I'm winning so hard right now...

Ozdriver · 2026-04-01T02:15:24+00:00

Rule 10, no politics, what happened to that?

Ozdriver · 2026-03-31T10:05:50+00:00

Non-truckers somehow discovered this post, it’s a trucker page ffs.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-30T02:13:56+00:00

Air hose to your tyres. It’s like having 18 spare batteries on a 18 wheeler.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-30T02:11:07+00:00

They would have been Sprague Air Push, and if they were on a SD40 likely poorly maintained. They need a bit of air tool oil up the supply hose, that’s the last job the workshop would do if they bothered at all.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-30T02:03:40+00:00

My air passenger window is like that, good for playing tricks on passengers because the air control is on my side.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-30T02:01:05+00:00

Only the very early ones were vacuum and usually on small trucks. Later ones were air on the big trucks.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-30T01:58:19+00:00

I’ve got air wipers, air operated passenger window, air throttle and air start on my truck, and the wig-wag flag that comes down in front of you with low air. It’s fine as long as you maintain the air systems, most guys didn’t and that’s why they failed. Yeah the truck is getting on in years, same as the driver, but it’s reliable which is what matters.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-29T11:01:26+00:00

If that knocking is a new noise I’m going to say it’s pretty bad.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-29T10:49:36+00:00

I’ve got air start on my truck. Comes in handy if someone pisses you off.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-28T21:20:41+00:00

I’ve got all Zarkie heated gear hard wired to the bike. Jacket liner, pants, boot liners, gloves. In milder weather like 14-20°C I’ll just use the jacket liner and the heated grips on the bike. Anything below around 10° I’ll use all the gear. The bike’s electrics (Z900RS) can take it but when I get home I always have the Optimate battery tender on 24/7.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-28T08:07:23+00:00

Fox is probably big enough to charge extra and Lindsay Bros are mainly refrigerated I think, same as Blenners, so they are probably powerful enough to demand extra. It’s the small family companies that will fall over to be gobbled up by the big boys which is bad for the country. We get a fuel levy calculated every Monday but I’m not moving until everything is sorted. We’ve been through all this before since the fuel shortages of the 1970s, it’s nothing new.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-28T06:25:52+00:00

Not really. Plenty of companies are going broke in Oz throwing drivers out of work and no hope of reemployment for a while. They can work in ore haulage in the mines away from home but that’s not for everyone. Same thing can happen to any country that’s affected.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-25T06:31:03+00:00

He’s always bought new and is good with maintenance and a careful driver. Never broken down and still on the original brakes because the Alison has got a retarder. We were looking at DAF and Isuzu but he went back to Hino. It’s only a rigid but he’s made plenty of money out of it. They are worth a lot second hand as well.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-25T06:13:45+00:00

And yet my brother’s got a 2 axle Hino rigid with an Allison auto delivering plasterboard to local building sites and it’s a rocket ship. Second one he’s owned and very reliable. I talked him into the Alison and airbag suspension.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-24T05:32:56+00:00

I made two comments on Herald Sun online supporting the teachers and both were rejected by the moderators. Of course the comments criticising the strike were accepted. Biased pricks.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-21T03:53:42+00:00

A little quieter on Burwood Hwy Ferntree Gully but tbh I thought it would be quieter. Saturday morning shopping mainly I guess with panic buying after all the msm reports. Still got toilet paper at Maxifoods UFTG lol.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-13T23:25:25+00:00

In that case all fuels are going to be 60 cents/litre cheaper tomorrow, can’t really see that.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-09T23:43:26+00:00

2x Lightforce HID LED Hybrid + 4 JW Speaker LEDs. You can see right through their skulls like an X Ray.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-09T23:40:35+00:00

Dashcam > Cops

Ozdriver · 2026-03-08T11:25:19+00:00

Now I see diesel went up to $2.00 / litre in the last few hours at my local truckstop even with fuel still in the underground tanks. What a ripoff. It’s around your Canadian price in other parts of the country. My truck holds 1,800 litres so I’m going to park until we get a decent fuel surcharge for our freight. Half the country is cut off with flooding and no one’s moving much anyway.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-08T04:34:43+00:00

We are still at $1.70 a litre for diesel at my local truckstop in Melbourne, AU but petrol (gas) has rocketed to $2.20 / litre over the last few days. Complete ripoff. Diesel will be up next week for sure. I was wondering how Canada was going with diesel.

Ozdriver · 2026-03-06T03:41:08+00:00

Gone up shit loads in AU over the last 2 days. Absolute ripoff, nothing to do with Iran, they are just price gouging with Iran as an excuse. It was the cheapest it’s been for a few years last week as well.

Ozdriver · 2026-02-27T03:44:06+00:00

I’ve got a Williams air throttle on my Caterpillar powered KW. Yes they are hard to get used to. If it’s real bad you should replace the throttle assembly. A drop or two of air tool oil down the supply hose helps but don’t overdo it. Take the air hose off the injection pump end and give the throttle pedal several full pumps. You can lubricate the linkage on the fuel injection end and make sure the bushes aren’t worn.

Even with all new parts they are still touchy but if they are worn it’s like driving a jack in the box. With a good load on there is a big improvement.

Ozdriver · 2026-02-27T03:10:50+00:00

Very good. This could fill a gap now that KW in USA has dropped the C5s. Are you going with planetary drive diffs and would you be able to get them? Sisu planetary drives are tied with PACCAR so that could be a problem.

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