to track back to the original source info. I have not yet found it, but it is certain only a record attempt. I found a YouTube video reported as 9 months old by YouTube, title "GUINESS WORLD RECORDS LONGEST TRUCK", but this was done in West Australia, and is only 79 trailers, total length 1018 meters. Record run over a 8 km distance on a private mining company road section. It is of course quite possible that since that record was set, someone did a new record in Queensland. I will as time allows still look more for the 113 long one. As I said I can not visualise any practicle working roadtrain of such lengths only a record attempt on level straight road. During the search it seems that the longest working roadtrain is a mining company one shown in another video I found searching for "longest Australian roadtrain", but I have not noted down the actual video name. The intro image shows a very long yellow roadtrain, that is never actually in the video, but it seems the mining road train may be the the 10 trailer one I have seen as that seems to be what the mining company operates. All other long 'working' road trains seem to all be 5 maximum and 3 or 4 normal limits. 5 long ones I have seen a few, though on main highway to Darwin NT and northern part of WA, these seem from memory mainly 3 or 4 trailers. The very long ones would be on other than heavier traffic main highways more the isolated dirt tracks to cattle stations for example with very little other traffic expected. It remain very advisable when encountering a long roadtrain on especially dirt roads, is to pull well off the side allow the truck to pass and dust cloud to vanish before proceeding. Other than crashing in the dust cloud obscured view there is very high chance of stones and rocks smashing the windscreen of your vehicle. Sorry I should have had positive reference to the 113 trailer details before raising the matter.
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