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What is the most exciting aspect of driving an 18-wheeler truck across America (or any other country)?

Last Updated: 28.06.2025 01:12

What is the most exciting aspect of driving an 18-wheeler truck across America (or any other country)?

And we have up to three trailer road trains (53.5 metres long) on some more remote roads. I have that licence, though I am usually towing Bdoubles or two trailer road trains.

We use both Cabover and long bonnet trucks. I drive a nice Scania Cabover with 560hp and a 12 speed auto-changing gearbox. Comfortable and easy to drive after years of old Western Stars, Kenworth and Ford L9000s with 13 and 18 speed manual gearboxes.

Towns are few and far between so there are roadhouses in some remote areas to fill in the gaps.

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With a Fatogue Management Certificate, that 12 hour work day can extend to 14, but with very strict rest break requirements.

it takes around three days to drive Adelaide-Darwin, or around four days to drive Sydney-Perth.

When driving more than 100km from your base, we have a maximum of 12 hours loading/driving per 24 hours with strict rest times during that 12 hour working day, so it takes 14 hours to work/drive those 12 hours.

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We have to have enough technical knowledge to make some repairs on the road.

In Australia we have 22 wheel trucks as standard - three axle trailers.

We MUST have a seven hour sleep break in every 24 hours. And a normal work week is a maximum of 72 hours, followed by 24 hours not driving (working six days in seven).

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We allow higher weights than US trucks - 42,500 kg (93500lb) versus 80,000 lb for a single trailer semi.

Our trucks have big horsepower (kilowatts), and big fuel tanks to cope with the long distance.

We have unfenced roads in many locations so have to watch out for roaming kangaroos, emus, sheep, and camels.

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And personally, I love to see the changing landscape, both day to day and as the seasons change.

All heavy vehicles (over 12,000 kg max weight) are limited to 100kmh (62 mph), even where the speed limit is higher.

It's a good life if you like your own company and have an understanding wife.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.