not just once i rolled it over 6 times -
the short story of my roll overs
If you are going to have to do “training” this is what the bosses should be sending you to do.
the full story will be in the July issue of T&D, in the mean time, take this fact with you, I LEARNT things of this days course that may save my life or preserve another road users life, that in itself in my mind is cost effiecient. I also learnt that things I thought were obvious, were in fact wrong, and was shown conclusively that my preconceptions were wrong. not by someone teling me, but by being in a truck and trying “MY WAY” and then trying the way the instructors suggested
this course is not sitting in a classroom, you will take a truck to the point of rollover and beyond and realise how easy it can occur and from the cab how you wont even know its happening. You will learn that old techiniques of emergency braking wil actually , when combined with ABS and other systems, actually negate the effects of those systems,
to give an example… what is more prone to a rollover, a half filled tanker or a tanker filled to the brim?
after nearly 30 years in the industry I have no shame in saying this day was one of the most enlightening and productive days i have ever spent “training”
If we “Have” to do training this should be compulsory
ps… its great fun too
Hi rikki
to know how to react in a roll over and as it can happen so fast is there any time to react to what is going on as you said
from the cab how you wont even know its happening
That is one of the beauties of this training, because there is so little warning of a rollover, experiencing one (or 6) gives an indication of the circumstances that can lead to it. In a controlled enviroment that experience is invaluable because outside of that training the only way you will learn the limits is when you lay one on its side, and thats not a good thing 
In answer to your question Rikki the half full tanker will be more likely to roll because the contents, even with a baffled tank are far more mobile and therefore can induce more sideways momentum so if your vehicle is unstable in any direction this will compound the problem.
It sounds like a fantastic course, especially for a young driver such as myself. Do you know how much these corse would cost somebody like me and where I could do them?
One of the worst tankers is a Milk tanker not full you cannot have baffles in them,Because the milk turns to butter with them in. So when you stop you have to make sure you have the brakes on good or you will be up the arse of what is in front of you
Was the Instructors name David? They take those rigs all over Europe down as far as Turkey.
Nice work if you can get it!! 
Never pulled a loaded (or part) tank, but it wouldn’t suprise me if Rikki comes back & tells us its the fully laden one more likely to roll… because the centre of gravity is higher.
A forty two year old experienced, local lorry driver died a few weeks ago when his lorry carrying animal feed rolled over on a slip road to a motorway.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7926604.stm
Surely if they fitted all trailers with out-riggers then roll-overs would be eliminated… 
