I have a new found respect for..........

pauline · Guru

I have a new found respect for..........

Happywanderer · The Master

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

ever since we got the "Tardis" I have had a new found respect for our Truckies..

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

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 · Guru

It was remiss of me not to mention the girls also, thanks womby for reminding me.........

milo · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Senior Member

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 · Senior Member

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 · Guru

when truckies reverse back in , do they have reverse cameas like we do in our cars/motor homes etc ?

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

some do some don't

pauline · Guru

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 · Guru

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_ · Master (of Mischief)

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 · Guru

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.