Thread: Another One for the Truckies

Originally Posted by Saitch

Mainly to increase their value.

They're valuable, just no longer relevant.

Originally Posted by Tins

They're valuable, just no longer relevant.

Until the roof rack blows off your home, in a storm.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Until the roof rack blows off your home, in a storm.

SES blokes around here have never driven a semi, let alone tarped one. I'm not knocking the skills, Ian.

i don't have load chockers, but I use the same princible with rope using a shackle.

Works great when I have a load of items like lengths of steel or timber on the roof rack

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Hmmm -same word for word post was made 3 years ago by another member…..

Another One for the Truckies - Load Choker

….best bit is you made the same reply 3 years ago Slunnie!

Hello All,

Yes, I was the original poster ... I am Spartacus! Last time I checked I was a 'real' person. Maybe I could claim royalties if someone else has since plagiarised my original post for their own profit.

No, I am Spartacus!

No, I am Spartacus!

Ooops

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by 123rover50

I did too though when he first came on I had my doubts.
Then after a few more posts and photos I thought he must be OK.
He hasnt been on for a while has he?

G'day 123 Rover,

I am a real boy. (Sorry Pinocchio) The first post made three years ago was a genuine witness account. My former background involved working with trees - tree surgery or to use the scientific term 'Arboriculture'. I also taught Arboriculture when I was a TAFE Trade Teacher. When I was working directly in the industry it meant I used ropes everyday - including to tie cut branches and tree trunks down on the backs of trucks and trailers. So, I was very familiar with different knot tying including some I learnt from truck drivers. When I witnessed how adaptable and convenient what is effectively just a C shaped piece of metal was I became inquisitive and I did some further research. Once I found some YouTube clips I figured I would share it with the rest of the group.

Have I bought any chokers? No, I have had ropes break and ratchet straps, or just come loose. The thought of what would at least be a kilogram of solid metal flying along the road unrestrained at anywhere between 60 k/p/h or 100 makes me sick in the guts. I would have to rig up something like strong thin wire slings to secure the choker to the trailer before I used one.

I have been rebuilding my kitchen from scratch, so I have zero time to work on Land Rovers. Therefore, my posts have been pretty scant. More is the pity. Now that the kitchen is finished I am shortly going on a holiday. I am also looking for work as my spotty employment history seems to have resurfaced. I will be 62 in December and I am looking for work in a regional town. What fun. Not! Being unemployed over the Christmas - New Year period is just so demoralising - I have done it before and it sits even less comfortably with me at the prospect of having to do it again. Anyway, I have found some more jobs to apply for - so fingers crossed. I still have some tattered shreds of optimism left.

Oh yes Keith ... "I am Spartacus" It was too hard to resist throwing that last comment in

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,


No, I am Spartacus!

No, I am Spartacus!

Ooops

Kind regards
Lionel

That explains a lot!

Wondered where you were, Lionel. I hadn’t considered Ancient Rome, but perhaps I should have.

Originally Posted by Tins

That explains a lot!

Wondered where you were, Lionel. I hadn’t considered Ancient Rome, but perhaps I should have.

Hello Tins,

You could further zero the location in to somewhere in Ancient Rome under a non-de script rock for reasons of camouflage. I am not at my best when I am unemployed. Autism and job interviews are not a winning formula for me. I had an interview via Teams yesterday. Yes, a virtual interview which is an even worse environment than a face to face interview for someone with Autism. Sigh. The very same things that bring about a diagnosis are triggered during the job interview process. It is similar to enforcing a job assessment criteria of someone navigating stairs when they are totally wheelchair dependent. The impairments that meet the diagnostic criteria of the disability are the very things that you are assessed on during a job interview if you are Autistic.

To cite the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2020. Disability, ageing and carers, Australia: Summary of findings, 2018. Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2022 | Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 2024 found that in Australia, the labor force participation rate for people with Autism was 38% among the 94,600 people of working age (15–64 years) in 2018 compared to 53.4% of all working age people with disability and 84.1% of people without disability. This boils down to amongst all the different types of disability people with Autism had the worst labor force participation rate in Australia. I wonder how many did not make it through the interview stage?

Oh well - onwards and upwards. More jobs to apply for.

I will now step down from my soapbox ...

Kind regards
Lionel