Rope And Sheet?

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Can you? or not?

1st time doing a poll so it might not be right. If not can a mod sort it please thanks Steve

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Roping & sheeting when it’s wet or worse when it’s freezing, nothing cheers the soul so much :frowning:

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Did plenty of rope and sheet at a builders merchant back in the 80’s ,not sure i can remember how to tie a dolly now though

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There are different degrees of r&s, anybody can chuck a drip sheet over a load and muddle through, where as a couple of 30x20s neat and tight, fully roped with a fly sheet tightly set on the top, is a different ball game. Some of the flats r&sheeted sent over for me from the Continent in the past, looked like they had been thrown on by a bunch of school kids, so I either carried on looking like a barrage baloon, or I re-done it on the quayside.

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did it for 20 years before tautliners came in… reels, bottles, steel, you name it…
Would I go back to it though ■■?
NO.

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I watched many a driver during my first job on the docks and always thought ‘im not sure i’d be good at that’, maybe why i got into reefer trailers as the hardest part is checking the fridge controller and putting a few bars in… :laughing:

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robroy:
There are different degrees of r&s, anybody can chuck a drip sheet over a load and muddle through, where as a couple of 30x20s neat and tight, fully roped with a fly sheet tightly set on the top, is a different ball game. Some of the flats r&sheeted sent over for me from the Continent in the past, looked like they had been thrown on by a bunch of school kids, so I either carried on looking like a barrage baloon, or I re-done it on the quayside.

Totaly agree , a lot is down to pride in the job :open_mouth: .

As said anyone can throw a big bit of tarp over a load , but getting it to look good takes a bit of practice.

To be 100% honest what i do now is not old school sheeting , just putting a skin over a load to keep it dry now.

Could i do canvas sheet and fly sheet on top …yes , but there is not a lot of call for that now.

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martyh:
Did plenty of rope and sheet at a builders merchant back in the 80’s ,not sure i can remember how to tie a dolly now though

I wondered if I would remember after a lay-off of 10 years or so. My hands remembered how to do a dolly, but when my brain tried to get involved it all went to ratshit :wink:

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learned to rope and sheet properly early on, including using wool pins, loading wool etc around Bradford.
As mentioned above a lot of satisfaction when you have loaded a full load of wool and finished sheeting nice and tight…maybe not so much when raining etc though!
Have had my share of loads slipping though and some older drivers will remember the method of straightening a load of wool bales, getting your mate to reverse into the side of the load with a fully loaded trailer or box van and push it back straight.

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del949:
learned to rope and sheet properly early on, including using wool pins, loading wool etc around Bradford.
As mentioned above a lot of satisfaction when you have loaded a full load of wool and finished sheeting nice and tight…maybe not so much when raining etc though!
Have had my share of loads slipping though and some older drivers will remember the method of straightening a load of wool bales, getting your mate to reverse into the side of the load with a fully loaded trailer or box van and push it back straight.

seen that done with a load of timber on the a12 to m25 the load was well hanging, plod held back traffic while a container driver backed on to it and pushed it back upright :wink:

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1st real job in this game was with Guns when they where in penhall road charlton all robe n sheet work never forget my 1 st load it was a big woodworkers centre lave

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raymundo:
Roping & sheeting when it’s wet or worse when it’s freezing, nothing cheers the soul so much :frowning:

Wet, freezing and windy, even better. Nothing like being repeatedly slapped in the face by a filthy wet tarpaulin. :wink:

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Harry Monk:

raymundo:
Roping & sheeting when it’s wet or worse when it’s freezing, nothing cheers the soul so much :frowning:

Wet, freezing and windy, even better. Nothing like being repeatedly slapped in the face by a filthy wet tarpaulin. :wink:

pulling the ropes tight and the water running up your arms never botherd with gloves in those days

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Never done it, would like to learn but it seems its a dying art these days. I think I see about 1 rope and sheeted trailer on the road about once a week if that.

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Used to carry newsprint on a flat so that had to be fully sheeted, then went onto carrying roofing on flats and reloading timber back mostly so that had to be too. It’s been a while but I reckon I could still do it

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No but I am learning :smiley: Unfortunately I don’t get a lot of opportunities to do it,

and for some reson I learnt to tie a dolly knot backwards.

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it’s tough work, but when i stand back and look at a job well done it makes all the hard work worthwhile. :wink:

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Harry Monk:

raymundo:
Roping & sheeting when it’s wet or worse when it’s freezing, nothing cheers the soul so much :frowning:

Wet, freezing and windy, even better. Nothing like being repeatedly slapped in the face by a filthy wet tarpaulin. :wink:

Some men would pay good money for that

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martyh:
Did plenty of rope and sheet at a builders merchant back in the 80’s ,not sure i can remember how to tie a dolly now though

I can do the dolly knot you learn in initial DCPC but never had the opportunity to rope and sheet

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bjd:

Harry Monk:

raymundo:
Roping & sheeting when it’s wet or worse when it’s freezing, nothing cheers the soul so much :frowning:

Wet, freezing and windy, even better. Nothing like being repeatedly slapped in the face by a filthy wet tarpaulin. :wink:

pulling the ropes tight and the water running up your arms never botherd with gloves in those days

do the odd load of hides on a flat trailer and when its raining and all the crap of the hides is running up your sleeves is not that appealing. :frowning: