Hiya,
I think I’d be putting a bit more “string” on that lot, I certainly
wouldn’t take it like it is.
Not that it really made any difference I wouldn’t think, but blowing up the image shows that there are actually two chains over that lot. The whip in all those loose ends and the front stack, even at 20 mph, would shake everything loose surely. And how did the driver get up there to put the chains in place? he won’t have thrown them!
Throw a rope over and use that to pull the chains over the load.
Much easier!
I do agree that there is a lot of free overhang on that front pack. Nearly half of it is unsecured.
I agree with all the above but it would be much better if the individual bundles were ratchetted with tight steel straps. That would at least have stopped spreading and transformed the load into several large lumps rather than a load of loose planks.
Even so, and I have mentioned this before, I once had a load of timber from Tilbury, square on a trailer not on a bolster like that, which had shifted by the time that I got to the N. Circular. It was straightend by a big fork lift driver who came across the road to me from a Pickfords depot.
Pulled a pup with one identical to this and just a newbie, and yes I could
reverse into tight places, but unlike every other wag n’ drag man I admit
to having to nose the odd one in.
Yes ,the backbone of many a BRS depot ,pity we had no decent facilities to keep them a bit cleaner, or maybe they just kept us too busy, i could rarely find the time ,-toshboy
Yes ,the backbone of many a BRS depot ,pity we had no decent facilities to keep them a bit cleaner, or maybe they just kept us too busy, i could rarely find the time ,-toshboy
When I first started working up here in Scotland for BRS in 1977 I thought that their fleet looked shabby and unkempt compared to other operators. I don’t know if it was the colour schemes they used or maybe it was the kind of motors they had in the fleet (normally a mixture of Guy’s, Seddons and Leyland) but they just looked tired, dated and in need of a good scrub up - even after they had just came out of the wash bay. The paintwork was terrible on vehicles that were only a couple of years old.
Yes ,the backbone of many a BRS depot ,pity we had no decent facilities to keep them a bit cleaner, or maybe they just kept us too busy, i could rarely find the time ,-toshboy
When I first started working up here in Scotland for BRS in 1977 I thought that their fleet looked shabby and unkempt compared to other operators. I don’t know if it was the colour schemes they used or maybe it was the kind of motors they had in the fleet (normally a mixture of Guy’s, Seddons and Leyland) but they just looked tired, dated and in need of a good scrub up - even after they had just came out of the wash bay. The paintwork was terrible on vehicles that were only a couple of years old.
Hiya,
Ah’ but there was never any skimping on maintainence which
to me is more important than fancy paintwork and alloy’s
Yes ,the backbone of many a BRS depot ,pity we had no decent facilities to keep them a bit cleaner, or maybe they just kept us too busy, i could rarely find the time ,-toshboy
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When I first started working up here in Scotland for BRS in 1977 I thought that their fleet looked shabby and unkempt compared to other operators. I don’t know if it was the colour schemes they used or maybe it was the kind of motors they had in the fleet (normally a mixture of Guy’s, Seddons and Leyland) but they just looked tired, dated and in need of a good scrub up - even after they had just came out of the wash bay. The paintwork was terrible on vehicles that were only a couple of years old.
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Hiya,
Ah’ but there was never any skimping on maintainence which
to me is more important than fancy paintwork and alloy’s
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That’s true.
Yes ,the backbone of many a BRS depot ,pity we had no decent facilities to keep them a bit cleaner, or maybe they just kept us too busy, i could rarely find the time ,-toshboy
When I first started working up here in Scotland for BRS in 1977 I thought that their fleet looked shabby and unkempt compared to other operators. I don’t know if it was the colour schemes they used or maybe it was the kind of motors they had in the fleet (normally a mixture of Guy’s, Seddons and Leyland) but they just looked tired, dated and in need of a good scrub up - even after they had just came out of the wash bay. The paintwork was terrible on vehicles that were only a couple of years old.
Hiya,
Ah’ but there was never any skimping on maintainence which
to me is more important than fancy paintwork and alloy’s
Is the top row tied all the way back underneath it?
I’d have thought so. You’d not get away with it otherwise. But bear in mind that this was a high-volume, low-weight load. Don’t ask me to quote the stats. Someone on here - possibly Sandway, will know.
