Should of got one of these
the nodding donkey:
Would those self righteous commentators please explain how they would ‘strap down’ a load of canned beer with the equipment routinely available to you?
Thing is ND we all know that in the ‘‘Real world’’ you can run with no probs (as we always used to) with just a cross strap binding in the back 2 pallets…assuming of course that you don’t drive like a complete ■■■■,whit, teararsing round bends and roundabouts and generally driving your truck as you would a car. 
However this is the transport world where textbook theory is King,. 
So …that combined with the dicks who have managed to blag a Class 1 who shoot their loads (oooh matron 
) all over the countryside, we now have to strap every ■■■■ thing nowadays.
If he had used every facility available to him, such as internals, (which ok aint 100% ideal) he would have done everything he could to secure his load, and the Old Bill would may have taken a more lenient view.
To answer your question, internals on every pallet (preferably crossed) with 2 empty pallets on arse end (stood up vertically) with a ratchet strap through centre ‘pulling them’ towards front of trailer…but you already know that. 
I used to like the old-fashioned beer which could be dragged around in a curtainsider week in, week out for years on end, incident-free without having so much as a single strap anywhere near it. 
Harry Monk:
I used to like the old-fashioned beer which could be dragged around in a curtainsider week in, week out for years on end, incident-free without having so much as a single strap anywhere near it.
Exactly, drive like a prat, look like a pillock.
Loading from Centrum 100 to Eurocap every week
Harry Monk:
I used to like the old-fashioned beer which could be dragged around in a curtainsider week in, week out for years on end, incident-free without having so much as a single strap anywhere near it.
That was my point Harry, but the inept, the incompetent, and the stupid were not so much abundant amongst drivers in those days, compared with some of the sorry arsed steerers we all have to put up with today.
robroy:
the nodding donkey:
Would those self righteous commentators please explain how they would ‘strap down’ a load of canned beer with the equipment routinely available to you?Thing is ND we all know that in the ‘‘Real world’’ you can run with no probs (as we always used to) with just a cross strap binding in the back 2 pallets…assuming of course that you don’t drive like a complete ■■■■,whit, teararsing round bends and roundabouts and generally driving your truck as you would a car.
However this is the transport world where textbook theory is King,.
So …that combined with the dicks who have managed to blag a Class 1If he had used every facility available to him, such as internals, (which ok aint 100% ideal) he would have done everything he could to secure his load, and the Old Bill would may have taken a more lenient view.
To answer your question, internals on every pallet (preferably crossed) with 2 empty pallets on arse end (stood up vertically) with a ratchet strap through centre ‘pulling them’ towards front of trailer…but you already know that.
The problem, as you know, with loads like these ( cans or worse, bottles) is that even with corner boards, there is not enough strength and rigidity (ooh matron…) in the stacked cans, to stay strapped down if they start to move. Like you say, it’s driving in a manner that stops them from moving to begin with that is the trick.
As for this case, the shot tyres and dodgy brakes tell their own story. The driver may have been unaware about the brakes, but there is absolutely no excuse for running with bald tyres. It will be interesting to see what proper analysis of the tacho and vehicle maintenance records reveals.
harrawaffa:
Vid:
harrawaffa:
26.5 hour duty time and had driven for 11.5 hours.Possibly started moving a minute or two early so that the previous day’s driving time was included in the total?
Just what the police had said on twitter. They also found corded tyres and some of the trailer brakes weren’t connected.
We’ve seen this sort of thing before with Police reports of driving hours offences and I think you’ll get the same thing on infringements, if you don’t have the full required daily rest then the clock on your duty and driving hours doesn’t get reset.
And of course 26 hours without a rest and 11 hours driving makes a good headline, but think logically, wouldn’t a driver whose tacho shows 26 hours on duty more than likely done more than 11 hours driving in that period?
However the dodgy tyres and brakes are probably the real worry, far more to this than meets the eye, no doubt undercutting decent hauliers using sub-standard equipment and possibly drivers who can’t get work elsewhere. Fortunately this truck and driver have taken themselves off the road before they take somebody else out.
biggriffin:
whoops upsy Daisy, Morrison didn’t get there Christmas pop delivery.
However the Police and Highway Agency Christmas parties have.
robroy:
the nodding donkey:
Would those self righteous commentators please explain how they would ‘strap down’ a load of canned beer with the equipment routinely available to you?Thing is ND we all know that in the ‘‘Real world’’ you can run with no probs (as we always used to) with just a cross strap binding in the back 2 pallets…assuming of course that you don’t drive like a complete ■■■■,whit, teararsing round bends and roundabouts and generally driving your truck as you would a car.
However this is the transport world where textbook theory is King,.
So …that combined with the dicks who have managed to blag a Class 1If he had used every facility available to him, such as internals, (which ok aint 100% ideal) he would have done everything he could to secure his load, and the Old Bill would may have taken a more lenient view.
To answer your question, internals on every pallet (preferably crossed) with 2 empty pallets on arse end (stood up vertically) with a ratchet strap through centre ‘pulling them’ towards front of trailer…but you already know that.
Spot on mate. As always, the clowns spoil it for the rest.
That said, I’m not gonna make judgements on an incident I know nothing about. The man is injured, possibly very seriously, and nobody with any scruples would take any pleasure in hearing that about somebody who was doing their job, badly or not.
I wonder how many more rules they can come up with, surely they’ve all been invented now. Haven’t they? 