Thread: Safari Snokel

Originally Posted by chuck

One of the things you have to keep in context with mining jobs & their wages is the amount of hours you do.

We recently had an excavator operator return to Melbourne to work after a family member became ill.

His hourly rate in Melbourne is higher than in the mines however he does a 56 hour week rather than an 84 hour week.

This also compares to my role as a safety professional my hourly rate is similar but I do not do 72 - 84 hours a week & I am home every afternoon.

Cheers

Well you're both worse off then...

I work a 96 hour fortnight so only 48 hours a week

And only "go to work" twice a month - Yeah I know just playing!
Really though - I go to work 16 times a month as opposed to 20 times a month for the average Day worker.

I travel in their time and have 6 days off in a row (which actually are more tiring than the days working but I digress...)

And the quality of the time spent at home is far greater than it ever was when working local (which was also 8 on 6 off but only 80 hr fortnights)

When you take travel in cities, work days, travel home each night..
Many people are pulling far more hours than a mining worker..

My Capital city job was 9->11 hours a day (usually just over 10) with a Peak Inbound and late depart. I would spend 90 minutes to go to work and 60 minutes to get home (assuming no delays)
I'd get up an hour before leaving to have a bite to eat, shower, dressed etc...

Total time: 13 hours per day X 5 = 65 hours dedicated to work


BTW: For the record, and to be fair. I don't have a young family and my wife is a Shift Foreman / Process Technician on Shift work.
So We both have different roster patterns and have been for 7 years.
But our quality of life is far better than many.

Tombie

Dont worry I have been tempted.

Some contract role discussed recently good hourly rate although expectations are 12 hour day +prep time for prestarts & toolboxes.

Trouble is I don't like the heat that much especially the tropical stuff.

Spent 18 months in Townsville.

Spent 6 months in Bourke which while hot was cool at night & humidity was low.

Cheers

Not too hot here... Only had a month at 40+

Usually sits 37-38 at the moment.

But 2-4% humidity makes it ok.

Yes same here in Central Qld. January was a hot month, but it has started to cool a bit which is a nice change! Also we have very low humidity to!

Cheers

Originally Posted by Tombie

You forget - In the USA for example... The economy of NYC is bigger than that of AUS total.

They sell more... Levi Jeans in a month then Australians buy in a year.
More sales, lower margins, same profit per month.

Now back to goods in this thread...

In the UK and USA wages are lower... A LOT lower...
So are overheads for business...
All that lovely OH&S, Workcover, PLI all adds up for Aussie businesses.
We also have Medicare (and its Levy) - something they really dont have in the USA.
Combined with some of the highest Power prices in the world, very high wages (avg) and our costs here are much higher.

If YOU (and all of us) wanted to live on a wage like the average American gets (shop worker, sales staff, Jiffy lube attendant, mechanic, tyre fitter) then costs would be far cheaper to businesses and we could pass them on..

Dont forget,Americans are struggling to pay for fuel for their vehicles at the moment and yet its less than we pay here.... Its really biting into the average American Workers salary.

So that wonderful $300.00 USD tyre is quite a hit in their back pocket!



Keep sending all the money overseas and we will soon follow the USA.
They were a pretty self sufficient nation with a strong manufacturing base - it all went offshore.
Now they have large pockets of unemployment, huge national debt, rocketing costs...

If you cant see what streaming $$$ overseas will do to our economy in very short succession then I suggest a bit of research...

May I ask what type of industry you work in?

to that point: I spoke to a few guys I was riding with on the weekend about sourcing spares from the states. one of them called the local dealer prior to ordering what he would quote for a piece of kit actually made in Melbourne. Turns out the part can be bought from the states (much) cheaper than the local dealer can source it.

in my view that has nothing to do with local wages etc, that is a few distributors being stupid and trying to rip us off because they got away with it for a long time. i have no sympathy for these guys.

in fact i'm doing the only thing an informed consumer can do which is taking my dollar elsewhere.

btw there is now a senate inquiry (which will no doubt fail to achieve anything) into prices fro technology. seems you pay >50% more on itunes for music delivered electronically - and that has nothing to do with local wages. in my view just a sympthom of the same ripoff.

end of rant.

I have just bought a safari snorkel and on our first holiday trip (straight after purchase), I noticed what appears to be excessive air intake noise.

Didnt notice any prior to install, so I was wondering if others have had similar and whether I should take back to installers.

Previously I have owned a petrol Prado (with snorkel) and dont remember any noticiable noise.

Any comments or advise would be welcome.

Depends what you call excessive - but yes I did notice an increase in noise. I also noticed that my acceleration was a lot more sluggish (mine is a petrol D3)

My D4 with LR RAI was always noisy as you accelerated- quite a "whooshing" (air intake) noise!