Different times, you probably only had to swing two. Three is a totally different ball game.
The poor old B worked hard enough with two, as they were probably loaded to at least thirty ton a piece. 
No, 3 forty foots, right from the off, though my first trip out with George was in his body and 2, I think. Certainly at least 2. But then on my own always with 3. I did do a short run with Kevin with his A-triple but apart from that the only qualification that Buntine wanted from me was if I could manage a twin stick. I said āyes, of courseā, not lying but misheard his accent and thought he said twin steer. 
If you think about it, you Aussies do tend to pronounce stick as steek and, if he hardly made any effort at the ākā, you can see where I went wrong. Didnāt matter anyway, I soon got the hang of it. 
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Fold the mirrors in and ignore the sway, on the third. 
Weāre supposed to be the most easily understood English speakers. Thatās why the lady inside the magic box of maps was chosen. I think her male counterpart hails from these sunny climes, too.
Bloody Kiwis are the worst, vowel challenged, the lot of 'em.
And bizarrely, to English ears anyway, easily confused with South Africans.
I can see how you could confuse the fushānāchups mob with the Seth Efricuns.
Haha there is a women on Channel 4 TV in England who is from there, she is the health corrspondent and her accent is so prominent.
Didnāt you post that recently? I have seen it within the last week or so, from somewhere.
Not me, that was the first time I saw it.
Unless Iām losing me marbles, who are you? What am I doing here?
No idea, I forget
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Ta SDU. I was about to post the same thing. Steveās a good bloke.
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Not sure about antique, Iād happily hop into some of them and load for Darwin or Melbourne. That might say more about my age, than the age of the trucks. 
Is everything going automatic gearboxes over in Australia as well or do hauliers still opt for manuals?
I think everything comes as AMT, by default now. Western Star and Kenworth can be optioned with full manual, not sure about the Euros. Thereās now a whole raft of ādriversā who can only drive autos!
Same here with the licence bit but you can pass your test with an auto and drive (or not as the case is ) a manual. One of our āstarā drivers took my old motor out a 6x4 Daf 13 years old at the time with a 16 speed ZF.Got to be one of the easiest boxes to use and it was sweet as a nut.Was being the operative word .1.5 mile out of the yard he wrecked the clutch the mechanic took a photo of the plate broken in half. Not a word said to him.Our check sheet before we set off asks are you familiar with operating this vehicle??
Then another driver took it out and the synchro in first gear in top box was gone by the time he got back. Maybe we need autos because the new breed arenāt willing to drive old motors.The only reason they took it off me is the clean air zone costing Ā£50 a day.
If you pass your test, on an auto, here you get an A endorsement, same if you pass on a syncro, an S endorsement.
Not sure if its still the case but they took reversing out of the test a few years back and it shows.They were giving licences away
Mine just says āHC, Rā. Itās a few decades old.