Argentina;
Very common truck all over South America, top power is 320bhp and its common to see them pulling prob at least 50tonnes.See alot of 260bhp versions also pulling big weights. They have a big cab
Argentina Chile border. Thats the previous generation VW truck.
Queue for the border customs check
Diesel is only 45p a litre
Typical beautiful scenery
This is the typical layout of trailer axles, the front one is towards the centre of the trailers.
Fog didnt slow anyone down
Most common truck on the roads, its a 320bhp merc
Also loads of these, they are only 140bhp and look really old, doesnt stop them pulling big weights
Most common types of trailers, sheeting and roping
Nice FH Globetrotter
This is actually a ford cargo type truck, they still make these over here.
Roads around Buenos Aires are as good as europe
Very congested though
Big farmer protests, we were lucky to have just missed the worst of it
We did alot of travel on buses(80hrs in 2weeks), buses here are excellent
This is the 2nd best class on the buses, the top class have seats that turn into beds and you get free meals and as much drink as you want.
Bolivia & Peru
at least 80% of the trucks here are Volvo F12s
typical Bolivian bus, drivers are crazy
South Bolivia has no tarmaced roads, main road from the south to the capital
collapsed bridges are very common, detour takes you through the river bed
overturned F12
Locals were busy
This is actually a single carrageway road
Worlds most dangerous road, its now bypassed, we cycled down this
Oz
Hard to see but this is an oil tanker road train, these only run the centre routes, only thing i saw on the west coasts were 2 trailer rigs
posted this here before, its a 660bhp with an extended cab that is available direct from volvo. only one of these that I saw, and its used to toe v8 touring cars. also saw a stretched TGA at that race meeting.
This was on a sand island. the jeep is well stuck and you could smell its clutches from quite a distance. the truck tried its best and made it a bit further but also got stuck, he was making another run at it
