R420:
the maoster:
There won’t be any “issues” taking trucks into restricted environments if one engages one’s brain beforehand instead of just blundering in, crossing fingers and hoping for the best. It takes no more than a minute to get out, scope the area for access and then make an informed decision on whether or not the vehicle will fit without incurring damage. Too many “drivers” don’t give a [zb] because “it’s not my wagon” and “they don’t pay me enough to look after it”
. I treat another person’s property as if it were my own and on the rare occasions I’ve smashed a n/s mirror on a stray branch I’ve always offered to pay for it as I take pride in my driving and it’s through my own carelessness that it happened. Never been taken up on the offer but I expect that’s because the management know who their good and bad drivers are.
A lot of “professional” drivers these days aren’t safe to be let loose with a wheelbarrow, never mind £100k+ of truck and trailer. I’d say if you’ve been doing the job for 30 years and are still having bangs and scrapes then it’s high time you put your licence in an envelope to Swansea with a covering letter asking them to cancel it.
When I took off my side camera it was on a telegraph pole, I’d not noticed a pothole in the road and my rear wheel dropped in and rocked the wagon. 6" either side clearance and the rocking tapped the camera on the pole. No other damage to the wagon, just the camera dislodged. Was reversing up an alleyway to the back of a shop in Darlington.
That same telegraph pole had been hit 22 times in 18m, our company had had to replace it twice. I knew it was there and was clear of it, just poor road surface caught me out
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