1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Bulgarian Umbrella said:

1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Where are you now?

On QLD’s one-lane tarred rural roads: “You stay on the black-top, I’ll get right off”. I never cease to be amazed how many vehicles enforce the unwritten rule of “left wheels only in the dirt” when faced with a fully laden four-trailer road train.

so recently someone who is a much better driver than us appeared to be signalling left from behind us where we couldn’t see them, until they were beside us, then entered our lane and field of view simultaneously immediately in front of us, and our question is how we can handle this situation better

Ch 40 UHF, or VHF?

Bulgarian Umbrella said:

1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Kingy said:

Bulgarian Umbrella said:

1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

Bogsnorkler said:

trucks hold up traffic as well.

Anyone else here recall the ‘big truckies’strike/blockade’ back at the end of the 1970s? When there was barely a truck to be seen on the road, anywhere?

At that time, i used to have to traverse Parramatta Road in Sydney, on a freqent basis. It was always a long, annoying, grindingly slow journey.

Then, there trucks were gone.

It was like a bloody expressway. People were setting new personal-best times for their Parramatta Rd. travels. It was actually enjoyable.

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

trucks hold up traffic as well.

Anyone else here recall the ‘big truckies’strike/blockade’ back at the end of the 1970s? When there was barely a truck to be seen on the road, anywhere?

At that time, i used to have to traverse Parramatta Road in Sydney, on a freqent basis. It was always a long, annoying, grindingly slow journey.

Then, there trucks were gone.

It was like a bloody expressway. People were setting new personal-best times for their Parramatta Rd. travels. It was actually enjoyable.

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

UHF.

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

I don’t have a Ch. 40. Is it OK to just holler out the window and toot the horn instead?

Bogsnorkler said:

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

UHF.

Thought so.

I have both UHF and VHF in my vehicle, but don’t usually have them switched on, around town.

Also have some Chinese handhelds that, after some firmware changes, will transmit on just about any frequency you care to punch in, from about 25 mHz up.

But, i stick to the CB freqs, with the rest in reserve for life-or-death situations. No sense making trouble where none need exist.

Woodie said:

I don’t have a Ch. 40. Is it OK to just holler out the window and toot the horn instead?

Always has been.

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

I don’t have a Ch. 40. Is it OK to just holler out the window and toot the horn instead?

bit hard to do if you’re dressed in lycra and riding a bicycle

so there is no good way to handle someone merging in front of yous from behind

SCIENCE said:

so there is no good way to handle someone merging in front of yous from behind

be prepared for the unexpected. always. have a dashcam.

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Bulgarian Umbrella said:

1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

No. The grown-ups are trying to build things and go to and from actual work.

This morning I lost around $500 waiting for some bicyclists to finish blocking the road so that I could get my payload through.

I’m sure he/she/it enjoyed the bicycle ride while the person who was paying for the load to be delivered had to pay for me to park on the ROAD to wait for the guy on the bike to get off the road.

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

This morning I lost around $500 waiting for some bicyclists

You should probably go find it, that’s a decent night out.

Coincidentally, this just came up in my feed today

https://www.ngurrawa.com/

Link

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

possibly 477.4000MHz?, reckon 31.3984cm is half wavelength so start ya halfwave dipole tune at a length slightly longer, got to cover right down to channel 1 also, or if quarterwave dipole half that ~15.6999cm

there ya go kids

easiest end fed dipole involves stripping braid off RG213 coax

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Bulgarian Umbrella said:

1. Use channel 40. not only will it give you a ‘heads up’ of Wide & oversized loads ahead of you. It will also allow you to choose a hard or soft shoulder to pull up on.
2. Do not be that arse hole that holds up heavies. They are there to earn money. Grab your radio & state… “ole Mate. Go around me. When you get out there, I’ll button off. (do not button off untill he or she gets out there)
3. If you are suffering cross winds as these things often are. Either do not travel, or make sure you pull off the shoulder to allow all those to pass.

BTW Weird Gran is the Navigator :-(

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

3km of blocked traffic this morning so that some lycra clad roadblock could get his/her jollies.

Courtesy goes both ways.

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Hiya BU. I hope you are having fun traveling around the place.

Can I add:

4. If you are on a bicycle using the road and blocking traffic for your exercise and/or fun, while the rest of us are trying to go somewhere, or cart a payload that someone is waiting and paying for, and you are blocking said traffic for your exercise/fun. You need to re-assess your life choices. Those of us carting 25-40 tons down the road have no problem if you have no drivers license and need to get to work,we can see that you are in your work clothes with a backpack with your lunch in. Those cyclists wearing lycra pretending to be in the TdF and obstructing traffic, should be pelted with used tea bags, and told to go find a gym.

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

3km of blocked traffic this morning so that some lycra clad roadblock could get his/her jollies.

Courtesy goes both ways.

don’t fucking drive then. you whined about getting a speeding fine when the limit was posted three times. you’re a shit selfish driver.

Bogsnorkler

you’re a shit selfish driver.

[/quote said:

On this forum?!!

Impossible!!

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Stupid selfish comment. the person in lycra may also be going to work. if you can show curtesy to one you can show it to all. trucks hold up traffic as well.

3km of blocked traffic this morning so that some lycra clad roadblock could get his/her jollies.

Courtesy goes both ways.

don’t fucking drive then. you whined about getting a speeding fine when the limit was posted three times. you’re a shit selfish driver.

This was where I was trying to get to this morning. Driver trapped in car on fire. But sure, someone wants to ride a bike instead.

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

3km of blocked traffic this morning so that some lycra clad roadblock could get his/her jollies.

Courtesy goes both ways.

don’t fucking drive then. you whined about getting a speeding fine when the limit was posted three times. you’re a shit selfish driver.

This was where I was trying to get to this morning. Driver trapped in car on fire. But sure, someone wants to ride a bike instead.

If it was an emergency then why didn’t you use the sirens etc?

I hate Lycra derps, shitty and inconsiderate people, mostly men, on the trains up the Blue Mountains. Train up the mountains and then bike down. Blocking vestibules and causing havoc for people with mobility issues and parents with young kids in strollers etc. Rude and selfish…in my experience.

I ask again – sirens? Flashing lights?

transition said:

captain_spalding said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I give truckies due curtesy as well. it isn’t hard to drive with consideration.

Well, so do i.

They’re out there, earning a living. And, from what i’ve seen over the decades, most truck drivers are very decent, helpful, and the most cautious of drivers.

But, of course, it’s the few exceptions that everyone remembers.

Also, it is Ch. 40 UHF, is it not?

possibly 477.4000MHz?, reckon 31.3984cm is half wavelength so start ya halfwave dipole tune at a length slightly longer, got to cover right down to channel 1 also, or if quarterwave dipole half that ~15.6999cm

there ya go kids

easiest end fed dipole involves stripping braid off RG213 coax

monopole but ya knowed that dudn’t ya

kii said:

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

don’t fucking drive then. you whined about getting a speeding fine when the limit was posted three times. you’re a shit selfish driver.

This was where I was trying to get to this morning. Driver trapped in car on fire. But sure, someone wants to ride a bike instead.

If it was an emergency then why didn’t you use the sirens etc?

I hate Lycra derps, shitty and inconsiderate people, mostly men, on the trains up the Blue Mountains. Train up the mountains and then bike down. Blocking vestibules and causing havoc for people with mobility issues and parents with young kids in strollers etc. Rude and selfish…in my experience.

I ask again – sirens? Flashing lights?

No just hate men

wookiemeister said:

kii said:

Kingy said:

This was where I was trying to get to this morning. Driver trapped in car on fire. But sure, someone wants to ride a bike instead.

If it was an emergency then why didn’t you use the sirens etc?

I hate Lycra derps, shitty and inconsiderate people, mostly men, on the trains up the Blue Mountains. Train up the mountains and then bike down. Blocking vestibules and causing havoc for people with mobility issues and parents with young kids in strollers etc. Rude and selfish…in my experience.

I ask again – sirens? Flashing lights?

No just hate men

What?
Lolol…hate men?
I hate rude and selfish idiots, self-centered and arrogant fuckwits who usually are men. Men wearing Lycra. On public trains. With bicycles.
They epitomize the entitlement that the patriarchy displays.

kii said:

wookiemeister said:

kii said:

If it was an emergency then why didn’t you use the sirens etc?

I hate Lycra derps, shitty and inconsiderate people, mostly men, on the trains up the Blue Mountains. Train up the mountains and then bike down. Blocking vestibules and causing havoc for people with mobility issues and parents with young kids in strollers etc. Rude and selfish…in my experience.

I ask again – sirens? Flashing lights?

No just hate men

What?
Lolol…hate men?
I hate rude and selfish idiots, self-centered and arrogant fuckwits who usually are men. Men wearing Lycra. On public trains. With bicycles.
They epitomize the entitlement that the patriarchy displays.

why don’t women wear Lycra on public trains with bicycles up the mountains and then bike down

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

wookiemeister said:

No just hate men

What?
Lolol…hate men?
I hate rude and selfish idiots, self-centered and arrogant fuckwits who usually are men. Men wearing Lycra. On public trains. With bicycles.
They epitomize the entitlement that the patriarchy displays.

why don’t women wear Lycra on public trains with bicycles up the mountains and then bike down

shrugs

They probably do, I just never noticed any.

Kingy said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

3km of blocked traffic this morning so that some lycra clad roadblock could get his/her jollies.

Courtesy goes both ways.

don’t fucking drive then. you whined about getting a speeding fine when the limit was posted three times. you’re a shit selfish driver.

This was where I was trying to get to this morning. Driver trapped in car on fire. But sure, someone wants to ride a bike instead.

is that 3:13 in the morning?