Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[Kiwi Pete]

Welcome to southern NZ roads, everything feels like it fell apart, all the time

 

[Kiwi Pete]

For balance, we have to run 8 wheelers because 6 wheelers won't last - and we're still replacing front spring leaves all the time due to fatigue. I've been there about 13 months, and think we've replaced 8 front springs in that time.
Trucks are completely spent after 1.1, 1.2 million km, trunnions f**ked, cab mounts last 300,000 at best.

Basically rural NZ generates/gathers revenue for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch projects - really not too far removed from the UK situation when you look at it like that?

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Stop driving them like you stole them then

 

[Kiwi Pete]

It's getting like that.
Our local council is proposing redirecting over a million dollars away from roading to "personnel" which really doesn't bode well.

They're already at the point where "repairs" largely consist of painting around potholes with an aerosol, where they would fix the hole if they had the resources to do it.

Stuff

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[stewart]

It's getting like that.
Our local council is proposing redirecting over a million dollars away from roading to "personnel" which really doesn't bode well.

They're already at the point where "repairs" largely consist of painting around potholes with an aerosol, where they would fix the hole if they had the resources to do it.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

You have it easy down South, up here they paint round our pot holes with an arsehole.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

You have cyclists, too?

 

[graham99]

For balance, we have to run 8 wheelers because 6 wheelers won't last - and we're still replacing front spring leaves all the time due to fatigue. I've been there about 13 months, and think we've replaced 8 front springs in that time.
Trucks are completely spent after 1.1, 1.2 million km, trunnions fudgeed, cab mounts last 300,000 at best.

Basically rural NZ generates/gathers revenue for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch projects - really not too far removed from the UK situation when you look at it like that?

bull sh!t . auckland has always paid the bills in kiwi land .
i know southland has elected the most corrupt MPS new zealand has ever seen .
but auckland has always paid the bill's .
here's some home work for you ,add up all the gst both the nats and labs have collected off the house sales and all the people flying in to auckland ,and compere it to any other industry.
sorry if i am heavy handed,but no industry in kiwi land pays its way.
it is always the people,who can not escape gst .who have paid for this country .
and as rabo bank ,is desprite for money ,has me very worried.

 

[graham99]

You have it easy down South, up here they paint round our pot holes with an arsehole.

don't you have a road for aucklanders down there .

 

[glasshouse]

bull sh!t . auckland has always paid the bills in kiwi land .
i know southland has elected the most corrupt MPS new zealand has ever seen .
but auckland has always paid the bill's .
here's some home work for you ,add up all the gst both the nats and labs have collected off the house sales and all the people flying in to auckland ,and compere it to any other industry.
sorry if i am heavy handed,but no industry in kiwi land pays its way.
it is always the people,who can not escape gst .who have paid for this country .
and as rabo bank ,is desprite for money ,has me very worried.

Gst only came in twenty yr ago
Vat is the ruination of britain

 

[graham99]

Welcome to southern NZ roads, everything feels like it fell apart, all the time

while have not been down there for a bit .a lot of aucklanders would be happy for a metal road with no pot holes

 

[glasshouse]

London thinks that they pay the bills too, total nonsense

 

[graham99]

so,it has nothing to do with sir john key 50 ton trucks .
but no where in kiwi land north off tokoroa can take 50 ton trucks .
but the blue bloods up here,
insist on over loading as, if its a rite of birth
excluding canterbury with its gravel soils

 

[graham99]

and the we start on the tractors ,which per square inch are weigh more than most trucks

 

[graham99]

London thinks that they pay the bills too, total nonsense

so london pays no vat

 

[graham99]

Gst only came in twenty yr ago
Vat is the ruination of britain

do you have vat and gst .
if so we will have to suck it up

 

[glasshouse]

do you have vat and gst .
if so we will have to suck it up

Not necessarily
Vat could be stopped and the economy would take off

 

[texas pete]

London thinks that they pay the bills too, total nonsense

Who does pay? cuz I bet it ain't you.

 

[Henarar]

Seems to vary a lot depending what county your in, to be fair the roads are not to bad round here but a tractor that will do 30 mph don't get opened up to often.
The chap with the van that puts circles round the pot holes makes me laugh, in the old days they would send the lads out to use there own initiative and fill the holes in not much longer than it takes to draw round them, but now they seem to have to pay the chap with the van, there was one parked in our gateway on Thursday for a few hours feck knows what he was doing but it must have been important as its all progress

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Welcome to southern NZ roads, everything feels like it fell apart, all the time

Actual they felt quite good to me, unless they've deteriorated hugely in 2 years

 

[Deerefarmer]

I guess our 36 tonne limit helps save roads... income from permits to go over that limit plus the fine for getting caught overloaded probably helps with keeping potholes filled