Cairns to Tamworth - road advice please

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Originally Posted by johntins

Yep, and there can be stock on the road through there, so no driving at night. Probably best not to drive at night anywhere on that route. But I agree, Ian has nailed it.

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I have warned her about the amount of animals out that way and that she needs to be off the road an hour before dark, she does seem to have allowed herself enough time for daylight only driving.
The last roadtrain I drove thru there still has the dents in the fuel tank from the suicide roo that attacked it near the injune range :bat:


Cheers Ean

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

I have warned her about the amount of animals out that way and that she needs to be off the road an hour before dark, she does seem to have allowed herself enough time for daylight only driving.
The last roadtrain I drove thru there still has the dents in the fuel tank from the suicide roo that attacked it near the injune range :bat:


Cheers Ean

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Cow. about 60 km north of Emerald. Don't look much, but the bugger nearly had me over. The steps are bent as well, as is the floor under the toolbox.

You can still see it's hair on the two guards over the drive.

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Originally Posted by Ean Austral

I have warned her about the amount of animals out that way and that she needs to be off the road an hour before dark, she does seem to have allowed herself enough time for daylight only driving.
The last roadtrain I drove thru there still has the dents in the fuel tank from the suicide roo that attacked it near the injune range :bat:


Cheers Ean

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The steps and the stairs, not much room to avoid errant hoppers there. [bigsad]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

The steps and the stairs, not much room to avoid errant hoppers there. [bigsad]

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None at all.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

The steps and the stairs, not much room to avoid errant hoppers there. [bigsad]

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Best done in daylight :-) best bet is to follow a truck, far enough back to avoid anything that comes out underneath. If she times things right, she should pull up at a motel about an hour before dark - time to stretch the legs with a stroll around town before tea.
If she does it at a sensible pace, she should enjoy the trip.

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Originally Posted by johntins

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Cow. about 60 km north of Emerald. Don't look much, but the bugger nearly had me over. The steps are bent as well, as is the floor under the toolbox.

You can still see it's hair on the two guards over the drive.

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Slumming it in a Fruitliner eh? [bigrolf]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Slumming it in a Fruitliner eh? [bigrolf]

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Horrible POS.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Horrible POS.

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I did a few runs from Syd to Townsville. Bloke wouldn't let me take the Scania, he was worried about AdBlue. I said I could tale it in bottles, but he wouldn't hear of it, as he was paying 75c a litre for it, and bottles cost about $3 a litre. He's nuts, 'cos the Scania used far less diesel than any of his stupid fruitliners did. He ran detroits.

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Originally Posted by johntins

I did a few runs from Syd to Townsville. Bloke wouldn't let me take the Scania, he was worried about AdBlue. I said I could tale it in bottles, but he wouldn't hear of it, as he was paying 75c a litre for it, and bottles cost about $3 a litre. He's nuts, 'cos the Scania used far less diesel than any of his stupid fruitliners did. He ran detroits.

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Not much choice with them, F/L, W/S, Mitsi and Detroit are all owned by Merc. At least a Cummins can be optioned on the Star, albeit expensively.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Not much choice with them, F/L, W/S, Mitsi and Detroit are all owned by Merc. At least a Cummins can be optioned on the Star, albeit expensively.

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Yep. My yank engine of choice was Cat, but we know what happened there.