Daily Waters to Booroloola and road trains!

Michael & Chris, it is disputable as to whether common sense is actually as common as people think.
It is definitely not as common as it used to be.

The biggest has right of way, when we see a road train coming in the distance we find a good spot to pull well off the road...... no fun travelling with a broken windscreen.

Dont tell everyone!
Next thing you know everyone will want the dirt and expect you to take the bitumen!!!! LOL
Ive always dived for the dirt and given everyone the bitumen.......never done a windscreen yet....LOL

Michael or Chris (wich ever)

Thanks for the lesson in Common Sense, you are obviously loaded with it! I did pull over and get off the road completely ( otherwise I wouldn't be here making this post) Still though, when I'm completely off the road with no more room to get over with out going bush, and 80 odd ton of road train whistles past your side mirrors, it tends to put the "wind" up you a bit! Reasonable? Hopefully when I've driven each and every highway, dirt track and back road, I'll develop the common sense you all assume I'm lacking?

"As for the 200 series, I don't get it"

Michael or Chris,

Next time your on an outback dirt road have a look out your rear view mirrors and check out the number of stones, dirt, debri and dust you 4by kicks all over what ever you are towing, I'm fairly sure he didn't want his new boat sprayed with stones from his 200 series, hence his refusal to move over at all,If I had of stayed half on the road and half off, as every other car i came across had done I would of collided with him? Are you seriously suggesting he was within his rights to hog the entire bitchumen strip and rely on every other road user coming in the opposite direction to move over?

mmmmmmm, maybe that common sense I've been reminded of aint to common!


browny

Gday Browny,
I think you might be missing the point......
I think what people are saying is,single lane bitumen roads really aren't built with the protection of paintwork in mind. So, if your driving a vehicle where the cosmetics of your vehicle are more important than getting from A to B in a certain time you may need to adjust your usual driving style and attitude.

If you slow down (as I presume your are in no rush and have a nice clean car) and give the on coming vehicle the bitumen you will be the one throwing up the rocks and he will be the one with the dust not you.........If he is in the same position as you, both slow down.......If your both working or used of travelling on these sorts of roads, just drop a wheel off on to the dirt and keep going.Very rarely does a stone from the left hand side of your car hit a vehicle travelling in the other direction on the right hand side of you.

Hairy,

One of us is missing the point! I passed numerous cars going the opposite way that day and all bar one, (The 200 series towing the boat) happily put there 2 wheels onto the dirt AS I DID ALSO, and happily passed with a wave, this bloke didn't move over at all. I moved completely off the road in the end and he happily stayed on the bitumen!

Mate I'm 8 months into a round OZ trip, I've done the Great Central road from Yulara into WA, recently completed the Gibb and Mitchell falls, visited Cape Levique out of Broome, the back road from Litchfield NP into Daily River, I've got more dings and scratches on my Patrol than you can poke a stick at, I'm not concerned by a few more.

So get of your line of thought in regards to cosmetics of cars and so forth, because you sound like an idiot!

Browny

Hahahahahaha.......... Come on here having a winge about big scary trucks and another post about other people being smart arses because YOU run out of fuel and then resort to name calling??????
Harden up princess!......Bwhahahahahahah!!!!!

Thats better Hairy, don't beat around the bush, just show your true colours earlier in future!

At least you were to the point this time, why didn't you just say that from the start!

I didn't say you were an idiot, just that you sounded like one......I reckon you'll do the convincing...........

Harden up......Pfffft!

Meggs, agree totally with your thoughts.

We tow a 22ft caravan and a camper trailer, of course never together and our policy has always been from day one when we started outback travelling to get right off the road as soon as we see a road train approaching and we too, also call them up on the UHF.

They have a job to do and a timetable to keep, whereas we are usually on a more relaxed timetable! And Meggs like you, we have found the truckies very courteous and often want to chat to find out where we have been and where we are headed etc.

Jinki

Jinki,
I'm a weekend warrior truck driver and I know first hand how much distance it takes to slow down or stop a truck (not to mention getting going again).

Secondly, dropping even one set off wheels into the rough stuff can serverely unsettle the load. Stock trailers especially tripple decks are extemely top heavy. Tankers are also pretty unsettled when they're partially empty. It doesn't take much to put these things on their sides.

We appreciate those who give us room and fear for our safety and the safety of others when oncoming traffic fails to give us room.

A call on a UHF is all it takes.....you're right. And at the end of the day, whether you're working or holidaying on the highways, it's that open road that lures us all to being there.

Thanks to you and many others like you (thankfully the majority) who help us to get the job done. Safe travels.

Fab.

Thanks Berylvt,

I'm glad you understood my post

Cheers....Browny

Cheers......J&H

Cheers Val,

Gee I can't see myself ever overtaking one! Unless maybe he is finishing off a couple of Dim Sims at a truck stop.....!

I do the scan thing also,

Cheers....Browny

Thanks for the insight bbird,

I'll remember to bow graciously and hold doors open whenever in there presence again!

Adrian,


Sheesh, what is it with some of you, re read my post, all I said was the first time it happens it can put the wind up you.....!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure I actually said " I can understand the reason for them not getting over with all those wheels and trailers on the shoulder of the road, it would be dangerous etc,etc........!!!!!!!!

"Does that make sense"????

are you serious?????

Browny

Well I understood and posted a tip on what we do.

Oh yes the pub was good but I found the entertainment a bit loud. They sure packed the vans in when we were there.