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Offline NewMax

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Road Trains - GRR
« on: July 09, 2012, 12:58:38 AM »


Driving back to Drysdale from Mitchell Falls pulled over to let this road train pass. Chugging along at 20km in the middle of the road. One of two big units.
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 02:24:05 AM »
Are they mining out that way or something.
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 07:05:18 AM »
1st rule of truck driving " Whats behind you dosent matter "  :cheers:
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 01:43:47 PM »
And the front of you, one ran me off the road on the Savannah Way. I quoted the Road Rules to him but he didnt care because he was bigger.
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2012, 02:08:03 PM »
Quote from: WYNO on July 09, 2012, 01:43:47 PM
And the front of you, one ran me off the road on the Savannah Way. I quoted the Road Rules to him but he didnt care because he was bigger.
Are you sure that it was the rules for Road Trains, because they have right of way.  To much weight to move to the side of the road as thats when they loose control in the soft edge, on dirt roads they stay as close to the middle as possible.  Years ago cars etc had to pull off the narrow roads and wait till the RoadTrain passed
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2012, 02:09:38 PM »
Quote from: Tjupurula on July 09, 2012, 02:24:05 AM
Are they mining out that way or something.
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Probably been doing road works more like. That road got pretty washed out last wet.
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2012, 02:16:38 PM »
Quote from: WYNO on July 09, 2012, 01:43:47 PM
I quoted the Road Rules to him but he didnt care because he was bigger.

Book him Danno!!
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2012, 02:58:28 PM »
Quote from: whitey1 on July 09, 2012, 02:09:38 PM
Probably been doing road works more like. That road got pretty washed out last wet.

I was being a bit cheeky, as I could it was not mining machinery.  That road is done so infrequently I thought I would throw the comment in.
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 07:25:47 PM »
A road train is always going to be bigger, so self preservation tells me to pull off the road. That, and if we both pull slightly off the road to pass each other my 3 kerbside wheels might kick up a rock or two, but his 25-odd kerbside wheels will kick up many many stones that will chip my windscreen/bonnet/headlights.

Rules may be rules, but it just makes sense to get out of the way!
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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 08:35:33 PM »
if you pull off the road  for a roadtrain you get the opportunity to take a pic or 2 also  8) 8)



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Re: Road Trains - GRR
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2012, 10:15:36 AM »
Hi,
  We did a 'big lap' on a motor bike before Gough got in and put bitumen roads every where.
I soon learned to keep well out of their way, and would stop and get off the road to the windward side a few minutes before they arrived.
The ones that snuck up behind without me noticing were the worst, I couldn't out run them to get a chance to get off the road, and wore a few of the rocks that were chucked up.
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