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    Managing fatigue

    Feb 13, 2020 4 minutes
    Ken Wilkie

    I HAD THE opportunity of reading some of the submissions to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. I think it is a reasonable expectation that a prime mover that is legal with a 45ft trailer should be legal in front of a B-double. I have always felt that the one metre extra allowed for a bonnet on a B-double was insufficient.

    When I provided Rod Hannifey with the inaugural prime mover for his TruckRight Industry Vehicle venture, I had to replace a perfectly good bullbar with one that complied with the front underrun protection regulations. Why? Because the little Kenworth – with its current bar – exceeded 25 metres by a whisker. While some operators do have

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