Bogged

Pompey

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So you think you had problems when you bogged your truck
Bogged Road Train 1.webp
 
I’m thinking that’ll take a lil more than the Tremor’s Warn winch!!?‍♂️?‍♂️?
 
A kinetic rope and some momentum should do the trick. Ha
 
Dam that grader is going to be harder to get out Now then the truck
I believe they brought in a couple of front end loaders. One of them got bogged, but eventually they got it and the grader out. Then they broke up the road train and towed the prime mover and first trailer out, then took one trailer out at a time. Obviously not a 5 minute job.
 
I believe they brought in a couple of front end loaders. One of them got bogged, but eventually they got it and the grader out. Then they broke up the road train and towed the prime mover and first trailer out, then took one trailer out at a time. Obviously not a 5 minute job.
Yea that had to be a long day and some good tow guys to get that mess cleaned up
 
Yea that had to be a long day and some good tow guys to get that mess cleaned up
Pretty sure they were local council workers who helped out. They have to be pretty versatile out there. It was in a very isolated area.
 
Scary... how do you even get there with a rig like that? Looks like that one is home to paved roads mostly ...
Well you have to appreciate that outside of the major centres and tourist attractions, and Highway One and the Stuart Hwy, almost all the roads in over half the country are gravel or dirt roads. And large areas of the rest of the country are too. In these areas, you just don’t see many conventional semi trailers. So much so that when you see one it doesn’t look right. During the wet season in the top end, many communities are cut off for months. It may be that this was the last truckload before the roads became impassable but the gamble didn’t quite pay off.

Either way, these road trains are on roads like this all the time (Apart from during the wet season in the top end). In the dry, they kick up an enormous amount of dust and present a challenge when you want to overtake one. The blokes who drive them though are very good, and help you out as best they can. I remember being in a small outback town. A road train pulled up to make a delivery. He came around, then backed it up perfectly into place better than most people would park a small car.

However, when one comes the other way, they have right of way. You pull over and stop, wait for the dust to settle, then get going again.
 
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