MIKE P:
0lichfield to lossiemouthtwo mains and a fly
aluminum sheets on pallets not many doing this traffic nowadays…
Very tidy job that is mike.
regards dave
The Hindle load looks like it is sat in a four post frame of some kind and the posts may rub through the sheet as it looks a bit “baggy” at the back end.As Mike says the load should have been strapped under the sheet and possibly sheeted over the headboard and right to the backend.The sheet looks like a main so it could be roped over which would have been a good tight job.If full sheeting of the trailer was not possible I would have got rid of the extra sheet,tidily, at the front of the load so the back end would have just had the edge of the sheet an inch or so above the platform.However,thats just my thoughts and the Lad has tried his best so I am only making suggestions and not critsizing in any way.Oh! and Mike P wouldn’t dare put anything up on this thread that was any less than perfect,he dosent like Bollickings eh! nice shot Mike,immaculate as usual 
Cheers Dennis.
not being funny but theres nothing difficult on here to sheet always thought the top scotch lads were the best fully freighted with reels passing thro the north west without a flap in sight although any things easier when you do it all the time cheers
I used to cart Gypsum boards around, 10 packs on the floor and two on top, just slightly ahead of the fourth set back so they had a brick pattern to keep it stable. Two mains were all we used and I could knock that out in about 45mins using four passes of rope over each pack with double dollies over the double stack.
I learned the craft from my Dad and he would’ve given me a thick ear if I had to stop on the road to redo a loose rope or flapping sheet.
We got curtainsiders in the end, but the ratchet straps stayed in the passenger footwell, rope was easier, quicker and IMHO safer to keep it all where it should be, luckily trailers still had rope hooks then.
ive looked for some of your pictures but not found any ■■? bob lod
bob-lad:
not being funny but theres nothing difficult on here to sheet always thought the top scotch lads were the best fully freighted with reels passing thro the north west without a flap in sight although any things easier when you do it all the time cheers
Hi, Folks ,In the late 60s we used to load big bales out of Courtalds IN Greenfield i was a dogs body shunting roping AND sheeting thought i was the Bees Knees ,there were a few firms pulling out of the place I ROPED each bale twice Alisons Dundee had a shunter there every hook was used and double dollied i asked him what for he laughed and have you seen the way them night men go ,one is orders from head office the other from the night men dont want bales off over the road ,the good old crazy days a little bit of usless info ,Cheers Barry
hope these are ok will dig some decent ones out when i was on the big stuff like i said mike p i wasnt being funny
b.waddy:
Hi, Folks ,In the late 60s we used to load big bales out of Courtalds IN Greenfield i was a dogs body shunting roping AND sheeting thought i was the Bees Knees ,there were a few firms pulling out of the place I ROPED each bale twice Alisons Dundee had a shunter there every hook was used and double dollied i asked him what for he laughed and have you seen the way them night men go ,one is orders from head office the other from the night men dont want bales off over the road ,the good old crazy days a little bit of usless info ,Cheers Barry
Hello b.waddy my Dad worked as a Shunter for Alison’s in the sixties out of their Nottingham terminal he used to do a lot of day deliveries and reload whatever was going back up the road for the scotch drivers to take he was and still is a very good dab hand at roping and sheeting even though he’s long now retired he taught me how to rope and sheet at a young age he always said didn’t what any scotch driver calling his roping and sheeting that’s why he always made a tidy job of it I’ve got a photo of him somewhere when he worked at Alison’s when I find it I’ll put in on
Hi, G,401 , The Alisons shunter was from Newton le Willows dept he had to tip the load brought down and dash over to Greenfield load and back for the night man sorry have no photos, CHeers Barry
b.waddy:
Hi, G,401 , The Alisons shunter was from Newton le Willows dept he had to tip the load brought down and dash over to Greenfield load and back for the night man sorry have no photos, CHeers Barry
My dad left Alison’s after they got took over by Spinks it was nice to hear a mention of a firm on this thread that my dad used to work for
gazsa401:
b.waddy:
Hi, G,401 , The Alisons shunter was from Newton le Willows dept he had to tip the load brought down and dash over to Greenfield load and back for the night man sorry have no photos, CHeers Barry
My dad left Alison’s after they got took over by Spinks it was nice to hear a mention of a firm on this thread that my dad used to work for[/quote Sorry I nearly forgot my manners thanks Barry for your info
Well I suppose everyone that was involved with roping and sheeting had some funny little loads,this is one of many we hauled which in this case is a load of expensive paper making/converting machinery going for re-furb IIRC,you will note that the machine is strapped under the “machinery” sheet which is then roped over good and tight However, we may be in danger of setting off the “Big Wheel Road Runner” ■■■■■■ hauliers,which I don’t want to encourage otherwise a hitherto sensible thread will be ■■■■■■ up. 
Bewick.
And last one to-night, another “little gem” of a load for judging the sheeting and roping 
Bewick:
Well I suppose everyone that was involved with roping and sheeting had some funny little loads,this is one of many we hauled which in this case is a load of expensive paper making/converting machinery going for re-furb IIRC,you will note that the machine is strapped under the “machinery” sheet which is then roped over good and tight
The Big Wheel Road Runner ■■■■■■ Hauliers would (zb) a hitherto sensible thread, well Mr. Bewick pardon us for not driving an Atkinson Borderer with a 40’ flat behind on steel suspension, surely this thread was about the quality of the roping & sheeting and not the size of vehicle carrying it, after all an untrained chimpanzee could roll a sheet out on a load of paper & have a good attempt at tying it on, it aint rocket science, I have always run rigid lorries and a fair few of them were flats which I carried all types of loads on, a lot of these loads took more sheeting than a nice square load as most of your fleet over the years seemed to carry, believe it or not roping & sheeting skills do extend outside certain areas of the Lake District, taught to us by our elders from the age of about 10 or 11, I was sometimes left to sheet a load up and rope it on even at that tender age , I didn’t always get it right but that is how I learnt, I also learnt that the bigger the lorry I ran did not always mean the more profit I made, so I will probably always stay in the Big Wheel Road Runner & ■■■■■■ Haulier Club, it exclusively for members who have the ability to drive a big lorry but prefer not to, sometimes you see less is more, but that does not mean we are any less able to contribute on an equal level to this thread as your great & mighty self,
Do I detect a “sense of humour” blockage here 
Tidy sheeting and roping job on the 4 wheeler though,who did for you? And no,we never had to resort to employing untrained Chimps as drivers or shunters Oh! and where was that shot taken,Whipsnade or Longleat ? 
No hard feelings,Cheers Bewick.
Don’t bother Robert you can obviously tell mr Berwick anywhere but you can’t tell him owt !
Looks nice and neat that, but would look better with the sheet over the headboard.
Hi, Folks, There is some fine roping and sheeting on this thread my dad would give me a rollicking iff i didnt put the sheet over the headboard and past the window ,As we carried a lot of paper no mater if it was sunny or not them were his orders and had to be obeyed,He would say over the headboard then no rain can get under the load ,Just a bit of usless info ,Cheers BARRY