World's Toughest Trucker

[G-CPTN]

When Vauxhall were developing the FE Victor, they installed a 'washboard' surface at the test track to reflect the Australian 'road' surface conditions. They also added a 'spoon drain' (a channel across the road) which wrote off one of the prototypes.

[G-CPTN]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/worlds.../episode-3-378

[G-CPTN]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/worlds.../episode-4-360

[G-CPTN]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/worlds.../episode-5-332

[coastie]

I missed Friday's episode so I'll watch it again tomorrow night, thankyou.

[Mr-Tomcat]

Any missed episode can be seen Tuesday night 10PM on *5. Not one of them drivers can claim to be worlds toughest drivers. They whinge like my mother, argue like Lisa and me, the winner will be lucky not tough. And watching them change gear!! I could teach a child to change better without a clutch. And why did the squeeky voiced one let the water out of the rad after the fan belt snapped? Idiot.

[coastie]

So far, it seems that the best ones are the Canadian and the English bloke. As for that white Yank...............!!

[G-CPTN]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/worlds.../episode-6-315

[huppypuppy]

Originally Posted by robertdavey6

"I'm just a good ole HillyBilly, whose never left the U.S.of A." or words to that effect. Doesn't it show?


Can someone post a reminder for me to watch all the rest of these? Please.

PS. Can we have some input from our Aussie experts, about taking 3 days/2 nights to do 300 miles, over that terrain? Only 100 miles a day (average) when they were doing 100kph/62mph at times, does seem strange.

Robert, in answer to your question: some of the roads these fellas travelled are, in a word, crap! Therefore, to be able to traverse them, they need to reduce speed otherwise they're looking for trouble.... corrugations, potholes and bulldust (which can have a massive hole underneath) are problems they need to be able to readily identify and adjust to. If they don't, they could break springs (these trucks have 6 rod suspension, which has benefits over airbag suspension on these sorts of roads), do tyres and wheels in on both truck and trailer, lose a entire wheel assembly or, worse, have an accident which can result in a fatality or delay in medical treatment. I reckon truckers out there should carry a 406MHz Emergency Position Indicating Rescue Beacon (EPIRB) in case of an accident.

The trucks were stock Kenworth T658's with identical stock trailers each loaded with 50 head of cattle.... the cattle up there are wild and possibly have never been transported by truck so there's another little problem that the drivers need to adjust to!

[coastie]

A 406 epirb is a good idea, I'm surprised they don't carry them already.