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]Hi All,
Just thought I would share my experience, happened the other night about 22:30 40km's east of Richmond QLD heading to townsville. I had the HID L/force on which work a treat but I came around a corner at about 110km/h and into a slight downhill run and I looked at him, he looked at me. I jumped on the brakes and brought her down to 80km/h and released the brake to lift the nose back up just before impact. It's head hit the top bar and mid body hit the spotty's (no damage to spotty''s what so ever) lower mass that did the damage and pushed the number plate right in.
I was really surprised how well this bar held up I always thought they were just a show bar, I'm no going to go a colour coded ARB or TJM bar, Leaning towards the TJM T13 Outback.
Anyway on with my journey I got out check the damage and then continued on my way, I get about 40km's out of Hughenden and I here a truck driver on the UHF giving another drive a run through of the road conditions and he said be careful because at the lights on the hill road house there is an aboriginal man trying to get on the back of road trains in the truck park.
I get down the road about another 5km (pitch black night still 35km out off Hughenden) and there is a road train stopped in the west bound lane with no hazards on with his torch looking around the rear trailers (Third), I passed him and said to my wife he should have his hazards on, then we passed another road train heading his way so I called him on the UHF and told him to watch out for the road train pulled up with no hazards on and he said thanks I will see what he needs.
Next thing you here on the radio F$%^& me dead he has a ______ fella on his back trailer, they kicked him of then I heard them talking on the radio and he said how did you now he was on there and he said when I heard you giving that other driver a warning I remembered him hanging around my trailer and I had a gut feeling he was on the back. They called the police on the sat phone to pick him up, I'm glad I came across the roo and not him !
Anyone who does not know what a road train is, if you picture a semi trailer but with three trailers instead on one and sometime four trailers 52m long.
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Just thought I would share my experience, happened the other night about 22:30 40km's east of Richmond QLD heading to townsville. I had the HID L/force on which work a treat but I came around a corner at about 110km/h and into a slight downhill run and I looked at him, he looked at me. I jumped on the brakes and brought her down to 80km/h and released the brake to lift the nose back up just before impact. It's head hit the top bar and mid body hit the spotty's (no damage to spotty''s what so ever) lower mass that did the damage and pushed the number plate right in.
I was really surprised how well this bar held up I always thought they were just a show bar, I'm no going to go a colour coded ARB or TJM bar, Leaning towards the TJM T13 Outback.
Anyway on with my journey I got out check the damage and then continued on my way, I get about 40km's out of Hughenden and I here a truck driver on the UHF giving another drive a run through of the road conditions and he said be careful because at the lights on the hill road house there is an aboriginal man trying to get on the back of road trains in the truck park.
I get down the road about another 5km (pitch black night still 35km out off Hughenden) and there is a road train stopped in the west bound lane with no hazards on with his torch looking around the rear trailers (Third), I passed him and said to my wife he should have his hazards on, then we passed another road train heading his way so I called him on the UHF and told him to watch out for the road train pulled up with no hazards on and he said thanks I will see what he needs.
Next thing you here on the radio F$%^& me dead he has a ______ fella on his back trailer, they kicked him of then I heard them talking on the radio and he said how did you now he was on there and he said when I heard you giving that other driver a warning I remembered him hanging around my trailer and I had a gut feeling he was on the back. They called the police on the sat phone to pick him up, I'm glad I came across the roo and not him !
Anyone who does not know what a road train is, if you picture a semi trailer but with three trailers instead on one and sometime four trailers 52m long.
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