Love the pictures!
I would say you had a pretty hard day if that was your first day with one of those chuffin’ things… I never had to break one down to a complete flat bed but I’ve had to strip and roll the roof back from the back and from the the front far too many times to consider it fun. Thankfully, Tilts are banned at most steelworks now…
BTW, there is a sign in DSV in Immingham telling drivers not to secure ratchet strap buckles on the outside of the dropside panels of the trailer because it’s illegal in Germany and they will not be shipped. I don’t know if that is true but it might be worth remembering if you want to ship an export trailer through DSV.
Nice pictures,
W
Saaamon:
Love the pictures!
Ok, just for you then. I’m afraid there’s no tilt trailer in this one. 
Harry.Why don’t you put the young lady’s pic on your avatar,it’s better than the pic of you when you were younger.Mike
Tilts are an ■■■■■■ nightmare -stick to containers or fridges,2doorsin the back. Then they can take it of leave it!
AlexWignall:
I would say you had a pretty hard day if that was your first day with one of those chuffin’ things… I never had to break one down to a complete flat bed but I’ve had to strip and roll the roof back from the back and from the the front far too many times to consider it fun. Thankfully, Tilts are banned at most steelworks now…BTW, there is a sign in DSV in Immingham telling drivers not to secure ratchet strap buckles on the outside of the dropside panels of the trailer because it’s illegal in Germany and they will not be shipped. I don’t know if that is true but it might be worth remembering if you want to ship an export trailer through DSV.
Nice pictures,
W
I picked it up on thursday and was booked to have friday off, when i rocked up and saw it was a tilt i thought it was a wind up because i have had to have the roof back for trees before 
, thankfully luck was on my side.
I knew someone would mention the straps, not sure why when it was loaded he put them on the outside, maybe they were an after thought, i had to re do them when i picked it up as they were so loose they were swinging about .
Harry Monk:
Saaamon:
Love the pictures!Ok, just for you then. I’m afraid there’s no tilt trailer in this one.
haha brilliant, we could do with some women like your wife in this game.
Was that your turners wagon(with tilt behind it) parked up on the vosa check point on switch island this morning?
Thereal-john:
Was that your turners wagon(with tilt behind it) parked up on the vosa check point on switch island this morning?
No not me, hope he’s been behaving himself lol!
AlexWignall:
I would say you had a pretty hard day if that was your first day with one of those chuffin’ things… I never had to break one down to a complete flat bed but I’ve had to strip and roll the roof back from the back and from the the front far too many times to consider it fun. Thankfully, Tilts are banned at most steelworks now…BTW, there is a sign in DSV in Immingham telling drivers not to secure ratchet strap buckles on the outside of the dropside panels of the trailer because it’s illegal in Germany and they will not be shipped. I don’t know if that is true but it might be worth remembering if you want to ship an export trailer through DSV.
Nice pictures,
W
Another sensible reason for not strapping over the sides is that it doesn’t bend them, there is room between the side rail to feed a strap through
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.
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 TILTMiddle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent
First Known Use: 15th century
I used to drive that. 
fair play to you i have rebuild tilts many times in the hot spanish sunshine its not fun at all but then its not fun when the wind is up eitherr
Do they still make new tilt trailers?
10-4 good buddy:
fair play to you i have rebuild tilts many times in the hot spanish sunshine its not fun at all but then its not fun when the wind is up eitherr
Cheers… It doesnt look like much fun, i’ve got alot of time for you lot that had to use them all the time.
Harry Monk:
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?
Pescara?
Remember my Dad stripping Estron, Portbridge and Ferrymasters trailers when he worked for Roger. Speak to Bronco, Ian or Mick, they’ll tell you all about that work, used to be a regular thing for them. I only ever had to have the sides up for Windhorst luckily.
Suedehead:
Pescara?
The factory may well have been, I can’t remember but it was Italy, the other one was taken at Cluses on the way up Mont Blanc.
I used to do the Norfolk Line swap body tilts, ok if you had the new type’s but if you had the old tilts tis was a bloody nightmare, plus they were higher than the normal tilt trls, awkward if youre a short arse like me
Definetely a big no no to have ratchet straps on the outside of a tilt (or any trailer) fastened underneath or on to the chassis in Germany. Thats why all new Eurolines have a million strapping points internally now.
I cant believe that they’re still pratting about with tilts these days. I know Schenker kept a lot because they run in to Russia from Finland and they used to be a requirement of TIR but not any more. Every time I return to the UK I keep expecting these ferry freight companies to have binned their tilts, especially as they’re only engaged in western European work, but no, they keep lingering on.
While on Ewals I never did a full stripout, but the tilts were complete heaps of sh, they got rid of them and we were happy, until they decided to hire them back from the hire co that they sold them to 
,same crap but with a red cover. Done a few stripouts on other traction work for Portbridge and P&O, but if you were lucky some crane men would hook on to the back of the cover and pull it to the front…but some wouldn’t for H&S 
. Then I went on Schenellecke all brand new Euroliners, what a difference that was.
robroy:
0While on Ewals I never did a full stripout, but the tilts were complete heaps of sh, they got rid of them and we were happy, until they decided to hire them back from the hire co that they sold them to
Good God man, have you suffered the ordeal of a Schnellecke trailer (I should say, ex-Schnellecke) lately? They’re the biggest pile of crap going now, no maintanence whatsover so the curtains barely want to move, especially with those heavy metal bars inside the curtains. I did quite a few of them last winter when I was back in the UK and they were in many ways worse than a tilt as they were so inoperable due to abuse, damage and neglect.