euromat:
before courts went bust, we used to deliver to their shop in weymouth, which was impossible to get an artic in, there was no way you could make the turn, we were doing it in rigids until they sent an artic down there, the guy refused to go anywhere near it knowing what it was like, he got a warning from the boss , all trying to save a lot of aggro and a truck getting stuck!!!
Used to go there on Alstons. ā ā ā ā ā of a place unless you had a rear steer trailer.
The worst jobs iāve been to with a wagon were mostly on heating oil tankers, T.A.F.
toowise:
Went to one near St.Davids the other week (named after a famous rock and roll singer that alledgely died on the bog! dont know if you know it g.g.)
Place looked deserted but i knocked on the farmhouse door and the farmer opened it strait away and saidā¦
āHeard you come in, thats a bit big we usually have an 8 wheeler not an artic. Feed goes in that bin there youāll have to turn round.ā
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St. Elvis! Yep, been there; you must have had organic on. Itās not all that easy in an 8-wheeler either. Not one of my personal favourites and itās a dirty hole as well IIRC.
Was that out of BOCM Blandford?
Got it in 1 g.g. It was from HJLea Oakes in Congleton they do all the Organic for Lloyds now. Lloyds must have gotten it off BOCM.
Was a bit mucky too the drive out empty in the pouring rain was an experiance as well with part of it being on the bedrock not tarmac
one we do that i dont like is a blind side reverse into a shed,part of an old mill,full jack knife type and they give you a radio to talk you in.cant hear the radio at the best of times but dosent help when the east european bloke does the guiding in
Company outside lisburn turn off the main road and go up that track where 2 motorbikes would have trouble passing so if you meet a car (usually an annoyed resident) you need to reverse right back to the road then 90 degree right into the yard thich is usualy 3/4 full of cars so no turning. was panicing the 1st time I was sent there but go every other day no problem now.
This view doesnt do it justice eitherā¦ its a hell of a steep hill the last 1/3 of the lane!!
I spend a fair bit of time up north delivering containers so narrow roads and tight access is part of the job description.
Hereās a couple of recent oneās that i pictured ( no pictures taken with vehicle in motion ).
The first one is a farm and believe it or not is only 30 mins from Glasgow.
The second was a private house on the isle of Arran, the box was to sit in the driveway but because iāve got a big crane thats normally not a problem.I would set up on the street and lift over the wall/fence. That wasānt possible this time though, due to wires and trees .
The first picture is the access road, the second ,taken after delivery ,is driveway i had to access
Bearing in mind iām driving a 12mt 8 wheel rigid .
Not the tightest, as in getting to somewhere, cos it was a straight reverse in but getting thru the gates was very close yesterday at the Guildhall in Portsmouth, it looks quite wide in the picture, but when my doors were level with the gates i couldnt have even opened the door a half inch.
theres one somewhere between stoke, manchester and chesterfield, where they have to use forklifts to get artics out - its driving me mad as i canāt think for the life of me where it is.
papermonkey:
Tesco metro in Norwich, need vaseline on the trailer
Been past the back of that numerous times, they put an artic in thereā ā ? Iād not try and put a 7.5 tonner into there!!!
My suggestion: Suderelbe in Hamburg, not tight when empty, but when littered with wagons, itās a pain in the neck to get on a bay, and Debenhams (I think) in Taunton town centerā¦ Squeeze across a busy pavement, with bollards to make it harder, down a tight (and rapidly narrowing) alley that puts your mirrors flat, then into a small and oddly shaped area that says āNo parkingā and yet is always full of cars, then onto a bay if youāre luckyā¦
Delivered chipboard into there. GVW of around 42t.
Down the narrow lane between the factory and the fence, 90 degree turn right through the shed, watch out for the stacks of chipboard stored there, (about 4 inches clearance). Drive forward, open curtains, get tipped then itās a mega-screw round to face the other way. Trailer wheels are actually rotating backwards as you screw it round.
If you get it wrongā¦itās a helicopter job to get you out.
This is a lane I go down sometimes to deliver to the back of a premises, this is the second part of the lane when you are exiting, the first part is worse as there is 2 deep verges either side and sometimes the road gets very slippery and your mirrors are burried way into the bushes so you cant see naff all.
I pray the day never comes that
A: I ever meet someone coming the other way.
B: My back wheels donāt slide into the ditch when you turn one of the corners while trying not to have your mirrors smashed by the treeās!!!
When TOMTOM said "Turn left" you can imagine my initial scepticism.
Oh and i wasānt driving when i took this, i had stopped - I can here the picture police coming over the hill āneenar neenarā
If you look at the road called Belgelei just in front of the tanker. That is where you have to reverse in on your blind side. It is easy in a British truck though.
The advantage here was you just fold your mirrors in and watch the guy from OCG, he is inch perfect and just nods at you as you reverse through a tunnel
Ancona - patras ferry when you had to reverse up the ramp
Harwich to ā ā holland reverse on, blind it round the bend then on to the ferry, first trip in a wagon & drag (Crane fruehauf coupling)
50 Tonne body scanner into exhibition in Barcelona
Sat Nav turn near Taunton went through Allerford, then, Hillfarrance, through broom lane, if i had taken the next left it would have been straight forward in an artic with a 14ā9 travel height i was ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā it , if your ever near there in your car have a look, there was a Truck driver in a car behind me, that stopped when i came out of broom lane & gave me directions, giggling he said āI truly didnāt think you were gonna get through thereā
Ancona - patras ferry when you had to reverse up the ramp
Harwich to ā ā holland reverse on, blind it round the bend then on to the ferry, first trip in a wagon & drag (Crane fruehauf coupling)
50 Tonne body scanner into exhibition in Barcelona
Sat Nav turn near Taunton went through Allerford, then, Hillfarrance, through broom lane, if i had taken the next left it would have been straight forward in an artic with a 14ā9 travel height i was [zb] it , if your ever near there in your car have a look, there was a Truck driver in a car behind me, that stopped when i came out of broom lane & gave me directions, giggling he said āI truly didnāt think you were gonna get through thereā
I worked for M&S Thatcham for seven years up till March.
I did Oxford every Sunday for anout four years. Great place, especially at Christmas. Uxbridge is pretty tight too.
Kingston was a bad one, so was Exeter. Newport in Wales was a nightmare. Made Oxford look like a RDCā¦
, all trying to save a lot of aggro and a truck getting stuck!!!
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went through Allerford, then, Hillfarrance, through broom lane, if i had taken the next left it would have been straight forward in an artic with a 14ā9 travel height i was ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā it 
