Simon:
Undo the curtain buckles on that lovely Schmitz, otherwise the sliding roof is a bugger to slide.
Not always, but almost always.
I ran straight out of the back of my trailer, backwards, quite a few years ago pulling my roof shut.
Just for a change my roof slid easily, so I wanted to keep it going.
It did, so did I, even after running out of floor
(This was before I learned about opening my curtain buckles)
That sounds a useful tip. I’ll pass that one on to the driver.
Also the first time you pull the roof or curtains on a new one remember to do it slowly in case the manufacturer has not put the end stops in
First trip out with a Euroliner I pulled up at a regular side tip, loaded through the doors in England, and with a big grin grabbed a handful of curtain. Gave it a good pull and half of it continued off the track and landed on the floor behind the trailer
Took me, balancing on the forks with a jemmy bar, and 2 factory maintainence guys a good hour or 2 to feed it back in
The irony being it was that customer who had demanded the euroliner as they felt tilts took to long and weren’t safe to mess about with.
Another tip with those Cargobull & other Euroliner sliding roofs: If it doesn’t want to close the last few feet, take the trailer for a ride round the site/yard, try to stop on level ground, then try again, it will then usually close with ease.
The danger with unclipping the curtains (which you usually need to anyway to unstrap) is if you loose your footing/balance whilst pulling at the roof and stick your hand out to the curtain it moves away from you. Seen an Irish chap, who was very kindly helping me with my trailer, go straight out blind through the side. This was on a building site in Wakefield with all manner of stuff, holes, bits of upright rebar, etc. on the ground. Very luckily he landed feet first on a clear & level area & was perfectly ok. (The luck of the Irish?)
Good on ya’ John Egan, thanks for the help. (a few years ago now).
Driveroneuk:
Another tip with those Cargobull & other Euroliner sliding roofs: If it doesn’t want to close the last few feet, take the trailer for a ride round the site/yard, try to stop on level ground, then try again, it will then usually close with ease.
The danger with unclipping the curtains (which you usually need to anyway to unstrap) is if you loose your footing/balance whilst pulling at the roof and stick your hand out to the curtain it moves away from you. Seen an Irish chap, who was very kindly helping me with my trailer, go straight out blind through the side. This was on a building site in Wakefield with all manner of stuff, holes, bits of upright rebar, etc. on the ground. Very luckily he landed feet first on a clear & level area & was perfectly ok. (The luck of the Irish?)
Good on ya’ John Egan, thanks for the help. (a few years ago now).
I only undo the buckles, I don’t unhook them or release the curtain tension.
I strap down to the eyes in my trailer floor as much as possible, to save opening my curtains. If I have to open them, I pull them right out of the way though. Knowing what I’m like I’d have goosed myself on rebar if I’d gone through a side like John did.
Our trailers have a set of boards in too, so falling through a side should be fairly difficult.
pulling my roof shut.
if I’d gone through a side like John did.