German Polizei has stopped this vehicle:
they arrested the driver, the press officer issued the statement of “all posible laws being broken”… And now they don’t really know what to do with it next.
As far as I see that, as long as the load was secure and the mass was right, I can’t see any problems with it… Or am I wrong?
What about weight issues? Can’t work out how heavy from a picture.
I would say yes,doesn’t look to be secured very well,wheels look to be rubbing on the trailer indicating its over weight.
Essexboy:
I would say yes,doesn’t look to be secured very well,wheels look to be rubbing on the trailer indicating its over weight.
Yes, I see that, but my question is more general:
If the mass was right, and the load was secured correctly, is there any law saying that you can’t stack vehicles like that?
It doesn’t look like it would take corners too well and maybe a little back heavy.
It seems to me that the picture is taken when someone attemps to drive the red iveco off the big one. That might be why it’s unstrapped, why the driver’s window is open and maybe why the suspension is lowered…
But I am trying to get answer, if it’s illegal to stack several vehicles one on the top of the another as a rule…
Stuff certainly goes to the docks like that in this country for export.
I’d be surprised if the three weighed over 10 tons which should be fine on three axles as long as it’s strapped well and the wheels of the Iveco are chocked on the bed which you probably wouldn’t see done in this country.
Another plus for the curtainsider.
The car should have had cycle bars and a couple of bikes on the roof to be the icing on the cake.
chester:
The car should have had cycle bars and a couple of bikes on the roof to be the icing on the cake.
No, I think there should be a quad bike on the roof and only on them bicycles, and on the bicycle - skateboard 
orys:
German Polizei has stopped this vehicle:
they arrested the driver, the press officer issued the statement of “all posible laws being broken”… And now they don’t really know what to do with it next.As far as I see that, as long as the load was secure and the mass was right, I can’t see any problems with it… Or am I wrong?
Hi orys,
I can offer you a little help with your question.
The whole article is here (in German) 
Report by Bild.de
According to the report, the police have taken a deposit from the driver and allowed him on his way (to Belgium) with a slimmed down load.
Since the report mentions a deposit, the alleged offence will be written on the receipt, but I’ll be honest and say that I can’t see the actual offence mentioned. The report describes a police spokesman as saying that the tower of vehicles breaks all road traffic rules.
The report also mentions that the driver was planning to carry yet another truck on his trailer. 
dieseldave:
The report describes a police spokesman as saying that the tower of vehicles breaks all road traffic rules.The report also mentions that the driver was planning to carry yet another truck on his trailer.
Yes. I saw that issue on another (Polish) forum with the Polish article acompanying it. The member of that forum - a Polish speaking German - said that he was asked once to help (as a translator) in analogical situation and after he demanded the polizei to ask what was the actual law that was broken by stacking vehicles like that they failed to provide answer and they just let the driver go, just telling him “this time you might go, but don’t do it again”.
I of course see the problem if the vehicle was overloaded, but I just wonder, together with my other-forum-friend, if there is any law (eigher paneuropean or just in Germany) that says “tower of vehicles” as such is illegal…
add the weights up…
truck 1 …
truck 2 … maybe 3 1/2 ton unladen ?
truck 3 … maybe 3 ton unladen ?
car … 1 1/2 ton ?
total cargo weight of maybe 8 tonnes…?
wonder wot the gross weight of number one would be…?
but then it is aslo towing a trailer …?
great pic all the same…!! 
man-tga:
add the weights up…truck 1 …
truck 2 … maybe 3 1/2 ton unladen ?
truck 3 … maybe 3 ton unladen ?
car … 1 1/2 ton ?
total cargo weight of maybe 8 tonnes…?
wonder wot the gross weight of number one would be…?but then it is aslo towing a trailer …?
great pic all the same…!!
i had them all half a T up, but there or there about, don’t see what the problem is
As long as axle weights, gross weights and load security issues were being adhered to I can’t see why there should be a legal issue with this load. If the Polizei don’t like “tower” loads I’d have to assume they wouldn’t allow loads of straw to be transported, or perhaps loads of empty pallets.
I expect it’s a case of an overzealous cop who didn’t like the look of the load, decided to book the driver, couldn’t find any relevant laws that had been broken, but had backed himself into a corner and didn’t’ want to lose face by letting the driver carry on.
Typical bloody Germans finding problems where there are none
I’m glad they numbered the vehicles.
I would have had major difficulties counting them otherwise.
kevin0410:
I’m glad they numbered the vehicles.
I would have had major difficulties counting them otherwise.
hihi. Bild, I think, is a German equivalent of Sun, so they have to take care of education of their readers
dieseldave:
orys:
German Polizei has stopped this vehicle:
The report also mentions that the driver was planning to carry yet another truck on his trailer.
No that can’t be right. That combo could only ever have a gypo van on tow!
Stan
That vehicle in the picture is a rigid, not sure why anyones mentioning a trailer? Unless i’ve ,missed something. The first thing i can see is that the car on top is not, nor does it seem its able to be secured to the floor of the carrying lorry bed, and so on for the rest of it. I can’t see anyway you can restrain that lot to the lorry bed to secure it. The best way i can describe what i mean if you can’t envisage it is that its like strapping a high pallet to the trailer bed but only putting your straps through the bottom of the pallet, instead of going over the top and securing the whole load. The whole lot looks like a concertina to me.
Edit to add, i can see a way to secure it, but that entails lashing the whole lot to the carrier.
Mike-C:
That vehicle in the picture is a rigid, not sure why anyones mentioning a trailer?
Mike,
It was me who mentioned the trailer, because that’s what I read in the report.
Zumal er zu allem Überfluss auf den Anhänger noch einen weiteren Lastwagen aufladen wollte
My own translation: To cap it all, he [the driver] wanted to load another truck on the trailer. [In addition to what he’d already loaded on the truck that’s in the picture.]
Those European chappies love their Wagon-and-Drags.