What about this sign? Bridgnorth to Ludlow, Managed it in a doubledecker and thank god it was night time is all i can say.
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Some posts on here make me laugh ,some of you must think your lorry is massive ,these are the sort of jobs I go to in Cornwall ,Devon and across Wales ,most are only fit for a tractor ,I must want head testing to keep doing them ,most are in accessible with out diff lock the lift axle up and a low roof cab
Punchy Dan:
0Some posts on here make me laugh ,some of you must think your lorry is massive ,these are the sort of jobs I go to in Cornwall ,Devon and across Wales ,most are only fit for a tractor ,I must want head testing to keep doing them ,most are in accessible with out diff lock the lift axle up and a low roof cab
Sounds awesome, do let us know if you chuck it! 
merc0447:
Anyone done sugarich in Falkirk. 2 roads into it and both are marked up “unsuitable for long vehicles”One way is an abouslute nightmare and you need to go right over bushes almost in a field to do the turn.The other way is perfectly fine.
Now if it was illegal to go up these roads how did sugarich get an olicence for their own trucks?
Me personally I’d stop and google steeet view the whole road. Some are fine to go down but some are a nightmare and you could get stuck if you’re not careful.
Used to go there years ago before the restrictions came into force i think. Worst was the shed being too small to turn an artic in. You used to drive in, tip then pull forward. The shovel used to turn push your trailer sideways as you turned. I doubt health and safety allow that now.
What annoys me more thn anything about this, both as a driver and as someone living on a road which shouldn’t have artics using it is the lack of communication between consignor, consignee and the driver. The driver didn’t go goo goo in his pram and then: " oh yes I can’t take an artic down ■■■ rd, I have to come in from the other end", he has to be told the correct approach route. It should always be clearly marked on the delivery notes that there is a set route in or out of the premises and a map supplied indicating what that route is. The people wanting the goods know what the roads are like, the initial onus is on them to notify their supplier. The driver should always be given directions.
It is not only unsuitable roads that cause the problem, anyone who has been to Hall Hunter at Tuesley Farm Milford will know that the entrance is literally 50 yards from the banned lorries sign, yet the initial sign is down at the start of Station rd Milford about 2 or 3 miles away. Companies like this should be paying for one of the black Lorry direction route signs to be erected at the site of the first 7.5tonne prohibited sign. to indicate that approach from that direction IS required.
robroy:
Go on then, enlighten the rest of us
I’m thinking Digit.
robroy:
bobbya:
galeforce96:
Hello drivers.
I would like to know,
Can hgv class 2 drivers get prosecuted for driving down a road, thats meant to be unsuitable for hgv lorrys…I made a mistake, following my sat nav
That directed me along rarrow road,
At the same time a small van
was coming towards me
Only for the driver of the van being difficult
That refused to park in layby so I could have room to pass.
When he decided to park in layby
He reserved without looking and hit another car that was now in the layby
Then he blamed me for accident
And then called police…
4 police cars arrive inside 10 minutes,
That would not happen if there was a bank robbery going onI see you’re posting under another new name,same made up bad grammar,who are you going to be next week?
Go on then, enlighten the rest of us
Immigrant, and andreas or whatever ,and there’s been loads of them all in the same vein,very boring,go on give me a kicking now.
galeforce96:
Hello drivers.
I would like to know,
Can hgv class 2 drivers get prosecuted for driving down a road, thats meant to be unsuitable for hgv lorrys…I made a mistake, following my sat nav
That directed me along rarrow road,
At the same time a small van
was coming towards me
Only for the driver of the van being difficult
That refused to park in layby so I could have room to pass.
When he decided to park in layby
He reserved without looking and hit another car that was now in the layby
Then he blamed me for accident
And then called police…
4 police cars arrive inside 10 minutes,
That would not happen if there was a bank robbery going on
Hang up the keys and become a poet, that’s quality!
Muckaway:
I smell bs with the OP. I’ve never heard of a driver being prosecuted for an accident they weren’t involved in.
And not the fact that 4 police cars turned up in 10 minutes. 
Did they give you a carbon copy of the ticket which if filled properly will include their collar numbers?
If so the contact the forces professional standards department explaining what happened, that a blue sign doesn’t prohibited you etc. That will soon shut them up.
There is no way on this earth you can be blamed for some dozy van driver doing that.
If they didn’t give you the ticket (they should have done or explained how you can get a copy at a later date) then phone 101 and ask for the police log number and then ask to make s complaint against the officers involved. Again, that will soon shut them up and you’ll probably get a call from the inspector to apologise for the unprofessional behaviour of the officers.
Don’t get too excited Rowley, it didn’t happen.
robroy:
I’m not disputing what cav says as he seems to know the score by actually living on an ’ unsuitable’
However in my case I have to use them all the time on Cornwall farm deliveries, and on an artic not a Class2.
(I was even thinking of a paralell career of tree and hedge trimmer using my 14 6 trailer to make a few extra quid while doing my main job at same time.I have also come across the complete arse on a single track who will not move , even after an altercation, but I find that if I put my feet up on steering wheel and pretend to read the newspaper they soon get sick and see sense.
Yep seems pretty normal to have to use some pretty unsuitable roads if you’re doing agricultural work, most of the local are used to meeting large truck or farm machinery on the roads and normally get out of the way, it seem to be those that have moved in who take the sign seriously are unable to get out of the way.
I didn’t bother getting stressed by them, just stopped and waited for them to give up, I was paid by the hour anyway.
Didn’t even rise to the abuse on the way past, just tug the forelock, smile and go Ahh! Yarp!
robroy:
I don’t know how long you’ve been driving mate but you have just learned a valuable lesson…‘‘Do NOT fully rely on sat navs’’…, use them as a guide backed up with something like google earth, or perish the thought., wait for it… a Trucker’s map.
Or as tachograph says, stay off unsuitables…even better.That is one of the reasons I do not have an all bells and whistles expensive truck sat nav, but a basic one, even if I wanted one (or needed one which I don’t) the places I go every week would tell it that they are unsuitable for trucks and I would never get any of my drops off.
Nothing wrong with Sat Navs, they don’t actually force you to go down the road with a sign that says its unsuitable, it’s all down to operator error.
muckles:
Nothing wrong with Sat Navs, they don’t actually force you to go down the road with a sign that says its unsuitable, it’s all down to operator error.
Yeh that’s correct, but I didn’t say there was anything wrong with sat navs, I thought that I clearly pointed out that the fault was how a lot of drivers use them… ie. as the gospel according to God rather than an advisory guide
2 pages and the OP has only ever posted twice.
Is it April yet 
robroy:
muckles:
Nothing wrong with Sat Navs, they don’t actually force you to go down the road with a sign that says its unsuitable, it’s all down to operator error.Yeh that’s correct, but I didn’t say there was anything wrong with sat navs, I thought that I clearly pointed out that the fault was how a lot of drivers use them… ie. as the gospel according to God rather than an advisory guide
Note to self, read posts more carefully.
muckles:
robroy:
muckles:
Nothing wrong with Sat Navs, they don’t actually force you to go down the road with a sign that says its unsuitable, it’s all down to operator error.Yeh that’s correct, but I didn’t say there was anything wrong with sat navs, I thought that I clearly pointed out that the fault was how a lot of drivers use them… ie. as the gospel according to God rather than an advisory guide
Sorry mate I wasn’t meaning to come across as an arse, I was just clarifying my point.
We do a collection at a place 20 or so miles from base, if you trusted your satnav, it’d send you down lanes that at 6’4, I wouldn’t even attempt on a pushbike, I kid you not.
But if you had the sense not to turn into one of those lanes, and followed your nose, there is absolutely nowhere to turn around, never mind though, the detour to get at it from the right side only takes 80 minutes.
A mistake you only make once.
There is one excuse for a layby all the way round and you dive in there to ring the office.
By which time you’re actually in another county.
And when you do find the right lane, do not even attempt to use it if there is a shift change imminent. The 45 you could have had on the bunk will end up as wasted driving time, as you’d have to reverse back if anything wider than a Vespa came the other way
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A mate of mine works for a wood burner dealer near me and had a pillock of a driver try to take a lorry down a road you’d fit a micra down if you were lucky. The thing is this road is banked by rock, yet the guy kept going until the truck was severely wedged in. The recovery boys spent a fair bit of time scratching their heads as they didn’t dare take their truck down that road fearing the same fate. In the end very long cables routed around trees to get the right pull angle were deployed.
galeforce96:
Hello drivers.
I would like to know,
Can hgv class 2 drivers get prosecuted for driving down a road, thats meant to be unsuitable for hgv lorrys…I made a mistake, following my sat nav
That directed me along rarrow road,
At the same time a small van
was coming towards me
Only for the driver of the van being difficult
That refused to park in layby so I could have room to pass.
When he decided to park in layby
He reserved without looking and hit another car that was now in the layby
Then he blamed me for accident
And then called police…
4 police cars arrive inside 10 minutes,
That would not happen if there was a bank robbery going on [WHITE SMILING FACE][WHITE SMILING FACE]
I read it in a Pam Ayres voice. Very enjoyable.
bobbya:
robroy:
bobbya:
galeforce96:
Hello drivers.
I would like to know,
Can hgv class 2 drivers get prosecuted for driving down a road, thats meant to be unsuitable for hgv lorrys…I made a mistake, following my sat nav
That directed me along rarrow road,
At the same time a small van
was coming towards me
Only for the driver of the van being difficult
That refused to park in layby so I could have room to pass.
When he decided to park in layby
He reserved without looking and hit another car that was now in the layby
Then he blamed me for accident
And then called police…
4 police cars arrive inside 10 minutes,
That would not happen if there was a bank robbery going onI see you’re posting under another new name,same made up bad grammar,who are you going to be next week?
Go on then, enlighten the rest of us
Immigrant, and andreas or whatever ,and there’s been loads of them all in the same vein,very boring,go on give me a kicking now.
Hello fellas
Yes I did post on another link and the reason that is,
To get much of advise as possible
So thank you to all that give me good information