Beware if harvesters on the road

Good chance they were not on the road leagally. VERY MUCH DOUBT they would be road registered even consessionally. Lots of farmers use the roads for ease not because they are allowed. Actually a bit annoying up here in the far north at times. Glad you missed a collision. CHEERS Tony.

NOTE:....This is NSW Regulations, other states vary

When are Pilot Vehicles Needed?
a) On major roads or where terrain limits a clear view of approaching traffic to less
than 500 metres:
i. 1 pilot vehicle is required for agricultural vehicles or combinations between
3.7 metres and 4.5 metres wide; and
ii. 2 pilot vehicles are required for agricultural vehicles or combinations wider
than 4.5 metres.
b) On routes that are not major roads and where there is a clear view of approaching
traffic for at least 500 metres, 1 pilot vehicle is required for agricultural vehicles
or combinations wider than 4.5 metres.

Around a bend at 80 KPH ... now who do you think ure kidding ...who was in the wrong ??...well Brockie was a Legend too..and yes...speed killed him too !!

Seems to me, and maybe a few others ...you were travelling far too fast for the conditions... Road Trains dont have escort trucks...they have people who drive 'their roads[' who know what to expect !!

Time to get real and own up ...u were lucky ,
Wag your tail !!!

Interested to hear that there are crops to harvest. Must have been a better season than some other parts.

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I have a mate that carries the wheat / oats etc and he tells me that some of the new headers have a 45ft wide cut now.

You would not want to encounter one of these on the road any time.

Take care in stripping season in the wheat belt regions..

Hey Mate
It appears you were on a country road, so drive to the conditions,
DRIVE AT A SPEED WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO STOP IN HALF THE VISBLE DISTANCE.
you never know what is around the corner or over the rise.
Hey, take care out there.
Cheers
Russ

have to agree there are certainly a few headers on the top of the castlereagh hwy.
trailered the boys hilux from Canberra to its new owner in St George over the weekend and what a dogs breakfast.
around walgett and coonamble there were literally hundreds of trucks and at least 30 or so headers playing mobile chicanes. interestingly for every one we say working in a paddock there were about ten to on the road. trucks were lined up everywhere at the grain handling depots.
because a lot of the grain recieving silos have been closed down the truckies are having to cart a lot further in many instances to deliver.
also unfortunately a lot of the escorts seemed to be travelling only about 100 meters in front of the headers and there was very little communication . a couple of times when we were held up behind the headers i called up the escort to ask what road ahead was like and got nothing but silence . what really cheesed me off was that after working past the headers the idiots in the escort vehicles wouldnot even move over for you.
Arnt the fuel outlets ripping off the contractors .
petrol was around $1.39 around coonamble & walgett and $1.33 at st george yet at dubbo $1.19 and Canberra $ 1.11. diesel was well above this.
cheers
Howard