AEC Mammoth Major 6 Caltex tanker, presumably Sydney (Kingsford Smith). Date unknown
The removals business was a part of the Grace Bros. department store chain (yes, it was a genuine thing in Sydney and elsewhere), I think Brambles(?) bought them out. The department store chain is all Myer these days. Those step-frame semis were much easier to work with than any rigid removals wagon.
W.E. Andrew & Son of Nottingham had several of those but longer and with single axle little wheels. I worked for Bill for some months on Kelloggs night trunk to Trafford Park and only left to start up in business with my brother, fresh back from Australia. Bill offered to sell us a complete outfit step-semi pulled by a Leyland Redline tractor for £500 (£100 a month for 5 months), but we turned him down because of the Scammell automatic coupling and we thought that if we had a breakdown far from home we wouldn’t be able to hire a replacement to carry on with the trailer.
How did they keep the AECs with ergo cab cool in Australia when they had problems over here? Apparently it was the air flow that was poor around the cab
Do you know where this is in Australia? Just watching Outback Truckers and these MK111 AECs appeared looking a little worse for wear.Shouldn’t be hard to identify Australias not that big
Australia is only slightly larger than the Isle of Wight.
Exactly , that’s why there’s not that many people live there
They are all at the air show at Fairford.
Well it is an island. 
Well yes.
So is America.
North America, South America…North IoW, South IoW. No difference.
Gruinard Island.
Rolling tonnage?
72 big bags? At one ton each? 4 tons for a short trailer and 6 for a long one? 10 tons for the unit?
All guesses, but that is about 102tons.
Or what are the Aus laws on weight?
Western Aus and NT say 200tons max for a road train with 4 trailers…
Maybe they are running light!
Or more likely my guesses are bad.
The maximum combined mass limits will depend on what scheme a vehicle is operating under.
General mass limits (GML) allow 16.5 tonne on a bogie and 20 tonne on a tri.
Higher mass (HML) goes up to 17 and 22.5 tonne respectively. I won’t confuse the issue by discussing concessional mass (CML). 6 tonne is allowed on a single steer regardless of the scheme under which the truck is operating.
For versatility and general access, a combination of bogie and tri is the best choice.
The truck in the clip is an ABAB combination, split it at the converter dolly and you have two B doubles.
Maximum length is 53.5 metres for a road train, so provided the combination stays within that constraint it is up to the operator to decide what combination of A and B trailers suit. As mentioned to maintain versatility BABA or AAA works best in most scenarios. However, for vocational tasks other combinations may offer productivity gains.
This is a highly simplified explanation as although we have national rules, we have 8 different interpretations of the rules.
Looks like a hay run, where truck owner drivers volunteer their trucks and service to deliver stock feed, to drought affected areas, for free.
Agreed. I think there’s one going on now for SA.