No takers for an EC11 thankyou, mate.
But there are a limited number of places left for the “Load Security (Ropes, Sheets & Straps) Advanced Course” run by a fully experienced driver of your acquaintance. Only £400 per day plus vat & expenses.
gonzothejaffa1:
good luck with the new gig and bring on the piccies they cnt be any worse than some of the bods we got at our place
Ta very much. We’ve had weeks of dry sunny weather here - I start next Monday, and on Tuesday, guess what. A week of rain and showers. Lovely 
Just as a bit of homework I had a rummage on youtube on using tarps (sheets). All the ones I could find were from the US - I don’t want to generalise (much 
) but blimey they’ve got some weird ways of doing things (to my eyes). And elastic straps and open hooks? No thanks.
It seems to me the way the Aussies do roping and sheeting (tarping) is a lot closer to the British ways, although of course there would be differences (tie rails, not hooks for instance).
ParkRoyal2100:
gonzothejaffa1:
good luck with the new gig and bring on the piccies they cnt be any worse than some of the bods we got at our placeTa very much. We’ve had weeks of dry sunny weather here - I start next Monday, and on Tuesday, guess what. A week of rain and showers. Lovely
Just as a bit of homework I had a rummage on youtube on using tarps (sheets). All the ones I could find were from the US - I don’t want to generalise (much
It seems to me the way the Aussies do roping and sheeting (tarping) is a lot closer to the British ways, although of course there would be differences (tie rails, not hooks for instance).
your lot use cage type sides from what I’ve seen anyway dunno what your worried about its like riding a bike once you have learnt you never forget how you’ll wobble for a bit but you’ll soon get the hang of it
gonzothejaffa1:
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your lot use cage type sides from what I’ve seen anyway dunno what your worried about its like riding a bike once you have learnt you never forget how you’ll wobble for a bit but you’ll soon get the hang of it
Ta gonzo, I’m not especially bothered, I’ll manage one way or another and anyway I’ve done it before without making myself look a total [zb]wit (or at least I never heard no complaints 
) More a case of me taking an interest and a bit of pride in what I do (if that isn’t completely out of fashion these days) .
You’re correct, over here flatbed trailers especially on interstate traffic use side gates and a tail gate, then tarps over the top. These days, more and more urban and country distribution over here is going over to tautliners, which let’s face it are a lot easier to work with on multi-drop runs with tight deadlines than hauling heavy sheets around on top of sometimes squashy loads. Of course some loads - e.g steel, cable, finished timber - can’t be done easily on anything but flatbeds (I’m generalising but you know what I mean) but despite more tautliners appearing on some interstate work most of it is still sheeted flatbed trailers - presumably less investment and reduced wind drag so better fuel economy(?)
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Oily
Ropes over the flysheet maybe a nono, hey what do I know…fall 
Oily
oiltreader:
Ropes over the flysheet maybe a nono, hey what do I know…fall
Oily
Thats not a fly sheet “Oily”,it’s just a main sheet with PVC centre panels ! Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
oiltreader:
Ropes over the flysheet maybe a nono, hey what do I know…fall
Oily
Thats not a fly sheet “Oily”,it’s just a main sheet with PVC centre panels ! Cheers Bewick.[
Good eyes eh Dennis 
Bewick:
oiltreader:
Ropes over the flysheet maybe a nono, hey what do I know…fall
OilyThats not a fly sheet “Oily”,it’s just a main sheet with PVC centre panels !
Like I say Mr Bewick… what do I know 
anyway, would you gie the man a job 
Oily
Not too bad
id say that’s bags of fishmeal they load from grangemouth area back to there yard, not how I would of done it but still very good effort well done .
oiltreader:
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Oily
Great picture mate, I bet that old girl got a sweat on, you got any more for Us ?
BRS FH66:
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BRS FH66:
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Nice photo,
I used to run Castrol oil products to Bridgend depot for BRS Oldbury, if I didn’t load back from British tissues, my back load was timber from Newport docks.
That BRS photo brings back memories. Good to see someone was savvy enough to take pics.
And by the way, Bewick, nets don’t count. Let’s have no cheating in future!
Retired Old ■■■■:
That BRS photo brings back memories. Good to see someone was savvy enough to take pics.
And by the way, Bewick, nets don’t count. Let’s have no cheating in future!
Yes “Mr. Adjudicator”,your quite right but I thought it may qualifiy as a “variation on a theme” 
These big loads of waste we hauled back from the Bowater/Rexam plants up and down the UK were tied with wire which was a no no as far as our main sheets were concerned plus these loads were higher than our standard mains would cover,so I bought a number of these “made to measure” nets which did the job great,and you’d be suprised how much rain they turned although they were never standing for very long as they went straight back into the Paper Mill and were tipped quickly.Cheers Bewick.
I have to admit that I have found nets a Godsend in my time, especially on bulk tippers.
Just taking the p*ss you understand!
Retired Old ■■■■:
I have to admit that I have found nets a Godsend in my time, especially on bulk tippers.
Just taking the p*ss you understand!
Do they still use nets on tippers ROF ? Oh! and don’t worry about p*ss taking,because “if you give it you should be able to take it” Cheers Bewick.
Is this shot more to your liking ROF ? I don’t think this photo has appeared on the site but it is interesting for a couple of reasons.At the time it was taken in the later '80’s (IIRC) fleet no 11 was one of the three oldest trailers on the fleet,I bought it new in '72 via a York dealer,Robertsons, in Aberdeen at a time when new trailers were hard to come by.While we always classed T11 as 40 footer is was,in fact,only 39ft long and the headboard was only 1 foot high instead of the usual 2 ft high.I never did find out why it was built to this length unless it was something to do with C & U regs or maybe when coupled to a unit it was bulit so as to fit into a garage coupled up! There use to be an owner driver in Milnthorpe who when he converted from an 8 wheeler to an artic he had the tandem trailer built to 31ft 6" long so he could put the whole outfit in his garage.Useless info,I know,Cheers Bewick.
Same trailer shot when brand new in early '73 standing on the trailer park adjacent to the A6 in Milnthorpe with its first load for London.
oiltreader:
Ropes over the flysheet maybe a nono, hey what do I know…fall
Oily
It would have looked neater and tidier if the rear sheet had covered the back end of the trailer.