so i am a new class 1 driver working for a company moving steel and concrete.
i am using an older unit then most of the other drivers ( guessing letting me get use to it before giving me a newer unit haha)
all the new units have storage boxes on the sides for chains and ratchets( red chain binder things)
obviously the unit i am in hasn’t so i put the chains in the footwell of the passenger side in storage boxes, long story short was told by another driver not to do this as i would get [Zb] buy visa if stopped.
so my question is having only recently passed my test and not been told anything about these rules that i can get [Zb] for is there a website or book i can buy that will enlighten me on these rules?
thank you for your replies( if any)
Ask away here mate. Sure there’ll be some ■■■■ taking, some people taking offence, some people talking absolute ■■■■■■■■, but eventually you’ll get the answers to which you seek grasshopper.
Don`t know what sort of motor your driving,but years ago i and a few of the other drivers used to get one of them plastic bread trays and put it secured up against the catwalk across the chassis or on the catwalk with a piece of board in the bottom to stop the links getting jammed in the holes.
Saved having them in the footwell,cab is for people not equipment
I’ve never heard of this being a thing, the other drivers winding you up to be honest. In my old job I used to carry 10+ ratchet straps in my passenger foot well and when I was stopped by vosa nothing was ever mentioned.
The only issue might be (if you have a flat, or nearly flat floor) that they could end up interfering with the pedals if they slid around under cornering/braking.
we had this when we started to do explore work and I refused to carry chains on floor in cab ( only had the one side locker )
our trucks were then taken away , drivers side diesel tank was took off and replaced with a storage bin for straps , a metal box was fitted to drivers side catwalk for chains and a new a- frame was fitted with holders for binders , when my truck was changed they put on a- frame / metal box but left diesel tank on as it was a pain with just one diesel tank tramping
Roymondo:
The only issue might be (if you have a flat, or nearly flat floor) that they could end up interfering with the pedals if they slid around under cornering/braking.
Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk
Could perhaps be an issue there? Back in the 70’s I took a Leyland Boxer tipper to Derby test station for its annual test and the driver had a shovel on the passenger side of the cab floor. Tester failed it; ‘Insecure object in cab which could interfere with controls’ and they wanted me to book a retest! I chucked the shovel in the body and the station manager overruled the tester and passed it!
I carried tools, and sometimes 5 gallon of diesel, in the nearside footwell on my Fodens but of course there was an engine cowling in the cab and nothing could move across.
I once had a 18 l coolbox , which I kept on the passenger seat of a ERF EC11 - I even had the seatbelt round it to keep it “secure”. One evening while loading bales of straw in a field and receiving “assistance” from the driver of the loading shovel to push me back out the gate onto the road the whole lot ended up on the drivers side . Last thing I remember was watching a fully loaded coolbox coming straight at me - knocked me out cold for about 10 minutes. I wouldn’t like to repeat the experience with chains and tensioners - I’d say they would sting just a little .
Personally I hate anything in the footwell of the cab, especially things like straps and chains, that’s my personal thing about a cab being clean and clutter free, but never heard of DVSA fining a driver for it unless the windscreen was full of clutter.
However this booklet should cover just about every rule DVSA can get you for and the fines they can impose, only 300+ pages.
Thank you wanted to read it now then realized you said 300 pages hahaha
muckles:
Personally I hate anything in the footwell of the cab, especially things like straps and chains, that’s my personal thing about a cab being clean and clutter free, but never heard of DVSA fining a driver for it unless the windscreen was full of clutter.
However this booklet should cover just about every rule DVSA can get you for and the fines they can impose, only 300+ pages.
dozy:
we had this when we started to do explore work and I refused to carry chains on floor in cab ( only had the one side locker )
our trucks were then taken away , drivers side diesel tank was took off and replaced with a storage bin for straps , a metal box was fitted to drivers side catwalk for chains and a new a- frame was fitted with holders for binders , when my truck was changed they put on a- frame / metal box but left diesel tank on as it was a pain with just one diesel tank tramping
dozy:
tool box
dozy:
a - frame for binders + toolbox for chains
dozy:
if you look under the back of the cab , below Suzis you’ll see they also had a storage tray made for excess ratchets , Anderson leads , straps etc
That’s gotta be the first thing that has ever impressed me when it comes to Stobarts (or your posts come to think of it)
dozy:
we had this when we started to do explore work and I refused to carry chains on floor in cab ( only had the one side locker )
our trucks were then taken away , drivers side diesel tank was took off and replaced with a storage bin for straps , a metal box was fitted to drivers side catwalk for chains and a new a- frame was fitted with holders for binders , when my truck was changed they put on a- frame / metal box but left diesel tank on as it was a pain with just one diesel tank tramping
dozy:
tool box
dozy:
a - frame for binders + toolbox for chains
dozy:
if you look under the back of the cab , below Suzis you’ll see they also had a storage tray made for excess ratchets , Anderson leads , straps etc
That’s gotta be the first thing that has ever impressed me when it comes to Stobarts (or your posts come to think of it)
However next time put it all into one post eh!
I can retire happy now knowing I’ve impressed you , nearly
dozy:
we had this when we started to do explore work and I refused to carry chains on floor in cab ( only had the one side locker )
our trucks were then taken away , drivers side diesel tank was took off and replaced with a storage bin for straps , a metal box was fitted to drivers side catwalk for chains and a new a- frame was fitted with holders for binders , when my truck was changed they put on a- frame / metal box but left diesel tank on as it was a pain with just one diesel tank tramping
dozy:
tool box
dozy:
a - frame for binders + toolbox for chains
dozy:
if you look under the back of the cab , below Suzis you’ll see they also had a storage tray made for excess ratchets , Anderson leads , straps etc
That’s gotta be the first thing that has ever impressed me when it comes to Stobarts (or your posts come to think of it)
However next time put it all into one post eh!
Reef remember it’s Dozy. That’s not gonna happen and today is Friday. So we will be reading the usual Friday story later, this time even a rental car will be involved.
Probably he has to night out in that rental car… [emoji15][emoji849][emoji23]
the way it’s going I’ll not even get to the hire car , easy Hawleys lane - clithroe - carnforth for 12 , and they’ve no stock at Hawleys lane , no idea when it will come in , if it does , driver line say keep ringing us , think it will be a taxi home from here , truck at Hawleys lane instead of carnforth , hire car carnforth instead of my depot , keys at depot for hire car when I get back , I just knew when i seen this job it would go ■■■■ up somehow , and planner on answer phone
I chucked the shovel in the body and the station manager overruled the tester and passed it! 
