Today I was out and about in the high winds towing a 16’2" decker, one with the regular sized wheels/tyres not the smaller doubles. As I was in the office doing my paper work one of the guys says to me “I wouldn’t like to be out in that today!!!” I though to myself, not to happy about it either but take it as it comes…
I’m driving out the yard and I see this guy climbing into a 7.5t vehicle, I thought to myself “I wouldn’t like to be out in that today!!!”
Last time I was out in high winds it was in that exact 7.5t, I was ■■■■■■■■ myself, every gust of wind I felt like this wee PJ is going to tip, I felt much more at ease driving a decker than a 7.5t in these high winds.
What about you guys, What would your preference be and why?
I once saw a luton ■■■■■■ thrown over on the a66,like a rag doll,i wouldnt fancy one of them low weight high volume drags some foreign fellas drive aswell
seth 70:
I once saw a luton ■■■■■■ thrown over on the a66,like a rag doll,i wouldnt fancy one of them low weight high volume drags some foreign fellas drive aswell
I haven’t driven in high winds yet so have it all to look forward too usually at max weight but when tipped Its back empty to be loaded again for following morning so should make the drive back interesting
I was out in a curtainside 7.5 today, and it was a bit playful when nearly empty. Not arse-clenching, but I did have to persuade it to go in a straight line! Would`ve preferred a bigger, heavier toy.
Ricekrispies:
I haven’t driven in high winds yet so have it all to look forward too usually at max weight but when tipped Its back empty to be loaded again for following morning so should make the drive back interesting
Max weight doesn’t save you like you think it will. Plenty of fully loaded wagons have ended up on their side in the wind.
seen a lot with curtains tied back, good practice but why do most firms not allow it, keyboard clowns, back in the day when i were a lad etc [zbn], fools
iceman1:
seen a lot with curtains tied back, good practice but why do most firms not allow it, keyboard clowns, back in the day when i were a lad etc [zbn], fools
A lot of modern trailers use the curtains to carry some of the tension and basically hold the roof on. Try running those open and you’ll turn it into a flatbed while driving down the Motorway
Years ago I went over just south of penrith on the M6. i was in a 7.5t iveco curtainsider empty the truck was a year old (R reg) i had been to CCSB Belfast and running back to Sherburn in Ellmet. I was always told never r run with the curtains open as we carried food stuff.
I should have just parked up but office bods were pushing and being young i thought they know best! I remember watching the revs rise and fall as the rear wheel kept lifting then over it went. I learnt a lot from that.
used to dread coming back down the M1 in my almost empty 7 1/2 t. curtainsider,used to divert off in high winds.with the 14 ft boxes,i just stick with it…
usually at max weight but when tipped Its back empty to be loaded again for following morning so should make the drive back interesting 
