interesting idea 
I like anything that makes life a bit easier 
Fairly impressive while everything is working well and none of the rollers are broken, lets see what it looks like in 2 years of hard service and the straps are torn, the cables snapped and the roof bent.
Actually with that galvanised chassis withthe holes in it it is quite easy to strap a load using conventional strapping methods!
I’m presuming that they also slide forwards/backwards in connection with the sliding roof? Not a bad idea to make things easier, while its new and in working order etc. Though no doubt a pain to change the straps once they get the most trivial cut to them and the gestapo, sorry I mean the BAG take exception and declear the perfectly good strap not fit for use.
Good idea but I’m left with one overwhelming thought, thank Christ I don’t take curtainsiders to Europe. The amount of strapping they want over there is mad.
Wheel Nut:
Fairly impressive while everything is working well and none of the rollers are broken, lets see what it looks like in 2 years of hard service and the straps are torn, the cables snapped and the roof bent.Actually with that galvanised chassis withthe holes in it it is quite easy to strap a load using conventional strapping methods!
^ This
switchlogic:
Good idea but I’m left with one overwhelming thought, thank Christ I don’t take curtainsiders to Europe. The amount of strapping they want over there is mad.
I once loaded steel in Germany, probably in 2008/09 and I started to strap it down when an office wallah came out waving his arms around and protesting that my 16 straps were not enough…he then consulted his rule book with regards the strapping situation, produced a calculator and said according to the law I needed no less than 36 straps for that load. I told him that he’d better unload the whole lot as even if both my side lockers and trailer box were full of straps, I’d still not have space for that many and he could stick his rule book where the sun didnt shine. At that point a more experienced member of staff came along, who explained the error of his ways to the office wallah and I was soon on my way to England, where suprisingly enough my load of steel was pefectly intact and in place, despite not having 36 span sets holding it down. Surely it cannot be long until this nimbyism comes to the UK, after all, it would provide thousands of jobs for the boys with regards enforcment, police, vosa etc and every factory and steel works could employ dozens of hi-vis nazis to prevent common sense and make sure their business becomes even less efficient and productive.
that really bolis my â– â– â– â– 
back on a bay to load then you have to open the â– â– â– â– â– â– â– curtains
if you want me to open the curtains get the forky outside to load from the side as well, even worse sometimes we load in germany and they load through the roof and they want the curtains open as well what do you think I am, actively looking for hard work 
I don’t like getting a sweat on
welshboyinspain:
that really bolis my â– â– â– â–
back on a bay to load then you have to open the [zb] curtains
if you want me to open the curtains get the forky outside to load from the side as well, even worse sometimes we load in germany and they load through the roof and they want the curtains open as well
I don’t like getting a sweat on
Its even better when you load through the back, you strap it from the side with both curtains open and also have to put the bloody rubber mats underneath the pallets as well. Anyone would think we’re loading marbels on a flat bed with the stupid nonsense they come out with.
Apparently according to the BAG their thinking is that if its so well strapped, when a truck rolls over on to its side or its roof, the load will still nicely be strapped to the deck and the truck and trailer can be craned off in one piece without the load being shattered all over the place. So glad they live in the real world.
Although we go on about the olden days being best. I really think we are constantly going backwards. This isnt a post about not doing something, because I have been strapping loads on trailers for many years, it kind of makes sense when you load a TIR tilt and cannot check if the load has moved for 6 or 7 days.
When I started driving, pallets were a fairly new idea and a lot of companies would bring the load to you on a pallet and the driver then unloaded the pallet and stacked it onto the trailer bed, from there the lancashire flat and drum carrier was used for international work and disposable pallets were used but the driver still had to cover the load with a sheet and fasten it on with ropes.
Suddenly after the burst of containers and the flat trailer becoming a curtainsider, the containers were carried on skeletals and it was seen as a labour saving idea, less double handling, pilferage and damage through weather.
Road safety improved and went from a man with a red flag to ABS brakes, until recently, there are more loads falling off lorries than anytime i can remember, tanker drivers were nimble enough to scale a ladder without incident, without launching themselves into midair.
We are now in a situation that you cannot climb on a trailer without a trampoline, climb on a tank without skyhooks or even walk across a well lit transport yard without following hatched walkways and a hard hat, god forbid anyone turning up in an office reception area with a hiviz or safety boots.
Instead of a man with a red flag we now have variable speed limits set by big brother, road closures if someone drops a â– â– â– packet out of the window and security men instead of camp commandants instructing you how to follow the party line.
We have ended up with it being easier and safer to collect sacks of cement or steel coils on a flat trailer then it is in a curtainsider, simply because of progress.
It is me isnt it? 
Wheel Nut:
Although we go on about the olden days being best. I really think we are constantly going backwards. This isnt a post about not doing something, because I have been strapping loads on trailers for many years, it kind of makes sense when you load a TIR tilt and cannot check if the load has moved for 6 or 7 days.When I started driving, pallets were a fairly new idea and a lot of companies would bring the load to you on a pallet and the driver then unloaded the pallet and stacked it onto the trailer bed, from there the lancashire flat and drum carrier was used for international work and disposable pallets were used but the driver still had to cover the load with a sheet and fasten it on with ropes.
Suddenly after the burst of containers and the flat trailer becoming a curtainsider, the containers were carried on skeletals and it was seen as a labour saving idea, less double handling, pilferage and damage through weather.
Road safety improved and went from a man with a red flag to ABS brakes, until recently, there are more loads falling off lorries than anytime i can remember, tanker drivers were nimble enough to scale a ladder without incident, without launching themselves into midair.
We are now in a situation that you cannot climb on a trailer without a trampoline, climb on a tank without skyhooks or even walk across a well lit transport yard without following hatched walkways and a hard hat, god forbid anyone turning up in an office reception area with a hiviz or safety boots.
Instead of a man with a red flag we now have variable speed limits set by big brother, road closures if someone drops a â– â– â– packet out of the window and security men instead of camp commandants instructing you how to follow the party line.
We have ended up with it being easier and safer to collect sacks of cement or steel coils on a flat trailer then it is in a curtainsider, simply because of progress.
It is me isnt it?
I totally agree with you. The problem is that allowing for common sense would put thousands of surplus civil servants out of work. With Germany for example, or any country that has since adopted their style of rules for load securement, we would all strap down anything that needed to be strapped, wether they told us to or not but when it comes to a mixed load of light groupage thats pretty much up to the roof and they have a fit if a small box is loose when it weighs about as much as a multi pack of walkers crisps, thats just going to an absolute extreme. Or my earlier example of being told I must strap down a straight forward load of steel with 36 span sets somewhere in the Ruhr area. It was only 4 girder bar type things two thirds of the trailer long but his rule book said I needed so many straps per meter, times whatever for each KG or ton of load.
Wheel Nut:
It is me isnt it?
No !
I have a slightly lower tech version of this on my rig:
(Brand spanking new, May 2009)
It is used to keep the straps out the shine when loading stillages from the side.
However, leaving the straps attached to the bungees when strapping single pallets as in the vid, over stretches the bungees and they are quickly knackered. Also, the rings at the end of the bungees tend to fray the straps after a while.