Seems like a bad day today. I’d hate that to happen to me tbf… Should not of looked at that before bed either lol.
Fires break out pretty dam quick and by the looks of it that started on the unit so I know I would not be thinking ‘quick let’s drop the trailer and save my tesco own brand beans’ I’d be grabbing my laptop phone and smokes and I’d be gone.
On the plus side at least my bacon would be well done and bread toasted!?!
FarnboroughBoy11:
limeyphil:
happysack:
limeyphil:
It just goes to show what sort of drivers are in the job nowadays.
any decent driver would have dropped his trailer and moved the unit.Unless the unit was on fire…
if the unit was on fire, it wouldn’t just go straight up, you’d have time to drop the trailer, saving the trailer and its load.
I agree. First things first you surely would smell the smoke before you even see a fire.
I was only aware of that fire when I heard a clicking noise, then I saw the flames.
If you are travelling at 55mph, and a fire starts in, for example, the exhaust area, the smoke won’t be going straight up into the cab will it?
limeyphil:
It just goes to show what sort of drivers are in the job nowadays.
any decent driver would have dropped his trailer and moved the unit.
And you’d risk yourself for an insured load and trailer, yeah right. ■■■■.
lilysgranpa:
limeyphil:
It just goes to show what sort of drivers are in the job nowadays.
any decent driver would have dropped his trailer and moved the unit.And you’d risk yourself for an insured load and trailer, yeah right. ■■■■.
No of course not. But like others have said, You would see the smoke first. You’d generally have time to do something rather than stand back and do sod all.
Has anyone else noticed that the trailer us one of their new extra length ones!!
mark1968:
Has anyone else noticed that the trailer us one of their new extra length ones!!
It’s a standard 45’. Look at the back axle.
happysack:
FarnboroughBoy11:
limeyphil:
happysack:
limeyphil:
It just goes to show what sort of drivers are in the job nowadays.
any decent driver would have dropped his trailer and moved the unit.Unless the unit was on fire…
if the unit was on fire, it wouldn’t just go straight up, you’d have time to drop the trailer, saving the trailer and its load.
I agree. First things first you surely would smell the smoke before you even see a fire.
I was only aware of that fire when I heard a clicking noise, then I saw the flames.
If you are travelling at 55mph, and a fire starts in, for example, the exhaust area, the smoke won’t be going straight up into the cab will it?
True.
mark1968:
Has anyone else noticed that the trailer us one of their new extra length ones!!
No it’s not.
lilysgranpa:
limeyphil:
It just goes to show what sort of drivers are in the job nowadays.
any decent driver would have dropped his trailer and moved the unit.And you’d risk yourself for an insured load and trailer, yeah right. ■■■■.
I don’t think I would , however it would only take a second to jump out pull the pin and drive out dropping the trailer on its knees , probably the quickest way to save all your own stuff in the cab assuming the fire didn’t start in the unit …
FarnboroughBoy11:
mark1968:
Has anyone else noticed that the trailer us one of their new extra length ones!!No it’s not.
Your right it’s not , the longer trailers have two axles then a couple of foot gap the the third axle slightly farther back… We have several in ower yard …
Most answers seem to be of the “if it happened to me” variety.
So my answer is of the “when it happened to me”…I was out of the cab to see what was going on, and then a few yards up the road to watch it develop.
Last thing on my mind was either the trailer/load or even my own things.
It turned out it was only a small fire caused by some rags a mechanic had left near the exhaust that had ignited and spread to various other bits on the engine and under the cab floor and was soon extinguished.
del949:
Most answers seem to be of the “if it happened to me” variety.
So my answer is of the “when it happened to me”…I was out of the cab to see what was going on, and then a few yards up the road to watch it develop.
Last thing on my mind was either the trailer/load or even my own things.It turned out it was only a small fire caused by some rags a mechanic had left near the exhaust that had ignited and spread to various other bits on the engine and under the cab floor and was soon extinguished.
Ridiculous. Any real driver would have risked burning himself to save the insured trailer/load/unit. Pffft.
Do you allways talk out of your @rse ?
I know, I hung my head in shame for weeks afterwards and hid from my workmates as an unprofessional steering wheel attendant. 
(secretly I was hoping for a new truck and didn’t use enough petrol on the rags)
shytalk:
Do you allways talk out of your @rse ?
Directed at?
I don’t think he understood that you were joking… you WERE joking weren’t you?
Lots of fail in this thread. 
del949:
I know, I hung my head in shame for weeks afterwards and hid from my workmates as an unprofessional steering wheel attendant.(secretly I was hoping for a new truck and didn’t use enough petrol on the rags)
I should have thought of that in the case of an F7 which I had to put up with for too long.
But seriously it can happen to the best of them and if the fire brigade think it’s too dangerous to save their own wagon then there’s no reason why truck drivers should try either. 
del949:
I don’t think he understood that you were joking… you WERE joking weren’t you?
Good gosh and ■■■■, man. I wasn’t joking in the least.
(disclaimer: for the benefit of shytalk, a wink generally denotes a sarcastic reply from me)
;););););)