Belting banbridge bridge bash

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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EVEN FOR OVER HERE AND THE USUAL MAYHEM.THEN THIS ONE IS IN A CLASS ALL OF ITS OWN.
will a 3.9 meter sawyers truck go under a 11 foot 6 low bridge??

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this bridge is buried in the absolute town centre…you just wouldnt go near it in a million years. it has to be johnny flipflop with a basic satnav late for the dublin boat,or similar.

GIVES THE GOSSIP BIG TRUCK…IT COULDNT HAVE BEEN YOU.SO WHAT TALIBAN IS FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH THIS WEEK■■?. :smiley:

ps,its either 11 foot 6,or 3.4 meters,or thereaouts,depending on your tape measure… :smiley:

heres the 1st rigid 24 hours previous where the driver did not realise he had hit anything…honest…he didnt…thats what he said…

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Not in imperial. :grimacing: tut, tut, tut! Foreign ■■■■■ in metres. :sunglasses:

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I used to drive a furniture pantechnicon through Banbridge in 1972/73, never had any problems, followed the signs and drove up the slip roads. Had close shaves under the one at Drogheda though, I’m sure the rivets on the roof got polished a few times.

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What’s just a few small tenths of a metre either way to worry about.How much can it possibly be. :smiling_imp: :laughing:

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or in sawyers case.about two and a half feet… :slight_smile:

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dieseldog999:
or in sawyers case.about two and a half feet… :slight_smile:

To be fair you could halve that for a perfectly understandable error of just those small few tenths of a metre either way. :smiling_imp: :laughing:

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whats a centimeter or 2 feet between friends anyway. :slight_smile:

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hope the imperial inn is going strong …boss used tae phone them in the 80s :smiley: and ask how many o his drivers were in ! hehe cant mind the name o the one down a bit (was a bit o a biker joint).

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only ever driven through the place,but the bridge is a landmark,and it would be hard not to see somethings wrong…google maps streetview shows how obvious it is…it had to be a flipflop with the must make boat button energised.

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JIMBO47:
hope the imperial inn is going strong …boss used tae phone them in the 80s :smiley: and ask how many o his drivers were in ! hehe cant mind the name o the one down a bit (was a bit o a biker joint).

Think you are on about the Coach Inn cracking place for a night out

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At least the Sawyers man stopped the rigid guy just cracked her on and didn’t stop till he got to Portadown :confused:

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but the poor wee man didnt even know he had took the lid off of it…i dont think sawyers had much option but to stop whether he wanted to or not… :slight_smile:

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Fatboy slimslow:
Not in imperial. :grimacing: tut, tut, tut! Foreign [zb] in metres. :sunglasses:

The first sign is Imperial, you just cant see it because of the mess.

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Was willing to bet my house it was Taliban but alas seems to have been a young fella not long passed test.

Obviously didn’t do a season
“at the grass” 1st as FFS that is a HARD bridge to miss!!![emoji52]

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about time too…weve all being waiting chewing our thumbs all night waiting for the answer… :smiley:

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dieseldog999:
about time too…weve all being waiting chewing our thumbs all night waiting for the answer… :smiley:

You wanna see the
“Sawyers Driver support”
page on FB!!![emoji6]

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mazzer:

JIMBO47:
hope the imperial inn is going strong …boss used tae phone them in the 80s :smiley: and ask how many o his drivers were in ! hehe cant mind the name o the one down a bit (was a bit o a biker joint).

Think you are on about the Coach Inn cracking place for a night out

na the imperial was the place in the 80s ,we parked at a big carpark and walked down,used to stop at the baths to clean up but …one evening we woke up (before going out for a cup of tea or 3) to 2 landies and an number o rifles pointed at us :stuck_out_tongue: advising us to park elsewhere

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JIMBO47:

mazzer:

JIMBO47:
hope the imperial inn is going strong …boss used tae phone them in the 80s :smiley: and ask how many o his drivers were in ! hehe cant mind the name o the one down a bit (was a bit o a biker joint).

Think you are on about the Coach Inn cracking place for a night out

na the imperial was the place in the 80s ,we parked at a big carpark and walked down,used to stop at the baths to clean up but …one evening we woke up (before going out for a cup of tea or 3) to 2 landies and an number o rifles pointed at us [emoji14] advising us to park elsewhere

Are you sure you were in Banbridge and not Jonesborough!!![emoji28]

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na we only stopped in a certain few places Banbridge (imperial inn),larne(upstairs at Robinsons bar ,fell down the stairs more than once) Bangor (bar was opposite car park up from the firestation) for beer etc , aye some one phoned saying 2 wagons were abandoned at the baths ,our reversing wasny that bad :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: Boss used to start phoning at Banbridge then the Bangor one ,then Robinsons

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I remember this bridge from years ago when I was a lot younger en route from Larne to southern Ireland with a tipping container trailer.If I recall correctly the signed diversion used to run through a housing estate.