The niggles of life of the road
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"You can't back that in here/get past this line of cars/turn right or left/spin round in that space??! We have had artics in here".. When I am in my 34 odd foot long, 32 ton, 8 wheel rigid with a moffett on the back and the turning circle of an aircraft carrier.
It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
Digby said:
"You can't back that in here/get past this line of cars/turn right or left/spin round in that space??! We have had artics in here".. When I am in my 34 odd foot long, 32 ton, 8 wheel rigid with a moffett on the back and the turning circle of an aircraft carrier.
It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
Similar idea.Turning up at a site carrying a 50 odd ton mobile crusher on a combination that is 87 ft long and weighing over 85 ton.You will get in easy mate,our artic gets in no bother.Your artic is a 44 tonner with a 40ft stepframe,you dick blanket.A favorite trick is getting out and handing them the keys,they soon start making more room.It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
"I will only be 5 minutes" says the doddering old dear when challenged * by me as she walks away from her Diahatsu Placenta, said dreadful car was 2 feet from the kerb at the back and on the kerb at the front, parked on a bend right at the narrowest part of the road.
No way to get the wagon past at all, queue behind blamed me, horns etc.
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No way to get the wagon past at all, queue behind blamed me, horns etc.
s.- challenged = "oy, you can't park that there"
Digby said:
"You can't back that in here/get past this line of cars/turn right or left/spin round in that space??! We have had artics in here".. When I am in my 34 odd foot long, 32 ton, 8 wheel rigid with a moffett on the back and the turning circle of an aircraft carrier.
It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
Yes, though when i get the "so and so got in last week" i usually reply "thats cos hes a better driver than me" They don't know what to say then It seems no matter what I say, or how I explain that I can maneuver the old girl around with surgical precision and through gaps so tight I have had to remove the straps to gain an extra half inch etc, they won't believe me till I show them.
"Oh yeah, I see what you mean", is often the result.
Peeps who will not pass you but sit up your arse constantly popping in and out of the mirror but ignore the clear stretch of road where a convoy could pass.
(though a fun thing to do on a warm day if you're solo or in a rigid with a rear lift axle, not as effective with a centre, is to know how long it takes from pushing the button to it touching down and at that point tap the brakes lightly. Once they panic at seeing the smoke from your tyres, thinking you've locked up they usually back off
)GC8 said:
Wherever NIMBYs want them! My particular gripe is that theyre commonly introduced now simply to stop HGVs from using the road, because residents or people with vested interests have complained, not
because there is a real safety or suitability issue.
Eventually therell be nowhere left to drive.
With respect to the weight limits is there any real chance you would be caught if you were to very occasionally use them? because there is a real safety or suitability issue.
Eventually therell be nowhere left to drive.
Drclarke said:
GC8 said:
Wherever NIMBYs want them! My particular gripe is that theyre commonly introduced now simply to stop HGVs from using the road, because residents or people with vested interests have complained, not
because there is a real safety or suitability issue.
Eventually therell be nowhere left to drive.
With respect to the weight limits is there any real chance you would be caught if you were to very occasionally use them? because there is a real safety or suitability issue.
Eventually therell be nowhere left to drive.
Humper said:
(though a fun thing to do on a warm day if you're solo or in a rigid with a rear lift axle, not as effective with a centre, is to know how long it takes from pushing the button to it touching down and at that point tap the brakes lightly. Once they panic at seeing the smoke from your tyres, thinking you've locked up they usually back off )
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One Amp Andy said:
Nigel Worc's said:
Truck elephant racing ....... really really gets on my tits !
I like doing this,just because it does get on your tits. Why should I stare at the back of another fking trailer just to appease the likes of you?
They don't realise we do this deliberately, do they?
We're not limited to 55mph at all, that's a myth; we could do over 100mph if we wanted to, but pissing off car drivers is much more fun.
Cock Womble 7 said:
They don't realise we do this deliberately, do they?
We're not limited to 55mph at all, that's a myth; we could do over 100mph if we wanted to, but pissing off car drivers is much more fun.
Cock Womble 7 said:
One Amp Andy said:
Nigel Worc's said:
Truck elephant racing ....... really really gets on my tits !
I like doing this,just because it does get on your tits. Why should I stare at the back of another fking trailer just to appease the likes of you?They don't realise we do this deliberately, do they?
We're not limited to 55mph at all, that's a myth; we could do over 100mph if we wanted to, but pissing off car drivers is much more fun.
k off white tanker. Bell ends.Cock Womble 7 said:
One Amp Andy said:
(generally hiding behind their Scania curtains)
I passed an artic on the M1 yesterday that had the curtains fully closed over his driver's side window, presumably to keep the sun out.There was no way whatsoever he could see his offside mirrors.
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ker.thouses that drive trucks then? I'm sure it never used to be this bad. One nearly ran me into the barrier through the M62 roadworks eastbound past Huddersfield, then continued to weave around behind a car he was harrassing, nearly hitting a few in lane 3. I would quite happily have knocked ten bells out of the arse if he'd have come off at Whitwood. Gassing Station | Commercial Break | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff