Franglais:
Carryfast:
Franglais:
Dropsides and timber or alloy side boards don’t mean no need for straps altogether, I’ll agree, but do make things safer in my experience. Anything that isn’t a positive fit will still fall over sideways or backwards if not secured. Macinery and timber etc will still need loads of straps. But pallets of empty bottles or bottled liquids etc will be better off in a EuroLiner I’d reckon
Drop sides certainly help and I did some general haulage with a tilt trailer which I generally used just like a curtain sider.But in all cases it’s still effectively just a flat that doesn’t need to be sheeted for weather protection and I still roped the loads carried ( usually stillages and other pallet loads ) accordingly.On that note I’d still prefer to have rope hooks fitted and use ropes than those mickey mouse roof anchored straps on a curtain sider as in the example shown.
Nowt wrong with ropes, except itd take a good few months to get my "soft as a babys bum" hands toughened up again. 
Just an ole softy now I guess.
The cracks on the side of my RH index finger are still there, permanently lined in that ridge of hard skin all along the finger that the ropes caused, and it must be 30 years since i used ropes in anger.
Juddian:
Franglais:
Carryfast:
Franglais:
Dropsides and timber or alloy side boards don’t mean no need for straps altogether, I’ll agree, but do make things safer in my experience. Anything that isn’t a positive fit will still fall over sideways or backwards if not secured. Macinery and timber etc will still need loads of straps. But pallets of empty bottles or bottled liquids etc will be better off in a EuroLiner I’d reckon
Drop sides certainly help and I did some general haulage with a tilt trailer which I generally used just like a curtain sider.But in all cases it’s still effectively just a flat that doesn’t need to be sheeted for weather protection and I still roped the loads carried ( usually stillages and other pallet loads ) accordingly.On that note I’d still prefer to have rope hooks fitted and use ropes than those mickey mouse roof anchored straps on a curtain sider as in the example shown.
Nowt wrong with ropes, except itd take a good few months to get my "soft as a babys bum" hands toughened up again.
Just an ole softy now I guess.
The cracks on the side of my RH index finger are still there, permanently lined in that ridge of hard skin all along the finger that the ropes caused, and it must be 30 years since i used ropes in anger.
Strange how the hard skin stays, but the toned musculature turns to out of tune flab. (Only speaking for myself[emoji3])
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commonrail:
Every lorry that leaves the glass factories of donny,Barnsley and knottingley will be secured with internals.
Sometimes 1 cross per 2 rows
Sometimes strapped down the side.
Surely easy pickings for vosa.
Oh wait…last time they took on a big company(stobarts)They got dealt a [zb] off tablet.
Bet the truck involved in the op is a small operator who doesn’t have the financial clout to take them on.
Only the UK lorries, the French Nescafé lorries have two straps across the back 4 pallets, with 3 forklifts loading 2 pallets at a time, you don’t have chance to put straps on, you are chasing boards and pillars. 15 minutes to load 52 shrink wrapped pallets. Load through both sides, unload through back doors in 40 minutes.
Maybe it’s not automatic gearboxes that are The One True Downfall of haulage, maybe it’s curtainsiders!
There’s plenty of stuff that I would happily ratchet strap if it wouldn’t damage the load. Like has been said perhaps it’s time DVSA started putting some responsibility on the companies that send the goods. Such as, drivers must use ratchets, if that damages your load then so be it. Your problem. Not the drivers or haulier.
DickyNick:
There’s plenty of stuff that I would happily ratchet strap if it wouldn’t damage the load. Like has been said perhaps it’s time DVSA started putting some responsibility on the companies that send the goods. Such as, drivers must use ratchets, if that damages your load then so be it. Your problem. Not the drivers or haulier.
Exactly! I and others used to load out of the old Covent Garden. Sheet it up, tie it down and so what if some fruit or veg got crushed. It stayed on.