30m roadtrain to be tested in Sweden
 

For the moment 30m lumber roadtrains are tested between Överkalix and Munksund. The project is called "En trave till" (One pile more) and is meant to reduce the number of lorrys on the roads, and be more environment-friendly.
A Volvo FH16, with a dolly, link and trailer is used in the test.
The train has a gross weight of 90t, but there are only 8-9 t on each axle.

http://www.trailer.se/news.php?id=4427 (In Swedish)

In English I hope -

http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...%3Den%26sa%3DG

This seems to be connected to the 'Green Corridor' concept, make them bigger so the number of trucks on the road are reduced as are fuel and wage costs.

http://www.truckandbusforum.com/showthread.php?t=694

bigger trucks less jobs.i think denby are trialing something similar to the double b,s.60 ton g.v.w.rail frieght aren,t happy about it.

Sorry for posting it wrong...

An thank you for the translation link... not the best maybe. :)

Yea, it has something to do with less trucks is greener....

by the way; todays maximum length in Sweden is 24m (78.74 ft) or 25,25m (82.02 ft) with dolly and trailer behind the truck.
So its 'only' 5m (16 ft) more

A (constructive) comment:- fewer trucks (less is used for things like fluids or powders - ie items that can be counted use fewer).
OK, I realise that English isn't your native language, but you're doing pretty good - much better than I could do in Swedish! Even native Brits get it wrong by the way.

Thank you, I'll try to remember that.
Yes, english is not my native language, but I use it a lot. Born and raised with computers, and in the 80's the computer language was english...

One thing that many swedes get wrong ins how to pronounce W.
So we say window like it is spelled vindov sometimes. Even I do it.
That's because in Swedish (and all the other nordic languages (except Icelandic), W and V is the same letter...

Hi BOBJORK,well done i think you writing and english grammer are very good. its taken me 64 years to get to my standard now[english grammer] i understand what you are saying about the GRREN MOVEMENT it is in road haulage now in a big way.what you all want is"longer beds and longer in them" i drove for the last 23 years in europe and a lot of times i was pleased to see a ,swedish,danish ,norwegien, dutch, belege,etctruck, as i knew you would nearly all know the German language and that would get you out of trouble,at boarder controls.i could only talk gibberish to those austrian and hatefull SWISS,mien herr,however we allways got through with a little bit of help from people like you,goodluck regards Deckboypeggy.

Brussels is shy of a public discussion about mega trucks ahead of the elections in the European Union in June 2009.
It is known Switzerland and Austria are against the idea

After weeks of dithering and uncertainty, the government is expected to announce a study into running longer semi-trailers on UK roads

http://www.roadtransport.com/Article...ler-study.html

Denmark has become the latest country to test 60-tonne 25.25-metre trucks on its roads. The longer heavier vehicles (LHVs) will be allowed on specified main roads from 24 November for a three-year trial period.