Back At Work

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Originally Posted by alien

Back on the interstate runs mate:burnrubber:

A few of the many golden rules to remember....
-One overnight bag should carry enough cloths for a week, your not on holidays now.
-It does not matter how much running around you do unloading/waiting/loading the job starts as the sun sets, that's when you have to hook in.
-Be careful where you hang your towel at truck stops, get it wrong/right you'll have some company, "hey honey":eek:

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And you learned this HOW Kyle HAHA

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Originally Posted by alien

Back on the interstate runs mate:burnrubber:

A few of the many golden rules to remember....
-One overnight bag should carry enough cloths for a week, your not on holidays now.
-It does not matter how much running around you do unloading/waiting/loading the job starts as the sun sets, that's when you have to hook in.
-Be careful where you hang your towel at truck stops, get it wrong/right you'll have some company, "hey honey":eek:

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Trouble is, the rules are different at every truck stop. :oops2:

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Originally Posted by wardy1

[/COLOR] And you learned this HOW Kyle HAHA

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Came back from a meal when stuck over in Bris. only to find 5 business cards in my door handle.
They where all offering free transport to their location.
For the record I never availed myself of this service, the mob I worked for had done it to me already.

I got home last night. Here is what I drove.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/04/211.jpg


Good things that came from doing this.

I earned some coin:):)
I lost weight.:):)
My knee with osteoarthritis which has been giving me grief lately, enjoyed the rest and is currently pain free.:):):):)
I enjoyed the drive.:BigThumb:

The only negative is that I made a heap of sandwiches to take with me,
expecting the truck to have an Engel but it only had a Waeco, so I had to chuck out all the food:(

Just joking,:) thought I would upset a few Waeco owners before they read on, but it had no fridge at all, so yes I chucked it all out,
nearly a full loaf made into sandwiches.:(

Stupid me didn't think at the time, I had a 40 foot fridge on the rear.:(

On the weight side of things. I can't understand why so many truck driver are overweight, (apologies to Kyle and Ian I haven't yet met you so don't know your size) as there was no time to eat,
hence my reason for weight loss.

First nights sleep was a bit ordinary though.
I had to deliver to the Sydney markets and my boss said that there was a Caltex truck stop on the M4 not far west of the markets.

When I got there it was chockers with trucks, so I drove on, looking for some where else.
By the time I got to Penrith and there was nothing, I entertained the idea of knocking on Rons door for a bed, but at 4 am I think he might have been a bit grumpy:)

So I headed back to the M7 where I know they have small truck bays dotted along it.

This is now about 5.00 am, not long before Sydney's peak hour traffic.
So imagine your bedroom with thin walls about 8 metres from one of Sydney's busiest feeways.

I saw an horrific accident on the way up. I am going to start another thread on it.

Edit. I forgot to mention. I came home empty. Jeez these are fun to drive when empty.

2nd Edit. Had a chuckle. As I have never done Brisbane before and being a bit of novice truck driver,
I got onto the UHF to ask some advice as to the best gear to use going down Cunninghams Gap.

The first reply was asking how heavy I was. I replied that I was a single trailer and empty.
He then replied "any gear I like"

3rd Edit. When I got home, the D2 felt so small. It felt like a sports car with a small steering wheel and I think some one must have chipped the Td5 while I was gone.

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Originally Posted by roversmith

Poor road ranger, may need to be put down when you return. :)

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It did cop a bit of a hiding for a while, until I got the hang of it again.

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Originally Posted by crash

Drive safe Dave, see you sometime when you get back.
What are you hauling?

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Shepp to Sydney, fresh fruit destined for OS.
Sydney to Brisbane, refrigerated stuff for Coles and Woolies
Brisbane to Shepp, fresh air.

Great news Dave, good to see you get back into the swing if it so quickly - talk about thrown in the deep end! :)

Hey Dave, welcome to the world of refridgerated/ produce transport, :mad:wait till you have to try & sleep with that FRIDGE motor running. :mad::mad::mad:

Sleeping on the job? ;)

I thought that was just something our Sales team did....:D

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Originally Posted by disco 3 door

Hey Dave, welcome to the world of refridgerated/ produce transport, :mad:wait till you have to try & sleep with that FRIDGE motor running. :mad::mad::mad:

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Done it plenty of times. The modern ones hum along nicely. They can hum you to sleep.

Last truck job I had about seven years ago was a fairly new Kenworth with a very old trailer which had the noisiest fridge I have ever heard.

I did not do interstate with this, but there was the odd trip that did require a sleep.
If it was a short sleep I would park jackknifed with my head end well away from the fridge.

If it was a long sleep I would uncouple the trailer and drive forward a few metres.

I much prefer fridge work. Back it up to a dock, open the rear and let a forklift do the work.

With a taught-liner you have to muck around with curtains and gates and sometimes ratchet straps.