Re cab entry and exit. Nowadays I have to sign new drivers off as being competent to get into and out of a cab with the three point contact method at all times. Next thing we’ll have to wear a safety harness to get in and out.
kevmac47:
I tripped out of an Atki as a passenger and headed for the floor, my foot caught in the seat mounting and I was left hanging upside down. The driver had to get out and lift my shoulders to take weight off while I twisted the foot free.
The regular exit from an Atki was to leap out, as a “young un” it was easier than turning round and climbing down. My mistake was I did this automatically, but! I was getting out of a piggy back broken down tractor 
luckily I only sprained one ankle!! 
regards Kev.
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One giant leap for man ,one small leap for mankind Kev 
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More of a hop after the leap Coomsey!!
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So you lot are responsible for all the H&S nowadays 
gingerfold:
Re cab entry and exit. Nowadays I have to sign new drivers off as being competent to get into and out of a cab with the three point contact method at all times. Next thing we’ll have to wear a safety harness to get in and out.
Quite right really, a lot of back trouble in the past was caused by drivers ‘throwing’ themselves from cabs but it was something I never did and my back is fine. Also I never jumped from the back of the tipper body but always came down steadily. One workmate found that one side of his back was shorter than the other and the Doctor said that was the reason.
Pete.
windrush:
gingerfold:
Re cab entry and exit. Nowadays I have to sign new drivers off as being competent to get into and out of a cab with the three point contact method at all times. Next thing we’ll have to wear a safety harness to get in and out.Quite right really, a lot of back trouble in the past was caused by drivers ‘throwing’ themselves from cabs but it was something I never did and my back is fine. Also I never jumped from the back of the tipper body but always came down steadily. One workmate found that one side of his back was shorter than the other and the Doctor said that was the reason.
Pete.
I know, I know, but it was easier, quicker and decidedly more “macho” to exit forwards! I had to get a really bad back in my fifties before I was forced to use the steps properly. I even used to abseil down the side of a full load of straw before I had even heard the word. My old chap was forever telling me, “You’ll regret doing that when you get to my age”. You would never believe how right an old codger could be!
gingerfold:
Re cab entry and exit. Nowadays I have to sign new drivers off as being competent to get into and out of a cab with the three point contact method at all times. Next thing we’ll have to wear a safety harness to get in and out.
G I’d love to see a 3point contact method on a akky or S80 ! That’d make em scratch their heads! Cheers Coomsey
S80, Foden designers must have staggered ■■■■■■ up from the Xmas party when they designed that cab . S39would plod through the mud on sites while the S80s just spun and bounced .
Leaping out of cabs and chucking ourselves off trailers etc, has caused a fair few knee problems too. We were such bloody hero’s back then. 
windrush:
gingerfold:
Re cab entry and exit. Nowadays I have to sign new drivers off as being competent to get into and out of a cab with the three point contact method at all times. Next thing we’ll have to wear a safety harness to get in and out.Quite right really, a lot of back trouble in the past was caused by drivers ‘throwing’ themselves from cabs but it was something I never did and my back is fine. Also I never jumped from the back of the tipper body but always came down steadily. One workmate found that one side of his back was shorter than the other and the Doctor said that was the reason.
Pete.
When we were younger leaping up/down/in/out of lorries was the norm. we were hairy ars…chested rufty tufty lorry drivers.
These days I need a Stannah stair lift to get mounted, my knees were shot to hell years ago and are now (both of em ) titanium and plastic, and my vet has diagnosed ‘degenerative spinal condition’ (I’m now 3 inches shorter)
But I was a lorry driver …
rigsby:
S80, Foden designers must have staggered ■■■■■■ up from the Xmas party when they designed that cab . S39would plod through the mud on sites while the S80s just spun and bounced .
The cab had to be like that (door towards the rear) to meet the safety and strength rulings then in place for plastic cabs which is why they had the side panel between door and front panel. I liked the S83 cab best of all the cabs, S39 etc were too cramped for my legs with the low steering wheel, but at least you couldn’t easily jump out of the S80/83 feet first unless you were very brave/stupid, or both!
Pete.
peterm:
Leaping out of cabs and chucking ourselves off trailers etc, has caused a fair few knee problems too. We were such bloody hero’s back then.
That could explain my knee ans joint peoblems , the Doctor says gout for which there’s no effective remedy 
windrush:
rigsby:
S80, Foden designers must have staggered ■■■■■■ up from the Xmas party when they designed that cab . S39would plod through the mud on sites while the S80s just spun and bounced .The cab had to be like that (door towards the rear) to meet the safety and strength rulings then in place for plastic cabs which is why they had the side panel between door and front panel. I liked the S83 cab best of all the cabs, S39 etc were too cramped for my legs with the low steering wheel, but at least you couldn’t easily jump out of the S80/83 feet first unless you were very brave/stupid, or both!
Pete.
Too true Pete, S80 n akky were bugas to jump out of, N God knows I were daft enough. The S39 however was a completely different beast, you could throw yourself out n you’d look like Nureyev
Good old craic about jumping out of cabs and handbrakes, I somehow remember an AEC bus type whereby the handbrake in the OFF position stopped you leaving the cab and had to be pushed forward to On, mebbe I dreamt it Jumping out of cabs was also pretty hard on boots and later in life, limb joints.
A lorry driver’s jumper, a fitting reminder
Oily
oiltreader:
Good old craic about jumping out of cabs and handbrakes, I somehow remember an AEC bus type whereby the handbrake in the OFF position stopped you leaving the cab and had to be pushed forward to On, mebbe I dreamt itA lorry driver’s jumper, a fitting reminder
Oily
Hi Eddie, I am sure you are correct regarding the AEC handbrake.
During my short time with Jarvis Robinson Transport in 1965, I remember their pre-war Leyland Beaver
ballast tractors had a handbrake that was “Arse Backwards”. Push forward to apply the handbrake, pull
rearwards to release. Another strange feature was the accelerator pedal, it was in the middle, between
the footbrake and clutch pedals. Also, thank s for the Albion Lowlander pictures. Regards, Ray.
I remember the old Leyland Hippo my father drove for Yiddle Davis. A bit different than the one’s pictured but with the accelerator in the middle as mentioned by Ray. I think it also had an elastic band for an engine. 
coomsey:
King of the cab jumpers!! Mick c pic off kent thread
Buzzer:
coomsey:
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King of the cab jumpers!! Mick c pic off kent thread
He cant have been wired up right “coomsey”
