“Not suitable for long vehicles”

by **Stussy** » Thu May 16, 2019 2:59 pm

That’s usually a sign I see that tells me I’m going the right way!
Here’s a short clip showing the type of roads I’m dealing with, so next time you think somewhere is tight, it could be worse :lol:

https://youtu.be/UX9JCR8x0dM

Watch till the end to see what I’m driving :mrgreen:

by **blueovalcraig** » Thu May 16, 2019 3:40 pm

Yep, I get to drive along roads like that too going to different farms around Argyll and Bute in all fairness it’s not in an artic though lol

It’s fun when it’s icy

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by **Stussy** » Thu May 16, 2019 3:45 pm

When it rains the mud off the banks on either side make it interesting too!
Usually I don’t get to that farm until dark, which makes it even more fun.
Is also fun when the hedges are over grown, sometimes you can only see the grass down the middle of the road as the bushes have grown out so far, then it looks like a foot path and have to guess where the road is :lol:

by **Rowley010** » Thu May 16, 2019 5:12 pm

. Good video thanks for posting

by **syramax** » Thu May 16, 2019 5:18 pm

Wait till you get one that's so narrow the hedges push your mirrors in . You can't even chicken out and reverse . You've just got to carry on . :shock:

by **Grumpy Dad** » Thu May 16, 2019 5:18 pm

Good skills driver

How the hell would you get recovered if there was a breakdown by chinook ? :lol:

by **Stussy** » Thu May 16, 2019 5:52 pm

Later on the mirrors get pushed in, always make sure it’s the drivers side that’s tightest, then you don’t have to get out to put it back!

by **steelgoon** » Thu May 16, 2019 9:06 pm

Reminds me of a few weeks ago heading to one of our drops in Sonning Common and they closed the normal route. No problem, I'll follow my trusty SatNav (Dezl 570) so a proper truck nav.

The hedges on one of the roads it sent me down, had slight lower hedges, but the road was quite a bit narrower and I was committed to it.

Thought I was never going to make it out, couldn't reverse if I wanted to as the mirrors were trying to push themselves through the doors going forwards!!

No phone signal either so couldn't even check Google maps.

by **robroy** » Thu May 16, 2019 9:21 pm

You should try and get through some of those narrow as [zb] tree overhanging roads with a 14'9'' high tautliner mate, that is as flimsy as [zb], and bends back if you have the misfortune (as I did :oops:

) to hit a particularly thick hidden branch.......after the farmer reassured me I could get to his farm with no problem. .....'We have em here every week'' : :roll:

,
Aye milk tankers and short arsed tipper trailers. :twisted:

by **Stussy** » Thu May 16, 2019 9:55 pm

Mine is only 13’3, so manages to fit under most low branches, and only one bridge which isn’t even close

by **Punchy Dan** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:03 pm

Stussy wrote:That’s usually a sign I see that tells me I’m going the right way!
Here’s a short clip showing the type of roads I’m dealing with, so next time you think somewhere is tight, it could be worse

https://youtu.be/UX9JCR8x0dM

Watch till the end to see what I’m driving

Those are the type of roads that get me to the off road https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e58mP8laSPQ

by **chaversdad** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pm

I went to a fish farm on Anglessey today that got a bit interesting, only road in was down a toll road which led to a viewing area at Black Mount ,old girl in a hut tried to charge me £3 to go up it as it was a tourist attraction :lol:

just on the red circle if anyones been up that way

by **the nodding donkey** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:07 am

When I was on the milk that was considered easy.
. Never mind hedges. Hedges bend. Farm buildings don't. We had farms were we had to pull the mirrors in just to get acces between farm buildings.

(I did milk for ten years around Wiltshire, and Dorset and Gloucester. It was the worst of days and it was the best of days...)

by **Stussy** » Fri May 17, 2019 1:54 pm

Cornish hedges don’t bend, they’re more like stone walls covered in earth!

by **qwakers** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:19 pm

Stussy wrote:Cornish hedges don’t bend, they’re more like stone walls covered in earth!

theyre not ‘like’ stone walls covered in earth, they ARE stone walls covered in earth. :mrgreen:

by **Quinny** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:15 am

WTF was that 4 wheel drive doing down there? Green laneing?

Not unusual to see lanes like that used on nightime road rallies as well. Going down narrow lanes at speed, is not something that I condone.....honestly.

Ken.

by **Wheel Nut** » Sat May 18, 2019 3:51 pm

Quinny wrote:WTF was that 4 wheel drive doing down there? Green laneing?

Not unusual to see lanes like that used on nightime road rallies as well. Going down narrow lanes at speed, is not something that I condone.....honestly.

Ken.

At least he was able to reverse and did so willingly, wait till Alice and Bert are down there on their holidays.

by **robroy** » Fri May 24, 2019 7:12 pm

Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.

by **Punchy Dan** » Fri May 24, 2019 9:40 pm

robroy wrote:Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.
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Yes defo a proper driver ,us w & d drivers will always reverse rather than watching an artic driver trying to preform

by **robroy** » Fri May 24, 2019 9:47 pm

Punchy Dan wrote:
robroy wrote:Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.
Screenshot_2019-05-24-18-58-30.png

Yes defo a proper driver ,us w & d drivers will always reverse rather than watching an artic driver trying to preform

Nah...it's just that he knew his place in the pecking order Dan.

by **Punchy Dan** » Fri May 24, 2019 10:08 pm

robroy wrote:
Punchy Dan wrote:
robroy wrote:Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.
Screenshot_2019-05-24-18-58-30.png

Yes defo a proper driver ,us w & d drivers will always reverse rather than watching an artic driver trying to preform

Nah...it's just that he knew his place in the pecking order Dan.

by **trevHCS** » Sat May 25, 2019 8:20 am

Must be a local - metal mirror guards, some contraption to cut down low trees over the roof and can be used to provide light to small villages on event if power cut (must have mega batteries).

Please close your eyes for a minute Punchy Dan.

We could say they are just puddle jumpers towing an oversized caravan so obviously artics are superior, but got to admit they do look more suited to West Country roads...not that I'll admit this in front of them of course. :wink:

by **Winseer** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:03 am

Stussy wrote:Mine is only 13’3, so manages to fit under most low branches, and only one bridge which isn’t even close

They keep changing the height on these ones, and I often see other 13'9" supermarket wagons go straight under it, ignoring the "You're too high!" signs on the approach....

by **wide-load85** » Sun May 26, 2019 4:00 am

robroy wrote:Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.
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Is that one of John Dorse's outfit? looks like one of their hay and straw wagons

by **robroy** » Sun May 26, 2019 6:16 am

wide-load85 wrote:
robroy wrote:Did NOT want to meet this guy today, especially as there was 2 miles behind me with nowhere to turn around or pull in.
It was a wagon and drag, the driver a cracking lad who must have backed up best part of a mile for me...proper driver.
Screenshot_2019-05-24-18-58-30.png

Is that one of John Dorse's outfit? looks like one of their hay and straw wagons

Not sure whose truck it was mate, but a local lad to the area afaik.

by **Stussy** » Sun May 26, 2019 7:22 pm

Quinny wrote:WTF was that 4 wheel drive doing down there? Green laneing?

Not unusual to see lanes like that used on nightime road rallies as well. Going down narrow lanes at speed, is not something that I condone.....honestly.

Ken.

Why shouldn’t he go down there? It’s just a normal B road to get to various farms and villages!
As for speeding on single track lanes, all,of our drivers spend most of the night going 30+ on them, if you didn’t you’d never do all the collections in your shift

by **the nodding donkey** » Sun May 26, 2019 9:10 pm

Stussy wrote:
Quinny wrote:WTF was that 4 wheel drive doing down there? Green laneing?

Not unusual to see lanes like that used on nightime road rallies as well. Going down narrow lanes at speed, is not something that I condone.....honestly.

Ken.

Why shouldn’t he go down there? It’s just a normal B road to get to various farms and villages!
As for speeding on single track lanes, all,of our drivers spend most of the night going 30+ on them, if you didn’t you’d never do all the collections in your shift

Untill one of your heroes bins in a hedge, or has a frontal with a car coming round a corner...

I always refused to rush the job, and had "animated arguments" about it. Untill one of our heroes found himself in court, collecting 11 points and a big fine.

Oh how i laughed.

No really, it was one of my beter days.

by **Stussy** » Sun May 26, 2019 9:27 pm

If a car comes you brake or stop, it’s a simple concept :lol:

by **the nodding donkey** » Sun May 26, 2019 10:11 pm

Stussy wrote:If a car comes you brake or stop, it’s a simple concept

Of course it is...

You obviously haven't been down some of the lanes ive had to go.

by **Stussy** » Mon May 27, 2019 8:52 am

You saw my video, a 4x4 came the other way and no one died. You’re trying to make something out of nothing. There are miles and miles of single track roads down here where it is perfectly possible to go 50 in the dark and see when a car is coming.