From what i read it seems that Scandinavia must be one of the last areas where you still see a lot of tilts being pulled,certainly a lot of ferry trailers that come up here,as well as most of the eastern european trucks which i see are tilts.Maybe it’s to do with the distances 
hutpik:
From what i read it seems that Scandinavia must be one of the last areas where you still see a lot of tilts being pulled,certainly a lot of ferry trailers that come up here,as well as most of the eastern european trucks which i see are tilts.Maybe it’s to do with the distances
It used to be a TIR requirement for Russia (and some other places) to have a tilt for customs sealing purposes. That is no longer the case and hasnt been for a few years now. Schenker kept a lot for that reason, many of their trailers that went to Finland would also go in to Russia and back for example.
A lot of the eastern European have kept them, but the difference there is that most of them have much more lightweight sheets than the dirty big great thick stiff things you’ll find on a Schenker tilt for example. Its a bit like the difference between the tarps used in th UK on flat beds that are generally big heavy duty things and what are now used in Canada and the US, the ones here are really light and easy to handle in comparison.
Thank you for that,robinhood.I’ve suspected for a long time that some tilt covers are lighter than others.I’ve struggled to strip covers ,especially on the last folds,but watched a few other non UK firm’s drivers manage it with a lot less hassle.I did ask the question on here a good while back,but got a rather sarky answer along the lines of ‘Maybe they just get on with it’. I forget who it was,but it was quite likely someone who’s never had to do it. 
Sir +:
Thank you for that,robinhood.I’ve suspected for a long time that some tilt covers are lighter than others.I’ve struggled to strip covers ,especially on the last folds,but watched a few other non UK firm’s drivers manage it with a lot less hassle.I did ask the question on here a good while back,but got a rather sarky answer along the lines of ‘Maybe they just get on with it’. I forget who it was,but it was quite likely someone who’s never had to do it.
A lot of the eastern boys with the modern recent built tilts that you still see definetely have lightweight sheets, you can tell just by looking at them as you drive by how thin they are by how they flap against the wind and how you can see the tilt boards so clearly like a rib cage showing through. I’ve never done a proper strip out with a tilt, usually only one side out, both sides very occasionally and that was enough of a hardship. One of my very first jobs after passing my test was pulling Hecksher (became Speedcargo) tilts that were old ex P&O relics.
Saaamon:
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,
Build the frame fasten a rope round the tilt.Chuck the other end of the rope over the frame and fasten it to the back of your tractor cross member then pull the tilt up to the top of the frame.
Why do DSV / DFDS and Ferrymasters still use the odd tilt? Are they used for a specific job or contract or just old trailers which haven’t yet been phased out?
Also whats the idea behind those half tilt half euro liner type trailers where by it has a tilt side with hooks and cord but pulls back like a curtain sider and with the matching sliding roof?
A lot of the reason that tilts flap so much is because they used to have pockets stitched inside the sheets, you put the timbers through these but very few people realised that is what they were for.
Pulling the tilt cover over with a crane or a tractor unit is more likely to rip out the eyes, not good if you are using it for its intended purpose, one or two rings missing will probably mean a strip out at every border or paying for a manifest.
A piece of rope, pull up the centre, then use a tilt board to flip up the edges, much worse when you have to climb on the roof to roll back the sheet 
Ideally you want to be loading on a Wednesday and tipping Tuesday 
At one of my 1st driving jobs we had 2x45ft spread axle tilts, with covers made out of rhino hide! One of the happiest days of my life when they were replaced with Euroliners. But B4 that the guys at BS Wednesbury were my heroes (always pulled the sheet over).
TonyP:
At one of my 1st driving jobs we had 2x45ft spread axle tilts, with covers made out of rhino hide! One of the happiest days of my life when they were replaced with Euroliners. But B4 that the guys at BS Wednesbury were my heroes (always pulled the sheet over).
Excellent! 
Harry Monk:
Saaamon:
Love the pictures!Ok, just for you then. I’m afraid there’s no tilt trailer in this one.
Hi all,well as Micke is saying.They are quite common in Sweden.Both shenker and dhl still use them in the traffice sweden to finland and opposite when the send them whiteout the truck.
They are a lot east block trucks in that kind of transport now days…
But the tilts are often not allowed at big factorys,it takes forever to stripp…I havent pull one for years:-)
Reg Danne
Dirty Dan:
Hi all,well as Micke is saying.They are quite common in Sweden.Both shenker and dhl still use them in the traffice sweden to finland and opposite when the send them whiteout the truck.
They are a lot east block trucks in that kind of transport now days…
But the tilts are often not allowed at big factorys,it takes forever to stripp…I havent pull one for years:-)Reg Danne
They send a lot of them to the UK too. I’ve had many a Schenker tilt before.
And some other pieces of crap that are thankfully now long gone (I think)
Hi! Did you ever got the shenker tilts that hade some kinda net insted of the woodisch things?(dont know what they are called)
I remember that i pulled a lot of fore a company called SpeedCargo from the U K and there tillts were rubbisch,they fell apart when you stripped it… Thouse were the days:-)
I used to work with a bloke who sat and told me in the ‘Wheelhouse’ one night that he told his boss to…
‘stick with tilts and not to bother with them flimsy euroliner thingys…’
I suspected he was a berk when I worked with him, I laughed to myself that I was obviously right (as I walked back to my Tanker) haha…
W
It never bothered me, taking both sides out of a tilt to tip/load, i would do it now without a problem (and loose a bit of weight!!) stripping them out (roof) was a different story thou, bloody hated stripping 'em out, not too bad putting 'em back together. All this ^^^ is a right pain in the arse if its really windy! To tip both sides in the wind do one side a time against the wind so it doesnt lift the whole sheet of the frame and dump it on the floor!
I did have to reload this with a roof stripout in Scunthorpe once 
side out reloading in Coimbra Portugal
The easiest way, euroliner,under 5 minutes to do this
Many modern tilts have Edscha roof’s, take the tilt cord out & you can slide the whole thing (roof & sides) to the front bay.
Nearly all modern tilts with coil wells have this system.
Easy peasy.
Ross.
Kindle: I did have to do this once in Scunthorpe!
Aye them zb in the Rod Mill would not let you pull your sheet back under cover either, they made you drive outside into the bloody wind and rain. 
Wheel Nut:
Kindle: I did have to do this once in Scunthorpe!
Aye them zb in the Rod Mill would not let you pull your sheet back under cover either, they made you drive outside into the bloody wind and rain.
Caparo Rod and Bar… Just ask any Ferrymasters Subby how much they loved that frikkin place.
I still have to check with people I meet from Scunthorpe if they used to work there…
W
Hi Kindle! I totaly agree on just stripping the sides no problem at all,like you said any day:-) But the roof ,lasttime i didit it was whit a Hangartner tilt and one of the steelbeems was brokend so one fell in my head,and one tripp to the hospital and 10 stiches later the workers had loaded my tlilt and put it all together and i was on my way again:-)
kindle530:
It never bothered me, taking both sides out of a tilt to tip/load, i would do it now without a problem (and loose a bit of weight!!) stripping them out (roof) was a different story thou, bloody hated stripping 'em out, not too bad putting 'em back together. All this ^^^ is a right pain in the arse if its really windy! To tip both sides in the wind do one side a time against the wind so it doesnt lift the whole sheet of the frame and dump it on the floor!
I did have to reload this with a roof stripout in Scunthorpe once
2side out reloading in Coimbra Portugal
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The easiest way, euroliner,under 5 minutes to do this