Found this in my files …these were the Roping and sheeting days !!!
backsplice:
Found this in my files …these were the Roping and sheeting days !!!
The ‘envelope’ at the front is wrong, it would gather the wind, and rain.
These lads had to work with the size of the sheets …sometimes using them the wrong way round I know it was the same 6 or 7 years later you did what you had to trying not to look like a Spanish galleon in full sail
this one is ready to sheet
Suedehead:
0Nmp
Yes i know . . . the driver has roped over the fly sheet
ex Spiers and Hartwell maybe ?
Stick your head around the back of the cab Dennis, from here it looks like an eight pot Gardner. 
windrush:
Well I thought (and I have never sheeted/roped in my life) that the flysheet should be allowed to ‘flap’ while travelling to get rid of any water?Pete.
A flapping tarp is going to wear rediculously prematurely.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Well this is my motor, My trailer, My sheets, My ropes, Therefore If I choose to rope over the drip sheet because Ithats the way I did it, Now I know a lot of drivers did it their way & put the drip sheet on last so what I never had a wet load or any rope damage to my sheets, Regards Larry.
Looks like a winner to me
Star down under.:
Suedehead:
0Nmp
Yes i know . . . the driver has roped over the fly sheetStick your head around the back of the cab Dennis, from here it looks like an eight pot Gardner.
I did wonder but didnt want to mention it
Star down under.:
windrush:
Well I thought (and I have never sheeted/roped in my life) that the flysheet should be allowed to ‘flap’ while travelling to get rid of any water?Pete.
A flapping tarp is going to wear rediculously prematurely.
Fair enough, I was told wrongly then as they were just secured along the sides but not across the top to let them ripple and throw water off but as a tipper man I stand corrected. 
Smacked hand time!:oops:
Pete.
windrush:
Star down under.:
windrush:
Well I thought (and I have never sheeted/roped in my life) that the flysheet should be allowed to ‘flap’ while travelling to get rid of any water?Pete.
A flapping tarp is going to wear rediculously prematurely.
Fair enough, I was told wrongly then as they were just secured along the sides but not across the top to let them ripple and throw water off but as a tipper man I stand corrected.
Pete.
Don’t be too hard on yourself Pete, it could’ve been different there. Your speeds may have been lower than ours; the average distance would certainly be shorter.
Star down under.:
windrush:
Star down under.:
windrush:
Well I thought (and I have never sheeted/roped in my life) that the flysheet should be allowed to ‘flap’ while travelling to get rid of any water?Pete.
A flapping tarp is going to wear rediculously prematurely.
Fair enough, I was told wrongly then as they were just secured along the sides but not across the top to let them ripple and throw water off but as a tipper man I stand corrected.
Pete.
Don’t be too hard on yourself Pete, it could’ve been different there. Your speeds may have been lower than ours; the average distance would certainly be shorter.
Well nobody on here has agreed with me, or backed me up, so I definately got it wrong! Speeds would be lower, the last two Fodens I had were limited to 52 mph, and distances less, but I don’t know what the restrictions were down there in Skippy’s World.
Pete.
windrush:
Well nobody on here has agreed with me, or backed me up, so I definately got it wrong!Pete.
Well I neither agreed or disagreed, Pete, but I would have thought that without ropes over them the strain on the tie down attachments to the sheets would have been considerable. But as I said, I’ve never had one so we both could be wrong.
My fastest lorry was a Kew Dodge with a Perkins 6.345 (?) in it with a 2 speed axle and 4 in line trailer. 75 mph in the 3rd lane of the M1. 
Windrush your correct in what you say, the drip or fly sheet was supposed to be only tied down with its own tiers, the idea being it would billow or ‘fly’ when moving so any rain would be basically wafted off, very similar to a tent fly sheet its allowed to blow above a tent to displace water and stop it settling onto the tent material. This did no harm to the truck fly sheet in fact roping over could pull at points and ripple the waterproof covering damaging the sheet. Some drivers though did throw a short cross rope over the front and rear of a drip sheet just to make sure these areas didn’t blow loose. A moving outfit didn’t look too smart admittedly with the sides and top of the sheet blowing out despite how tight you made the ties after all that’s what it was designed to do, hence again some drivers roped over the sheet to keep things ‘tidier’. There is no doubt about it roping and sheeting is a personal thing you either took great pride in it or didn’t give a monkeys how it looked as long as the goods were covered, this is noticeable in many of the photo’s on the site! Franky.
Nice parking Denzil
Punchy Dan:
Nice parking Denzil
Punchy Dan:
Nice parking Denzil
Now then lets see now ! where were you in 1971 Dan’l ? 
Cheers Denzl.
NBewick:
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Not one of your best sheeted loads Dennis, I think it would flap quite a bit IMO, But Im not knocking any of your sheeted loads, I sheeted mine they way I wanted to, & Your drivers did it your way Take care my friend & stay safe, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
NBewick:
Not one of your best sheeted loads Dennis, I think it would flap quite a bit IMO, But Im not knocking any of your sheeted loads, I sheeted mine they way I wanted to, & Your drivers did it your way
IIRC Larry that particular load consisted of either 4 or 5 drops for London and Kent and was different shapes and weights. The Driver was my first employee and he went on to become our Operations Director in later years. Apart from sticking a rope around the front of a load or the backend we never roped over a fly sheet, maybe on the odd occasion but in 99:9 % of cases the fly sheets were never roped over ! All the best Dennis.
Star down under.:
0Punchy Dan:
Nice parking Denzil
A squirt of “easy start” would cut his giggle !!! n