Bardon are just as bad, before today our 8 wheeler has been sent out with 3 tonnes on it as it was the left over from a big order. Glad our contract means we get paid a full load whatever 
dew:
Bardon are just as bad, before today our 8 wheeler has been sent out with 3 tonnes on it as it was the left over from a big order. Glad our contract means we get paid a full load whatever
Bardonsâ have started paying now, have they? 
d4c24a:
Muckaway:
. Downside is you need a loader/tractor with a small enough bucket so the material wont spill into the next compartment. Most quarries wont let you get into the back to sort a load anyway.a good operator can load with a normal bucket ,you just use one side
but then you don,t very often load tarmac from a shovel , it comes from a hopper and its easyoptions utilityâs have a few 4 wheelers with a midway gate in them
At last, a shovel driver who knows how to use the sides of his bucket to place material where itâs needed in the vehicle. Sadly âgoodâ shovel drivers are outnumbered by the donkeys on most of them who believe theyâre the mutts nuts.
Good for you d4c24a 
BB
Basilbrush:
d4c24a:
Muckaway:
. Downside is you need a loader/tractor with a small enough bucket so the material wont spill into the next compartment. Most quarries wont let you get into the back to sort a load anyway.a good operator can load with a normal bucket ,you just use one side
but then you don,t very often load tarmac from a shovel , it comes from a hopper and its easyoptions utilityâs have a few 4 wheelers with a midway gate in them
At last, a shovel driver who knows how to use the sides of his bucket to place material where itâs needed in the vehicle. Sadly âgoodâ shovel drivers are outnumbered by the donkeys on most of them who believe theyâre the mutts nuts.
Good for you d4c24aBB
Youâve met âHappy Steveâ at Gill Mill then BB
Muckaway:
dew:
Bardon are just as bad, before today our 8 wheeler has been sent out with 3 tonnes on it as it was the left over from a big order. Glad our contract means we get paid a full load whateverBardonsâ have started paying now, have they?
Contracted Hauliers have never been missed a payment yet (Last year or the one before), some of the none painted Subbies didnât get full pay though. I guess they realised if all their painted trucks walked out, then no-one would go in!
Basilbrush:
At last, a shovel driver who knows how to use the sides of his bucket to place material where itâs needed in the vehicle. Sadly âgoodâ shovel drivers are outnumbered by the donkeys on most of them who believe theyâre the mutts nuts.
Good for you d4c24aBB
when i first started to drive machines , i worked for a âproperâ irish civil engineering firm
and soon learnt that 8 wheelers had to be loaded quickly and properly otherwise i could start to walk home
MF50h 2wd 
back ,front , middle done and on their way ,surprised many a driver when they stood on the step to see what the load looked like
thanks for the comment 
d4c24a:
when i first started to drive machines , i worked for a âproperâ irish civil engineering firm
and soon learnt that 8 wheelers had to be loaded quickly and properly otherwise i could start to walk home
MF50h 2wd
thanks for the comment
When I had to load muck lorries with shingle (lower sides, no overloading) I used to fill the back end up then the front and spread the rest evenly; I found if you load back, front, back, front etc the material heaped up quicker⌠Before weighloaders on our tippers if I ever loaded myself I did exactly this to make it look fuller than it was. 
Never got to drive an MF of any kind (not even at CITB college) but did drive one of those Ford things (H reg I think); what a bloody abortion that was. I didnât rate JCBs either, preffered cat 428C and Case 580 (L series I think, it was a new machine in '98)