As a newbie on the road I have not quite got the hang of going over 50mph, so if you have been stuck behind me on the motorway this week all I can do is apologise 
even on bends, joining or leaving the motorway I drop my speed even lower to just under 40mph. I am just to scared of it tipping or sliding from me or just losing control, not to mention the side winds ! or going over a bridge like barton bridge 
I donât know whats wrong with me, I grip that wheel and dont let go, I keep telling myself to relax but its not happening. will this come with time ? I am a little better when my trailer is empty, but when im loaded, everything is going through my mind like, is it a safe load, have I strapped it down enough, will it rip through the curtain, will I ever jackknife. Then there is the weather, not the best time of year to be getting into this job, what have I done !! any advice would be much apreciated to help me motor along without all this worry.
My advise would be, take your time, dont rush! Its not a race, it takes as long as it takes. You wont get an award if you crash or hit something because you were rushing!
Wish there were more like you around TBH.
Chill mate.
There is no such thing as going too slow, plenty go too fast though.
Rather be behind someone going a little slower than getting honked and flashed at by someone wanting to fasterâŚ
Chill and enjoy the scenery
Madguy 
Arrive alive mate not dead on time, like the post above there is enough idiots going to fast on the roads deep breaths and plod on, it will come in time.
BIG AW
Thanks, I hear what ya saying, maybe one day the nerves will just fade away over time âŚ
Chill and arrive aliveâŚno honking from me anyway 
Kansas:
As a newbie on the road I have not quite got the hang of going over 50mph, so if you have been stuck behind me on the motorway this week all I can do is apologise
. . Ps anyone that uses the phrase âguysâ is a bumder (imo)
Once you have this winter under your belt, come back to this thread and read it through. You will hopefully find you have been worrying about nothing.
If you have secured your load to the best of your ability, and rechecked it, stop again part way through your journey and have a check. Once you find it has not moved then you will start to relax over that issue. Once you have been through a fairly strong wind a few times laden and unladen you will get used to how it behaves and tick that worry off your list.
Leave plenty of room between you and the next, especially in ice and snow, gentle on the brakes, and always expect the unexpectedâŚyou will be fine 
Your doing exactly the right thing, in time youâll relax.
You worry about you mate. Sod everyone else. Theyâll go round you. Weâve all had our moments and started from somewhere. Youâll meet the odd driver thats in his early thirtys and has 25yrs experience!!! (but thats because heâs tearing around and running into everything!!!) Just relax and go with the flow. 
After nearly 40 years, I still hate driving a loaded rigid along narrow A roads, with adverse camber on bends and humps as you meet a side road joining on the nearside, which leans the vehicle over to the o/s and then brings it heaving back down to the n/s and the ditch. I just hate that swaying from side to side building up more momentum all the time.
Oddly enough though, I have far more confidence in a double deck bus, which must come from the knowledge that if stationary it wonât fall over until it reaches 28 degrees.
Exactly the same thing is happening to the trailer of an artic, but you just donât feel so much of it in the cab, so keep an eye out in the mirrors to see what is going on behind you.
Your instructor will have emphasised âplan aheadâ to you. It is this awareness of what all the road conditions are like that is the answer to being safe. Spot the overhanging branches that will break your mirrors. Adjust your speed so that you donât meet an oncoming heavy where the road narrows, or on a bend where either of you might be near the white line. On the Motorway be even more alert near junctions - be prepared for someone to do something really, really stupid.
There are many Motorway exit slip roads and some bends too, which donât have reduced speed signs, where I often slow down even if only ever so slightly, to name two, the bend on the exit of the M25 onto M20 coastbound and the bend on the M26/M20 coastbound. There are others worse then these, like the M25 M3 southbound, but I canât remember if these are signed 50 or not. Maybe others will agree and highlight some of them.
Above all, donât worry, only do what YOU think is safe. Let the others go charging past to their accident if they want to, donât join in with them because you think they might know more⌠they donât.
I know itâs easy to say but you just have to relax. It takes a fair bit to tip a trailer over. Unless you are swerving all over the place and stamping on the brakes it virually impossible? I donât have a problem with speed, on the motorway is probably the best place to put you foot down as you can usually see a fair distance in front of you. You donât have to go mad just up it a little at a time when you feel itâs safe to do so, it wonât feel that much different. As for the wind, I pull a double deck trailer and Iâve nearly crushed the steering wheel, and chewed the seat cover with my hoop, in the gales but you soon realise it makes no difference. They tend not to tip over but get pushed to one side, itâs the jerking the steering wheel to get it back on the road that will tip it over.
Thanks for all your knowledge you have shared, I will take on board what you say and thanks very much⌠today in fact was a good day, a little more relaxed and got to 55mph on the motorway, running empty lol⌠thanks again, will digest the replies and take them on board with me 
have you run fully loaded yet?
MR VAIN:
You worry about you mate. Sod everyone else. Theyâll go round you. Weâve all had our moments and started from somewhere. Youâll meet the odd driver thats in his early thirtys and has 25yrs experience!!! (but thats because heâs tearing around and running into everything!!!) Just relax and go with the flow.
well there start young your way 
triple-tango:
have you run fully loaded yet?
would you say this was fully loaded ? lol, pic was taken this morning at Robinsons Beer Bredbury
Kansas:
triple-tango:
have you run fully loaded yet?would you say this was fully loaded ? lol, pic was taken this morning at Robinsons Beer Bredbury
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Thatâs the same load as I was pulling today, I went to a wine bottling place in Stanley
Itâs well worth taking your time pulling a load that sits high that high up in the trailer. If your going too fast on a bend and it starts to go, Iâd imagine it would be hard to get it back. Drive how your comfy and you will know how your load will react to certain situations the longer you drive.
Thatâs the same load as I was pulling today, I went to a wine bottling place in Stanley
how strange !! I think I had 46 pallets on, didnât realise how loaded it was until I pulled the curtain back lol, night staff loaded it
Kansas:
Thatâs the same load as I was pulling today, I went to a wine bottling place in Stanley
how strange !! I think I had 46 pallets on, didnât realise how loaded it was until I pulled the curtain back lol, night staff loaded it
I had 52 pallets on, wine bottles.
I found it daunting when I first started doing glass loads, but am getting more used to it now. Usually do coffee jars to nestle.