Just to be awkward, Soo-zee’s 
Like run-up ramps for the 5th wheel, I have always known them as Early Risers!
Isn’t a dwang the sound it makes when they come undone and rattle down the side of the truck?
trevHCS:
Isn’t a dwang the sound it makes when they come undone and rattle down the side of the truck?
I wouldn’t know 
trevHCS:
Isn’t a dwang the sound it makes when they come undone and rattle down the side of the truck?
I think you’re missing something trev! The idea is you fasten them tight enough
to secure the load, then they can’t as you put it, " rattle down the side"
kevmac47:
Pennineman:
A few of us on here have used these blue suzies a time or two on the road!0
When we used blue “susies” you would be a “lorry driver”.
Personally I’ve never ever driven a “truck” apart from
a fork lift truck! I wonder what the original poster would
make of the regional words used for fasteners used on
steel? Regional variations were, Scotland a “dwang”,
Northern England a “warwick”, other areas were a
" tensioner ", a “twitch”, a “loadbinder”.
I’m sure there were other names but we
don’t want to upset the sensitive little “trucker”,
Do we??
I didn’t know they had a name other than dwangs.
westway cruiser:
Hi GuysI know I am being very “picky” but one thing that annoys me is when drivers call the flexible connections between truck & trailer “SUZIES”. Firstly, the airlines are called airlines; they are NOT “suzies”. SUSIES (correctly spelt) relates to the electrical lines only.
How many times have you called a vacuum cleaner a hoover though? Or referred to internet access as “the wifi”, one which does my head in?
one that irritates me slightly is an Operators certificate of professional competence ( CPC ) for road transport operations, wrongly called a “TRANSPORT MANAGERS CPC” which it certainly aint !!!
I only clicked on the post as i thought it was about Sussies , can you imagine how disappointed i was…
Grumpy_old_trucker:
Pennineman:
A few of us on here have used these blue suzies a time or two on the road!0
It was to feed red diesel from the secret tank which was hidden in the trailer To your main tank.
C+ or even C type couplings were never leak proof so running fuel through them would be a big giveaway
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weewulliewinkie:
one that irritates me slightly is an Operators certificate of professional competence ( CPC ) for road transport operations, wrongly called a “TRANSPORT MANAGERS CPC” which it certainly aint !!!
It was a CPC before drivers had to have one and it’s a pass/fail exam, not a turn up to make the numbers up day.
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Just call them wires
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It was more fun when the girl who invented Polyamide tubing put a twist in it and gave her name to the pipes that drivers use, there was even a pin up photo of Suzi
I think she invented the coil too 
Wheel Nut:
weewulliewinkie:
one that irritates me slightly is an Operators certificate of professional competence ( CPC ) for road transport operations, wrongly called a “TRANSPORT MANAGERS CPC” which it certainly aint !!!It was a CPC before drivers had to have one and it’s a pass/fail exam, not a turn up to make the numbers up day.
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Yep, annoys me no end that the status of a decent Professional qualification was effectively leeched off to add credibility to some pointless everyone’s a winner busy work ‘training’.