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Congratulations Spudboy on getting your HR class licence.:D:D I got my HC (Heavy Combination) licence 30 years ago and now I spend my days swanning around in one of these, with an auto tranny, just like driving an oversize car, mate!!:p You really only need an MR class licence to drive it!!:)
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You really don't know where having a heavy vehicle licence might take you!!
Congratulations spudboy,
The 130 not big enough?
Onya Spud, we'll have you swinging three in no time. ;)
Well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by spudboy
I got mine a few months ago in a Freightliner. Your sentiments match mine.
I have a new found respect for heavy vehicle drivers (except Ian).
That reminds me... I should regale the story of how I got my HC....
after I got it I must have been the only HC driver in sydney who was required to drive on P plates.
took em 3 instructors before they got one that could assess me.
Hmmm - I am thinking of upsizing my 130 to something with a little more interior space. Something to "live in" rather than "live beside".Quote:
Originally Posted by goingbush
Don't want to go stupidly big, but something with a "box" on the back of maybe 4.5m x 2.3m that I can stand up in, with a permanently made up bed and a shower and a toilet. Must be getting soft in my old age.
Something along these lines:
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I am thinking of a MAN in the smallest TGM series (13 Tonner). Seems a pretty common choice for German overland vehicle builders (like UniCat and ActionMobil). There's a few 2nd hand ones around in 4x4. Maybe a UniMog, but they only seem to be able to cruise at 80KM/h and not have airconditioning, which sounds grim when you live in Australia.
Not sure that you need the ultimate offroad performance for a touring rig so a balance of good road speed + comfort + adequate offroad performance are what I'm looking for. The litttle MANs have air springs on the rear which should be a lot more comfortable than a stack of heavy duty leaf springs. Fronts are parabolics.
Well done.
I bet you are now a whole heap more cleverer,there aint nothing good gear crunchers know;);););););)
ENJOY
Andrew
Both Mary and I got our HC licences when we moved from SA to Darwin in 1978 we didn't actually do a test drive just the written test. The vehicle in question was a 2.5L Dihatsu diesel truck with a home built removable campervan on the back :D
Wuss-Wagons.... THIS is what you need !Quote:
Originally Posted by spudboy
Well done for getting your HR licence. - Great view from up there...
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a.k.a. ANY 4wd Recovery Vehicle...:p
Well done on obtaining you truck license.You now have a skill that you can fall back on for the rest of your life The first truck I ever drove was a 1948 dodge I think I was about 12 or 13 yrs old, that my uncle owned he use to sell sand around the building sites in Hobart, No ready mix in those day He was mad keen shooter and he taught me to drive it so he could shoot rabbits or roos between the main road and the sand pits he would stand in the tray and shoot over the top of the cab As a teenager I was lucky in lots of way I was trusted to do a lot of things with his trucks which set me up for the Army as a driver at the age of 17 in the army the 6x6 Studebaker's and GMC were not a problem but the few Blitz that I got my bum into took a little sorting. The only other vehicle that ever beat me the first time round was a 12E Cat Grader.
If you like driving and machinary never be afraid to bigger.
Hodgo