Could be he did it because he didn’t get paid last month?
As if no one would realise he’d done it, thick as cheese, some people.
Was watching road wars or some such last night, there was a bloke in a 02 plate corsa that had put gaffer tape over the 0, front and back to make it an 82 plate which hasn’t been released yet and never will I think!
The car was stolen and the 02 reg didn’t even belong to it anyway and he was drunk and going equipped to bilk petrol. The cops had a field day, I mean how thick would you need to be to think you were going to get away with all that■■?
stevieboy308:
waynedl:
stevieboy308:
Santa:
Surely the forkie bears some of the responsibility?why? the driver tells flt driver where to put stuff
When?? because he couldn’t be arsed opening the curtains any further
I rarely do, some jobs I pick loaded trailers up, others the forkies know their job.
do you not think that if he turned up to pick the already badly loaded trailer up, he might of had the same issue in picking it up as what the person picking it up after he’d dropped it off would have?
Not really, some idiots drop trailers like their setting off from the start line at brands hatch, others pull off the pin, drop the suspension and pull out slowly.
1 of these methods will increase the likelihood of the above situation.
Silver_Surfer:
As if no one would realise he’d done it, thick as cheese, some people.Was watching road wars or some such last night, there was a bloke in a 02 plate corsa that had put gaffer tape over the 0, front and back to make it an 82 plate which hasn’t been released yet and never will I think!
The car was stolen and the 02 reg didn’t even belong to it anyway and he was drunk and going equipped to bilk petrol. The cops had a field day, I mean how thick would you need to be to think you were going to get away with all that■■?
I think the real question you want to ask there is “how often had he got away with it before the 2 active coppers actually caught him”… 
toby1234abc:
The current fine is £60 per trailer leg turn, and a new law out soon, £30 per each flash, when you forget to turn off the flashing beacons and orange lights.They can calculate how long you left the flasheys on by testing the filament in the bulb on their computer.
your on the the wrong thread with this comment. your looking for the RDC ■■■■■■■■ thread to post this on
repton:
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
toby1234abc:
The current fine is £60 per trailer leg turn, and a new law out soon, £30 per each flash, when you forget to turn off the flashing beacons and orange lights.They can calculate how long you left the flasheys on by testing the filament in the bulb on their computer.That’s just trailer yard bs mate usually told by ex stobarts or ex army lads. It was even in a feature in Comercial Motor a few month ago about the 10 most used myths in transport that are bollox. Some trailer legs you can’t wind up fully because of the build up of grease and crap around them. I’ve never have VOSA wind up my trailer legs when I’ve been pulled over in the past,as long as you leave a good distance between road and legs you are fine.
Another “WHOOOOOOOOOOOSH”!
He was clearly extracting the urine, surely the bit about the flashing lights gave that away! Put it this way pal he may not have been joking with the 1st statement as I have had 3 retards come upto me in the yard in the last 12 month,2 of them ex Stobbarts and try and tell me the exact same thing.
Paul
lizard:
toby1234abc:
The current fine is £60 per trailer leg turn, and a new law out soon, £30 per each flash, when you forget to turn off the flashing beacons and orange lights.They can calculate how long you left the flasheys on by testing the filament in the bulb on their computer.your on the the wrong thread with this comment. your looking for the RDC [zb] thread to post this on
And another one bites lmao
Lee G:
One of our subbies dropped this in the yard the other week and just [zb] off without telling anyone.0
11t of elecy parts on 10 pallets double stacked because he couldn’t be arsed opening the curtains any further, it wouldnt be so bad but he didnt have any other collections that day either!
isnt the trailer like that cos he forgot to wind the legs down before pulling out (on its knees)
and about forklifts loading double stacked pallets
if you ask some to load them as single pallets
that can start shouting and swearing and pointing at other wagons waiting
that they have to load and unload
like one bloke posted earlier
subbies can often be paid peanuts so why should they be bothered
if its only a short trip back to the yard
stevieboy308:
K5Project:
stevieboy308:
Santa:
Surely the forkie bears some of the responsibility?why? the driver tells flt driver where to put stuff
Wow where do you drop I often tell forks wheres to put stuff they just huff and puff and do it there way anyway
unless it’s obvious like when picking a full load, i’d say the vast majority of time the flt driver will say where / how do ya want it drive? if then it went down not quite where i wanted it or i changed my mind i don’t ever recall an issue of getting shifted to where i wanted it. and when i’ve been on the flt i’d always ask how they wanted it going on then ask if that’s alright fella? once on
In our yard the forkies are happy to discuss it with the driver but… It is their responsibility to make sure that it is safe and legal.
In places I have done collections I have met all kinds. To be fair, most of them know better than me how to load their own stuff. I remember a place in Gloucester made radio masts - I didn’t have a clue but they let me stand back and watch, and then showed me how best to strap it down. On the other hand I have had a stand-up row with an idiot who insisted on loading his pallets the wrong way round. Another problem we often had with groupage loads was that they would refuse to double stack - then we depended on finding a helpful one who would reload the stuff for us.
miketdt:
Could be he did it because he didn’t get paid last month?
Or he came in, only to be given 1 pick up !!
Santa:
stevieboy308:
K5Project:
stevieboy308:
Santa:
Surely the forkie bears some of the responsibility?why? the driver tells flt driver where to put stuff
Wow where do you drop I often tell forks wheres to put stuff they just huff and puff and do it there way anyway
unless it’s obvious like when picking a full load, i’d say the vast majority of time the flt driver will say where / how do ya want it drive? if then it went down not quite where i wanted it or i changed my mind i don’t ever recall an issue of getting shifted to where i wanted it. and when i’ve been on the flt i’d always ask how they wanted it going on then ask if that’s alright fella? once on
In our yard the forkies are happy to discuss it with the driver but… It is their responsibility to make sure that it is safe and legal.
In places I have done collections I have met all kinds. To be fair, most of them know better than me how to load their own stuff. I remember a place in Gloucester made radio masts - I didn’t have a clue but they let me stand back and watch, and then showed me how best to strap it down. On the other hand I have had a stand-up row with an idiot who insisted on loading his pallets the wrong way round. Another problem we often had with groupage loads was that they would refuse to double stack - then we depended on finding a helpful one who would reload the stuff for us.
I still find it astonishing how many times I go somewhere and the person on the forklift seems to have no idea a chep pallet is longer one way than the other. You seem to get the most problems with this when loading through the back doors of a box or fridge trailer. I often reckon I could have loaded quicker myself with a tail-lift.
Santa:
stevieboy308:
K5Project:
stevieboy308:
Santa:
Surely the forkie bears some of the responsibility?why? the driver tells flt driver where to put stuff
Wow where do you drop I often tell forks wheres to put stuff they just huff and puff and do it there way anyway
unless it’s obvious like when picking a full load, i’d say the vast majority of time the flt driver will say where / how do ya want it drive? if then it went down not quite where i wanted it or i changed my mind i don’t ever recall an issue of getting shifted to where i wanted it. and when i’ve been on the flt i’d always ask how they wanted it going on then ask if that’s alright fella? once on
In our yard the forkies are happy to discuss it with the driver but… It is their responsibility to make sure that it is safe and legal.
as in the flt drivers responsibility? it might be your firms policy and they’ll get into ■■■■ with the firm if it goes out unsafe / illegal. but as far as plod and vosa are concerned, i’ve just had a quick 5 minute look, a police site said this - Ensuring a vehicle is not overloaded is the responsibility of both the operator and the driver.
In addition to this, if anyone else causes or permits an overloaded vehicle they may also be
charged with committing an offence
and vosa just seemed to mention operator and driver
if i were a betting man i’d bet that a lot more drivers have been done for overloading / insecure load etc than flt drivers, so it’s in the drivers interest to make sure it’s right.
Santa:
In places I have done collections I have met all kinds. To be fair, most of them know better than me how to load their own stuff. I remember a place in Gloucester made radio masts - I didn’t have a clue but they let me stand back and watch, and then showed me how best to strap it down.
exactly, we’ve all been there plenty of times and probably 99% of the time it’ll be right, but if you’re not happy with their way, then do it your way because get stopped and it’s not right, then saying everyone does it like this isn’t going to wash with vosa / plod. it’d sit better with me getting done for loading it how i thought was right but being wrong, rather than thinking that ain’t right, but they said that’s how to do it, then getting done.
waynedl:
stevieboy308:
waynedl:
stevieboy308:
Santa:
Surely the forkie bears some of the responsibility?why? the driver tells flt driver where to put stuff
When?? because he couldn’t be arsed opening the curtains any further
I rarely do, some jobs I pick loaded trailers up, others the forkies know their job.
do you not think that if he turned up to pick the already badly loaded trailer up, he might of had the same issue in picking it up as what the person picking it up after he’d dropped it off would have?
Not really, some idiots drop trailers like their setting off from the start line at brands hatch, others pull off the pin, drop the suspension and pull out slowly.
1 of these methods will increase the likelihood of the above situation.
right, so without knowing how the seesaw was balanced - guaranteed to end up on it’s nose or teetering, could go either way.
without knowing which of the 2 methods the 1 or 2 drivers subscribe to.
you can say “not really” to my "he might of had the same issue in picking it up as what the person picking it up after he’d dropped it off would have?
ok fella 
Lee G:
11t of elecy parts on 10 pallets
elecy parts ?
Mike-C:
Lee G:
11t of elecy parts on 10 palletselecy parts ?
electrical stuff!
Surely 11t on the headboard like that would have seriously overloaded the rear axle as well as looking like a prick when said incident happened 
Pansie Division:
Surely 11t on the headboard like that would have seriously overloaded the rear axle as well as looking like a prick when said incident happened
Last time I weighed in with an empty triaxle there was 2 tonne & pence on the drive and 6.25 tonne on the front steer (mid-lift up), add 11 tonne and your talking possibly up to 3 tonne over depending on configuration. Anything else in the front of that trailer and your talking about overloading the pin too. Must’ve been a pig to drive. As a rule of thumb I won’t have more than 1200kg per pallet space in front of the legs, even then it’d be too front heavy to drop and I’d get a couple of pallets shifted to the back before dropping. If I have to get really heavy then I know I can get 18 tonne over the trailer axles and an absolute limit of 28 tonne payload leaving somewhere between 3-600 kg spare depending on the trailer (& snap box). I’ve never had any hassle from forkies when I’ve asked for a couple of pallets to be moved in order to shift weight off the front, not just for weight considerations but also for stability on the road.