i can answer a couple of your questions. a commercial drivers' medical is a requirement for most driving jobs here in oz. you can get the...
I'm speechless! http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/truckers-outraged-by-cardinal-george-pells-sex-abuse-comparison?CMP=soc_567
:) thank you
thanks, ridgeline. i found out last night that i'm moving to a small city a few hours north. that will hugely increase my chances of finding a...
thanks, daf. yeah, that's what i'm thinking. i kinda believe that things happen for a reason, even if i can't see it right now.
lol daf. love your thinking ;) as it turns out, none of it matters anyway. got a phone call yesterday to say that whilst my driving it fine,...
too cheap to maintain their trucks is exactly what was running through my mind. they have a mechanic at the yard, but it seems that if he can't...
ha ha! do i cut the red wire or the green one? *mission impossible music in the background*
i'm not totally sure what i'm supposed to do, but i have an overwhelming urge to come to a halt when i see one. strange, hey. and don't get me...
i know. i was just messin' with ya :p
lol. we got these strange red signs around town at intersections. they're kinda hexagonal with big white letters that spell S.T.O.P.
yup. the very reason i brought up the concerns in the first place. they're not small trucks. if it was a little 8 tonner or something, i wouldn't...
one truck (the one with the foot brake putting the retarder on) is a pocket road train with a limit of 80,000kg. we took 79,000kg of potatoes to...
i was gonna say moose bars, but i didn't know if moose were just in canada and alaska or what ... lol. we have wild buffalo up north, but only...
exactly! but try telling that to the average aussie bloke :biggrin_25510:
yep. they look at the 5'2" and 8 and a half stone that i am and decide there's no way i could do anything :s
before i started my new job, i did a lesson with a driving instructor, just to refamiliarizse myself with gear shifting (it had been a while and i...
Hmmm. That's something worth thinking about. There are inspection points and weighing stations along the route, but I've never seen them manned. I...
LOL ... on place wouldn't give me a job cos the bloke reckoned I wouldn't be able to lower the roo bar or lift the bonnet :p (what do you call roo...
I do live in a gorgeous part of the country :) Sadly, trucks are limited to 100km/h (60mph) country wide and I've yet to drive a truck without a...