here’s one i did yesterday. the front flapped like plug’s ears!
From the photo Tim, it looks like you didn’t cross the corners over at the front, (can’t see the back). At both ends you need to cross the left corner over to the right side and vice versa. This will pull the sides tight but leave a loose area behind the crossover at the front and back. It will allow all the wind and weather in once on the move. What you have to do after stretching the corners across using a dolly knot, is pull out the loose sheet hidden behind the crossover and make a square envelope flap out of it. Rap a rope around each corner of the envelope, using a half hitch and tie off to a hook stretching the flap tight as poss’. Use a dolly if you can. It’s very difficult to get the rope to grip on the sheet unless you twist the rope around the corner correctly. It needs practice but is worth the effort to reach perfection.
At the front and back, you will be left with several lengths of rope you haven’t used. You have to tidy them up and put them somewhere. You might just as well use them by rapping them around any slack sheeting you find in the crossover sections, behind and below the flap.
I probably haven’t described that too well but hopefully it will come together once you start doing it.
Use a dolly knot where ever possible, stretch the sheet as much as possible from every point.
cheers for the advice george3. unfortunately the ropes on the corners aren’t long enough to cross over in the manner you suggest, so i tend to put them in a pigs ear and stretch them along the sides. with hindsight, i should have put the front of the sheet behind the headboard of the trailer and then i would have been able to trap the excess sheet against the load when i tied the corners. i was tired and couldn’t be bothered to redo it!
RE K Adams trailer
my thoughts on picture one
firstly for better security you could have put straps directly on chassis rail
also by by using 2 ratchets on one strap you risk losing the benefit of strapping if it becomes loose or breaks
over a greater area
basically one ratchet for every strap
always try to strap to chassis as edges of trailers can be quite flimsy
Pehaps these pictures may help explain how to do the corners.
Our product doesn’t need to be kept totally dry.And not having loads of sheet to tuck up makes doing it 10 times easier.
Very nice. It’s good to see some decent work for a change. If it wasn’t for the registration number, I would have thought this photo was taken years ago.
greek:
Looks like Kingspan tonyb must be about 7/8 yrs since I was in there
Spot on.
Iv’e only been there 2 years,but it has increased in size a hell of alot since youve been in there.
Just a shame the building trade has gone ■■■■ up.
chaversdad:
helps as well if you have decent sheets to use, coils of tin plate today , was well warmed after doing this
5 hours later all still nice and tight
Sneaky.
I’ve just figured it out. That’s a purpose built flysheet type thingy.
I’ve been trying to find the join between the front and rear sheet. I then noticed the “flysheet” was stitched onto the main sheet. It’s an all in one flysheet jobby, with a bungee and extended sides about 4’ deep.
its just the same type of sheet i always buy george, its 50 feet long and 12 or 13 feet wide, pvc for the top middle section to keep the water out and cloth sides to make it a bit more workable, i also carry 2 x 20 feet under sheets in case it needs double sheeting as that load did and then 2 x 30 feet x 16 feet wide cloth sheets for carrying timber
i dont mind them big square loads, no loose sheet to get rid of just pull it straight and square it up and off you go, its just standing on top to roll them out i,m not keen on
Ah takes me back Tony Running waste paper Bristol to Kemsly mill then Timber to Manchester Up to Shefield then Paper back to Kemsly then Pulp back to Bristol or even Paper on the roll or if we had the big ones on END then start all over again Life was good then more so in the summer but a Bummer in the winter with cavas gettin soakin wet
chaversdad:
i dont mind them big square loads, no loose sheet to get rid of just pull it straight and square it up and off you go, its just standing on top to roll them out i,m not keen on
If you look in the top of the last photo,there is a yellow beam.i’m harnesd to that.So falling off shouldn’t be a problem.Not that i’d want to.And sheeting under the shed is a whole lot easier than a windy dock somewhere.
Some loads we get are only a few feet high.And loosing all the excess sheet is a real pain.
mind it never gets any easier, even when you do it every day !
then start all over again Life was good then more so in the summer but a Bummer in the winter with cavas gettin soakin wet