Thread: Can the seller be also liable - Duty of Care?

This direction of the thread reminds me of a contractor we had working for us in Central Qld in the i960s. He had a bulldozer, a grader, a workshop trailer, a truck chassis trailer (with generator, welder, large lathe, drill press), a 4x4 supply truck, a fuel trailer, a caravan, and a Mainline ute. But there was only one of him, or occasionally an offsider as well.

He moved around with the whole lot strung together in the order listed - if he had an offsider, he split it into two, one with the grader, one with the dozer. His Allis Chalmers dozer would tootle along at about 30-40kph.

And I'll bet he did not have any sort of permit either. In fact, I think the only registered vehicle was probably the ute, maybe the truck. But, of course, he avoided main roads!

Originally Posted by Homestar

Clearly says apart from B doubles, you can't tow more than one trailer - a B double combination is defined under the road traffic act (I'll find it later) and a B double combination excludes the use of a pig trailer behind a pig trailer, so back to needing a permit to do so which we know is possible although very rare.

And Bigbjorn - yes, that guy in Mildura tows a boat behind a caravan. It can be done, but you need engineering and appropriate licences which thankfully excludes most of the muppets out there towing their vans around.

For a start you would need a dolly and turntable in between trailers. What sort of brake proportioning system could be used? I wonder what roads his permit allows him to use?

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I read that as being specific to portable traffic signal trailers. I bet you would face serious obstacles getting a caravan plus boat and trailer approved.

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Typical of lots of things I have read recently, there appears to be a lot of misinformed opinion being expressed as fact.

Old Mate in Mildura may be able to use this rig legally But I can see all sorts of safety issues with this sort of set up

Originally Posted by trout1105

Old Mate in Mildura may be able to use this rig legally But I can see all sorts of safety issues with this sort of set up

I can see all sorts of safety issues with 99.99% of the vehicles on the road today.

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Maybe we need to ban all trucks and Mercedes from the roads.

I can't believe he got that approved by the notoriously difficult VicRoads.

I can see one design fault in that photo. Work out for yourself what happens under decelleration/braking.

I also wonder what sort of braking system is fitted. Semi-trailers and road trains have proportioning valves in their brake systems.

And that light boat trailer on the end of the string free to wander back and forth across two traffic lanes. What will it do under hard braking? would it come around and kiss the driver of the Cruiser?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

This direction of the thread reminds me of a contractor we had working for us in Central Qld in the i960s. He had a bulldozer, a grader, a workshop trailer, a truck chassis trailer (with generator, welder, large lathe, drill press), a 4x4 supply truck, a fuel trailer, a caravan, and a Mainline ute. But there was only one of him, or occasionally an offsider as well.

He moved around with the whole lot strung together in the order listed - if he had an offsider, he split it into two, one with the grader, one with the dozer. His Allis Chalmers dozer would tootle along at about 30-40kph.

And I'll bet he did not have any sort of permit either. In fact, I think the only registered vehicle was probably the ute, maybe the truck. But, of course, he avoided main roads!

This sort of thing is not that uncommon even today on remote stretches of road where just one operator grades a stretch of road.
Most people are more than happy to see these blokes towing all their equipment behind the grader because the road is getting graded at last

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I can't believe he got that approved by the notoriously difficult VicRoads.

I can see one design fault in that photo. Work out for yourself what happens under decelleration/braking.

I also wonder what sort of braking system is fitted. Semi-trailers and road trains have proportioning valves in their brake systems.

And that light boat trailer on the end of the string free to wander back and forth across two traffic lanes. What will it do under hard braking? would it come around and kiss the driver of the Cruiser?

All hypotheticals. Do you have any evidence that support you assertions?
I suspect all approvals have been investigated and given by people in the industry who are qualified to do so.