Truck Drivers!!!

[Greatsouthernland]

:angel: ... well Ian gave me the idea :cool:

[loneranger]

What about pedestrians, boaties, emergency vehicle drivers, motor cyclists.

This concept is going to need its own section soon. :p

[Greatsouthernland]

What about pedestrians, boaties, emergency vehicle drivers, motor cyclists.

This concept is going to need its own section soon. :p

Do tell Squire, do tell :D

[LandyAndy]

Just leave the ****ing grader drivers alone.
Bunch of prima donnas,almost as bad as gear crunchers:wasntme::wasntme::wasntme::wasntme::wasn tme::wasntme:
Andrew

[loneranger]

Just leave the ****ing grader drivers alone.
Bunch of prima donnas,almost as bad as gear crunchers:wasntme::wasntme::wasntme::wasntme::wasn tme::wasntme:
Andrew

You need your own thread. Road workers holding up the traffic :p

[Eevo]

emergency vehicle drivers, motor cyclists.


layoff! i only just had my second lesson learning to drive the firetruck today.

[digger]

layoff! i only just had my second lesson learning to drive the firetruck today.

Sayings to use to distract the instructor
Are as follows;

"Oops, I 'spose that's why they come in a box!"

"Ooh - well as Mum always says "clean teeth are happy teeth"

"So if I can't find em I just grind em OK?"

"I know they're in there somewhere "


"If it won't take it.. Make it!!"

That should be enough toget you around the block

:) :P

[Eevo]

If you can't change it, rearrange it.

More crunch than a packet of chips

[roverv8]

:angel: ... well Ian gave me the idea :cool:

What about ****ing truck drivers??

[Greatsouthernland]

What about ****ing truck drivers??

Well as a holder of a truck licence, motorbike, car, boat and some other licences (and I ride a pushbike occasionally), I guess I can take as well as give :angel:

So, I'm assuming you wanted some stirring of the pot? How about they only drive trucks because they keep falling off their bicycles? Or they're not clever enough to drive taxis?

[rangieman]

Well as a holder of a truck licence, motorbike, car, boat and some other licences (and I ride a pushbike occasionally), I guess I can take as well as give :angel:

So, I'm assuming you wanted some stirring of the pot? How about they only drive trucks because they keep falling off their bicycles? Or they're not clever enough to drive taxis?

Ouch :eek: I would not like to see the majority of Taxi drivers drive Trucks :angel:

[V8Ian]

Ouch :eek: I would not like to see the majority of Taxi drivers drive Trucks :angel:
Oh my goodness gracious me, no. :spudnikcrazy:

[mick88]

Well as a holder of a truck licence, motorbike, car, boat and some other licences (and I ride a pushbike occasionally), I guess I can take as well as give :angel:



Do you hold a Marriage Licence too!


Dad always said a Marriage Licence covered the lot!




Cheers, Mick.

[Mick_Marsh]

Ouch :eek: I would not like to see the majority of Taxi drivers drive Trucks :angel:
I've seen some who couldn't get taxi drives behind the wheel of B-doubles.
Some can't even reverse into the loading docks.

[Bearman]

:angel: ... well Ian gave me the idea :cool:

What's your gripe with truck drivers Gsl. The majority of them are bloody good blokes (and drivers) who have spent a lot of time on the road trying to make a decent living for their families at the expense of the big companies and the government. Like all professions there is the odd cowboy amongst them but they are mostly the salt of the earth. All of them started out with a car licence and worked their way up through the classes until they got to HC or MC. Takes a long time and mostly experience on the road to get this far. I have done my share of it over the years, met some terrific blokes that I am proud to call a mate and I take my hat off to the ones who spend a lifetime on the road especially owner/drivers, paying all the tolls/taxes etc and trying to keep up with the sometimes unrealistic restrictions imposed upon them by officials and governments who wouldn't know **** from clay and endeavouring to make an honest living at the end of the day, the knobs in cars who overtake on double lines/ going up hills/ even with oncoming traffic and jeopardise the safety of everyone. Some car drivers just HAVE to get in front of a truck even if they are doing the same speed. I still can't understand that one. There is a fair chance that if you ever come to grief on the road it will be a truckie who pulls you out of the wreckage.

[Mick_Marsh]

What's your gripe with truck drivers Gsl. The majority of them are bloody good blokes (and drivers) who have spent a lot of time on the road trying to make a decent living for their families at the expense of the big companies and the government. Like all professions there is the odd cowboy amongst them but they are mostly the salt of the earth. All of them started out with a car licence and worked their way up through the classes until they got to HC or MC. Takes a long time and mostly experience on the road to get this far. I have done my share of it over the years, met some terrific blokes that I am proud to call a mate and I take my hat off to the ones who spend a lifetime on the road especially owner/drivers, paying all the tolls/taxes etc and trying to keep up with the sometimes unrealistic restrictions imposed upon them by officials and governments who wouldn't know **** from clay and endeavouring to make an honest living at the end of the day, the knobs in cars who overtake on double lines/ going up hills/ even with oncoming traffic and jeopardise the safety of everyone. Some car drivers just HAVE to get in front of a truck even if they are doing the same speed. I still can't understand that one. There is a fair chance that if you ever come to grief on the road it will be a truckie who pulls you out of the wreckage.Yeah. There are lots of truck drivers who are nice blokes.













Except for Ian.




You gotta watch that one.

[Bearman]

Yeah. There are lots of truck drivers who are nice blokes.













Except for Ian.




You gotta watch that one.

I know Ian, I would include him in the group I mentioned above:)

[LandyAndy]

I know Ian, I would include him in the group I mentioned above:)

I know him too,he aint paying me enough to post that,how much did you get???
Andrew

[Bearman]

I know him too,he aint paying me enough to post that,how much did you get???
Andrew

Ha Ha, A bit of good company, a few drinks and dinner one night:D

[Mick_Marsh]

Ha Ha, A bit of good company, a few drinks and dinner one night:D
You're cheap.

[Bearman]

But not easy!!

[Greatsouthernland]

What's your gripe with truck drivers Gsl. The majority of them are bloody good blokes (and drivers) who have spent a lot of time on the road trying to make a decent living for their families at the expense of the big companies and the government. Like all professions there is the odd cowboy amongst them but they are mostly the salt of the earth. All of them started out with a car licence and worked their way up through the classes until they got to HC or MC. Takes a long time and mostly experience on the road to get this far. I have done my share of it over the years, met some terrific blokes that I am proud to call a mate and I take my hat off to the ones who spend a lifetime on the road especially owner/drivers, paying all the tolls/taxes etc and trying to keep up with the sometimes unrealistic restrictions imposed upon them by officials and governments who wouldn't know **** from clay and endeavouring to make an honest living at the end of the day, the knobs in cars who overtake on double lines/ going up hills/ even with oncoming traffic and jeopardise the safety of everyone. Some car drivers just HAVE to get in front of a truck even if they are doing the same speed. I still can't understand that one. There is a fair chance that if you ever come to grief on the road it will be a truckie who pulls you out of the wreckage.

No gripes at all here Bear, I've worked with just as many as you no doubt and found all of them good blokes. Never had a run in with any on the road either...

Just to bring you up to speed, this thread was a retort to Ian's ****ing motorists thread, just providing the balance in the Aulro Bull**** banter room.

Keep on truckin! :D ... Remember Truckin Life magazines? We used to read em in primary school, childhood dreams of driving big rigs, seems you're living my dream ;).

[Blknight.aus]

truck driving Ians?

last one of them I met had me change the head on a ford and then came and took a lathe, drill mill a workbench heaps of cutting bits and who know what else And he got all of that one a piddly little 6x4 trailer... Id hate to be there when he turns up with a truck, youd be lucky if he left the hole in the ground where your foundations used to be...

I tell ya, if the mining industry took lessons from him about how to get stuff from where it was we wouldnt be having any bloody slow down on the dollar, hell everyone who was trying to pick the stuff up would be paying our ship builders a bloody fortune they'd be bloody lucky to get of the gangplank before it was heading back to the water into the collapsing foam where the ship used to be.

[alien]

Wunce eye cood knot speel twuk dwiva.
Now eye r won:burnrubber:

[V8Ian]

Wunce eye cood knot speel twuk dwiva.
Now eye r won:burnrubber:Gotta be a mud carter. :p

[roverv8]

Well as a holder of a truck licence, motorbike, car, boat and some other licences (and I ride a pushbike occasionally), I guess I can take as well as give :angel:

So, I'm assuming you wanted some stirring of the pot? How about they only drive trucks because they keep falling off their bicycles? Or they're not clever enough to drive taxis?

Not stirring anything, I went off to work a while after my last post, & yes driving a TRUCK...
Got home around midnight, up now to get kids ready for school...
Seems Bearman wrote pretty much what I was thinking...
Every time you go buy something, remember it didn't grow there, it was delivered by truck....
People must think truck drivers just drive them around for the fun of it....
Traffic Jams & impatient car drivers are no fun at all

[Mick_Marsh]

Gotta be a mud carter. :p
He ends up following his own tail lights.
I've seen the photo's.

[alien]

I stay out of the padlocks now.
Much nicer tipping in concrete yards.
101523
[thumbsupbig]

[Corgie Carrier]

Kyle, Do you realise you can pull the trailer brake on and walk around the back to check your brake lights. :-)

Taxi drivers are driving trucks, they are called punjabi transport (yes it's a real company) and most of them drive like they are in a taxi.

Bearman, it doesn't take years to work your way up to a MC any more, about 4 years ago the govt changed the rules, due to a supposed driver shortage and now you can walk in at the start of the week with a car licence and walk out at the end with a MC and know nothing about driving on the highway.

A week after I left the army, I got in a White 9000 day cab, in Sydney, and headed to Port Hedland. Three weeks later I got back to Sydney. That was my introduction to civvy truck driving, try getting that past OH&S now :-)

It can be a great life, if only we could get rid of those pesky cars and caravans it would be the perfect job. :-)

[Blknight.aus]

A week after I left the army, I got in a White 9000 day cab, in Sydney, and headed to Port Hedland. Three weeks later I got back to Sydney. That was my introduction to civvy truck driving, try getting that past OH&S now :-)


It was an interesting day when I converted my HC from army to civvy....

Cant do it you have to "evolve" your license...

OK, can I get your driving tester to come out and test me for HR first?

sure.

He comes out and there parked in the carpark sits an R series with a 20T and a pair of buckets..

"sorry mate I cant assess you, I dont have a trailer ticket"
"its ok I cant qualify for that, Im just here for HR assessment"
"but you've got a trailer on"
"I'll just drive like its there and you can pretend I dont have it on"
"no I better go get someone who can supervise with a trailer on"

"how are you going to get that out of here?"
"Drive it"
"you cant" out comes my blue book
"no as in you cant just drive out of here, theres no exit that way"
"its got reverse"
"you can reverse that around an Sbend?"
"get in"

2 minutes worth of reverse later and exactly 1 gear change into second.

"you have to go back"
"how come"
"you double clutched, Im not authorised to certify for non syncro gearboxes"

End of the day they gave me HC... but I had to drive with P plates because my old paper license didnt appear on the system.

[cuppabillytea]

I've got all the licences and a bicycle but I'm only 1/64 Indian. Which box do I fit in?

[kogvos]

I've got all the licences and a bicycle but I'm only 1/64 Indian. Which box do I fit in?
That depends. Which bit is the 1/64 ?

[roverv8]

Bearman, it doesn't take years to work your way up to a MC any more, about 4 years ago the govt changed the rules, due to a supposed driver shortage and now you can walk in at the start of the week with a car licence and walk out at the end with a MC and know nothing about driving on the highway.


Thats not true, from Vicroads info

For Heavy rigid

To apply for this category you must have held an Australian car driver licence for at least 24 months.

You can now jump from Heavy rigid to Multi combo...

To apply for this category you must have held an Australian driver licence to drive a Heavy Combination vehicle or a Heavy Rigid vehicle for a period of at least 12 months and have completed a driver training course approved by VicRoads.

See
Heavy vehicle licence categories

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/licences/licence-and-permit-types/licence-categories

[rangieman]

Back in the day when i got my HC truck licence i was still a probationary driver no P plates .
You only had to be off P plates and i got my HC licence after about 3 months of lessons.
Does that make me Punjabi truck driver :p

[Bearman]

Back in the day when i got my HC truck licence i was still a probationary driver no P plates .
You only had to be off P plates and i got my HC licence after about 3 months of lessons.
Does that make me Punjabi truck driver :p

Hell yes, you could be a trainer for them!!

[cuppabillytea]

That depends. Which bit is the 1/64 ?

It's the bit that forces me to eat hot tucker. :eek:

When I got my HC, then it was a class 5, you had to be 21 years of age.
I was tested by the Head Honcho at Parramatta Registry. I thought I had failed because I had to have two bites at backing it up a driveway and I smoked all the tyres when a clown pulled out in front of us. Missed him by that much. I got a gold star instead.

[Corgie Carrier]

It was an interesting day when I converted my HC from army to civvy....

Cant do it you have to "evolve" your license...

OK, can I get your driving tester to come out and test me for HR first?

sure.

He comes out and there parked in the carpark sits an R series with a 20T and a pair of buckets..

"sorry mate I cant assess you, I dont have a trailer ticket"
"its ok I cant qualify for that, Im just here for HR assessment"
"but you've got a trailer on"
"I'll just drive like its there and you can pretend I dont have it on"
"no I better go get someone who can supervise with a trailer on"

"how are you going to get that out of here?"
"Drive it"
"you cant" out comes my blue book
"no as in you cant just drive out of here, theres no exit that way"
"its got reverse"
"you can reverse that around an Sbend?"
"get in"

2 minutes worth of reverse later and exactly 1 gear change into second.

"you have to go back"
"how come"
"you double clutched, Im not authorised to certify for non syncro gearboxes"

End of the day they gave me HC... but I had to drive with P plates because my old paper license didnt appear on the system.

DAMM!! You had a hard time

I went into Paramatta rta and told them I wanted to change my army license endorsements to my civvy one. They asked if I could prove what the classes were on the army license, I turned it over and it was all printed on the back.

He went away and came back five minutes later with my new license with the class 5 endorsement on it. Done!!

[Corgie Carrier]

Thats not true, from Vicroads info

For Heavy rigid

To apply for this category you must have held an Australian car driver licence for at least 24 months.

You can now jump from Heavy rigid to Multi combo...

To apply for this category you must have held an Australian driver licence to drive a Heavy Combination vehicle or a Heavy Rigid vehicle for a period of at least 12 months and have completed a driver training course approved by VicRoads.

See
Heavy vehicle licence categories

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/licences/licence-and-permit-types/licence-categories

That is the way it used to be, was changed years ago, they obviously haven't changed the web site.

[Corgie Carrier]

Back in the day when i got my HC truck licence i was still a probationary driver no P plates .
You only had to be off P plates and i got my HC licence after about 3 months of lessons.
Does that make me Punjabi truck driver :p

You took lessons! That makes you an expert compared to most of them.:D

[rangieman]

Hell yes, you could be a trainer for them!!

Contemplating a change in direction for work :eek: Not:censored:

[rangieman]

You took lessons! That makes you an expert compared to most of them.:D

Mate the majority of Truckies are experts :p
The difinition of a expert = A Drip Under Pressure :wasntme:

[Blknight.aus]

DAMM!! You had a hard time

I went into Paramatta rta and told them I wanted to change my army license endorsements to my civvy one. They asked if I could prove what the classes were on the army license, I turned it over and it was all printed on the back.

He went away and came back five minutes later with my new license with the class 5 endorsement on it. Done!!

there are exactly two ways things get done on this planet, and its similar to the way there are 2 conditions in which items are purchased...

When an item is purchased it either comes new and working or in the condition Ron buys stuff in.

When it comes to how porcedures should work theres the way its supposed to happen and then theres the way I get to deal with things.

[roverv8]

That is the way it used to be, was changed years ago, they obviously haven't changed the web site.

Well, NSW RTA states the same time/waiting periods.

Licence - Heavy vehicles - Business & Industry - Roads and Maritime Services (http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/heavy-vehicles/licence/index.html)

NSW RTA Page updated October 28 2015.
Vic Roads last updated page November 2014, & is the current page.

When did they make changes to walk in and get a B-double license straight off the bat???

[SSmith]

Jump from HR to MC - It has been that way since late 90's/early 2000's.
Most training organisations hate it with a passion and therefore it is essentially (unwritten) policy that nobody passes the barrier test. "If you hold an HR licence, you'll need to pass an HC assessment before you can start MC training"

The ones who scare me are the ones that jump from car to HC under "special considerations" (coz daddy owns a small trucking company and I'm king .......) most have the skills, but very few have the judgement and/or attitude.

[roverv8]

Jump from HR to MC

Stated that earlier, standard, still have to have a car license 1 yr before
HR, and then 2 yrs on HR before MC.
Apart from exemptions as you stated.

[V8Ian]

There's still a way to go from car to road train in less than a week, that requires no exemptions or abilities. :mad:

[roverv8]

What??
Special considerations are few and far between, they still have to sit & pass the testing system like everyone else anyhow
Ive never heard of anyone going from car to multi-combo
it takes 3 yrs, 1yr car to HR, and 2 yrs on HR

[SSmith]

Few and far between. My point exactly.
But id say that slpecial considerations are more common than HR - MC jumpers.

In the 2 years that i spent conducting the tests i only saw 6 people attempt to skip HC, of those 5 failed the barrier test. Saw at least a dozen special cases for car - HC. I even passed one of them, had the skills respect for the weight was lacking.

Car to MC - news to me.

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[rangieman]

Few and far between. My point exactly.
But id say that slpecial considerations are more common than HR - MC jumpers.

In the 2 years that i spent conducting the tests i only saw 6 people attempt to skip HC, of those 5 failed the barrier test. Saw at least a dozen special cases for car - HC. I even passed one of them, had the skills respect for the weight was lacking.

Car to MC - news to me.

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Mmmm what`s a special consideration if you went from Hc to Mc thinking out aloud ?
And what is the barrier test still thinking out aloud ? ;)

[SSmith]

Mmmm what`s a special consideration if you went from Hc to Mc thinking out aloud ?
And what is the barrier test still thinking out aloud ? ;)

The special considerations that im referring to are to skip from car to HC without going through the HR/MR licence. i.e. farm kid who has driven around paddocks, family trucking company under duress, that sort of scenario.

Useless to you.

The bartier test is for people skipping from HR to MC, they have to pass the HC test prior to commencing MC training

Both only apply to people skipping licence classes, not a linear upgrade as you are considering.

No loopholes there, that i know of, for you :p

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[V8Ian]

A > HR > MC in under a week, anyone can do it if you workout the loophole and use two buy-a-licence mobs. :mad:

I know a Sub-Continental HC instructor who cannot change a Road Ranger or reverse a semi-trailer.

[SSmith]

A > HR > MC in under a week, anyone can do it if you workout the loophole and use two buy-a-licence mobs. :mad:

I know a Sub-Continental HC instructor who cannot change a Road Ranger or reverse a semi-trailer.

That does not really explain how they get around the HR/HC pre requisite, esp now vicroads do eligibility checks on 100% of licence upgrades, other states maybe, I don't know their systems.

Besides, the buy a licence mobs are having a very hard time since the CCTV requirement came in 2012ish

[V8Ian]

I'm not prepared to reveal how it's done on a public forum. If you want I'll PM it to you.
These buy a licence blokes are devaluing my skills.

[cuppabillytea]

I'm not prepared to reveal how it's done on a public forum. If you want I'll PM it to you.
These buy a licence blokes are devaluing my skills.

Many forces are at work to devalue skills Ian. Its another way to make labour cheeper. Never mind the safety of one and all. It's a wonder the insurance Companies aren't up in arms.

[d2dave]

I wanted to go straight to HC but had to have a minimum of medium rigid for 12 months.
So I got MR, sat on it for 12 months and then got HC.

I will be unemployed from Jan 5 next year so the plan is to become a truckie.

I will probably have to upgrade to MC though to improve my job prospects.

[LandyAndy]

Hey Ian
There is a flash Peterbilt dragging 2 grain bins around here for harvest.
I was maintence grading a road that the truckies are whinging about today.
The Peterbilt was carting along the road.Seemed nice enough bloke to chat too on the 40ch.
Ive googled little free info available.He bought it in Kentucky and rebuilt it,looks a million bucks.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mattau/22110694721/
Andrew

[Blknight.aus]

I know a Sub-Continental HC instructor who cannot change a Road Ranger.

I should hope you know plenty of them.. Changing gearboxes is my trade.

[ramblingboy42]

Anyone here drove MkV's in the Army?

When you have a platoon of grunts in the back you soon learn to use the gearbox and brakes judiciously.

I was RAR not RACT and had what was then called drive only license and my OC in his wisdom could authorise me to drive anything.

Never got to do much consistent driving of anything except perhaps when I was based in Malaysia and spent more time driving than as a section commander.

The RAAF had a 5ton (I think) ACCO 4x4 with the 318 petrolV8 with throw you through the windscreen and throw all the troops up against the back of the cab brakes.

Soon learnt to feather the brake pedal on those things.

Some of you here must know what I'm talking about.

[V8Ian]

Hey Ian
There is a flash Peterbilt dragging 2 grain bins around here for harvest.
I was maintence grading a road that the truckies are whinging about today.
The Peterbilt was carting along the road.Seemed nice enough bloke to chat too on the 40ch.
Ive googled little free info available.He bought it in Kentucky and rebuilt it,looks a million bucks.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mattau/22110694721/
Andrew
They look pretty Andy, but they're basically a lightweight Kenworth and won't hold together on Aussie roads too long. Kenworth don't spend millions of dollars engineering, designing and building trucks in Footscray for the hell of it.
All the Euros, Western Star and Kennies in this country are unique, having millions spent Australianizing them to cope with our longer distances, heavier loads, extreme climatic conditions and less than ideal roads.
They do look the part though, this one came past me while I was getting unloaded today.

[V8Ian]

Anyone here drove MkV's in the Army?

When you have a platoon of grunts in the back you soon learn to use the gearbox and brakes judiciously.

I was RAR not RACT and had what was then called drive only license and my OC in his wisdom could authorise me to drive anything.

Never got to do much consistent driving of anything except perhaps when I was based in Malaysia and spent more time driving than as a section commander.

The RAAF had a 5ton (I think) ACCO 4x4 with the 318 petrolV8 with throw you through the windscreen and throw all the troops up against the back of the cab brakes.

Soon learnt to feather the brake pedal on those things.

Some of you here must know what I'm talking about.

318 was a Dodge motor, Inter used a 292 and 345. The latter fitted to the 6X6 IIRC. Mick will know.

[LandyAndy]

They look pretty Andy, but they're basically a lightweight Kenworth and won't hold together on Aussie roads too long. Kenworth don't spend millions of dollars engineering, designing and building trucks in Footscray for the hell of it.
All the Euros, Western Star and Kennies in this country are unique, having millions spent Australianizing them to cope with our longer distances, heavier loads, extreme climatic conditions and less than ideal roads.
They do look the part though, this one came past me while I was getting unloaded today.

He certainly is "living the life".
It was parked across the road from the BP roadhouse today.I didnt know you could buy leather hats that big,saw him crossing the hwy;);););)
Andrew

[d2dave]

Hey Ian
There is a flash Peterbilt dragging 2 grain bins around here for harvest.
I was maintence grading a road that the truckies are whinging about today.
The Peterbilt was carting along the road.Seemed nice enough bloke to chat too on the 40ch.
Ive googled little free info available.He bought it in Kentucky and rebuilt it,looks a million bucks.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mattau/22110694721/
Andrew

It is a nice looking rig, but from a drivers point of view, it lacks a bit of height in the sleeper though..

My short arse SWMBO would be ok though.:)

[V8Ian]

It is a nice looking rig, but from a drivers point of view, it lacks a bit of height in the sleeper though..

My short arse SWMBO would be ok though.:)
You're thinking 💭 like me Dave. Thirty years ago the first thing I looked at was how big the engine was, now I'm more interested in how big the bed is. :D

[Greatsouthernland]

Is this one of those who shortcut the license system Ian?

I can understand it happening on the passenger side with a small car, but not below the drivers door...

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/30344517/hilux-vs-truck-dramatic-near-miss-dash-cam-footage-surfaces-in-queensland/#play

[V8Ian]

Most certainly lacking some basic skills and any decency or intelligence. Could a turban obscure one's view?.

[Greatsouthernland]

At least they censored the swearing in my version :p

BTW from FB "The side of the truck says 'Inverell Freighters'. If you google search their name it certainly looks like one of their trucks."
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153288850073907&set=p.10153288850073907&type=3&theater

[Eevo]

At least they censored the swearing in my version :p

i forgot about that: mods, please forgive me.

[Saitch]

.....

[PAT303]

Is this one of those who shortcut the license system Ian?

I can understand it happening on the passenger side with a small car, but not below the drivers door...

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/30344517/hilux-vs-truck-dramatic-near-miss-dash-cam-footage-surfaces-in-queensland/#play

You can find video's like that with all types of vehicles,I've personally never had an issue with trucks but heaps with cars,motor bikes and a couple of real serious ones with caravans,one of them I braked so hard the dump valves for the front airbags activated,thats the last thing to happen on an L322 before you crash. Pat

[DoubleChevron]

It was an interesting day when I converted my HC from army to civvy....

Cant do it you have to "evolve" your license...

OK, can I get your driving tester to come out and test me for HR first?

sure.

He comes out and there parked in the carpark sits an R series with a 20T and a pair of buckets..

"sorry mate I cant assess you, I dont have a trailer ticket"
"its ok I cant qualify for that, Im just here for HR assessment"
"but you've got a trailer on"
"I'll just drive like its there and you can pretend I dont have it on"
"no I better go get someone who can supervise with a trailer on"

"how are you going to get that out of here?"
"Drive it"
"you cant" out comes my blue book
"no as in you cant just drive out of here, theres no exit that way"
"its got reverse"
"you can reverse that around an Sbend?"
"get in"

2 minutes worth of reverse later and exactly 1 gear change into second.

"you have to go back"
"how come"
"you double clutched, Im not authorised to certify for non syncro gearboxes"

End of the day they gave me HC... but I had to drive with P plates because my old paper license didnt appear on the system.

Hah, you'll like this. Quite a few years ago we were looking at my grandfathers license and worked out the only thing he couldn't drive was an articulated bus canberra (I think they were only in canbera when I was a kid).

He said for his truck license, they turned up with the inspector (several them) and a freezing cold, icy morning in ballarat. The inspector is shivering in the cab and says "right hand your licenses over, you wouldn't be here if you couldn't drive" ...... and just signed it all off. Over the decades, each time a new combination came in, it was just automatically added to his license. I guess things were different back then :D

My mother said she just visited the local cop for her license. She drove him around the block and he said "yep, you'll be fine" .... done!

seeya,
Shane L.