DadsRetired:
and what about Sugar Beet wagons?By law they dont need to have their loads covered “as the beet holds itself into the trailer”. Go near any Sugar Beet factory at this time of year and the road is littered with the stuff so its obviously not holding each other into the trailer.
where did you see a suger beet wagon this time of year . season not started yet
haylorry:
Ive been involed in hauling hay & straw since 1985, And dont people moan about us !! A natural piece of hay & straw blows of in the first 10mins of loading and you go mental ,ITS ONLY VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY ,LIGHT And if you swallowed any you wouldnt choke and it be part of a good diet,ITS ONE OF THE OLDEST TYPES OF LOADS TO BE TRANSPORTED !!! Sheetings a night mare in a field in wind and after taking 2 hours to load 800 small bales then sleep the night in the field when driving hours are up ,why hell would you want to spend another hour sheeting for no reason !! i only sheet if its bad rain , Why would i spend £100s pounds on a sheet just to tare and rip the crap out of it on trees. We seem in most lorry drivers worlds to be treated odd which makes me laugh, Hay and straw drivers spend nights out ,rope and when needed sheet,load them selfs with most types of customers machines,drive down most roads and dirt tracks with lorry & drags loaded 16ft high that most 4x4s never see and then squeeze them into hill farms in the middle of no where,then load outa wet fields to be towed out by tractors, lorry covered in crap,Roll straps up soaked in cow [zb] to find youve ran outa driving hours ,sleep in cab with flies buzzing in the middle of no where,Try fix lorry covered in crap when no phone signal ,And yet some lorry drivers treat us as fools and moan when a peice straw blows on them and they probably no sod all about the lorry there driving ,wont touch any part of there load ,get dirty and most just trunk from A to B ,It makes me laugh watching (some) artic drivers reverse in the services, they aint a clue yet look at me parked for the night with a wagon & drag load of hay or straw as though im a hay chewing inbread fool.PLUS ive never heard of a load of hay to combust and my loads have never burst into flames randomley or ever in my time since 1985 have i known hay lorries combust into flames,Like most lorry fires its electrical,hot brakes or arson,Unless your a hay lorry and people think the worse ,My little rant i thank you ,i sleep now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Truth be told, would you do anything else? you’ve got to admit its fun!
Pleased to meet you Hay lorry, I also haul hay and straw about the country and i enjoy it. Teaches you how to be a proper driver! 
haylorry:
Ive been involed in hauling hay & straw since 1985, And dont people moan about us !! A natural piece of hay & straw blows of in the first 10mins of loading and you go mental ,ITS ONLY VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY ,LIGHT And if you swallowed any you wouldnt choke and it be part of a good diet,ITS ONE OF THE OLDEST TYPES OF LOADS TO BE TRANSPORTED !!! Sheetings a night mare in a field in wind and after taking 2 hours to load 800 small bales then sleep the night in the field when driving hours are up ,why hell would you want to spend another hour sheeting for no reason !! i only sheet if its bad rain , Why would i spend £100s pounds on a sheet just to tare and rip the crap out of it on trees. We seem in most lorry drivers worlds to be treated odd which makes me laugh, Hay and straw drivers spend nights out ,rope and when needed sheet,load them selfs with most types of customers machines,drive down most roads and dirt tracks with lorry & drags loaded 16ft high that most 4x4s never see and then squeeze them into hill farms in the middle of no where,then load outa wet fields to be towed out by tractors, lorry covered in crap,Roll straps up soaked in cow [zb] to find youve ran outa driving hours ,sleep in cab with flies buzzing in the middle of no where,Try fix lorry covered in crap when no phone signal ,And yet some lorry drivers treat us as fools and moan when a peice straw blows on them and they probably no sod all about the lorry there driving ,wont touch any part of there load ,get dirty and most just trunk from A to B ,It makes me laugh watching (some) artic drivers reverse in the services, they aint a clue yet look at me parked for the night with a wagon & drag load of hay or straw as though im a hay chewing inbread fool.PLUS ive never heard of a load of hay to combust and my loads have never burst into flames randomley or ever in my time since 1985 have i known hay lorries combust into flames,Like most lorry fires its electrical,hot brakes or arson,Unless your a hay lorry and people think the worse ,My little rant i thank you ,i sleep now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Your spot on in what your saying there Hayload, & most of the bad loads are down to the farmers themselves, i have seen some rare sights of loads over the years 
More stories of abuse of power
Now unless this load was actually laid on the road I think the magistrates and the coppers have jumped the gun a bit. I have done a little round timber haulage and it is one of the most stable loads ever and is probably one load where it holds itself to the trailer. If the load resembled the one in the photo, it is not going to slip forward if you drove it over a cliff.
I await some comments from way up North from those hard men in frocks 
We cleared the fallen timber from the south of England after the October 1987 storms. earned a bloody fortune and had carte blanch to run riot through the regulations 
But a good man on a Timberjack or a Jonsered loader would place the logs precisely where you wanted them, they were laid in, interlocked, the weight of one log held the others either side, the side posts gave it more stability. a quick buzz down the sides of the trailer with a chain saw to trim any overhanging bits and a couple of straps for effect.
After the latest stories from north of the wall about police and health and safety officials effectively banning ropes and sheets, banning a lorry driver from climbing on his trailer, allowing untrained inexperienced panda car drivers to decide the fate of an experienced hand and now almost banning the use of traditional logging trailers, it makes me want to tear up my licence now. I doubt very much that a logging company is going to let a total novice loose in a forest with 150k’s worth of kit, even if it is a Renault Premium But these logging men are hard men, they are not stupid enough to risk the load slipping off on a forest track which could pull them over the side of a ravine. Are they?
Wheel Nut:
More stories of abuse of powerNow unless this load was actually laid on the road I think the magistrates and the coppers have jumped the gun a bit. I have done a little round timber haulage and it is one of the most stable loads ever and is probably one load where it holds itself to the trailer. If the load resembled the one in the photo, it is not going to slip forward if you drove it over a cliff.
I await some comments from way up North from those hard men in frocks
After the latest stories from north of the wall about police and health and safety officials effectively banning ropes and sheets, banning a lorry driver from climbing on his trailer, allowing untrained inexperienced panda car drivers to decide the fate of an experienced hand and now almost banning the use of traditional logging trailers, it makes me want to tear up my licence now. I doubt very much that a logging company is going to let a total novice loose in a forest with 150k’s worth of kit, even if it is a Renault Premium
You ever seen the opening scene in final destination 2 
your probaly right that those logs would never of fallen of but this day and age it sees to be “what if” society… 