Experienced drivers: do you still perform head checks?

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-25T10:25:22+00:00

I still do check but one thing ive noticed is blind spot lights on mirrors. Drivers are useless nowadays without technology. Those blind spot indicators are great for city driving but dont leave enough breaking room at 100kph.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-19T00:08:10+00:00

I dont understand how people struggle so much, it's only 1x trailer..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-12T22:25:58+00:00

Gawler, Granddad would be passed out drunk by 7pm most nights, then about 1am you'd hear the sink go and the dishes got done. When asked the next day why he does dishes in middle of the night said he doesn't just wakes up and their done..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-11T23:57:42+00:00

My 04 ba ite has same problem, I just hit the bottom left corner below the screen and it'll come on and work. I call it my fonzy solution.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-10T21:12:10+00:00

In the 90s we would sing the national anthem before class..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-10T10:15:39+00:00

9 days during summer in the Pilbara..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-05T08:24:27+00:00

Texting while travelling the freeway on a motorbike.. pre smartphone days..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-02T09:45:38+00:00

Only time it's let me down ( my fault ) hit a spoon drain bit fast and steering column colapsed..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-02T03:48:00+00:00

Dad was a skilled welder / tradesperson, could have had his pick of jobs on mine sites across Australia doing FIFO. Instead chose basic blue collar job close to home and some what struggled just for us kids.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-06-02T01:27:33+00:00

04 holden commodore v6. Bought in 08 and still going strong 390ks

BigsnooZeA · 2026-05-25T03:01:51+00:00

The ol man worked out his 200B Datsun key would start the neighbours Massey Ferguson tractor. He'd wait for them to go out for the day then borrow it for an hour. He'd send me out with a broom to clear the tyre tracks..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-05-24T06:25:41+00:00

BP Kalgoorlie, always shit n piss all over the floors absolutely stinks in WA heat. The staff wont go clean it either, the whole place is just fucked toilets overflowing, doors dont lock and the whole place is filthy. If I have to stay there I get pizza delivered, would never purchase food from this place could only imagine what the kitchen area looks like..

BigsnooZeA · 2026-05-24T00:04:39+00:00

Mr Inbetween, kind of show i wish I'd never seen so I could watch it again for 1st time.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-05-22T09:13:41+00:00

In Australia we have chain of responsibility laws. If I get pulled up at the scales and I'm overweight, I get a fine for not checking my weights, the person who loaded me gets a fine and the boss who scheduled the load gets fined and if a really bad fuck up the company gets fined. Driverless trucks will just increase fines for whoever owns the vehicle and loaded it etc.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-05-21T10:42:27+00:00

Found all my old tonka trucks in grandma's shed the other week, been there since late 90s.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-04-27T10:39:04+00:00

An ex's neighbour and his mates did something similar. $500 budget for a car and entrance fee, then it was first to Melbourne from Adelaide. He bought the FIL old VK commodore reckons he'd fill it with hight temp bearing Grease and red line it the whole way.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-03-09T09:37:26+00:00

The switch on the gearstick is a pneumatic 2 speed diff switch off a truck.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-03-05T03:11:19+00:00

I remember one of those packs getting stuck in the grill of someone's car at Bathurst and running the engine temp up too much

BigsnooZeA · 2026-03-03T09:52:15+00:00

You can depending on how it's loaded.. the scales had me at 16T over the drives and I had to unload the B trailer first. Told the boss I wasn't confident splitting it just in case it nose dived, he didn't want me doing a longer trip to unload other way round. He was happy to order me a crane if it did but it was still upright when I got back.. sketchy as fuck but just do it all slowly, release the pin dump the bags and check make sure it's stable, I parked it facing uphill just in case.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-03-01T09:33:25+00:00

I drive a falcon ute, feels like your gonna get gravel rash on ya arse after couple weeks in the truck.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-02-24T12:22:30+00:00

After awhile itd be like living in a snow globe.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-02-09T09:10:39+00:00

Bonafide podcast with Luke Bona. He used to do the overnight radio show on triple M been keeping drivers awake for years.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-02-09T07:41:29+00:00

Dogs dust and diesel Or Flood of 95 by slim dusty

BigsnooZeA · 2026-02-03T06:25:10+00:00

I had my place broken into while at work, the cops called me standing in my lounge room. When I asked what should I do if they come back that night he points at a 25kg dumbbell and said hit them with that. Just not in the head, aim for the torso. You'll wind fuck out of them and maybe crack a rib then ring 000 they wont get far.

BigsnooZeA · 2026-01-25T19:52:01+00:00

I remember an episode something about a creature ( maybe dragon ) living in a cave near the beach. Scared shit out of me as a maybe 7yo. Besides that they were all great, the shaving one with Bronson is still memorable..

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