Editing Road train (section)

==World's longest road trains==
[[File:Road Train Australia.jpg|thumb|[[Shell Australia]] BAA quad tanker road train in the [[Northern Territory]]. Trailer arrangement is B-double towing two tri-axle trailers.]]
Below is a list of longest road trains driven in the world. Most of these had no practical use, as they were put together and driven across relatively short distances for the express purpose of record-breaking.

*In 1989, a trucker named "Buddo" tugged 12 trailers down the main street of [[Winton, Queensland|Winton]].<ref name=ps13>[http://www.mininghall.com/downloads/mhof_update_december00.pdf Doug's Tug] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930175900/http://www.mininghall.com/downloads/mhof_update_december00.pdf |date=30 September 2009 }}, the pick & shovel (13), December 2000.</ref>
*In 1993, "Plugger" Bowden took the record with a {{convert|525|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}} Mack CLR pulling 16 trailers.
*A few months later this effort was surpassed by [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] driver Malcolm Chisholm with a {{convert|290|t|LT ST|0|adj=on|lk=on}}, 21-trailer rig extending {{convert|315|m|ft|0}}.<ref name=ps13 />
*In April 1994 Bob Hayward and Andrew Aichison organised another attempt using a 1988 [[Mack Super-Liner]] 500&nbsp;hp V8 belonging to Plugger Bowden who drove 29 stock trailers measuring 439.169 metres a distance of 4.5&nbsp;km into [[Bourke, New South Wales|Bourke]].<ref>The world's longest roadtrain ''[[Truck & Bus Transportation]]'' June 1994 page 6</ref> The record was published in the next ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]''. 
*Then the record went back to Winton with 34 trailers.<ref name=ps13 />
*On 3 April 1999, the town of [[Merredin]], officially made it into the ''Guinness Book of Records'', when Marleys Transport made a successful attempt on the record for the world's longest road train. The record was created when 45 trailers, driven by Greg Marley, weighing {{convert|603|t|LT ST|0|abbr=on|lk=on}} and measuring {{convert|610|m|ft|sigfig=4|abbr=on}} were pulled by a [[Kenworth]] 10×6 K100G for {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=ps13 /><ref>[http://www.marleystransport.com.au/?p=truck The Truck Pull : The World's Longest Road Train], marleystransport.com</ref>
*On 19 October 2000, Doug Gould set the first of his records in [[Kalgoorlie]], when a roadtrain made up of 79 trailers, measuring {{convert|1018.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} and weighing {{convert|1072.3|t|LT ST|abbr=on}}, was pulled by a [[Kenworth]] C501T driven by Steven Matthews a distance of {{convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=ps13 /><ref>[http://www.gouldtransport.com.au/world_records.html World records : Preparations for the Big Attempt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412115149/http://www.gouldtransport.com.au/world_records.html |date=12 April 2009 }}, gouldtransport.com.au, quoted from [[Kalgoorlie Miner]], Friday 10 November 2000.</ref>
*On 29 March 2003, the record was surpassed near [[Mungindi]], by a road train consisting of 87 trailers and a single prime mover (measuring {{convert|1235.3|m|ft|sigfig=4|abbr=on}} in length).<ref>[http://macktrucks.com.au/index.cfm?NewsID=152&ContentTypeIDList=7&MenuID=98 TALKIN' TITAN TOUGH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820103442/http://macktrucks.com.au/index.cfm?NewsID=152&ContentTypeIDList=7&MenuID=98 |date=20 August 2011 }}, 21 November 2005, macktrucks.com.au</ref>
*The record returned to Kalgoorlie, on 17 October 2004, when Doug Gould assembled 117 trailers for a total length of {{convert|1445|m|ft|sigfig=4|abbr=on}}. The attempt nearly failed, as the first prime mover's main driveshaft broke when taking off. A second truck was quickly made available, and pulled the train a distance of {{convert|1500|m|ft|sigfig=4|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.fleetwatch.co.za/magazines/feb2005/78-ww-feb05.htm Monster Update : ROAD TRAIN RECORD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826223343/http://www.fleetwatch.co.za/magazines/Feb2005/78-WW-Feb05.htm |date=26 August 2009 }} Fleet Watch,</ref>
*In 2004, the record was again broken by a group from [[Clifton, Queensland]] which used a standard Mack truck to pull 120 trailers a distance of about {{convert|100|m|ft|0}}.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/wa/kalgoor/200602/s1575726.htm Former road train record holder may take on new challenge], 22 February 2006, ABC News online,</ref>
*On 18 February 2006, an Australian built Mack truck with 113<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-road-train |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=5 December 2019|title=Longest road train |date=18 February 2006 }}</ref> semi-trailers, {{convert|1300|t|LT ST|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|1474.3|m|ftin}} long, pulled the load {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} to recapture the record for the longest road train (multiple loaded trailers) ever pulled with a single prime mover. It was on the main road of [[Clifton, Queensland]], that 70-year-old John Atkinson claimed a new record, pulled by a tri-drive [[Mack Titan]].<ref>[https://thedieselgypsy.com/roadtrain-record-2006/ Australia's New World Record Road Train Pull], thedieselgypsy.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071109194531/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/02/19/1573349.htm Qld truck driver sets world's longest road train record], 19 February 2006, ABC News.</ref><ref>[http://www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=1439 Bulldog Reclaims Record Down Under], macktrucks.com</ref>

=== Outside Australia ===
*On 12 April 2016 in Gothenburg, Sweden, a Volvo FH16 750 pulled 20 trailers with double-stacked containers with a total length of 300 meters (984&nbsp;ft) and with a total weight of 750 tonnes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.cision.com/volvo-trucks/r/volvo-fh16-and-i-shift-with-crawler-gears-pulls-750-tonnes-from-standstill,c9953536|title=Volvo FH16 and I-Shift with crawler gears pulls 750 tonnes from standstill|date=12 April 2016 }}</ref>