Cowboy up and quit driving on the wrong side of the road. It will get easier.

I seen this van in the trucking yard and looked it over if there was anything worth salvage. There wasn't anything that wasn't bent or twisted

Hi Mark, I’d like to upgrade my licence (MR to HR). Is there other options now ? I only knew about paying for lessons/test, or working full time for 12 months (for gov buses) before eligible to get on the list to upgrade. Also, do you know what’s involved to reinstate “carry passengers” component of the licence ? There’d be a medical, I can’t remember what else?

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Sons car sat at repairer for ov er 12 months to be fixed and in the end was brought home to my place for us to get done.F truck 2004 with tray yank one .insurance paid out money so not bad suncorp but slack with repairer.We had parts in 3 weeks they said 6.tmonths then 6 months more 15:23 15:23

Hi Mark, unfortunately they took my truck license off me when I lost my right leg I don’t understand but anyway I don’t think I need to work again but I’m looking forward to travelling around this great country called Australia. Keep up the good work always enjoy the videos Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia. I’m on the big island 🏝️

Where do i apply? What a great idea, by the way. Thanks.

Budget Direct are cheap for a reason! Personally, I would NEVER consider insurance with them, and that's before watching this video. All those "awards" they keep spruiking about are simply because they are cheap and it's easy to get insurance with them; ease of claims is not considered. I think they are a bunch of cowboys.

Done a bit of harvest work too. Mainly operating chaser bin. If you have a good team and farmer it is a great job. Kick back after work with a few beers after midnight then back into it in a few hours checking things over and greasing up.

When I was 10, I went with my uncle to the wheat silos in WA. When I was 17, I worked my first harvest. Now, I am 72 I am still working on the harvest.

The name Budget means exactly that budget lack of effectiveness. Pay a bit more for the comfort of knowing you will get service

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I’ve done 30 wheat harvests plus grain deliveries to capitals. Too much time in headers and plenty of cotton pick and too many years in shearing sheds. Some of them all rolled into one or overlapped. Loved it. Driven everything from 1930 body trucks without brakes up to flash b doubles and road trains. Paid for uni and a few other things. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ-XpohqbL2nac0si=zlfu6Co59eOqHBNL

I'm very Impressed with your upgrades and Van thankyou

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Because you are a farm do you need a truck licence to get the job?

Very informative video sorry to hear about your accident. Thank you so much for your personal experience with budget direct we will definitely stay away and stay with Allianz. Hope your enjoying your travels 😊

I guess the first consideration is that you are both OK. Says a lot for having a decent vehicle like a landcruiser and when this happens, it is money well spent when you need to protect your life. I have owned landcruisers and caravans and tend to insure with the likes of RACV being in Victoria at that time as they also have extra cover options for emergency assistance and accommodation as well. At least they will get you back to a main city and out of remote places. Keep travelling and safe journeys in the future. Russell M.

Interesting video thanks for sharing. I built up my Isuzu MUX up for central oz trip -fantastic car. One thing I did differently is have a front bar with hoops. It's the hoops that can make the difference in being able to limp back into a town in the event of an animal hit....you only have to hit an animal once in remote areas.

Great rundown. Di you have the Bump Steer issue fixed with DMAX front end ? How are you finding the Starlink mini mounted on Racks ?? assume you have it in operation while driving and on 12V ?

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Great Vid... looks like fun... One Day....

I started driving on the farm once my feet could reach the pedals now I'm pushing 70 well and truly retired my two bobs worth is, never be in a hurry relax take your time.

Haha 18 is standard with a couple of times to have a quick feed the bottom cogs are deep reduction in that 15 speed it's not a 15speed overdrive they had a 13 speed road ranger that have deep reduction instead of overdrive

Drove similar trucks in the US for a Custom Crewe. Started in Texas in May, cutting wheat, then 'cut' our way to Saskatchewan, and eventually back for fall harvest (maize) in Kansas. The wheels didn't stop turning until November. Long long hours, blistering heat, no AC, bunk bed accommodation in trailer houses we pulled behind the trucks, but an amazing experience I will never forget. And that was in 1984 when I was a young man, so you are a very capable man taking on such a task. Great video and all the best to you both for 2025.

Very interesting about Budget Direct I've just signed up house insurance and motor bike yesterday with Budget D, I think I'll have second thoughts about any more of my motors ,silly me looked at the reviews after I bought the insurance only 1 happy customer out of hundreds ,thanks for letting us know your experience with them I.ve been with NRMA for over 40+ years with house and cars + bikes , had one not at fault claim and no hassles, but there a bit pricey these days and thought I'd try something different

As the placard on the dash showed, the KW has a 15 speed gearbox. 15 speeds, but if you run through them all sequentially, only 12 are available. The bottom 5 are deep reduction and only used for lifting off when loaded very heavily. Here's how they work if you want to run through them all. First gear, both buttons in the down position. - Some trucks have the deep reduction mode as a sideways switch on the dashboard. They all do the same job. - Work your way up through the gears. When you get to 5th gear lift the LOWER button to the UP position and go back a gear. You will now be in 4th gear in the normal 10 speed mode and you work your way through the gears as normal. If the deep reduction mode is connected in that truck - which it may not be - and you only wish to use the top 10 gears, the lower button must be run in the UP position. If, by chance you ever come across an overdrive road ranger box, 4th and 5th positions are reversed on the stick. It's not as hard as it may sound, you just have to get it in your head. PS: That "8 speed" you mentioned is actually a 9 speed. The "low" position which is left and back is actually a bog gear which is not used as a rule, but there if needed. The 9 speed gear pattern is the same as the 13 speed and 18 speed road ranger boxes. I hope this helps.

Have a spoon of concrete and enjoy the experience 😂

Don't worry too much about the quality of the trucks you have to drive. It can actually make you a better driver if you have to operate old heaps of sh*t! So, it stands to reason that when you finally get in a good one, you will think you've died and gone to heaven!

Those trucks looked to ride a bit rough, twin steer trucks do but did you have the air seat pumped up or are they pre air seat spring ride

Great vid thanks for sharing, sometimes the choices we made are determined by what’s available.

Yeah she's cactus mate. I've been using AAMI for many years and 2 years ago I crashed my LandCruiser into a building... They were very helpful and even though my car was written off at the end of the day I was able to recover well from the situation.

It takes time for R&D to be done for new models and ADR approved ect

Funny how you only remember one name of a 4x4 placd and none of the othere places youvsay you went to?

Merry Christmas safe travels. My partner and i worked up at normington on a million acre property mustering cattle and she was also the cook long hot dusty dry days but great people u meet

Great content, as always! I need some advice: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

When you say good pay , with out being rude can you give me a rough hourly rate it’s ok if you can’t I understand

Sorry to hear about your crash. One thing that more people could be doing but don't, is have 2 or more vehicles. There are a lot of good utes from about 2015 to 2020 with medium Ks for around 20k. Spend 30k + and you can get your 4x4 dual cab main car. Nothing wrong with a 2016 single cab with 2wd with a tow bar, break controler and 1k kings roof top tent parked on a safe street in north shore if things go wrong. Could be around 60k easy for both or much less. Even a 2010 dmax or colorado with the 3.0l as a spare. People always want the 80k + Rangers or Landcruisers when for 80k you could do 3 vehicles or 2 for 60k. Another lifesaver are box trailers. Have one parked on the street with a cage and big tool box. Cost around 5k. Enclose the top with a cage section. Great for storage.

I strongly suggest you fit torsion bars to your towing hitch,as it straightens up your van whenever you hit bumps or crosswinds.They called them levelrides in the old days.I never had a problem towing vans even with a cortina and later an 80 series.Happy Travels.

Very odd to see headers stopping to unload. There are many grades of wheat from APH (Australian Prime Hard) right through the FED (Feed). Depending on the year feed wheat can be as expensive as APH, but that is all yield and crop size dependent. Feed wheat would be used in cattle, pig and chicken feeding operations, again price dependent in comparison to other grains which can then be location dependent, sorghum for example in northern NSW and Qld. There is always a compromise feeding shot and sprung grain, by producing a shoot the seed is using some of the intrinsic energy that could otherwise be available to the animal being fed.

Hi Mark and Shirley thank you for all the information very well but send it I will pick my Isuzu space cab 4x4 automatic I lost my right leg above the knee in 2018, so I need the space cab so I can put my wheelchair in the cabin and that’s not outside when you’re driving around in the red soil I know it will get in so I do everything but just less chances. The only thing I’m going to do straight away. They’ve got the same wheels you had on yours so I’m getting a 2 inch lift and put the biggest tyres/feet underneath Will be putting a canopy on the back for my two dogs and a bit extra room in the other canopy for extra crap that you need I personally believe the D max is one of the best vehicles on the market for what we are going to do towing a caravan Anyway, keep up the good work always enjoy the videos Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia. I’m on the big island , I’m also looking at a snowy river 14 or a 16 footer caravan. I don’t believe you need anything bigger than that as long as it’s got a shower and toilet and a kitchen etc etc

One thing about the wheat harvest, it will sort the men from the boys.

Hi all, thanks for watching and leaving a comment. whats your experience of working on the road? any tips and tricks?

An old cabover kenworth with a crusty old road ranger gearbox dosnt matter how many gears in it but with no air-conditioning it's the truck from hell mate 😢😢God bless ya 🙏🙏

Great video guys.

Incredible work and fantastic drone footage. Thank you for taking us on the journey and for providing a new appreciation for where our food comes from! Keep it up guys and look forward to more in the New Year!