Ute for reel

Your right mate and it’s been in foe some time, I heard a story that a local plumber got fined $50 an item that was unsecured and it added up to hundreds $$$$!! Even the net type covers are no good if the police can take an item out through the net its still a fine. I got a Mitre 10 mesh cover for$70 , it’s strong and not too much of a hassle to get on and off.

So trailers would be the same then.

So what about bike trailers with say fuel drums tied on with ockie straps they should be tied on with load restraint straps with max load capacity marked on them like the bike straps.

It just never ends. But I can see why :silly:

We have had to cover our loads for years and the cops have gone a bit quiet of late with enforcing it. Apparently the law was first created after some tradie at the Gold Coast killed or maimed someone when something came out of his ute and hit them. If a projectile is coming at you out of the back of my ute watch out as there is a rolling ute not far behind it. I do like to use the net still to hold down large light camping gear. If something is big and heavy enough to come out of the ute and cause damage to a person or thing then it needs tying down with something better than a net. It’s simple really but you can’t police common sense so we have a stupid blanket law. The most important thing I can say about this law is if you do get pinged over it put your tail between your legs and be respectful to the cop or you might find the fine getting worse. This happened to a dirt doctor in QLD. He started arcing up and the cop ended up counting every item in his ute and multiplied the fine.