sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Nothing wrong with keeping it plugged into the tractor. Its hooked up out of the way once it unplugged from the trailer plus as long as the plastic ends of the Anderson plug aint broke, then there shouldn’t be any bare terminals poking out. But i do understand what you mean. I remember a driver having his own little fireworks display going off at the back of his cab because the live wires were sitting on the exhaust silencer, eventually melting through. How that ERF never went on fire ill never know.
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Nothing wrong with keeping it plugged into the tractor. Its hooked up out of the way once it unplugged from the trailer plus as long as the plastic ends of the Anderson plug aint broke, then there shouldn’t be any bare terminals poking out. But i do understand what you mean. I remember a driver having his own little fireworks display going off at the back of his cab because the live wires were sitting on the exhaust silencer, eventually melting through. How that ERF never went on fire ill never know.
Also got the problem of water too though, in England, it rains now n then… even if it’s pointing upwards, the sockets could fill with water, when it gets to the top, short.
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Nothing wrong with keeping it plugged into the tractor. Its hooked up out of the way once it unplugged from the trailer plus as long as the plastic ends of the Anderson plug aint broke, then there shouldn’t be any bare terminals poking out. But i do understand what you mean. I remember a driver having his own little fireworks display going off at the back of his cab because the live wires were sitting on the exhaust silencer, eventually melting through. How that ERF never went on fire ill never know.
Also got the problem of water too though, in England, it rains now n then… even if it’s pointing upwards, the sockets could fill with water, when it gets to the top, short.
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Nothing wrong with keeping it plugged into the tractor. Its hooked up out of the way once it unplugged from the trailer plus as long as the plastic ends of the Anderson plug aint broke, then there shouldn’t be any bare terminals poking out. But i do understand what you mean. I remember a driver having his own little fireworks display going off at the back of his cab because the live wires were sitting on the exhaust silencer, eventually melting through. How that ERF never went on fire ill never know.
Also got the problem of water too though, in England, it rains now n then… even if it’s pointing upwards, the sockets could fill with water, when it gets to the top, short.
I’m just saying, not every truck needs an anderson lead (or even has a socket), but the trailers that need them, they should just be fitted I think, and then you just hook up the unit side when req’d.
waynedl:
I’m just saying, not every truck needs an anderson lead (or even has a socket), but the trailers that need them, they should just be fitted I think, and then you just hook up the unit side when req’d.
That, however makes much more sense to me. Hard wire them to the trailer, job done.
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
my good old cow bells were always directly connected to the unit, unless you forgot to disconnect them from the trailer
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
my good old cow bells were always directly connected to the unit, unless you forgot to disconnect them from the trailer
Yeah, I felt that pull-followed-by-a-bang a few times!
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
my good old cow bells were always directly connected to the unit, unless you forgot to disconnect them from the trailer
Yeah, I felt that pull-followed-by-a-bang a few times!
i could have them rebuilt in about 2 minutes, just needed a tin of deodorant and a lighter to reset the solder
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Every Royal mail motor has an anderson lead atteched to the truck permanently, its a long one aswell, has a socket on the truck to plug it into when not in use so its stored safely but is there if you need it, the problem with having an anderson lead on the trailer is this, i had a job with boots one day, anderson leads stay with the trailers so off i trundle into glasgow city centre to pick a trailer up get to the trailer and the anderson lead has been pinched. had to wait half an hour for somebody to bring an anderson lead to me and held up an argos driver outside for 15 mins as i could put the taillift up even to drag it outside to let the argos man in.
sydeakinwoods:
What numpty drives off after doing so called ‘checks’, which i presume would of involved her checking or at least observing a tail lift on the arse end of a trailer without a lead to power said tail lift on said arse end of said trailer??
And her reason for not having a lead to power the tail lift…“no one told me”
what the??
And an anagram of ‘NEWARK’ is…
Part of the stobart check sheet is “oil level, water, 2 number plates, Anderson lead (might be called an auxilery power lead or something)”
But, everywhere I’ve worked has said “test things before leaving, fridge, tail lift etc”, no use driving 400 miles to find the tail lift is broken and in the way of the door (on some trailer) so you can’t even handball the goods out.
I’ve not seen this episode yet, but if it was an underslung tail lift and she ‘forgot’ her lead, I’d have made her handball the lot all day.
Never quite understood why an anderson lead has to be disconnected at both ends, why not just have it retractable or a stowage place on the trailer for it?
I leave mine connected to the tractor at all times with about 10 cable ties holding it down to stop others from pinching it. Which is ok as i keep the same truck every day.
I said on the trailer not the truck for a reason… The lead is a direct connection to the batteries as a rule, not a great idea to keep it connected there is it??
Every Royal mail motor has an anderson lead atteched to the truck permanently, its a long one aswell, has a socket on the truck to plug it into when not in use so its stored safely but is there if you need it, the problem with having an anderson lead on the trailer is this, i had a job with boots one day, anderson leads stay with the trailers so off i trundle into glasgow city centre to pick a trailer up get to the trailer and the anderson lead has been pinched. had to wait half an hour for somebody to bring an anderson lead to me and held up an argos driver outside for 15 mins as i could put the taillift up even to drag it outside to let the argos man in.
Thats why i like it connected to the tractor. I find it perfectly safe, and at least that way, you know you have got one.
waynedl:
I’m just saying, not every truck needs an anderson lead (or even has a socket), but the trailers that need them, they should just be fitted I think, and then you just hook up the unit side when req’d.
That, however makes much more sense to me. Hard wire them to the trailer, job done.
dvdsutty:
is it true that stobart have the new gigga space mercs
yea aparently going on the f1 team fleet
i bet stobart are all basic cabs on the f1 cant see them putting all the gear in
Iam no way a truck enthusiast I just drive the things, but I was working at Stobarts widness last week and seen two very shiny Merc tractor units outside the port, I just knew they were a little different, dont know models or specs but the first thing I thought of were racing team trucks, one had the Stobarts wrap the other didnt.
dvdsutty:
is it true that stobart have the new gigga space mercs
yea aparently going on the f1 team fleet
i bet stobart are all basic cabs on the f1 cant see them putting all the gear in
Iam no way a truck enthusiast I just drive the things, but I was working at Stobarts widness last week and seen two very shiny Merc tractor units outside the port, I just knew they were a little different, dont know models or specs but the first thing I thought of were racing team trucks, one had the Stobarts wrap the other didnt.
