Truck Vlog #15 ll Life as an Australian Truckie ll Brisbane to Melbourne 

😂 I’m glad someone noticed because every video I’m complaining about forgetting them haha

Hey buddy,, you musnt have your truck license... trucks cant go over 100 in australia

Exactly! It’s the most unnatural feeling mate

Sometimes it shakes when you toos busy watching pretty girls out of the cab... just kidding it's is actually funny when it get trigger Sometimes unnecessarily.😅

Cheers mate 👍

It’s just a way to manage performance mate I don’t think it would be considered a social credit score 👍

Too easy mate thanks for letting me know I’ll leave them up for a couple seconds 👍

Thanks brother 👍 what part of nz you from?

Cheers bro 👍👍

Hey brother hope you’re well 👍

Cheers Nigel 👍

Cheers mate 👍

Cheers brother good luck if you ever decide to 👍

Thanks brother appreciate it

Cheers mate thanks for watching 👍👍

Cheers mate 👍

Cheers mate 👍

Cheers rob 👍

Cheers John 👍

Funny you say that mate my favourite coffee is from shell in Aratula 👍👍

All good thanks for watching 👍

Where do you live? I’ll give you a toot next time 👍

Yeah it’s a big drive mate the whole trip takes around 30hours with 20 of those being driving 👍

That's one problem solved... 👏 👏

There was another one a few weeks ago mate 🤷‍♂️

Cheers mate appreciate it 👍

Yeah it’s a beauty bro aye love a flat roof too 👍

You too bro I was in and out of Victoria quick I was only in Melbourne for an hour then went back up to the border for my 7 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking hasn’t been a good week for me but ur videos are cheering me up

I’m good brother thanks very much appreciate you watching 👍

Cheers John 👍

Thanks dad call you this weekend

Funny I’ve never used it haha

Cheers knots 👍

Yeah mate seen them 👍

It doesn’t always go that smoothly mate haha 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking of course. But keep including the good ones 😀

only the good ones 😂🤷‍♂️

I wasn’t out that way this week mate would’ve been one of the other drivers 👍

Cheers mate 👍

😂😂 I forgot who said this last video

@@crossfamilytrucking this was Pat. You laughed. I’m a retired paramedic and have driven coaches for awhile but would like to get into MC work. Could you advise a company that is quite good in obtaining this. I live in Melbourne but am happy to travel. Thanks mate.

It’s more so a performance monitoring system mate not so much a disciplinary thing 👍

Minimum breaks in 24hr has to be 10 hrs mate with 7 of those hours being consecutive 👍

Cheers brother I already had the steak and eggs couldn’t film it cos I was in the depot 👍

It’s random mate you never know when your gonna get pulled in. There’s cameras looking at the truck and a plate you drive over that grabs weights 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking Thanks for the reply bud. I'm still watching your video! Too quick. Good job on the video as usual.

Yeah he’s around the same age now mate it’s waterworks every time I leave now 👍

Depending on what state you’re based in mate start off on your HR license if you can then move into MC if you’re in QLD or HC for any of the other states 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking I’ve got a question as well Am i being monitored with a camera inside of the truck Cabin that is facing towards me and am I being monitored with this camera by the company that i would be working for

Not sure mate everybody does things differently some trucks have no cameras some trucks have heaps

@@crossfamilytrucking fair enough I just want privacy on my own terms that’s all Thanks matey

@@crossfamilytrucking I just got my Hr B licence in qld, are there many opportunities for entry level jobs as I don”t have any experience. Thanks for the vids.

It’s cos I drive an auto mate 😂 I drive it in manual though Auto mode is too slow. I usually go down to Melbourne then either straight back home to Brisbane or work my way back up by going to Sydney before brissy 👍

I think it’s just a cheap mate pretty sure mrs cross got it from Amazon it looks like a lunch box 👍

It’s my responsibility mate 👍

Thanks bro I use logbook checker to count my hours 👍

Have a crack at it mate 👍 it depends what kind of trucking your doing and what kind of freight you end up carting. Anywhere between 1500 and 2500 is normal if you don’t wanna go too far away from home 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking Legend, thanks for the insight! I love driving, but have a sense driving a truck is a different ballgame & level of responsibility all together. Do most truckies listen to music/podcasts whilst driving? I imagine once they're experienced enough to concentrate on doing both? Currently my physical work is exhausting me and I love being on the road... got me thinking. Cheers mate 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking really per week

Message me if you want to chat mum lol

Hotel?

@@blokebeershed7651 I thought truck driver get to stay in hotel overnight during their journeys

Beds in the back

Not sure yet bro I would enjoy driving either 👍

Hey man just asking how you get into truck driving, I’m young and have a lot of interests and truck driving is one of them.

You just want to connect with men who are like you. It's normal bonding instincts. (Not gay. Lol. That is an over used joke). You need to make friends.

Yeah mate it’s used all the split gears a single gear is a split and 2 gears is a whole gear

@@crossfamilytrucking so when you click up twice your going up a full gear sorry for asking so many questions bro but trying to get into the transport industry

Yeah mate exactly right 👍

Not sure mate 🤷‍♂️

I use a go pro 11 for everything mate 👍

@@crossfamilytrucking nice!

The Hume onto the m80 mate 👍

😂😂 it’s just extra washing brother 🤷‍♂️

@@crossfamilytrucking 😄😄😄

One click is a split gear if that makes sense mate two clicks is a whole gear 👍

Hey Pave, you'd be more suited if you'd had 20 years in prison. Truck drivers here are treated as criminals, if you misspell something in your log book you get fined several thousand bucks. The governments drove away the old timers and the roadcraft is of a higher level among terrorists in caravans than truck drivers. But come quickly cause they are screaming for drivers and as long as you can sign your name you'll get a start.

@@servantofgod5642 nah terrorists are in them little trucks with no cab

Yeah mate 18spd auto 👍👍

@@crossfamilytrucking u prefer it over Manuel?

The modern automatic gearbox trucks in Australia are really manual gearboxes controlled by a computer. The clutch operates automatically and the gear selection does as well, but the driver can manually select which gear he wants. I normally let the truck do it's thing but on hills I like to call when the down changes will happen.

Never mate how do they drive

@@crossfamilytrucking Allison is a true automatic transmission, whilst Eaton is just manual auto shifting

Do a blog like this

Cheers onya 👍👍