World's Toughest Trucker

[Bassman]

I began to wonder if the "60" quoted was 60 Kph. Even at under 40 mph that is still less than 3 hours driving. Maybe they slowed down for the bumpy bits!

62 mph on those Outback roads would kill a truck wouldn't it?

[coastie]

Originally Posted by Bassman

I began to wonder if the "60" quoted was 60 Kph. Even at under 40 mph that is still less than 3 hours driving. Maybe they slowed down for the bumpy bits!

62 mph on those Outback roads would kill a truck wouldn't it?

The speed limits in Aus are in KPH.

[robertdavey6]

There were a couple of mentions of traveling at the 100k limit. There was also a complaint, after one truck had passed another, on the tar seal section, that he'd exceeded 100k to pas but had dropped back to 60mph, once he was in front.

[coastie]

Originally Posted by robertdavey6

There were a couple of mentions of traveling at the 100k limit. There was also a complaint, after one truck had passed another, on the tar seal section, that he'd exceeded 100k to pas but had dropped back to 60mph, once he was in front.

Then was passed by the wagon he'd passed!

WHERE IS Lisa when we need her??

[G-CPTN]

Originally Posted by coastie

Then was passed by the wagon he'd passed!

But the crafty Brit still set the fastest journey time!
(He'd set off 15 minutes behind the Ozzie, so following him in to the final stop meant that he was still ahead on time.)

[coastie]

There was another episode tonight I believe. I'll watch it when I get home.

[G-CPTN]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/worlds.../episode-2-394

[coastie]

I watched the second episode last night, am sorry that the Zimbabwe bloke went but I'm not really sorry that that Yank went.

[Bassman]

I watched it last night. I presume you mean the Sri Lankan guy.

Unimpressed with the scriptwriter's knowledge. The trailer had "six" axles. Admittedly some trucks do have a short axle on either side of a trailer with a pair of wheels, but this appeared to be a fairly standard three axle trailer.

You could tell the state of the roads from the damage done tosome of those trailers.

So, the speed was in kph. The 60 kph (or 40 kph the UK trucker was restricted too) did make for a long journey time. The fact that at one time one truck was doing around 20 kph would explain the short journeys (by UK standards).

[coastie]

Originally Posted by Bassman

I watched it last night. I presume you mean the Sri Lankan guy.

Unimpressed with the scriptwriter's knowledge. The trailer had "six" axles. Admittedly some trucks do have a short axle on either side of a trailer with a pair of wheels, but this appeared to be a fairly standard three axle trailer.

You could tell the state of the roads from the damage done tosome of those trailers.

So, the speed was in kph. The 60 kph (or 40 kph the UK trucker was restricted too) did make for a long journey time. The fact that at one time one truck was doing around 20 kph would explain the short journeys (by UK standards).

Sorry, yes, I did mean the Sri Lankan bloke.