kpl56:
you have to admit there was an art to roping and sheeting loads and no matter what the weather it had to be done. Rookes lorries carried three no less then three sheets two for the sides and one for the top. I used to go with my Dad on many occassions he drove for Rookes and was good to see drivers helping each other sheeting there loads. Today will health and safety sheeting loads is becoming a thing of the past
Who was your Dad?
bobjakey:
kpl56:
you have to admit there was an art to roping and sheeting loads and no matter what the weather it had to be done. Rookes lorries carried three no less then three sheets two for the sides and one for the top. I used to go with my Dad on many occassions he drove for Rookes and was good to see drivers helping each other sheeting there loads. Today will health and safety sheeting loads is becoming a thing of the past
Who was your Dad?
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hopefully the bloke who was married to his mother 
sorry couldn’t help it 
syramax:
bobjakey:
kpl56:
you have to admit there was an art to roping and sheeting loads and no matter what the weather it had to be done. Rookes lorries carried three no less then three sheets two for the sides and one for the top. I used to go with my Dad on many occassions he drove for Rookes and was good to see drivers helping each other sheeting there loads. Today will health and safety sheeting loads is becoming a thing of the pastWho was your Dad?
hopefully the bloke who was married to his mother sorry couldn’t help it
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Hiya,
I was going to say the coalman, but I wouldn’t dare.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
syramax:
bobjakey:
kpl56:
you have to admit there was an art to roping and sheeting loads and no matter what the weather it had to be done. Rookes lorries carried three no less then three sheets two for the sides and one for the top. I used to go with my Dad on many occassions he drove for Rookes and was good to see drivers helping each other sheeting there loads. Today will health and safety sheeting loads is becoming a thing of the pastWho was your Dad?
hopefully the bloke who was married to his mother
Hiya,
I was going to say the coalman, but I wouldn’t dare.
thanks harry, long retired.
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Haha didn’t phrase it very well did i. I used to work for Rookes and wondered if i knew him.
Still saving up for the longer fly sheet, Dennis? 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Still saving up for the longer fly sheet, Dennis?
Hey ROF, you just know he’s going to say that it was equipment he’d inherited from John McGuffie and he’s still waiting for a refund!
John.
I’ve seen the marking on the sheet, John. He’s pinched it from his hard-done-by brother.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I’ve seen the marking on the sheet, John. He’s pinched it from his hard-done-by brother.
You’re right ROF, I do remember him saying that Smith Junior could put in the miles and the work! But, as a younger brother myself, I always felt that I needed to do 2 to his one!
John.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I’ve seen the marking on the sheet, John. He’s pinched it from his hard-done-by brother.
You’re right ROF, I do remember him saying that Smith Junior could put in the miles and the work! But, as a younger brother myself, I always felt that I needed to do 2 to his one!
John.
Talking to a relative today who used to do a lot of British Gypsum from East leake he says the shunter sheeters for Irvings and middletons would roll a large sheet out on the load ,tie the front and back only ,and leave the unused excess on top of the load ,then roll out and tie on the fly sheet ,then put the trailer out for the driver to rope over the lot on hitching up .apparently Irvings were very very well sheeted .
Punchy Dan:
Talking to a relative today who used to do a lot of British Gypsum from East leake he says the shunter sheeters for Irvings and middletons would roll a large sheet out on the load ,tie the front and back only ,and leave the unused excess on top of the load ,then roll out and tie on the fly sheet ,then put the trailer out for the driver to rope over the lot on hitching up .apparently Irvings were very very well sheeted .
Anyone who left the excess sheet on top of the load was asking for trouble! No matter how well in was roped it was impossible to stop the wind from getting in and the sheet billowing out like a barrage balloon.
The “proper” drivers would probably pull the enveloped sheet out and do the job the way it should have been done in the first place. LAZY EFN SHUNTERS!!! Had some of that!!! Regards Kev.
Bewick:
For the record the fron’t main and the fly sheet were off my D1000 4 wheeler and this tandem 33ft trailer was one York loaned me prior to delivery of the two trailers I had on order from them, I had got the new 28ton Mastiff unit before they could deliver the trailers and I had sold the D1000 into the South East. Cheers Bewick.
And while we’re here, what’s with the “Farmer’s Strainer” just in front of the axles?
■■■■■■■■ amateurs!
Id have thought you would of tied the remaining rope off better than around the first axle Dennis !
This was one of the trailers I was waiting for at the time in 1970,a 34 ft SL tandem I had just pulled it out of the paint shop in Lancaster, the second one was a 28ft SL single axle which I didn’t run for very long before selling it on. They both had cab high headboards which at the time suited our paper sack traffic from Robinson Sacks on the Esplanade at Rochester,Kent. Cheers Bewick.
34 feet seemed a heck of a long trailer in those days! Especially when you were carrying wet & frozen hessian sacks of half-rotten cider apples up the full length.
Punchy Dan:
Id have thought you would of tied the remaining rope off better than around the first axle Dennis !
Nice one Dan!!..Iv’e been waiting for someone to rise to the bait!!!
David
5thwheel:
Punchy Dan:
Id have thought you would of tied the remaining rope off better than around the first axle Dennis !Nice one Dan!!..Iv’e been waiting for someone to rise to the bait!!!
David
The Anchor was attached to that low hanging wire IIRC 
