Hell Drivers

Sorry Vic,
Its just that your second name reminds of the New Oz government.

No Really I am sorry to have put you in the wrong group.
Lets start again...

G'day NZ
I took my Class 1 HGV in some strange Dodge artic.
I think it was a K1050 and it was nasty.
I remember part of the test was on a straight road and I had to use every gear all the way up and down using the splitter.
I could say it was a bad gear box but it was probably me.

Cheers
RS

And here's one they like you doing when your going for your licence changing gears without the clutch being engaged. Dave : :

Deadly, I know Kiwis and Aussies talk different, but over here the clutch is disengaged when the pedal is pushed down, and engaged when the engine is driving the gearbox and therefore the wheels.

This means that you are supposed to change gear with the clutch disengaged, that is with the clutch pedal pushed down.

This of course doesn't apply to Fuller Roadranger boxes where the clutch pedal is only used for starting and stopping!

Dedleee
GuddayM8

Not sure
but me thinks U got u're inz n outz mixd up

Me thort the clutch pedal twaz a foot rest

ButWodaEyeKno!

Cya

[ch9787]

Me thort the clutch pedal twaz a foot rest


[ch9787]

Swishy. is there a rumour going around that it isn't?

WellHungVic
GuddayM8

RE:is there a rumour going around that it isn't?

Spose rumourz gotta start sum where
LOL

Just go n by wot all/most new drivers do
Me thort twaz a foot rest

but the clip B hind the ear soon sorts th@ out (ouch)

LOL
Cya
[ch9787]

when I did my HR licence the truck had a plates on the dash with speed, revs, gear so it was a case of if you hit those revs at that road speed it would change gears easy.

I had been driving for about 10 mins when the instructor looked over and said 'you must use the clutch or you will fail your test!' 5 mins earlier he had commented on the smooth gear changes and I hadn't been using the clutch then either!

Father to son advice....

" You gotta have a good grind before you get engaged "

Cheers
RS

to get back on thread..

Most cities in the UK had a company like 'Hawletts', where the tipper drivers were pushed to maintain tight time targets.
A great friend of mine used to drive for one and once he was at some traffic lights in the City behind one of his fellow drivers, he made a quick pull away from the lights and accidentally hit the pto button and hit the tip lever with his elbow.
As he accelerated his Thames Trader away, he dropped 9 cu yds of aggregate in Oxford High Street.
He did not stop, and got away with it

There were no security cameras around then of course.

Cheers
RS