I got the chance to take out a tilt trailer last thursday for the first time… Fair play to those people that cut their teeth on these, its certainly alot easier to slide the curtains and do the buckles up than having to pull the sheet about with a rope and pull in it to get the holes to line up for the TIR cord lol!
Call me thick, but why are they called ‘Tilts’?
Just as a matter of curiosity was that a load of plants ex Boscoop Holland.Mike
And that was only a side out! Just wait until you have a full strip and rebuild in the pouring rain/snow/hail/ or -18 degrees with a frozen imitation of Lake Geneva on the roof where half the roof bars are missing 
I dont miss the ■■■■ things at all
Dico:
Call me thick, but why are they called ‘Tilts’?
I believe but could be wrong it’s something to do with it having a canopy covering the trailer as opposed to a normal roof with curtains something along those lines.
Cheers Baldy
hutpik:
Just as a matter of curiosity was that a load of plants ex Boscoop Holland.Mike
Was from combinatie mauritz, holland.
Twoninety88:
And that was only a side out! Just wait until you have a full strip and rebuild in the pouring rain/snow/hail/ or -18 degrees with a frozen imitation of Lake Geneva on the roof where half the roof bars are missing
I dont miss the ■■■■ things at all
I can only imagine how much of ■■■■ job that must be, i bet its not easy getting it to all line up again when the whole thing has been off. When you say a full strip does that mean all sides out and roof rolled back so the sheet ends up rolled up at the front or back of the trailer, or does the whole sheet have to come off and all bars, posts, dropsides out etc so its effectively a flat?
Saaamon:
hutpik:
Just as a matter of curiosity was that a load of plants ex Boscoop Holland.MikeWas from combinatie mauritz, holland.
Twoninety88:
And that was only a side out! Just wait until you have a full strip and rebuild in the pouring rain/snow/hail/ or -18 degrees with a frozen imitation of Lake Geneva on the roof where half the roof bars are missing
I dont miss the ■■■■ things at allI can only imagine how much of [zb] job that must be, i bet its not easy getting it to all line up again when the whole thing has been off. When you say a full strip does that mean all sides out and roof rolled back so the sheet ends up rolled up at the front or back of the trailer, or does the whole sheet have to come off and all bars, posts, dropsides out etc so its effectively a flat?
It can mean anything up to and including that depending on load types.But in most cases it’s not something that needs to be done on a regular basis.In general it’s either used in the same way as a curtainsider with occasional capability of overhead loading most of the time or as a flat sometimes.
Nobody needs tilts now. They should be banned under health and safety grounds hahahaha 
Seriously though, any company using them needs to spend a few quid on Euroliners and get shut of them just like Mammoet & Smeets have. Nothing worse than a windy day and messing about with a tilt. The other bad things with them is when you get a miserable fork lift driver who wont push pallets across if they can be pushed, thus making you open one side then the other and having to mess around strapping it up. Another bad thing is they make you always open up the sides even when they have a ramp ! Then there’s the places you go to who tell you to back on a bay, only for you to find it’s got 2 way pallets loaded from the side 
Kerbdog:
Nobody needs tilts now. They should be banned under health and safety grounds hahahahaSeriously though, any company using them needs to spend a few quid on Euroliners and get shut of them just like Mammoet & Smeets have. Nothing worse than a windy day and messing about with a tilt. The other bad things with them is when you get a miserable fork lift driver who wont push pallets across if they can be pushed, thus making you open one side then the other and having to mess around strapping it up. Another bad thing is they make you always open up the sides even when they have a ramp ! Then there’s the places you go to who tell you to back on a bay, only for you to find it’s got 2 way pallets loaded from the side
It all looked a lot better though when the choice is/was that or sheeting a flat. 
Yeah back in the day, no need for flats now though either unless the load is unusual !
Carryfast:
Saaamon:
hutpik:
Just as a matter of curiosity was that a load of plants ex Boscoop Holland.MikeWas from combinatie mauritz, holland.
Twoninety88:
And that was only a side out! Just wait until you have a full strip and rebuild in the pouring rain/snow/hail/ or -18 degrees with a frozen imitation of Lake Geneva on the roof where half the roof bars are missing
I dont miss the ■■■■ things at allI can only imagine how much of [zb] job that must be, i bet its not easy getting it to all line up again when the whole thing has been off. When you say a full strip does that mean all sides out and roof rolled back so the sheet ends up rolled up at the front or back of the trailer, or does the whole sheet have to come off and all bars, posts, dropsides out etc so its effectively a flat?
It can mean anything up to and including that depending on load types.But in most cases it’s not something that needs to be done on a regular basis.In general it’s either used in the same way as a curtainsider with occasional capability of overhead loading most of the time or as a flat sometimes.
I read some of that other link you sent me got a better understanding of tilts now. For me it was a bit of a novelity really, i’d happy use them more often providing i wasnt under pressure to get round. Will watch that video once i’ve cooked dinner lol.
Kerbdog:
Nobody needs tilts now. They should be banned under health and safety grounds hahahaha
Some places dont even allow you getting on the bed, so you can only imagine their faces when you pull your ladder out to put the cords back in lol.
Saaamon:
I got the chance to take out a tilt trailer last thursday for the first time… Fair play to those people that cut their teeth on these, its certainly alot easier to slide the curtains and do the buckles up than having to pull the sheet about with a rope and pull in it to get the holes to line up for the TIR cord lol!
Here’s a quick tip, if the holes won’t line up with the D rings, just thread the TIR cord loosely through rings and holes and start your journey, after 10-15 miles the wind will have blown it back into perfect position.
Dico:
Call me thick, but why are they called ‘Tilts’?
tilt noun \ˈtilt\
Definition of TILT
: a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall
Origin of TILT
Middle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent
First Known Use: 15th century
Harry Monk:
Saaamon:
I got the chance to take out a tilt trailer last thursday for the first time… Fair play to those people that cut their teeth on these, its certainly alot easier to slide the curtains and do the buckles up than having to pull the sheet about with a rope and pull in it to get the holes to line up for the TIR cord lol!Here’s a quick tip, if the holes won’t line up with the D rings, just thread the TIR cord loosely through rings and holes and start your journey, after 10-15 miles the wind will have blown it back into perfect position.
Ahh i see, as oposed to trying to pull the sheet down to get the holes of the sheet over the hooks on the side boards, like i did 
… I did notice how the sheet lined up perfectly once i got back to the yard instead of being tight in places.
The only thing on a tilt i’ve ever been taught is how to tie off the white cord that runs from the top corners of the trailer as i often have trailers with tilt back door and curtainsider everything else, this one i had to work it out for myself as such.
Yes, if you do a full strip-out then holes and rings can be 2-3 inches apart on one side but if you just sew it up loosely and get going it will all fall back perfectly into position by the time you get a few miles down the road.
I found stripping out a tilt wasn’t such fun in an Italian steelworks in mid-Summer with the temperature at 40 degrees plus. 
Harry Monk:
Yes, if you do a full strip-out then holes and rings can be 2-3 inches apart on one side but if you just sew it up loosely and get going it will all fall back perfectly into position by the time you get a few miles down the road.I found stripping out a tilt wasn’t such fun in an Italian steelworks in mid-Summer with the temperature at 40 degrees plus.
Cheers for that advise btw.
How do you get the sheet off the roof once you’ve rolled it up and then getting it back on, would you have the use of a forklift etc? I bet it must take hours start to finsh,
I used to get someone else to do mine up while I had a kip on the bunk.
When I looked at the photo afterwards I said “You could have swept up first”
Used to do the driving too, no licence or anything, just beauty and functionality. What’s not to like?
That’s why they died out, stripping a tilt into that condition and then re-building it would take an hour at the very least, opening and closing the roof on a Euroliner takes about 30 seconds at most.
