Articulated lorry height

[johnny boy]

Apologies for the strange question, but does anybody know the maximum height of a standard articulated lorry?

Cheers

John

[plotloss]

16'4" I think....

[waitstobecorrected]

Matt.

[Imelda]

I believe it used to be 4.2 metres, but this was revoked in 1995, and as far as I know there is no longer a maximum permissable height in this country. (Though Plotloss could be more up to date on this than I am.)

On the continent, there is a height limit of 4 metres. (I think)

[neilmac]

From memory of when I had a spell driving HGVs the curtainsider trailers were 13'3", 13'9" and 14'3" high if that's any help. It would also vary according to how much load was on as well as how the load was distributed.

I don't know how exact these heights were actually because I remember steaming under a 13'6" bridge in Market Harborough with what I thought was a 13'3" trailer to find out at the end of the journey it was marked up at 13'9"!.....Ahem

[taffstalini]

Imelda said: I believe it used to be 4.2 metres, but this was revoked in 1995, and as far as I know there is no longer a maximum permissable height in this country. (Though Plotloss could be more up to date on this than I am.)

On the continent, there is a height limit of 4 metres. (I think)

Working with a Freight company at the moment in Nottingham designing a new warehouse/freight terminal for them and can confirm that the above is correct.

[johnny boy]

[quote
Working with a Freight company at the moment in Nottingham designing a new warehouse/freight terminal for them and can confirm that the above is correct.

---

Thanks for the definitive answer - would that company be Pall-Ex by any chance?

Regards

John

[RUF 3]

If it is a depot for one of the pallet carriers be aware that a lot of double deck trailers are now in use on these services. The only height restriction in this country is, in practice, governed by bridge heights. We always ran tall trailers but would stop before 16ft was reached as you were likely to be unable to reach many of your destinations. As a guide, a trailer that has a 9ft side aperture will run at just under 14ft, at normal ride height, on air suspension. As it is self levelling the load will make no difference.

[Simonelite501]

Imelda said:
On the continent, there is a height limit of 4 metres. (I think)

There is no legal limit with regard to the height that a HGV can run at in either the UK or on the continent.
The limits are inpossed by the heights of the bridges.
In the UK, all bridges that have any part falling below 16ft 6 inches, have to be marked with a red triangular sign with the height of the bridge appeture clearly marked. Funnily enough in these times of Metric maddness, they can be marked with both systemas of measurement but cannot be marked in metric only! Although I, as I'm sure you have, seen plenty that are.
On the continent, 4 metres is about as high as you really want to go, especially in Holland, in France you can quite safely run at 4.2 metres. I had to go through the tunnel into Hamburg which says its 4 metres, and my trailer was 4.2 so I called the police and was told to go through in the middle of the 3 lanes and travel slowly

[taffstalini]

johnny boy said: [quote
Working with a Freight company at the moment in Nottingham designing a new warehouse/freight terminal for them and can confirm that the above is correct.

Thanks for the definitive answer - would that company be Pall-Ex by any chance?

Regards

John

---

No its RH Freight but if Pall-Ex need a new warehouse...!!

[rich 36]

neillmac, you are not alone..
I know that bridge too.