Can somebody educate me what sort of pallets are we talking about here?
Because a normal 13.6/13.7m long fridge will take 33/34 euro-pallets (or double that if double deck). At 15.6m you can take an extra row (2■■) perhaps, so 37/38 euro-pallets?
If 30 pallets, then perhaps 1.2x1 ones? ISO2 or whatever they are called…?
HomoFaber:
Can somebody educate me what sort of pallets are we talking about here?Because a normal 13.6/13.7m long fridge will take 33/34 euro-pallets (or double that if double deck). At 15.6m you can take an extra row (2■■) perhaps, so 37/38 euro-pallets?
If 30 pallets, then perhaps 1.2x1 ones? ISO2 or whatever they are called…?
Standard pallets dude, not Euros.
FarnboroughBoy11:
As I’ve said before, I don’t know why they just didn’t go for a couple of feet extra “cut in” and have the tri axles the same length from the back as a standard 45ft trailer. Would it have still past the tests on the turning circle with this?
no
A rear steer trailer needs a different approach to the way you drive. As has been mentioned you need to steer earlier and less of it allowing the steering to bring the trailer through a turn.
Yes it takes a little while to adjust to but a professional driver should be able to adapt and take the additional care while getting to grips with the dynamics. I swap between steering and non steering trailers all the time and don’t find any issues with it.
As for sending these longer trailers into unsuitable locations, this was always going to happen and will increase as more of these trailers hit the road.
As for having to screw a trailer round tight I know it unavoidable in some places but in my opinion it should be a last resort. Also in these cases a rear steer will make life a little easier on the tyres.
Also on this subject why do some drivers insist on screwing round a fully loaded trailer when in a lot of cases it would be possible to make the turn whilst empty. I’ve seen his done on numerous occasions and whilst on my last job a colleague would regularly arrive on a site a screw it round fully loaded when the machine was coming off anyway. Maybe it was a ruse to bleed the overtime as he waited for a tyre fitter as he’d popped yet another tyre off the rim.
Cheers
Neilf
waynedl:
You know the test they do, like a circle, an inner and outer circle, and I’m sure they stayed in the exact same circles as a 45’.
On the test, they don’t use brick walls, they use painted circles on the road surface 
Wheel Nut:
waynedl:
You know the test they do, like a circle, an inner and outer circle, and I’m sure they stayed in the exact same circles as a 45’.On the test, they don’t use brick walls, they use painted circles on the road surface
They also use drivers, not screwdrivers.
That doesn’t change the fact that the trailer should be fine on the road 
billybigrig:
Euro:
13% increase in profit for the company
harder job for the driver
how much pay increase for the driver?
or do we just get the thrill of enjoying a new challenge?Absolutely and I’m assuming anyone whose company sends them out with a short urban trailer on would be happy to take a pay decrease whilst towing that ■■?
Very, very well said!
i know its not a 30 pallet trailer but this is just pure showing off
youtube.com/watch?v=yy0B7M0 … ata_player
Just be thankful they didn’t go down this route 
51’ & 2 3/16" long trailer
er how 
FarnboroughBoy11:
As I’ve said before, I don’t know why they just didn’t go for a couple of feet extra “cut in” and have the tri axles the same length from the back as a standard 45ft trailer. Would it have still past the tests on the turning circle with this?
say it as many times as you like!
the trailer has to pass a turning circle test that is why rear steer is used and the wheels are where they are
FarnboroughBoy11:
As I’ve said before, I don’t know why they just didn’t go for a couple of feet extra “cut in” and have the tri axles the same length from the back as a standard 45ft trailer. Would it have still past the tests on the turning circle with this?
I think they set the roads up, ie at traffic lights etc with that test in mind. Why are you against rear-steer, personally i think its bloody amazing, once you get the hang of it the places you can go and the turns you can make will shock you. You do have to watch the back end but its no different from having lots of overhang, sometimes you only put on a shallow turn on, other times you have to just drive straight until the back end is past whatever your next to then hard lock round.
lizard:
i know its not a 30 pallet trailer but this is just pure showing off
youtube.com/watch?v=yy0B7M0 … ata_player
Did he leave bits of rear lamp lens lying on the ground?
I once tried to be clever by spinning the artic around in a wide road. Forgot about the Moffet dangling off the back!
Don’t those glass bus shelters shatter easily?
good safe driving cheggy
pump:
good safe driving cheggy
37 minutes! Longer than I personally thought before someone would say something. Perhaps it was a clip from his dash cam? Personally I don’t give a flying …
Has anyone been told, “we’ve had much bigger in here than that drive”, with one of these trailers yet?
Saaamon:
Has anyone been told, “we’ve had much bigger in here than that drive”, with one of these trailers yet?
and it’s possible that they have had bigger in there driver 
beefy4605:
Saaamon:
Has anyone been told, “we’ve had much bigger in here than that drive”, with one of these trailers yet?and it’s possible that they have had bigger in there driver
Quite possibly, but you know what im getting at lol.
