IVECO Road Train Pic???

**isuzurover** · 14th January 2009, 04:23 PM

A mate works at IVECO Germany (Designs trucks).

I am trying to track down a picture of an Iveco road train (preferably the eurostar type - flat nose).

Does anyone have one??? We were looking out for one when travelling across OZ recently, but it was just the usual kenworth/western star/freightliner mix, with the occasional MAN and Volvo.

**p38arover** · 14th January 2009, 04:26 PM

Powerstar on Google

http://image46.webshots.com/46/0/17/...4HWVGWM_ph.jpg

**p38arover** · 14th January 2009, 04:31 PM

**p38arover** · 14th January 2009, 04:34 PM

**p38arover** · 14th January 2009, 04:35 PM

**isuzurover** · 14th January 2009, 04:54 PM

Thanks Ron, great pics!!! However the Powerstar is made in Brazil, so isn't as interesting for the guys at Iveco Germany.

That is why I am trying to get a pic of the German made eurostar as a road train:

**p38arover** · 14th January 2009, 04:57 PM

Sorry Ben, couldn't find any Eurostar road train pics

**BMKal** · 14th January 2009, 05:03 PM

Not very often you see a Eurostar pulling a road train from memory. Plenty of Powerstars, as in the photos above, but I can't say that I can ever remember seeing a Eurostar pulling a train.

Just had a look through my collection of photos of road trains & heavy haulage stuff -- but they're pretty much all pulled by proper trucks (macks & Kenworths).

**Bigbjorn** · 14th January 2009, 05:03 PM

The bonneted truck is actually an International. The cabover is a Magirus-Deutz. Both are badge engineered as Iveco as are Fiat trucks. Euro trucks are not popular in road train service. You do see a few Scania and Volvo and the occasional eccentric with an M.A.N. My observations of road train prime movers in recent years in order of popularity are 1-Kenworth, 2-Western Star, 3-Mack. The US power trains proved themselves in this market in the early '60's and have held it by performance and excellence.

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 14th January 2009, 05:12 PM

Yeah Real Aussie outback men don't drive pussy European trucks, they drive real cowboy American trucks!

All that aside I do think that road train operators like normal control rather than forward control. It has to do with the drivers position in relation to the steer and the fact that the length of a road train doesn't require the maximising of the loadspace as on European roads.

Although if you go to "B triples" (not quite road trains) you get these:

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