You could weep,stuck in the chaos ( que) behind that thing going down the a1 this evening from about m62 all the way to base.
Why he couldn’t of pulled over I don’t know,daft as those idiots driving tractors,should be only allowed on major roads at night.
I was ■■■■■■ off and I drive a truck,what the bloody car drivers thought too it I don’t know,I was embarrassed about his behaviour.
Should of been routed down the m1 ( 3/4 ) lanes and not the a1 ( mostly2) ,that way it would of been possible too pass him 
Planners again 
,no surprise then it ends up in chaos.
planners don’t pick the route for a wide load you apply to the police and there abnormal load office give the route and you have to stick to it there is always a reason why the police send wide loads certain ways
as aggravating as it is why should he pull over its not his fault he got routed that way and he wants to get on as much as the other guy,
but on the hand in Europe a lot of wide loads are moved at night this seems to make life a lot easier
hanson:
planners don’t pick the route for a wide load you apply to the police and there abnormal load office give the route and you have to stick to it there is always a reason why the police send wide loads certain ways
as aggravating as it is why should he pull over its not his fault he got routed that way and he wants to get on as much as the other guy,
but on the hand in Europe a lot of wide loads are moved at night this seems to make life a lot easier
I feel you may be wasting your time trying to explain this to Aidy1, mo, dozy
hanson:
planners don’t pick the route for a wide load you apply to the police and there abnormal load office give the route and you have to stick to it there is always a reason why the police send wide loads certain ways
as aggravating as it is why should he pull over its not his fault he got routed that way and he wants to get on as much as the other guy,
but on the hand in Europe a lot of wide loads are moved at night this seems to make life a lot easier
Not quite right I’m afraid. The operator submits his route with vehicle, load details. The abnormal load officer only normally contacts if there is a problem with the route. So the planner/operator is to blame for a poor choice of route, unless the m1 couldn’t have been used for some reason.
What was it? I joined the queue at a1/m62 junction at about 6 o’clock.
wide loads are always going to inconvenience someone. this time it was you, next time it won’t be (fingers crossed) 
You’re not allowed to move them in the dark I’m almost certain.
Silver_Surfer:
You’re not allowed to move them in the dark I’m almost certain.
as long as all legal lighting regs are adhered to and no curfew there is no reason why any abnormal load cant move in the hours of darkness… they don’t always like to allow movements off the main routes but it depends on the reason for a darkness movement…
section 2.32 NIGHT TIME MOVEMENTS
Night time movements depend on the Police area, some let them, some don’t. I don’t understand why folks get wound up by abnormal loads, they have to move like everything else- its all part of the tapestry , when I am driving my car and get held up by a taughtliner with his critical load of bog rolls, I don’t fret or get annoyed he is slowing me down, I just accept that we all have to share the same road network- he has somewhere to go as do I, I plan my journeys to take account that I will be held up by slower vehicles.
Clocked one on the A37 south of Yeovil today. Had the van in front, hanging over the white line, with all the lights on,forcing people to hug the left kerb. Coming towards me was an artic, with a tank on the back. Overhang either side was about 6 inches.
Why the ■■■■■■?
SWEDISH BLUE:
Clocked one on the A37 south of Yeovil today. Had the van in front, hanging over the white line, with all the lights on,forcing people to hug the left kerb. Coming towards me was an artic, with a tank on the back. Overhang either side was about 6 inches.
Why the ■■■■■■?
Jobs for the boys 
SWEDISH BLUE:
Clocked one on the A37 south of Yeovil today. Had the van in front, hanging over the white line, with all the lights on,forcing people to hug the left kerb. Coming towards me was an artic, with a tank on the back. Overhang either side was about 6 inches.
Why the ■■■■■■?
Prevent a hijack - the tank* still had ammo in it?
May not have been a tank…
Well it’s not all doom & gloom,was on the A31 a couple of weeks ago two ■■■■■■ vehicles & a low loader with a lifeboat on board, congrats to all concerned a credit to the haulage industry you done a first class job kept everything flowing,even the car driving muppets were in awe!(btw DAF unit can’t remember the name on the door)
May not have been a tank…
It had tracks, A bit on the top that could turn and a long barrel sticking out of that bit. That to me is a tank
splitshift:
(btw DAF unit can’t remember the name on the door)
RNLI at a guess!
gov.uk/esdal-and-abnormal-l … rmal-loads
Some interesting information on there, can’t read it all on my phone but the ■■■■■■ may of been required as the tank was over a certain weight. When we move rail over 60 foot requires a mate over 72 foot requires an ■■■■■■. That may be progress rail it might be the law I’m not 100%. 6 inches over hang isn’t much but if the trailer was already very wide then the load could of exceeded 2.9 metres which requires an ■■■■■■.
I regularly used to haul wide and abnormal loads and whilst it might be a nice idea to pull over and let people past, the escorts (police or otherwise) seldom allow you that option. Things like finding a lay-by wide enough where you won’t get grounded or be able get past vehicles already parked, to say nothing about the risks of rejoining a carriageway at very slow speeds and with significantly restricted rear and side vision simply isn’t worth the risks.
The biggest problem is that everyone has a bazillion amber lights and LEDS now days even if their load if no wider than their wing mirrors, car recovery drivers with a car on the bed run with them flashing- trouble with this " look at me lights" is there is so many using them that the general motoring public now ignore them- and when meet something really big its a surprise
SWEDISH BLUE:
May not have been a tank…It had tracks, A bit on the top that could turn and a long barrel sticking out of that bit. That to me is a tank
Aha! Wondered if it was a zb receptical!
LIBERTY_GUY:
I regularly used to haul wide and abnormal loads and whilst it might be a nice idea to pull over and let people past, the escorts (police or otherwise) seldom allow you that option. Things like finding a lay-by wide enough where you won’t get grounded or be able get past vehicles already parked, to say nothing about the risks of rejoining a carriageway at very slow speeds and with significantly restricted rear and side vision simply isn’t worth the risks.
I saw the police escorting a wide load through road works which have a ban on wide loads. Maybe something to do with the 15 mile diversion they obviously didn’t fancy doing.