I think this one sent to me by John Rees for my glyn John transport facebook page fits the bill 
Love it dennis
Bewick:
A mid 70’s shot of part of the loaded trailer rank in the depot at Milnthorpe.
Retired Old ■■■■:
gonzothejaffa1:
Bewick:
gonzothejaffa1:
forgive me if I am wrong but isn’t this thread supposed to be about bad attempts at roping and sheeting ?
now no one more than me appreciates the dark arts of roping and sheeting but there are other threads on said subject just sayin likesWell come on “Gonzo” get some of your “efforts” posted to keep the site buzzing !
there’s a thread knocking about somewhere with my efforts on it
and when I can get the piccys off my phone I will add to it plus the odd one or two that belong on this thread
WELL DON’T FORGET TO CREDIT THE OLD BLOKE WHO TAUGHT YOU!!!
one of many casey I was doing a bit( shunting loading sheeting chaining etc ) before I got my hgv licence 
oh and here it is bewick viewtopic.php?f=28&t=89840 still a mere novice by your standards fella but am just about getting the hang of it 
MIKE P:
Love it dennisBewick:
A mid 70’s shot of part of the loaded trailer rank in the depot at Milnthorpe.
And this is a shot of how the trailer rank had degenerated over the following years 
Cheers Dennis.
What do make of them then mr bewick? Just found the clip in an old commercial motor 
Telekonsteve:
What do make of them then mr bewick? Just found the clip in an old commercial motor
I can recall reading about them but they are nothing new,and they never caught on either.I suppose the nearest thing to them was the “bottle” fly sheet which we,along with many other hauliers at the time,used.The bottle sheet had a poly rope stiched around its edge with rings sewn onto the edge these rings also had webbing running across the sheet for added strength,then normal thickness rope ties were spliced onto the rings so you hitch the sheet down good and tight.But other than for loads which they were ideal for IMHO they were a an extra expense we didn’t need and they weren’t suitable for a lot of traffic,plus they were a lot heavier and more un-wieldy than normal fly sheets.I’ll have a look for a shot of one of the bottle sheets we used on the Bowater Scott tissue traffic we hauled out of their Barrow mill to the S.East over the years.Mr. Bewick.
I found this shot of one of the Scanias we ran out of our local Mill at Beetham and the fly sheet is one of the sheets I was describing in the previous post,you can see the the black webbing welded across it.Cheers Bewick.
Telekonsteve:
What do make of them then mr bewick? Just found the clip in an old commercial motor
Yes I see what you mean, don’t know why but that picture in the clipping just doesn’t look right to me, can’t put me finger on what,doesn’t look the neatest of things and the front, whether right or wrong looks a right dogs dinner. I take it they weren’t that popular, I’m sure I’d have remembered seeing something that looked like that
Telekonsteve:
Telekonsteve:
What do make of them then mr bewick? Just found the clip in an old commercial motorYes I see what you mean, don’t know why but that picture in the clipping just doesn’t look right to me, can’t put me finger on what,doesn’t look the neatest of things and the front, whether right or wrong looks a right dogs dinner. I take it they weren’t that popular, I’m sure I’d have remembered seeing something that looked like that
Your right about that shot looking a right dogs dinner,but you must remember that the Southerners,in particular Cockney’s,could never(IMHO) manufacture decent tarpaulins they always seemed to be too heavy and numb to use to me,I realise that I may have started a riot south of Watford but that has always been my view. 
Bewick.
Proper job
Telekonsteve:
Proper job
I forgot to add this
Telekonsteve:
Telekonsteve:
Proper jobI forgot to add this
Great atmospheric shot that Steve,a new ERF 4 wheeler belonging to that great old firm G.Plant,I wonder where the shot was taken,Salford ? maybe.Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
Telekonsteve:
Telekonsteve:
Proper jobI forgot to add this
Great atmospheric shot that Steve,a new ERF 4 wheeler belonging to that great old firm G.Plant,I wonder where the shot was taken,Salford ? maybe.Cheers Bewick.
It was in one of the old commercial motors I bought off eBay and have been in the office for god knows how long. They were a job lot some going back as far as the 50’s. They’re great to look and read through and the back pages,well the prices and wages, but I’ve got to admit that I used to buy it when I was a kid and it was a really interesting mag,but over the years it seem to have lost something, just like the industry has in my opinion. But I don’t suppose the stuff they used to feature like the maintence side and things fits in with today’s plug it in and swop parts squadron. I was bought up to be leave a good engineer took a part off and repaired it if poss,just seemed more fun more interesting if you know what I mean and I’m sure you do, better than me really
Telekonsteve:
Bewick:
Telekonsteve:
Telekonsteve:
Proper jobI forgot to add this
Great atmospheric shot that Steve,a new ERF 4 wheeler belonging to that great old firm G.Plant,I wonder where the shot was taken,Salford ? maybe.Cheers Bewick.
It was in one of the old commercial motors I bought off eBay and have been in the office for god knows how long. They were a job lot some going back as far as the 50’s. They’re great to look and read through and the back pages,well the prices and wages, but I’ve got to admit that I used to buy it when I was a kid and it was a really interesting mag,but over the years it seem to have lost something, just like the industry has in my opinion. But I don’t suppose the stuff they used to feature like the maintence side and things fits in with today’s plug it in and swop parts squadron. I was bought up to be leave a good engineer took a part off and repaired it if poss,just seemed more fun more interesting if you know what I mean and I’m sure you do, better than me really
I surely can identify with your description of the workshop of yesteryear,now sadly gone forever and been replaced by “the squadron” you describe some of the old,deceased,quality fitters from days gone by will be turning in their graves Cheers Bewick.
Where abouts is this thread going,“who’s sheeted and roped the lowest,easiest load” Well here’s my contender,a 20ton load of Workington Pig Iron,on a 40ft flat stood in the depot at Milnthorpe en route to Fords Dagenham engine plant,you can’t get a load much lower and easier to sheet and rope than this So how many “brownie points” does it achieve 
Oooooooooooooooh not sheeted over the headboard Dennis ,had standards slipped as low as the pig iron ?
Dan Punchard:
Oooooooooooooooh not sheeted over the headboard Dennis ,had standards slipped as low as the pig iron ?
what ur like
Err just an observation like .
This load isn’t sheeted over the headboard either Dan, Doh! Not sure where it was going either Doh! Cheers Bewick.