stu675:
Beau Nydel:
It looks to me that he has dumped the air from his drive axle but forgot the trailer- or -he measured his load height at the eaves, not the ridge!I think it’s because the caravan is on wheels and tipped down to the front.
Or it could be the weight of the bridge has compressed his airbags! 
The bridge is only part of the interesting talk he’ll have with the TC. The lack of extra mirrors may also be mentioned…
Wouldn’t that need a ■■■■■■? As sometimes I see some.carvans with one .sometimes I don’t
Most likely, yes, escorts legally required when the vehicle plus load is over 3.5m wide (see 2nd link). Assuming this conforms to the dimensions of a standard static caravan, 12’, = 3.7m (to one sig fig) but about 3.8m (12’ 6") when door handles and window frames are added in, according to:
ndoecaravans.co.uk/blog/cho … s-on-site/
gov.uk/government/publicati … attendants
Doesn’t absolve the driver though, or the operator from the consequences of what the TC will do. This is just one of their “Five a Day” (bridge strikes that is)
but if he requires an ■■■■■■ then surely the ■■■■■■ driver is partly at fault.
Or at least. Be out of his van watching him under the bridge
It’s worth him claiming that as mitigation, but I’m not sure it’ll do him very much good, TCs aren’t big on accepting excuses.