I always phone ahead if the address seems a bit tight to get down,and i stop to walk down the road,just in case i get stuck.
I phoned the manager at a new build site,and asked the normal of can i get down there,he says he gets wagon and drags all the time,and i was told not to turn off down the narrow lane.
Gave him the benefit of the doubt,so drive down,and once tipped,it proved hard to get out again,in reverse,tight as a nuns chuff.
No help from the labourers on site,it came very close to damaging the lorry,and peoples property on the way and out,why tell me a porkie,from someone that should no better.
Because all they were concerned about was getting their delivery and nothing else mattered.
Because they want the goods on your wagon and are not concerned wether you get stuck in any way! HTH Toby! 
i should have checked the access,so it is mostly my fault. 
We’ve had bigger lorries than that in here.
may be they had just had better drivers in 
d4c24a:
may be they had just had better drivers in
I went to a site in Oxford a few times in it’s early stages (muckshifting, ■■■■■■■■ in etc) then never went back for months until right at the end of the job when the new house was finished except for some paving; Pavel and the Polskis couldn’t fathom out that the lorry wouldn’t go in anymore because a wall had been built at the old access point and the drive was too narrow. Dumped it in the road and sodded off.
Chances are, they’d have a few more deliveries, so when halfway out, blocking the ‘entrance’, tacho on break and paper out
I went to a private house last year in Sunderland with an artic, which was full up at 27 tonnes of a product that the company sells on E.Bay. Part of the terms are that the address must be capable of getting in and out of with an artic. So I bell him up and he said, “Yeah no problem with access mate.”
The guys house was at the and of a long drive, and when I knocked on his door to ask him where he wanted them, he said, “If you reverse down and drop them off here, my builder will sort it from there.” I asked him if he would like to come and see what I drive, and we walked back up his drive, and he uttered the immortal line, “I’ve had a delivery off you guys before in one of those.”
Now bearing in mind the street was about as wide as a van, and the entrance to his drive was about the same, I asked how the hell anyone could get an artic in there? So I ring the office, and explain all, and was instructed to take it to the local depot and drop it off, where it would be delivered at the company’s convenience.
After telling the guy who was none to pleased, I pointed out to him what the terms were, and as he had failed to adhere to them, it would be delivered when a smaller vehicle was available, and that could be some time… As the company have wagon and drags, it would then have been delivered on one of those at some point.
So it was a case of don’t lie to get your goods you ■■■■■ as it will backfire.
Ken.
Turned up at a site once with a load of cladding and couldn’t get in, the foreman said that the wagons that delivered the steel got in fine and turned around, had to point out that the steel was now up and that was why there was no room
Better to refuse and take the stuff back.
Went to deliver stuff to the Eurostar caterers underneath Waterloo Station with a 14’11" trailer. Phoned ahead to check access and was told no probs.True enough, I missed all the metalwork, but smashed a light which was dangling down a bit far which caused a bit of a stir as it had fire detection sensors in it and it was a lot of money to replace. Turned out one of our trucks had problems the week before and the routers had been told not to sent tall wagons there, so I got away with it.
Homebase in Walthamstow with 22 tonnes of compost a few weeks ago in an artic was fun.
TM said it was a regular drop and no problem. Got there and the forkie opened the gates, asked him if I could turn in there and got the usual “no problems, have these in all the time” so I carried on up the drive and tried to spin round. No chance. There is a turning circle but there were random pallets of stuff, fence panels, gas bottles everywhere.
After about half an hour of trying to shunt it round the manager appeared and told me to reverse back through the gates. he then gave the 4 blokes standing around watching (none of them lifted a finger to move things or watch me back) a rainstorm of “F” and “C” words about the state of the loading bay. tacho on break for 15 minutes (during which, planner phoned to ask why I’d not reported clear yet. When I told him why I got “Oh, there’s always issues there” 
) while they cleared the area.
Once they’d cleaned up there was a nice wide (just wide enough) turning circle marked out by a yellow line. Drove in, kept N/S/F wheel on the line, truck turned perfectly with space to spare. Once I’d got the curtains open I walked down to the gate for a smoke and left them to unload it.
At the gate another driver walked over. I apologised for holding him up. He wasn’t bothered and said he was glad I was in first. It was a regular drop for him and said it was nice to see someone else making sure the way was clear for him.
Took some Dutch plants to a remote garden centre once, stopped at long road end to ring and enquire about access, the guy says Yeh you will get down no probs, set off down long bendy lane it was as tight as harris holes, I eventually got into small yard which was deserted, I got out and walked around and eventually found the guy working in a greenhouse, I said to him you could have told me it was as tight as this, he said Yeh but I knew you would get in, we get the bin men down here every week , he apologised when he saw the motor, and I made him watch me all the way back as I reversed out
Half the customers have never driven anything bigger than a van. Therefore think that if a van can get in, then a 40 footer can get in too.
[zb]!!
I remember delivering blocks to this School in Plymouth, tight entrance down a deadend street so would have to blindside reverse in. Forkie said I’d get in no problem, we’ve had your lot in before, lets see what kind of driver you are etc. So after two or three attempts I manage to reverse in without hitting anything, really tight, forkie watching me in, tip the load off no problems. “dunno what all the fuss was about” said Forkie.
Had to go see the site agent to get the ticket signed, he’d been watching from the office window. He shook my hand and said “bloody well done drive, your the first one thats managed to get in, normally we have them tipped at the entrance” 
lol, just as something like this happens to me, tobyabc123 goes and makes a post on it. 
Thursday, i was delivering steel on my normal run and i had to go to a little village thats renowned for being tight as ■■■■■ I had to deliver to a bloke who was building an extension and lived up a notoriously tight lane.
Now, i drive a 26ton 6-legged HIAB and had about 6 ton of weight on, so i phoned the bloke to let him know i was on my way and asked if his lane would be ok for me to get to. “yeah, Weve had concrete lorries and builders merchant trucks down here so youll be ok m8”… Thats all i need to hear.
So, i get to the destination and proceed to travel up the lane and after about 400 yards, i see the bloke standing outside a driveway entrance and pointing into the driveway…It looked abit tight but ive made plenty of drops like this before, so turn into the drive. What the bloke failed to tell me was that half of his drive was tarmac and the other half was mud, that he masked by throwing aload of scalpings down, so when my front tyre hit the [zb]…Well the rest is history.
I was stuck for 4 bloody hours, waiting for the local recovery firm to get to me with a 40ton wrecker, when suddenly, the bloke comes out and says that he aint happy with the state of his drive and that he`d be chasing my company for a claim. At this point i lost it and told him that he could go [zb] himself. The company wouldnt be paying him anything due to the fact that he let me proceed on his drive, just to get his steels delivered!
Even when i got back to the yard, the MD told me that he`d spoken with the customer and told him that he wouldnt be receiving any monies. But will be chasing him for the money that it would cost to fix my mudgaurd and front O/S fairings round the light that got ripped off in recovery 
Lesson learnt and next time i`ll be dropping loads like that on the 7.5tonner or dropping outside customers gate,
As for everyone back at the yard, theyll never let me live this one down and have even earnt myself a new nickname…not telling you lot though! 
AndyH71:
Homebase in Walthamstow with 22 tonnes of compost a few weeks ago in an artic was fun.
I bet the local tyre company love your place. Half an hour trying to screw round a trailer with 22 ton on? Use your head son, tip it first and then do your manoevures.
He didn’t lie ! You got in and out without doing any damage therefore he was telling the truth.