A disgrace to our profession

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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jimboy124:
This photo shows how to strap a few IBC containers down at a promo show at a German truckstop.

thats a bit over board :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Kate:
Possibly loaded out of multiple bays, so not strapped until complete is not unusual for this place…

So why no photos /complaints of the danger moving about the different bays with an unsecured load? Is it only dangerous when its stationary at a set of traffic lights?

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Mike-C:

Kate:
Possibly loaded out of multiple bays, so not strapped until complete is not unusual for this place…

So why no photos /complaints of the danger moving about the different bays with an unsecured load? Is it only dangerous when its stationary at a set of traffic lights?

It’s not quite the same is it…I mean,moving around a steel works yard with due caution it probably wont move.It’s a bit different at road speeds and the lateral forces are higher don’t you think?

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When i first started driving i picked up a lump of metal, dont know what it was for. i was in a 7.5t curtainsider. i was pondering whether to make the effort and put a ■■■■■■■■ it when an “older” driver wandered over. i asked him whether he’d bother, and his reply was, and i quote, “why not, it might end up in some [zb] pram”.
And thats the theory i have always worked on. it might seem over the top to some people, strapping every ibc or whatnot, but however long it takes, is a lot less than explaining to plod why its all over the road… :sunglasses:

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lilysgranpa:
When i first started driving i picked up a lump of metal, dont know what it was for. i was in a 7.5t curtainsider. i was pondering whether to make the effort and put a ■■■■■■■■ it when an “older” driver wandered over. i asked him whether he’d bother, and his reply was, and i quote, “why not, it might end up in some [zb] pram”.
And thats the theory i have always worked on. it might seem over the top to some people, strapping every ibc or whatnot, but however long it takes, is a lot less than explaining to plod why its all over the road… :sunglasses:

My weekend job had me picking ferry trailers up from Hull and although I admire the Dutch for many things in transport, load securing on flat trailers isn’t one of them. Instead of sheet ties, they would cut them off and use rubber bands or sliced inner tubes. As everyone in Holland wanted to keep their own straps, trailers would come over with one or two on a full load. The company had to buy extra straps just to get trailers to the yard, or it meant getting the boss to bring some extra rope out in his car and then help me resheet the load on the dock. Trailers had a spell of having the straps on rollers welded to the chassis, these were normally seized up or bent.

It was a great learning curve

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This is possibly the scariest sight I have seen on the road in my entire life. It certainly is the most unprofessional…

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blimey i’m not sure i’d want to take that on the road without more chains … :open_mouth:

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That’s the whole point Bowser, he has only one ■■■■■■■■ it and that’s over the odd sheet on the top. To be honest , the strap was only fit for the skip.
What he actually has on that trailer is four stacks of 8ft x 4ft sheets… Nobody in their right mind carries 24 tonnes of steel without straps or chains on. At the time this picture was taken, he had already travelled about 3 miles. He was very luck to get that far.

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Cant see if theres a ■■■■■■■■ the front but it does look a tad dodgy. lol

Maybe he is just shunting it a short distance up the road.lol

There must be some kind of explanation.

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You’ve got to wonder at his thought process. :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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[zb] me thats bloody dangerous , bad enough only one ■■■■■■■■ the load but the fact its not chains is crazy

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Kate:
This is possibly the scariest sight I have seen on the road in my entire life. It certainly is the most unprofessional…

Probably drives a curtainsider :open_mouth:

I cannot see why they would waste their time putting one strap over it, probably the reason why they have to have securing policies in the steelworks

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I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that load. :open_mouth: :open_mouth: Is that a chain or a strap? If it is a strap it seems to be twisted,just to make it even worse. :cry: Anybody know what that German website that deals with load security is called?

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I cant make my mind up weather its madness,bone idleness,or a mix of both but one thing certain its a bad accident waiting to happen.The driver is a menace and should change his job out of driving if he thinks that load is secure.
regards dave.

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If you see that wagon again can you ask him to pick some lottery numbers for me,as to get that load down the road in that condition he must be bloody lucky!!! :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

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I’d have called the law for that.

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I recently saw a 6 wheeler taking concrete sections from the old concrete site at Henlade, near Taunton. Nothing whatsoever holding the concrete sections on the lorry. Don’t care how far you are taking something like that it should be strapped/chained to the vehicle.

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Kate:
This is possibly the scariest sight I have seen on the road in my entire life. It certainly is the most unprofessional…

Anti-gravity straps ftw! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

And I hope you were using a dash mounted or hands free camera to take that pic. Call yourself a professional. :unamused: :stuck_out_tongue:

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Kate thats just shocking :open_mouth:

even the drivers at our place who dont deliver steel would of chained that down,

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Christ I’d be giving the vehicle a wide berth if I saw that load with one strap or chain on it like that :open_mouth: