No problems here, always good to talk to the truckies and escorts.
They have always been good to us,,, ie pulled over to let us through on dirt roads if we catch em,,, unlikely in most cases but we did catch up with 3 houses going from the NT to WA through Docker River. They could have got a good price if overnight stop at Docker,, always short of housing there.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Saturday 28th of September 2013 09:35:05 PM
copper1 said
10:46 PM Sep 28, 2013
And so it should be, "fatigue" does not discriminate. Also safety in numbers glad to share a yarn with any traveller at any free camp. It is also a good networking tool much like this site
-- Edited by copper1 on Saturday 28th of September 2013 10:47:12 PM
Cruising Granny said
04:28 AM Sep 29, 2013
As we travel around this country we see overnight parking bays with what appears to be discrimination against truck drivers, especially at some of the best parking bays. Some of these are very roomy with toilets and running water.
Can the nomads explain this to me and what they would object to if an oversize load and accompanying pilots pulled in before sundown?
We can only drive in daylight hours, and have to find the nearest, SAFEST, suitable parking bay overnight. When motors have stopped we might pull out our barbecues and cook our shared meals. We can't leave until the sun rises in the morning.
We're generally a quiet mob, going to bed fairly early.
Other transport, including B-doubles and road trains are all under fatigue management, with massive fines if they don't observe these conditions. They have to pull up when possible to observe the conditions of their log books.
Even we don't like pulling up next to fridgees, but otherwise, would anyone object to a wide load and the pilots pulling up in the same parking space, but not to impose next to you if we could avoid it?
Cruising Granny said
04:36 AM Sep 29, 2013
Thanks Baz. We need more like you. Keep it safe.
I'm grounded right now with a back which is stuffing up my left leg. No long trips for this oversize pilot for a few weeks. I have itchy feet and it has nothing to do with the nerves being pinched.
justcruisin01 said
04:44 AM Sep 29, 2013
Anything is better than a wizbang.
Sheba said
04:54 AM Sep 29, 2013
justcruisin01 wrote:
Anything is better than a wizbang.
Don't forget some of us here have what you call a "Wiz-bang" JC. Not all of us open our doors after we're in for the night either. We're better organised.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Cruising Granny said
05:00 AM Sep 29, 2013
Oh bugger! I now have a whiz-bang "work" vehicle and so do many other pilots. Most parking bays have enough space to get away from other vehicles, even really big trucks.
I parked next to a road train at Nullarbor R/house one night, and the driver listened to books all night as he slept in the bunk. The speakers are in the doors, and my camp bed was 2 trucks away, and I still heard parts of the book.
We have often discussed the sign with the truck crossed out on the approach to parking bays. I wonder what would happen? Who would catch us?
Oz Gypsy said
05:05 AM Sep 29, 2013
No problem here Cruising Granny. We don't like the noisy trucks which pull in, then pull out again in the wee small hours - but we do accept they have to abide by the rules and they are trying to make a living so we just have to put up with it - after all, we are retired and can sleep in if we want to.
neilnruth said
05:17 AM Sep 29, 2013
We're happy to share with trucks. I just put the ear plugs in at night! One night the truck was so close I could have put my hand out the window and touched it!
Happywanderer said
05:27 AM Sep 29, 2013
I'm very happy for you to park near my whizzbang Chris. No problems here at all.
In fact when I go into these parks I always park as close ad I can to a back fence or posts to allow for larger
Rigs, trucks, wide lloads etc. To have plenty of room.
By the way CG I saw your writing on facebook today in the wide load pilots
Group. I think my son must have connected to it so I went in for a look.
jetj said
06:17 AM Sep 29, 2013
I've happily stopped at a rest area with a truck already parked and felt more secure that a truckie was sharing the area. This was a mixed area for all. I don't mind sharing.
I do tend to whiz bang to go to the loo and put the dogs out as well. The downside of a van I reckon.
Cruising Granny said
07:04 AM Sep 29, 2013
I can always hop into the front seat and slip out the door without whizzing and banging. I love my Betty.
Duh said
08:02 AM Sep 29, 2013
Just as bad as wizzbangs are early morning caravaners who get up before dawn for an early departure, starting their vehicle and leaving them running, vehicle doors slamming, winding squeaky legs up etc, loud voices without any concern for those around them.
There are inconsiderate people in either wizzbangs and caravans.
-- Edited by Duh on Sunday 29th of September 2013 08:35:47 AM
Helena said
01:28 PM Sep 29, 2013
We have just bought a whizz bang what is wrong with using the back door on them which is what we intend doing as for truckies parking O.K. by us we spent really fun night with truckies a good while ago now thou you would be more then welcome with us Cruising Granny.
Radar said
01:52 PM Sep 29, 2013
I don't mind sharing but I been a normal transport driver and I could do without them parked around me. After 43 years in the game I now find them mostly annoying. Plan your trip stop at the at approved area and not when you think no one will notice.
I hope you don't mine one strong no.
TAJ said
02:31 PM Sep 29, 2013
no problems from us long as its not a wisbanger banging all night
get injections in lower back every 9 months and take mobic
no lifting anything heavy all helps
suenray
GaryKelly said
03:15 PM Sep 29, 2013
I live on a main road so I'm used to noise at all hours. Doesn't bother me at all.
valnrob said
03:45 PM Sep 29, 2013
Lets just share and be happy, whether it be wide load, whizz bang caravan, motorhome, or a man from Mars in his spaceship
Cheers
TrekenOz said
04:50 PM Sep 29, 2013
Have never had a problem with sharing with wide loads and escorts have done so on several occasions and not had one complaint.
Have also used parking bays for trucks and one morning woke up to find five road trains parked up which we did not hear come in.
We were very quiet when we left hoping not to wake them
Gerty Dancer said
05:11 PM Sep 29, 2013
If theres a rest stop and its time for you to stop, then do so Granny. I prefer quiet neighbors at night as most people do, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
We were camped in a roadside rest stop south of the Devils marbles on the Stuart Hway, and quite a lot of truckies enjoyed themselves tooting their air horns as they went past during the night. The rest stop had one of those "trucks crossed-out" signs...In my opinion this attitude is worse because of those signs , we aught to do more to foster friendly relationships on the road.
sufil said
05:15 PM Sep 29, 2013
No complaints from us CG. We often park up in a truck bay so can't see a problem with trucks using campsites (if you can get into them!! some have entrances and overhangs that I am sure vanners sometimes find difficult). We must be some of the lucky ones cos when we go into the van and shut the door we don't notice noise from neighbours. Many a morning we have got up to find a truck or two along side us (including fridgies and the occasional stocky) and we haven't heard a thing. If we are on a timeframe to be somewhere that necessitates an early start we always park in an area where we can't be hemmed in otherwise we just wait till the truckies leave. We have had many an early morning coffee and toastie with truckies.
Kaid said
05:21 PM Sep 29, 2013
We wouldn't have any troubles with it either cruising granny.
We all have to stop and rest. Had a wiz banger parked beside us last night
At the Lake Placid Caravan Park in Cairns.
Lovely young German couple. Unfortunately they drove into their site
Instead of reversing in. We were treated to their wiz banging every five minutes until late.
Hope you are back on the road again soon
Cheers
Kaid
Big Gorilla said
05:22 PM Sep 29, 2013
I use Truck Stops regularly. One that comes to mind is just before crossing the S. A. border into W. A. on the Nullabor. There is a big stop on the right side. On the Western Ring Road after the Geelong turnoff, there are two big Truck Stops opposite each other. There is a high McDonalds sign outside each one. l always overnight there before and after travelling on the Spirit of Tas.
capricorn and pisces said
07:21 PM Sep 29, 2013
OK with us, you don't have to be in a rest stop to find trucks coming and leaving at all odd hours, we have one that parks directly across from us on our usually quiet street.....doesn't happen very often thankfully and I suspect the same would apply on the road...you would only get the rare inconsiderate noisy truckie amongst a lot of good ones!
Hubby is an ex truckie/diesel mechanic and says "come on now, he has to make a living too" whenever I whinge! cheers Capricorn
KFT said
08:34 PM Sep 29, 2013
quite ok with us too CG, as a former truckie I enjoy the company of like minded souls.
If you have to rest then you have to stop end of story.
We always try to park out of the way of others. We are all travellers on the road and should be willing to share the space with others doing much the same as we are.
frank
Bryan said
09:22 PM Sep 29, 2013
This great land is for us all to share.
jetj said
09:30 PM Sep 29, 2013
Cruising Granny wrote:
I can always hop into the front seat and slip out the door without whizzing and banging. I love my Betty.
Can't do that with a Hiace or go through the back with a tailgate. Frankly I get sick of the whiz bang and the effort involved as well as lifting the tailgate. Time for a more comfortable van me thinks.
Nelly said
09:51 PM Sep 29, 2013
I think that both should be able to share the rest areas. happy camping
Cruising Granny said
11:56 PM Sep 29, 2013
spida wrote:
I was surprised in WA with all the new toilets and dumps at the 24 hour stops that they had not done the same at the truck stops. Dont truckies have our 'needs'? I have no problems with trucks using those stops. I am sure there are times when we really need to use their ones also.
This gives us the sh!ts too. We do have needs, trust me. It's ok for the blokes, but sometimes a bush is just not wide enough. That's what prompted the question about sharing. I have to admit the entrances to these parking bays can be a bit restricted making it impossible to get a long, wide truck into the site.
Another problem which occurs with sharing, is caravanners who park slap bang in the middle of the parking bay, or right in front of the little shelter instead of moving as far forward as practical, to make room for others.
I have also woken up in the camp bed, outside of the Landcruiser with a big truck near me which pulled up during the night. I must be a sound sleeper. The Sprinter is all but sound proof, so nothing bothers me in the night.
Boy have I got itchy feet! The back and leg is still very painful, but my feet are itchy. I've been home long enough according to me.
We usually wake up before daylight, but we can't move until the sun peeps up over the horizon. Such civilised hours.
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Sunday 29th of September 2013 11:58:45 PM
Kiwi-as said
12:31 AM Sep 30, 2013
No problems, especially when as you say you often fire up the Barbi. Steaks all around, hell who would complain.
No problems here, always good to talk to the truckies and escorts.
They have always been good to us,,, ie pulled over to let us through on dirt roads if we catch em,,, unlikely in most cases but we did catch up with 3 houses going from the NT to WA through Docker River. They could have got a good price if overnight stop at Docker,, always short of housing there.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Saturday 28th of September 2013 09:35:05 PM
And so it should be, "fatigue" does not discriminate. Also safety in numbers glad to share a yarn with any traveller at any free camp. It is also a good networking tool much like this site
-- Edited by copper1 on Saturday 28th of September 2013 10:47:12 PM
As we travel around this country we see overnight parking bays with what appears to be discrimination against truck drivers, especially at some of the best parking bays. Some of these are very roomy with toilets and running water.
Can the nomads explain this to me and what they would object to if an oversize load and accompanying pilots pulled in before sundown?
We can only drive in daylight hours, and have to find the nearest, SAFEST, suitable parking bay overnight. When motors have stopped we might pull out our barbecues and cook our shared meals. We can't leave until the sun rises in the morning.
We're generally a quiet mob, going to bed fairly early.
Other transport, including B-doubles and road trains are all under fatigue management, with massive fines if they don't observe these conditions. They have to pull up when possible to observe the conditions of their log books.
Even we don't like pulling up next to fridgees, but otherwise, would anyone object to a wide load and the pilots pulling up in the same parking space, but not to impose next to you if we could avoid it?
I'm grounded right now with a back which is stuffing up my left leg. No long trips for this oversize pilot for a few weeks. I have itchy feet and it has nothing to do with the nerves being pinched.
Anything is better than a wizbang.
I parked next to a road train at Nullarbor R/house one night, and the driver listened to books all night as he slept in the bunk. The speakers are in the doors, and my camp bed was 2 trucks away, and I still heard parts of the book.
We have often discussed the sign with the truck crossed out on the approach to parking bays. I wonder what would happen? Who would catch us?
No problem here Cruising Granny. We don't like the noisy trucks which pull in, then pull out again in the wee small hours - but we do accept they have to abide by the rules and they are trying to make a living so we just have to put up with it - after all, we are retired and can sleep in if we want to.
In fact when I go into these parks I always park as close ad I can to a back fence or posts to allow for larger
Rigs, trucks, wide lloads etc. To have plenty of room.
By the way CG I saw your writing on facebook today in the wide load pilots
Group. I think my son must have connected to it so I went in for a look.
I've happily stopped at a rest area with a truck already parked and felt more secure that a truckie was sharing the area. This was a mixed area for all. I don't mind sharing.
I do tend to whiz bang to go to the loo and put the dogs out as well. The downside of a van I reckon.
Just as bad as wizzbangs are early morning caravaners who get up before dawn for an early departure, starting their vehicle and leaving them running, vehicle doors slamming, winding squeaky legs up etc, loud voices without any concern for those around them.
There are inconsiderate people in either wizzbangs and caravans.
-- Edited by Duh on Sunday 29th of September 2013 08:35:47 AM
I don't mind sharing but I been a normal transport driver and I could do without them parked around me. After 43 years in the game I now find them mostly annoying. Plan your trip stop at the at approved area and not when you think no one will notice.
I hope you don't mine one strong no.
no problems from us long as its not a wisbanger banging all night
get injections in lower back every 9 months and take mobic
no lifting anything heavy all helps
suenray
Cheers
Have never had a problem with sharing with wide loads and escorts have done so on several occasions and not had one complaint.
Have also used parking bays for trucks and one morning woke up to find five road trains parked up which we did not hear come in.
We were very quiet when we left hoping not to wake them
We were camped in a roadside rest stop south of the Devils marbles on the Stuart Hway, and quite a lot of truckies enjoyed themselves tooting their air horns as they went past during the night. The rest stop had one of those "trucks crossed-out" signs...In my opinion this attitude is worse because of those signs , we aught to do more to foster friendly relationships on the road.
We all have to stop and rest. Had a wiz banger parked beside us last night
At the Lake Placid Caravan Park in Cairns.
Lovely young German couple. Unfortunately they drove into their site
Instead of reversing in. We were treated to their wiz banging every five minutes until late.
Hope you are back on the road again soon
Cheers
Kaid
I use Truck Stops regularly. One that comes to mind is just before crossing the S. A. border into W. A. on the Nullabor. There is a big stop on the right side. On the Western Ring Road after the Geelong turnoff, there are two big Truck Stops opposite each other. There is a high McDonalds sign outside each one. l always overnight there before and after travelling on the Spirit of Tas.
OK with us, you don't have to be in a rest stop to find trucks coming and leaving at all odd hours, we have one that parks directly across from us on our usually quiet street.....doesn't happen very often thankfully and I suspect the same would apply on the road...you would only get the rare inconsiderate noisy truckie amongst a lot of good ones!
Hubby is an ex truckie/diesel mechanic and says "come on now, he has to make a living too" whenever I whinge! cheers Capricorn
If you have to rest then you have to stop end of story.
We always try to park out of the way of others. We are all travellers on the road and should be willing to share the space with others doing much the same as we are.
frank
Can't do that with a Hiace or go through the back with a tailgate. Frankly I get sick of the whiz bang and the effort involved as well as lifting the tailgate. Time for a more comfortable van me thinks.
This gives us the sh!ts too. We do have needs, trust me. It's ok for the blokes, but sometimes a bush is just not wide enough. That's what prompted the question about sharing. I have to admit the entrances to these parking bays can be a bit restricted making it impossible to get a long, wide truck into the site.
Another problem which occurs with sharing, is caravanners who park slap bang in the middle of the parking bay, or right in front of the little shelter instead of moving as far forward as practical, to make room for others.
I have also woken up in the camp bed, outside of the Landcruiser with a big truck near me which pulled up during the night. I must be a sound sleeper. The Sprinter is all but sound proof, so nothing bothers me in the night.
Boy have I got itchy feet! The back and leg is still very painful, but my feet are itchy. I've been home long enough according to me.
We usually wake up before daylight, but we can't move until the sun peeps up over the horizon. Such civilised hours.
-- Edited by Cruising Granny on Sunday 29th of September 2013 11:58:45 PM
No problems, especially when as you say you often fire up the Barbi. Steaks all around, hell who would complain.
