sammyopisite:
Dennis I was taught to splice a loop in one end and then splice a dogs knob in the other end and how to splice two ropes together but with hemp ropes.
cheers Johnnie
IIRC Johnnie sometimes if we were in a hurry we just spliced a loop in one end and “touched” the other end on the Salamander or used the blow torch which sealed the other end and prevented it unravelling! Cheers Dennis.
sammyopisite:
Dennis I was taught to splice a loop in one end and then splice a dogs knob in the other end and how to splice two ropes together but with hemp ropes.
cheers Johnnie
hiya,
And as a former seafarer (only a short time) I’ll help you splice the mainbrace Johnnie cheers.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
sammyopisite:
Dennis I was taught to splice a loop in one end and then splice a dogs knob in the other end and how to splice two ropes together but with hemp ropes.
cheers Johnniehiya,
And as a former seafarer (only a short time) I’ll help you splice the mainbrace Johnnie cheers.
thanks harry long retired.
Come on Harry, you can’t leave it there we’ve got to hear about your “short time” 
regards Kev.
kevmac47:
harry_gill:
sammyopisite:
Dennis I was taught to splice a loop in one end and then splice a dogs knob in the other end and how to splice two ropes together but with hemp ropes.
cheers Johnniehiya,
And as a former seafarer (only a short time) I’ll help you splice the mainbrace Johnnie cheers.
thanks harry long retired.Come on Harry, you can’t leave it there we’ve got to hear about your “short time”
hiya,
Yes Kev left myself wide open there should have said “for a short period of time” but please tell me that you knew I meant to say that you never know the missus could take a peek when my backs turned and you don’t want to see my moniker in the obituary columns do you??.
thanks harry long retired.
Maybe Dennis might know I think I mentioned him somewhere before, a driver i think might have worked for daysons 110 scania , only had one hand the other was a hook, loaded with him quite a few times paper etc 3 sheet jobs always managed on his own round about mid 70s early 80s
harry_gill:
kevmac47:
harry_gill:
sammyopisite:
Dennis I was taught to splice a loop in one end and then splice a dogs knob in the other end and how to splice two ropes together but with hemp ropes.
cheers Johnniehiya,
And as a former seafarer (only a short time) I’ll help you splice the mainbrace Johnnie cheers.
thanks harry long retired.Come on Harry, you can’t leave it there we’ve got to hear about your “short time”
hiya,
Yes Kev left myself wide open there should have said “for a short period of time” but please tell me that you knew I meant to say that you never know the missus could take a peek when my backs turned and you don’t want to see my moniker in the obituary columns do you??.
thanks harry long retired.
As I’m sure you realise Harry the discretion of your many friends on trucknet is assured, Ps make mine a double Bushmills for extra reassurance. 
regards kev
hiya,
Kev rest assured there’s a large glass of “Irish” behind the bar all payed for.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Kev rest assured there’s a large glass of “Irish” behind the bar all payed for.
thanks harry long retired.
First law of “the jungle” you never “grass” on a mate!!! Mines a large one as well “H” Cheerio down the hatch hic!!! Dennis.
So in around '72 a new material called “ripstop” came out which was IIRC 12oz canvas criss crossed through with nylon so it was lighter and stronger than 100% canvas so I piled into it big style and even had it manufactured, pre stencilled, with our name along each panel.During this time through the mid 70’s sheets were quite a costly item as the trailer fleet was growing fast so I bought the odd job lots of sheets,fly sheets in particular, 6 X 50ft long White fly sheets spring to mind which were ideal for the Bowater Scott traffic.Also a couple of takeovers produced some colours various! The sheets that came with the McGuffie trailers 21 ft wide( too narrow) blue mains and 48 ft BLACK (ugly) fly sheets,the sheets at K.Fell’s were green cotton and left something to be desired! However,as we intended to keep the Fell fleet in tact I did a deal for a batch of 8oz “rip stop”,big mistake,they were too lightweight and would never last as long as our standard 12 oz. “ripstop”.But I was after quantity at the time and the price was right!! The fly sheets were in green PVC and to the same spec as the Bewick fly sheets so we didn’t experience any wet loads! later on a new material was introduced called “Regentex” which was supposedly an equivalent quality to “ripstop” but cheaper! I piled in again with a rake of 30X24 sets.Should have stuck with the “rip stop” Doh!!! Regentex was short lived as far as we were concerned as it lost its waterproofing fairly quickly.At the end of the 70’s tautliners started join the fleet and we started to cull some of the platform trailers which in turn caused a build up of redundant sheets so our purchasing of new sheets fell away apart from regular repairs that we still did.but we amassed quite a pile of old sheets which did eventually find a second lease of life covering local farmers silage pits along with “beyond repair” tyres to hold said sheets down on the pits!!! Re-cycling at it’s ultimate!! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Kev rest assured there’s a large glass of “Irish” behind the bar all payed for.
thanks harry long retired.First law of “the jungle” you never “grass” on a mate!!! Mines a large one as well “H” Cheerio down the hatch hic!!! Dennis.
hiya,
Dennis your bottle is en-route via BRS parcels the price of keeping gobs shut is escalating it might just pay me to confess my misgivings to the “old lady” and get a thick ear, It’ll only be sore for an hour or so and I’ll be able to kill the pain with a drop or two of single malt which I’ll still have because I won’t have had to give it away to “blackmailers” so there.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Kev rest assured there’s a large glass of “Irish” behind the bar all payed for.
thanks harry long retired.First law of “the jungle” you never “grass” on a mate!!! Mines a large one as well “H” Cheerio down the hatch hic!!! Dennis.
hiya,
Dennis your bottle is en-route via BRS parcels the price of keeping gobs shut is escalating it might just pay me to confess my misgivings to the “old lady” and get a thick ear, It’ll only be sore for an hour or so and I’ll be able to kill the pain with a drop or two of single malt which I’ll still have because I won’t have had to give it away to “blackmailers” so there.
thanks harry long retired.
How can I walk down the Mile End road with you ever again “H” after this,and look any of the-------- in the eye!!! Cheers Dennis.
Three motors standing loaded with Bowater Scott tissue ready for their night trunks.Two of the trailers have the white fly sheets on which were a job lot of 6 I bought but they were ideal for the Bowater loads even if they wern’t the proper “corperate” colour of Red!!! But from memory I got the 6 for the price of 4 red and they were brand new!! Bewick.
Another shot taken at the same place as the previous one of the Bowater loads,this time of three trailers with different loads.The nearest one is loaded with 20ton of Rebar from Sheerness,the middle one is a Bewick trailer loaded for the south with Libbys and the far one is a McGuffie widespread,with Black fly sheet and it is loaded with Libbys foods more than likely for Tesco at Winsford or Quicksave in Prestatyn once tipped it would be into the Braby drum works at Aintree to change trailers and return to Milnthorpe with 236 X 45gal drums for Marchon at Whitehaven! Lovely jubbly those loads!! Cheers Bewick.
In 1964 the firm I worked for carried loads that had to be sheeted & kept dry.A couple of sheet makers , not from the N/East sent some samples of sheet material, One was TCS,Terylene made by the ICI, The other one was Cotlin made by someone in Aberdeen, they were both lightwheight, & would have been great for the high loads that we did, but alas my gaffer said they were too expensive, & in his opinion the drivers didnt look after them,mind you some of them didnt, so the good ones like myself, missed out, never mind they were happy days. we carried on regardless, & used T.R.Harrisons sheets, very good but heavey, Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
In 1964 the firm I worked for carried loads that had to be sheeted & kept dry.A couple of sheet makers , not from the N/East sent some samples of sheet material, One was TCS,Terylene made by the ICI, The other one was Cotlin made by someone in Aberdeen, they were both lightwheight, & would have been great for the high loads that we did, but alas my gaffer said they were too expensive, & in his opinion the drivers didnt look after them,mind you some of them didnt, so the good ones like myself, missed out, never mind they were happy days. we carried on regardless, & used T.R.Harrisons sheets, very good but heavey, Regards Larry
Terrible memory I have Lol, I couldn’t remember the TCS name but I re-called it was referred to as “ripstop” and was indeed made by ICI and IIRC in Northern Ireland,but I could be wrong there!!! It was a lot lighter than the 100% cotton sheets as they used a lighter cloth and wove the nylon squares into it for strength.It was dearer but IMO was far better not to mention easier to use and you didn’t “pull a bollock” lifting them! Cheers Dennis.
Aye your probabley right ,I remember the salesman saying it was 12oz mixture, they would have been great to use.Regards Larry
talking of heavy sheets,anybody remember doing them zannusi loads out of southampton.one geet big one piece sheet,weighed a ton and when trying to pull it off the noise of a boxed fridge falling off the top and cru nching to the ground was a nightmare.lad on the forklift never batted an eyelid(must have been a regular occurance}cos i got a clear pod,and it was impossible to lift it on the trailer on your own.i think that was the only time i wished i had a tautliner.
I would say yes T/S. I didnt know him in those days, but it certainley looks like him, Regards Larry
