Thread: Road pics

In Minnesota anyway, you can hitch a 5th wheel behind your truck and a boat behind that. I would hate to try to back that arrangement up.

Tim

Originally Posted by donv

They run these in Nevada, do they count? I've only been across Nevada once, decades ago. I had a truck pass me at night, he was doing around 85mph. The tractor went by, then the trailer, then the trailer, THEN; another trailer!!?? I'd never seen one before and it was pretty cool. The laws here for trucking vary from state to state on length, kingpin to axle, overall, and what not. I've spoken to those who made long haul trucking their living, and it's a nightmare for them. Some states you have to pay a road tax. Other states you have to pay road tax, or, buy fuel in their state. It's pretty wacky.

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I didn't see one of those when I was in Nevada myself, but that is, what we here in Australia call, a road train. So it is possible that you might have actual real fullsize trucks (Tractor if you prefer) instead of just those half size things I saw so many of. I could well be wrong! The size of the trucks I saw when I was over there, are considered small here, we have them, but they're in the minority.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I didn't see one of those when I was in Nevada myself, but that is, what we here in Australia call, a road train. So it is possible that you might have actual real fullsize trucks (Tractor if you prefer) instead of just those half size things I saw so many of. I could well be wrong! The size of the trucks I saw when I was over there, are considered small here, we have them, but they're in the minority.


Mick

Gotcha. Yeah, I know what you're talking about. One thing trucks here can't step around is weight restrictions. Before I'm admonished by someone around here, yes, certain occasions will allow certain loads to go over the road. I went to a parade over on the coast and they had a truck and trailer they use on their own roads for logging, it made regular trucks look small, but, they were not allowed on public roads. When they brought in the steam turbine at work, it came in on a huge set up. Huh, never thought to get any pictures.

Just got back from wilson sink reservoir,70 miles west of elko nev. way out in the sticks,I mean dirt roads for 30 miles..
you see those giant tandams all over I 80,never seen one in Kali.

Well what you've told me about regulations, road tolls and restrictions, I now understand why the US version of a truck is smaller. I was very surprised to see it first hand, as we here in Oz, are led to believe that everything is BIGGER in the US, and trucks in the movies seem BIGGER too. The reality of it not being so, hit home when I was over your part of the world all those years ago.
Obviously they can be just as long though (roughly speaking) in trailer count, if not size. Log trucks! Now Log trucks are seriously scary bloody things to contend with on a bike and narrow winding roads, going by recent experience.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Well what you've told me about regulations, road tolls and restrictions, I now understand why the US version of a truck is smaller. I was very surprised to see it first hand, as we here in Oz, are led to believe that everything is BIGGER in the US, and trucks in the movies seem BIGGER too. The reality of it not being so, hit home when I was over your part of the world all those years ago.
Obviously they can be just as long though (roughly speaking) in trailer count, if not size. Log trucks! Now Log trucks are seriously scary bloody things to contend with on a bike and narrow winding roads, going by recent experience.


Mick

Mick,

It's mostly American Propaganda. I'm not sure when it started, I'm guessing some time during the Industrial Revolution. Bigger was always deemed better! Even if two of something could do a job better, one big thing is better! Maybe it's more of a global thing than I think. I think it was a way to instill pride and motivate people. But, around here, (especially with rednecks), all you have to say is, "That's a pretty big ___ you have there Bob. But I saw Tom had the newer, bigger ___". Well, dollar to a donut, Bob will be looking to upgrade his ____! Up in Chico Ca, they do have something that's big and, IMHO, totally bitchin'!! The World's Largest functional yo yo! While at the store, Bird in Hand, just ask, and you may have someone there that can do some pretty cool stuff with a yo yo. One employee showed part of his routine that he used in the National Competition, way cool.

They have the National Yo Yo Competition in Chico every year. And, every year, I don't remember to go to it till a week after!! Here's a clip of a kid from last year. They are a little more advanced than the yoyo's I used. And, no, I don't think that having a different one would have done me much good!!

Now that's cool! I love yo-yo's, just don't ask me why. I can't do much with them. I would love to have a shop like that near me. So much choice...I would be suffering from Yyad.
As for big things, we have lots of big things. Unfortunatley most of them are huge, gawdy firbreglass monstrositys b the side of the road. Like the big Banana, the big Prawn, the big Orange, the big Elephant etc. I have no idea who thought up doing things like that, but I would like to meet them one day so I could, as you blokes say over there, Slap them upside of their head.


Mick

That kids yo-yo looks like the rim off my 4WD!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

That kids yo-yo looks like the rim off my 4WD!


Mick

Mick, the yo-yo's you and I knew are dinosaurs now. A genius named Tom Kuhn brought them into the modern world. Ball bearings!! I was lucky to get my yo-yo to "sleep" long enough to do one quick trick. Now they spin on bearings, and have friction, clutch type plates in them. New is sometimes better. I know this may come to a some on this site as a shock, but, at least with yo-yo's, new is better. They can have my Duncan Butterfly back any day, gimme a Tom Kuhn No Jive.

Crap, how come I foresee a trip to Chico to look at yo-yo's now! crap.......