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[Major Fuckup]

You'd think if it hadn't rained in a while you would be a bit more pre-cautious?
Well i was driving through in intersection to day when an old guy come out from the turning lane, nailed it and put his car 45 degrees facing the kerb. As you can imagine 10 tons of truck doesn't stop very quickly and wet oily roads and the car came off second best and no one sustained injuries fortunately.

Yep just more proof old people shouldn't be driving.




I wont even bother fixing that.


To make it all the more annoying the feds rocked up!

[deltaepsilon]

Major Fuckup, on 20 Oct 2010, 19:13, said:

To make it all the more annoying the feds rocked up!

LOL, how very convenient.

[Destiny]

Wonder if your truck had bullbars would it be dented Wow, cops sure show up at the worst times...well I hope the money stuff isn't...bad.

[Major Fuckup]

That's why the boss has insurance and i think his premiums will go up again and yeah he's not impressed

[Chyros]

MASSIVE " " .

Edited by Chyros, 20 October 2010 - 18:22.

[Sgt. Nuker]

So...you had the right of way, or am I missing something here?

Edit: Shouldn't it be "Truck > Car"?

Edited by Sgt. Nuker, 20 October 2010 - 20:35.

[Major Fuckup]

Sgt. Nuker, on 21 Oct 2010, 4:35, said:

So...you had the right of way, or am I missing something here?

Edit: Shouldn't it be "Truck > Car"?

What ever is the symbol for greater than is.
Well according to the fucked up Australian law technically i am at fault for rear ending him even though he pulled out in front of me and loosing control and stopping in the lane i was in.

[Sgt. Nuker]

So he had a red light whilst you had a green? How fast were you traveling and what is the posted limit?

Technically, a driver is to remain in complete control of their vehicle at all times. This speaks namely against the Commodore driver, but to a lesser extent, it speaks against you, because you should have anticipated the other driver's intent and slowed down.

[Major Fuckup]

I had the green and was doing the posted limit of 60km/hr

[Pandut]

Were you driving a Diesel or a Tank?

[Nid]

I had a feeling this was your thread when I saw the name on the board index

Edited by Nidmeister, 22 October 2010 - 19:47.

[Major Fuckup]

Sobek, on 23 Oct 2010, 3:08, said:

Were you driving a Diesel or a Tank?

Um what?

Nidmeister, on 23 Oct 2010, 3:45, said:

I had a feeling this was your thread when I saw the name on the board index

Well some one has to have all the fun

[Alias]

Sobek, on 23 Oct 2010, 6:08, said:

Were you driving a Diesel or a Tank?

This is Australia. A 'truck' is always at least this size if not bigger.


For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

[Chyros]

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

[BeefJeRKy]

They're called road trains for a reason

[Major Fuckup]

Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:03, said:

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

Yeah its called a road train
An Australian built Mack truck with 112 semi-trailers, 1,300 t (2,865,980 pounds) and 1,474.3 metres (4,836 ft 11 in) long currently holds the world record for being the longest road train ever pulled with a single prime mover. Its good fun trying to over take a B-triple (33.5m long) when its moving at 100km/hr

[Alias]

Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 21:03, said:

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

Not all mines have a train station directly on site. I believe those six trailer ones are only used for very short distances. Freight trains go to most places here, although B-Doubles and B-Triples (two or three trailer) semitrailers are used for a lot of long distance hauling too.

Australia has the world's largest () trucks, so yeah.

Edited by Alias, 23 October 2010 - 10:42.

[Destiny]

Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:03, said:

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

If they invented the train they wouldn't have built Highway One and instead built Railway One

[Major Fuckup]

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:41, said:

Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 21:03, said:

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

Not all mines have a train station directly on site. I believe those six trailer ones are only used for very short distances. Freight trains go to most places here, although B-Doubles and B-Triples (two or three trailer) semitrailers are used for a lot of long distance hauling too.

Australia has the world's largest () trucks, so yeah.

Yeah you have to go really far out to find a "Powertrain" as in going to the Northern Territory. They mostly like Alias said go short distances usually moving things from site to the nearest train depo.

Destiny, on 23 Oct 2010, 19:03, said:

Chyros, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:03, said:

Alias, on 23 Oct 2010, 8:43, said:

For the extreme example, have one of the six trailer trucks they use for coal.

Oo

You guys haven't invented the train yet or something?

If they invented the train they wouldn't have built Highway One and instead built Railway One

A is a B-double.

B is a B-triple.

C is a double road train. A "Pocket road train" is similar, but with shorter trailers and dolly drawbar.

D is an AB-triple.

E is a BAB Quad.

F is an ABB Quad.

G is triple road train.

H is a 2AB Quad.

K represents the largest road trains operating in Australia, and therefore, the world. Called a "Powertrain" or a "Body and six", these machines operate at The Granites Gold Mine in the western Northern Territory, and are used inplace of 200t dump trucks, because of the distances involved on the haul run. A 600 hp 19 litre Cummins engine powers the prime mover, whilst a 400 hp Cummins engine is installed in the rear trailer of the B-double, driving through an automatic transmission, giving a total of 1000 hp. Weights of 460 t (1,000,000 lb) are achieved with ore loading in side-tipper bodies on a 100 km round trip. As these trucks operate on private property, they are not subject to governed weight and length rulings, but instead are utilised in the most efficient way possible.

[BeefJeRKy]

I vote that Major Fuckup changes his profile description to Forum Truck Expert

[Chyros]

scope, on 23 Oct 2010, 18:33, said:

I vote that Major Fuckup changes his profile description to Forum Truck Expert

I second this motion .

[Stinger]

I cite the evidence in the first post to the contrary.

[BeefJeRKy]

Stinger, on 24 Oct 2010, 0:56, said:

I cite the evidence in the first post to the contrary.

We never said anything about driving skills

[Libains]

scope, on 23 Oct 2010, 17:33, said:

I vote that Major Fuckup changes his profile description to Forum Truck Expert

I vote for Wikipedia article procurer

[Major Fuckup]

AJ, on 25 Oct 2010, 3:12, said:

scope, on 23 Oct 2010, 17:33, said:

I vote that Major Fuckup changes his profile description to Forum Truck Expert

I vote for Wikipedia article procurer