Road train

Not to be confused with ART.
This article is about connected heavy goods vehicles. For lighter recreational road trains, see Trackless train. For the routing of a railroad track on public streets, see Street running train. For electronic road trains, see Platoon (automobile).
"Road Train" redirects here. For the song, see Road Train (song).

A three-trailer livestock road train in Australia
An early road train at Alice Springs on the way to Tennant Creek, c. 1938 - 1948
A diesel road train in Alice Springs, c. 1938 - 1939

A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer semi-trucks. It consists of one semi-trailer or more connected together with or without a tractor.[1] It typically has to be at least three trailers and one tractor. Road trains are often used in areas where other forms of heavy transport (freight train, cargo aircraft, container ship) are not feasible or practical.

  1. ^ "What is a Road Train?". X. Vintage Road Haulage, Perth, Western Australia. 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.