Our yard Jewsons at Newark are thinking of making space for artics to come in to the yard and turn around heres a pretty bad picture and a satellite link to what we want to do.
Does anyone have facts and figures for what space we actually need?.
Most of them will be 6 axle fully loaded, the yard is concrete so hopefully wont see much if any damage.
Please help this is a great idea and probably a first someone actually wants to help artics turn round !!! normally they have to drive in the gate to where the small blue lorry is then reverse back round the corner to where the big one is.
Cant imagine it working too well to be honest. Been there many times and have had trouble getting round in the past in an 18t due to badly positioned goods and customers vehicles being abandoned.
jammymutt:
Please help this is a great idea and probably a first someone actually wants to help artics turn round !!! normally they have to drive in the gate to where the small blue lorry is then reverse back round the corner to where the big one is.
So anyone know what space is actually needed?.
Thanks
Turning circle
All vehicles now have to comply with turning circle legislation originally introduced for artics. This stipulates that when steering, the vehicle should not pass outside a 2.5m outer circle and a 5.3m inner circle. Rigid vehicles can alternatively meet a swing-out measurement of 8000mm (1000mm for vehicles with lift-axles.)
That is legal baloney which all trucks will meet to be type approved, however those figures would be measured on a wide open space at MIRA or somewhere.
Looking at your photo as it appears. go in the gate, heading towards the waste ground, turn right between the sheds and go over the pedestrian crossing following the arrows, get the forkie to shift 10 packs of bricks near the car and paint some yellow hatched lines. It would be a lot cheaper to get a truck in as a test tube sample, but remember not all drivers are the same
you know when you havent got enough room to screw round an artic. When you realise youve just ripped out 90 yrds of chain link fence with the T bar, as you spin round
its great of your mob to try and help us , it doesnt happen very often, but the problem is will it stay like that, will the yardman keep it like that, or will it become like most yards a tip, pallets, skips ,vans etc etc left all over the place , hopefully not, but i wouldnt want to put any money on it
JISL to ESL:
Just get a turntable! No tyre wear, no damage to truck or buildings(?).
I think if we move a few packs of bricks it might be slightly cheaper lol.
Does noone know the actual measurments etc?.
that looks the easiest way, just move some pallets so the trucks can get round without taking half jewsons yard with them and doing ‘a DAF95XF’ with the side bar
Would take up to much storage space makeing a turning circle seems plenty of room doing what they are doing now pull in upside sand pits back in where the other truck is straight out the gate,failing that just a few bits moved off the corners & you could drive staight round,that is arriving after 10 when all you lot & white van man has gone
Hey Jammy as you well know well you might make room for an artic but what if them there Wag and Drag jobbys come in. LOL need more turning circle than a cross channel ferry!
Imp:
Hey Jammy as you well know well you might make room for an artic but what if them there Wag and Drag jobbys come in. LOL need more turning circle than a cross channel ferry!
