Great to see a well sheeted load, done a bit of flatbed work and had to sheet loads on rare ocassions, mainly wood or steel on the customers request.
But it always seemed to take me ages to get the sheet on and never looked anything like the ones in the pictures. 
But I suppose practice makes perfect…
Got to thank the older drivers on the fleet at the time who had the patience to show me how to tie a dolly and then showed me again the next time I had to use ropes. 
Hi All
When learning our trade often an awkward load would crop up where speaders , double dollies and even dogs and chains would need to be used .
I got a Sylvester handle full in the mush while chaining down timber in the 60s.
If I hadnt been meself with my mouth open as usual I wouldnt have got away with just biting through my tongue , painful as it was then and it wasnt funny not being able to speak for a fortnight , Me Misses thought it funny though . 70s saw us chaining down containers on our semi lows on BRS ,but I remember a two day strike in Southampton around 71 to 72 to get trailers fitted with twistlocks , also if Im not wrong one of Bakers drivers was killed during that strike where a load of steel he was carrying moved and cut the cab in half , very sad . Yes it was always left to Drivers to force companies into safety . the Docks then followed suit and would turn away Lorries without twistlocks as well .
Frenchy
First pic Lowerstoft
Second Elsmere port
When working for GE Armstrong used to do stock transfers of plastic pipe fittings in stillages 3 high had to put fly sheet over the stillages stop them flying out.Could have got a job in circus as tight rope walker after doing a few of those