When loading through the roof leave the front laces intact and 6 eyelets either side laced with the tiltcord otherwise when rolling the roof forward the front could be dislodged and you then have a hell of a job getting the tilt built up again.
regards dave.
AlexWignall:
Slightly OT, what does the word ‘TILT’ actually mean? Is it the German name for a sheet/cover perhaps?W
It’s an old English word for an awning or wagon cover.
(Mine of useless information).
Regards,
Nick
I read the other day, that the word/term tilt goes back to the old pioneer cowboys wagon an horses day, think i read it in land rover international.
richmond:
I read the other day, that the word/term tilt goes back to the old pioneer cowboys wagon an horses day, think i read it in land rover international.
It comes from the Arabic or maybe Persian for Tent or Awning used to cover something. From the old caravanserai to protect the loads at night when the camels were rested. That somewhat predates Cowboys and Injuns 
Well that’s what i was told anyhoo 
Perhaps one of the M/E boys could investigate that when next there ■■ 
ncooper:
AlexWignall:
Slightly OT, what does the word ‘TILT’ actually mean? Is it the German name for a sheet/cover perhaps?W
It’s an old English word for an awning or wagon cover.
(Mine of useless information).Regards,
Nick
Thanks for both replies.
Easily the best and most plausable explanation I’ve heard in nearly twenty years.
I’ve asked a few grizzled veterens in the past but the only thing they knew was how to scarper if you needed any help with one…
W
strip’t and rebuilt a few tilt’s on my own in my time but i was young and fit then wouldn’t want to try it now. The worst enemy was the wind so if you find yourself with a strip outside try to face the trailer with the wind behind you for the opening part of the job and then if possible turn around for the closing part that way the wind is on your side and help’s with the hard work. good luck.
hard to see but thats 2 tilts going up cenis to be buit up near Turin , so hot hey ■■■■■ cat get a hard hard , you will need it when it falls apart
jessicas dad:
There is a very good chance I’m going onto a contract doing ferry trailers and I know this still has quite a few tilts, not euroliners actual tilts. So can anyone offer some good advice on stripping them out.
Here’s my advice :
■■■■ that ■■■■! Mugs game!
thetourist:
strip’t and rebuilt a few tilt’s on my own in my time but i was young and fit then wouldn’t want to try it now. The worst enemy was the wind so if you find yourself with a strip outside try to face the trailer with the wind behind you for the opening part of the job and then if possible turn around for the closing part that way the wind is on your side and help’s with the hard work. good luck.
Sorry bud but can’t agree with that, if it’s windy and they won’t / can’t let you strip / rebuild your tilt indoors, DON’T DO IT!!! 
Ross.
AlexWignall:
ncooper:
AlexWignall:
Slightly OT, what does the word ‘TILT’ actually mean? Is it the German name for a sheet/cover perhaps?W
It’s an old English word for an awning or wagon cover.
(Mine of useless information).Regards,
NickThanks for both replies.
Easily the best and most plausable explanation I’ve heard in nearly twenty years.
I’ve asked a few grizzled veterens in the past but the only thing they knew was how to scarper if you needed any help with one…
W
Here is the definition from a dictionary.
tilt 2 n.
A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
tr.v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.
[Middle English telte, tent, from Old English teld.]
Wheel Nut:
Here is the definition from a dictionary.tilt 2 n.
A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
tr.v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.
[Middle English telte, tent, from Old English teld.]
Dude, you’ve clearly got far too much time on your hands 
Ross.
bigr250:
Wheel Nut:
Here is the definition from a dictionary.tilt 2 n.
A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.
tr.v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts
To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.
[Middle English telte, tent, from Old English teld.]Dude, you’ve clearly got far too much time on your hands
Ross.
I remembered it from my maritime days as a yoof 
Well get a flight to the Philippnes and i,ll show you how to do a single/double/triple dolly
oh todays drivers are a bunch of ■■■■■ you dont know how to rebuild a tilt so you look into the history
Hey i,m sorry but you should ask on old times they and me grew up building tilts
toothpick johnny:
Well get a flight to the Philippnes and i,ll show you how to do a single/double/triple dolly
oh todays drivers are a bunch of ■■■■■ you dont know how to rebuild a tilt so you look into the history
I have been building tilts up since 1973, I went for an easier life and did an ADR course on tankers for a while
It is hardly rocket science to build a trailer or strip it out in the sun or frost
toothpick johnny:
Well get a flight to the Philippnes and i,ll show you how to do a single/double/triple dolly
oh todays drivers are a bunch of ■■■■■ you dont know how to rebuild a tilt so you look into the history
thats right johnny, todays drivers would watch you over the top of their laptops while making a brew, thats why i put the thread in here where there are proper drivers and not in the pdf forum full of wannabees.
i also wanted advice off people that have done the job not those that can talk a job.
richmond:
First, buy yourself some lightweight overalls, you cant get near a tilt sheet without getting black,
Nah JDs prefered colour is pink these days
Wheel Nut:
It is hardly rocket science to build a trailer or strip it out in the sun or frost
Now that was a prospect that filled a grown man with fear, stripping a 15 year old tilt in -15!!! Not too bad in the searing heat of southern Spain, but Gdansk in January with the tilt as flexible as car number plate plastic!! I know which I’d choose!!
On the subject of stripping tilts, I don’t care what anyone says but Trailor tilts were ‘the daddy’ to strip, no big long side top bars so you could strip it one, two or more gates without the need for a crane!! The last one I owned was a 1983 that had been stretched to 13.6 but had a brand new superstructure & lightweight sheet fitted in 1988, it was the bogs dollocks!! The only tilt easier to strip was the ones fitted with the sliding roof system similar to a E’liner so the whole sheet slid up into half the front ‘gate’.
Ross.
Yes i thought so and i have rebuilt a tilt from the deck and i HOPE you never need to but yes old times will show you how. the 2 tilts i took to Turin was just a small shipment with tilts and 142s inside stepframes and i have seen 1 driver taken to hospital when the cantrail fell on him, i have done this in July just oustside Turin. yes was no hse or anything