Thread: Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

Originally Posted by smidey

pretty sure the tanker is just tired and needs a lye down

photo from northern advocate

Now now don't cry over spilt milk
Hate to be doing his laundry

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Now now don't cry over spilt milk
Hate to be doing his laundry

That ain't the half of it. He went through a power pole and the lines were sparking on the road so he stayed in the cab until north power gave all clear to come out

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Hope he put that sign back up before he left

Looks like another fonterra drop

thats not far from the factory either is it?

Originally Posted by striker

thats not far from the factory either is it?

20K's I guess

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Originally Posted by smidey

20K's I guess

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Its not where I thought it was then.
And to think that Ive applied 3 times to be a fonterra steera. They obviously dont want qualified truck drivers.

Originally Posted by striker

Its not where I thought it was then.
And to think that Ive applied 3 times to be a fonterra steera. They obviously dont want qualified truck drivers.

That's the intersection of sh14 and snooks Rd

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Be interesting to know if there was another vehicle involved. Only a small number of tankers falling over are operator error. The majority are as a result of driver evading a wayward car. Our fleet covered over 60000km in the last 24hrs. Multiply that by the number of trucks total and it results in a huge number of kms per incident. Also add to the mix that we spend probably more time on back roads( mainly shingle,single track things) and different areas all the time. You don't really remember what is around the next corner or brow. Our area mainly covers from Culverdin to Omarama down to Herbert. Sometimes all the way to takaka, Kaikoura down to Sterling and over to Ranfurly. You can't be expected to memorise every km, but by the same token the milk needs to be picked up on time

They are known for going like fark around the top of the south.

I can't comment but that is a much smaller collection area for them and possibly know the roads better. Not making excuses for possibly poor driving but a familiar road is easier to maybe push things closer to the limit. I hate following people who don't know the road ahead. They're always on the brakes etc. give me a sales rep or courier anyday

Originally Posted by oraki

I can't comment but that is a much smaller collection area for them and possibly know the roads better. Not making excuses for possibly poor driving but a familiar road is easier to maybe push things closer to the limit. I hate following people who don't know the road ahead. They're always on the brakes etc. give me a sales rep or courier anyday

I also hate following people who dont know the road or just habitually brake for slight bends.

But 40-50 tonne of milk tanker overtaking a group of downhill traffic by being in the uphill passing lane over the double yellows at estimated 130kph is rather silly!

True. The tankers now have GPS monitoring and G force thingames in them. Anything over 93km/hr for more than 4 seconds sends an alert thru to Hamilton, who then E mail the depot, who then call up the driver for a verbal bollocking. Same with hard cornering and braking. The boss at one stage was looking at disciplinary action for any minor incidents. Tankers are limited to true 90km/hr. Only time you're able to speed is downhill. Big brother is watching all the time and he has a big stick which he's not afraid to use

Originally Posted by oraki

True. The tankers now have GPS monitoring and G force thingames in them. Anything over 93km/hr for more than 4 seconds sends an alert thru to Hamilton, who then E mail the depot, who then call up the driver for a verbal bollocking. Same with hard cornering and braking. The boss at one stage was looking at disciplinary action for any minor incidents. Tankers are limited to true 90km/hr. Only time you're able to speed is downhill. Big brother is watching all the time and he has a big stick which he's not afraid to use

Thats probably a good thing then.

Looks like they are on a roll