roping and sheeting

[gazsa401]

I pick up this 20yd bin every 4 weeks it’s all off cuts of new Formica and similar types of materials
If I don’t sheet and rope it whilst it’s on the deck the majority of it would slide off and fall off when I pick it up
I just wondered what advice Mr CF would give me in the art of load restraint in doing it another way
The elastic bungee on the sheet is only there for keeping it in place and not for load restraint

Very dificult to do decent hitches that low down I would have thought, do you go round and redo them when you have it on board ?

It’s not too bad I’m still quite fit and agile I do get them tight as the consequences are half the load slides off the back if you don’t
9 times out of 10 they don’t need redoing but the odd one might do

[Star down under.]

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I for one have nothing to say !

Believe it or not - this company is still around!, originally called 'Hi Speed' Transport - they are now just plain old 'Hi-Trans', based here in Adelaide.
There are still loads of wool coming out of Adelaide too, fortunately I've only loaded wool in a curtainsider myself - and, even with a strap over each bale, you end up with lumps bulging out of the curtains in a very short time. I always though that strapping / roping wool is a bit like squeezing a balloon - as you squeeze one side, the same amount bulges out the other side.
Respect to the old Bradford wool men......

Thanks for that, Hispeed had to change their name when the name became non-pc.

[harry_gill]

Hiya,
Er' I always wore gloves to do every job associated with road haulage,
except the driving bit, Why you may ask "or not even bother to ask" I
got knocked back by a gorgeous young lady because of the horrible
condition of my hands, I was single in those days, and I won't need to
spell out where it was my intention to place my hands. Nuff said.

Well "H" I reckon you still had your gloves on when you "handling in the area" with that young Lady But then again some of those Old Broilers that used to frequent The Brown Bear you would defo need gloves on didn't you ? Cheers Dennis.

Hiya,
Dennis I feel you know me better than I know myself, but try and pull
in the Brown Bear !!! what was that German bird called ?.

[Bewick]

Hiya,
Er' I always wore gloves to do every job associated with road haulage,
except the driving bit, Why you may ask "or not even bother to ask" I
got knocked back by a gorgeous young lady because of the horrible
condition of my hands, I was single in those days, and I won't need to
spell out where it was my intention to place my hands. Nuff said.

Well "H" I reckon you still had your gloves on when you "handling in the area" with that young Lady But then again some of those Old Broilers that used to frequent The Brown Bear you would defo need gloves on didn't you ? Cheers Dennis.

Hiya,
Dennis I feel you know me better than I know myself, but try and pull
in the Brown Bear !!! what was that German bird called ?.

Was it Gerda or Angela ? one of them had run a concentration camp I believe, you know which one she wore them thigh high jack boots and carried a whip ! Cheers Dennis

[newmercman]

This is just wrong, firstly sheeted and strapped between the pallets would be better, or even easier, stack the rolls of turf properly so that the top rolls were turned 90° so the strap held the whole pallet and not just the roll with a strap over it. Common sense is absent here.

[lespullan]

This is just wrong, firstly sheeted and strapped between the pallets would be better, or even easier, stack the rolls of turf properly so that the top rolls were turned 90° so the strap held the whole pallet and not just the roll with a strap over it. Common sense is absent here.

Perhaps our friend loaded it. Les.

[ramone]

This is just wrong, firstly sheeted and strapped between the pallets would be better, or even easier, stack the rolls of turf properly so that the top rolls were turned 90° so the strap held the whole pallet and not just the roll with a strap over it. Common sense is absent here.

Sheets dont hold loads the straps do in his rule book . But doesn't the shrink wrap give him a clue that if it is all held together tightly it acts as a restraint then rope over the top to keep the sheet tight .
The pallets definitely need turning at the very least

[Bewick]

A shot of one our Atkis loaded with 20 ton( probably heavier !) of sea washed turf cut from the upper tidal reaches of Morecambe bay and one of many loads we shipped to the South east over the years for recovering bowling greens. The turf was cut in squares and stacked on pallets.

[gazsa401]

A shot of one our Atkis loaded with 20 ton( probably heavier !) of sea washed turf cut from the upper tidal reaches of Morecambe bay and one of many loads we shipped to the South east over the years for recovering bowling greens. The turf was cut in squares and stacked on pallets.

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Dennis did you ever run any Gardner powered Borderers ?
Thanks Gary

[Bewick]

A shot of one our Atkis loaded with 20 ton( probably heavier !) of sea washed turf cut from the upper tidal reaches of Morecambe bay and one of many loads we shipped to the South east over the years for recovering bowling greens. The turf was cut in squares and stacked on pallets.

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Dennis did you ever run any Gardner powered Borderers ?
Thanks Gary

Just one Gaz which was an L reg 8LXB Borderer on our McGuffie Transport fleet which mainly operated between W. Cumbria/Milnthorpe and south Lancs/Cheshire/N. Wales. All our other Borderers were 205/220 Cummins engine. Cheers Dennis.

[dave docwra]

A shot of one our Atkis loaded with 20 ton( probably heavier !) of sea washed turf cut from the upper tidal reaches of Morecambe bay and one of many loads we shipped to the South east over the years for recovering bowling greens. The turf was cut in squares and stacked on pallets.

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You were a lucky man Dennis, with so few ropes your lad was lucky not to have lost such an unsecured load

[rigsby]

You would have to turn the lorry upside down to move that load , turf sticks together like crap to a blanket . If you ever had the dubious pleasure of hand balling that stuff you would soon find that out .

[Punchy Dan]

Seen today somewhere

[Punchy Dan]

Not sure who the driver was

[rigsby]

Were you in Fairfield Industrial estate on Tuesday Dan ? I heard a Cummins M11 coming up the hill ,sounded as sweet as a nut .

[Punchy Dan]

Were you in Fairfield Industrial estate on Tuesday Dan ? I heard a Cummins M11 coming up the hill ,sounded as sweet as a nut .

Not me Dave ,I went to Colchester and back then spent the afternoon stuck in a field at Rowsley

[Lawrence Dunbar]

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Seen today somewhere

Top range stuff there Dan, Its nice to see proper sheeted & roped loads, Of course I Learnt all the stuff in the 50s, Happy Days now long gone, Im just having a night cap, A very large Glenmorangie just to help my relax of course , Regards Larry.

[ramone]

Were you in Fairfield Industrial estate on Tuesday Dan ? I heard a Cummins M11 coming up the hill ,sounded as sweet as a nut .

Not me Dave ,I went to Colchester and back then spent the afternoon stuck in a field at Rowsley

I saw a Josh Punchard 8 wheeler and trailer at Leeds Fest on thursday

[Punchy Dan]

Were you in Fairfield Industrial estate on Tuesday Dan ? I heard a Cummins M11 coming up the hill ,sounded as sweet as a nut .

Not me Dave ,I went to Colchester and back then spent the afternoon stuck in a field at Rowsley

I saw a Josh Punchard 8 wheeler and trailer at Leeds Fest on thursday

Yes we had a job on there Friday towing trailers out back to Rugby .

[Punchy Dan]

Heading for Gazsa401 depot

[Punchy Dan]

edit the most recent info suggests the driver should not get on the back when loading

[coomsey]

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[Retired Old Fart]

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edit the most recent info suggests the driver should not get on the back when loading

Please tell us that the apprentice flt driver loaded that lot, Dan! You would have done better with the crane and, to be really honest, I would have had a problem agreeing to take it out of the yard!

[Bewick]

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Heading for Gazsa401 depot

Gazza Strip more likely !!

[Lawrence Dunbar]

One of Dennis,s Faves Eh. , And I did it my way. , Regards Larry.

[Bewick]

Right Larry my Lad A shot of what I believe would have been a similar load of reels , on end, and please note not a rope over the fly sheet ! IIRC our Scania had loaded ex L.I.F.T. Stratford. Cheers Dennis

[ramone]

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Right Larry my Lad A shot of what I believe would have been a similar load of reels , on end, and please note not a rope over the fly sheet ! IIRC our Scania had loaded ex L.I.F.T. Stratford. Cheers Dennis

I always liked the P cabbed Scanias , i spent quite a lot of time in them in the late 80s

[Retired Old Fart]

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Right Larry my Lad A shot of what I believe would have been a similar load of reels , on end, and please note not a rope over the fly sheet ! IIRC our Scania had loaded ex L.I.F.T. Stratford. Cheers Dennis

You didn't honestly think he wouldn't notice, did you, Larry?!?! Looks like you would have reaped huge benefits from my Overpriced R&S Courses. Such a shame I've had to discontinue the service due to the failure of previous clients to settle their accounts.

[rigsby]

It's more likely you spend all your time on't allotment brewing illicit substances in 't shed . I believe rhubarb wine is a big seller this year.

[Lawrence Dunbar]

It's more likely you spend all your time on't allotment brewing illicit substances in 't shed . I believe rhubarb wine is a big seller this year.

Are you sure its not a Moonshine Still, ,Plus if it is I will enrol to be a member willing to invest in a money making project, Better than Sheeting & Roping IMO, Regards Larry.