Re: B-TRIPLES, WHAT A JOKE ( I WISH) !
brett.fitzpatrick@employment.gov.au
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:34:11 -0600
In article <6fqpfc$hq8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
david@nmit.vic.edu.au wrote:
>
> Just seen the April RACV Royal Auto. I wonder if it is an april fools joke.
>
> B Triples ( road trains despite their denial ) - claiming low wear and manning
> reductions.
>
> Well Ford should know better. They got rid of a B-TWENTY !
>
> What is a B-Twenty ? A locomotive and twenty carriages. If one or two people
> crewing one loco hauling more than 3 trailers OFF the roads and on the rails.
>
> I mean if they are restricted to highways, put them on railways.
>
> Finally they could use the trailer train concept, assemble them at each end(
> one excuse for trucks is the rail sidings are not near all the areas the
> trucks deliver, well the trialer train can shunt in and have small tractors or
> old trucks in the compount to move them !
>
> What do you think ????
>
> David
>
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Exactly, except that I think they should be called C-Triples etc etc.
When they get to six trailers, then we'll know that the roads are F-@%#$ full
and F-@%#$ -ed up!!
Brett
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