If travelling to or through NSW make sure the shackles on your boat=trailer and trailer-car connections are rated and stamped to the max gvm and boat weight.Been a blitz on lately with some very hefty fines handed out. Probably always been the case but I have been unaware of it.
I think the last rumour said it had to be 1.5 times the gvm. They must have eased it a bit.
Dale
I fish because the little voices in my head tell me to
Make it stop!
Funny stuff
Its double the fine if no cargo net as well.
Funny, I just drove around Victoria and NSW there wasn't a bloody volleyball net to seen on the back of a ute, or a hi vest over a prop!Originally Posted by Crunchy
Dale
I fish because the little voices in my head tell me to
Around here every man & his dog has a net on their ute, the cops have been fining for not having them on..
Have you been done for it?
I don't have a net over my ute and been driving it around for years and never had an issue.
Most of my mates are tradies and they don't cover theirs....
I was told that a friend of a friend of a friend got two fines for having his pair of work boots in the back of his ute, one for each boot.............
Dale
I fish because the little voices in my head tell me to
I was told it was a pair of thongs by my son's brother inlaw's first uncle on his grandmothers side.
That's nothing, I know a guy who got fined for each loose item in his ute, unfortunately he'd spilt a bucket of sand....
My mate got done $150 for a bag of cement in the back of his ute (unrestrained load) and the farmer down the road got the same for a pair of rubber boots.Went to auto barn to get a rated shackle and they were out of 1.5t,bloke there said the cops have been putting the cleaners through everyone,might be bullshit,don't know.I have been waiting two days for a response from Roads and Maritime so as to have something in writing but no joy yet.Interestingly I passed a cop this morning on the way to town who had a box trailer pulled over,he seemed interested in the tow ball area of the vehicle,that is he was bent over it having a play,but don't personaly know of anyone coping the touted $450 fine.
There is no law, there is a recommendation, if you get booked, take it to court. Do a Google search on it.
Dale
I fish because the little voices in my head tell me to
Dale
I fish because the little voices in my head tell me to
Was this the bloke?
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