Lawrence Dunbar:
It looks like a load of Paper Reels, & as you say the sheeting & roping is a credit to the driver, Perhaps he still works for Jakey, they have a lot of drivers who take pride in their job, Regards Larry.
Looks like newsprint to me,easier to sheet than half double stack!!!
lurpak:
Couldnāt resist taking this photo early on morning April 2009 at Newton Aycliffe one for Bewick
Tidy job,tidy job Hinney,there are still a few decent lads about that can do a proper job !!! What a nice sight compared to a ācurtained monstrosityā which are like āā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā runs them and they all look alike eh! Thereāll be very few,if any,curtain pullers, that could match that standard of sheeting and roping ! Cheers Bewick.
Well Dennis I can tell now A lot of Jakeys drivers take a pride in sheeting & roping, Im hoping to get a few photos shortley that I can post on here, its nice to see that these drivers have kept up the old tradtition of there fathers or even grandfathers, like my youngest son has done, he has his great grandfathers blood, & takes a pride in his job, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well Dennis I can tell now A lot of Jakeys drivers take a pride in sheeting & roping, Im hoping to get a few photos shortley that I can post on here, its nice to see that these drivers have kept up the old tradtition of there fathers or even grandfathers, like my youngest son has done, he has his great grandfathers blood, & takes a pride in his job, Regards Larry.
That is certainly a sight worth seeing , a credit to the driver and company and what really puts the icing on the cake , its an ERF !!! .
Bewick:
lurpak:
Couldnāt resist taking this photo early on morning April 2009 at Newton Aycliffe one for Bewick
Tidy job,tidy job Hinney,there are still a few decent lads about that can do a proper job !!! What a nice sight compared to a ācurtained monstrosityā which are like ā[zb]ā,everyone runs them and they all look alike eh! Thereāll be very few,if any,curtain pullers, that could match that standard of sheeting and roping ! Cheers Bewick.
Nice job Dennis!!but ropes over the fly sheet tut tut.Vic.
Is it my eyes but the front corner the sheet looks a bit high on the rave water could get in apart from that a nice bit of sheeting nice to see drivers take pride in what they do for a living and a good advert for the company
Just a little critical I would have put the cross on under the Dripper then a straight one across front of headbord on top of dripper same at the back & perhaps a rope every couple of reels under dripper as it has no restraints on the load at all only the sheets, but it does look tidy
Hiya Vic, wondered who would be the first to notice the rope on the fly sheet!! As you probably know I haveānt used ropes and sheets since the seventies but I always roped the front, I never trusted It not to take flight when hammering down south!! I am back on general, (part-time) but haveānt had to sheet owt yet. Hope you are OK, regards, Mizzo.
mizzo:
Hiya Vic, wondered who would be the first to notice the rope on the fly sheet!! As you probably know I haveānt used ropes and sheets since the seventies but I always roped the front, I never trusted It not to take flight when hammering down south!! I am back on general, (part-time) but haveānt had to sheet owt yet. Hope you are OK, regards, Mizzo.
Hiya Les and Greek,i would agree with you both and would rope the back and front,but not long back on the rope and sheeting thread there was a few members who where critical of this act!!! Les iām OK its good to hear your still keeping your hand in.regards Vic.
Is it my eyes but the front corner the sheet looks a bit high on the rave water could get in apart from that a nice bit of sheeting nice to see drivers take pride in what they do for a living and a good advert for the company
Always thought that was a problem with most trailers, the front marker lights hindered getting the sheet nicely around the front corner as you would cover them, otherwise leaving them seen meant you couldnāt quite get a neat corner then pulling on the rope made it raise a little. I reckon shows like the Tyne Tees and Gaydon should have Rope and Sheeting demoās or contests, I would think the crowds would like that especially as it now seems to be a dying art within the modern transport world. Cheers Franky.
Itās a fair comment about the roping over the fly back and fronāt,but I was being kind and kept stumm about it and my compliments were aimed very much at the fact it was a modern day effort and āold schoolā rules have long disappeared !! I would have done exactly as has been suggested on a previous post i.e.One single rope above the headboard and the same at the back if the fly was low enough down so you could catch it with a rope ! But fair play to whoever sheeted the load,he sure was āhead and shouldersā above to-days run of the mill curtain pullers that call themselves drivers.I admitt I must be getting soft in my advancing years as I didnāt have the heart to critisize that effort even if it only deserves 8 out of 10 !! Cheers Dennis.
Well you are quite right Dennis, the old school boys are dissapearing rapidly, but I have to say Jakeys lads do a fare lot of flat work, & most of the drivers are very good at sheeting & roping, & some of their loads are nw having be secured the way the customer wants ā ā ?> A bit of a knacker, but the customer is paying for the motor, so hence one has to do as one is required , to do, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well you are quite right Dennis, the old school boys are dissapearing rapidly, but I have to say Jakeys lads do a fare lot of flat work, & most of the drivers are very good at sheeting & roping, & some of their loads are nw having be secured the way the customer wants ā ā ?> A bit of a knacker, but the customer is paying for the motor, so hence one has to do as one is required , to do, Regards Larry.
I wouldnāt have thought that the customer āknew jackā about load security Larry !! In my day once you got the load on the motor you became 100% responsible for it until you delivered to the customer at the other end,and in perfect condition !! if you didnāt it was an insurance job !! What if a customer insisted on a load being secured in a fashion that the driver knew was unsafe,who would get done if it came off ? not the customer eh! Cheers Dennis.
Aye Dennis I agree with you, But things haved changed as you will have obsereved over the last few years, I mean have a look at the traffic managers & their requirements to be able to the job today ?, The job you & I & a host of others could do with our bloody eyes shut. Eh you know what I mean, these logistic walleys will be like that for the rest of their time in the ā ā ā ā ā ā Haulage game, which I & know doubt yourself were proud to have been part of , Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye Dennis I agree with you, But things haved changed as you will have obsereved over the last few years, I mean have a look at the traffic managers & their requirements to be able to the job today ?, The job you & I & a host of others could do with our bloody eyes shut. Eh you know what I mean, these logistic walleys will be like that for the rest of their time in the [zb] Haulage game, which I & know doubt yourself were proud to have been part of , Regards Larry.
In comparison to to-days ācrazy world of Logisticsā Larry I canāt recall how we survived ,never mind operate our respective businesses over the many years !! We must have been on another planet and have just been beamed up to this ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā we live in now,itās all foreign and a load of bollox to me nowadays !! Cheers Dennis.
I often wonder how the modern logistics men would get on with computers trying to put a load together for ex farm to all the vegy markets around the UK i.e mixing dutch trays punnets and nets of varied fruit and veg we used to have to do in our heads or the modern day driver knowing how to load the vehicles with varied comodities and the traffic men hand writing all the delivery notes and dealing with the weather changing everything as the day transpired the mind boggles i know this is digressing from the thread but these men new how to load a lorry and secure it correctly as the J R ADAMS lads do it
Ah well we will have another glass of 1st class Slovenian wine cheers and think of the good old days
Forgot to mention, the J.Rās motor in the photo that has got us old gits misty eyed is very well roped and sheeted. (IMO) It is I think such a rare sight these days I think we overlook it. I off-loaded two today and loaded one, which meant opening and shutting curtains a few times, not much skill required sadly. Must go, the tears are weakening my Scottish water. Regards, Mizzo.
