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47p2
364 posts
30 months
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Once these trailers become mainstream every day objects they will be the bain of every truck drivers life. Smart assed transport managers sitting behind a desk telling the driver lies that it has been at 'such and such' several times and managed to negotiate the limited access or worse sticking another 4 pallets on because there 'was space' and knowing the weight limit was already topped out before the extra pallets were loaded.
Slightly off topic but relevant to the weight scenario I brought up above.
I remember picking up a load from the Eurocentral terminal, an open-top container which had came through the chunnel so at the time was allowed to run 44 tonnes (38 was the norm then) I had been warned the load was grossing at 57 tonnes but out of one yard into the adjacent yard where they would remove a few pipes bringing me down to 43.5 tonnes. I sat in the cab with the paperwork and counted up the weights, and with the pipes off it looked like I was still 3 tonnes over. Called the transport manager and was told it was my counting as he had checked and it most certainly was 43.5 tonnes. I left Eurocentral and went to the nearby weighbridge, sure enough I was grossing at 47 tonnes. Called transport manager and was told it would be ok to take to Brechin. 30 minutes later I arrived at the yard and told him that if he didn't lighten the load it wasn't getting delivered. Talk about the s**t hitting the fan, transport manager's name wasn't Billy liar for nothing...
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Jimbo.
1,999 posts
58 months
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4key said: I would want more money if I had to undo all of those bloody straps down the side. Look at that kp trailer, you would be claiming overtime by the time you did both sides  Ugh. Many an unhappy, cold, wet hour wrestling with the horrid things. Usually covered in grease and/or just plain broken too 
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chilistrucker
1,489 posts
20 months
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Jimbo. said: 4key said: I would want more money if I had to undo all of those bloody straps down the side. Look at that kp trailer, you would be claiming overtime by the time you did both sides Ugh. Many an unhappy, cold, wet hour wrestling with the horrid things. Usually covered in grease and/or just plain broken too and you normally get the worst of this trailer, in the high winds.
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philmots
2,500 posts
129 months
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I hope our lot don't cotton on.. They physically wouldn't fit into half of our yards!
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4key
3,878 posts
17 months
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You know who else are going to be on these, recycled/scrap bulkers normally bulk out before they hit weight. Soon to be laying on its side at a roundabout near you 
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ZR1cliff
17,768 posts
118 months
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4key said: You know who else are going to be on these, recycled/scrap bulkers normally bulk out before they hit weight. Soon to be laying on its side at a roundabout near you Normally just before the Dartford crossing somewhere, resulting in a 4 junction tail back.
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leggly
440 posts
80 months
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We have them on trial but they seem completely pointless to me as we have to put less in the roll cages to hit maximum load without going overweight. I'm sure somebody somewhere thinks they're a good idea but I'd put good money on them not being a driver.
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4key
3,878 posts
17 months
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Im now wondering how we are going to drag them back if they do go over, if they do enough damage its going to take a while as the overall length with a unit will be too long for our flatbed.
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john2443
1,895 posts
80 months
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Now on Stobart trucks, channel 5.
Although the wheel formation does keep changing between OO O and O O O , so they must have at least 2 variations!
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