I found out a trade secret

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Wells its probably no a secret but i never knew about it.

So you see 3 flatbeds stacked on top of each other but how do they do it? A crane comes to mind initially.

So i was at a haulage yard waiting to be tipped and witnessed this

Guy reveres trailer (A) down this deep incline/pit which looked like it had been dug out by hand with shovels. Different guy reverses trailer (B) on top of (A) then unhooks - he then hooks to trailer (C). He reverses trailer (C) down incline and the first guy reverses (A) and (B) onto (C). No crane needed just a slope/pit :astonished:

Hope you understand my gibberish but i would never have thought it was done like this in a million years :laughing:

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merc0447:
Wells its probably no a secret but i never knew about it.

So you see 3 flatbeds stacked on top of each other but how do they do it? A crane comes to mind initially.

So i was at a haulage yard waiting to be tipped and witnessed this

Guy reveres trailer (A) down this deep incline/pit which looked like it had been dug out by hand with shovels. Different guy reverses trailer (B) on top of (A) then unhooks - he then hooks to trailer (C). He reverses trailer (C) down incline and the first guy reverses (A) and (B) onto (C). No crane needed just a slope/pit :astonished:

Hope you understand my gibberish but i would never have thought it was done like this in a million years :laughing:

Farmers often had a concrete ramp in the yard, these were used too. I always tried to carry my empty trailer when doing caravans or cars, but we had ramps on board those.

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We sometimes had to load them when we pulled new trailers for Crane Fuehauf, Always a bit of a moment when you got the wheels onto the trailer and the whole lot drops down on the suspension and not a lot of room for manouvre once on the trailer.
Much prefered letting the shunters do the job. They had bloody great forklifts with a fifth wheel at the end of the forks and did it everyday so made the job look easy. :smiley:

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where i used to work many years ago we used to have a concrete ramp, reverse one trailer onto another then strap them together, take those 2 trailers and reverse over another strap down job done.
there are plenty more “trade secrets” out there waiting to be discovered :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

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Honestly ive pasted these stacked flatbeds loads of times never thought anything of it, but its so simple!

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We just use a hiab.

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I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

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8wheels:
I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

5 trailers! Now that is ingenuity.

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8wheels:
I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

You’d want a pretty fancy ramp to stack those! Alton Towers maybe? :wink:

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merc0447:

8wheels:
I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

5 trailers! Now that is ingenuity.

More ingenious that they have welded them on :stuck_out_tongue:

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8wheels:
I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

I was about to mention these. Ive seen quite a few loaded like this going into Immingham. Quite clever i thought.

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I’ve stacked these before for export.
5 trailers, (one road-worthy). Knock the legs and rails off the other 4.
Then just use 2 fork lifts to stack them, then weld them together.

Job Jobbed.

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cieranc:
I’ve stacked these before for export.
5 trailers, (one road-worthy). Knock the legs and rails off the other 4.
Then just use 2 fork lifts to stack them, then weld them together.

Job Jobbed.

Over at Teesside?

I used to pick new ones up from Dennison at Lancaster. I never thought 3 empty trailers could take so much pulling :frowning:

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8wheels:
I’d always thought a crane too.

Although it’d be tricky with these.

Where do they carry the converter dollies?

Some folks would be in their element getting £7 an hour to drive with 5 trailers :laughing:

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Nah, at Winston, for John Dickinson.

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cieranc:
Nah, at Winston, for John Dickinson.

just up the road from me.

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■■? Corners?

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cieranc:
■■? Corners?

Not quite that close, but know them well.
Am out of trucking at the moment, just doing a bit of relief driving and enjoying it.