roping and sheeting

[nigel_pacey]

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[v7victor]

ramone:

MIKE P:

georgeking:

Bewick:

georgeking:
The best ropers and sheeters I’ve seen (at least in ■■■■■■■■ are Lawsons Haulage of Cockermouth, no one could match them.

What a load of “cobblers” “George”!! How much did Jed pay you to say that? Dennis.

No they were the true masters at it!

You gotta be jokin

there was only one firm in ■■■■■■■ that were master sheeters

aint that right dennis.

cheers Mike

You should have come to Bradford when wool was being loaded

(How much did Jed pay you) It woud’nt be a lot!!!.vic.

[ramone]

Not the easiest to sheet and definitely not the easiest to load…Pic from Peter Davies

[bewick]

v7victor:

ramone:

MIKE P:

georgeking:

Bewick:

georgeking:
The best ropers and sheeters I’ve seen (at least in ■■■■■■■■ are Lawsons Haulage of Cockermouth, no one could match them.

What a load of “cobblers” “George”!! How much did Jed pay you to say that? Dennis.

No they were the true masters at it!

You gotta be jokin

there was only one firm in ■■■■■■■ that were master sheeters

aint that right dennis.

cheers Mike

You should have come to Bradford when wool was being loaded

(How much did Jed pay you) It woud’nt be a lot!!!.vic.

Weekly and very weakly at that!

[bewick]

I know you’ll think I’m talking (zb) but the nets kept a lot of the rain off and we never had any weight gain probs.These loads wern’t on the trailers for long anyway.We had “stand trailers” in all the Bowater Packaging/Rexam plants as we were delivering 25 ton loads of reels to them continuously and then the trim and other broke was baled and put on the stand trailer as it was produced.Our drivers would keep an eye on the waste trailer and would notify the traffic office as to how the waste trailers were looking!Cheers Dennis.

[bewick]

MIKE P:

georgeking:

Bewick:

georgeking:
The best ropers and sheeters I’ve seen (at least in ■■■■■■■■ are Lawsons Haulage of Cockermouth, no one could match them.

What a load of “cobblers” “George”!! How much did Jed pay you to say that? Dennis.

No they were the true masters at it!

You gotta be jokin

there was only one firm in ■■■■■■■ that were master sheeters

aint that right dennis.

cheers Mike

You should know Mike! having seen plenty of Bewick motors passing along the A5 through Tamworth.Looks like some of what you saw “rubbed off” judging by your fine efforts! A credit to you mate,when can you start? You would have “slotted” into our operation with ease! Cheers Dennis.

[greek]

Used to do a job to Mill Hill rolls of plastic in stillages out of Comercial plastics Cramlington it was for pressing on to chipboard to make it look like wood, The chipboard came mostly from France on Ferrymaster trailers & was a source of new free rope for us the french used to make a dolly by just tying a knot in a loop & the ferrymaster drivers could`nt be arsed to undo all the knotts so just slung the ropes so it would be a new hank every load. I would take the Knotts out make meself a few lengths & bin the rest.

On who could sheet best its OK you lot posting nice straight loads of reels or nice straight pallet loads but aload out of Comercial plastics Cramlington Or wallington western at Frome, Stillages of plastic & pallets of wallpaper then maybe rolls of plastic on the floor, then out of Wallington western Stiilages of lino weighing about 2t make sure you put a nice piece of support under the legs as they had a habit of going through the floor then next to that rolls of plastic on the floor again, there was an art in not having the sheets flap but most important of all not ripping them. Not very pretty to look at humpty back cammels but just as much an art as them pretty pretty loads

[kevmac47]

greek:
Used to do a job to Mill Hill rolls of plastic in stillages out of Comercial plastics Cramlington it was for pressing on to chipboard to make it look like wood, The chipboard came mostly from France on Ferrymaster trailers & was a source of new free rope for us the french used to make a dolly by just tying a knot in a loop & the ferrymaster drivers could`nt be arsed to undo all the knotts so just slung the ropes so it would be a new hank every load. I would take the Knotts out make meself a few lengths & bin the rest.

On who could sheet best its OK you lot posting nice straight loads of reels or nice straight pallet loads but aload out of Comercial plastics Cramlington Or wallington western at Frome, Stillages of plastic & pallets of wallpaper then maybe rolls of plastic on the floor, then out of Wallington western Stiilages of lino weighing about 2t make sure you put a nice piece of support under the legs as they had a habit of going through the floor then next to that rolls of plastic on the floor again, there was an art in not having the sheets flap but most important of all not ripping them. Not very pretty to look at humpty back cammels but just as much an art as them pretty pretty loads

Here here Kenny, any ■■■■■ can sheet a regular load, it takes a real driver (not a trucker) to sort out a a multi pickup load.

[moomooland]

A fine example of roping and sheeting can be seen here from way back in 1967.
The Atkinson MK1 Silver Knight tractor unit, Reg No CTB 260E was the second Gardner 6LXB 180 powered Atkinson to enter service with the fleet.
Driven from new by Louis Gornall it is seen here outside ICI Fibres head office at Harrogate.
The photograph was publicity shot, for what was at the time, the new ICI terylene tarpaulins which were light and durable.
It also shows clearly one of Riding’s Crane Fruehauf built 33ft trailers of which Riding’s had dozens.
More pictures of W & J Riding’s fleet can be found in the W & J Riding Ltd Longridge Preston gallery on the Northwest Trucks website.
Photograph courtesy of Tom Riding

[bone_collector]

wideboybob:
seems a lot of you are split between loving it and loathing it.it does make me smile when i see young drivers today struggling with curtains when i think i used to load trailers of cardboard out of tillotsons ,monmouth (tri wall) on a flat 15’ high ,lifted up on a forklift with the sheets and no saftey harness to be seen! health and saftey would have a field day. mind you i have been hit on the head by the pole in the curtain on a windy day(and had it blow up onto the roof)

ohhhhh lovely .nice frosty morning ropes frozen bloody sheet stuck together and to top it off no such thing as a night heater and the pay phone dont work and its only bloody monday happy days

[harry_gill]

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ohhhhh lovely .nice frosty morning ropes frozen bloody sheet stuck together and to top it off no such thing as a night heater and the pay phone dont work and its only bloody monday happy days
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hiya,
Been there, done that, still wearing the tee shirt, indeed happy days.
thanks harry long retired.

[v7victor]

harry_gill:

ohhhhh lovely .nice frosty morning ropes frozen bloody sheet stuck together and to top it off no such thing as a night heater and the pay phone dont work and its only bloody monday happy days
[/quote]
hiya,
Been there, done that, still wearing the tee shirt, indeed happy days.
thanks harry long retired.
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Harry,that last photo got to be new sheets eh,Vic

[little_ha_ba]

here is a couple of my efforts at roping and sheeting,first was a load of potatoes in crates ,and second was a load of insulation
and one i done when i was with lawsons

[dirty_dan]

Hi! I houled some trailers for Ferrymasters from Gotenborgh in the laye 90s and early 2000. And they had a lot of flatbeds,they were often loaded white steel.So i hooked up a flatbed in Gotenburgh and unloaded in Malmö in south of sweden.Then up to I think Ronneby to load at firm calld Riberfolie.I was pallets white stainless 4 roll(if you know howe i mean) standing up on the pallet.I filled the whole bottom and 8 or 10 pallet on top of the ohter.Then i started to strugle to sheet the load,well 2hours later i was ready to go and it looked like crap to say the least… i was finished. You all would laugh you heads of if you saw it But after a few more flatbed i got pretty good at it nice to see all the pic here you lads know howe to do it!

regards Danne “dirty” Rudin from sweden

[bewick]

Bewick:

Bewick:
I gave the “snide” coments of the “wind up merchant” a bit of thought last night,and I reckon us “duffers” are just resigning ourselves to having to accept that we would be unable to operate in to-days modern industry! However I am convinced we are selling ourselves way short of what would be actual reality! I believe I could come up with two scenarios that would be as close to the actual outcome if it were possible to implement.Lets take a round trip from say Glasgow to London A) carried out with to-days state of the art equipment and a current type of load,and driven by one of us “Duffers”.B) turn the clock back 50 odd years and using a state of the art motor of the times together with the type of traffic carried at the time,but driven by one of todays “steering wheel” jockeys! If my idea is not shot down in flames in the next few hours I will be back on the thread later on to-day when I will try to be as descriptive as possible of the two scenarios I have described!!! Cheers Dennis.

Taking the first scenario,I am certain that with one hours “induction” on the latest spec tractor any one of the so called “old duffers” on the thread would be “up to speed” and quite capable of piloting a 44ton outfit to London and return to Glasgow( if the modern day “jockey” receives the same kind of “training” it would be a doddle for an “old un” to grasp easily!)Right oh! the load (6am),and in keeping with the latest methods,“reverse your trailer onto that hole in the wall Drive” no need to open the curtains! but it is quite easy to open a curtain if needs be!! In goes 26 shrunk wrapped pallets,full width of the trailer so no need for additional strapping.Close rear doors,get the notes,and off we jolly well go(say 7am).Out of Glasgow and south on the M74,Ooo,goody gum-drops Motorway all the way to London @ 56 mph up hill and down dale( legal breaks taken of course!) 400 miles listening to Radio 2,what could be easier,lifes a ■■■■■!!! The motor would probably be pulling into the depot in the London area at,say 5 or 6pm,drop trailer and couple up to another loaded one for return trip next day.Park up in truck stop,nice shower,good meal but oh!dear not many other lads to chat to as they’er all sat in their sleeper cabs alone,watching tele or texting or maybe reading/looking at pictures layed on their bunks!!! Alot different to 50 years ago when drivers had a good craic and even went for a pint,but I suppose its a sign of the times but by no means an improvement! Next day off back to Glasgow up that 400 miles of boring Motorway! Simples! 2 days,absolute doddle!! Dennis.

Might as well kick the R &S thread off again as the craft seems to coming in for some “stick” from the curtain brigade!! Bewick

[fatty01]

Here is a pic of a load tht i sheeted recently,We dont need to do it very often.

[churchyboy]

Couple of pics from my dad’s driving days - probably loaded out of Hedges & Butler.

[bewick]

Two tandems stood in the depot,cap loaded with crepe paper for Forfar.

[bewick]

This is a shot of about half the loaded flat trailers stood in the depot when I took this shot so there would be 30+ extremely well sheeted and roped flats ready for the off to various points throughout the UK.Sights like this will have disappeared nowadays! its enough to bring tears to the eyes,sob! sob! Cheers Dennis.

[captmarvel]

back in the good old days.