Have you 2 been taking lessons off me and Franglais? 
You make me and him look like best mates.
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Itās just the constant bull thatās tiresome mate. Iāve never touched a car transporter, Iāve never touched a powder tanker, Iāve never touched a glass carrier, therefore if someone who actually did any of those jobs posted information regarding them Iād pay attention and maybe ask questions, what Iād never do however is tell them how they were doing it wrong. It would make me look like a fantasist and an idiot.
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I have used a glass carrier (Float trailer) for a while not much too it really once you understand the buttons you press no skill really.A bit like driving a modern lorry. As for tilts , painful never done tankers or tippers to be fair. Flats curtainsiders and a Float trailer ā¦ i know probably less than the clown at large
Its good to hear your point of view on Clarkson because a few dont like him but i think heās much cleverer than he makes out.Heās sending a message out showing what consecitive governments are doing to kill the industry but making it watchable to the limited like myself.
Yep I get that.
With me itās these smart guys who think they know better about an industry than those who are actually in it, and argue that they are right, and those guys are wrongā¦amongst many other annoying traits of course. 
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In that top photo it would be impossible to move the tilt sheet all the way forward on their own due to the weight of it, at about less than a ton.
Even two people it is not possible, the only way was an over head crane that could move the sheet with a chain and hook.
Or by two people either side of the trailer, stood on a pallet at the full height of the tilt roof while being raised up by a fork lift, then a few feet at a time to slowly peel the sheet back, it was dangerous to work at height, but back then health and safety did not exist.
When the tilt sheet was pulled back by the crane, the holes at the side would not match up to thread the side cord through the D rings and eyelets.
You could not drive away with no cord as the sheet would blow off.
To add I actually fell out with the guvnor of said haulage firm.Not over the quality of my work but over when to call it a night out.He thought that running empty from Weybridge up to Birmingham then doing multi collections of steel then running it back for multi dropping in and around London building sites in a shift was doable I disagreed.
Thatās when I got the call to go back to Carryfast.He sort of apologised and asked me to reconsider going back.The rest is history.
Before moaning about the thread you did ask.Continuously being called a liar gets tiresome.
I donāt know why I bother but I learnāt to rope loads by necessity when I was chucked the keys of nothing more than a 7.5 t Ford D series drop side truck as part of that first works driver job.
Which āincludedā ātest drivingā fire trucks non HGV to start, progressing to HGV and hauling around the components needed to make them ( stores runsā as SDU calls it.Which could be everything from stillages loaded with castings like swivel monitor heads to tanks going for treatment and galvanising.Also large fibreglass tanks made by the boat builders (Drolsea Marine ) in Southampton.
Iāve also stated before how I ended up working for a local general haulage firm.
I was asked nicely if Iād take a lay off from Carryfast to save the job of a driver at a closing depot in Collumpton who was prepared to move to Feltham.
Having only a few months service and a lot of respect for seniority I was happy to move aside without complaint and look for another job.
It wouldnāt have made any difference if I had moaned about it in a regime correctly based on seniority last in first out, other than wrecking my references.
Let alone, for SDUās attention, being told that theyād call me back to work for them ASAP with no break in my seniority record.
Thatās when I found the job with the stated hauler via the local Labour exchange/jobcentre when I signed on.
Ironically he had done international work previously but gave it up after a bad and expensive foreign breakdown experience.So he then specialised in traction work of foreign ferry trailers and UK general haulage using some of the same type of trailers which I guess heād bought.
So weāve got Ramoan saying that heād prefer to rope and sheet a flat for every job, rather than using a tilt in the similar way as a curtain sider for most jobs.
Then says he didnāt like roping and sheeting after all.
Now weāve got you saying that carrying reels upright scared you but on the roll fine no worries.
Walter Mittys talking bs indeed.
Nothing scares me save the thought of ending up tragic and telling people second hand stories I once overheard.
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I never liked roping and sheeting but i know i could take ropes off roll a sheet back take a few pallets or end caps or stilages off throw the sheet back over roll it up and rope it quicker than messing about with a tilt iāve done both and i know which iād prefer ā¦ a curtainsider a flat and no other alternative a tilt .You stick to parcels and secure your seal on the back doors.You should have been on containers you would fit in with the unions
I just think you love the attention
Personally I think before Clarksonās farm came on the TV a lot of people did not like him much but after viewing his bumbling on the series they have changed there perception of the man and it is quite full of humour to be honest and its gets the plight of todays farmers at the same time, Buzzer
Iāve always liked the guy, heās āāladdishāā if you know what I mean, he says what he thinks, does not care about political correctness, nor who he offends, and oh yeah he smacked Piers Morgan.ā¦all good in my book.
Basically he no longer fitted the BBC remit of wokeness and all the rest of the crap they now stand for, so they found a good excuse (given by him) to get rid of him.
Full marks to the other two on Top Gear for backing him up and good enough for the BBC for Top Gear (one of their MOST succesful programmes) eventually going down the khaziā¦
I see they have even started repeating a couple,.AND at peak timesā¦which kinda says it all.
Mranwhile Clarkson has carried on with his success putting 2 fingers up to the BBCā¦ poetic justice all round and another defeat for 'kin āwokeryā.
Got to say I aint seen the Farm programme, but I watched a lot of The Grand Tour and I like his laid back style on āāMillionaireāā.
That Commer with the TS3 in it must be one of the first,it looks to be fresh out of the box
I canāt keep upā¦what the hell is he doing āropingā a living room door with a length of Hoover cable .
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Whoever has loaded tat can be proud of a job well done
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Iām amazed that you forgot that job, then suddenly remembered it. Is it any wonder people donāt believe you, your stories change to suit the moment, on top of your phraseology, to deliberately mislead your experience and qualifications, of which you have neither.
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I think thatās what heās aiming for Buzzer.I was never keen on Top Gear , cars going around a track sideways did nothing for me.Obviously there will be a team behind him which you never see but he is doing a great job on the farm highlighting the struggles making it watchable with humour. Heās now started on the pub industry showing the pitfalls of the dieing industry
