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is this the worlds largest vehicle wrap?
http://www.rolanddg.com.au/index.asp?pa … efault.asp
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Roland DG Helps wrap SBR’s Prime Mover
Roland DG Corporation produces 450 square metres of printed vinyl to cover the entire SBR Prime Mover. The massive task took three machines 55 hours to prepare, print and laminate the material.
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I feel sorry for the fitters. (oogle)
Thats one big job.
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quote Jason Xuereb:I feel sorry for the fitters. (oogle)Thats one big job.
TAFE students no less! Thats one steep learning curve…..
This truck is stored about 10 minutes from me. Can’t wait to see i in the flesh…. er… steel….
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i be interested to see if this truck had rivets all over it… imagine that
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WOW, Peter bet that one took some time to RIP
Some size truck too, wouldnt like to meet that on a country road!
Ian
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quote Dave Rowland:i be interested to see if this truck had rivets all over it… imagine that
I know the truck Dave, used to do a bit for SBR. Its all fiberglass and smooth.
Ian, these things drive up and down our coast everyday of the week.
They are called B Doubles. My cousin drives B Triples in North West Western Australia, that’s 3 trailers.. and he drives for BP Petroleum. Lots of fuel if you have a mishap. He’s on incredible money though. A competent driver, not much traffic on the roads he drives way out bush. But, when you pass one on the road, the wind they create is awesome. You just hang on to the steering wheel with a tight grip and keep the car straight..
They are illegal to drive these long units in New Zealand though, so when they do the V8 round over there, they have to use smaller transport. 2 trucks for every b Double. Quiet a traffic jam by all accounts…
Very impressive when you go to a race track like Bathurst. They do a parade of trucks through the centre of town. Most teams have 1 B double and a normal semi, but some of the bigger teams have 2 B doubles. In the smaller towns in the country, its not uncommon to have the lead truck leaving town, while the last trucks are still coming in to town….
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I ended up reading the article. 4 metres high. Those are some seriously big panels to be working with.
Those students did a hell of job.
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quote Jason Xuereb:I ended up reading the article. 4 metres high. Those are some seriously big panels to be working with.
Those students did a hell of job.
55 hours for 3 machines… big print and laminate job too
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I wonder which printers they were using to get these out. Soljet’s no doubt. Can’t wait for next week. I get to tackle two trucks. Two of them together doesn’t even compare to this project lol.
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Living in Kalgoorlie, WA, I might have to get a hold of one of the quad-trains (4 Trailers) that travel around here and wrap them!
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quote John Bruce:Living in Kalgoorlie, WA, I might have to get a hold of one of the quad-trains (4 Trailers) that travel around here and wrap them!
Welcome to the boards John,
I’ve got a cousin in Kalgoorlie, local real estate agent (Linda and her hubby – can’t remember her married name tho 😳 ) and here dad, my uncle, does the Kalgoorlie – Port Headland run in a triple road train….. carrying everything from wheat to cattle I think. He does the heavy haulage from the mines too. My parents were over there last year and they froze. Coming from sunny Qld, they expected it to be really hot. Guess it is not always hot eh :lol1:
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i drove a b doubble 9 years ago once omg it’s some job just going through the gears, 16 speed road ranger on a massive kenworth,
i’m lucky it was up northern territory and the road was straight..how long did it take them to wrap it?
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Wow, what a job! How many meters long is that?
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wow all that work for one seasion!!!
I have seen a few of those trucks as I have spent a few months ( must add them up prob 2 years ) in Perth WA. We have a house there.. great place. But still too slow a pace to up sticks and move out there :lol1: :lol1:
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