Vince got a new truck...

stovepipe · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:56 am Post subject: Vince got a new truck...

....holds a lot of gas so he dont gotta stop fer fillups.

U-turns and parking's a wee bit of a challenge.

I like it!

Ominivision1 · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Now I have driven a rocky mountain double but not a triple. yet. Smile

stovepipe · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Them Ozzies is a whole nuther breed man. Gotta love em.

Good greif could you imagine the tree huggers here seeing something like that?

"OMG!!!! OH OH OH MY!!!- it holds and burns enough petroleum products to kill every penguin, polar bear and high-plains meadow shrew on the planet! Quick, lets stand in front of it and block it's path!!! How dare someone opperate such an abomonation to.."

SPLAT.

*crikets chirping and the sound of a turbo whistle in the distance"

Suzanne · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

It's the new beer wagon!!!! Cheers

........................Saint Vince.....................

Worship

Suz

slimjim · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

My thoughts exactly Suz! Now Vince can compete with Elvis's new rig!

stovepipe · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

That'll hold enough barley pop for oh I dunnow at least what, an hour or two of festivities?

gelandangan · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Dammit Vince, your secret is out..

Would that mean free beers from you gonna be scarce in the future?

Well its good while it lasts..

Vince · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Nah...always free beers mate, regardless.

That's a wee road train...had to pass a few of them in my travels...bit of a pain on a dirt road though with all them wheels throwing up stones and dust.

These are a couple of road trains I passed last time I was in the Outback:

Firstly a three trailer, Double Deck Cattle truck (imagine the mess comin' out the side if something spooked them badly).

Next, a four trailer general haulage road train.

Cheers, Vince

SSgtCaleb · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:46 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

I want that rig....

slimjim · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Now I know why the Aussie's like to run big engines in their vehicles!

Elvis · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

hey the poos get caught in tanks over here. they hold 200ltrs or so each they last for a short trip but once they are full it spills out the side till you can mt them again. been hauling yearling dairy stock the last 2 days got down to 15kmsph up some of the hills. some more horse power would be good but we does what we can with what weve got.

stovepipe · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

No honkin' or loud noises passing them DDCT's!

radar · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

Hey Elvis,
Do you open the chute on impatient drivers? I've had plenty of angry motorists stop me and tell me about cattle trucks unloading litres of crap on them, seen some well covered cars to back the theory up!

Elvis · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

they must be plurry fast running drivers with cruise control and steering lock cause you have to go back to back passengers side corner of truck to physically pull the flap and the trailer tank is in the same place. in order to get a car the flap/pipe would have to be on the right not the left and be openable from the cab.
question for you Radar
which is better dropping tank out on side of back road when its over flowing or spilling everywhere you go and extra at corners???
Ive found the roadside dump sites are good to use but along way apart and the signage needs to be better.

stovepipe · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Vince got a new truck...

radar wrote:

Hey Elvis,
Do you open the chute on impatient drivers? I've had plenty of angry motorists stop me and tell me about cattle trucks unloading litres of crap on them, seen some well covered cars to back the theory up!

I'd tell 'em "are you sure your kids weren't making faces at them?"