For sure, I’ve driven them as well but not full time. I get Fuel tankers, those big hoses, just get on the passenger side, but I got the quick connect so they can plug in and pump straight in to my tank.
They are pretty awesome. No charge for on farm delivery. Have a couple mishaps with a new driver, thinks he’s on bitumen, doesen’t lock the split diffs in, 100psi in tyres, turns too sharp on dirt. Leaves it in Auto.
Oi, stop, you’ll bury it. Your front wheels are at 90 degrees and don’t plant it.
That button on the dash, push it. Oh bugger I don’t know about that. I said it’s ok mate, I’m you’re only hope or you are walking. He laughed, said yep, got no phone reception so can’t even call the boss got 20kltrs on board for more deliveries.
Just chill, engage, manual first gear while I hook up my tractor, I said listen, I’ll take tension, then I’ll floor it before you bury it. Just gentle acceleration do not floor your truck otherwise we are fucked LOL
I did a fully loaded B double T909 a solid one day. I picked up 4t of concrete water troughs in my little banger. It kinda tops out around 100klm/hr.
I was tootling down the 2 lane highway on way home from local pickup in a 110klm/hr section. See the T909 b dub creep up behind me. Hmm I gotta let him get in front of me he’s doing line haul.
Was bit of a bendy section so I sped up so he could keep momentum as I knew the straight stretch was coming up. Then I moved over a foot, checked all clear in front no oncoming and floored my old truck so he could spool up. As soon as he moved out level. I dropped back to 80klm/hr so he could overtake me quicker.
Got the blinker thank you. I didn’t have UHF on board, just gave him a thumbs up.
Bit of thinking and courtesy, things go the right way instead of being ignorant and crashing.
Without trucks, Australia stops. They have right of way as long as they have been trained properly.
Gov sold off the train lines out my way over a decade ago so everything has to be by Truck. I mean everything.