Truckies, I have just spent the last 9 days with my hubby who also drives trucks at times to earn a dollar, travelling from Brisbane to Darwin and return, apart from the very long kls every day our load was horses which means you must stopover somewhere ( mainly showgrounds or racetracks in the outback) every night , take them off the truck, feed and water them (we had 15 at the start of the trip) then load them up again at some unGodly hour and do it all over again, but it really does make you fully understand how many truckies are out there day in day out, away from family and loved ones, this country could not exist as it does without them.........so I just wanted to say that I think they are great ...........
Happywanderer said
02:08 AM Apr 25, 2012
Totally agree with you Pauline, I sat for hours in Childers today watching trucks go through town while son was atttending to business. I was amazing just how many are nose to tail all day long. And thats only one little area of Aussie.
pauline said
02:16 AM Apr 25, 2012
I am so glad I went and was company for him on such a long trip but could not do it again Marj......don't know how I will sleep at night when he is gone next time worrying about how he is going, but I am just 1 wife who must be feeling that way.......God Bless Them All and keep them safe.
milo said
02:47 AM Apr 25, 2012
ever since we got the "Tardis" I have had a new found respect for our Truckies..
_wombat_ said
03:03 AM Apr 25, 2012
I was up at the Fremantle Port today and there must have been 60 trucks waiting to be loaded, boy I do admire those guys and girls.
pauline said
03:06 AM Apr 25, 2012
It was remiss of me not to mention the girls also, thanks womby for reminding me.........
milo said
04:11 AM Apr 25, 2012
i often watch them reverse there rigs into the local woolies loading dock , not much room and they do it perfectly.. i wonder how id go at it!!
Cruising Granny said
04:56 AM Apr 25, 2012
Road transport is an essential service in this country. I wrote a piece for the Big Rigs free truckies newspaper. It's in the current issue.
sucastja said
01:09 PM Apr 25, 2012
Ever since meeting my husband and going out in the truck with him for the first time ten years ago, I have certainly respected truck drivers. It really opens your eyes to what the traffic's like and how you really do need to give them plenty of room to stop. Not a good idea to go ducking in front of them at the lights when the lights are turning red. That truck does need that room to stop!!! On the whole they are great men and women - although there's always a few turkeys out there that ruin it for everyone. This country couldn't run without truck drivers.
gillyb said
04:01 PM Apr 25, 2012
Hi Pauline I was wondering how you were doing on your trip, I thought you had managed to get away from horses for a while lol. Are you still based at Beachmere or have you moved on from there ?
milo said
04:24 PM Apr 25, 2012
when truckies reverse back in , do they have reverse cameas like we do in our cars/motor homes etc ?
_wombat_ said
04:29 PM Apr 25, 2012
some do some don't
pauline said
04:56 PM Apr 25, 2012
Milo we don't have reversing cameras all done with mirrors, don't know how they do it........Gilly I thought I was away from horses for awhile too, boy was I wrong LOL, only 1 more trip to Darwin hopefully and then off to Mackay for a few months........we are still at Beachmere which has a very nice caravan park very well run by Lions club, plenty of room and very clean, will be here for about 4 more weeks.
mr glassies said
07:02 PM Apr 25, 2012
Remember ladies and gents Without trucks australia stops . Della used to ride local with me i think she thought i was full of it complaining each night till she did this now she knows what sort of people drive cars and how much stress it is to be on the road in atruck .but in saying that thers some cowboys behind truck steering wheels to
Dibs
_wombat_ said
07:10 PM Apr 25, 2012
mr glassies wrote:
Remember ladies and gents Without trucks australia stops . Della used to ride local with me i think she thought i was full of it complaining each night till she did this now she knows what sort of people drive cars and how much stress it is to be on the road in atruck .but in saying that thers some cowboys behind truck steering wheels to
Dibs
the problem is the bad truckies get the publicity, I think they are few and far between, I am referring to Interstae truckies, the ones we mostly meet on the highway.
Cruising Granny said
07:11 PM Apr 25, 2012
If the trucks stopped for 12 hours, business and industry would stop, and take quite a while to crank up again. If only the governments realised this and offered the industry a bit more support and assistance, instead of charging them every tax and levee they can think of, and then some. Those rigs cost a fortune to set up, maintain and keep on the road, with a driver. If only every motorist realised the impact of their behaviour on the drivers of these big rigs.
Truckies, I have just spent the last 9 days with my hubby who also drives trucks at times to earn a dollar, travelling from Brisbane to Darwin and return, apart from the very long kls every day our load was horses which means you must stopover somewhere ( mainly showgrounds or racetracks in the outback) every night , take them off the truck, feed and water them (we had 15 at the start of the trip) then load them up again at some unGodly hour and do it all over again, but it really does make you fully understand how many truckies are out there day in day out, away from family and loved ones, this country could not exist as it does without them.........so I just wanted to say that I think they are great ...........
I was amazing just how many are nose to tail all day long. And thats only one little area of Aussie.
I was up at the Fremantle Port today and there must have been 60 trucks waiting to be loaded, boy I do admire those guys and girls.
and they do it perfectly.. i wonder how id go at it!!
I wrote a piece for the Big Rigs free truckies newspaper. It's in the current issue.
Hi Pauline I was wondering how you were doing on your trip, I thought you had managed to get away from horses for a while lol. Are you still based at Beachmere or have you moved on from there ?
some do some don't
Dibs
the problem is the bad truckies get the publicity, I think they are few and far between, I am referring to Interstae truckies, the ones we mostly meet on the highway.
If only the governments realised this and offered the industry a bit more support and assistance, instead of charging them every tax and levee they can think of, and then some.
Those rigs cost a fortune to set up, maintain and keep on the road, with a driver.
If only every motorist realised the impact of their behaviour on the drivers of these big rigs.