stevie ellis Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 anyone on here drive wan? whats it like, them trucks are ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Have a squiz at the Territory road trains, Jock1... http://www.ourterritory.com/katherine_region/road_trains.htm Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I love road trains......I could look at them for hours:cool::GEEK: anyone on here drive wan? whats it like, them trucks are ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 quite fancy this , am a loner so wud suit me :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Yes me too. If I didn't have commitments then driving road trains in oz wld be my ultimate job! Did u watch ice road truckers and the ozzie ones an all that? Eddie stobart doesnt quite do it for me tho. It has to be wilderness not the m6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 fit happens if ya tak a wrang turn in wan o these road trains:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeegieDave Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I have loads of them working on my project up North. They shift a fair amount of dirt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 I have loads of them working on my project up North. They shift a fair amount of dirt!is it a job thats easy to get into weegie or is it hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeegieDave Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 is it a job thats easy to get into weegie or is it hard? Not too sure how difficult it is to get in to Stevie. All the guys we hire are all pretty experienced truckies. First thing would be to get your license then take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 aye its a thought ony y, cheers weegie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Truck license is approx $1,800.I once went by road train from Adelaide to Sydney,and wow what a great journey/experience that was!I'd consider getting a truckie license if it were me.Yes you do have to long trips,but by law you also have to take designated breaks.The cops can stop you to check your log books ect,and yes they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Truck license is approx $1,800.I once went by road train from Adelaide to Sydney,and wow what a great journey/experience that was!I'd consider getting a truckie license if it were me.Yes you do have to long trips,but by law you also have to take designated breaks.The cops can stop you to check your log books ect,and yes they do!i have a class 2 ridgit lorry licence but dot think its seen in WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeegieDave Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 You don't need to do long distance trucking though. We have guys here up North just hauling dirt from A to B when we're building roads. You'd need to work FIFO though and the rosters can be long ones for the truckies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 You don't need to do long distance trucking though. We have guys here up North just hauling dirt from A to B when we're building roads. You'd need to work FIFO though and the rosters can be long ones for the truckies!pit ma name doon weegie , a bet mrs e wud love tae see the bac o me for a few weeks:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 i have a class 2 ridgit lorry licence but dot think its seen in WA I was in and around haulage all my life till me arl fellah packed it in,ive got a transport managers certificate(CPC) but its not worth anything to me really,just took the course because my arl fellah needed one to get an operators licence for his units, someone had to have one. I "think" in aus,you have to do a HR licence first(heavy rigid?),then a HC (heavy combination,artic?),then a MC(multi combination,road train?),i think so anyway,dont know how long it takes experience wise before you can progress to the next licence ,pity Geoff isnt on much,he'd know if i was talking rhubarb,or Paul(and Deb) might know,doesn't he drive? Thats the way i seem to remember it working from previous posts tho i think Im not sure i could put up with driving for a living tbh,i couldn't here anyway,in aus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 I was in and around haulage all my life till me arl fellah packed it in,ive got a transport managers certificate(CPC) but its not worth anything to me really,just took the course because my arl fellah needed one to get an operators licence for his units, someone had to have one. I "think" in aus,you have to do a HR licence first(heavy rigid?),then a HC (heavy combination,artic?),then a MC(multi combination,road train?),i think so anyway,dont know how long it takes experience wise before you can progress to the next licence ,pity Geoff isnt on much,he'd know if i was talking rhubarb,or Paul(and Deb) might know,doesn't he drive? Thats the way i seem to remember it working from previous posts tho i think Im not sure i could put up with driving for a living tbh,i couldn't here anyway,in aus? sounds like a lot o dosh pal, but a thought any how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 fit happens if ya tak a wrang turn in wan o these road trains:eek: Mmmm....just keep going unless u get stuck in the mud b4 the rains like that bloke on telly. He was in a mud hole for a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Mmmm....just keep going unless u get stuck in the mud b4 the rains like that bloke on telly. He was in a mud hole for a week!ayr we flip flops on inaw:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 sounds like a lot o dosh pal, but a thought any how I was looking at the heavy plant courses instead mate,as ive mentioned,i despise cars and driving,not as much as bricklaying tho lol,altho ive just started back for the stone masons i used to work for,bit more fiddly,dowelling and fixing stone etc,but more interesting,a lot of what they do i can do,i used to do it down in Bath with Bath stone,i leave the actual cutting and carving up to them tho,but ive had a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 I was looking at the heavy plant courses instead mate,as ive mentioned,i despise cars and driving,not as much as bricklaying tho lol,altho ive just started back for the stone masons i used to work for,bit more fiddly,dowelling and fixing stone etc,but more interesting,a lot of what they do i can do,i used to do it down in Bath with Bath stone,i leave the actual cutting and carving up to them tho,but ive had a gostone work is a craft in it own pabs eh? a bet its more interesting than lego though :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Nowt wrong with lego:wink::jiggy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 ya a lego man inaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 stone work is a craft in it own pabs eh? a bet its more interesting than lego though :laugh: Theres a lot of coursing stone to go in on this job mate,pitched face stone,and tbh its more suited to bricklayers than Masons,plus they dont like doing it,so i leave them to drill and fix the quoin stones,then i run the coursing stone in between,but im gonna get ahead of them soon enough,i can see that after a day there So im gonna see if i can do more drilling and fixing of the quoin stones,then run it in myself,its £10 a quoin,and doesn't take that long,just a tie into the steel behind,then drill the stone and epoxy resin a dowel in it This stuff im using,yeah its more interesting than lego lol [YOUTUBE]Cbxc22XvQTc[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Theres a lot of coursing stone to go in on this job mate,pitched face stone,and tbh its more suited to bricklayers than Masons,plus they dont like doing it,so i leave them to drill and fix the quoin stones,then i run the coursing stone in between,but im gonna get ahead of them soon enough,i can see that after a day thereSo im gonna see if i can do more drilling and fixing of the quoin stones,then run it in myself,its £10 a quoin,and doesn't take that long,just a tie into the steel behind,then drill the stone and epoxy resin a dowel in it This stuff im using,yeah its more interesting than lego lol [YOUTUBE]Cbxc22XvQTc[/YOUTUBE] what type of stone is at pabs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie ellis Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 sorry jist red its limestone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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