The Incredible Australian Road Trains

Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew
Published in
2 min readApr 17, 2021

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Watch yourself if you see these trucks coming down the road. The Australian road trains are the world’s longest truck and trailer configurations. These massive machines haul freight in the Australia Outback and are relied upon to supply the remote Outback towns.

There are many configurations and regulations of a road train (shown below), and as the weight and cargo of the train get larger, the…

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Daniel Ganninger
Knowledge Stew

The writer, editor, and chief lackey of Knowledge Stew and the Knowledge Stew line of trivia books. Connect at knowledgestew.com and danielganninger.com