Comments by "Tim John Un" (@timjohnun4297) on "American Reacts to Skilled Aussie Truckie Backs a B-Double into Coles Dropoff" video.

Nobody gives truck drivers a thought. Motorists complain about them constantly, when it's the truckies that keep their supermarkets stocked. Places like this rely on them heavily, yet give them a tiny patch of driveway to use. it's a thankless job and the pay is pretty crap too, if you break it down into an hourly rate. Seriously underrated people
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@tothelimit9992 did I say that? Did I??
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@tothelimit9992 Other people dont generally get complained about as much as truck drivers, but sorry, i didnt realise this was meant to be a pissing contest
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@tothelimit9992 Poor fifo workers 🎻
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@trueaussie9230 Well they didn't have a lot of stuff that you currently have today. And probably couldn't duck down to the local supermarket and buy all the groceries they needed for the week.
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@jamesaustralian9829 By the time you've got the skills and experience to drive road trains across the country you've gotta be worth some coin. Work out how many hours per week you work and how long you spend away from home for that money. Then figure out the hourly rate and get back to me
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@HenryFamilyTheFirst Yep, and misspell the name of a town in your log book and cop a fine. Or drive in Melbourne and dare to move to any lane but the far left and cop a fine. Or pick up a container that turns out to be 100 kg overweight and cop a fine. I'm an ex mermaid, so I know what happens
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@marksmart9754 that’s true. And all of those workers also rely on trucks, whether it be to deliver or despatch their products. I never said truck drivers are the only important job by the way, I made a simple comment about them based off the contents of this video. If the video was about production workers I’d have probably made a similar comment about them 🤷‍♂️
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@matsv201 It's a state by state thing. In some states they only allow multiple trailer combinations in B double configuration (Tasmania comes to mind). Here in Western Australia most multi trailer combinations use convertor dollies (A double - Mini road train configuration)
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@LantanaLiz Jump in a truck for a day and then tell me who drives like shit. 80% of truck v car crashes are the fault of the car driver. That's official.
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@LantanaLiz And no car driver has ever done the same? 5 years as a crash investigator and I never attended one truck v car crash where the truck driver was at fault. The stats don't lie. National figures show 80% are caused by the driver of the car. Did I say all truck drivers are saints? No, of course not. Get real.
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@matsv201 terminology differences here I feel. Before I reply any further what country are you in? I'm gonna put my head on the block and guess Canada? Part of what you posted says it all: " C-dollies are not permitted in Australia, due to the lack of articulation." I've been a heavy vehicle transport inspector for 17 years and never heard of a C train
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