Cow shit!

[Ender EnZed]

Surely you are not suggesting that a motorbike has the same level of traction with stock effluent on the road as it would with rain on the road?...Mr riding God?

I'm not. Nor was I suggesting I'm a riding God.

What I am suggesting is that everyone is (or should be) quite capable of dealing with rain on the road. Or shit. Or gravel. Or the greasy patches where the surface has lifted off and left fuck all behind. These are features of our roads that we know are there and can allow for.

[Ender EnZed]

hehehehe. I think we have a Farmer in our midst.

I hope you're not talking about me. I've never lived outside of a city and I wouldn't know the difference between a romney and a big rabbit.

[Winston001]

NZ is an agrarian nation, most of our wealth comes from agriculture. Dairy cows are a significant part of that. Most of the time truck effluent tanks hold any manure but there's going to be occasional spillage. For a short time mainly in June, a lot of stock are moved and there is more spillage than usual. Its also winter and the rain washes it away.

It just seems a benign fact of life. There's nothing dirty or bad about cow manure, exhaust fumes from vehicles contain far more active hydrocarbons - and we willingly ride amongst that.

I'm in a minority but occasional dung on the road doesn't bother me. There is very little compared with years ago.

[unstuck]

Only ever rides around duneidin and has never really ridden on rural roads.And Winston001, you obviously spend too much time in your cowshed and not enough time riding around on some of southlands roads at the moment.In Gore,the heavy traffic bypass and the bridge heading east are green,so it is not just a bit of shit,it is a near constant stream of shit.Truckies are having a laugh about this at the moment because a few of them are opening up going PAST an effluent dump at clinton on sh1.I work in cowshit most of the day and dont want to be driving or riding in it after work too.If it is chewing up tar seal,what is it going to do to paint.But no one is willing to take any action to see changes made.

[Fatt Max]

I like farmers..

So do I, especially the lingerie department.......oh sorry, wrong thread....

[oneofsix]

So do I, especially the lingerie department.......oh sorry, wrong thread....

Now you know why it is called Farmers

[BAY CITY MOTORCYCLES]

Just announced today


Operation Green Line
Operation Green Line’ coincides with the start of the ‘gypsy’ season, a two-month period across June and July when large numbers of stock are shifted from farm to farm.

MOTO NZ Chairperson, Dr Gareth Morgan, says although progress has been made on this issue it remains too common a hazard for road users and for motorcyclists it’s particularly dangerous.

We are launching an appeal to all road users to report spillages. “It’s not a case of dobbing in farmers or truck drivers – we’re after better data on the extent and location of these problems so we can work with the livestock industry to improve compliance with the guidelines,” says Morgan.

Motorcyclists – and car drivers - are encouraged to report any effluent spills by texting DUNG to 244 or they can go to the MOTO NZ website www.motonz.org.nz and file a quick report.

Thanks for saving me having to type all of that out!

Personally I have more issues with the deisel that they drop on the road but no one likes a mouthful of poohs 'n wees

[Fatt Max]

Now you know why it is called Farmers

No, why is it called Farmers oh Oneofsix..??

[oneofsix]

No, why is it called Farmers oh Oneofsix..??

Because their lingerie department attacks the lonely farmers.
Ok it made more sense before my morning coffee kicked in, or should I blame it on low blood sugar, need more chocolate.

[imdying]

Mom, you won't get any satisfaction through the government, you'll need to get it yourself. Decent sized Z nails thrown into the path of the shitty truck you've just had to overtake should do it.

[Ender EnZed]

Only ever rides around duneidin and has never really ridden on rural roads.And Winston001, you obviously spend too much time in your cowshed and not enough time riding around on some of southlands roads at the moment.In Gore,the heavy traffic bypass and the bridge heading east are green,so it is not just a bit of shit,it is a near constant stream of shit.Truckies are having a laugh about this at the moment because a few of them are opening up going PAST an effluent dump at clinton on sh1.I work in cowshit most of the day and dont want to be driving or riding in it after work too.If it is chewing up tar seal,what is it going to do to paint.But no one is willing to take any action to see changes made.

98% of my riding is rural. I rode 700km on Southland roads last Saturday. And yes, I've seen the current state of Gore. Last time I rode through my biggest concern was the 8 year old girl who stood in the middle of the road and stared me down from 200m. Fucking weird. Buy hey, it's Gore. You can expect these things, much like cow shit on rural roads.

My position is not that nothing should be done about it but that it doesn't need to ruin anyone's ride and it shouldn't come as a surprise. A campaign to have current laws enforced and remove an unnecessary hazard from the roads might get somewhere. Whinging about how disgusting cow shit is will only earn you the contempt of those who have to work with it all the time.

[MrKiwi]

The current law about loads read:

• load—
o (a) includes part of a load; and
o (b) includes covers, ropes, ties, blocks, tackles, barrows, or other equipment or object used in the securing or containing of loads on vehicles or the loading or unloading of vehicles, whether or not any other load is on the vehicle; but
o (c) does not include animal wastes discharged from animals being carried on a vehicle at the time

I would suggest (c) is changed to
o (c) does not include animal wastes discharged directly from animals being carried on a vehicle at the time

This then caters for the responsible farmers and truckies who stand their stock or properly use and discharge the holding tanks on trucks.

[MalBoo]

Read this
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/l...13511/3951664/

it is illegal to dump shit all over the road and I know what a few of the drivers do they crack open the tanks a little bit so they empty out slowly.

[scumdog]

If it is chewing up tar seal,what is it going to do to paint.But no one is willing to take any action to see changes made.

And for those who earlier on said 'it's just cow-shit' - have a look at what it does to any bare alloy it sticks to - and even anodised/clear-coated alloy that has any stone-chip can end up looking like it has the pox.

I feel the Govt has put road-spill effluent in the "Too Hard" (tm) basket - and like a lot of things, are also unwilling to upset the agriculture industry by 'making' them clean up the transport/effluent problem.

[nosebleed]

98% of my riding is rural. I rode 700km on Southland roads last Saturday. And yes, I've seen the current state of Gore. Last time I rode through my biggest concern was the 8 year old girl who stood in the middle of the road and stared me down from 200m. Fucking weird. Buy hey, it's Gore. You can expect these things, much like cow shit on rural roads.

My position is not that nothing should be done about it but that it doesn't need to ruin anyone's ride and it shouldn't come as a surprise. A campaign to have current laws enforced and remove an unnecessary hazard from the roads might get somewhere. Whinging about how disgusting cow shit is will only earn you the contempt of those who have to work with it all the time.

Shit, just about choked on my Double Vanilla Soy Latte.
Oh nooooooes, How will I ever cope suspecting that a farmer thinks of me with contempt.
Possibly I'll just turn on my heated towel rail, sup from my bottled water, and after a decent sleep getting up AFTER the sun, walk to a cafe to have some-one else prepare my breakfast.

All the while knowing that the work that I do within the heavily regulated and scrutinised industry with which I work, conforms.
i put the effort in to comply, as do the people that work with me and for me, and if we miss something we pay the price.