That’s what I like to see - no queue and lifts circling like vultures:
Note however that once I’m in a bay with my twistlocks open they have disappeared
After swapping boxes it’s off to tip the load in the rigid. This is from the Izal Medicated factory - for export to Whipsnade zoo elephant house:
Now I’m empty it’s time to get my backload. I have to open one curtain, and turn in here (once the door is fully up!):
Then a wheel loader appears and dumps three buckets of mystery white powder into my nice clean truck. Windows are up and the fan is off - this is nasty stuff.
Now a couple of hours drive back and time to tip. I’d always wondered why the style of body known as a tilt is called that, as tilt is one thing they don’t do. Mine however does, fortunately (or I’d have a lot of shovelling to do):
After tipping I have to wash the rigid out thoroughly. I didn’t get any pictures of that. It’s a steamy and messy job anyway and best not thought about too much
Next it’s time to start loading up for my next trip:
Nice one Zetorpilot,
good diary, you got some’ turning circle to get that baby round have’nt you■■?
Hope you don’t end up having to turn that thing round if you get lost
perish the thought
chris:
Nice one Zetorpilot,
good diary, you got some’ turning circle to get that baby round have’nt you■■?
Hope you don’t end up having to turn that thing round if you get lost
perish the thought
Easier than turning an artic with a trailer of a similar length if you get stuck Chris.
Park in a straight line and then reverse the A-frame into an extreme jack-knife. (with trailer brakes off and rears chocked)
Uncouple.
Drive up the road to a place where you can turn the rigid.
Return and recouple to the A-frame which is, of course facing in the new direction.
Drive off in a cautious manner, the trailer spins in its own length.
You do, of course have to make sure that the rear overhang does not foul street furniture etc.
Nice pictures J-P, I too wondered about the origins of ‘tilt’. The first time I came across the term was way before I’d ever seen one in the early 70s when, at Midlands Storage at West Hallam, a low framework was built onto a trailer with a sheet covering to carry regular loads of 45 gallon drums of anti freeze to do away with the need for roping and sheeting. Proved to be more trouble than it was worth though, and I was too timid in those days to ask why they said they were constructing a tilt.
Wow,i thought at first, he`s got to be over length,then i had to go back to see your name and where you are based…
well done, nice rig, nice pictures, keep sending them…
That’s a pretty specialised piece of kit isn’t it mate?! A tipping tilt body with a lifting roof! Where was your reload from, reminded me of loading soya at Tilbury! A full load of that’d get your curtains bulging! Good pics mate, cheers.
Roger Breaker:
That’s a pretty specialised piece of kit isn’t it mate?! A tipping tilt body with a lifting roof! Where was your reload from, reminded me of loading soya at Tilbury! A full load of that’d get your curtains bulging! Good pics mate, cheers.
There are a few like it around here. The lifting roof frame is quite common. Load was slaked lime from the bulk terminal at Kotka on the next quay just around the corner from the container terminal.
Here’s another view of the lifting roof - I’ve got our spare trailer on which has the same system as the rigid. That’s actually a union jack in the background on the first photo. They were obviously expecting me
truckyboy:
Wow,i thought at first, he`s got to be over length,then i had to go back to see your name and where you are based…
well done, nice rig, nice pictures, keep sending them…
Spardo:
Easier than turning an artic with a trailer of a similar length if you get stuck Chris.
Park in a straight line and then reverse the A-frame into an extreme jack-knife. (with trailer brakes off and rears chocked)
Uncouple.
Drive up the road to a place where you can turn the rigid.
Return and recouple to the A-frame which is, of course facing in the new direction.
Drive off in a cautious manner, the trailer spins in its own length.
I used to deliver to building sites with a hiab and A frame drawbar and used to do this on a regular basis. If it came down to a choice of transshipping from the trailer to the prime mover, which was a time consuming process, or steaming into the site with the full rig and employing a little “inventive maneuvering” to exit the site once tipped, there was no contest.
Apparently, you can pull an empty A frame drawbar round by hand, if things are really tight.
So I’m told
truckyboy:
Wow,i thought at first, he`s got to be over length,then i had to go back to see your name and where you are based…
well done, nice rig, nice pictures, keep sending them…
Out of interest, I measured it the other night - and who can honestly say they haven’t?
It came out at 25.2m (82’ 7") so it’s about 5cm under the maximum.
DEANB:
Nice pics and diary mate,out of intrest whats your gross weight on that
outfit
Inselaffe:
[I used to deliver to building sites with a hiab and A frame
drawbar and used to do this on a regular basis. If it came down to a choice of
transshipping from the trailer to the prime mover, which was a time
consuming process, or steaming into the site with the full rig and employing a
little “inventive maneuvering” to exit the site once tipped, there was no contest.
:
The method I printed above came from an SOP (Standard Operating
Procedure) I wrote for Toray after testing it and before they would allow it to be
used. At that firm the bodies were all identical demounts so for tight deliveries
we could swop them over (yes, there was an SOP for that too ).
Apparently, you can pull an empty A frame drawbar round by hand, if
things are really tight.
So I’m told :wink
I take it you mean to pull the A-Frame round, not the trailer itself, that would be
a bit difficult with Zetor’s multi-axle outfit. But yes, it is possible though heavy
work, an extra pair of hands is useful and often someone with a forktruck can
be found to push it round.
Spardo:
I take it you mean to pull the A-Frame round, not the trailer itself, that would be
a bit difficult with Zetor’s multi-axle outfit. But yes, it is possible though heavy
work, an extra pair of hands is useful and often someone with a forktruck can
be found to push it round.
Granted, that would be out of the question with Zetor’s totally outrageous rig
Spardo:
I take it you mean to pull the A-Frame round, not the trailer itself, that would be
a bit difficult with Zetor’s multi-axle outfit. But yes, it is possible though heavy
work, an extra pair of hands is useful and often someone with a forktruck can
be found to push it round.
Granted, that would be out of the question with Zetor’s totally outrageous rig
I’ve pulled an “A” frame round to get me out of the s***,just drained the dolly air tank and a bit of grunting did the trick,although an extra pair of hands or a pallet barrow was welcome.
