Roping & Sheeting

[lespullan]

ramone:
Do you remember this firm Les?

Hi Ramone, yes very well seen the photos before but well worth another look, you have sent my old brain into overdrive now, used to know a driver at SM&Es but cant remember his name, brain fade, .
Les.

[maxhagar]

lespullan:

ramone:
Do you remember this firm Les?

Hi Ramone, yes very well seen the photos before but well worth another look, you have sent my old brain into overdrive now, used to know a driver at SM&Es but cant remember his name, brain fade, .
Les.

I seem to recall a certain Mr Les Pullan not securing a bull dozer on his trailer,and loosing it down a subway entrance on the Stanningley by pass !! He had brought all the way from Hartlepool and lost it a couple of miles from home, did he get the pixx taken out of him !

[lespullan]

maxhagar:

lespullan:

ramone:
Do you remember this firm Les?

Hi Ramone, yes very well seen the photos before but well worth another look, you have sent my old brain into overdrive now, used to know a driver at SM&Es but cant remember his name, brain fade, .
Les.

I seem to recall a certain Mr Les Pullan not securing a bull dozer on his trailer,and loosing it down a subway entrance on the Stanningley by pass !! He had brought all the way from Hartlepool and lost it a couple of miles from home, did he get the pixx taken out of him !

Hi Maxhagar, or should I say Mr Perfect, there isn’t a driver living that hasn’t done something stupid especially when the ink on the licence wasn’t dry, it was only a Drot I picked up on a low loader trailer, when the machine driver put it on I dragged out the chains .etc. he laughed and said you don’t need them mate ill wedge it with the hydraulics and a sleeper that’s how we carry it, ok mate see you later,[wrong] gets within a mile of our yard, here’s a clatter when going round the last roundabout looks in the mirror to see what’s wrong as the Drot was just vanishing down the subway, oops, phones in to tell the boss it had come off, he says ill get one of the demo guys out to put it back on, ok but they may need a few sleepers, why, because its down the subway, oh f–k, they had it back on in a flash, council rebuilt the wall, I got three points and a fine for insecure load, it was a good lesson, I always stuck to my own instinct after that, and I did get some stick over it.
Les.

[bewick]

Couldn’t load a ■■■■■■■ rifle !!! Cheers Bewick.

[bewick]

I know it’s a nice square load of Libbys Orange “C” ,but it is the fly sheet I’d like to draw your attention to.It proves that we got every “last drop” of useful work out of our gear By the looks of it this one is at the end of it’s first life but is still serviceable,it has been repaired on a few occaisions by the looks of the patches. We must have been busy out of Milnthorpe that day as this was a Garstang based unit leaving the depot,probably en-route to the Nestle depot at Warrington.

[youngdave]

What about a nice load of cape bales out of 102 berth Southampton that sorted the men from the boys.
Cheers dave.

[lespullan]

Bewick:
Couldn’t load a [zb] rifle !!! Cheers Bewick.

Hi Bewick, I just knew you would be the first to respond, thanks for the sympathy mate, anyone can make a mistake, oh and by the way I think your loads are the best[crawl crawl] and I don’t tell lies, often,
Les.

[lespullan]

YOUNGDAVE:
What about a nice load of cape bales out of 102 berth Southampton that sorted the men from the boys.
Cheers dave.

Hi Dave, that brings back memories once waited two days for a load, meanwhile I tipped a load of flour on the docks for a well known Southampton company, there’s a fiver in it for you, trailers in the lorry park tip it and drop it of back there, ok done, Juniper Berry here we come, plenty of beer, loads next morning beautiful summers day, just longbines and ropes, slogging up Trowell in the Atki spots one of Ashworths catching me up, its Rug head, next thing he’s pushing me up in true Ashys style, ■■■■■■■■ myself in case he cut the longbines, but ok, pip on the horn and he was gone, back home two days later the police are at the door, some thieving get had nicked the trailer I had tipped with the flour but it turned out ok.
Les.

[bewick]

lespullan:

Bewick:
Couldn’t load a [zb] rifle !!! Cheers Bewick.

Hi Bewick, I just knew you would be the first to respond, thanks for the sympathy mate, anyone can make a mistake, oh and by the way I think your loads are the best[crawl crawl] and I don’t tell lies, often,
Les.

If the cap fits you have to wear it Les,the tall one with the letter “D” on it I think Only kidding,everyone drops a bollock now and again Cheers Bewick.

[bewick]

[harry_gill]

hiya,
Dennis I do expect this last loaded trailer has a palletised load if not “and anyway”
I would have liked to see the sheeting having encased that last couple of feet of
the flat, now I always “yes always” did cover the lot.
thanks harry, long retired.

[retired_old_fart]

I expect the trailer-wash boy was on holiday that week?

[bewick]

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dennis I do expect this last loaded trailer has a palletised load if not “and anyway”
I would have liked to see the sheeting having encased that last couple of feet of
the flat, now I always “yes always” did cover the lot.
thanks harry, long retired.

That would be a load on pallets “H” so no danger there then Cheers Dennis.

[bewick]

Retired Old ■■■■:
I expect the trailer-wash boy was on holiday that week?

It was physically impossible to keep all the trailer fleet in visual,pristine,condition but they were all maintained to a high standard on a calendar basis.Each trailer carried a stamped alloy service plate and all the trailers were serviced regularly within a three month period so a glance at the plate would tell you when the trailer was serviced last,or was due for it’s next one.At annual MOT each trailer had it’s running gear stripped down and rebuilt when the brakes were relined if required.When tri-axles started to join the fleet I had Hubodometers fitted at the factory to the N/S rear axle which allowed us to check mileages and it was amazing to find that some trailers could cover as little as 15/20k miles in a year and some upward of 45/50k this also helped to monitor tyre wear.Cheers Bewick.

[bewick]

Leaving the depot with a load of paper.

[ardennes]

lespullan:

Bewick:

Shiney-Napper:
I learned to rope and sheet as a you boy, my old boy taught me and although I haven’t driven a lorry for 20 years it’s something you never forget. I read in one of the posts that they were rolling up sheets and ropes and other drivers were standing watching. I find that a bit sad to be honest that would never have happened years ago you always pitched in as you never knew when you might need a hand yourself. But then I come from an era when drivers still waved to each other whether they knew each other or not.

Aye “S-N” as our Manager once stated in latter years “the days of “Shrivalry” are long gone” he actually meant “Chivalry” but he was still 100% correct,it must be a very lonely job nowadays just sitting in the cab when they park up at night.In the old days you went for a pint at night and in a drivers boozer there was always someone to have the craic with,great times never to return Cheers Bewick.

Hi, With you 100% there Bewick, just talking to a guy in the pub tonight he was asking me what did you do when you finished work when you were away from home so much, my reply was went out on the beer, nightclubs and whatever turned up, but we were so used to it we could still do our job the next day with a few hours sleep, glad I’m retired now, the jobs knackered, still miss the old days but that’s life, how anyone can work all day and then park in a lay by or service area it’s beyond me, ok sometimes you got stuck but it gave you a rest from the good life, and as for the roping and sheeting standards well
Les.

With you on your quote lespullan.Also think the photos of Bewick loaded trailers on Trucknet really do show what GENERAL HAULAGE used to be like,it could be anything at all on a flat trailer and the general haulage driver had to make sure it did not fall off at the first round-about,great times,cheers

[robthedog]

Bet Dennis would have loved to have had this behind one of his units

[harry_gill]

robthedog:
Bet Dennis would have loved to have had this behind one of his units

hiya,
Bet Dennis would plant a size nine up his arse en-route to the dole.
thanks harry, long retired.

[bewick]

harry_gill:

robthedog:
Bet Dennis would have loved to have had this behind one of his units

hiya,
Bet Dennis would plant a size nine up his arse en-route to the dole.
thanks harry, long retired.

Your “perception” as per usual “H” is 100% spot on,what a bloody mess,how many miles will it have travelled before that shot was taken I wonder? Cheers Dennis.

[ramone]

Bewick:

harry_gill:

robthedog:
Bet Dennis would have loved to have had this behind one of his units

hiya,
Bet Dennis would plant a size nine up his arse en-route to the dole.
thanks harry, long retired.

Your “perception” as per usual “H” is 100% spot on,what a bloody mess,how many miles will it have travelled before that shot was taken I wonder? Cheers Dennis.

To be fair you see alot of these prefab buildings in this state.Its how the manufacturers prep them for transportation.Anyone with an ounce of sense would be able to see that polythene stapled or nailed would work loose once on the road . The driver was probably told it didnt need sheeting or more than likely didnt have any sheets with him