WOW...lucky

Good point of view there.

Better a donation for the farmer who lost all his stock!

If the driver had crashed into other vehicles and killed someone there would be no talk of a donation. But he didn't kill anyone so let's reward him.

Lets not jump to the conclusion that it was his fault either. I have a great amount of respect for truck drivers, and cattle truck drivers in particular. They do it the hardest out of all of them, and they are great guys most of them. The cattle would be insured anyway. I agrree that if he was doing the wrong thing than he shouldnt be rewarded, but dont just point the finger at him, it could be the bosses fault just as much. And as for the Farmer, the cattle had left his yard so they are no longer his, and dont you worry the farmer wouldnt of been left out. They get everything on a silver platter, they just need to get smart and set up where there is water.

Whats with the anomosity towards farmers, Kroozer?

You're right about the cattle being insured, but they aren't necessarily someone else's just because he loaded them onto a road train, and sent them off to either saleyards, feedlot or meatworks. Not all cattle are sold on the place, unless its on Auctionplus. Insurance usually only pays an average price per head, not what the cattle are actually worth.

Don't forget too, that most cockies & managers (a farmer drives a tractor & tills the soil, to grow crops) love their cattle, and to see a loss like this one would be heart wrenching.

As for the "silver platter" there's a lot of hard work, deprivation & losses like the above that tend to tarnish the gloss on the platter.

You've got a "great amount of respect for truck drivers", how about a little respect for those farmers/cockies/mangers/pastoralists out there doing it hard, and often ending up in a similar situation to our lucky road train driver.

See ya,
Bob.