Hello Sailor !
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Richie Benaud: āgood effort, thatā
{For the British audience, Coles is a big supermarket chain here).
That was a good effort, considering the lack of space in front of the bays.
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The way he/she lines it up suggests itās not their first time here. But as you say, thereās not a lot of headroom to play with.
I watched a bloke back in at Wickhams Warwick one time, amazing, the speed that he backed it in, I donāt think I could have turned the wheel quick enough. I expected him to stuff it up, but he was inch perfect in one hit.. I dips me lid.
Thatās where a steering knob comes into its own. Gives you the speed and accuracy needed for a proper job. I didnāt need to do much like that at Buntines with trains, but with a wag and drag in England it was worth its weight in gold.
I canāt imagine driving a fork lift without one, but theyāre illegal on road vehicles here.
Maybe here now too for all I know. 
I could have done that in one hit without power steering with my hoody up and the curtains covering half the side window , and how do i know ā¦ā¦ because iām a compulsive liar.
Seriously , watching from start to finish i donāt think he puts a foot wrong whereas iād have a couple of shunts with one trailer but i think thatās due to a complete lack of interest in the industry due to working for and with brain deads .Iām into my fifth hour of waiting and itās only 12.30
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I think they are legal in the UK? They are certainly fitted to some vehicles for those with physical disabilities, and I donāt think they are illegal on other vehicles too.
On FLTs I think steering knobs are great. Practically a necessity. Especially if there is no side shift, although most do have that now.
On trucks, I hate them.
Maybe they wouldnāt be so bad if they were moulded onto the wheel, but the accessory type with clamps and metal edges are horrible. I want to be able to move my hands and arms about to different positions on a long run.
Having watched that I can see why the Oz national ballet is overtaking the Royal Ballet.
Notice how he used ALL the available space at each point, including where he pulled up in a straight line before attempting the move. All he had to do then was to unsteer his way to victory. Heād clearly been in there before!
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Gotta love a bit of scroll work.
Those steering knobs must be illegal 'cos you have to remove them for annual test.
I hated those āspas ticā knobs with a vengeance. They always ran up the slit of my shirt cuffs and stopped me from safe steering because I wasnāt expecting the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā things to be there in the first place. Early in my driving career, I learned to unscrew them from the steering wheel before setting off and then leaving them on the dashboard for the wa ker who normally drove the wagon to put back on. Abominable things!
They are illegal unless you are registered disabled. Plus, modern steering wheels donāt take lightly to them, they cause untold damage which is very expensive to repair.
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Youāre not from Leatheredhead by any chance? 
I thought the Leatherhead lad had hacked Ramoneās account.
Well i think the Leatherhead Looney did mention that two trailers couldnāt be reversed.You may all laugh but if you ever venture into leafy Surrey the country roads down there are littered with double trailer combinations and he will have been the pioneer of such vehicles.He did do a stint with the council and he worked in a fire engine factory ( the big red one was his favourite ) and against popular belief no sweeping brush was involved in his daily routine there ahem.
Thereās been a few attempts to introduce them over here the last attempt after quite a few trials was with Denbys from Lincolnshire but itās all gone quiet again. The roads here arenāt big enough for the traffic we have
When you say steering knobs do you mean the same knobs that fork trucks have fitted to their steering wheels or the people that are sometimes described as steering wheel attendents?
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