Thread: Road Rules, Farmers targeted... again.

Give me an accredited pilot that can do a proper job and i'll show why he has no time for anymore work...

Here in WA, they go through a course on being a pilot, get there ticket and think they know more about driving a wide load than the operators that have being doing this work for more than 20 years...

Most farmers wives are better at escorting a load than some of the ones that have there ticket and going down the highway...

I presume somebody was being stupid and not considering others, thus someone got hurt... So now they are jumping up and down again...

Next there will be no night movement for farmers too...

Originally Posted by p38arover

Will there be enough pilots to go around?

Hey, wasn't BMKal a pilot at one time? More work for him.

Haven't done it for quite a few years now Ron. Even gave away my roof sign / flashing lights etc to one of the neighbours whose daughter has taken to the road a year or so back.

But I remember that there was a push to bring in these rules on farmers quite a few years back when I was doing the job. It was pushed by the Perth based "Pilots' Association" leadership and yes - it was nothing more than another way to guarantee these parasites more work. The same people even tried to push for another "elite" class of pilot over here to replace Police Escorts on the really big loads - with membership to this "special" group granted only to their clicky little group. Fortunately these arseholes never got their way, and most if not all eventually fell by the wayside as most trucking companies woke up to them and stopped using their services. I got out of the game at around that time partly because I just couldn't be bothered dealing with the *******.

Originally Posted by Wraithe

Give me an accredited pilot that can do a proper job and i'll show why he has no time for anymore work...

Here in WA, they go through a course on being a pilot, get there ticket and think they know more about driving a wide load than the operators that have being doing this work for more than 20 years...

Most farmers wives are better at escorting a load than some of the ones that have there ticket and going down the highway...

I presume somebody was being stupid and not considering others, thus someone got hurt... So now they are jumping up and down again...

Next there will be no night movement for farmers too...

Yep - some of the brainless ***** I see out there piloting oversize loads these days makes me very glad I got out of the game years ago.

Queensland used to have the best law (many years ago) - in that you could not get a licence to "pilot" a load unless you also held the appropriate licence and experience to "drive" the load. Made sense to me - but they eventually dropped their standards to those of the other states.

So, looking through some of these answers etc, is, or could it be a worthwhile ticket to obtain for someone to have whilst on a loooong tour around the country ?
How would one go about getting licences for it?

Originally Posted by BMKal

Yep - some of the brainless ***** I see out there piloting oversize loads these days makes me very glad I got out of the game years ago.

Queensland used to have the best law (many years ago) - in that you could not get a licence to "pilot" a load unless you also held the appropriate licence and experience to "drive" the load. Made sense to me - but they eventually dropped their standards to those of the other states.

Where you on the road during the 80's?

My mother started off in about 81' and eventually started her own business...

Dot Webber was her name, passed away 4 years ago....Her first car was called "Desert Rat"... and she used to run into QLD for a company near Beudesert...

Originally Posted by Chops

So, looking through some of these answers etc, is, or could it be a worthwhile ticket to obtain for someone to have whilst on a loooong tour around the country ?
How would one go about getting licences for it?

Get some experience with trucks first, so you know what its like to get around corners, what to watch for when going down the road and of course, how much warning another vehicle needs when out on the open road...

All very well driving along with pretty lights and all the fancy stuff on a vehicle but its what is coming towards you that counts and what you need to tell the operator thats following....