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Fridge aimers :laughing:

Mmm. Not concentrating, trailer went off roading, dug in and draged unit were it is now. Tncsi head off.

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Looks like an over ambitious optimistic U turn to me. :smiley:

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Aren’t there trailers them rear steer urbans with the cheese box that goes up the skirt of the fifth wheel? Has he turned sharpish for some reason and it’s come round on itself :blush:

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That has to have been a black ice incident. Surely to goodness no one in their right mind would think u-turning an artic on that road was even remotely possible?

On an unrelated topic though, has anyone heard from dozy lately?

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It’s the smaller 35ft trailers that are rear steer, that looks like a 40/45ft trailer.

Looks like a jack knife as it was icy early am in some parts of country yesterday and co-op deliver to some remote villages.

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Don’t know about all depots, but the M1 J28 one was virtually all ADR agency last time I was there. You’re supposed to have an assessment before starting, but 6 months late was apparently not unusual.

I did have a few interesting moments with their units where it would be quite happy, then suddenly pull to the ditch side. No idea why and could never identify amything on the road, but on certain roads it was like being hit by a sudden strong sidewind. And yes, I was going quietly well away from the muddy bit.

Another thing which won’t help is all the runs are timed to the minute. I never took any notice but some more keen drivers might which could affect their driving.

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Fridge aimers :laughing:

Mmm. Not concentrating, trailer went off roading, dug in and draged unit were it is now. Tncsi head off.

I’m going with this too, no one would actually try a Uey there.

Would they?

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Na that will be an EE thought he was back in Romania on his tractor which incidentally was how said licence was acquired

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Should be able to spin it round there drive :smiley:

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I’m no expert but i have been sitting here studying the picture, checking the road conditions, angle of trailer, condition of tyres, what type of hedge etc etc…

…so after two hours of intense concentration and a thorough analysis of the situation i have come to the conclusion that…

… i don’t have a clue what happened ? :neutral_face:

as i said i’m no expert :laughing:

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Tooz:
… i don’t have a clue what happened ? :neutral_face:

as i said i’m no expert :laughing:

Then…

I think you’d be perfect for the position of chief investigator, head honcho, the big cheese, numero uno of TNCSI.

Congrats, you must be thrilled.

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A wise man, once said
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Some of the responses would qualify for the TNUK quote of the year

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yourhavingalarf:

Tooz:
… i don’t have a clue what happened ? :neutral_face:

as i said i’m no expert :laughing:

Then…

I think you’d be perfect for the position of chief investigator, head honcho, the big cheese, numero uno of TNCSI.

Congrats, you must be thrilled.

I thought that position was taken by Jakey-rowley thingyamebob, Or is he TNUK driving accessor.

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Well Boss…

… you know you said “tip at hedge end?”…

I’ll get my coat.

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the maoster:
… of executing your plan do you (a) think “yup, this going well, I’ll push on”, or (b) think "nope, not gonna happen, I’ll carry on along this road as there’s surely a roundabout ahead somewhere "?
(Not my picture)

That surely has to be a jack knife on a greasy road .
Seriously you would have to be completely brain dead to even consider a u turn or a 3 point turn on a road that size .
You would struggle to turn a unit there never mind a unit and trailer .

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Got to be a jack-knife, the shrubbery this side of the trailer is undisturbed and there are no tyre marks on the shoulder.

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Star down under.:
Got to be a jack-knife, the shrubbery this side of the trailer is undisturbed and there are no tyre marks on the shoulder.

Have you never watched EE’s trying to reverse or doing any technical manoeuvre, that should answer your question

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Arse end of the trailer impossible to end up where it is from a jack-knife. He’s either reversed it there through the hedge or was already driving in the field and came through the hedge back onto the road.

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robthedog:

Star down under.:
Got to be a jack-knife, the shrubbery this side of the trailer is undisturbed and there are no tyre marks on the shoulder.

Have you never watched EE’s trying to reverse or doing any technical manoeuvre, that should answer your question

EEs being? Presumably our equivalent to Sub-contentals.
We had one roll the second trailer of a road train on the Nullabor recently. He ended up diagonally across the road, with the second trailer on its side. Another driver ran to the crashed truck to check on the driver, as the truck was still revving. The driver wound down the window and said “Sorry sir, I cannot get out of your way.”
Another incident involving a driver of the same ethnicity ,this time in Sydney, tried to use a tunnell that was a little short on clearance for his B Double. To his credit, he did stop when he set of all the lights, bells and whistles. Traffic response, Transport Inspectors and the cops all turned out. They offered to close all lanes so he could reverse a couple of hundred yards, then they would open the gate in the dilineaters, enabling him to chuck a ewey and POQ. He was unable to reverse two trailers. He was then instructed to split the trailers and reverse them one at a time. He had no idea how to disconnect the trailers.
These ■■■■■■■■ come over here, cut the guts out of our rates and conditions, cherry picking the old men’s, linehaul jobs because they can’t reverse and have absolutely no idea on load distribution or security.