Don’t you lock the keys to the one you have just loaded into the one behind and so on until you only have the keys to the last one you loaded to worry about. That’s what I was told by someone who should have known. 
Thanks to all who posted,i`m plodding on steady with it and trying to figure out what goes where! You find yourself look at every transporter that passes and figure out how he loaded it!!! I will take the advice and just go steady untill it all just comes together. Cheers everybod.
kickstart:
Don’t you lock the keys to the one you have just loaded into the one behind and so on until you only have the keys to the last one you loaded to worry about. That’s what I was told by someone who should have known.
correct you win first prize 
I was at Harwich docks the other day watching XK’s and XF’s being
unloaded.
The driver told me about a recent incident where an inexperienced driver
reversed a new XF off the top over the cab. Landed on it’s roof.
Apparently, his employment status changed fairly rapidly.
gezt:
could be soon mate, be warned they have old trucks that look a bit shedish although legal. moneys ok when we are on contract and not to bad when we arnt. usually 4 nights a week out but your treated ok by the boss with no pressure to get anywhere fast.
bit of a shock when i started but im enjoying tramping again and being able to start and finish when i want to more or less.
pm your number and maybe i can show you what i mean about the truck. its parked up in chadderton most weekends.
Hi Gez, do you work out of Bridgwater BCA through the week?
206doorman:
I was at Harwich docks the other day watching XK’s and XF’s being
unloaded.
The driver told me about a recent incident where an inexperienced driver
reversed a new XF off the top over the cab. Landed on it’s roof.Apparently, his employment status changed fairly rapidly.
Jesus, he must have been tanking it up the decks then! There’s a couple of metal bars to stop you doing that…you just reverse into them and the car stops (hopefully). I’ve seen a couple go too hard at it and get the back wheels over the hoops, but never a whole car, he must have been going at a mental speed! 
bowserman:
gezt:
could be soon mate, be warned they have old trucks that look a bit shedish although legal. moneys ok when we are on contract and not to bad when we arnt. usually 4 nights a week out but your treated ok by the boss with no pressure to get anywhere fast.
bit of a shock when i started but im enjoying tramping again and being able to start and finish when i want to more or less.
pm your number and maybe i can show you what i mean about the truck. its parked up in chadderton most weekends.Hi Gez, do you work out of Bridgwater BCA through the week?
no mate not when im on contract work ,i work out of any walon depot but when we are off contract we go anywhere the work is so its varied enough to be interesting but doesn’t pay as much as contract work does unless you put the shifts in.
Was there not a problem with Range Rovers surging at one time whilst reversing them up the decks. Jag / LR = same.
I always cover the brake on autos with left foot.
Shrek:
206doorman:
I was at Harwich docks the other day watching XK’s and XF’s being
unloaded.
The driver told me about a recent incident where an inexperienced driver
reversed a new XF off the top over the cab. Landed on it’s roof.Apparently, his employment status changed fairly rapidly.
Jesus, he must have been tanking it up the decks then! There’s a couple of metal bars to stop you doing that…you just reverse into them and the car stops (hopefully). I’ve seen a couple go too hard at it and get the back wheels over the hoops, but never a whole car, he must have been going at a mental speed!
He was apparently unloading at the time. Selected the wrong gear, all that power sent him over the edge in spectacular fashion.
Incidently, is it personal preferance as to whether cars are loaded facing the front or facing the rear? All these Jags were facing rear, but I mostly see cars loaded facing the front.
on my top deck i prefer to drive on and reverse off ,on bottom i do the opposite but if you are on a 10/11/12 car transporter it depends on how your load is configured and what vehicles you have to put on.
Youre right about the range rovers surging, several went over the top (not guilty m’lud), for the last few years the LR on the peak has to be driven on only.
Tell yer what Shrek them XF’s are scary stuff for loading, think 20" wheels on some with 30 aspect tyres and as wide as a range rover, in reverse, wet deck and RWD…very dodgy.
Been reading the posts with interest, especially the money side, should imagine a lot of truckies looking. Just remember if either ECM or Walon driver is taking home that amount without night out money then they are really earning it. Anyone takes on this job and wants to earn that sort of money is going to be doing twice the work they have previously as a rule. My opinion anyway and i’ve been at it a day or two. The jobs filthy, wet and cold and you will earn every penny.
Motorhead, well done for getting on Walon.
You’ve probably got a FM 11 plus, and if you havent found out yet that is possibly the most skittish truck you’ll ever drive, don’t worry it gets a lot more interesting when you have a new set of drive axle tyres.
You will get probably the best training in the industry i think, and just as well cos there’s an unbelievable amount to take in.
I take my hat off to any new person who has to start with an 11 plus, as you are finding out the loading combinations are almost unlimited, not the easiest way to start off, but good luck with it.
Small tip, always keep your ratchets oiled, and your straps neat and not knotted up, how some of the blokes cope the mess they operate in is beyond me, secondly, keep an old paint scraper about and slop some of the grease that acumulates at the bottom of the pillars along the guide channel of the scissor deck, (the channel at the bottom close to the road) when they get rusty they stick and you don’t want that if you load for twelve cars, you’ll see what i mean when you do.
There will be times in the next twelve months when you’ll want to tell 'em to stuff it, but i assure you it takes at least 12 months or possibly 2 years to really get to grips with the job, so stick with it, and yes do take it easy.
I other thing, you will have been shown chocks and wheelstraps only, well if you are a bit close above car 10 and that is the one that really bounces (no9 for you Shrek if i remember) then get away from base and slip a proper strap with diverter close as poss to tie down under the fornt of the car in the proper tie down point, that will help a lot to stop the car from bouncing up and hitting the deck above.
Some trainers allege that a wheels trapped car only bounces down not up, don’t know which planet they came from.
All the best anyway.
I also drive transporters, another one on a 9car van carrier. Few piccies from work for anyone who’s interested, some good, some not so. I can’t really give you any advice that you haven’t already recieved, but good luck with it.
Dizzy:
I also drive transporters, another one on a 9car van carrier. Few piccies from work for anyone who’s interested, some good, some not so. I can’t really give you any advice that you haven’t already recieved, but good luck with it.
number one is a cracker!
206doorman:
Incidently, is it personal preferance as to whether cars are loaded facing the front or facing the rear? All these Jags were facing rear, but I mostly see cars loaded facing the front.
For me it’s personal preference…the reason being is to prevent the car on the peak deck dropping oil onto the truck windscreen (it’s a bugger to get off!). On my trailer, to load a big car like a 4X4 or a people carrier, it has to be reversed on in position 2 to get the height down if it’s going on a full load. Us artic boys run a bit higher on the peak deck, so vans up there are a no-no, but we can load a Picasso or similar in that position.
The middle deck cars all go on forwards because that’s how the trailer is designed and the last one on the bottom deck is reversed on for the same reason. (The internal decks are all shaped so the decks will drop lower and fit around the profile of the cars roofs). Hope that makes sense.
Also…you’re more of a man if you can reverse a car right up over the peak!
Juddian:
Tell yer what Shrek them XF’s are scary stuff for loading, think 20" wheels on some with 30 aspect tyres and as wide as a range rover, in reverse, wet deck and RWD…very dodgy.
You’ll need a good run up at it then
Juddian:
The jobs filthy, wet and cold and you will earn every penny.
Very true :
Juddian:
Some trainers allege that a wheels trapped car only bounces down not up, don’t know which planet they came from.
All the best anyway.
Not our planet I don’t think! The decks on the 9 car trailers run quite close to the roofs, so we need to stop them from bouncing…and yes, they do bounce up and then down!
I was talking to an ECM driver yesterday. He had one of those 11 plus wagon and drags and he watched me loading mine. After I’d done, he came over and said “I wish mine was as easy to load as that” 
. I can have it loaded and ready to go in half an hour.
Here’s a picture of my beastie with a typical mixed load of vehicles.
Land Rover have banned you from reversing the first one over the cab, had one to many go over the top. It’s fun trying to edge a v8 auto to the end of a deck all go stop go
Always put the one on the peak backwards. Then if you do need to tip the peak, you will keep the height down.